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Show DEATH RATE AMONG THE SOLDIERS. Investigation by the government has disclosed that there is a systematic attempt to frighten the fathers and mothers of the land by the alleged tremendous death rate of the soldiers in the trenches. trench-es. Facts published by the New York Life Insurance Company show that the danger of being killed is only slightly more than that of being mortally wounded in times of peace while engaged in hazardous trades. To those who have been inclined to look upon the European battlefields as veritable slaughter-houses, the statement quoted below will be most welcome: "We all know that hundreds of fathers and mothers are terribly ter-ribly exercised because of rumors circulated, many times with malice aforethought, in reference to the mortality abroad. Roger Babson, the statistician, has gathered the following figures from a close study of war casualties. They are emininently reassuring: " 'Fourteen men of of fifteen so far have been safe. Under present conditions, where man power is being saved, no more than one in thirty is killed. Only one man in 500 loses a limb a chance no greater than in hazardous conditions at home.' Mr. Babson's conclusions are based on the mortality figures of the French army for the full three years of war. Attention is called to the fact that 'present fighting is not claiming anywhere near the number of dead recorded for the first two years. He says: "Most of the wounds ! sustained in the trenches are clean-cut and of a nature that a few I weeks in the hospital makes the subject as fit as ever. But 300,-JOOO 300,-JOOO French soldiers have been discharged on account of wounds ; during the three years of the war. Most of the wounds received !in the trenches are on the top of the head, 'simply scalp wounds, j Practically speaking, a wound is either fatal or slight, with but I few in between these two extremes." j The above is taken from "Trench and Camp," a newspaper .printed esiecially for the soldier boys, and is sent to practically every camp in the United States. Each camp has their own ! branch paper and is printed under the direction of the Y. M. C. A. jThe one from which this is taken is published, by the Camp Kear-!ney Kear-!ney association. |