Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-02-03
WAR roorrSo OF NATIONS.
Comparative strength OF tho Armies and
NaSies OF Enrisnd and Germany.

From the New York Evening sun
Britain and Germany shows that tho total
army Of the former amounts TO gGl@ cti-
GERS and men, With 25.e5s horses and peg
maintained in 1898 in the United Kingdom
was, az cording TO the Official reports, l9|s
guns and in Egypt. India and the colonies
loss officers anu men. with l2ile horses
and 2lN guns The eneCtiNcs. including res
lows: Regular forces. home and colonial,
yeomanry.. io.es7. volunteers, 25i25; rtegu-
lars. on the Indian establishment, H,5si;
In Germany the total force under arms in
time OF peace IS 5ii. So officers ana mon.
with $50 horses. while the war strength
training In case OF war every battalion IS
portion OF the peace strength Every able
bodied man is compelled TO serve tn Ger
many About 5000 report annually ior
military duty Of whom perhaps . psS,rr sent
ity or evade service by emigration. oi the
remainder those who are not drawn 70
ont FOR training at certain periods-th" nrst
ure for ten. then for six and then for four
were formerly compelled to serve for three
years. hut In lsH3 the period WIS reduced 10
two years About $3.50 Join the army an
rUally as Zone year volunteers that is 70
say. having passed an examination. ~ is
REQUIRED OF them 10 serve only one year
they faying their own expenses.
The total force of efficient lighting ships
tn Great Britain consists OF twputy-nine
fret class h1ttleships. with an aggregate
class Nattlcships, agercEating liA@o tons
dlspiacs snsn Mt: twelve third class battle
ships 1872 tons displacement; twelve coast
defense ships displacement about 63"";
thirty armqrel and first class protected
cruisers 2N.IN tons displacement; sixty
second ana third class protected cruisers.
COS tons displacement. thirty-two torpe-
do gunboats. about 2S,oon tons dispia acement.
These dc not include about ten gunboats
stationed In Australia; IN addition 70 these
vessels Great Britain has sixty-two torpedo
jestruyyts, tWgnty-six first class i've sec
ond class twenty third class, hfty-one
saagoiuE ana nineteen lookout ships. The
reserve or merchant cruisers comprises
large number Of vessels.
The o rman navy consists OF a little over
cighty vessels. excluding torpedo boats or
are or the first class, with an aggregate
displacement OF a9.3cS tons and seven OF the
second class, with an aggregate displace-
m'nt OF 5"ia3 tons. or coast defense bar
bette ships Germany has eight, aggregate
&,lrO tons, and OF scagoiug
Euuboate. twelve, with an aggregate dis-
placement ~ Ie oS tons. ten Of which arc
Germany has also twenty-nine
uuarmorrl cruisers, aggregate dlsplac"-
mont about 600 tons. and a torpedo notilla
OF eleven dcstroycrs. siNtN-four seacoing.
s'Nty-ono first class. four second class boats
ana siNtten velettcs. When the torpedo
boats now In course OF construction have
b.cu completed Germany VIII have q nOtilla
Of eleven torpedo division boats Of from go
to- $50 tons ana 10 first class torpedo boats
As regards speed. sixteen or the British
ami sl'ren of the German arnored ships
Vcssels-cruiscrs. otc.-twenty-
seven of the British and four OF the Ger
man steam AZ less than twelve knots The
British navy has thirty-sovcn that steam al
twenty knots and over while Germany has
Il.