Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-09-17

/ army is ON the down grade, tie Wis
/ dom Of Kitcheners plan IS becoming
manifest and this time ncNt year, IL
/ the war lasts So long. II is hard to see
! how the S6 divisions OF britain still
at full strength thanks TO Kitchener
- can be withstood 10y the depleted
ranks Of tindenhurg
The war may not las, until the end
/ or 1915. But Kitchener as e h.gh Of
deer once remarked to me, has
/ played the war sai".'
France.
The aimics Of France. as AN stu
dents of tho war krow. have bocr uo-
/ Clining IN numbers for some time.
though they have been growing
stronger in guns, especially big gums
ard in shells The dc'lnc I'm num-
bers - serious, and win continu" TO
the erd. FOR the bows "f the Younger
classes who are being drafted into the
ranks do not max" M more ilan one
fourth or one-fifth the permanent
wastage caused by death. wounds and
/ disease II IS improbable. however
! that the French armies are losing
/ strength more rapidly than those Of
| Germany. which are bleeding nn two
fronts instead OF one and in addition
. France has the iuestimahlc pdvan-
1 tase of the support Of British units,
co, ho l,cut at rrl str'rgtl I.n.. .li,ol.
ali t,c otbor cor.incntil atmies. OK
ccptin, those OF Russia and Ifa'v
/ have wasted away TO shadows
In orGcr TO conceal the ratio of
wasttPo and for other reasons. the
| FrcnCh have surrounded their units
with much mystery and hatc Wadc
CroaiIoni changes so tL1t A rs .mrol-
sibIo for an outsider however well u.
formod. TO discusa tho strength Of the
Frcnct with the approximate ac-
/ curacv possible when detIlr- with the
. tritlSh. ny thert 'fa S'od reasons
TO think 'h'' the tr'N'h aim''S now
aggregate about go divisions, or
. l.N"o,Ofo mon ~ an "H"N'n'c 'I
iiNe divisions either way h' ln"d' rs
% pos-'h MARGIN or error J WIS "A-
surod by high autn oiliN mat my cH-
innate would be- Wlthln ih' marx --
'that Is y con be stated with certainty
that the armed strenFth Of France IS
between l7po.oOO and 100000 mon.
! am referring to comhatant strength.
nut so heafN mas bHen ipt or" IN on
French mau power ina, II T. dou'' LH'
Woott"r any reserves remain i'm lhe
central depots 10 f'Il "nps, excepting
~, oNs Of ~ ana Is VINO are IN
training When heavy losses are IN
crrrec II Is necessary, as u 10 on the
German side. to either abolish Ger
tain units OF cut down the number or
battalions in n division. The rorma
mont French losses have proha nly
reached during tho Somme flght the
erntlllng figure OF 2.O0O. 600.
There ar" some oi9ht Fronch diN-
sions at Salonica under General S1r-
roll France has no other commit
morts awav from home. and her re-
naming 50 divisions or SO are snrc'd
ont from tho Sommo to SWlf2crl2nd
RuSsii.
Will ,sttmatos ara made oII ovo,
tLo World ,h|ut tho sile cf Tho Rus
stan armies. recently I rood that thu
, clr has l2.OG0OOO mon under arms
The correct figures h1ro not, | be
, love, been published N this country
they are here given from officio
German sources ard represent the be
, nef or The Herman intelligence dc
I partnent
I ihcre were last month on the mn
q Russian front from Riga 10 the Ru
q manian border. 1877 divisions OF Rus
o sian infantry. amounting 10 apou
). 2.7i0,COO men. and 80 cavalry div
@ SONS of about 10000 horSemen. Tn
9 total Of nearly 3,OOo,OOO men repre-
h Serts the largest army in Europ.
n While much larger t!@urcs con monl
given are entirely fabulous. II IS tru
limited ana that she can not on
toep her present establishment up
tull s'r"nP'h but form new d'vis'or
If suiiiclont arms and equipment ~
provided 10y h"r allies. America an
Japan In addition TO the troops q
NE main front Grand DUKE Nrht J.
Is said by the Germans to nave 10 Il
visions. or 2hO,OrN men opera ting
Armenia ana Persia egainSt "
Turks. The Rus sNar forces now r.
norted IN Runanm may be units SCI
down from the main front or fres
troops appearing rom the interior
Italy.
TtIte EnpIand tbn Itallans have sei
only n limited portion or their avail
able troops t. tho front There al
% ItAlah DIVISIONS on the W'o
front, about l'loO'OOO men, an arm
Just tbout The s'z' OF mat Gr"@' Br'
aln hes IN france thls summer ~
Is able tc put at least ahcther W
Utc I'cn uhder arms II ana whch 81
"'nts thent;
During the great Austrian attat
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