Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1896-03-07
UNITED AMERICA,
Western Republics Could Form a.
Irresistible Combination.
Nearly a NJ n Armed Mer
Ready For Mobilization.


Making grant total, the American
republics have to-dsy, equipped AMI /
. armed, over 955, 90 men, regulars
aud nllitie, against the G52, 0o0 re3u-
] ~ Reserved and auxiliary forces
vhich the United Kingdom of Great
Atain has statiouod in England, In
. 49sa6 sann tlig c541nfes. Without alis1.
ing a single mau, volunteering or
drafted, this side Of the water thus
appears to have the advantage o.
nun bers, as far as the now organized
land force is concerned. X
/. Chile has standing army about
one.quarter the size of ours and a
National Guard of over 30 900 men.
All OF these are armed with small cali
Der rifles. Argentina maintains
standing army one-thirl the size Of
ours, but she has tremendous Ma.
5ional Guard, numbering 304, 000--
almdst three times the size Of our or
ganizel militia, says the Washington
correspondent Of the Boston Trans.
cript. She has only lately equipped
herself with the most modern FIRE.
arms. Her forces alone, if added to
ours, would make an army Of almost
half million. Peru, although with
| smaller force. has likewise pro-.
cured m,dern rifles, nj forgetting
| her receut defeat by Chic.
One great disadvantage under
I Which We would snf1-r, if joined with
| the sister republics against the United
| Kingdom, is the lack of uniformity Of
/ arms. Each Of the South AMI Cen
traI American States has its character
istic arm and M ms doubtless carry
variety Of patterns. Suppose ali of
the United Safes, Central and South
America were concentrated for VIZ
About twenty-five magazine factories
| might be require TO operate night ant
day making that many sizes OF CAR
tridges. E ,ch nationality would be
disabled without its special brand OF
ammunition, because 1t could not bor-
row from neishboring army using q
different the H. Great Britain's in-
fantrv is equipped with a rife which
will repeat eleven shots. The whole
army can be supplied from one fac.
new supply Of cartridges from any
other
Great Britain has IS armored ships
in service, we hpve but 20. She j.
bull llng II +, We but 10. She has i'll
addition 18S unarnored ships avail
able; We but a. She is building Is
new vessels + this class while we al,
builng g. In other words Great B.it-
ain has over four times as m any ship
ready for war as we have, and is still
building over twice as many as VT
are. The republics Of Central and
; South America could furnish us abou
200 ships, wh:ch when added to ours
| will form q fleet still smaller than tLa
!. OF Great Britain. But John Bui!
cannot spare ali Of his fleets from for
eien vatera. for tear OF Russia ant
t France.
Bgazil's navy conslste Of nlneteel
: vessels, seven OF which are arnorea
. Only two Of these are battleships, tn
: largest having displacement. OF 5. 70'
: tons and an arulor belt eleven inch
9 thick Bssides these. Brazii h.
e tveIty-:wo torpedo boats. she Is AIS
9 build NJ eleven new naval vessels. fou
3 OF which are - le lrJaclats. Arg
4 tina aas seventeen ships III her nav
: i've OF which are afmored. besi ie
i twentv-one torpeio boats. Her large
ve,se. has a displacement of 1, 2ot tor
ari an artaor belt OF nine ilclse:
Cuse caa all - this eleven v-sse.
AMI twen.r.;wo torpedo b5ats- IL
largest j. lat:leship OF 6, 900 ton
with tveive inch bet. Ctueuat 9.
. lead ten ve*6els, three of Ua.ca a
l. cnabaats. Tie nas.e- ot tue resnai'
i1g republics o. c nsral I'D Soa;
America ere verv Insignificant q. !
y divslaal-. Int 4 concentrated ~oaI
( maEa ts4at.- I large fieet % acs "a COZ