The Washington herald., 1917-08-12
Expert Announces Figures
On Germany's Vital Records
Kari Wiegand Says Hun Has Called. About
Nine Million Men to War and Lost One
Million Three Hundred thousand
By KARL II. Won wIEGANp,

by hAhlJ Ii. Won wIEGAND,
sta1 Correspondent Of the International News
Service.
Mr. Won Wiesand is the last American corre-
spondent to leave Germany and recently arrived
in the United States from the Scandinavian
oountries)
tcopynskt. 1917. by the International News
SerTice.)
New York, Aug. II.
Germany's population in 1900 21.OoO. 900
Germany's population in 1914 $500, 900
More births than deaths
yearly Q910 10..........,....... S3s. 800
Male population, 1910. 0.......... 32,040. 166
Male population in 1914, esti-
mated ......................... $4,000. 900
All ages up to 20. 1910. ........ IA, 2oo, 900
Between 20 and a years old
in 1910. lO...................:.. IA, 300. 900
Between 20 and 45 in 1914. es-
timated .......:..A...3......... 100000
Men above IS years in 1910.
estimated ....................... 100000
Number of boys reaching
twentieth year out of every
1000 boys born (1913). ... TO6
Number of 20-year-olds reach
ing fortieth year out OF
every 100 .................s.... SS,6
Average number of young
men reaching military age
examined for service in u
years 1S02-1913 Inclusive. 53S,91s
Average number passed as
fully fit" ................... sd.S1o
OF the fully 1T" those born
IN country .........-.......... 6l.7
Born in cities. 3S7
Percentage of fully fit'... 55.
Out Of every 100 examined
there were sent back as
fit for. substitute reserve
and "unserved lan6sturm"-. IS
Soldiers mustered in, trained,
passed into reserve classes
in "a years, 1893 to 1913, -sxi-
mated .......,............'.... $4,000
Reserves of all classes when
war broke out estimated. :. 1900. 900
army. y................ 10000
Classes for 1914 to 1917 not in
cluded ........................ 2,s2s,OOs
OF twelve million between 20
and a years there remained
to be drawn upon..-....... 100000
Estimated number of men Germany
has called to colors since the begin
ming of the war between S.50o,00o and
., 100000. -..'
Dead in three years (esti--
mated ...........:...:..::...... 100000
Incapacitated, wounded and
invalids ...,..................... 1.s5o,Ooo
German army today (approxi-
mately) ........................ 100000
Of these in Belgium and on
the West front ................ 100000
On East front ................... 100000
Garrlsons. training camps and
reserves in Germany ......... 100000
Draft for 1918 of young men
for examination .............. $4,000
Men between As and 55 not
considered estimated at ap-
proximately ................. $500, 900
The above is chart" of Ger
many's potential man power" based
upon official statistics and private
figures obtainable. At no time dur
ing the war had Germany so large
an aggregate of her men under arms
at one time as early this spring
when she was expecting a combined
offensive simultaneously on all
fronts. When the Russian revolu-
tion made a Russian offensive I'M
possible thousands of men were sens
home to till the lands. In July
again every farmer in the army
who could be spared from the front
Tor few weeks was sent home to
help with the harvests In the
spring whole regiments were de-
tailed In Rumania to plow the
ground and sow the grain.
That Germany has had 10000, 900
men with the colors since the be-
ginning of the war is not supported
by Ferdinand Hueppe, the German
specialist. He points out that about
10 per cent of Germany's popula-
tion will be kept under arms during
the war or about IS per cent of the
male population ADORE the age of