The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-07
ENGLAND'S ARMY.
THE NUMBER or MEN CHEAT nmuTAsN
CAN BRING uNTD TaK FIELD
IN THE EVENT or WAN,
In. Y. BnllstinLl

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| As the question Of what England tnnv ar
may not to In relation to ths Eastern nt,es-
ton must depend much upon her military
ability 0 enforce her demands, II may be III
interest to inquire what her Military resources
| hrn uwing te Tie #iAe distribution TT her
army among n scattered population Of $50
| 100000 III snbisGts, shs has no great mass VI
troops to present mn imposing spectacle and
Impress the world with her power, as In the
case OF more compact pires, such MS France,
Germany and Russia, aud hence The worry
common impression that Eng 8 power lies
| mainly in her navy, and that, In Il military
sense. she is weak us compared with the other
great powers. This opinion, however, like
tnnst popular Impressions derived from mere
surfaces Indications. does not stand close in
speGtipn vi the facts. Epgland's difficulties;
with her forslgn dependencies have taught
her the necessity o. maintaining mn ample
are now more. guisscsnt than for many years.
the number of troops she could bring int, Tho
field. IN the event of her being drawn int, an
European war. is VASTLY larger than the pop
seriously questioned whether any other power
could within a.given period bring Into the field
q larger number u well trained troyrs thnn
England could. while her population availa-
hs to r. recruiting nan,ng Garp?sss + nearly urfd
ranteh by the facts may bs judged from the
sl1bioned details drawn from official so,,rces
We. have selected tho year 1878 for our sta
liStlcS, us We nave bsHH unable IN get pUu@
pste data for n later period the figures for
the present date however would not vary one
per cent from those here given.
Regular army Of United Kingdom tos,4s4
Militih Oh United Kingdom ........ 1875, Dis
First class reserve Of Unitsd King
>. dom - sag. .3tst............l. 1893
Regular army In India. ............. e2g4
Regular army IN colonies. ..,. N47O
Imperial native army Of India ~ IA 800
Total available for foreign war. 4st .s2y
Besides this $4,000 available for war out
side the United Kingdom, there are the fol
lowing forces organized exclusively for home
protection
Second class army reserve ~ "a 1904
YeDnhnry cavalry ............ II. rps
So"hteefs .........,-. ....s ....... O.750
Total home fDrcs .,-......,.,.s. 1919 GO |
Beyond these eninerntiDns there are 81. gAD |
OF colonial forces, comprising militia volun-
tesrs and reserve troops, which, though only |
hhailabls for local defense. would serve k, |
release the royal troops in their several 10 |
Ghlitiss Tor active service elsewhere. And in |
addition, tbs native chiefs VI India under |
British protection have n combined rfrcs III |
$4,000 men. who, though not subject h, impe- |
rial service would undoubtedly be available |
rs subsidized auxilhries. TO summaries. |
then. ws may odd that England has. In tbs |
Queens service, 462, 900 trained troops irnms- |
$4,000 s1bjsft to being subsidized, making |
practically "a foreign war force of 777.pDO men. |
And, In tie event VI Withdrawals from this |
fprce for foreign purposes she has 21D,OOD men
for home protection and H1.fDD for local colo
NAL defense