Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 309, 9 November 1920 — Page 26

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. RICHMON1X IND TUESDAY, NOV. 9, 1920.

WAR COST AMERICA : $1,000,000 AN HOUR FOR OVER TWO YEARS

The war cost the United States considerably more than $1,000,000 an hour for. over two years. . The direct cost was about $22,000,000,000, or nearly enough to pay. the entire cost ot running the United States government from 1791 up to the outbreak of. the European war. Our expenditures in this war were sufficient to have carried on the Revolutionary war continuously for more than 1,000 years at the rate ot expenditure which that was actually involved. " Loan .Vatt Sums. : In addition to this, huge expenditure nearly $10,000,000,000, have been loaned by the United States to the allies. ! The army expenditures have been over $14,000,000,000, or nearly twothirds of our total war costs. During the first three months our war expenditures were at the rate of

$2,000,000 per day. During the next year they averaged more than $22, 000,000 a day. For the final 10 months of the period, from April, 1917, to .April, 1919, the daily average was over $44,000,000. Army Expenses Heavy. Although the army expenditures are less than two-thirds of our total war costs, they are nearly equal "to the value of all the gold produced in the whole world from the discovery of America up to the outbreak of the J?uipcan war. The pay of the urmy during: the war cost more than the combined salarips Qf all the public school principal's and teachers in the United States for the five years from 1912 to 191G. The total war costs of all nations were about $186,000,000,000, of which the allies and the United States spent two-thirds and the enMny one-third. The three nations spending the greatest amounts were Germany, Great Britain, and France, in that order. After them come the United States and Austria-Hungary,, with substantially equal expenditures. The United States spent about oneeighth of the entire cost of the war, and something less than one-fifth of the expenditures of the allied side.

ease was lower, and the death rate from battle was higher than in any other previous American war. Inoculation, clean camps, and safe drinking water, practically eliminated typhoid fever among our troops in this war. Pneumonia killed - more soldiers than were killed in battle. Meningitis was the next most serious disease. Of each 100 cases of venereal disease recorded in the United States, 96 were contracted before entering the army and only 4 afterwards. During the entire war available hospital facilities in the American Expeditionary Forces were In excess of the needs.

Pays High Tribute to Lieut. Qaentin Roosevelt QUENT1N, Pa.. Nov. 9. This Lebanon county town, historic by reason of its association with the development of Pennsylvania's iron industry as represented in the Cornwall iron ore banks and furnaces, has added a new page to its history in the unveiling of a tablet in memory of Lieut. Quentin Roosevelt, for whom it was renamed. It was an event of considerable interest in that it was held under the auspices of the Patriotic Order Sons of America of Pennsyjvania and attended by fully 5.000 persons, including representatives of the state camp and delegations from Lebanon county camps. It was a holiday for the town. The tablet of bronze was unveiled by Cyrus Dishinger, a Union veteran and lifelong resident of the town, and was presented by Claude T. Reno, of Allentown, a former state vice president, on behalf of the. patriotic order, in a stirring address in which he extolled the bravery of Lieutenant Roosevelt.

MANY SPEAKERS ASSISTED IN TEACHING PATRIOTISM Many speakers were sent to the rural districts and towns of Wayne county as occasion demanded it to help instruct the populace on war topics. Meetings were held in school houses, churches and halls. The purposes or the Liberty loans, War Savings Stamps, Y. M. C. A., Red Cross, food conservator, and scores of other topics wert explained by these speakers who were selected by the cha'.rmen of the various drives.

TWO OUT OF THREE AMERICAN SOLDIERS ' r FOUGHT IN BATTLES

Two out of every three American soldiers who reached France took part in battle. The number who reached France was 2,084,000, and of these 1,390,000 saw active service at the front. Of the 42 divisions that reached France 29 took part in active combat service. Seven of them were regular army divisions, 11 were organized from the national guard, and 11 were

made up of national army troops. American divisions were in battle for 200 days and engaged in 13 major operations. .... From the middle of August until the end of the war the American, divisions held during the greater part of the time a front longer than that held by the British. In October the American divisions held 101 miles of line, or 23 percent of the entire western front.

On the 1st of April the Germans! had a superiority of 324,000 in rifle J strength. Due to American arrivals I the allied strength exceeded that ofi the Germans in June end was more than 600,000 above it in November. ' Intense Artillery Fir. j In the ua-u;e of St. Mihiel 550,000; Americans were engaged, as compared ' with about 100,000 on the northern i side in the battle of Gettysburg. The artillery fired more than 1,000,000 shells in four hours, which is the most intense concentration of artillery fire recorded in history. The Meuse-Argonnt battle lasted i for 47 days, during which 1,200,000 j American troops were engaged. The American battle losses of the

war were 50,000 killed and 236,000 wounded. They are heavy when counted in terms of lives and suffering, but light compared with the enormous price paid by the nations at whose sides we fought.

Average American Soldier Trained Six Months In U. 5. The average American soldier who fought iii rrance had six months of training here, two months overseas before entering the line, and one month In a quiet sector before going into battle. Most soldiers received their training in Infantry divisions which are

of about 1,000 officers and 27,000, men. Forty-two divisions were sent to France. More than two-thirds of our line officers were graduates of. the officers' training camps. - France and England sent to the United States nearly 800 specially skilled officers and non-commissioned officers who rendered most important aid as instructors in our training

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DISEASE KILLS TWO OF EVERY HUNDRED YANKS IN STRUGBL

Of every 100 Amorican soldiers and sailor?, who served in the war with G( rmany. two were killed or died of disease during the period of hostilities. The total battle deaths of all nations in this war were greater than all the deaths in all the wars In the previous 100 years. Russian battle deaths were 34 times as heavy as those of the United States, those of Germany 32 times as great, the French 28 times, and the British 18 times as large. America Lost 122,500. The number of American lives lost was 122,500, of which about 10,000 were in the navy, and the rest in the army and the marines attached to it. In the American army the casualty rate in the infantry was higher than in any other service, and that for officers was higher than for men. For every man KlUcd in battle seven were wounded. Five out of every six men sent to hospitals on account of wounds were cured and returned to duty. In the expeditionary forces battle losses were twice as large as deaths from disease. In this war the death rate from dis-

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