The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-07-09

tween twenty and twenty-One who are not CON
scripted are assigned to the andKehr for twelve
years service. In event OF war; each regim ent OF
regulars recruited from the reserves and the land
wehr do garrison duty, as in North Germany.
The Russian army has recently been reorganized
On the North German system. An army OF 100000
is drawn from population OF 67 900; and in case
of war this force is augmented to 100000 by the
revocation Of furloughs. All men between twenty-
one and thirty years Of age are liable to military
duty, and 100000 are conscripted annually. These
are enlisted for fifteen years. but for oneha OF the
time they furloughed.
France has population OF 81 500,0S0, from which
an army Of ,0bS 900 is drawn, of which 100000
regulars 10000 foot, 22s 900 second reserves, and
Garde Mobile of 100000 Every year 900 men of
about twenty years Of age are conscripted, of
whom 10000 drafted into the ranks for five years
after which they for four years in the second
reserve. The second portion Of the conscrpton,
to the number OF 10000, are allowed to 90 home
again. but they are drilled for five months during the
first two years. and constitute the first reserve They
remain enrolled for peace duty, however, ten years
in all. All the young men not conscrpted are en-
listed in the Garde Mobile which, in event OF war; does
garrison duty. The entire armed force OF Great Br-
tain, including that Of India numbers about 1888 900
regulars 10000 regular reserves, and 1874 900 second
reserves The first reserves, with the exception OF
1000 regulars, is made up Of pensioners and militia
while the second reserve is made up OF H. 900 yeO-
manry and 10000 volunteers. Frem population
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for twelve years service in the regular force. With
the exception OF the pensioners, the reserves are
mostly volunteer organizations.
In North Germany about one in every 300 OF the
population is conscripted, and the regular army of
100000 is maintained at an expense of Si8, ,OOOOOO
Austria cOnscripts one in every $40, and her regular
army Of 3Os0o0 costs sltOOO,oOO per annum In
Russia one in every $50 Is conscripted, and it costs
her sl05,OOO,OOO per annum to maintain a regular
force of 100000. France draws one in 600, and
maintains her regular force oS 100000 at aa annual
cost of S70,O0O,000; while Great Britain draws but
in every 1000, and keeps force of 1888 900 regu-
lars at q cost Of 81, 100000 each year.
The writer Of the article from which these sta
tistics drawn fatters himself that the compare
lively small force Of Great Britain would be more
effective than the larger Continental armies from
the fact that they better trained in the use of
improved weapons and to prove that the Continental
troops do not fire as accurately, with the more
effective weapons of our day, as the troops OF the
early part of the century, he rectes the number Of
killed and wounded in proportion to the forces
engaged in the following battles-At Prague a
sixth, at MarengO fourth, at Eylau a third, at
Borodino q third, with the old-fashoned musket;
while at Magenta only oneeleventh fell, at Soferno
an eleventh, and at Sadowa thirteenth, with the
new rifle.