The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-06-04
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purposes. This is one million dol
lars per day for every day in the year,
including Sundays. It represents 90
per cent. of governmental expenses.
Some idea of what this means can be
gained by specializing on what this
sum of money would do for the Amer
lean people.
It would build and furnish 100000
homes superior in every way TO those
occupied by 80 per cent. of the inhab-
itants of the United States at this
time
II would enable the government 10
pay 5000 per year TO every boy and
girl under sixteen years Of age. en-
pIoyed in the sweat shops, cotton
mills and mines of this country.
1t would build and equip public
library in each state in the union sur
passing in beauty. design and mag
nifcence the congressional library at
Washington.
It would provide a university OF ed
ucation for the children of the work
ing class and equip them mentally for
the battle of life.
This sum would provide a home and
comfort for all men and women over
three score and ten.
1t would build hospitals for the
sick and infrm and provide highly
skilled physicians and attendants free
of all cost.
This sum spent annually for ten
years would stamp out the dread dis
ease of tuberculosis.
It would build a system of public
parks from ocean TO ocean that would
make this old land really worth liv-
ing in.
Your imagination Will readily con-
iure up many more directions in
which this sum could be proftably
spent in providing for the comfort,
health and happiness of those whose
labor creates it-Appeal to Reason.
Twenty years ago this paper print
ed from the Military Wachenblatt,
the official German military journal:
The Russian forces on the frontier
are $4,000 men, with $50 field guns;
while Austria-Hungary has $4,000
men, with 100 field guns, and Ger
many $4,000 men, with 33S field guns.
The garrison of Warsaw contains 90,
900 men, $500 horses and so field
guns; the garrison of Konnigen, roo
men, 140O horses and so field guns,
and the garrison at Breslau, 5000 men,
1850 horses and SO field guns"
But these are only the OutpOsts and
watchers of the great armies.
Russia's entire active army compris-
es 1,989,493 men. 1910 officers, 318,-
serves consist of 3,O41.20S rank and
file, with 51S.S52 horses and 1886
guns This is a total of 5,232, 900
men. France can place in the field
an active army of 1,935,0OO rank and
file and 39,527 officers. She has a re-
serve of lap, 900 men and 30,970 of
f1cers. Total war force e, 40S, 500 men,
commanded by 75,497 officers. and
having 374OOO horses and $500 guns.
Against this possible array of over
100000 armed Russians and French
men, Germany presents an active ar
my of 1, 212,977 rank and file, 5,997
officers, 356,32S horses and 3S4S guns.
Her present reserves number 703,614
rank and file, 1929 officers, 4O,34O
horses and SO guns. Total, 2,O23, 1863
rank and file, $1,000 officers. 395.O6S
horses and 4424 guns. With the 700.-
900 additional levies called for by the
bill now pending in the Reichstag. the
German imperial army will number,
officers and men, about 100000, with
430, 900 horses and over 5000 guns.
Austria-Hungary can put into the
field 1,S13,000 rank and file, 52,290 of
ficers and 1900 guns. Italy can send
an army of 2.377,3SO rank and file,
with 27,7OS officers, 62,4OO horses and
$50 guns. Russia's and Frances fore
es united amount to about 1900, 900
officers and men, and the other three
allies furnish about 100000, with
1900 guns and 100000 horses in
the aggregate. But this is not all.
Turkey, Servia, Roumania and Bull
garia have, together, armies of 1888
$50 officers and men, 1925 horses
and 6752 guns. Greece and Montene-
gro can furnish $4,000 fighting men.
So that the European powers show an
aggregate roll in their army of over
100000 men, with $4,000 pieces of
artillery, ready at any moment to
come together in deadly clash.
The combined naval forces of Ger
many, Austria-Hungary and Italy az
gregate, in addition, 92,S7S men. and
those of France and Russia, 284, 800.
When we consider the whole arms
bearing population Of these countries,
are, to-wit: Germany, Austria-Hun-
gary and italy. 29. 800 900: Russia in