The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-04-01

of that kingdom may not be tn least inter-
esting reading matter at this present mo-
ment. The statistics are taken from official
reports on file at the War Department, De-
cember, 1890:
The peace establishment of the land
forces is: Infantry, 1873, ,210; cavalry, 1852:
artillery, 26,200; engineers and train, 1921;
horses, 81, 400; guns, 1878, making gr and
total of 251 ,273 men, $1,000 horses and 1878
guns. The war footing gives grand total
of 2S, 301 officers, 2,620.550 non-commissioned
officers and men, 147,S7S horses and 2S6S
guns. The naval forces are twenty
armored ships with 2SS guns,
forty-one unarmored ships of 16O guns,
torpedo-catchers; 50 torpedo-boats;
armored gunbOats carrying u guns; 26 un-
armored gunboats carrying 1lO guns; 20
transports, tugs, etc.; 8 dispatch vessels
carrying sc guns; Is training vessels carry
ing 13S guns. Total number of guns-S0
tons or over. 80; 40 to 50 tons, 40; % to 40
tons, 81; to 20 tons, 222. Officers 626,
sailors 1900, marine officers 80, marine
soldiers 1900. Total active list, 17.2lG; re-
serve (navaD, 14,000 The population Of
Italy capable Of bearing arms numbers
7,500,000.
Comparing these figures with tsose of
other nations we nave the total peace eS-
ta6liShment OF Germany 49j, III men, las, 400
horses and 1920 guns, and a war basis OF
rank and file of 1920 299 men, 447, 725 horses
and 43l2 glnS. Her naval force consists o
jill NCtlNC IlSJ VI ll,OJO hilu q lCS6lNC VI
000, 10 armored SHIPS, SO unarmored, tor
pedo-catchers, 116 tOrpedn-boats, % armored
gunbuats, 81 unarmOrtd, 10 traue ports, tugs,
ETC., dispatch vessels. 9 training vessels
and $50 guns OF all sizes.
France has peace establishment of 519,-
642 men, 12O,211 horse, and 10000 guns, and
war footing of 4, 229, S26 rank and file,
417S75 horses and 10,5S4 guns. Her navy
consists of 80 armored ships, 1876 uuarmored,
% tOrped o-catcherS. 130 torpedo boats, IL
1A0 x fro
ports, tugs, etc, 80 dispatch-vesSels, 10
tralning-vessels and 1876 guns OF all callburs,
1915 men on the active list and 10000 on
the Reserve.
Austria-Hungary-Pea footing. 314, 573
men. "a, ,298 horses and 1914 guns. War
rank and file 800, ,123, horses 167, ,669, guns
1914. Naval-Arm0red ships II, unarmored
IS, torpedo-boats 3S, unarmored gunboats
q, transports and tugs 20, dispatch vessels
9, training vessels 8. Total number Of guns
of all calberS, 343 Active force SooO, re-
serve 1900.
Russia-Peace establishment 500, 252 men,
$4,000 horses ard 26S4 guns; war,
rank and file 7,73S,S9l horses ,291, guns
1864; naval force, 80 arnored ships, 5l un-
unarmored, 138 torpedo boats, - armored
| gunboats, AZ unarmored, transports, tugs,
! etc, 9 dispatch vessels and 339 guns OF all
| cali0ers; active list OF men 81, $50, reserve
q, 0OO
| Great Britain-Peaee Ill, ,S64 horses $4,000,
| guns 49, war, rank and lie ], ,l94, 4l2, horses
| POI, 400, guns 2056; navy. so armored ships,
unarmored 123, torpedo catchers II, torpedo
| boats 246, armored gunbOats Z, unarmored
176, transports, tugs, etc, 266, dispatch yes
sels 4, training vessels 10, guns ef all cali
| berS S78.
The peace footing OF the United States
amounts to $4,000 in the regular army and
1880 in the navy. In the navy there are
q steel cruisers, l dispatch-boat, 8 gum
boats, l torpedo-boat, 5 batte-shps, moni-
| tors, practice vessel aud 2 coast-defense Sc
vessels. Some of these are now undergon &
| completion.