Word: war
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...spoke upon the personal care of volunteers in campaign. He said in substance that the 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...
Army life 186-65. Professor Henry P. Bowditch, Cavalry officer during the Civil War...
Navy life 1861-65. Dr. S. W. Abbott, Asst. Surgeon in the Navy during the Civil War...
Professor Norton and Professor Hollis will both speak before the Men's Club of the Prospect street Congregational Church of Cambridge, Tuesday evening, May 10, upon the subject "Some aspects of our war with Spain...
Lectures on the Civil War. VI. Chickamauga. John Fiske, LL.D. Lecture Room of the Fogg Museum, 4.30 p. m. Admission by ticket only...