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...impression is false, and the statements are lies. The death rate in the Allied armies on the western front is only about four times that of the same age, in civil life--and there are many occupations of peace which are no less hazardous than the occupation of making...
...then went on to show of what inestimable value to this country a respectable force of regulars would have been at the beginning of the Civil War. and in the first two years of the present European struggle. "If the United States had had three brigades of regulars in 1861 they could have occupied Richmond, New Orleans and Charleston, and stopped the war there. If, in 1915, the United States had had a regular force of half a million, and fairly efficient reserve of twice that number, it is my belief," said Professor Johnston, "That the Lusitania would never have...
...Russia to Petrograd, where we arrived August 7. The object of the Mission was to give aid to the Russian people in their prosecution of the war by furnishing needed supplies for the care of the sick and wounded in the army and relief to the needy among the civil population. My own time was devoted largely to a study of the vital statistics of the army and an inspection of the sani- tary conditions and the ambulance and hospital service at the Russian front. This brought me in contact with General Korniloff and other Russian officers and with...
...America. It is plainly foreshadowed by the Provost-Marshal General's prediction that the Government will find it necessary to include in the National Draft men of the ages from 18 to 21. Here is a serious possibility, but one which must be faced in all resolution. The Civil War was largely won by the men of these ages. Among them is much of the material which experience has shown best able to stand the strain of battle. The disturbance of their education, though most unfortunate, is less threatening to the country than the disruption of economic and industrial conditions...
...possible that in its later stages, as new genius is evolved, the war may lose its earlier anonymity. For of course, the personal equation must remain the determining factor. Yet if our Civil War offers a precedent, there will need to be a considerable winnowing ere the final heroes are upheaved. Boston Advertiser