The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-13
EUROPE ONE HUNDRED YEARS AFTER WATERLOO
Vast Changes in Warfare Since
Napoleon Threw His $4,000 Men
Against the Allies 217.OOO

sufficient armament. 1t is fair to con-
lecture that much of this difficulty Is
being overcome.
According to a statement attributed
to Lloyd George on April 20 England
had In France 700, 900 men or less.
More recent estimates place her con-
tribution to the fighting force at nearly
1.0OO. OOO-these including OF course
colonials and others.
Belgium is believed now to main
tain an army approaching 10000.
whose efficiency we'll may be worth
double that number owing to the ex-
traordinary incentives the Belgians
have for fighting.
Italy now has thrown a large part
OF her 1900, 900 men in the field. It is
reported. The fighting strength Of
Serbia and Montenegro cannot he
estimated accurately Mt present.
Omitting Serbia and Montenegro. and
not including Japan's army, 1t may III
surm!sed that possibly the Allies have
a total force approaching 10000. 900 in
the field and ready to be called there:
this without counting the navies of
the Powers allied
ON the other side. estimates are still
more doubtful. The Balkan wal
seemed to 81 ow that Turkey can place
in the field 500, 600 or 400 900 men, and
probably more IL needed supplies and
equipment are available. Yet 1t must
be remembered that Turkey is still an
unknown quantity.
At the present time Austria's availa-
BILE fighting force possibly approx
mates 1000, 900 men. more or less, al
though no reasonably esti-
mates are available.
AS to Germany's armies there are
no reliable figures obtainable; but
some months & the French claimed
10 possess evidence that Germany had
2,o00. 600 men In the western theatre
Of war and 1000. 900 or thereabouts
in the eastern fields Of action. Ii is
understood that France made these
estimates on a basis of counting the
designations Of the various German
army corps found opposite to her in
the fighting.
Using, therefore, these estimates
from all sources 1t Is not impossible
h a opposed to the 10, 000, 900 men OF
the Allies. Germany, Austria and Tur-
key are fighting with something like
$500. 900 men.
The very magnitude OF the numbers
we'll nigh takes the breath away. espe-
cially at this centenary Of Waterloo
when one reads in Sloane's history
that on the eve Of Waterloo the en-
tire force available for Napoleon num-
bered $4,000 men, while Wellington
had about 10O, 900 and Butchers army
consisted of III. 900. In other words
Napoleon with 127, 900 opposed the AL
lies. who had 2l7. 900: a total Of less
than $50 900 men engaged, while at
present Europe Is feeling the weight
OF perhaps $1,000. 000-approximately
forty-ive times as many.
So much for the purely physical
size Of the armies in the struggle now
vitality affecting the world. But there
is more than mere numbers to be
taken into OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES is
wealth OF invention, discovery. applied
knowledge and more than all else such
organization OF forces. supplies, arma-
ment, equipment as was undreamed OF
at the time Of Waterloo.
In order to grasp some Idea Of the
tremendous strides which have been
made since the time OF Napoleon's final
downfall it must be remembered that
only one year previously. In 1914.
George Stephenson had constructed
his first locomotive. which travelled
at the rate Of six miles an hour. This
is in itself impressive when one reads
to-day Of the Kaiser's rushing q
hundred thousand troops or two hum
dred thousand or half a million by ex-
press trains from the borders Of
France across German territory to
throw weight against Russian forces.