New Britain herald., 1929-07-30

Washngt on, July 30 - Any war between Russia and China would be likely to drag out for long time. Military experts believe that the Russian forces have marked super iority in training. equipment and morale, but the vast distance from Moscow across Siberia to Manchuria might for awhile at least, offset that advantage.
 The chances are that such war; if begun. would be stopped on pres sure of the greater powers. That was pproximately what happened in the war between Czarist Russia and Ja- pan more than 20 years ago, strug- gle which probably would have end cd with Russia on top if it had been permitted to continue.
 Comparison of the military strength of the two nations, on the basis of latest military information here and aside from geographical nsiderations, shows that the Red Army has an estimated active strength of 570,000 officers and men, exclusive of gendarmes and border guards; organized reserves of l.5Oo,- 900 and about S.o00,000 men avail able but untrained
 China has an active military strength estimated at about l. 500,OOO men, but she has no organ ized reserves similar to Russia s. Her untrained and available manpower is estimated at about 14,000,000 Most of her troops now under arms are under the control of four or five principal generals. all of whom. 1t is supposed. would unite against any foreign enemy.
 The Chinese national army re- mains in a process of organization, without any existing uniformity in strength and organization of units. Chinese military equipment is re- ported to be antiQuated and insuf- ticient, most of it of Japanese, Chi nese or Russian origin and much of it cast-off material from other armies. Army supply service is not well organized and very few reserves
  itary commander customarily attends 10 the supplies of his own force.
 Chinese artillery is reported to be very limited and much Of it is ob solete. The air service cannot be called effective. Transportation is by animal drawn carts and man power
 Make Good Soldiers
 Judged by occidental standards the Chinese theory of combat is not modern AS a combat soldier, the eX- perts say, the Chinese soldier is hardy and willing. but lacks train ing. Nevertheless, his long service in the field through many years of in ternal warfare has increased his ef- fiCiency.
 Russia, as if learning lesson from repeated postwar inVasons, has given intensive consideration 10 de- velopment of her army, navy and air corps She is divided into military districts, each with it's own Com- mander. Her army is organized into rife corps. rife divisions, cavalry di- visions and independent cavalry bri- gades War strength of her rife di- vision is 1S,0O0 men; cavalry divls- non. 1000 men.
 Russian engineering, railroad, anti aircraft signal and armored car and tank units have been well maintain ed. along with the air service. Rus sian services of supply including medical and chemical warfare, are said to be well organized. The troops are well uniformed and adequately equipped, although there appears 10 he some shortage of artillery.
 Red Troops Well Armed
 Soviet infantrymcn are armed with rifles. light and heavy machine guns and hand and rife brigades. Cayalrymen carry carbines, revolv- ersmachine guns and hand grenades. Animal drawn wagons and carts form the basic method of Russian military transportation
 The Russian is rated hy military men as a good combat soldier, espe-