The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-02-07

revenue. Nevertheless her Nations.
,ebt, which on April l, 1914, was flUI,-
Gallo, had On April 1, 1920, six Years
Sater, become III, ,OOU, equivalent
TO S34,6 S,999,225, and an increase OF
1,0O1 per cent.
The toal provision of men for the
army, all ranks and colors, during the
whole war, was S%,654,467, a contribu-
ton of man power, according to the
Statistics" second only to France,
though the actual figures Of the
strength Of the French armies are not
available for comparison. The third
largest contribution was made by the
United States in sending apprCxi-
mately 100000 men to France in the
A. T.. T.
100000 Casualties for Britain.
The number of casualties among
British troops in all theaters Of war
up to November IL, 1913, is given as
3,0S4,O1S, or more than 35 per cent of
the total man power employed. OF
htScN OCO,AfO WClC hlllCu VI Qltu VI
wounds or disease, the greatest pro-
portion of these mortalities, 561,335,
occurring among the forces in France.
The wounded numbered 2,035,965.
The operations in Mesopotamia
created the heaviest wastage of all.
There the maximum strength on any
date was 1851, and the total person
mel employed during the operations
was SS9, 702, or all but double, largely
because of heavy casualties from sick
ness, there being only 31,75S battle
mortalities, 51,156 wounded and 1880
missing and prisoners.
Another table gives the approximate
number of British casualties from the
outbreak of wal in 1914 to December
81, 1920, as 90S,371 soldiers dead in or
through the war, and the number Of
wounds received as 2,090,212. OF the
dead 702,410 were natives of the Brit
ism Isles, 59,330 were Australians, &c.
500 were Canadians and 62,056 were
Indian natives.
The variations in the length of the
line held by British forces in France
and Flanders is given in another table.
1t ranged from 20 miles in September,
1914, following the retreat from Mons
and the first battle of Ypres, to a max
mum of 123 miles in February and
March of 1918, after which it steadily
declined until it measured GA miles at
he cessation of hostilities ON Novem-
)er IL.
304,CO0 Court MartiaIed.
In regard to discipline 304,262 Off
,erS and soldiers were tried by court
during the war. OF these, 270,-
almost 80 per cent, were convicted.
These courts passed 1880 death SEN
ences, Of which only 346 were carried
'ut, however, three of the culprits be-
ng officers, one of them found guilty
# murder and the other two of de-
Desertion, with 266 death
'enalties inflicted, constituted the
hief capital offense. Murder was sec
nd, with 81 death penalties inflicted,
nd cowardice third, with Is cases.
Between December 10, 1914, and .
5, 1918, Great Britain was ex- (
to 4S Zeppelin raids of which
2 included London; 80 airpiane raids.
f which 20 included London, and to
2 bombardments from the sea by
war vessels. 4.
The airship raids killed 556 and
1857 persons, and the air
lanes killed S57 and wounded 1850,
While the bombardments killed 157
nd injured ga. The total number of
casualties from the three causes was
GIL, of whom all but 752 were civil !,
The raids and bombardments |
illed All women and 295 children and !
ljured 1910 women and To children. [
The first tanks, a British device in
rigin, were built during the last half t
1916, $50 of them. During 1917 the n
utput was 1,277 and during 1918 it n
as 1891, giving a total output of g
g tanks.