The Cape weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1914, 1914-08-07
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London, Aug. "a daily exp, ndi-
turc Of $59,OOO,OO0!
That is the estimated cost of armed
conflict between France, Russia, Ger
many, England, and Austria. Were
the Balkan nations included it would |
bring the total to much higher sum. |
At tie tine Of tie Russo-Japanesc |
conflict there was much discussion of
p, s>iblc European war. although no
one accepted it seriously AT that time.
NJ. Jules Roche, IT," famous French
statistician however. studied the prob
lem carefully and estimated that a
war involving the five nations named
would cost 5,OOOOO0,O00 the first
| two months.
Most Of the conclusions arrived at
by NJ. Roche were based On figures
of expenditures for previous wars.
We allowed for tie difference in cost,
for modern warfare is much more
costly even than warfare AT the time
of the Franco-lrussi;n war. His
calculations may be this sun married.:
In January 1871, the actual cost
per dav to the French treasury,
ace riding to the Eo."uu-Laianadic
'oHcial report. was 'i0oOOOO francs
tor Sa.2CO,OOO this for Gn0,0uO m'n
, under arms The actual cost per day
# every man under arms during the
i entire period of tie war was exactly
/ Is francs IS confines. Into I'll" costs
Of forage and Of keep of horse, which
/. are usually figured at the rate ct
say one dollar day fer each horse,
, NJ. Roche did not GO. But even with
: the figures for the war of 1901
10 before him. he admitted that II was
no easy matter t. estimate the tinan-
g cial expenditure of Il great war that
- might happen in our tiwcs. He con-
. tinucd:
"ConditiOns generally have consider
i" ably changed within. the last thirty
II wears. and warfare is now for more
! expensive. 70 begin with, the mum
" Der of men under arms in France, OF
declaration of war, would be ia
, greater than in 1870.
L. France then began by putting 600,
= 600 men into the field but i'll the mex
'e great war in which she may be en-
gagged, her military organization
such that within forty-cight hour
IT she can mobilize in round figure
1000, 600 men and 600, 900 horse
" and mules.
Il The first troops to be called u
would be the thirteen Glasses {
ne active and active reserve troops
10 Each class numbers 100000 mel
so that the actual number of men
- be mobilized at once would be 1850
coo. Against this the Germans ca
pit 2,55OOOO men, the Austrian
300, 900 men, and Italy l,2O0,0C
a.. men
''e With France, Russia, German.
Austria and Great Britain at wa
there are now somewhere near lO
600 600 men in the armies alon
not 10 h'nllOh lh' hdNNN '" u
III Powers nor the armies of Scrvi
on ROumania, Montenegro, Greece, N
by other small nations either now i
Ter VOWED or likely to become involve
III it can Toe seen that NJ Roch,
re- estimate in reality is a conscrvati
one as applied to the present stu
lie ton, since NJ Roche did not hgu
in in the Balkan nations.
ID. The estimates of NJ Roche a
pu- based on an outlay of S3.l2 a day
aid each man in each army. 1t may
nat that NJ. Roche has far undcrcs
tn, mated the cost DIR, Charles Rich
be statistician of the University
m Paris, published a very exhaust
calculation at the time of the Balk
site War in which S54 900 600 was I
'uis estimated daily expenditure.
sly Tichct estimates the cXpcnditu
he as follows, if Germany, EnglaI
her France, Russia, Italy, Austria n
urc Roumania were all engaged:
lta- Provisioning of troops $l2, 500,C
g Feeding of horses ... l,OOO,(
his Pav.................................. 4,25O,C
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