Show FEARFUL COST caST OF WAR French Army Officer Estimates Amount Expended In Killing a M Man Mn n. n Paris In In a 11 recent article General of or the French army writes The cost of killing a ui mass in Is obtained obtain ed cd b bj by dividing iding the thc total total cost of or a It iii wm to to any to-any any of the rents b b br 1 th th- th mini num ber ber of men killed on the other lither s side l eIn e. e In lit ln 71 1870 I France ranee spent 00 In the actual expenses expense of the thc win Will Ito He- III pairing 1 Illg materials and ud giving gh succor to the tile victims of the war expenses that thit are Justly to be added cost mother another France rance paid pl OO as liS war plus In Interest on on nv the sum loss los ot of r revenue venue forced d contributions by the enemy un and upkeep u of or the tilt Germ German in army of ot occupation n. n This th rd i category cate- cate He gory gorr of expenses nut not not-being not belli hu h in nil all wars cannot properly ht Ill Ju- Ju in eluded On a u basis basis basis' here heie Ill are some I Ita ta facts ts about other w wars ars Turkish Turkish War IVar 1877 Turkey nus o Japanese War WO Itus lOO OO The number cumber of men killed or or- orwin win liu dl died d of ot woun wounds In lu these these wars wais were Prussian Franco War Var Gei Germans m ins Russo Turkish Russo Turkish War War Russia Russians us IU Hi ll Japanese Russo Russo Jap imse War nr e. Japanese 5 51 moo 00 Whence it results that thit the cost of or killing each luau man w was vas is as follows In 1870 1870 71 1000 In 78 1877 13 In wo 20 What will kill tilt the greatest number and arld reduce the the effective tone fore most most will he U Il not mint the rifle We 01 or cannon c but fn rn i tigue t typhus t. or or r cholera bolera I In 1870 Germ Germans ins entered the hospitals Althou Although h they did not die I of their Illnesses they were none th the le less 4 made uil useless less fo for a n certain time In the Crimean lIn war wai time the armies lost four times as many man men through disease as were killed In battle This proportion was 3 to 1 among imong the Rus Rus- scans In 78 1877 It only 1 I to 2 among the Japanese In Manchuria thanks to their excellent hygiene |