The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1897-08-05
THE WORLDS ARMIES.
Whist the TorIous Countries Could Put
In the Field.


In the Field.
The United States can call upon
greater number of trained soldiers
than any other countryin the world.
Although the standing army num-
bers only $1,000 men, each state has
to support its own militia, and
should it become necessary as a last
resource upward of $500, 900 men
could assist in maintaining the indie
pendence of the country.
To defend the coast there would
be O navy of some 70 ships, with TO-
600 men.
OF the European armies the big
gest is that of France. The number
of men in the active army and its
reserves is 1850, 900. 1t is not like.
ly, however, thatunder any conceiv-
able circumstances more than 2, $780,
900 men could be called out. The
navy, with 451 ships, also has a re-
serve of ia, 900 men, of whom about
Is, 500 are serving at the present
time with the feet.
Next in point of numbers on war
footing comes Germany. The peace
strength of the standing army is
about 5000 There has been no
late return of the war strength, but
in the last extremity Germany would
have an army of not far short of
5000, 900 trained men, while 90, 600
men could man the two hundred
and twenty odd vessels constituting
the navy. The third great power is
Russia. The total peace footing of
this country is 900, 600 and the war
footing 1900, 900. The navy consists
Of 100 ships, manned by $4,000 men.
Italy can boast of an army num-
bering 5000, 900, of which nearly
$50, 600 are under arms, 600, 900 are
on unlimited leave, $4,000 are
mobile militia and /, $50, 900 are ter
ritOrial militia. The navy comprises
81, 500 men and 220 ships.
From a military point of view,
Great Britain ill compares with her
European neighbors. The total of
all branches of the service amounts
to only 7l5, 6S3, and of these only
665, 164 are classified as effective.
The reguk&r force at home and in the
colonies mumbers only 147, 105, the
army reserve is 80, 100, the militia
IA, 104, the yeomanry II, 67s and the
volunteers 1853, 52S. The British navy
therefore should at all times be a re-
markably strong one.
Austria Hungary has a war foot
ing of d, 76O, 900, but should the me-
cessity arise over 1000, 600 men
would have to take arms in defense
of their country. The navy has, CO.
tai Of some $500 men to man the
ITO ships. The permanent army of
Spain numbers 116, 900, which could
be increased in time of war to 1, OS5, :
600; 1000 men could man the 1OS
vessels comprising the navy.
The army of Switzerland is divid-
ed as follows: The elite, 131, 500; the
landwehr, 81, 800; the landsturm,
2z3, 200.
Sweden has 38, S46 men and / 900
reserves, with navy of So ships,
with 10000 men, and. Norway an
army of $4,000, although the num-
Der of troops actually under arms
never exceeds, even in war, 1,SOO
men without the consent of the
storthing. The navy of 81 ships is
manned by only 535 men, although
some 1923, 900 men could be called
upon to serve.
China could bring $50, 900 men on
the field and Japan 271 200.
Of the smaller powers there are
Roumania, with a permanent army
of 81, 900 men and a territorial army
numbering 81, 900; Portugal, with
war strength of 100, 900; Persia, with
"a, 500; Servia, with 21O, 600; Meth
erlands, with $4,000 and navy of
1873 ships and $500 men; Belgium,
with strength of 1856, 800 men and
a garde civique of nearly as, 600, and
Denmark, with war strength of
10000 men and an extra reserve OF
16, 500, only called out in extreme
emergencies.
The smaller nations of the world
all have their means of defense, and
the Kongo Independent State, Costa
Rica, Ecuador, Mexico. Marocco,
Peru, Paraguay, Bolivia, Afghanis-
tan. the Argentine Republic, Libe-
ria, Nicaragua, the Orange Free
State and the South African Repub.
lie among them could number some:
thing like 1900, 900 men.-London