Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-11-14

Gncc will amount to 100000 men.
The average permanent loss to the
Austro-Gcrmans is 400 600 men per
month.
Assuming the correctness Of these
figures the Austru-German armies
will on January Is commence to go
down hill, for on that date the last
of their million reserves will appear
at the front to fill the gaps and there
will be no new men after that to take
the places of the 100000 monthly vic
Tins.
French PrcdiCamCnt.
France maintains in tue field 100
divisions Of 100000 men. Her
permanent losses to November l.,
roughly, amount to 1,S75.000 men. an
average of $4,000 men each month
since the beginning of the war. NJ.
MilleTand, minister Of war, has an
nounced that 100000 Frcnchmon
were mobilizcd, the last reserves were
called up for training some months
ago, and there will be on November
] only l25,000 reserves left TO keep
the establishment of 1000 900 up to
fun strength. Accordingly, on De-
cembcr l exactly if these figures were
correct to the man, the French army
would begin losing strength.
The figures for the other great
powers, who arc yet far from exhaust
ing their man power, will be given
after the method of compiling these
statistics is explained. Bclloc, the
eminent English critic, and Major
Mohraht of Berlin are two experts
who have worked the theory of the
calculation out carefully, but each of
these men is forbidden to speculate
concerning the losses of the armies
of his own country or its allies. and
consequently their figures, as a means
or comparison, are worthless, and
they are forced to leave to neutral
writer's the impartial deductions
which alone make such calculations
of interest
The history Of great wars of the
past for which figures are available.
| the tranco-Prussian war, the Amer
lcan civil war and the two recent
Balkan wars, shows that when "a
nation puts it last available man into
the field il can arm onc-tcnth Of its
population. This figure, as many
critics have pointed out, is in the case
Of truly national war almost inyar-
liable.
England's Hopes.
In the present war, this "invariable
one-tenth" bobs up again. 1t can bo
tested in many ways. France. with =
population of 100000 men, has
| called the last man she can spare tc
| the colors, and NJ. Millerand has
given the number of men modified
at 100000. Great Britain. with a
population of 45,0OO,OO0, furnished
100000 volunteers, and Kitchener
is now after the other 100000 which
Will make up that One-tcnth of the
population. That this is Kitchener's
aim is proved by the governments
official announcement through Lord
I Derby's recruiting committee, that
$4,000 men are wanted each week for
year. At the end of the year, II the
100000 men are secured Dy the con-
scription which will be necessary TO
maintain such a weekly rate, England
will be modified to her full capacity,
as is France
The population of Germany and
Austria combined, when the war
/ broke out, was approximately 121,-
I 600 600. According to the "inVarable
one-tenth" rule, the two empires
could put 2000, 900 men in the field
| Very careful calculation by British
experts indicates that this is the num-
Der modified. and Mr.. Relloc int-
mates that he has learned that the
allied general staffs have made this
| statement.
Germany's Strength.
There is another way to check up
the Austro-G German power at the
! heginning of the war. There were
| 100000 men between the ages of
| II and As in the two empires In
August. 1914. The German army sta
tistics divide youths of 20 into four
/ ciasses-"fit," less fit" still less
| fit" and totally unfit" The statis-
ties give "A per cent of the empires
young men as ultimately available"
/ but only 53.2 per cent are classed as
| fit" 1t is obvious that the percent
: age of fit" recruits below 20 years