The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1906-03-16
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Largest and Most Emcient Fighting
Organization I'm the World.

Largest and Most Efficient Fighting
Organization I'm the World
From the Worlds Work
The German army OF today is the
largest and most efficient fighting or
ganization that the world has ever
seen. and 1t has served as a model for
the armies OF most other countries.
The Austrian army has been oFgani-
'zed on methods copied exactly from
the German system The japanese
army also took its methods in organi-
zatiOn as well as in strategy and tao
tics from Germany and German Of
fcers- The Chinese army has now
adopted German methods. Nearly all
the smaller countries OF Europe with
aspirations to military efficiency have
borrowed officers from the German
army to instruct their troops The
Turkish army was so organized
In the recent war, the largest forces
met which had ever Opposes. one an
other in any conflict The German
army, however, could put in the field
a perfectly equipped military force
eight times larger than the victorious
japanese army which gained the bat
tie Of Mukden. It consists OF more
than 100000 soldiers. But in addition
to 1000, 900 trained soldiers, Germany
could enroll 5000, 900 more men who,
although not trained for service in the
fighting line, would nevertheless form
a valuable reserve for the protection
Of lines Of communication, and such
duties A very large number OF re-
serves have had at least some military
training, and in case Of necessity
could also be employed in active serv-
ice after a brief period Of drill and
military exercise Thus the stipend
Gus number 100000 able boded
men could be mustered under the i'm
periaI banner OF the German empire
so that the statement that all Ger
manly is an armed camp"
The German emperor, who in times
Of peace shares the authority over the
army with his fellow German SOW
ereigns, the kings OF Bavaria, SaxOny,
and Wurttemberg, becomes in times
Of war supreme and cOmmander-fn-
chief, or 'War-LOrd," OF the entire
military forces Of the empire.
The standing army Of Germany con-
sists approximately Of 900, 900 men.
Nearly half Of this number pass out
OF the standing army every year and
are replaced by an equal number Of
fresh recruits Germany thus pro-
duces year by year more than a quar-
ter Of a million trained soldiers. The
nrSI reserve consists approximately OF
100000 men, and the ''Landwher''
consists Of 100000 men, Of whom
900, 600 are in the first class and 500
600 are in the second class The
Laudsturm" consists Of 100000 men,
making a grand total Of 100000
The organization Of the army is as
simple Is it is efficient The unit Of
organization in the infantry is the
section consisting Of twenty men
under the command Of a corporal.
Two sections form a "semi-detach-
ment," or forty men under the COM
mand Of a sergeant Two semi-de-
tachments form a detachment Of
eighty men under the command Of
a lieutenant Three detachments form
a company Of 240 men under a cap
tain. Four companies make a bat
talIiOn OF $50 men under a major.
Three battalliOns form regiment IN
der colonel, and two battalliOns
form a brigade under the command
Of a major general The army corps"
which is the largest military unit,
consists Of two or three divisions.