Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-05-30
FRENCH WORLD WAR
TOTAL IS 8,501,045
Compilation of Man Power
Raised by Republic


Paris.-The army committee OF the
last chamber rf deputies undertook. IN
response to a resolution 10y the cham
her to prepare statement SHOWING
:he losses in dead and wnund"1 SUI
fered in the great war of all the bel
.igerent nations The army committee
If the present chamber has continued
his work
The first nStalllnent of the report,
covering the French military effort.
has been compiled and appears in
document written by Deputy Louis
Marin AS a. preliminary to the loss
'lhulations. it presents a picture of
The entire French mobilization effort
and the enormous French contribu-
ion to allied victory.
Lucien Chassaigne has given in an
article in lie Journal a highly inter
e>ting summary of the findings. He
says:
"In 1914 France had under the col
ors the classes Of 1914, 1913 and 1912.
representing 992.905 mpn-S17.OOO Ell
ropeans. 53.7O5 native Africans and
$4,000 native cOlOnialS.
e,501 ,045 Men Modified.
During the war there were enlisted
in the military service (outside the
regular classes) 702.50O Europeans.
24O.O51 Africans and 223.OS9 colonia1s.
Including the "a classes subject to
service. the tota! Of men mobiliZed
reached S.5O1,O45.
1.-THE number of officers in the ac-
tive and supplementary services rose
to 10000.
"From the LIST to the 18th of August.
1914 the mobilization brought 2S8,OOO
men from the complementary lists into
the active army. In the following ten
months the effort continued, and 2,740,-
600 men were recruited from the old
classes. dating back to 1887, and from
the classes Of 1914 to 1915.
"The picture of the contribution of
these classes Is a curious one, and
proves the robustness of our race. The
class of 1887 had $4,000 men living at
the time Of the original mobilization.
OF these. $4,000 served actively during
the war. The proportion increased
very rapidly. The class Of 1897 gave
contribution Of 81 per cent. AS for
the younger men, they served in the
proportion of SO per cent.
1.-THE writer of the report follows
step by step the efforts at recupera-
ton (the return Of the incapacitated)
and the figures pay striking tribute
to our sanitary service. For the years
1916, 1917 and 1918 the proportions of
wounded cured and returned to service
was 70 per cent. This regeneration
procured 65O,OOO men for the noncOm-
blatant arms.
Volunteers Total 22o,O37.
voluntary enlistments reached to-
tai of 229.O37, of which 2,4SO were
made by men more than forty-six years
old. The foreign volunteers numbered
29,796, the Italians taking the lead
with 1926.
"Here is an important point. On
December 1. 1918. the list of slackers
contained only 1927 names. AS to
the deserters, 1893 were caught in
the interior or abroad and 1928 at the
front.
EITHER at the time when the classes
were incorporated or in the course Of
hostilities. 1,O29.881 men were dis
charged for physical disability.
1.-THE natives modified consisted of
1909 Algerians. SO.339 Tunisians.
40.39S Moroccans, 1852 Senegalese,
1855 Malgaches (natives of Madagas-
carr. 1922 Indo-Chinese and $500
Somalis On November l, 1918, 1885,
600 men were in the armies. 1927 600
in the interior 1887, 900 in factories
or in reserve and $4,000 on leave. On
the same date 100000 men were on
the fighting lines in northern France
and $4,000 were in the army of the
Orient.
"The distribution of the troops
shows the broadening of the scope of
the fighting. On May l. 1915. the in
fantry comprised $4,000 combatants ;
in April, 1918, 100000, and on Octo-
her 1. 1918 only $1,000. The COM
batants in the artillery showed a move
ment in the opposite direction. In 1915
they numbered 10000: in 1913, 6O1,-
600 AS to the air fighters. they in
creased in the same period from 5000
to $1,000, while the auto service was
expanded from $4,000 to $1,000.
1.-THE number of the nOncombatants.
by reason of our industrial necessities,
increased steadily-from 100000 in
1915 to $4,000 in 1915"
Strauss Writes Concerto