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FRTPAY, JULY 4TII. 1910. AMERICA'S GREAT PART IN THE WORLD WAR Many statistical facts relative to America's part In the peat war. as well iia data published plecemea! heretofore and now collated in ac tecsiblt) form for the frst time are contained in a book, "Ti e War With Germany; a Statistical Sum maxf," by Leonard P. Ay res, Sta lisUcal Branch, General StafT, cop ies of which, have just been made available. Between ltfl covers the render learns not only how many soldiers America sent abroad, but bow long it took the average Amer ican to wear out a rubber slicker or a pair of socks. The book refutes authoritatively tho widely circulated statement that not a single airplane of Ameri can manufacture reached the battle front There were, In fact, t which arrived at the scene ) of ac tion. Below are some of the important and interesting facts which the book contains: '.,.. Thr number of mn serving in the armed forces cf the nation during the war was 4.So0.nnn, ofo whom 1,000, one served in the army. 'it took three years fr the tvi KllFh armies in Franco 'to roach a stremrt, of 2,000,000. but the Am-nenn armies did it in half th-t time. Out of even' -100 men who sowed . .'.,.. VmH.-mv.iI dn-ir.lsitifj. V It'll . Kl M- t'.-.'i.. were regulars and 77 were in the National army. In physical examinations the States of' the Middle West made the l)ft"t shouing. . Country boys , did better than city, boys, whites bet ter than negroes and native-born hotter than foreign-born . In this war the United States raised twice as many men : in the Civil War, and at one-twentieth the cost. There were 200,000 army officers. Of every six officers, one had pre vious military training with troops, three were graduates of officers' training camps, ana two came di rectly from civil life. . ' Our participation in thta V l" lasted nineteen months. Half a million men were sent overseas in the first thirteen months , and a million and a half in the last six months. Half the troops landed in France and half in England. The highest troop-carrying re cords are for July, 1918, when 306, 000 soldiers were carried to Europe, and May', 1919, when 330,000 were brought home. , The greatest troop Carrier among the ships was' the Leviathan, which : landed 12,000 men,, or the equiva lent, of. ft.German division, in France every month. One-fourth of all the troop3 who went overseas were assigned to the Service of Supply. ; .. , The average American soldier in France wore out . a flicker and ov erceat every five months; a blan ket, flannel shirt and breeches ev ery two months; a cooat every seventy-nine days; a pair of shoes and puttees every fifty-one days; a pair of drawers and an undershirt every thirty-four days, and. a pair of wool len seeks, every twenty-three days. In 1912 the American army allot ted four machine guns for each in fantny regiment, 1919 the allotment Is Sf.G machine guns. ':- American plants produced a great er number of complete units of ar tillery than all those purchased from the French and British. American armies had in France 3,500 pieces of artillery, of which nearly 500 were made in America. They used on the firing line 2,250 pieces, of which 130 were made in America. American aviators used 2,6!)? planes at the battle front, of which 667 were of American manufacture, American aviators brought down 755 enemy planes in action and lost 357. '.'' ',"'".'. Two out of every three American soldiers- who reached France took part In battle. American divisions were in battle 200 days and engaged in 13 major operations. During the last four months of the war, American divisions held a longer front than that held by the ' British.. t -' In October American divisions held 101 miles of front line, or 23 per cent of the ent'ie Western front. The most intense concentration of artillery fire ever. recorded was that of the American troops in the Bat tle of St . Mihiel , when our artil lery fired more than 1,000,000 sheila in four hours. The Meuse-Argonne battle lasted forty-seven days, during which. 1, 200,000 American troops were en gaeed. The total battle deaths of all na tions in this war were gTeater than all the deaths in all the wars of the previous 100 years. The war cost the United States coT!!derabIy more than a miilin doi'rrs an hour for over two ynnr?. Our expenditures in th'? war were I iwFcSent to have .carried cn th5 IjA''nt-onary War cpnMr.-io'.islr re ore t! in 1,000 'years 'at t'h?- rate of oxrnditure which.' thit 'Tar in volve'. The trial war cost of all h-?.t:oi wa aoout $lS,000,00,OOi) cf which the Allies spent two-thirds. Supplies shipped from America to France totalled 7,500,000 tons. , The number of men registered In tha draft was 24,234,021, of whom 2, 810", 296 were Inducted into ser vice. There were 80,468 graduates of line oncers' training schools. I The cost of the war to this coun try to April 30, 1919, was $21, 850.000,000. of wh.'ch sum the army cast $13,930,000,000. The Americans fought 13 battles which totalled 200 'days., in 19 months of participation, In addition to 50,000 Americans dead In battle, 236,000 were wound ed. Deaths from disease number ed 56,921. The following data are of the M'juse-Argionne -battle: American guns employed, 2,417; rounds of artillery ammunition fired, 4,214. 