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Show The February issue of the "Book of the Royal Blue," published by the Baltimore Bal-timore and Ohio Railroad, contains a very instructive article on "The Regular Reg-ular Army of the United States" by Major H. O. Heistand, Assistant Adjutant Adju-tant General. Major Heistand gives facts and figures concerning the military mili-tary department since its organization, during the war of the revolution. Some of his statistics are very interesting. inter-esting. During the revolution the number of individuals actually in military mil-itary service did not exceed 250,000; in the war of 1812 there were 471,022, of which 62.674 were regulars; in the war with Mexico there were 116,321, of which 42,545 were regulars; in the war of the rebellion there were 2.259.16S United State3 troops of whom 178,975 were colored, and 67,000 regulars, the total being 2,326.168; in the war with Spain there were 219,035 volunteers, (10.1S9 being colored) and 55,682 regulars, reg-ulars, a total of 274,717. Major Heistand Hei-stand also gives the number killed, wounded and loft and the deaths from disease in each war, including the Indian In-dian wars, and other important facts. |