Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-16
INDIA. RUSSIA, AFGHANIsTAN.
Their Possibilities in the Way Of Sup.
plying Food for Bullets"-The IRE.
1nendOus Armies that Russia Could
Tut IN the Eic!d-At t. hani.tan and Is
LEGATIONS with Russia and England
From the New York World.

| Relations with IL,
| -
| FROM the New York World.
Inc strength OF India in war time is at present
asup9ect Oh much iuterest and attention. There
are 10" III the lhdlan peninsula about 6OOOC
| BRUSH ana 100000 native troops. These com
prise the usual standing army. But in addition
TO these forces the nabarajahs or native princes
msiu,.,i, ,oro. Zoe ,h oo,,ra 10 ID I'll
| o,i, - . " ,,,'1' 800 , " =, -.
.1'. III i INIT sehcs, Tue three sre''' Mah'a IN
/ states OF GwiiiOr, lndore and Baroda can turn
/ out 80 900 infantry and cavalry and JIG guns
| At least one-half of This force of 6n 600 men
could easily be spared for war with Russia
lhen thcrc are ninety-three Hindo states pos.
! sesslis $4,000 infantry and cavalry and 3,O9G
a, aiiabie. The Aishans have an army OF
| siAty Thousand, which, in the event of war,
II Is said, Gould be raised To two hundred
| ,aious.nu. taxing all tOSetter-the AiShiins
~ 80 na>nihefe 200 tne ManratSs States
o,,,' ',e iii, ,ti n states Yo;ooo Iue n
nv, IN, III, states 4o,Ooo, ana the brftlsh troops
oo,ooo o'iS Oi tne STANDING army, we nave a
$500 ,p'ii oi - ,oOO. Al Nep;i,ii loineu tnere
total of 4s1 900 men These troons Gould dp he
;t II on me AiSIl'in ironuer Iro!n Tue IurtheSt
Whn,,'n IN, hui III" III Httie n'U!e IMAM "eeA;
~ etiicI ing 10. any oI Tue nAtiSe troops ana
ehe iiehu,nlP Oh the ;uncer OF Aishahlstan
, , w ieieu on lor protracteo war are ques-
ti"hs which cannot be answered. To these
"'ihic Oh course an the forces that could be
SptL'u rom all other portions OF the British
cihplie "oulu DC ADDED
According To the military law IF s-a everx,
man i'm Russia ba, wo. t,,o Co. -, on I'D 40 :.
, -; 90" I'll" "se' vi ~ "uo =" -
S'ieie'. AS IL Is ihiPOsslOie 10 take theln all
| In the ranks only certain number are called
| to the colors every year Int ALL. those who re-
,,ai,, .,,o ~, . -. - - - 80.
I 81 me-" ..s an eiiectINe RESERVE s"pJecI 10
Tue San oi thH Emperor when required. Hence
os UNI Jaw .he i.ShtinS s'ThStnGi the ilussian
a is - Oily IiIni1cd ny tue nihcuit! Oh sup
p'Sl"S WIN 1000, arms ana ammunition Tue
80 IA .ii9 neu me arinsu force 4 tne I'm
lily ',nu 'le miiitlA. ths latHr peiug ci,vu
o ,o "iii. IN an eNlraoruiI''.y ehersehcE II II
III. .,,ci useu as y recrniiins ior.t 10 maze Soou
.ic I.'SNes III tue leio ihus HE nshtlnS reSi,
inelts can De always Kept up to TIER IsAu
>'.HS'H- AhcrtSliitr .tTItN comprises: lst ! Ne
active army recruited by means of yearly leVies
thr"'Gh ihe empire; 81. The reserve to I'LL ilp
'i,t cic't We Strength " the regiments ON !ne
"u,nIeilA 4i war. me reserve Is composed ~
nie i no nave Sef.f1 SIN years win the co'ors,
,'u o. uisrhirseo Oh lnrioS.n ti'i thelf yer N
oiHcfNcs expires, wh1cn Is nlhe years, after
Wien tilef are oiscnargcu. put are li:'pie ~
~ ttr,1icu IN t,le militia In case o INVASION
~ NC en,s''GhS, VINO serve phdet-sPeIiai con
u .. tsa. me resilen!s eohtposSa ci ipi-
tis i'r!s ana lfreSoii,r tAsiatc troops. the NUM-
.e.,cn ihf 'Se W twenty l, 'VvDnO' anu rs
Of sJirr. i nr,c,.}v ,,Ii, ~. INC rc,lNe
| when lin. law ,ame into n,mr,tinn I5nU,ni
were called out, and in Is 80, 21s,n $50 were
| called. III IS. lS',ooo were called To tue
~ a. u,' uitos tSic W.T. WIN it'iH';l :,
| than une-third of the :s,n,ai continent In
| time OF re,ce the comi,Iu.d STrcnrflI of the
| field and local troops NAV be set down in round
Numbers n. -,p ouu on u-bI,,, All nlI 49,. 60
sacks on the threat of war tbi, Ior:e could he
al ed Amos: immediately 10 i;3t,UoD by or.
