, 1875-09-09

Il DnspOnhrnt View of Il by n f.entli1aE
E.nEtls3i HtuEnZtnc.

Il Dnsponhrnt View o1 Il by n I.entli1sE
E:nEtisis l'tuEnxttc.
I7rns'r'H jIlt9usfHr.
In tho army estimates tor tic proRont yoar. aB
brought befoto tho Houso or Commons on
March i, no nro shown on Paper that England
lluB ut rho prcbo:t moment a,t army OF 1U';..73
men, will 372 guns, exclusive Of thoso OIL
coiuna duty. Ut tho formor, according
to tie sano authority. there arc ls.73o
niunts. and 7,100 With tho Irigalo Gcpota.
But nfter subtracting tho lads u1,dor 20 yeats of
ngc. who cannot bo considered. from their youth,
al fit for hard work in the field, and who, III any
other country in Europe. would DO put Under tho
ducting fer sick. r1isonoEs taon wanting to coll-
rlese. aud-wlst Is . very large item {a!ocI at
tho proscnt day--dosorsofs. tho number of
olfcctiyc 1ayn''o's ;1a in Engand d"la1les
place ln limo q foEeo about one-iourth loss tnau
4 BinE1c Gorman Aril,y 'corps. Of wslic!. that
country las, besides oil her reserycB, no lees
than sixteen Mt tho ptcAont day. II 'so turn to
ouF cavalry, a still greater contrast between our
fosres aud those, Of otlor countries proaonta it.
self. Exclusive Of tho mounted roatnonta Borv-
lug In India, we hayo Aoyonteen cospH, or. lii
Gliding tho throo regiments Of household
troopa, twenty regiments serving In Tho United
horBeB THIS would give I'll q total Of ,oo0 cav
airy scattered over England and 1rolsn0 or
Botno 900 silort Of what Ia to be found III oaoli
German army corps. Tho most Hsrious dell
cheney in these sisGB, when battles arc won ny
.t1oHe who have tho most clfoctiyo a1l4 quickest
served nrtilIorJ. Ia tho paueisy OF tho uulnber
Of guns We could take into Tho fold. In tho
army ostimates We arc told thhs wc haro 97a
pieces of fold artillery. but Lord Eleo proved,
beyond ali doubt, t&lat, III We hayo no ar
tillory rosasyo, ,-tho war strength Of = foot bat-
tory Ia 2UA man and l84 horses, atid ttlat Of a
horse M battery 1Va mon aud l92 horses.-
We could not with onr prcsont artillery RESOURCES.
or ratllor With our utter wnnt Of thcln tako Into
tho, field moro than l2o guns- Thus sup.
posing that We drain tho whole Kingdom of
eyasy effective soldier, wo should ba able to
commence campaign abroad. or to dofonl tho
shores OF England. ireland. and 8cotlaud, with
. fnrce of. ray 6,250 cavalry, 3o271 Infantry,
and 10 guns; o.. as Wo said befors, IN army
Just about equal In numbers to Quo of the SIX
tcun army oorpa into which tho lantl fosueH Of
Germany aro IT. thiH ,no1uont divided. Many
porsonH--Wo might ray MoBt ciyl!lluB--ln Es-
gland have sort uf hazy, u1n1otinod idea that
there exists somewhere or othor body Of n1an
called tho Army ReBuryos. anti that wheu, It av-
eE, tho day Of trouble cuMeb upon liz, Wo should
only hayo 10 draw upon theso resorves, ~ .
| wealthy 1nan might do oil tho unemployed funds
| At his bat,kcr'H, aud thuH tho streuHth Of our
| rcslmenta woua tbohcoforth bo moro than SUI
| hclcns to compete with my known e'lnmy. Hut
Wien We coln0 to facts mRttcts' look Holnewflat
d'losent. Tllo army EoHoEycs, aottlnS aside pen.
slonerB, number Oh paper Eitsto moro than 7,000
InclI AMI Of thesU il ia well known In the ser
rlco thas Inuro thAn one-hhls. II wanted for duty
| Would 10 returned ~ not forthcoming. Az for
our militia, tho iuen Aayo no doubt, III them the
tnakluEu " EXCELLENT solliotH, but k!ley hayo ~
yot foitalar tho Physical stnmiua ,lor tho training
to tako tue Held IN canuniYn, and 1t would rs-
! qniro at .ehsi eight Or son nol.thA' continual
drill and bA1Faek discipline to make them moro
hustfnl to ths,s enemies than tAoy would now be
to tleir frieuds