New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-22

ARMY AND NAVY OF TURKEY AND
GREECE.
COMPARATIVE NAVAL AND MILITARY STRENGTH
OF THE TWO NAToNs-THE CREEKS
RETTrR TRAINED AND DISCIPLINED.


OF THE TWO NATroNs-THE GREEKS
BETTER TRAINED AND DISCIPLINED
Washington. Fob 81 (specaD. tOhhcers Of the Army
and Navy on duty In this city are discussing Win
interest the military and naval strength OF turkey
and Greece Information on file in the war ana
Navy departments gives the fighting force OF 'ach
country on land and sea. The records snow tna'
Turkey has much the larger army. as well as more
numerous fleet but officers Of our Army and Navy
regard the Greek as better man than the TURK
whether soldier sailor They say thar the Gree"
is the more Intelligent. better trained ana better n
ciplined and that in kirg Georges service the morale
Is much higher than among Inc Suiian's forces.
The military force E Turkey comprises 'N pat
taons Of infantry 5S220o POP squadrons OF cav
airy 3, 800 men: lSG artillery guns. 9i,'N men 50
companies Of engineers. 400 men-a oiii OF '00'-''
The army consists d, the regular troops and the re-
serves the Landwehr and the fandstuim. Inc
Turkish Empire Is divided into seven army districts
>he headquarters Of which at Constanunope'
Andrlanope. Monastir. Erznjan. Damascus. Basdah
and Sanaa The regular infantry is organized INTO
companies hatiaions. regiments hrieades ana owl
sions 1t Is armed with the Martini-Peabody iin"'
Turkey recently purchased 22o.o0O Mauser magazine
rifles calibre a. These have not been issued 10 me
IRONS however but are kept az military depots.
on a war footing the Landwehr Is intended TO nave
the same organization the regular army. the
cavalry consists OF thiryeight regiments of the ne
two regiments OF the guard and two s1nadrons OF
mounted infantry The artillery includes fifteen pat
eres Of horse artillery l69 field batteries ana iory
two mountain batteries On a war footing the es-
ablishmen of field artillery consists Of about l5 ON
GERS and men and 100 horses OF fortress artillery
there are thlrtyeight battalions OF which eighteen
belong to the branches OF the army at CONSTANT
nople and Erzeroum and twenty TO the ordnance de-
partmeni.
The peace footing OF the Grecian army has a
total strength of 2is77. divided az follows War Of
fee 2iO infantry. lGO5s cavalry, LAC; artillery,
22s7 engineers. 1913 general service. Nl military
schools. 922: gendarmerie 1928. For this force
there are provided 3,739 horses and mules and 10
guns In case OF war this strength could readily
he increased 10 100 900 men In addition there Is
reserve force OF 1880 men, Behind this Is the
territorial army, numbering $4,000 men. There
fore II hosties should break out, Greece could
nut under arms $4,000 men.
or the fleets OF the two countries that OF Tur-
key IS about twice as numerous as that OF Greece
The Turkish feet comprises 2o1 vessels OF all Kinds
battle ships OF the first second and third classes.
seagong coast-defence ships. harbor-defence IRON
clads protected cruisers. partially protected
cruisers sloops gun vessels. torpedo catchers, tor
pedo boats small gunboats. subventoned mer-
chant steamers. special service steamers. steam
launches sailing vessels. training-ships and coast
service vessels.
According to reports which have recently reached
the Navy Department. not more than 10 per cent
of the Turkish fleet is In condition TO take the
seas Most OF her vessels are OF obsolete types.
and many have been completely neglected for sew
oral vars Turkey has first-clfss battle-snip,
the AbIel- Kadcr. which Is nearing completion. she
is OF modern design and is built OF steel Her dis
placement is 1860 tons: indicated horsepower H.
800 and speed Il knots Her armor consists Of
complete steel belt : to "A inches thick. she car
rles four covered barbettes 1871 inches thick.
Worked over her vtas is protective deck 81 inch
es thick. Her armament comprises four ll-nch
Krupp rifles six 5s-inch Krupp rifles. and ten
rapid-fire guns.
Tho Mcssudieh Turkeys only second-class bat
te-shp. IS of iron Sne dspaces $40 tons. and has
an indicated horsepower 81 ~" ana speed Oh -
knots. There are seven oa!tie SIPS OF me tn'fI
class All 6a' one ne Tnng 5av were recemtv BEEN
overhaulcd and made moro modern Even IN their
lighters The Orkaneh Osmanieh. Mahmudeh
ana Azizieh' sister ships TO ne iiamIdien, ana
were built in Glasgow and BLACKWELL. Two other
thrd-class batte-shps Of the Turkish fleet more
modern in design. the Feth--Bulend and
Turkey has nine sea going coast-defence ronclads.
the most modern. the dialieh having been built
fonr ironcads I'm the Suan's fleet. the iisber. the
Fcth-el-slam and the Memdooyeh. These have an
building AT Consiantinople. four modern cruisers.
the Iiudaven- ghiar. thu Selimieh. the Felz-l-
shins of 1850 tons displacement. She has one
cruisei OF the unproested type me hfioe,hu rn
nosito slnop is the Iuth-Hamayoun. She has
seven gun-y suitable chiefly for police duties
in time of peace the heaviest Of 500 tons dsplace-
meni She has four torpedo ghn-vesseis ana TWO
torpedo destroycrs. The fleet also includes twenty
three torpodo-boats. varying in displacement from
~ 10 $50 tons and In speed from ten to twentythre
knots The oldest OF these was built In lsso ana
Tho newest i'm 1902 Besides, there two sub
marine boats the Abdul-Ham and the Abdul
Nediid constructed in lSs6 ,
The nominal strength Of the personnel OF the
Turkish Navy is SIX & TleVsn i,etsn
ants Isl ensigns. 5000 sailors and about 80" ma
,rhc Grecian Navy comprises lO3 vessels of all
classes or about half as many a. are under the
command of the sultan Inc GreGian vessels h are
of later design than those Or Turkey ana whie
smaller and less numerous klnE George he ahi IS
so much superior TO tnC ON me s seas Creek
officers and sailors are Of good physique ana are
not he said of the Sutan's naval force The Greeks
handle their vessels much more efficiently thdn me
tb"m in The way OF armor and guns they would.
,hrough skin and manoeuvrng. be match for the
prominent naval ocer in discussing the pos s
sibility Of war between turkey ana Hrsece MAJ
OF about ~, 49, even allowing the Sultans vessel
Saaver guns and thicker armor. The conditions.
hs ssid Would be somewhat similar TO those which
m ~ m The war between China and Japan
I'm" most powerful Grecian ships are .he Psara,
pun, )" t;i, in ls>q They are In good condition
AIRY ON. hooded BARI tie and three military masts.
EaS J,spIaccs isS5 IONS has an Indicated horse
has one small cOasi-deience ironciad the basiieus
raoroios and four small cruisers. two OF which are
~ tel one 81 iron and one OF wood Their names
arc the Sfaktirea, the Mykal,, the Nauarchos
WANTS and the Hellas. In the fleet there are six
en ai,uboats and thirty -one torpedo-boats. twelve
zen a., class and nineteen OF the second class.
IN ,ddtion the fleet includes twenty small vdette
hoats and two Nordenieldt submarine boats OF old
design. a. cro.L NAVY includes ahou,
90. ~ ooleers and cadets 2i7 employees ~ petty
lan -eo sailors J3 stokcrs or total % about
ON, no mon The navy il manned partly by con-
S,ription from the people o. me seacoast ana
nartIv by enlistment
mary loss " DAKOTA TOWN.