The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-05-10

manners lies IN JOuTT-uHn ueaiS, youA
kind heart, and don't forget the Golden
Rule is the embodiment of true polite
ness.--Rosella, in Ohio, Farmer.
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The Belligerent Armies Resources Of
the Combasants.
What has long been obvious from the
steady accumulation by Russia of an
enormous military force during late years,
from her progress southwark te1Ihdia,
from her. reported alliance with Persia,
from the alliance she had soughtwith the
western powers, from her concentration
of large armies at points close upon the
Turkish frontiers, and from the aact that
she has employed the ,ScIav, societies to
foment the disturbances in the Turkish
provinces, and, the singular eharac-
ter of her late diplomacy, is that she in
tended to seek a settlement of the East
ern question by resort to arms. There
is no longer much hope that this appeal
can be avoided, and hence a comparison
of the forces and resources of the two
chief combatants, and of those powers
most likely to be- drawn into theefray on
one side or the other, is not without in
terest. - {
rope and Asia extends over the seventh
ofNthe land, surface of the globe. The
European population, occupying an area
ofabout S6, 6,OS9 square miles, is SO, ,934.
This does not include either Russian Po-
land, whose population is 5,705,60 Fin
land, with 1,S43, ,245 inhabi tants, or the
Caucasus, 1861 S2f inhabitants. Russia
ihSAsia has ans Estimated population Of
6,302,41 but these belong chiefly to the
nomadic tribes. From the above popula-
ton is drawn the regular army of the
Russian. empire IL is rot necessary to
go into the details of the military organ
fzation. The duration of the military
service is fixed in European Russia at
six years in the active army and.nine.. in
the reserves. The total number of men
in the regular army is 1,8S0,954. The
strength Of the irregular army is estima-
ted at 14O, ,493. The grand total is 2,02l,-
AT men, 361 1897 horses and 2,786 guns.
This is, ofeburse, independent of the ter.
ritorial army, which is composed of all
the male inhabitants between the ages of
twenty ahd forty Who safe4it for military
Services. aud are not: already enrolled in
the active orregular#rmy. The navy is
catalogued under the two great divisions,
the Baltic fleet and tbe;fee of eEBlack
Sea. In the Baltic are seventysseven
men of war; in the Black Sea Mines men
Of war. The sSiberian eject comprises
eleven ships of small account, and there
are three ships in the White Sea and five
on the Sea of Aral. The total aFaIlable
stronghold the. navy is stated at about
one hundred and twenty men offwar, of
which only twenty-nine are ironelads.
The public debt of Russia is estimated at
s25O, ,962, 900, of which !s77, ! ,S7y00q does
not bear interest. Added to this iga pa.
per currency of s113,044,783. Both gold
and silver are at q high premium:
The total war strength of the Turkish
Government in GIG 100. Militarg.ssryice
is made obligatory on all the Mahsnme-
dan population, the duration ofsThich is
twenty years, four of whseh arg psnt in
the regular army and the rest in thsvari-
ous reserves. Only one religious division
| of the empire, the MoharnmedaH is per-
mitted to serve in the aruay, though men
of other creeds are obliged to serveln the
feet when called on The nonsMussul-
man population pays an exemption tax
from army service, and the citizens OF
Constantinople are always exempt. Thus
[the. army is. recruited from aboht Twelve
millions, or less than half the population
bof the empire, The official rePoEt Of the
navy gives twenty iron-clsds, othsrsteam-
ers seventy. Nearly all Of the iroRclads
We're built ii England. Three additional
iron-clads have been completed during
the past year, and number Of smaller
vessels gotten in order for waflike SER
vices. The navy is manned by thirty
four thousand men. Hobart Pasha, the
chief naval commander, is an English
man of decided ability.
In the Crimean war, twenty-threeyears
ago, there was no telegraph wireYnor a
mile of railroad in Turkey. The first
railroad was begun as lately las; 1865.
The country is now weli covered with
lines connecting all important points.
From the ferocity-.and. .fanaticism of the
Turkish characterit is apprehended that
if Turkey triumphs there will not be
enough Christiansleft in her dominions
to.quarrel over. -
The financial condition of Turkey is
bad Her defcitlast year was nominally
s4;0S6,924. It VIII probably prove to be,
on, account Of the Instructions in the
provinces, f7,500,000. The sforeigu-deht
oftheempire lis upwards.of s1S5, ,000, 900.
Turkish securitiessof the BEST class have
been treated in london and Liverpool
with derision.7 The "internap debt Is
placed by official figures at about S13,-
00e;00O, though the enemies of Turkey
say it cannot fall below < 430, 900, 900. The
financial Iesogrcesof Turkey forwar pur-
poses am6unt,to nothing, though the fact
that SO much of her paper is .held by
Englishmen. may lead, With other sup
posed English Interests to military as
sistance from England ~
Here the military strength of'the Brit
ish Empire becomes q subject of interest.
Theatotal-of the army Of Englandis 85O,-
362,-of which the regulars are 224, ,624 /;
reserves, 32O, ,42I; Irish police,~i2,O 900 i;
1T,and the 1bsi' Indian s police, 1so,oso. It is
probable that=a large proportion of the
entire Indian forces would sympathize
with the Sultan and his ally, although
Russian agents are active, and the prize.
of independence from British domination.
is.tempting. 1t is unnecessary to add
that the navy of Great Britain is the
most powerful in the world.
The army of Persia, which is, said to
have formed en- alliance with Russia, can
furnish at least seventy thousand men of
all arms. Her geographical position ena-
bIessher to render, effective service TO-
T,s.ESHs .,,crrc3 NO tho y,rocorit +,