Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-07-29

restrain outbursts of revolution, it cal
be seen that any army she might at
tempt to throw across the Danube IN
to Servia would not be of overwhelm-
ing strength. Then, too, the Serv.
ian army is largely composed of vet
Grams with a splendid morale, and 3
record of first-rate achievement in the
Balkan wars.
Germans Millions of Men.
Germany's field army in time Of
war numbers 1 100000 men, and her
entire system of mobilization and
strategy is based upon an invasion Of
France and a simultaneous resist
ance to Russian attack upon her
back door. Behind this field army
stands an active reserve of 100000
men of the Landwehr, and behind them
still 100000 men who have had mil
itary training and are available to
make good battle losses.
Germany's strong point, as opposed
to Russia, of course, lies in her supe-
rior mobilization. The vast distances
which Russian reservists must travel,
and the scanty railroads in the czar's
empire all tend somewhat to neutralize
the preponderance of Russian troops.
Russian Army Figures.
On peace footing the Russian ar
my numbers 1,3S4,OOO men of all corps,
distributed over her European and
Asiatic possessions. Many of these
men would not be available for use i'll
a European war. But military ex-
perts concede that Russia could hurl
a great army of 100000 men across
the German and Austrian frontiers,
these men comprising the regular
European army corps and the first
line reseryists. Behind them, in turn,
are several million trained and partly
trained men for use in making up the
ravages Of battle and disease.
France, too, would be an effective
ally of the Servians on land. The
French army is a different weapon
from what it was in 1870.
France May Have 100000.
The active army within continental
France is thought to number about
100000 men, and although Frances
limited population does not allow her
the immense amount of reserve
strength which Germany possesses, tic.
outbreak of war would mean the in
slant increase of the field army to a
strength of 100000, which might
be still further increased by the re-
call of troops from Algeria and drafts
from 100000 trained reservists of the
second line.
The Italian army is more or less an
unknown quantity. Its value to Aus
tria and Germany would consist in
diverting some of Frances attention
to her southern frontier. On a peace
basis the italian army consists of
slightly more than 100000 men. The
field army in time of war would mus
ter nearly 100000 men, and could be
raised by drafts from the mobile mill
tia to 100000. Behind these troops
stand the territorial militia, partially
trained, forming what the French call
the levee en- masse, more than 2,000,-
600 men, mostly of doubtful worth.
England to Smash Fleet.
Needless to say England is not ex-
pected to count for much in military
operations on land in a general Euro
pean war. Her allies would expect
her to smash or bottle up the German
feet, and then lend her navy to as
1ist France in wiping out the Austrian
and Italian sQuadrons in the Mediter-
:ar can and Adriatic seas.
Doubtless several divisions of the
1o-called eXpeditionary force of the
English home army could be sent over
to France. But Englands most eff
cient help would undoubtedly consist
III attempting to DESTROY the German