The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1921-08-05

Post, G. A. r., in honor Of the ESD
birthday Of their cSmrsde, A. W. Van
Camp, one Of It's members gave some
comparative figures relating to the
World War and that Of the Civil War,
and the speaker was requested to pub
lish the same In The Sentinel. He
stated:
That General Pershing had total Of
631 ,405 in the Argonne- Mouse and Sc
dan front. His line Of battle was 20
miles in length, and his deepest point
of penetration was IL miles. PERISH
ing's casualutlies were 1889, or 1874
per cent.
That thhe st. Mihiel sector battle
was the, first in which only Ameri.
cans were engaged, an was opened
Sept. IL, 1918. In this campaign the
s9th Division, in which there were
many Holt county boys, took part, and
they bad many killed and wounded.
In this campaign this divisions
casualties were 5000 or 80 per cent,
including their Argonne Mouse and
Sean. engagements.
In the Argonne- Mouse and Sedan
campaign, the 35th Division, Of which
Company J., Of Holt county, was a
unit, lost q per cent In killed, wound
ed and missing.
Pershing had line In the Argonne-
Meuse campaign an average Of 10000
men per mile, and had eight time more
men than Meade had at Gettysburg.
In the battle Of Gettysburg, Meade
had front Of four and half miles,
and penetration Of one mile. Meade's
casualties were 22,S34 or 27.9 per cent.
Meade had about 10000 men to the
mile.
In the battle Of the Wilderness,
Grant had $4,000 men, the largest
army in any battle on the Union side
during the Civil War. Grants line of
battle was six miles and his penetra-
tion was bne mile. He had $4,000 men
TO the mile. The casualties in the
Wilderness were 1886 or Is per cent.
In the battle Of Franklin, Hood had
5000 men and Thomas had $4,000.
His line was about four miles and pen
etration seven-eighths Of a mile, or
about 1900 men TO the mile. The
Confederates lost 40 per cent and the
Blues lost 80 per cent.
The Confederates lost ~ generals
killed and wounded, and the Union
army lost five. More ranking generals
were killed and wounded in this eight
hours battle than were in the casualty
list during the four-year World War.
The total Of the World War army
was 3,7S2,sls.
The casualties in the World War
were 293,0I0; killed in action, 34,sai;
wounded, 2l5,423; died Of wounds,
1880; from disease, etc, 2s,s43.
The Union army in the Civil War
totalled 2,T7s,399; under i6 years Of
age, 4i,s0l; under rs years of age,
l,l5l,4 3s; there were 2,l59,79s men
that were under 81 years of age.
Missouri furnished i40,67S men In
the World War. The total casualties
were 1900. The total killed was
1870; died rom wounds, 1912; wound
ell, 1881; missing, 267.
Holt county furnished 563 men TO
the Union army, and 10 men In the
World War.
The first Holt county soldiers TO ar
rive overseas in France were: 1t.
Harris r. Petrce, aerial squadron, and
1t. Ray Stevenson, Field Artillery,
both Of Oregon, and Jesse Borchers, Of
Bigelow.
Reginald Hinde, Of Oregon, Of the
signal corps, was the only Holt county
boy in the ~Chauteau Thierry battle.
The total casualties Of Holt county
In the World War were: Company l.,
killed, wounded and died from disease,
40; from the ranks Of miscellaneous
enlistments, killed. wounded and dis
ease, 32-total, 72.
o He gave brief resume OF the Grand
Army Of the Republic, stating that II
was organized in Springfield, ILL.,, in
the spring Of 1866.
The first national encampment was
held at indianapolis, Ind, Oct. 20,
1866, and ten states were represented;
in 1869, 81 states had delegates in the
state encampment, with 2050 posts.
In 1890 the order attained It's peak
In membership Of a total Of 409,7sl;
in 1920 II had 10000, and the men,
bership for 1921 was 93,i55. Its an
nual muster out Is about 10000.