The Washington times., 1936-10-20
BY DAVID p. SENTNER
Copyright, 1895. by InternationL
News Service)

Copyright, 1885, by international
News Service)
LONDON, Oct. 20 G.N.S0.-The
maddest race in history is ap-
preaching the final stretch.
It is a contest in man-power,
briStling bayonets, pointing guns,
deadly explosives. lethal poison
gases, faster tanks, speedier planes
and the amaSsing of industrial re-
sources.
This rivalry for greater and
more efficient armies, air forces
and navies is prodded on by mu-
tual jealouSies, synthetic national
ism and the bitter memory dregs
of the last war.
Never in any era of peace have
so many human beings been I'M
der arms, or on military reserve.
1t is estimated 100000 men in
Europe are available for mobiliza-
ton.
Huge Expenditures
Ten to IL billions of dollars is
expected to be spent for arma-
ments throughout the world.
Britain's air factories and navy
yards are humming night and
day following the passing of the
largest defense budget in her
peacetime history
Britain will have between 5000
and 1000 first-line planes by the
end of 1887.
She has created 26 new squad
ronS and 81 more are underway.
The British defense white paper
calls for 129 Squadrons of the
Royal Air Force.
In the last year, the British air
force enlisted 1910 new pilots and
10000 aircraft mechanics.
The British navy continues to
dominate other European navieS
in tonnage and power-even with
out her new tremendous building
program.
Britain is relying mostly on her
air force and navy in the 1885
ornaments race. She has made
no plans to increase her regular
active army of about 100000.
However, she expected to increase
the army's mobility by so per
cent through intensive mechanical
ton. England is trying to re-
cruit her territorial force to full
strength but is admittedly having
trouble.
Canoe Mot Accurate
However, figures of armed forces
do not accurately gauge the mill
tary strength of nations.
Commercial transport planes
can be altered quickly into
bombers and are also useful for
carrying troops. Therefore, the
great commercial airline nations
the United States, Britain and
Germany-have vast reserve of
potential military planes, pilots
and mechanics.
The next war is likely to be
great technical conflict between
hordes of mechanics and Spe-
cialistS. So that an inventory of
modern war strength should also
include the numbers in the gen.
eral population Of engineers, me-
chanics, commercial sailors. rail
way workers, motorcycle riders,
telephone, radio and telegraph
operators, chemists, doctors and
technicians.
In addition to trained military
reserves, there are also bodies of
police and other authorities under
semi-military discipline who can
be turned into soldiers by an Off
cial Scribble.
There are many questions to be
answered before one can &C
curately estimate the military
strength of any nation.
Has it available, either through
domestic sources or from allies or
friendly neutrals, the sources OF
energy and raw materials?
Can it keep steady supply OF
oil flowing to a mechanical army?
Has it an assured supply Of coal,
iron, saltpeter, nitrate and potash,
life ingredients of warfare?
Are it's factories ready to be
transformed into war work? Can
high-speed capacity production fol-
low? Has it plenty Of railroads
and roads for transport of troops
and supplies?
The next article will deal with
the new tactics and weapons
developing from mechanical
warfare.
copyright, 1885. by International News
ServiCe)
VOTE AMERICAN
I Killed in P. O. Crash
GLASTONBURY, Conn, Oct. 20
1.N.SO Rosario Randazzo, SO, is
dead and two other men are in a
critical condition from injuries re-
ceived when a brick gable of the
unfinished $4,000 postoffice build
ing collapsed here.
II