| Show aw tr at this time when the united states is engaged in the greatest naval war of the century so BO far as it has gone information regarding such battling is always in demand the populace generally have some understanding of how land fights are conducted running all the way from a glimmering one from reading and hearing them spoken of up to and including the most thorough comprehension obtained by intelligent tell igent varied and active experience but such fighting has not yet had its day so far as an the trouble with spain to Is concerned and one or tw victories like that of dewey may so change the aspect of affairs that infantry will not be much in demand the losses loss by warfare are generally first figured up the ran ranking kinig item being that of life it to is observed by a that battered battleships can be repaired but the trained soldiers and sailors killed in v war mr are losses that hit at th the heart of a nation it is well understood that it takes many bullets to kill one man and those who have had ample chance to find out claim that shells are least to be feared of all war missiles on land but the naval record is not so comforting reference is made to the battle between the chinese and japanese at phung do on july 25 1894 in which two shells struck a japanese boat and exploded without harm but in the dramatic encounter on the yalu balu river when the chinese rained shells in the direction of the enemy their marksmanship was so bad that only struck but these averaged nearly three men killed each the exact total humber of slain being at the same place ten japanese were killed by the vibration of air caused by the firing of their own guns in some cases shells did severe damage on japanese ships one vessel had thirty persons killed and seventy injured by the explosion I 1 of one shell another had fourteen killed and twenty seven in aured by one shell of course the greatest damage was done aone toy by shells that burst the bursting burstin of ev even small shells did great injury in one instance four persons were killed and six wounded by the explosion of ef a very small shell in the killed or injured head wounds were most frequent the ratio being 2516 2515 per cent of the total number next in order came rounda of the greater part of the body ot of the upper limbs of the lower limbs of the abdomen and lumbar region Te glon and of the chest and back while the ike neck suffered least in land fighting it te is not so the lower extremities most the upper ones and head bead next then the chest cheat and back abdomen and lumbar regions while the neck again escapes it is in cited as an interesting and gratifying fact that the wounded in the tp present resent war will have the benefit of a body of skilled surgeons and physicians known as the association at military surgeons of the united states mata it began as an a national guard body itt in 1881 1991 at the suggestion of dr Nid holat senn of chicago in 1898 thib the medical officers of the army and marine hew pital service became members by tei vita Uon the association makes make ik a specialty of military practice ana it isto be hoped that it has a presenta re tive or two along with commodora Commo aora dewey although there ate are no re ire ports it is hardly probable wat that our squadron escaped wit without hoitt casualties among which may be a painfully conff list of dead and a larger one of wounded |
