New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-09-02

Captain Vincent, Royal Berks Militia
| deJivtd q lecture on the above subject in
| the theatre OF the Royal United Service In
st,tution, London. on the afternoon of June
X. General Sir William Codrington occu
pied the chair. Captain Vincent contented
himself by making hasty review of the
armed ESTABLISHING N s of each nation-the
following being, as be tells us, the forces
| which each country ought to count upon in
| an hour of necessity: ~
Holland-6S battalions of infantry of
companies; III companies of engineers,
transport corps, ETC.; "a squadrons of cav
| airy, 4 to a regiment; Is batteries of artil,
| lerv OF guns, with ''combatant' strength
of 80 go infantry, armed with the SSider
| and Beaumont breech- leaders: 1850 cavalry,
with los bronze bIeech-loading riied guns.
| Navy-ll3 ships, IL armor.plated. with 9Sl
guns and 1850 men.
Belgium-S4 battalions mostly of COM
panies OF Infantry. armed with Albini,
Braendlin, and COMPLAIN breech leaders;
| IA to regiment) of cavalry; 20 batteries
| tot guns) of artillery, with a ''combatant"
total of 100000 infantry, 1900 cavalry. and
| l52 guns, on the Prussian system.
Sweden and Norway-l22 battalions,
mostly armed with the Remington; Is com.
panies of engineers, Sc s0uadrOns OF cav
| airy, 40 batteries OF artillery, with 49,, 800
L ~ tcp dhu O-~ RuHs, plus
10000 volunteers. United navies-65 yes
sells Is armol plated, with i9l gnns, and
| 800 men.
Denmark territorial brigades, AZ bat.
talions of infantry, armed with the Snider
and Remington rifle; % companies of engi-
neers, q squadrons of cavalry, IL batteries
OF artillery, with 36,05U foot, 2l00 horse,
and 90 guns. Navy-3l steamers &c iron
clad, of which Lave been converted on
Al. L III
the Odin, of Danish build, turret eight
inch arm, rplated screw vessel, fitted with
a peculiar steel ram, six feet in length and
hidden, when not required, in the hull. The
Odin carries four ten inch nineteen ton
guns.
Germany Including Bavaria)-Peace es.
079 officers, 40l ,059 men,
81 ,J9 horses. War establishmeRt-3l,l 1876
oihcers. ,273, 346 men, with about I 100000
combatants, 270,92O horses, and 2472 field
guns Ia addition the new landsturm BILL
provides an organized force for the sfense
OF German hearths and homes. The land
stuIm is to divide into two classes. The
first. including all able. bodied men not al
ready in the army, distributed into 1913 bat
talione, and calculated to produce l75,800
men This addition will bring the German
war strength to over 100000 men. Navy
manned by some 5000 officers and men, the
latter drawn by cOnscription from the sea-
faring population, estimated at 80, 900, who,
on that account, are exempted from military
service.
Russis-War strength-752, 900 combatant
infantry. $4,000 cavalry, with 276S guns,
including 400 mitraillenses. In ten or fl
teen years the land forces Of the empire will
number O0O, 600 men, of which about three
fourths will be combatant. Navy increa.
ing every day in importance. Numeric-
ally, strt myth about 800 vessels, including
20 ironclads, with an armament of over 1900
guna
Turkey--l7O, 1915 regulars, las. $50 reserves,
$1,000 auxiliaries, 81 900 irregulars, present.
ing grand total OF $4,000 combatant in
fantry, 81 900 cavalry, with 648 guns. Navy
one OF the finest in the world, commanded
by an Engllshmsp Of no less ability than
experience
Austria Hungary-79s,l7a infantry, g..
TAG cavalry, and 1916 guns. Navy thrown
directed toward the army. Eight or ten
iron-clads form the entire feet.
ltaly-4H,264 infantry, aimed mostly
with the. Remington breech- loader. Is $50
cavalry, and l240 gnns. Navy, doubtful.
Portugal-About $4,000 comtatants and
100 guns on war strength. Navy, about
fifty chips; not more than one-half sea.
England.
observation-disclosures strength, l74.-
600 infantry, 5000 cavalry. and 294 guns.
Frsnce-Army'i in process of reofganiza.
ton. Navy, about $50 ships; some fifty
iron clads.
In conclusion the lecturer said: "Of the
fifteen States of Europe, seven have intro
duced universal liability to military service:
Germany, Rnesis, Austria, France, Italy,
Denmark and switzerland The armies Of
seven are recruited by conscription, or con-
scription and enlistment, viz: spain, Tur-
key, Sweden and Norway, Holland, Bel
gium, Portugal and Greece, while in Eng.
land alone are We solely dependent on vol
untary enlistment. Looking at the armies
of Europe from every point of view, the
Fspidity with which they can be modified,
fed from reserves concentrated ON any point,
maintained in the field, they may be ranged
in the following precedencs: First clsseSi.
Germany; g. Austria; 3. Rnssia; 4, France.
Second class-5, Italy; 6, England. Third
class-7, .Dslgino;. 8 .Tsshsy, a. Sweden
and NORWAY; 10. Holland; III, Dsnmark:
u, Spain; Is, Portugal; ~, 'Swit erland;
Is, Gresce. Altogether four armies Of the
nrst class, two armies OF the second and
nine armies Of the the third. With, 10 round
numbers, spapsr strength Of $500, 900, ard
. combatant strength of 5000, 1000, with
1000 enps aad l,250,00o horse.-A rmy aud
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