, 1870-11-19
TIE KAsTReN QUESTION
Esrcc 81 tho PsUcxs Oeneerncd
Thefain.
From ths Veg FORT HfrnM.

=. A., life. she Aitl doubtless make
Under tf1or, and sublim.r ntcrifoes but,
esen though ehe strain eve1S nerve, 1t ID bare
Il poseible that her utnbution in nun to the
doubtless form splendid au1iltnsy army.
they xlli be prrlee " dirc.pltued, wall armed
With treech-luadtr~, aud oticared by ! fair
Of men o: uli4sta1y x4nius, such ~
Sir Robert Sat,i. r, and ~ numerou. remain
der Of gatlant, n ckleas, daredevil, Rentle-
manly bloekht4da. ~hs ~ili be At least ready
10 cheertuily die At the Lead Ct their reSi-
ueutB. fttuinRli' ut rro:out, ths Eogh.h
arny mustefs 20a 500 m+u. and onlJ one In
every ,9sl il = law ttczuit, contrasting in
this litter reek ect very iavi rally With ern:J
other EuropeA foser. In the Russian army
the Percentage 1ecsuits Is one In 6oo iu
I ho \, usslan Amy I. tf"tu tie ~a1). one N |
SUI in tho An, nav ATM, one iu aus IN tho
TuIlish army. on. III 1,O00. In every branch
OF WAT nattrief Init En:sl.h army Ii II least
zbrenst II tbs thtr Psse-s, aud auT:hinB
thxt iudna.1y or mhny cAn do TO secure LIS
future efficiency viii be dune- From En9-
land, 20 far xt mill. 4ry hid il concssued, ,eveg
thing msy ba l,opea for except men, and
the<n cau ouly, from tho eA'Geocies of her
ruAisior, be suppli.d IN ekttsmeiy limited
numbers
Turoine to the naval arm Ct her power,
however, it j. ceEta'u thst sho can ia this To- |
spect b. indeed ncipfuf member Of the AG- |
ance. Shu now I'oeet-cee It leaet forty-tive o.
fifty irop-ctacr, varying ID tonnage from 9ao
to s, COO tons, aud iu -kite Ct the recsnt aud
sad experience vi tie uhseaTottli1esa q the
model upon wnicli m.ny OF there sso hoa!t. -
shown ~ the disaster 10 the Captain, thote
can he little ooubt that tue body OF the feet
ia In condition 10 do some hard and Useful
wmk Her ~oodeu feet il, OF course. much
larger hut he Improvements in modern Wat
tie iron-clsdA. Tue. would, however, be 1ery
valuable in protecting E ,glssh cemnereo from
the attacks 1t tosS,lu pr1sztae1s.
FRANCE.
The prasent con1itsou Of France supplies,
rethAts, murt courpicaously than anything
else, IN example ot tbe folly OF relsing too
mucn on peac1 aud paper Estimates OF mill
faty strength Before the Commencement OF
the rreseLt ~nr. her uii"aty strength was
believed TO bo ceEtsinly oqua1. and probably
irfinltsly ute1tut, 70 that VI hbr arch rival.
