The Washington times., 1914-07-28
Classic Struggle Of All History
Possible by Division of Eu-
rope Into Factions.
RUSSIA ALONE HAS
100000 MEN READY
AeropIanes Highly Developed
and Ready for Great Part in
the Struggle.

Greater than all the armies ever be-
fore assembled will be those called on
in case the countries which are parties
to the triple alliance and the triple
entente are finally brought into the war
between Austria and Servia. II the en-
tire strength Of the nations involved
were placed In the field-or IL fair pro-
portion Of them were called out-they
would make the armies of past conflicts
seem small by comparison.
Servia-one of the little nations Of the
world-has not much Of an army. Latest
figures. prepared this year, show. that
her army in time Of peace numbers
5000 men. Her war strength is 10000.
and in addition to this force she has
an unorganized body of men, who, IN
case of dire,necessity. could be called on
body Of men would be but a speck COM
pared with the tremendous armies
which would be called upon to shoulder
arms II Russia, France. and Great
Britain. composing the triple entente,
took up the cause of Servia.
Russia in Lead.
Russia leads all the big countries
mentioned both In peace strength and
war footing, although her war footing
is but 10000 in excess OF that of Ger
many. She has 10000 men in times OF
peace and 5000 900 as q war footing.
France has 10000 for a peace guard
and 100000 as a war footing. Great
Britain has a peace footing Of 254, 600
and a war footing Of 1900. The total
armies of the Triple Entente number
2,264, 500 in times of peace and the gi-
gantic number Of 100000 in times Of
war. The same three countries have a
combined force of $4,000 unorganized
men Of military age who could be
drawn on in case of emergency. This
would make the stupendous number of
men available for actual service in the
Triple Entente, exclusive of those of
Servia, nearly 2o0oo,oco. -.-. .-.
s4,ooo,ooo Men Available.
The totals OF the three countries COM
posing the Triple Allisnce-Austrta, Ger
many and Italy-are almost as stasger-
ing. The total war footing Of the COM
binatton Is s,40o, 900; the peace strength,
l,51oooo The same countries have an
unorganized force Of men Of military
strength which numbers $4,000, or
about 100000 men who could in a
pinch be called on for service.
Three of the Balkan states which
might possibly become involved in the
imbroglio are Rumania, Bulgaria and
Greece. The combined peace footing Of
these countries rs 1s0.5oo: the war foot
ing, 100000 In war footing Rumania
leads the three with $4,000. bulgaria
comes next and Greece last
In naval strength the Triple Entente
would be nearly twice as strong In
numbers of ships and men as the Triple
Alliance. OF the Triple Entente Great
Britain leads. with $50 ships of all
kinds-battleships. cruisers, torpedoes,
destroyers, monitors and submarines. To
man these she has 1d, 900 men.
and s0,s21 men Russia has 220 ships
with 52,463 men. The total number OF
ships of the Triple Entente Is 1,2OS. with
a force Of men numbering 250,5s4
Opposed to the Triple Entente are the
German navy, with S25 ships OF al
is9 ships and 33,Os5 men, and Austria,
with liz ships and 1881 men. a grand
total of sos ships and 117,45s men.
Air Craft Ready.
For the first time in any conflict OF
great proportions the aerial war craft
would be brought into use, and so swim
has been the progress in aerial develop
ment that the aeroplanes, dirigibles and
other air craft would without douot re-
ceive a genuine test. Airships were used
in Tripoli, but 1t was never shown just
what could be done on large scale with
navigators and operators of highly de-
veloped skill.
Latest figures show that France easily
leads all other nations in her air fight
ing force. She has $50 air and sea
nIanes. with 800 first class and ESQ sec
opd class pilots Next to her comes Rus
sia. with $50 aeroplanes and seaplanes
and many excellent pilots" according tc
Hazers classification. Great Britain has
l3O aeroplanes and seaplanes. with sixty
first class and 10 second class pilots.
OF tho countries allied in the Triple
Alliance, Germany has $50 aeropAnes and
seaLlanes; Austria has $50 machines oi
both kinds, and Italy has 200. Tne or.
Canization and transport Of Austria and
Italy are classed as fairly good"