He meant by this statement: "<span>everybody was there, and there was a general closing up of ranks and taking stock of our losses in dead or disabled that had fallen during the past year." is everyone saw what happened but after a year, all they can do is account the people they lost and structures that were damaged. The care for the ones left behind were not present, this means that people move on so fast. </span>
Its hard to explain but heres an example unemployment,social security checks,disability checks. Basicaly to promote the health and economics of the people