The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-24
THE ARMIES.


TIIE ARMIES.
che Forces or Russia. Turkey ana Fer-
sia-A TItsnic struggle In Prospect.
IN view Oh the European compton
tions, a comparison OF the lighting
strength OF Russia and Turkey becomes
Of interest.
ntJssIA's ARMY.
The regular army OF Nussia,. on
peace footing, stands hs follows Officers
In active service, IL, 1881 oil reserves. 1g2
OF depots, 400, OF local troops, gG59. To-
tai number of offers, 2s,526. Soldiers In
active army, 4B7 ,370: In reserves, 1862;
in depots, 1850; local troops. 145,903.
Total numbersof soldiers, GAG los. Nom
on,batants, gb, ss1 horses, ID, $50; guns.
140s. Total strength In men. 77o,512. In
the regular army the peace effective Ia
174O officers, 3J,s27 soldiers. 1919 non
com bntants. Total, 5000 men. This
strength, added to that of the regular
army, gives D total peace effective OF
s07 sol men: guns. AGO, and horses.
100. 4s7,
The strength of the army on war
footing 10 as follows.
Officers for active service in the regu-
lar army, 81 ,5b7; for reserves, $500. for
depots, G.eo5: for local troops. 12,775
service In the regular army, B45, 4s3 for
reserves, 17l,70s; for depots, 279. 1872:
local troops. 35o,s6G. Total soldiers,
1,64i $40. Non.oolnbatants. 1o5. 14s;
horses, 24O,B35; guns, 2,G06. Total NUM-
Der OF men In the regular army, 1880, g54.
The strength Of the irregular army
will be 1906 officers, 13i, 900 soldiers.
b,GDs nen.oombatants: total, lao, 4e5.
Added to the regular force this will give
a grand total Of the war strength of the
Russian army at 2.o9i.447 men, 3e1, 1897
horses and arse guns.
RussIA's NAVY.
The navy IL catalogued under two
great divisions, the Baltic fleet and the
neet OF the Black sea. In the Baltic
are n men-of4war; In the Black sea are
government has FIVE steamers OF little
use In heavy warfare. The Siberian
fleet comprises II ships Of small 90
count. There are ships In the White
sea and 8 In the Sea OF Aral. The total
available strength OF the navy is about
| 100 men-of.war. Of which only 20 are
iron clada. The population from which
the army may be drawn is about 10000, :.
O0o-twiee that OF tho United States. Ii
Providence is on the side OF the heaviest
battalions, the war cannot be long
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Turkey be reinforced by European
allies.
| TURKEYS ARMY.
As to Turkey, under the military
code of the Empire, o soldier upon
the completion OF six years service 10
attached for eight years to the "seden..
tsry army" aud Ia liable to be called
out in case Of war. The sedentaries ag-
gregate now about 100000.
AUXILIARY TROOPS.
These are represented by eoDtingents
from the provinces that are not liable to
furnish men to the regular active army,
or "nizam," and from the seni-sov-
ereign States. In oil about $4,000 men.
Upper Albania contributes to this force
600 men, Bosnia, 10000; Egypt, d..
900. and Tunis and Tripoli, 5000.
The peace effective strength OF the
horses, and includes the police ia 500
men) In time oil war, such as the pres
. emit. the forces Of the Sultan are Active
army. 2p9, ZOO first reserve. los, 600. SEQ
ond reserve. $4,000. police military
!, %, 800; third reserve, 100000: total regu
lar army 4s6, 100; irregular troops 80,
600, auxiliary troops, $4,000. Total wal
strength, Gl6.100.
pEas1A's ARMY.
As 1t is highly probable that thu
troops of the Shah will operate in con
cert with the Russian army OF the eau
= oasus. for the purpose OF covering thu
1 loft flank OF the latter, maintaining its
communications when well advanced
into Asia Minor, and guarding the roat
, from Peshawur on the Indian frontie
= to the valley OF the Euphrates. thu
. cutting off any aid to the Sultan com
. ling overland from India, It must receive
q a PLACE in the list of belligerents.
: There are In the army OF Persia OF
= the war footing about sixty.fly thou
sand infantry, firty-hve thousand cav
> airy and sixteen hundred artiller.
, soldiers It 10 probable. however. tina
, not more than seventy thousand men o
. all arms could be put In the field by tn
; Shah. The population of Persia 10 80
= down ut frotn six millions to seven mil
! lions. but from the nature OF the ooun
). try its people are widely scattered owe
La large area. Notwithstanding tn
weakness of Persia as military power
> her position gives her great adyantag
: and importance ia this quarrel. Sh
: bars the way to an Anglo.Indian arm
moving westward, and can thus rende
: effective service to the cause OF the Czal
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