Mohave County miner., 1897-05-29
Warriors of inc World.

In view of the reign of hloodshed
 through which the people are now pass
 ing-mostly as spectato :, hoWever-the following figures upon the fighting strength of the world will be interesting. or European countries France comes first in the size oi its military equipments. Including reserves, the French army numbers 2,350,000 men. The navy with 451 ships, has IA 900 men, of which number 9 800 are in active ser vice Altogether the fighting strength of France is about 2 500 900 men, or one third that of the United States Next 10 France comes Germany. On d peace footing the German army is 520000 strong IG the event of hosiilities, how ever, the em pire could muster 3,000,000 ships and P 900 men. The standing army of Russia contains 900,000 regulars, but on war footing thls number could readily be increased to 2 6O0,00O. The Russian army consists of 160 vessels and 32 ,000 Italy's atandlng army is 250,000 strong, but the fighting strength of the country is fully eq14l to that of Germany viz. 100000 men.
 The military equipment Of Great Brit ain is even less than Italy's. According to the London Mail the total or all de- partments of the military service of the kingdom amounts to barely 7l5, ,6S3, and that of this nun per only 665 l64 are classified as effective. Of course, the fighting strength of the entire British empire is not to be measured by these figures. Including Canada, Austria, In- dia and other colonies it is even greater, perhaps, than that of the United States, but on account cf the manner in which 1t is scattered over the globe, it is not so easy to mobilize or control As to the British navy It's mastery of the seas is in1isputable Without being able 10 give the exact Gglres, it's strength is even greater than the combined fleets of France, Germany and Russia
 The fighting strength of Austria Hun gary is about 4,OO0 O00 The naval equipment em braces 110 ships and $500 men. The standing army of Spain num. bers 116,0OO men, while it's fighting strength IS l,OS5 ,O0O The Spanish navy contains 108 ships and 23 900 men. $ Switzerland has d fighting strength of 500,000. Sweien'5 army nun Der 38 ,846 men, with 1000 reserves; it's navy fifty ty-three vessels, with 10000 men en- gagged in the service NorWay's army is 39 000 strong, while it's navy embraces thirty -one ships. Oi the other powers Roumania has fighting strength of 91,- 00J men P1rtu gal 150,0O0; the Nether- lands, 5000; Belgium, 155 800, and Deam ark 76 900 In the unequal contest between Greece and Turkey It has aI- ready been shown that the fighting strength of the latter country is twelve times that of Greece. While the Greek army numners approximately 250 ,OOO men, the Turkish army is nearly 3,OOO,- 900 strong
 The regular standing army of the Unlted States numbers27 ,O00 men, while the naval force of the country includes 10,000 man and seventy ships These figures may appear small in com parison with the population of the United States, but, in addition to the military and na val equipment which these figures rep resent, 1t should be remem Oered that each state in the union maintains it's own separate militia and that in the event of actual hostlIties this country could put into the field no less than 7,- 5000O0 men St. Jo Gazette.