Which parts of this excerpt from Editha by willam dean howells denote the meaninglessness of war

In Willam's Dean howell's "Editha", the excerpt that denote the meaninglessness of war is:

"No, girls don't; women don't, when they give their men up to their country. They think they'll come marching back, somehow, just as gay as they went, or if it's an empty sleeve, or even an empty pantaloon, it's all the more glory, and they're so much the prouder of them, poor things!"