Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-02-19
1s.nnn-nno OF ARMED MEN.

If war occurs in Europe, and the situa'
ton is as threatening as ever, despite
BIsMARCT's pacific speech, it will be an
awful struggle. Unless diplomacy and
financial conditions intervene the struggle
will cover all Europe with blood. France
has a ''peace president" to be sure, but L
president in France is a verilabie figure
head. The slightest wave of popular feel
ing in that mercurial country sufiee5 to
sweep him away. Let Germany make a
motion and France will be found instantly
toeing the mark. As for Germany it is
one vast military camp. Rusia's borders
bristle with bayonets. Italy has the most
terrible waI-ships in the world and is bet
tering them as fast as she car The British
lion will be found wherever he can get the
biggest bite, although in the event Of war
England would be between two fires and
desperate Ireland would he one.
There are eighteen millions of armed men
ready for the conflict. By the latest
figures, Russia has an active army of 49,
41O officers, 1,979,4S in rank and file,
BIS, $50 horses and 1874 guns. The re-
serves of the Empire consist Of 3,04I, 2O8
in the rank and file, with sos, $50 horses
and 1856 guns. This is a total of $685.
600 men. To this she can easily add half
a million Of mounted electives. She can
mobilize by spring over three million of
men, OnC-thiTd OF whom may be valuable
as cavalry OF infantry. BIT in machine
perfection, outside OF cavalry raiding, Rus
STA cannot equal Germany. France, her
only possible ally, Greece and Monten egro
excepted, can furnish an active army OF
3O,572 officers, 1885, 600 in rank ard file
and a reserve of 80, $50 officers and l,i12,-
600 rank and file, making a total war force
OF :, 4OS, 500 men, oficereG by IS, 497, and
having 374, 900 horses and $3.50 guns.
Against this array Of over 1000, 900 Rus
sian and French soldiers, of which /, TOO,-
600 are cavalry backed by 10, COG guns, or
field artillery, Germany can present an ac-
tive army Of IS, 997 officers, l,2l2,9 77 in
rank and file, 356,32S horses and 8, S4s
guns, Her present reserves number 49,
2O3 officers, 1854 in rank and tile, with
4O,34O horses and $40 guns, making a total
of so, leo officers, 2,O23, 1863 rank and file,
$685. 6S horses aud 4,424 guns. With the
200, 900 additional levits called for by the
bill now pending in the Reichstag, the
German imperial army will number, Off
GERS and men, about 100000, with not
less than 10000 horses and over 5000
guns. Her allies may be summarized as
Austria Hungary with, active and reserve,
52,2SO officers and 1913, 900 Of rank and
file, with III, 04s horses and 1,5CO guns:
Italy, "a, 7O8 officers and 2377SSO of
rank and file, with 50, 400 horses and 80
guns.
Thus We have a total for Russia and
France Of 400, 900 officers and SON, AO5
rank and file, with 692, $50 horses and TO-
6O6 guns. For Germany, Italy and Aus
~tria-Hungary, 6,214,243 men, with 49,
US officers, and when Germany's new
ievies are added, an allied force of 6, Ola.
24S besides officers, $50, 116 horses and
6,4S4 guns. The five Powers that, pre-
sumably, will be directly interested in
TOlved will command united forces ON the
one side OF of 5000, 900 while the three
allies on the other will have 1000 OOO
Inere viii be 17,GOO guns and 1900, COO
horses in the field.
outside Of these, however, the allies of
Central Europe will probably Get seryia.
Turkey, ROOmania and Bulgaria, when
the pinch comes, and these can furnish n
large army In themselves, and mainly an
exceptionally good one. Turkey can fpr.
nish 5000 guns, ZOE, SOS horses ard no
$50 racn; Seryia $50 guns, G. o hOrses and
~, 900 men; Reumania, 300 guns, $500
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