But the thcck OF actual cuntlict has scattered
her forces in utter aout- What her present
value as con,bat4ns ,usy be It Is impossible
to teli, and is. pezh.p-, foolish TO guess,
But il the tnser1'us'uou OF nef Eron-
atIe new allies only succaed in
afford,ng her b.lef br-sshft'E spell, in which
to collect her Resources for tbs second act
cf tits dreadful u1atua, hhe n1y yet Ehow
strength flat will STU t,r,Ee those Who regard
her with feelings Of pity Of, perhaps, even
contempt. Already ittHre arr stShs Of return
ing rigcr amonE her pepp'e. and coon the
whole county. lnrltteo by The traditions Of
pat. glory, will Nv Ike IL :he duties and the
exigtpcies OF tie huuf- Money aud time
these can easif, bs gsven hsr BY the aid OF
frie1 dly 1Ettrft1cLcs. aIa thise Will enable
her to spring frun 1he p est.nt degradation Of
shameful defeat. II wuti'd ne ldle. however,
to eelimAte In hguues Aur available military
RESOURCES: ws can nnty bU certAin Of the fact
that ehe hiss sl,r1 .dart sfrength, il the op-
portunity is CIV. IL ler IL COLLECT it. and ii
fair degree OF energy he evi'.ced By ths gov
erpmept to whom eNe t,a+ +couhded the cars Of
her honor AID the ,reeusify vi h1r soil
The French navy, huw-E-r, AZ Jet unharned
in the present y.r, j. sill Very formidable,
and may, perhaps, t,la7 an im..ott7nt part IL
the comicg alrife+ IT. estlnoAtcd streng,h b ia
SIS Teesel., OF which ,hist, AIe iron
clAds and fifteen hoasfaE s'attertos- There are
mora than a bui,drea', ecrcH md nearly t3o
hundred rsd,ie~b'c1 s'eAuers Of all c'asses-
The nxyI ie IN the u,o-l p. Efect state Of eff
c:eucy. veil yn.ruer, zze.i otIic red, and amply
fu1nirl,el wltE tbs l-te,t lrlpn1vrd naval wnt
g material. In An. conhic: that .suned naval
fulm it could not lad 10 pl2T a Conspicuous
part, and it il justly r. I'd as only second in
strength to 'h't ii .1.a;s,st EsS,asd,
after France. i'll pr bail, furnish the largest
PROPORTION OF human lIos'ila autnmAt L-tislug
food for powdsr- And from I'LL r1dea there
comes An u1vsry1nG f"lAsrt that stc hAs wal
weighed the ie-so of S>d'.wA and the Aus
terrible disasters baslIy employed herself it
stllIing tho antagnnaH:u 1T tho VARIOUS race.
that compose her povulstlou4 and b5, her IN
ceseing Attcnrion !" the Etiesances OF bel
Hungarian aud roli-hc1tizsns has largely sue
ceeded. Mover bct.nc has her omptra been 20
compactty and clox.ly welded together
never have les people Teen 30 uniformly and
universally patriotic % the throne. Then
the uew amy Law Ut De.:smbtr s. 1868, has
now had lair lime 10 g,s it's machinery init
good and EcliAsle working order. Too aetna
standing army In 1869 uas, however, onl!
rs, ,740 men, and. thouSh probably It has sinc1
been augmented, 1t duss not nDw exceed $50,
It'll knoE. Froxtsiun h - cohn made. accord
ing to tho new Law, for ra1-luH it BY levtes q
a fc1co iden i.al in character with the Pfus14
landwehr TO BOZ, ,eN meu, out the figures arc nc
likely to be reached except Oh pape.. Fiv
hundred thousand men nte the Ferr ntrnoe
that can be plsccd in th, Held ~ an oneusiv
forco. In drill ana .si-cis t'ne these troops II
said 10 be sArtly inlproved since they las
rainlS encountered the Prussiana. and q
i2te i'll ofliccrs e.ter1s.g 'hs army have bee
subjected 10 rigid a.,l searching examin,
zion, ne TINT, &hough great punlber OF NUT
skulls still, no doubt, hAu,I,er its el6aencF,
il IN = vastly .ure lor rondi ion to what
was = few sesra aga. maas not oe owe
=. g1oesly is Grant, and # there ,bo Al
iru.h il tho triacifle,. which mar
perro1a believe 10 have been finally e
t1h1ishcd by our osSh WAT, thlt educate
soldiers are better THAI mere fighting ue
chimes, the Aue!r1au army u CERTAINLY nus
weaker in thi1 RESPECT tasu tho Prusalau. i
the war Of 1866, cut OF 4y2, $50 men, on
81 $50 wera ~ 10 10 uf,te+ and this sams me
ancholy intellectual darkness stir prevails
nearly the Aane ex'eut. As naval pow
Austin has, OF course. NJ staudinG whateye
in spitc OF her Rinsfe nautical victory 10 IL.
over tbs iron-c'ad lss Gal4n,uomo. Hsr tle
uumtetb but few sGi4 4, and she poesesHl
scarcely any men likely to make good uee
such RESOURCES II she has.
