Show 1 SOLDIERS SOLDIER'S CHANCES OP Uhl BEING JULLET I Approximately men will wil cn leave civil life t to enter military ervice At first glance the number seems huge and would be lip be lipI l. l severe blow to retail busl business ess Ii Iti reality it is less than 2 of the wags and nd salary earners of this country Foreign army s altho some hat uncertain show that about sixty men men per thousand are killed hided end ind about one hundred fifty men Out oui of or each thousand are wounded And most of the wounded return to the firing line This percentage Is low Under normal conditions the death I rate with ages corresponding ding to those of or the fighting men Is about eight ig i in a thousand However ver thai that Is lb tho the annual rate whereas tho the sta ata I regarding regarding the fighting men cover the of enlistment which In most cases Is about three yeara years It would therefore appear that the chances of a fighting man being killed are ro about two and a n. half halt times what they are under under normal al conditions THe Tile great loss in men in previous wars from disease has be been n very eliminated Some authorities s ay ny that so far as disease is con- con a a. a man at the front Is better than he Working Is under the con- con usual in most niost cities Tho The resent mortality rato rate is much l lower er I than it was at the beginning of of th the war It It seems seems that tl the e danger var varIes es neatly depending upon the branch if f C service It It is estimated that aran a aftan ran nan serving with the heavy artillery I s 9 statistically lly speaking q quite asale as 15 are ale as he lie would would- be bo upon the streets streets i t New York City It would also pear that the mortality among the commissioned ion officers and lieu- lieu mants Is much greater great r than among and officers of higher rank It seems reasonable to suppose hat a drafted man ma going Into into th the ervice as a private taking ordinary rec and not being too en en- has a reasonably good hance Trance of returning and being in beter beten bet bet- en er physical condition conditi n than ho he was wa he left |