THE ALLIANCE (NEBRASKA) 1IERALD
OCTOBER 7, 1919'
FACTS
(Continued from l'ane 4, Sec. 2)
in American l'laiitu was In excess of
10.000.000. at compared with 9,000,
rounds secured from the French and
fBitish.
So far as the Allies were con
cerned, the European war was in
large nuature foupht with American
powder and high explosives.
During the war America pro
duced 10,000 tons of Fas, much of
Which was sold to the French and
JBritlsh.
In round numbers, we had In
Trance 3,550,055 pieces of artillery,
fit which nearly 500 were made In
America, and were using on the fir
ing line 2,250 pieces, of which over
100 were made In America.
On the declaration of war the
United States had 55 training air
planes, of which 51 were clasHified
M obsolete and the other 4 as obso
lescent When we entered the war the al
lies made the designs of their planes
available to us and before the end
Of hostilities furnished us from their
wd' manufacture 3,800 service
planet.
More than 5,000 pilots and ob
servers were sent overseas.
The total personnel of the air
service, officers, students and en
listed men, increased from 1,200 at
the outbreak of the war to nearly
200,000 at Its close.
There were produced In the Unit
ed States to 'November 30, 1918,
taore than 8,000 training planes and
more than 16,000 training engines.
Before the signing of the armis
tice 3,227 De Havlland planes had
been completed and 1,886 shipped
overseas. The plane was successful
ly used at the , front for three
months.
Before the armistice 13,574 Liber
ty engines had been completed, 4,435
hipped to the expeditionary forces
And 1,025 delivered to the allies.
On November 11, 1918, the 45
svjuadrons of the American air force
t the front had an equipment of
740 planes.
American air squadrons brought
down in combat 755 enemy planes,
while their own losses of planes
numbered 357.
Two out of every three American
oldlers who reached France took
part In battle. The number who
reached France was 2,084,000, and
of these 1,390,000 saw active serv
ice at the front.
Of the 42 divisions that reached
France, 29 took part in active corn
pat service. Seven of them were
regular army divisions, 11 were or
ganized from the national guard, and
11 were made up of national army
troops.
American divisions were In battle
for 200 days and engaged In thir
teen major operations.
From the middle of August until
the end of the war the American
divisions held during the greater
part of the time a front longer than
Hint held by the HrlUsh.
In October the American divi
sions held 101 miles of line, or 23
per cent of the entire western front.
On the first of April the Germans
had a superiority of 324,000 in rifle
strength. Due to American arriv
als the allied strength exceeded that
of the Germans in June and was
more than 600,000 above it in No
vember. In the battle of St. Mihlel, 550,
000 Americans were engaged, as
compared with about 100,000 on the
northern side In the battle of Gettys
burg. The artillery fired more than
1,000,000 shells In four hours, which
is the most intense concentration of
artillery fire recorded In history.
The Meuse-Argonne battle lasted
for forty-seven days, during: which
1,200,000 American troops were en
gaged. Of every 100 American soldiers
and sailors who served in the war
with Germany, two were killed or
died of disease during the period of
hostilities.
The total battle deaths of all na
tions in this war were greater than
all the deaths In all the wars in the
previous 100 years.
Russian battle deaths were 34
times as heavy as those of the Unit
ed States, those of Germany 32 times
as great, the French 28 times and
the British 18 times as large.
The number of American lives
lost was 122.500, of which about
10.000 were in the navy and the rest
In the army and the marines at
tached to it
The casualty rate in the infantry
was higher than In any other serv
ice, and that for officers was higher
than for men.
For every man killed in battle
seven were wounded.
Five out of every six men sent to
hospitals on account of wounds were
cured and returned to duty.
In the expeditionary force battle
losses were twice as large as deaths
from disease.
Fneumonla killed more soldiers
than any other disease. Meningitis
was the next most serious disease.
Of every 100 cases of venereal
disease recorded in the United
States. 96 were contracted before
entering the army and only four
afterward.
The war cost the United States
considerably more than $1,000,000
an hour for over two years.
The direct cost was about 122,
000.000, or nearly enough to pay the
entire cost of running the United
States government from 1791 up to.
the outbreak of the European war.
In addition to this, nearly $10,
000,000.000 have been loaned to the
allies.
TLe army expenditures were near
ly two-thirds of our total war costs,
and they were nearly equal to the
value of all the gold produced In the
whole world from the discovery of
America up to the outbreak of the
present war.
The total war costs of all the na
tions were about $186,000,000', 000,
of which the allies and the United
States spent two-thirds and the en
emy one-third.
The three nations spending the
greatest amounts were Germany,
Great Hrltain and France, In that
order. After them come the United
States and Austria-Hungary, with
substantially equal expenditures.
The United States spent about one
eighth of the entire cost of the war,
and something less than one-fifth of
the expenditures of the allied side.
HAROLD S. THOMAS.
PUBLIC
SALE
WHERE THKY WERE ALIKE
A doctor who had a custom of cul
tivating the lawn and walk in front
of his' home every spring engaged
O'Brien to do the Job. He went
away tor three days and when he re
turned found O'Brien waiting for his
money. The doctor was not satisfied
with his work and said: O'Brien,
the walk is covered with gravel and
dirt, and in my estimation it's a bad
Job.
O'Brien looked at him in surprise
for a moment and replied: Shure,
Doc, there's many a bad Job of yours
covered with gravel and dirt.
As I have sold out and am leaving, I will sell on
the farm known as the old Bushnell Place, one-half
mile west of Hemingford, at 1 o'clock p. m. on
Saturday, Oct. 11, 1919
The following property:
4 Head of Cattle
One cow, giving milk; one cow, coming
fresh February 1; two bull calves.
4 Head of Horses
One black mare, nine years old, weight.
1,400; one grey mare, nine years old, weight
1,400; two spring colts, weaned and halter
broke.
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1917 Ford Touring
Car.
Eleven tons good Al
falfa Hay.
Farm Machinery
One new 16-16 Moline disc, tongue truck;
one three-section Moline harrow; one slx
ehovel Independent cultivator; one J. 1. C.
sixteen-lnch plow; one Moline farm truck
wagon, nearly new; one hayrack.
ONE SET NEW CONCORD HARNESS
Household Articles
Dining table and chairs; Bentwood churn;
Cream Separator, and many other things.
Several dozen Buff Or
phington chickens.
TERMS: All sums under $25 cash, over that
amount a credit of 6 months time will be given on
notes, approved by sale clerk, bearing 8 per cent in
terest AMOS H. HAILE
OOL. S. A. GRIMES, Auct.
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