Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-08-11

years the soldiers of the two armies
nave been trained to march on skis
n war games nave been held In most
severe winter weather TO test the en-
durance OF the men. They are warmly
dressed, and when running on skis
they can cover a large territory. In
inc Swedish army there Is an estab-
llshed patrol service of combined cav
airy and infantry. Each cavalryman
pulls two infantrymen standing on
Skis. Thus one horse serves to carry
three men forward without an effort
on the part Of the horse, as far as the
other two men are concerned, and
without firing the men. as they only
stand ~ tho skis. There Is also estap-
lished a service Of "Sparkstottings,''
being a long sleigh, or rather two run
ners Joined together by two uprights.
On this sleigh the soldiers can carry
large quantities OF supplies without
much fatigue.
Now. as to the respective sizes of
tho two armies, Sweden, with a popu-
lation OF over $500, 900 can, of course,
keep and sustain a considerably larger
army tina Norway, with a population
of a little more than 1000, 900. On the
other hand, m would think thai Nor
way with its immense merchant ma
rine, being according to the size of
the country the fourth largest In the
! WI W NOuid NAVE a. COIlSluSEdDIG navy
for its protection. Such is, however,
not the case, While Sweden during
the last fifteen years has been building
up a navy which for the size of the
country is of respectable dimensions,
Norway has been rather laggard In
this respect.
The two principal naval stations ot
Sweden are Kariskrona, on the south
coast, and Stockholm, on the east coast.
The navy consists at the present time
of twelve second class battleships.
named Svea, Gotta, Thule, Oden, Niord,
Thor, Dristigheten, Aran, Wasa, Tap
perheten,. Manligheten and Oscar III.
All these are Of about the same type.
between 300 and 4,2lS tons, and maxi
ing between 16.2 and Is knots. They
carry an armament of 10 and SO inch
guns, placed in armored turrets. Be
sides they carry a large number of
guns of smaller caliber, as we'll as sub
merged torpedo tubes.
Tho Two Navics.
Sweden has one armored cruiser, the
Fylgia, OF $500 tons and Of $4,000 horse
power, making 21.5 knots. She also has
five torpedo gun boats OF an effective
type, two torpedopoat destroyers, max
ing 81 knots, thirty torpedoboats of the
first class and a number of smaller
classes. The eleven monitors In the
oWeulsu navy cdTHOt DC counted as
having a good fighting value, as they
were built many years ago; some of
them have been reconstructed during
the last years and may be useful for
harbor defense. One submarine boat
was built in Sweden last year and has
proved herself to be of good value. In
addition the Swedish navy consists OF
a number OF cruisers, gunboats and
training ships. 1t Is officered by 2l2
officers and in the reserve there Is 160
additional officers.
The naval station OF Norway is Hor-
ten. on the south coast.
Tire navy consists at the present
time OF four second class battleshfps--
the Harald Haarfagre. the Tordenski.
old. the Norge and Eidsvold. These
ships carry an armament Of eight q
inch guns and are capable Of making