The Arizona sentinel., 1878-03-02

land force, consisting exclusively of train
 ed men, numbering PASS, ,S66. This vast aggregate includes the "active" and "ter-
 ritorial" armies, with the reserves belong
 ing to them respectively.
 Consequently mig ghty force, drawn from
 the armed host, under the new regime
 could be put in the field in a compara. lively brief space of time. Of course, it is
 only the modified plan of recruiting intro
 duced subsequent to the Franco-German
 war that could render possible the mobili-
 zation of force so enormous. By the act
 passed in 1872, every Frenchman between
 20 and 40 years became liable to personal
 military service, without the chance of re-
 ceiving any kind of bounty by way of con-
 pensation for enlistment. So stringent
 are the regulations enforced in respect to
 this matter, that no substitution is allow ed, and even dispensations from service,
 obtainable under certain conditions, do not necessarily secure exemption. A table, showing the number of young men domi- ciled in each canton having completed their 2Oth year, is drawn up by the Mayor of the district This table is regularly pla- carded in each commune at a given period, and, on day fixed for the purpose, it is examined. The drawing of lots follows at the chief town of the canton, in the pre- sence of the Sub-Prefect, assisted by the Mayor of the canton, and, when once these are drawn, no causes of exemption are ad- missible, except in case of bodily infrmity deficient height, urgent domestic claims, and some other specified contingencies.
 Every German capable of bearing arms is compelled to serve in the standing army of his country for seven years from the end of his 20th year, and five years more in the Landwehr. So every French man not declared unfit for military service is now bound to serve in the regular army for five years, in the reserve of the regular army for an additional four years, and in the reserve of the territorial army for six years more. Serving a military appren- ticeship so protracted and varied, French soldiers can hardly fail in few years to attain the highest proficiency in their pro- fession. From 1873 to 1876 the average yearly number of young men who drew lots out of a population of 36,000,0O0, was 92,0OO. Of that number, 145 300 were ex- empted on various grounds; so that 145,- 800 were left available every year for actual service with the colors. The grand total of the active army, including those in dis ponibillte, is 719,366 subofficers and men. The reserve of the active army, compris- ing four classes between the sixth and ninth year of service, numbers 520, ,6S2; the territorial army, which embraces men be- tween the tenth and fourteenth year of service, amounts to 594, ,730; and the re- serve of the latter army, which represents those between the fifteenth and twentieth year of service reaches total of 63S, ,7S2. If this united force be compared with the German Army of the Line, the Reserve, the Landwehr, and the Lahdsturm, it will be found to be very much stronger nume- rically. The French army is distributed throughout the eighteen ''regions" into which the country is divided, and a corps is stationed in each of them, besides one located in Algeria.
 The estimated cost for 1878 which this extensive process of military reorganiza- tion involves is 621 ,675,O00; and, to realize properly the rate at which expenditure on the War Department has been augmented it should be remembered that it now eX- ceeds the amount devoted to the army in 1S4S, when Louis Philippe fell, by more than e50OO,0O0, and that it reaches within q, ,000 900 of what was absorbed in the first year of the Crimean war. The budget for 1878 also represents total of B, 10S off cers and crews in the French navy, to be provided for at collective cost of e5,091,- SO3. There are 120 ships in commission, comprehending iron-elad and unarmored steamers, paddle-wheel and sailing vessels relief and navigating school ships. Only those who have not studied the immense resources of France will be surprised by the large development of physical force which has now been accomplished. Des- bite the astounding events of 1870 71, and the vast increase of burdens to which they led, France remained the most compact, rich and homogeneous power on the conti- nent. Thus, nearly seven years after the close of a disastrous war, she stands erect, and far more redoubtable than she has ever been since her great strife with Ger many was brought to an end.
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