The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-27


state of affairs superior 10 any In
Europe. and less than 3 per cent of
the recruits accepted are found unable
to bear the strain within the FIRST year
Of service.
The color service is nominally Eve
years. but in the field artillery and in
fantry it is reduced to four Ohen.
too, the minister of finance brings
such strong arguments TO bear upon
his colleague at the war office that
this is diminished 10 three. or even
less. Whatever the color term may
be, the rest Of eighteen years service
must he made up in the reserve. sub.
iec TO liability to be called up for
two trainings Of six weeks each. More
than one training of two weeks is,
however. rarely insisted upon, unless
the color service has been less than
three years, when the reservist is us.
ually called up twice for three weeks.
In the imperial navy the service is
seven years afoat and three In the re-
serve.
The standing army numbers in time
of peace more than a million rank and
file, or 4 per cent of the male popu-
latlon between 21 and 60 years old.
There are on a peace footing $4,000
infantry. ia twenty-five army corps.
ffty-two divisions. 2O9 regiments and
S36 bat alions; 11ZOoO cavalry, in
twenty-three divisions and G3i squad.
rons 13S,OoO artillery, with 4i2 bat
teries Of field artillery and foriy-six
of horse artillery; $4,000 engineers;
$4,000 commissariat transport, medi.
cal and other departmental troops;
10000 Cossacls.
Modified by Ukase.
The army is mobilized by imperial.
ultase to the senate. It recalls to the
ranks in classes all the regular sol.
diers below thirty.nine years old or,
allowing for casualties, a total Of O..
100000, thus bringing the regular
forces up TO a strength Of nearly 3
millions But there is still further
reinforcement available In addition
to the standing army and its reserve
there Is the opotschenie or militia It
Is divided into two categories. The
first class consists of all mea VIII,
having served in the standing army
ami its reserve, have attained their
thirty-ninth year This liability con
tinues until the compile ion Of the for
tylhird year. The second class con
sists OF all men physically capable
who for one reason or another have
been freed from regular service. Their
liability continues until the close Of
their twenty-hfth year, and during
these four years. they can be called up
twice for a six weeks training, but Ia
practice it is shortened by two weeks.
The second division OF the militia
includes all persons exempted or re-
iected from the regular service upon
any ground until the forty-fourth birth
day This is a nominal, rather than a
real liability, and liss are not kept
Of the second class The four junior
years of the opoltscenie are capable
of giving in addition to the regular
army of 100000 men, and the four
senior years Of 100000 men bringing
the total Of the modified standing
army and its reserve to the gigantic
figure Of 5,4OO0OO men-or n per
cent of the male population between
the ages Of IS to 55 To this total
should be further added, IN consid-
erlng he armed strength Of Russia.
is 600 gendarmes under the ministry
Of the interior and $4,000 frontier
guards under the ministry Of finance,
each representing the pick Of the re-
tired non-commissloned officers OF the
army, besides Al 500 sailors