Show GEORGE GREEN TAKES HIS OWN LIFE I 1 while in a state slate of gloom and des pon dency no doubt mostly caused by the death of 0 his wife who died on an the cl last april george greenoe Gre enof this city ended hit his life last wednesday morning by taking his death was a sad one as he deives a f family of six orphan boys ranging from the age of seven years to manhood the night or morning before his hii death he wrote a letter the contents of which has not been made public he was born in about 53 years ago the funeral will take place this afternoon at 2 ocl ock at his home or the south ward meeting house of the 2 who enlisted on the union side during out our great civil war the government records shows that practically all were boys only of this number were over 21 years ot of age one million of this total otal eu enlisted listed be between tween the age of 18 and 21 about three hundred thousand were 18 years old about six hundred thousand were 17 and some one hundred thousand from 14 to 15 years old three hundred were 13 two hundred and twenty five were 12 thirty eight were 11 and twenty Y five who were only 10 years of age at the time of enlistment and if it was possible to find the figures on the southern side we rather believe that probably the their ir figures would show a yet earlier average age of enlistment large numbers of girls and young women at present employed in machinery work in manchester Sal salford fordt ashton and other parts oace of central aral and eliet east lancashire england will be ifsich in 11 W 1 l ax iv ivi i J i 41 1 w weeks so take the place of single young men who have hav e been C cm M D in gov P work |