ITALY,
tho nex. power in imp 1ttAuca amouC tt
reported allies. ]iky Austnl. took warnir
by the wat Of 1866, and has since diitgent
endcavortd to iasprov~ her military Atrengtl
F. net 30 much in tbs nutnbat Al in tho efficient
OF her forecs. Tue government, howevo
the obstinacy Of tto opposition, and, thuug
tue new laR OF 1863 allowed the mAint
nanco Of standing army Of 1000
men, With ! re~erre OF Auother 210, ,0U
the war expenditure Was limited to
Amount that allswed oaly 1uuut l13 900 to
paper 1t .is hs- S1 100 .nr., but in fact h
tlcGrs do nut cer aauly txcrod $50, 900. The
are Pretty we'll aturd. uioAl1y With breec
leaders CT Euglisi, .nauufAc.ure, but the di
ciplne il shanls tuIl Tx, .ul tbs ofhccra 4
br no means L very tsE.ly cultured cl.
money from witlioas. thrre II ltttls doubt Il,
Italy could mustsr Al srug VI nearly 1000
rtp. lut great part Of them would be,
<rrivc. INV leyics.
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lne i4=l power in tbs .,tl4uca, and, accordir
to general public oa.niun, the weakest. vi
very pot sIbly eurprsss both her friends and b
entmlea b5 display OF Unexpected strenKt
Even in the CEmeao var huF troops sbuxs
gel!antty that pruved them the best possib
u
hare l,een constantly tnIptuyt,d in t1npastit
. superior forn4 OF Gisapllns and infuslns
higher morale into hrt tutcca- Then the arr
itself has been hugely INCREASED. and II nj
nuiubors p1obau1, II least 30O,1n men,
1he.c 81, 90 ate 4aATrsrcd III remote reXio
uf the enpirc. frIm ~h,ch it ~ould be dAngt
ou~ to the authuasy Ut lhe Porto to temu
them, while it Eur1u prouabiy take 1t len
taree months ~ brl-S lucn up tu tho field
lIattle- The Turkish navy u non also fe
Inidable force, 1ud it IL curnuanaed bJ Al En-
lish Admiral 1t uuu1i,rIs 1t lea4t tifty shiE
Twelve OF which Art is.,n-:lsdx, built III En
1and upon very good mvuels. The army,
should bo reueul.w1s~, 10 armed almost q
clu=ivo,y wi l, Aute ian b.e~cu-losdlng rifle
TIE oPFoS1SH CONFEDERATION
c1t,. i4:s Of PRUSSIA auu kusela- The streug
OF the former has sa:.s proved By the t,eudi'
struggle. But it il prstty ce1t2iu that h
veteran troops have tstea pEotty we'll exhau.
Cd in the prtseut war, d the di=cipii
am! morale OF tue Amy IL very infer,
II owsat it WAS brtore the outbreak OF he
tit:ties. Ii y treeh coaft.c; 1t II W no mea
ec1tsiu that tlle asmy ~uul1 display thu sAs
tuet.y End v:g1r- Iho war ~ith France h
tetu / defensive war IN theorS, though
fac. It has aeHumed Alt uHcuslfe coArActt
sStl!I ncue of ti.e 1ruilts opposed to her v
ie equal to htr in m'littrt Qualities, aud 8
will coni,ale.e prove herstlt not utfuliudtul
the victories sue LAa already achsevca- ET
-nss, At the cio.e III = tloody cAmpatgu. =
l,ks sttll ST., ,DtU men uutiur Arr1s--us on 1
Ter, but in realty.