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Show Tall Indiana Soldiers. A record of the height of Indiana sol-dlors sol-dlors In the civil war shows that out of 118,254 there was 15,047 5 feet 10 Inches high, 8.70G 5 i"pet 11 Inches. 0,679 6 feet high, 2,014 6 feet 1 inchos. 1,357 G feet 2 Inches, 400 0 feet 3 Inches, nnd 330 over C foot 3 Inches. Commenting on theso .statistics Dr. Gould, actuary of tho Unltod States Sanltnry Commission, writes: "It 1b evident from our statistics that tho Indiana In-diana men aro tho tallest of all natives na-tives of tho United States, nnd tbeso latter tho tallest of all civilized countries." |