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•denlliB in ;tlie .volunteer for era of Cho.:U,uitod :StatesV 1(1tinog-.'*tb9 present; .war; , (/thorns ;gualt;3b’\«Tjtl otlierl.bodiesinot.in^^ aetiya ser-;S'ico'beir!^ exdu(lecV:). linstblt;$ti a t tbbtarmiwit: |; rata,.of • fifty-illreo. pcr.:.thousand...; won, of j wh icb about- forij'-foiw;.were. froitv disease and ace ideal, and nearly n i rib. from wounds received in action. . .• • ,•••:• PVs s ii.in iiig ■ tli a 11! ib f a to o f rnor ta.1 i ty c x~ porioiicodby those who yquitl tbo soryice-;] by. cl isel i arg for. d JBab i 1 ily /; lt;1 es.e H/hO 1 or.■other Wi sol' i a-1 be, snma^sf fc.li bsfrcoii I iiiU big in tho servicb,,to* wi't, 53 per. I,000—7%very '.in od ernte esti male,- si nce'tlvosoyl iscb oifgpd: for disability are, justly.presumed lobe. at :the lime, in point’ of beullb; iiifbrior to:their . lconira(3es,jw bp. reifi a in^Sf K/$ Hi^ltjr^cEoiir iii o’ annual ntio of d t- rith s fit ill but'6 5 •:* p e r 1,000. . ; ..-It appdiiis ;; fro m ;lb.'e return a: that 'oVbiio..-1 lie deiitb-Vrttcf froni' woundsjiii; actions: is greater in t ho case; of officers than.of pri-i vatcs, [beiiig.rcspecliyoly... 1-1,1-2; and. 8 1*2 . per 1,000,1] .the den tli - r ale t of 0 file e i;b fro 1 rj; disease ' mid accident is' fmicli • less Ilian of:pi)vates; 22 for:the former ly‘;46.fyr the; 1AL-ter and thnt iho: rhto- from' all causes [cm-1, bracing -both ■? disease nnd;.violence]- is.itss; with the officers...(bait -with tho men—the: entire rate./ for.officer a being • 33 and, for. men 54- per i,000..v ''The exeoas of fchd moi t ;dity duo to• cli*-; ease and ^eeidenty.over?thul duo towounds in actionj-:is ainoticeablo/inct Jn = Cliovol1.mi teer nr my of the -:U nixed; States,. as 4 n; allother:. nrmies~-£wo^ * death’s,of tho officers and jive'sixths of those of the men ; reshltiiigT:om; dis(?n8e: arid1 hcci-?.jdent; the. remaining dncdlVird and;ono-jnxth, rcspcctjvcljvhoitigieausod by wounds received in liattle. --.v\, ■;- ; Jt appears. frdm, the returns- that ;the general morthlily ;pf !thb‘ army: hfl’s lceh gradually increasing shW the commcnca-' met it’ of the Var,: and Hint (be rate for the AutumnalmonthsKisVUput;t%i:ice;-[;i-V Limes] that iiuHcnleel by. the .returns for the sum-mer period,-and. tho r.wiiilerrate i in turn double [1,9 time*; that of autumn.]It is also■ absen*ed Jlml the mortality -of the armies; recruited at:llie West, muT wliicb operate at the AVcstv. is alninst precisely three times Hint of the troops reer-iting in the Middle and Nesv Etiglaad States, end which serve in the arrives nt the J2nsl;1 be Western rnlc from wounds received In ne{ion:bein^ live (4L1). limri?, u.nii that from lt;Jisrapo and: accident atl!c less thoir.tbrcQ (2.8) tinics as. great W[ ?iionc)ii)K rates in the luust.' ; !the corresponding.- It has been well' said by Jomini that the first necessity of mi.a ririY in active. service, is/a \\-good recruiting systemto preserve its; cITiet-j, j e/iey unimpaired. To fliip ply losses among the s I enlisted men iu our- Kfisiern; armiea requires recruits at; the race of .nineteen-(1S.S) per 1,000 per man I h, or 226 per.. I^OoO. per annum; of which latter proportion 2}2 blhe number required to' supply: the muuial: loss by death: 100 the nnmuit loss by discharge from sendee, eliieJly from disability;79 tbe.aunual less from missing.:in..action mid ■from desertions; and 15 to supply ihc loss from other can es. .
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Elyria Independent Democrat
Elyria, Ohio, US
Wed, Feb 04, 1863
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