Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-15
PRESENT STATE
OF GERMAN ARMY
Six Million Men Can Be Counted
On-Early Allied Victory De-
pends on U. S. and Russia
By HENRI BAzIN

figures Of 100000 men, Today she has a
grand total Of 5000 900 70 the last avail
able man; and Of this figure 100000 are
virtually useless as trained soldiers either
through youth or age
These figures arc not haphazard They
arc based upon careful notes 1 have OBJ
tained permission to make from adminstra-
tive and military records i'm Paris, for the
purpose Of determining Just what tho pres
cnt status Of the Bochc army Is in men
and possibilities. and also just what the
losses Of the last thirty-thrce months ag-
Eregate. Tho reports ! examined are mi
nutely careful in detail and based on pre-
| war and Information obtained since August
1914. They are, l am told within 2 per
cent Of the actual number Of men who can
stiIl fight ana men who will never fight
again They cover In the former category
the present strictly effective units Of Ger
man armies on all fronts and behind them
They show that the losses In men killed
| or taken prisoner since 1914 total 175O 600.
| ana that the wounded and mutilated
| VINO VIII never fight again total 1000 900
| men. IT, the figures state the falling Oft
| Of the birth rat" u Germany is consid-
| cred, IL creates a total decrease in the popu-
! lauon Of the Kaacr'a realm of 900 600.
| II is therefore safe 20 say that tho land
! ot the Bochn has never been $50 nlod i'm It's
! history, even in the Thirty Years War
Desperate Sacrifice of Men
All reports from tho western front tell
| the same tale Of enormous German losses
| and ruthless sacrifice of life in counter.
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French 'front.' ruy qsoo o %Srr nc out nay q" ,6oo 1
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| scythe IN less than an hour. They had adj
| Eaho"d III counter-atthck In their usual close
| FORMATION, each man touching his neigh.
| Dor elooW' lneN nave always SO done, at
'ue M"ru'' NJ 1pIrN AT user, at \cruuu,
| on inc SohlIuc' Inrir method doSc"huS
| from tne teachlnES "l corporal S'haE' as
! .no la'ner OF fFeurflc IL was known II
! Is paSeu upon more uIi''t 'ohV"I OF 'le
me" uS ule "H''iS' ENInE OIl' h"HvoHIhlS-
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ii''"Ni'NAS = -
# wouId he silly to assume that defeat
| is Germanv's immediate portion. or even
near Immediate norton. But it is ulti-
natelv undcniable II is logically imposSi-
hIa ot tbig writing for Germany to under
take n great offensive Of the very first
r,agnitudn Her so-called strategic de-
fonsjyc is n solid failure. Tho conclusion
as to Grol ros,1ts is corsc0ucntlv scIf-evi-
49, Tfa,,. r,,,, thqt ,yiu bo dcncuds very
i,r,ror,. ,,,,,,,, tb, I-ritnl states Let II bo
ro,,o,,rcrcd tbot n, March. whom the Boche
ll,,lt ,., a. - .a,,r.ol lrorIcaet i'm
IrlIS''l Il u1r'' 1r,I'' ,,, ,,at ,.rfi,I,rI,,,r,r re
We, man puollC p' .,rt.,,f, ,,,snrs IIe
'NuNH u - -, t,,,,.,,,, Arm, and
CSI"pI.9.''S q il,., ~ ,s,,. TTo rctoine
ool-.,,l,S lo' ,i ~, r or initiative"
! everywhere at VIII l',' PoM,' W. .II,
Against ln'S' 'l"I...t.,,,, 1,,., ,,'C ro,,rd
facts or o'hclal coIl'lvHIu,H ImvS ,,,I
unuehlapIy N!COoll'"7 "'L',G ~ @ - -, -
England the mas7ihE OF u,', 'nItu % hoSt'o
reserve DIVISIONS on In' H'Iu "I u'''.' u,l9
/
Boche OF NunE ii''SulS l'T M " DPP::,
appending California Hill Of Craonne and
its heights of Niie-au-Bois, OF dd me nelghts
at MoronNlIheIS' Oh more man "o0 I I,oCv9 vi
artulery OF an calIneIS' VI i,''oU T., l'.i,r,n
of 2OO,OOO dead ana WouI'u'u III lnllS
days, ana nave not h'ileu an l"e 'oNu
and villages redeemed NOT nave i'''l'-
toned that beyond Cra"hhe Ihe country ]"
a plain.
Il s.F
the far greater Allied force, or iutute pro
rata Boche loss, Of the active participation
in battle of United states troops.
on all fronts Germany has today 4'5OOOVO
fighting men. with 100000 on lines Of direct
communication and 100000 I'm barracks.
These last include the classes Of l9l7-lS-
that is. boys as young as eighteen years.
Within the last thirty days the Prus-
sian Ministry Of War has sent to the west
front new reserves amounting to two and
third times as many men as We're engaged
| I'm the war Of 1901, which involved
| 200 600 These approximately 100000 men