| Show suicides in european armlee the austrian army takes the lead in the matter of suicides from 1875 to 1887 a yearly average of suicides ia recorded for every effective troops in 1889 the number was death by suicide represents fifth part of the whole mortality of the austrian army no disease is more deadly the germans report about half the number the italian army about one third the french army about one fourth the english army in the home service about one sixth tho rate in the russian army is nearly the same while in tho spanish army it is least of all there are como curious facts about these suicides in the european armies especially in austria it is the young gol liers who kill themselves during the first month of their service suicides are the most frequent among the cavalry and infantry and in the latter among the boldiena Bol diera who are accused and awaiting trial the most frequent method is shooting though hangin ff and drowning are frequent methods the infantry use firearms and usually aim at their luls the mounted soldiers hang themselves by their horse bridles the Afy eriar soldiers almost always shoot themselves through the body perhaps because the araba think it is infamous ir mutilate the head la austria a third of tha suicides are attributed to a distaste foi military france love trouble is a frequent cause the fear of punishment is everywhere a incentive tho maximum cf is reached h tho hottest weather mcd is reached iu tho coldest boston herald |
