Show BIG INCREASE IN DESERTIONS Over 6000 Soldiers Took Leave Last Year Washington Desertion Is on the Increase In the army The annual report re-port of the military secretary shows that In the year ended June 30 there wore 0258 desertions or 74 for every 100 soldiers In the army In 1905 the rate of desertion was only 68 and for the three years previous to that time the rate of desertion was only 61 From 1895 to 1904 the average of desertion was only 45 per cent The rate of desertion In 1904 was highest In the field artillery 92 percent per-cent Tho cavalry was next with 78 per cent |