The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-07-02
GENERAL WAR.
HOW EUROPEAN NATIONS WOULD
BE PREPARED FOR 1T.
Numerical Force of the Various Armies
German, French, Russian, Austrian
italian and English-Peace Foot
ing and War Strength.
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men, and in time of war can be raised to
the enormous aggregate of II 5OO, OOO: AS
the population of all Europe is ABOUT
$50, 900, 900, it follows that for every eight
cen men able to bear arms one man Is
serving as q soldier in time of peace and
that in time of war one-flfth Of the adult
male population is liable to be called into
the field. If the army of this country
was constituted on the same basis 1t would
number $50, 900 in time of peace and at
our present rate of army expenditure
would cost annually three times the en-
tire national revenue.
The strength of the French army on a
peace footing is 499, 900 men, of which
2S4 900 are infantry, So 900 cavalry, &c.,
600 artillery, and II, 900 engineers. On
war footing the French could bring g.
400. 900 men into the field. In time of
peace so, 900 French troops are kept ID
Algiers.
4 French regiment of infantry of the
line consists of three active and one depot
battalion and numbers about 2, 900 men in
time of peace and double that in the event
of war a regiment of cavalry consists
of five squadrons, four in the field and one
at the depot, and numbers 900 men. The
French artillery consists OF thirty eight
regiments, forming nineteen brigades
Half of the artillery regiments have ten
field batteries each, and the other half six
field and 1our horse batteries Each
battery has six guns A French corps d
armee contains about 40, 600 men of all
ranks, of whom 80, 600 may be rated as
combatants, with 108 guns.
On peace footing the total strength of
the German army is AS, 900 officers and
men. On a war footing its strength
would be about 1900, 900 men, exclusive
of the secondclass of the Landsturm not
vet organized The number of troops
available in case Of war, exclusive of the
field reserve of $50, 900 men and the Land
sturm, would be of infantry. 1865, 600;
rifiemen, 81 900; cavalry, 10000, and
field artillery, 100000, During the last
army was ordered on July Is, it was COM
pleted on July 26, and eight days later
462, 900 German infantry, with 81, 900 cav
a Try and l ,5S4 guns were in position on
the left bank of the Rhine ready to invade
France. In August Germany had 1,183,-
900 men OF all arms in the field or in gar
rison
The British army is recruited by vol
untary enlistment, and, although the
number varies, usually numbers 135, 600
men inclusive of $4,000 British troops in
India The men are enlisted for six years
and then pass into the reserves. The
present strength of the army reserve is
40, 900 men. In case of war the reserves
are called out, and the militia, numbering
14O, go men, embodied, and should the
United Kingdom be invaded, 100000 vol
unteers would be available, which,
with 15 600 yeomanry cavalry. would
make total force of $4,000 men. The
British regulars, maintained for the de-
tense of the United Kingdom and colonies,
exclusive cf India, comprise II, 500 cav
airy, $4,000 artillery, $500 engineers, and
$4,000 infantry.
The peace strength of the Russian
roo,,lor o,,,,1r &c QdO 0O0 ho IUor rth
2, 265, 600. The latter embraces ,915, 600
infantry, 90, 900 cavalry and 21O, 900 artil-
cry. The irregular army numbers "A, OOg
on peace footing and 1853, 900 in time Of
war, ZAP, 900 of this force being cavalry.
The total war strength of the Russian
army regulars, irregulars and militia would
reach 2, 735 600 men, How many of this
large force the government could afford to
equip and maintain in the field is another
| question.
The Austrian Hungarian empire has an
army of 275, 900 men on a peace foot
| ing, capable of being increased to l, $780,
| 600 on war footing, The standing army
is formed after the model of that of
| Prussia in the system Of the universal
liability to arms. The strength OF ltaly's
| standing army on a war footing is about
| 735, 900; the mobile militia, 3OO 600, and
| the territorial militia, 1000, 900. Prob
| ably the first two figures would represent
the actual force available.
The strength of the Turkish army, on q
peace footing. is about 175, 900 men, and
on war footing could be raised to from
400, 900 to 5000 Spain n~aintains a
standing army of 100, 600 men, capable OF
being increased to $50, 900 in case of war.
Portugal maintains an army OF about 81,
900 men, which could be increased to go,
| 900 in time of war.
The army of Belgium numbers 45, 900
on peace footing and 1000 on wal
footing Holland maintains an army OF
50, 900 men in time of peace, the men
being partly raised by CONSUMPTION and
partly enlisted. There is also colonial
army of $4,000 men. The militia and
landstrum, which are liable to be called
out in war time, would raise the whole
available force of Holland to 175, 600.
Denmark, which has about as many in
habitants as the state of Massachusetts,
maintains standing army of 80, 1000 men
in time of peace, which can be raised to
| so, 600 in case Of war.
Sweden has four classes of troops, the
enlisted troops, the national militia, the
privates of which are paid and kept by
the landowners, the militia by the Goth
land and CONSUMPTION troops These,
with few volunteers, form force OF
1876, 900 men available in time of war. The
army on peace footing does not exceed
| Al 900 men. The Norwegian army mum
| ners 8 600 in time of peace and 40 900 in