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Excerpt from Comparison of the Mortality From Disease in Armies: With That of Men of Military Ages in Civil Life Showing the Groups of Diseases Chiefly Concerned in Causing the Excess of Mortality in Armies When we compare the mortality from disease in armies, with that of men of military ages in civil life, we find a striking dif ference in favor of civil life. As soldiers are ordinarily sub jected to a rigid examination before enlistment, which causes the exclusion, not only of all who are subjects of disease, but also of all of feeble constitutions, we might reasonably expect that, all other things being equal, the mortality from disease in armies would be considerably below that of men of military ages in civil life. And even when no preliminary examination is bad, as was the case in many of our volunteer regiments organized during the early part of the war, since comparatively few who did not consider themselves possessed of ordinary vigor and powers of endurance would be likely to volunteer, the Vital stand ard of the army would still be considerably above that of men of military ages in civil life as a whole; and under equally favorable circumstances, therefore, it would be reasonable to expect that the mortality from disease in armies would be less than in civil life. The total number of deaths from disease during the year end ing June lst, 1860, in a male population between the ages of fifteen and fifty, of was, according to the last United States Census, or about per 1000 of population be tween the ages of fifteen and fifty. It would be unreasonable to assume, however, that this represents the total mortality occurring during the year in men of military ages in the United States. Such Statistics are necessarily much. Less complete in civil life than in armies. Many deaths would be likely to occur during the year, of which the census officers would get no information. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.