dcring the men ON iurl"ugh TO rcjon their rcsi-
mentS Behind this force stands the first re-
| serve COMPOSED OF men who I,uye r,,s.d six
year, i'll the ARMY and number over 400 600
| Hence within six months Russiu could put
under arms a host of .:,GS 600 men :I,spIv
| provided with artillery and ts,yaIrr' TI,is
| force would be COMPRESSED as foijoys. Field
i
| l13UoO trained reserve 900 400. total
2.:;6S 900 Behind t.is army is the unframed
irrat war four annual continents of his fnrce
are liable to b, mnbiliEcd. These contingent.
would raise The number of men AT the di-posal
y! the war department by 500 900 making a
total active army and reserve OF about ! 900 :
600 of men. -As the militia contip.ents rangc
from t,yl.nfv.n, tn c,.nTv i've .a9rS 49, ,rs
superior IL tie annual IeVies i'm pfy,iuuc In
the Turkish war one contingent of l 81 OOo OF
this force wa; called out. They were the men
who scaled thu. Balkans i'm uldwiniar with
(iourky:,,d ;Du,,f i'm the SiIinka pas with i,n
de,ski. The chief difficulty Russia would en-
counter would be- in supplying these enormous
hosts with AIMS and food. The three govern
mcut rife factories Of Russia turn out i 900
rifle; day These are OF the Berdan pattern
sometbiug like the NnrtinjHanrv
,rcu,x,.r,x
/ ,r.,. 'i-,-' 49,
AisnanlS'aa Is nearly 600 miles square, and
Contains about 215, 900 square miles, being a
little f:rr-er than Germany From its n,pnp
,i,,,,, ,,.,.,.r M, ,,-;, o. -. =.
/ ~
~, i,; w. WY ". &c l Ii..iu VI .Asia.
=, ..ntt,..,,,i ID @''i'''se" ~ "oHA 4'oooooo
~ -, .'ov,p'-
III ", - NeiH itItSuiar-
IoS i,'nit itiits, iiSl mountains oeeP Valleys
''iiu ,ie,ents ane IofIh OF large
gut'u ii',tt.tl Pi.''cau iisIiis gradually 10 Tue
,'eishl vi o.1U eN, 5poFe the ga ieSel IN the
hoi ..io''>. GNU u'scenuAs Slaouiiy toward tne
,; ~ tii nao' a.aIso uopicti
=, I.cneu,s eNeTs NatleIy Ol ciinatc
IN '.t 80 .iipn '.'i9 'iI ni'U" iieS All Tue
car ',i H.i,e ~, il,u Liz 'IiT .nerinome-
&c, a, isi DIS -" utsIees. Inc country
i Iv"itHS "hu tie sun, where inot too,TOcAy, Is
iertile- me only TWO rivers o! importance are
sno h..pi, "niI.i hS"s .'nou$u tng piiiln OF
feSh;'war INTO the Indus, ana the Helmund
OF - iniles. Inc Hciinnnd oferhows its banks
IKE inc ME, bringing HrtlIlty 10 the SOL, which
neyond me line o. It's inundatlohs Is sandy
desert; lhs !ouf prilcipal cities are CabOol, the
capital stfon5i! .or'licu by nature and con-
tanning $4,000 inhabi,aats: Ghuzni kandabst-
ana Herat CAP nj protects the passage To India
on the ntrth, htniit:ltr on me south. and He
rat On SBe extreme west. guards the Persian
frontier. OWiES 10 the diih.rence in climate the
variety OF vegetation IS immense. In the deep
valleys all species of tropical traits, tobacco and
cotton. abound, while in the mountains kuro-
pear fruits ana Vegetables are produced. Sheep,
horse. camel, and asses are the chief domestic
animals The country Is rich in lead, plunba-
Co. saitpcter. sulphur, salt alum, nilre and
other minerals. but few are wrought.
The industrial products are silk, carpets and
felt, while the chief articles of export are wool
horses. silk, fruit. inaddcr, skins and Iurs. The
imports ;he cotton and WOODEN goods, cloths,
sugar. leather. groceries, drugs and the like
The total exports are about 81 900 900, aud the
imports. perhaps, exceed that SUN. In most
paris oil tue country there are two crops, on, in
tne spring anu pae In autumn. The a.rEuitu-
raj products are wheat, b;a'ley, lcniils, rice
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