The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-15

peaoe looung- And woe to her II she
snail no hold out, To increase her
army IN time OF peace is a problem Of
graves Importance. France can
u on the powerful assistance Of
ftuSsla, but it rests with herself 10
nave that assistance come in time.
what consolation viii she find in Rus
sian victories, if, owing to her impro-
Hloehce' she lets the enemy penetrate
INTO the heart of the country, II her
cltles and villages are burned. her
fleldS, vineyards and forests DESTROYED.
ana population disarmed? on tho
olher hand, what use shall We have
with the alliance with France if our
ely shall not be able TO check our
common enemy long enough for the
complete mobilization and concentra-
ton of our forces?"
Got Ready Quickly.
Unless the accounts Of Russia'>
present powerful force in East Prus-
sla and northern Austria are Xagge
ated, van lvanovitch must have been
masslnS along the frontier for some
Tune before hostilities were declared.
estimated before the out
break Of the VIZ that it would AXE
twenty days to transport the -Four
army corps stationed in the Wilma
dlstrlct to the German frontier. Five
army corps are custOmarily stationed
IN the Warsaw district. These could
not reach the boundary line for thirty
days. The four army corps around
st. Petersburg, in the extreme north
OF Russia, could not reach German
territory normally under thirty-hve
Gays. Inc Russian army experts eSti-
mated that they could pour a half
million Of men into Prussia in five
weeks; more conservative critics made
this time limit from six weeks to two
months.
obviously. as was pointed out by
students Of the situation long before
the war, it would be Germany's policy
to rush an army into France and
crush the French before the Russians
could mobilize their millions; then,
with the enemy over the western Dor
der disabled, turn a united front to the
millions concentrating to the east.
This evidently is what Germany and
. Austria have attempted to do. The
l reported withdrawal OF German and
Austrian soldiers from the French
theatre Of war to take UP the defense
: OF their eastern boundaries against
: Russia seems to indicate that Ivan
4 ~Ivanovitch arrived on the border q
= bit ahead Of schedule time.
) Russia's labors to make this great
Z army which will engage in the inter.
national war one Of the most effective
of modern times nave been based upo1
the bitter lessons learned in the wa
with Japan. General Kuropatkin, VIII,
y was Russia's greatest military ma,
before the disastrous campaign il
Manchuria, wrote q remarkable bOOl
l. after the war in which he pointed GU
the defects Of the Russian militar
system and advised remedies. Othe
students Of military conditions in Rus
y STA followed his lead, the aWakene,
government was quick to see the wis
dom OF extensive and sweeping re
n forms.
IS Lesson of War With Japan.
l. Russia has a matchlesS chance 70
ST military prestige because of the great
l. ness and swift growth Of her popula
le ton. Russians make excellent sol
3 diers, and Russian babies are Dor
l. into the world SO rapidly that there
~ a never failing source Of supply j
81 the country's young manhood. Rus
N STA has nearly three times as Ia
l. inhabitants as Germany. Germany
l population increases through birth
q, by something over 800 Q O annually
L Russia's by more than 900, 900. Be
re tween 800 and 1912 Russia increase
m her total annual expenditure on arm
and navy by AS IL per cent.
~ At present Russia is spending al
to nualiy $4,000 900 more for thes
In TENS than before the Russo-Jap wa
On and according to all accounts, expent
ID ing it we'll. Germany, until the dt
ed feat Of Turkey and the readjustmeI
ar Of the military alignment in the Ba
IS kans, was pursuing the Kaiser's polio
lie Of sea development, and divertir
money from The Iand forces to the ba
tleship fleet. In ten years time, b
tween 1901 and 1910, 100000 your
TO Germans or military age were place
r the ErsatZ reserve, the German SUI
In Elementary reserve organlZatlO
SIS which saved Germany the expense
Sts their training and maintenance, b
Is cost the Fatherland their services
o. highly trained soldiers. Germany h;
re- seen the importance of fostering
n great land power in the last few year
VS. however, and in 1912 her %expenditu
lat for the army Jumped from $4,000
zee 900, the appropriation authorized f
ed the preceding year, to s11O,125,0Oo.
les Ivan Iyanovitch therefore is Il
unknown quantity in the prese
he Great War. Numbers Russia undout
edly has. Her financial al
are immense. Military experts Of t
oo,t;ropt GOV cha has hfan Sncn6i1