Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-07-04
GENERAL WAR.
HOW EUROPEAN NATIONS WOULD
 sE PREPARED FOR IT.
Numerical Force of the Various Armies- German. French, Russian. Austrian, Italian and Enslish-Peaee Foot
 ing and War Strength.
Brooklyn Eagle ]

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 ] The combined armies of all Europe In time of peace number about 4,OOO. QUO men. and in time of war can be raised to the enormous aggregate of l2. 300. .OOO. As | the population of all Europe is about | $50. 000, ,OOO. it follows that for every eight cen men able to bear arms one man is serving as a soldier in time of peace and | that iu time of war one-fifth 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 it would number 630, 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. 69:O0O cavalry, 69.- 900 artillery. and l., 900 engineers. On a war footing the French could bring g. 400. 900 men into the field In time of peace 5000 French troops are kept in Algiers.
 A French regiment of infantry of the line consists of three active and one depot battalion and numbers about ]. 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 800 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 four horse batteries Each battery has six guns. A French corp. d armee contains about 40. 900 men of all ranks. of whom 30. 900 may be rated as combatants. with 10S guns
 On peace footing the total strength of the German army is 445, 900 officers and men. On a war footing its strength would be about 800, 900 men. exclusive of the second class of the Landsturm not yet organized The number of troops available in case of war exclusive of the field reserve of 25O. 900 men and the Land sturm. would be of infantry. 1,Oj5, ,OOO; riiiemen. Sl 600. cavalry, no, 900. and field artillery. 1OJ. .OOU. During the last war with France the mobilization of the army was dered on July To. il was com pieted oD July 26. and eight days later 462, OOO German infantry. with 57. OOO cav a Try and l.5S4 guns were in position on the left bank of the I,hiue ready to invade France. In August German, had l 1885, 900 men of all arms in the field or in gar Tison.
 The British army is recruited by vol untary enlistment. and. although the number ares. usually numbers l35.O men inclusive of bl, ,0,O ritish troops in India The men are enlisted for six years and then pass into the reserves. The present strength Of the army reserve is 4O. 0OO men In case of war the reserves are called out. and the militia. numbering 70, 900 men, embodied. and should the United Kingdom be invaded. 250 900 vol unteers would be available, which. urifh i Onu vrotffA make total force uf 5SO. QUO men. The British regulars. maintained for the de- fense of th' niled Kingdom and colonies. exclusive of India, comprise r.. 500 cav airy 22.UH0 artillery. $500 snsiHeers. and s0,O00 infantry.
 The peace strength of the Russian regular my is s4O. 0OO. the war strength 2. 26j. .OVU The latter embraces l.9l5.OO0 infantry, 95. QUO cavalry and 2l0. 900 srtil cry The irregular army number A. 900 on a peace footing and l63. .O-l In time of war, l42. OO0 of this force being cavalry. The total war strength of the Russian army regulars, irregulars and militia would reach 2. I35 UOO men How many or 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.OO0 men on a peace foot ing. capable of being increased to l,3jO.- 000 on a war footing. The standing army N formed after the model of that of Prussia in the system of the universal liability to arms The strength of Italy'S standing army on a war footing Is about 735. 900; the mobile militia, 300. 900. and the terr ..orial militia. 1000. 900. Prob ably the first two figures would represent the actual force available.
 The strength of the Turkish army. on a peace footing. is about l75. 900 men, and on a war footing could be raised to from 400. 900 to 50O.000. Spain maintains standing army of i90, 900 men, capable of being increased to 4j0, 900 in case of war. Portugal maintains an army of about 3O,- 900 men. which could be increased to SO,- 0OO in time of war.
 The army of Belgium numbers 45, 900 on peace footing and 10000 on war footing Holland maintains an army of 65. 900 men in time of peace. the men being partly raised by conscriptiOn and partly enilsted- There is also a colonial army of g., 900 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. 900. Denmark, which has about as many in- habita--ts as the state of Massachusetts, maintains a standing army of S5. 900 men in time of peace. which can be raised 10 50, 900 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 cOnscription troops These, with few volunteers. form a force of 196. 900 men available in time of war The army on a peace footing does not exceed 41 QUO men The Norwegian army mum mers 1S.OJ0 in time of peace and 40. 900 in