Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-07-02

is seen that the British reserves ara
amply sufficient to insure that kitch-
ener's plan may he carried out.
"he empire has available at pres.
ert not less than 100000 soldiers at
home, abroad and in the colonies.
Position of France.
Discussion concerning the details
Of French contribution to man bower
IS frowncd upon In Paris hut. rough
ly. France has put five million men
In the field. not counting the boys of
is and 10 who have not yet COM
| pleted their training. and her per-
manent Wastage from all sources is
generally put at much less than half,
out more than n third, that figure
Her casualties have fallen more heav-
lily in proportion upon tibet younger
men. who make the best soldiers. as
| during the first Is months OF war the
older classes. unable To endure trench
hardships so well as their juniors,
were used in the lighter and less
| dangerous duties in the rear. Efforts
! hive now been made to check this
wastagc OF the best material. In places
! where no i1i ortant events are pro-
ceeding, the advanced positions posi-
tions are held by inferior troops so
that the inevitable daily losses fall
upon them. while ,he more vigorous
men, formed into "shock corps" are
held IN reserve to be thrown into ac-
ton only upon important occasions
II was . 'shCck corps" which hurled
| back the Germans on the nouaumont
plateau in February ami SIVed Yer
dun, and others have been used from
| time TO time II the frequent counter
attacks which the French undertake
when the cc3soless German assaults
menace some position of vital inn
portance.
What saved Russia.
Amazing nyconceptions have pre-
vailed concerning Russia, and stories
abCut ten million SlaVs in arms have
gained currency How many soldiers
may le IN training in tho rear | do
not know. but the surprising fact may
now Le stated THAT six months ago
the Russian empire was holding four
hundred miles of front with eight
hundred thou sand bayonets, not more
than Great Britain had in tho field
at the time and with a greatly infe-
rior supply of guns and shells Rus
Sia was saved by the exhaustion of the
German armies during the last phases
Of the great retreat last fall and by
The winter She made prOdisiOuS Of
forts and her friends did thcir tcst
to help her during the months when
zee and mud immob lied IIindenhurg.
and the ama2ing fruits of that Writer
Of desperate cndcavCr are now mani
fest to the stricken armies of Aus
tril. The exact position Of Russia as
regards equipment and munitions is
n subject of speculation in the best
informed quarters and Il Is said Lord
Kitchcncr's lll-fatcd mission to Rus
sia was an attempt to find out for
himself and the French lust how
Russia really stands The current cs-
tiT atcs vary widely and seem equal
" untrustworthy. Roughly speaking,
the question of Russian man power
does not belong in this article at all,
because for all practical purposes It
Is Unlimited. The question with Rus
sia is not how many men she can
put in the field. but how many she
can officer. equip and find guns and
shells to support. The officer ques-
tiOn IS one her most serious difficult
tics, for tho educated class in Rus
sin is far smaller in proportion to the
: population than elsewhere in Europe,
and most of the original officer corps
was wiped out during the disasters
Of last year.
The present position of Germany,
as understood by the authorities
mCst competent to Judge outside Of
Germany, the intelligence depart
nents of Germany's enemies will now
be explained in detail.
How Germany StapdS.
Germany has put into the field al
most exactly nine million soldiers,
some three million more than her eX-
perts before the war believed possible,
and her recruitment is entirely eX-
haustcd with the exception of tho
bows who are growing up to military
age The lads of the class of 1917
thoir "class" indicates their twenti-
eth year, when in peace time they
would have been consCripted) were
warned last December and called out
soon after, ard will appear soon at
the front the German system allow
ing for not moro than five months
training before the recruit is held fit
for the firing line. Half -he boys OF
the class Of 1915 are not yet is yoars
OLD. and they will be the next to he
drafted About seven hundred thou
sand boys attain military age every
year i'm Germany, hut some Of these
are unfit and the French headquar-
tors staff figures on the analogy OF
the French younger classes that eX-
emption among such lads must be
much mere numerous than among
youths of 20 years old. so that Ger
many can count on only about four
hundred thousand soldiers from
among her boys now aged II years
and months to Is years and 6
months. TniS cStmale IS greater tldn
that of the Germans themselves. tor
semi-official German statement re-
Gently announced that Germans can
mobilize thirty thousand recruits
monthly from her young classes tor
as many years as the war may last.
| This works out at 360,000 year and
| sounds Impressive until 1t Is remcm-
| bercd that Germanys permanent
wastage on the most conservative al
! lowance possible Is four TO five times
as great as can be made up by the
| rirening OF her green cannon fod-
der.
Comparisons.
The kaiser now has in the field l51
! infantry divisions, of which 119 are
| in the west. Sc Of these before YER
| dun and 35 on the British front.
| Forty-nine German divisions are in
the cast and three were last reported
in the Balkars but probably either
the great Suction action" or the
Mouse has drawn them thither or they
have been hurried to Galicia to
strengthen their waverlng allies. AL
| lowing. as in the British army, A.
| 600 bayonets TO division. Germany
would appear to have 2,11i,00O bay
onets available for the trenches, with
! 906,O00 men at the front performing
other duties, although this Is probably