New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-18
THE HOSTILE ARMIES AND NAVIES
FIGHTING STRENGTH ON LAND AND SEA OF
GREECE AND TURKEY.


FIGHTING STRENGTH ON LAND AND SEA OF
GREECE AND TURKEY.
The strength Of the regular Greek Army
peace footing is estimated at about 1900 men.
classified as follows: Infantry. l'0O cavalry,
26iS; artillery 1920 engineers etc. l23a. In the
First Reserve there $500 men. and in the Sec
ond Reserve l25oo0. making total war strength OF
nearly 210.cI0
The total peace strength of the Turkish Regular
army is estimated at lH.30o men, divided fol-
lows: Infantry, 5000; cavalry $780, artillery.
1900: engineers. ETC.. $780, In the First Reserve
there 1900 officers and 1850 men, and in the
Second Reserve 2lS6 officers and 1892 900 men. MAX
ing a total war strength Of 1900 men,
The Grecian Navy consists Of five armored
sells The older two. built respectively in 1857 and
1862 are the Baseus Georgos. Ito tons. carrying
two lotion Krupp guns on the upper deck. four
light and two machine guns, with a speed of
ewelve knots, and the Basilissa Olga. wooden
Vessel Of 2 800 and speed of ten knots carry
ing four 51a-ton and two 31a-ton Krupp guns The
steel ship Hydra. of 1856 tons. and her sister ships.
the Spetsa and Psara, built in France in
1890. Each is protected by overall steel belt
IL. inches thick al the water-ine and surmounted
by another steel belt 29 riches thick Each car
three l06-inch guns four 5.9-nch guns,
six-pounders and eighteen smaller and machine
guns. There are seventeen torpedo-boats more
than Sc feet long. torpedo depot and two Nor
denfeldt submarine torpedo-boats. There two
spectivey two cruisers of 1000 tons EACH launched
IN 1875 twelve gunboats of which six built
1n 1Ssl-'Si. and three vessels. The navy is
manned by 1s5 officers and cadets, 247 employees.
Isl petty officers 1853 sailors and 58 stokers. ETC.;
total. Sl65 men.
The Turkish Navy is weak on account OF the fact
that Of its best vessels have been sold TO other
Governments There only three sea-gong ar
mored ships Of fighting value. The others are so
small or OLD that they are nj only Tor use as con-
voys The best vessel is the Abdul kader a nrst-
class modern cruiser of 5000 armored with IL
inch plates and carrying ten l02-inch and two 90
inch krupp guns. with possible speed OF seventeen
knots. The Hamidyeb built in 1855 Is OF 100 tons.
with speed of thirteen knots, and carries ten 1872
inch and TWO 66-inch Krupp guns and central bat
has a speed OF thirteen knots. is protected by u
finch armor, and carries l02-inch and two &C.
inch Krupp guns and central battery. There are
four barbetted crusers-the AziZiyeb. the Mahom-
Ondiyeb. the Osmaniyeb ana the Orkaniyeb-which
built in 1864. and each of 640O tons. with
speed of twelve knots. They each carry two IL
inch. eight 5.9-inch and six 33-inch Krupp guns.
The Assar--Shefket and the Nedjim-i- Shefket.
built in 1858. of 2O50 tons each, with speed Of
eleven knots, and each carries one 9-nch and four
finch Armstrong guns. The Assar--Tevfik built
IN 1863 Is of 400 tons, with speed of thirteen
knots. and carries eight 9.4-inch and two S2-inch
Krupp guns. The Hufzi-i-Rahman, built In 1865 is
Of 800 tons with speed of fourteen knots: carries
TWO 9-inch and two finch Armstrong guns, and
6-inch KrupD gun. The Feth-i-Boulend, built in
1870 is of 2720 tons, with speed of fourteen knots
and carries four 9-inch Armstrong guns.
The Turkish Navy is manned by vice dmirals,
~ rear-admira,s. 2B captains 2@ commanders. 22S