The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-10
s4sl9,777: Switzerland. S4ss7.ss4: Nor
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The regular army of Great Britain.
rank and file. consists OF 12T.96S men, OF
whom 1854 are commissioned officers.
o. these II 1856 are cavalry. 20.i5l aTtii-
.ery. with 1857 infantry, the colonial
and department corps making up the
balance. The three divisions OF the
United Kingdom respectively furnish
the following quotas Of men: ENGLAND,
1913, 07e. Scotland. 1880: ireland. 2S.3Sl;
born in India and the colonies, S.sis;
foreieners l54 and 10T2 not reported
The rumber of officers. seamen and
marines for whom appropriations are
made is SO $50 The English navy con-
sists of IS first class battleships. sec
ond class. 8 third class and % port de-
tense ships: 2S3 cruisers of all classes
and 1877 torpedo boats
The gross cost of the British army Tor
the year 1862 was $104. T0S, $50. and the
gross cost of the navy for the same
time was $1l3,S11,5so.
The Russian army on peace footins
consists of 100000 men and $500 ofii-
GERS, of whom about 12.e00 are cavalry:
100. 900 artillery, with 1.79O guns and 80
rnortars.
The navy of Russia consists of is
first class battleships. one third class
shin. IA first class. , second class ana
80 third class cruisers. with 81 torpedo
boats and 10 port defense vessels
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The army of France consists OF 49,
555 effective men, divided into l4o IN
fantry regiments of the hne, each re-
iuent consisting of 1881 men and %
officers. % regiments of cavalry and ~
of artillery, the latter comprising 900
mounted batteries. with 16 battalions
of foot artillery.
The French navy. with the exception
OF the British, is doubtless the most
efficient in the world. 1t consists or =
first class. second class and third
class battleships, Il first class, % sec
ond class and 1O9 third class cruisers
and 800 torpedo boats. with IA port de-
Tense ships. One of the most powerful
battleships is the Dupuy de LONE.
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The strength of the German army
on a peace footing is ,2Ol men, rank
and .file. with 22.67S officers. 1t is di-
vided INTO 1888, 314 infantry, besides T.
GAS officers, 65,375 cavalry and 2,352 ofll-
GERS. There are 43 regiments OF field
artillery, consisting of 5S.S2l men, IN
Gliding ISL officers and Il regiments
of foot artillery of 22.S24 men, whicn,
together with a number of special ser
vice corps, make up the complete num-
Der
The navy of Germany comprises Is
battIeships of all classes. 20 port de-
tense ships, IL cruisers and ia torpedo
boats.
The Italian army consists of 2S5.09l
men, of whom 141.00o are infantry, zS'-
2Ss cavalry and 30.016 artillery.
While the navy of Italy is not so large
as that of some of the other nations OF
Europe, it has a number of formidable
vessels. 1t consists of first class,
second and third class batueships, %
cruisers, port defense ships and Ia
torpedo boats.
Following close in the wake of Italy
comes Turkey. with 10000 men as
peace army. divided into the proper
tionate number of infantry, cavalry and
artillery.
The Turkish navy is to a. great ex-
tent an obsolete lighting force. though
some activity has been recently reviv
ed in marine matters. 1t has two So
called first-class battieships, about 30
cruisers and 81. torpedo boats. Only
three Of Turkeys ships can be counted
as seagoing arnor clads of any fight
ing value: the others are all old, out of
date affairs.
Little Switzerland comes up with 49,
600 men. of whom 102. 50I are infantry,
8. 75S cavalry and 21,6S2 artillery, with a
number of auxiliary corps. 1t has no
sea coast, consequently Switzerland has
no navy.
Spain has. as nearly as can be as
certained, about $4,000 men regularly in
the service. The force in Cuba for the
suppression of the instruction, has
amounted to 1928 men. including 40
generals and 562 staff officers. This was
the estimate made a year and a half
ago; 1900 in the Philippine Islands,
and 5000 in Porto Rico. The number
has been increased in Cuba by con-
scriptions and decreased by the insur- |
gents and death until it is impossible !
to arrive at the exact number now in !
the island.
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Spain's navy, exclusive OF training I
ships. at the same period, consisted of I
two first-class battleships, IL hrst-class !
cruisers. including three that were be-
ing built, six second-claSs and IS third /
class cruisers, with 40 torpedo boats. ]
All the first-class cruisers are cOinpar-
atively new. During 1895 Spain lost |
four cruisers by wrecks.
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Austria-Hungary has about $50, 900 /
men under arms at all times, of whom /
49, 59 are infantry, including 10,047 Off !