The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-11-21
ALLIES CIV | | III | !.
WORLD A LESSON.
Secrecy and Completeness Of The
Mobilization Unprecedented.
VIEWS Of GEN q ALISON \ | U, s.A.

Bigger Force Than Turkey's-Bul-
garia's, Fighting Machine Built UP IN
Eight Years-ArtiIIery Strong Fac
tor In the Triumph Of the Allies.
In the Journal Of the Military Serv-
ice Institution of the United States.
published on Governors island by off,
GERS Of the army, a leading article deals
with the military organizations of Bull
garia, Servia. Greece, Montenegro and
Turkey. The author is Brigadier Cen
eral John N. Allison. s.s. s,.s.. :...,.r... -.
"Once again." writes General ALI
son, 1.-The eyes of the. civilized world
are turned anxiously toward the sick
man Of southeastern Europe, who is
surely and sore1y III need Of the serv-
ices Of physician" '-t..'.-
General Allison takes up in order the
armies Of the contending nations, be-
ginning with Turkey. The Turks, ac-
cording to General Allison's figures, as
sumo to have an infantry total of 81
008 officers and 1922, 900 enlisted men,
cavalry strength Of 1880 officers and
26,800 enlisted men, an artillery
strength of 1882 officers and 1880
men and 245 officers and 1O.47O enlist
ed men in the engineer corps, besides
medical corps and a transportation
department. 60.
"HOw much of this vast paper force
actually exists General Allison
writes, what proportion of that actu-
ally existing can be made available
for work in the Balkans, is 4 matter of
pure conjecture. Coione; Brose, late
Of the information department of the
German general staff. estimates such
number as 100000 men of all arms,
and this estimate is liberal"
War Strength Of Allies.
The war strength Of the allies Gen.
eral Allison places at $4,000 men, of
whom Bulgaria furnishes 35O,OOO, Ser
via 10000. Greece 100000 and Monte
negro $4,000.
Writing of the Bulgarian army, Gen
eral Allison points out that the present
great fighting machine was organized
less than eight years ago. The organi-
cation is divided into four PARASITIC
field or active army, the active army
reserve. the reserve army and the mill
tia. Prior to the present war the Bull
gar army was distributed in nine divi-
siOnal areas, each with headquarters,
and these areas knew exactly how
many men Of all arms could be called
upon in the event of war. The divi-
sions were subdiyided into districts,
and from each district the organiza-
ton was such as to produce at the ear
Hest possible moment one fully equip
ped regiment of four battalions.
The Servian army is singled out for
praise by the army officer. as are also
the fighting forces of Greece and Mon
teneero. General Allison calls the
Montenegrins an intrepid race of sharp
shooters, with an organization so per-
a few days. the army being accompa
MED. when it is in the field. by the
wives and daughters Of the soldiers.
who carry the ammunition and cook
all of the food
The Greek army, General Allison
points out. has learned the lesson Of it's
defeat by Turkey in 1897. and since
that time farreaching administrative
changes and disciplinary reforms have
been adopted. and the present Greek
force is the outgrowth of that transi-
ton.
ArtiIfery's Part.
Reports from the seat of war agree
on the important part that the artil
lery has played in the present war.
General Allison gives much space to
this arm Of the service and shows
what each of the allied states, as well
as Turkey. has in the way Of big guns.
The Turkish artillery comprises field,
horse. mountain artillery and howitzer
batteries. fortress artillery and artil
lery depots. All of the organizations
are part of the Turkish regular army.
and there is no second line Of artillery.
On war footing each field battery has
4 officers and 100 to 12O enlisted men.
uC IdLCSl ICpOASS Give IAO
total Turkish artillery strength as 1913
field batteries 1.199 guns, eighteen
horse batteries COS guns. forty noun
tain batteries GAO guns, and twelve
howitzer batteries az guns. These
guns are all of the various Krupp
types. The artillery ammunition train
consists of 1854 wagons. ~
The Bulgarian artillery numbers
about 1900 officers and men. The ar
tillery consists mainly of 81 and rs
centimeter Krupp guns. 6.5 centimeter
Krupp mountain pieces. Krupp IL cen
dmeter and Schneider howitzers, Creu-
zot siege guns and rs centimeter Creu-
zot quick frers. The number of guns
is 1854. aG
The Servian artillery comprises only
Schneider Camel quick firing guns.
while the Montenegrin artillery con-
sists of eighteen siege. twenty five
field and thirty eight mountain guns.
four howitzers, fifteen mortars and
eighteen Calling and Maxim NOrden-