The Cordova daily times., 1917-11-03
GERMANY BEN C DRAINED OF
 CAP PAbLES

Hi iSiSD, NON' o-by du lhtShoitS VI mobilization that has drained Ger many dry of every man capable of military service, the German fighting divisions on the French and Russian fronts have been practically doubled since August1, 1914.
 Despite the gigantic effort. France England and Russia, the three origi nal Allies, have in every way kept pace, with the result that at the pre- sent time they still have the numer. ical superiority in the fighting forces. In addition, it has been definitely es- tablished that the military of the al lied armies, as constituted at the pre- sent time, is constantly on the in crease, while that of the German army is unmi9takably on the decline.
 Since the beginning of the war the new Allies that have joined France, England and Russia have far exceeded in the reinforcement of troops which they have added to the Allied cause, those brought to Germany by the Al lies won over to her side.
 On August 1, 1914, when Germany had mobilized to the extent she had deemed necessary to win the war, she threw on to the French and the Russian fronts, 123 fighting divisions constituted on a basis of four regi- ments to the division. By first crush ing France with the bulk of these and then throwing them to the Russian front by means of her system of strat- egic railways, she counted on a quick and complete victory.
 By November, 1914, when the bat tie of the Yser was being fought, she had found it necessary to increase her fighting lines on the two fronts to 137 to the division.
 In September of 1915, towards the close of the Russian campaign, the German divisions on the two fronts had been increased to ITO. By this time, Germany began to feel the pres sure on her for new divisions, and to permit of this she began the gradual transformation of her divisions to a basis of three regiments each instead of four. The extra regiment thus went to constitue the new division.
 Towards the middle of the attack on Verdun, about June 1916, all of the German divisions had been reduced to the basis of three regiments only. By this change, and by constant fine combing of the Empire for available men. Germany was able to augment her divisions on the eastern and the western fighting fronts to 173.
 The fall and winter of 1916 wit. , nesser Hindenburg's colossal effort at mobilization and the creation of | new divisions: His plans included the incorporation of the inhabitants of Serbia, Poland and other conquer | ed districts. AS early as December of 1916, his efforts had permitted an increase in the fighting divisions of the two fronts to POS.
 By July 1917, at the end of the big French and English spring offensive Hindenburg had attained 234 divisions and on September 1, at the time Ger many undertook her counter often ! sive on the Russian front, maximum of 239 fighting divisions had been thrown on to the two fronts by the Germans.
 Against the 123 fighting divisions which Germany threw on the French and Russian fronts with the begin ming of hostilities she now has there 239 divisions. Owing to the fact that these latter are exclusively on ba sis of three regiments to a division instead of four as at the beginning the figures are a trifle deceptive.
 A more accurate idea can be hat by reckoning in batallions as batal lions nave approximately 1000 men although it is definitely known tha hundreds of the German battalion. are now far below this number. Or this basis, Germany started her cam paign on the French and the Russian fronts with 1,512 batillions. This mum Der has now been increased to 2,334 J These fighting units of course do no take into account the millions of meI employed in service behind the lines
 This titanic increase is in no wa, discouraging to Allied Military auth critics because they happen to know that their own creation of fighting units has no equal. Other respects O the situation are also encouraging.