The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-02-01

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the Opposing Powers.
NEW NoHk. Jan. d.-A dispatch from
the City OF Mexico says: Gualcmala-4
answer Ia Mcxico's ultimafum Was ~.
ceived last right II will lie presented
10 the c;shinc; aud president nj NJ
o'clock this morning
IL j. stated that Guatemala answer
Is 10 IL" effect that the territory ai>.
putcd belongs 10 her. and IL any IN.
demnity Is To be paid Mexico owe. 1. Il
Guatemala.
The prospects are that war will le
declared mt once.
While not showing any heat overthe
| reply Of Guatemala. the Mexican an.
thorities hold n firm as ever 70 Their
position. and il j. very generally IN
| dersiood that early next wecl. an uli;.
matum will be sent 10 Guatemala ~
the corvette Zaragoza. which viii n,
once declare war ON that republic un.
less II accepts the demands Of Mexico
in evers- particular In any event.
the Zaragoza, il H. expected.
will bear note 10 Minister
t;odoy instructng him 10 reau.s,
| hin pas lftA - itVti should
its answer he negative. he will be pro-
tected and landed on Mexican soil lv
the corvette. which will then hc de-
tailed for the trans porlation OF troops
and munitions Of war
The war department in this capita
j. all activity. The entire Office forces
are working over hours and an I'M
usual spirit of life and general anima-
tion is seen on every hand. The mum
Der of troop, already on the from
tier is 5000, and several brigadc> are
in readiness to be pushed 10 tile front
at days notice Throughout the r..
| public the same activities are noted
and there j. no doubt that Mexico
could put 10000 men on the Guaieina-
Ian frontier within IA week or ten DAYS.
should occasion demand The general
health and equipment Of the Mexican
troops now in the s,lth are very good.
and reports from the probable seat of
war are that the soldiers and officers
are in high spirits and anxious TO push
forward AT the command from head
quarters.
MfNlco's MILITARY EsTABs lsnMrNT.
The army Of Mexico j. divided into
three sections-thc active army. the
reserve and the general reserve The
active army consists of infantry. L.
3o, engineers. 655: artillery. l.00.:
cavalry. 5.i,i; rural guards. $50:
gendarme>, PA. Total. -. "a. There
are over :;,DOo officers.
a military school is maintained hv
~. 4.
on the outskirts Of the City of Mexico.
The number attending the school j.
about 300. According to Gen.
Sostencs Kocha. general Of division
of the Mexican army. the total
fighting strength thereof including
the standing and active army ana
both reserves is: Infantry. l3i.s.a:
Dragons. 300; artillery. $500. The
infantry use the Remington rifle. cali
Der AZ. and bayonet. The cavalry ne
= musket 81 the same make and calihrr.
ard the artillery carry Remington ear
hines. calibeI 80. which are manufac-
tured in the country. Rificd Steel
brecch-loaaing guns are well used by
| the artillery. as we'll a. other new ana
improved guns. In the organization
Of the army. the French system. with
slight notifications. is followed.
The republic can hardly b. said ~
have a navy. Its Interests on The
water are protected by a feet ~ iwu
unarmorcd vessels IF 40 tons AMI coo
horsepower. armed with two twenty
Founders. and three small gun-boai>.
There are two naval ar>cnals-onc
a. L.. n
the former place and at Maza,lan there
are naval schools The government
also maintains large floating dock.
GrATENALA's sTHESGrn.
The army Of Guatemala the cost ~
which is abou. one-tenth Of the Total
public expenditure. consists Of 3.-i> Of
ficers and men. There j.. besides. a
reserve militia Of 81. 800.
Ia war between Mexico and t,uatc-
mala. however. IL must he borne in
mind that the other four Central
American states would most probably
for self-protcction. enter into an alii-
ance with their most important sister
The com bincd forces which these four
could throw into the field must a. a
consequence. be taken into considera-
tion. These would give a total OF 800
regulars and si.a.3 in the reserve and
militia.
Costa Eica has an army OF COO men
and, on a war footing. can command
3i.@.3 militia, as by the laws Of the re-
public. every male between y and ~
may be required to serve.
The active army Of Honduras CON
ssts Of 500 men, while the militia mum
bcrs 10000
Salvador has much stronger rrgn
lar army than either Of these. the ON
cinl figures giving her 1000 men. wh''e
the militia numbers H. 00n- me mas
also one cus.omhousc cruiser.
And lastly comes Nicaragua. WIN
regular army Of Loo men. reScrs'"i
10000. and militia or national gnarc
Of 5000
The fivs. states Of Central America.
therefore. can put into the field ~ any
time. iO.Ol- regular soldiers ana l'i-
l1J militia or reserve. every man m
whom has received thorough mir
tary training. SO far a numbers ut.