Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-02-28
900 Of these who do not belong to

600 Of these who do not belong to
the active forces
Then on January s. the French
High Commission to the United
| States made the first comprehensive
statement showing that France had
modified in all number equal to
that modified by the British En-
pire as far as combatants were con-
! cerned. and that the republic had
lost in man power 2.260,0OO, or near
! ~ per cent. OF its population. Some
of the principal features Of the COM
missions statements are as follows:
Men killed In action or dead of
wounds numbered 1,O2S.O00, and to
the total must be added $4,000 list
ed as missing and given up for lost.
, making total OF 100000. The
number of wounded was 100000.
with 435,0OO listed as prisoners
Three-fourths of the wounded have
| recovered. either entirely or ut least
to such an extent as to be fit to
work again.
Slightly less than 100000 are
absolutely unable to work and have
been pensioned. To these figures
must be added those who will come
back from prison camps in Germany
unfit for work. The French Govern
| ment estimates that the total num-
Der OF unfit and pensioned may final
ly be between 100000 and 100000
men.
The losses among native troops
coming from French colonies or
protectorates were 42,5OO killed or
died Of wounds. with $4,000 missing
and very probably dead. The num-
ben pensioned after wounds or i'll
ness was $4,000. to which must be
added those of the $500 held as
prisoners OF war who will have to be
penSioned
IF any one considers only the loss
es among French citizens. and COM
pareS their number OF the population
OF France. about 38.0O0,0O0, and to
the number OF men modified, about
100000, one sees that the total
killed or dead of wounds, missing,
and unfit for work was between s. and
per cent. OF the French population
and between &c and 80 per cent. of
the men n.ob:lized.''
Italy.
Liability to serve in the army or
| the navy is general and personal in
italy. This liability lasts for nine
teen years, and begins at the age of
20. The annual contingent is d.
v,ided into three categorres. The
first OF these Joins the standing army
| the second the same, but with unlim-
tied leave, the third is enrolled in
the Territorial Militia. Italy enter
ed the war against Austria-Hungary
after ten months of preparation. In
that time she had built upon the
! foundation of 14,121 officers, ESQ.,
600 Of other ranks, and q cavalry
corps of 55.727 until it presented n
military establishment OF four field
armies and one reserve army OF some
| thing over q million-515 900 in the
standing army, 245,000 in the Mo
bile Militia, and 100000 in the Ter
ritorial Militia. Aside from such
corps as the Alpine, Grenadiers, Ber-
saglieri. and Carabinieri, or military
police, many regiments were locally
recruited and preserved their tradi-
tional local names, for whose glory
they fought. The, general inspira-
ton. however, was the King and the
House of Savoy.
| These conditions and inspirations
obtained down to the time of the dis
lister OF Caporetto, in the Autumn OF
1917. by which time 100000 COM
batants had been modified. Capor-
etto changed both the conditions and
the inspiration. Three of the old
armies were allowed to retain their
old organization and preserve the
traditions Of their old spirit, but sew
en- new armies were modified on an
entirely different plau-ther condi-
ton was changed from local-from
the "paese" and the 'regione'-to the
national. and Italy, not tho dynasty,
became the inspiration. When Aus
fria-Hungary was forced to capitu-
late, Italy had a concentrated, COM
ract military establishment of about
$500, 900 Cor1batants, the survivors
OF an original total recruiting OF s.
100000.
So far. on account of the unsettled
conditions OF affairs on the Adriatic
!fttoral, Italy has not begun to de.
mobilize, and data in regard to her
casualties have been published in
very much the same way that the
casualties Of the French Army have
hecoEe known--through Parliamen-
tary utterances. The huge number
Of prisoners and missing (1,393,00O)
rs accounted for up to 80 per cent. by
Caporetto. Emphasis may also be
laid upon the enormous number OF
permanently disabled among the
wounded, duo to the high attitudes
in which Italy conducted the larger
part OF her operations; these num-
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