000; airplanes used, 840; tons of explosives dropped by planes, 100; tanks used; 324; maximum penetra tlon of enemy lines, 34 kilometers; square kilometers of territory t-iken 1,550; village and towns liberated, ITp; iu'lsoners captured, 16,059; artillery pieces captured, 468;. ma chine guns captured, 2.S64; trench mortars captured, 177. AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS; SAFER TO RIDE IN AIRPLANE It's much safer to ride in an air plane than in an automobile, an aviator was remarking the other day, and we wonder if it is not really correct. One observant of ii3''K! 1 I .V. 7ik j y:y"i .Mi'V ir: w Wm '1)iMtW Act JW&WhW' QET in "your inning" at your Fourth of July Outing. Really enjoy yourself. Be genuinely comfortable and stylish in KEEP-lICOpL Our stock of "KEEP-KOOL,, Clothing includes all of the handsome, fashionable tropic-weight materials. The stylings are the sort that bring a gleam of quick approval into the eye of the fashion student, WILLIA THH REVIEW: tbo chronicling la the dally pa- pers must be sadly impressed wiui tho fearfully large number of acci dents that are happening -with auto ists, so large a part of them fatal. We suppose the cause, of these re peated accidents Is carelessness. Drivers are too Intimate and confi dential with their machines. They drive them so often without any thing out of the ordinary occurring that they have lost their sense of apiirehenslon of danger. They figure . they are bound to go right all the) time, that they cannot turn turtle wihout acute cause or do a thou sand other thingsi that may snap the lljfe out of the occupants of the car. Automobiles should be driven with exceeding care and prudence. It Is trite to remark that there is too great a tendency to turn them loose and let them run as rast as they will go on some 'fin" stretch of road that seems perfects harmless and when there Is noth OVER-EATING ia the root of nearly all digestive evil. If your digestion is weak or out of kilter, better eat less and use the new aid to betfar digestion. Pleampt to take -effective. Let Ki-moid help straighten out your digestive troubles. MADE BY SCOTT BCVfi'E MAKERS OF SCOTT'3 EMULSION r . . . .. :s f'.t - k " . i . -" , "Fourth" Toggery The TOE tth REDS VI LL N. C. ing m sight but an inviting scene ...... i ueauiy, we venture tne remans ( states arter a meeting. Responst that there are more automobile fa-' bllity was placed by Fred A. Vogel talities these days than there are president of the council, at the railroad fatalities which is nothing door of the "good old rule otf supply except an indictment against auto-and demand." Not only ia there a mooiie drivers for Inexcusable care losaness. Charlotte News. LEMON JUICE FOR. FRECKLES Girls! Make beauty lotion for a few cents Try Itl Squeeze the juice of two lemons Into a bottle containing three ounces of orchard white, shako well, and you have a quarter pint of the best freckle and tan lotion, and complexion beautifler, atvery, very small cost. Your grocer has the lemons and any dm jr. store or toilet counter will .supply three ounce of orchard white for a few cents. Massage this sweetly fragrant lotion into the face, neck, arms and hands each day and see how freckles and blem ishes disappear and how clear, soft and rosy-whito the skin becomes. Yes! It is harmless and nover irri tates. STILL HIGHER PRICES FOR SHOES FORECAST Still-higher prices for shoes was a forecast in a .statement issued by National fummer Suit for Men it COMPANY MAW'S STORE the tanners' council of the United I large demand for leather In this country but European nations are "anxious buyers," it was said. There Is only one way to reduce prices, according to the .statement, and that Is to increase transporta tion facilities for raw materials. UGH. CALOMEL MAKES YOU DEATHLY SICK Stop Using Dangerous Drug Before it Salivates You! It's Horrible. You're bilious, sluggish, consti pated and believe yon need vile, dangerous calomel to start your liv er and clean your bowels. . Here's my guarantee! Ask your1 druggist for a bottle of Hudson's; Liver Tone and take a spoonful to- j nU'ht. If it doesn't start your liver' J a t t. a. . ... . 1 ttuu Biraigmon you ngnt up bettor than calomel and without griping or making you sick I want you to go ! back to Hip storp nn,i t vn,.r ,-, iwck to tne store and t,et our won- J" Take calomel today and tomorrow you will feel weak and sick and nauseated. Don't lose a ii.iy'i work.) USE Vrn.fU,T0t harTm,P'"; Vwl table Podsons Uver Tone tonight and wake up feeling groat. It's per- foctly harmless', ' so give it to your i children any time. It can't sait-j vate, so let them eat anything af - j terwards. I. it PAOB THM HOW THIS NERVOUS WOMAN GOTWELL Told by Herself. Her Sim cerity Should Con vince Others. Christopher, 111. "For four years I suffered from irregularities, weakness. nervousness, and was in a run down condition. Two of our In-st doctors failed to do me any good. I heard sa much about what I.ydiaE.Finkham'a Vegetable Com pound had done for others, I tried it and was cumd. I am no longer ner vous, am regular, and in excellent henlth. I hlivfi th P.imnnnnd will cure any female trouble." Mrs. ALICQ - nrisiopner, in. Nervousness is often a symptom of wcaUnes3 or fconlo functional Grange- mont, which may bo overcome by thii famous root and herb remedy, I.ydia E. Finkham's Vegetable Comiwuml, p.a thousands of women have round ly ompncationsexfst, write LydiaE. Finkham Medicine To ., Lynn, Mass., for suggestions in regard to your ailment, The result,of iU lorn experience U "t your Bervice. - . . Read Ths Review Regularly. I kx4 i
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