Evening journal., 1918-07-05
GREAT BRITAIN'S BIT
By P. w. Wilson
American Correspondent OF the london Daily News

have received some Interesting and
4 believe. accurate figures which show
4 what Great Britain is doing In thi.
J~ar. In what follows have reckonet
! Mat IS goes to the sovereign sterling
Also II will be remembered that ihs
population OF Great Britain is ti.50000C
(which compares with nearly 10000
ZOO for the United States. Broadly,
sur resources in men and money are
.hslf yours. while in food and minerals
I'VE are no more than one OF your
larger states. You must not, therefore
expect us to rival your own enormous
proposals. On the other hand we have
been close TO the main seat OF war IN
France and this has simpllned prob
lens OF transport. Your men have had
to be shipped three thousand miles
and in many cases carried over an even
longer distance on land-conditions
which have only applied to our forces
in SO far as they were drawn from the
/ .oversea domlnions. Also. we have no
! considerable German element. The
! white population >of the British Empire
( outside Great Britain consists OF Ire
lland. 100000: Canada. 100000 Aus
Itralis. 5000 600; New Zealand, 100000,
tand two or three million whites In
lEouih Africa-ssy 100000 in all. The
entire white population OF the empire
s@-ssy 10000, ,000-is thus considerably
Hess than that OF Germany. Moreover,
one-third OF this man power Is at
great distance from Europe. while g..
600. 900 Of the people are either French
Canadians or lrlsh-many South Afri-
cans also being Dutch. Another factor
'Ats the responsibility OF the whites for
,enormous native populations, number
f3ng $50, 900 and situated In Asia and
Africa. The campaign In France has
not stood alone. Considerable wars
lhaye been waged in Palestine and Mes
'opotamls There have been smaller ex-
peditions in East and West Africa and
on the western frontier Of Egypt. So
severe was the strain at one time that
The white garrison OF lndis. respon-
sible for 300,0O0,OO0 people. had TO be
reduced TO only $4,000 men. Yet de-
spite German intrigue India remained
tnshakably loyal.
When war broke out the British |
army consisted OF 250.OO0 regulars. 200 /
900 reserves and 250,0O0 territorisls. 1
About 10000 OF these were serving 1
abroad But an expeditlonsry force OF /
se0,0 900 was put into France. In a fort /
night there were 100000 volunteers. /
IN the NTH week 10000 men enrolled
no fewer than 10000 IN one day In /
the nrst year 100000 men had enlisted [
The position today IS that the empire |
has raised 100000 men, as follows:
England ................... A, $50 600 /
Wales ................. 2S0000 |
Scotland ..................... 620O00
ireland ..............-....... iOOVO /
dominions ...... 100000
Native troops and labor corps. 100000
Total ...............75O 10000
In 1917 alone $4,000 troops were put
Into the army. and this war before the
age limit was raised from forty-one to
ffty-tpe, or even flfty-nve in certain
Instances. II means that In England
and 4otland one person in every seven
end half is serving. while in the do
mi1 ons il Is one person in every flf-
60 Out OF all males in England from
- cradle 10 the grave one out OF every
{0tr Is or has been aghting Germany
<sher on land or sea.
Notice that out OF 100000 only g..
800. 900 are combatant whites. or these
800, ,000,are in the navy. so that we have 4
10 account for 100000 in the army (
Total British casualties have been as