226 DIED IN SERVICE

The University War Records Office reports the following roster of graduates and undergraduates who have taken part in the Great War. This list is approximately correct to date but is changing continually with additional reports.

On comparing these figures with similar figures of Civil War records, it appears that the percent killed of all who engaged in active service was far greater at that time. In the Civil War, 1,342 University men served in the Union armies, and 132, or 9.8 percent, were killed, or died of wounds or disease in service. Mr. H. N. Blake '58 reports that of 304 University men in the Confederate ranks, 70, or 23.2 percent were killed. The high percent of mortality in the last case was due to the fact that Confederate soldiers had to serve for the duration of the war, whereas the Union men could resign when the term of their enlistment expired.

During the Spanish-American War, there were 401 University men in active service, according to Mr. W. G. Brown '90, and of these 11, or 2.7 percent, died in the service. It is interesting to note that 10 of these 11 deaths were due to typhoid fever, and one was due to an accident. None were caused even indirect Total number of University men in armies and navies of the United States and her allies,  6,500 Died in service,  226 Total number of University men in auxiliary war service,  2,664 Died in service,  24