Word: crimean
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...ability to make forced marches and to win decisive victories depends no less upon the health of the individual soldier than upon the maintenance of good discipline. The number of men killed in a war is always less than the number of those who die of disease. In the Crimean war the proportion was one to twelve; in our Civil War, however, only one to two. To keep the troops in perfect physical condition is the great aim of modern sanitary precautions in the army. Especially in a country like Cuba must impure water be avoided, as the germs...
...improbable.- (a) The mischievous influence of the press is powerful.- (1) Shown in the case of England's entering on the Crimean War.- (2) Shown in our recent dispute with England.- (b) Our inconsiderate action in 1812 shows this.- (c) The recent Venezuelan quarrel proves...
...encourage by his example what he believes to be an unrighteous cause, or shall he use his influence to quiet the agitation and to induce men to cry for peace? Are Cobden and Bright now called traitors to their country because they raised their voices against the Crimean war in 1854? Is James Russell Lowell called unpatriotic because he denounced our own Mexican war in his satiric verse? Have we forgotten the sentiments of Mr. Hosea Bigelow about the "Cruetin Sarjunt" in Boston...