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in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia
and Uruguay.
Argentinas navy, the best in Latin
America, has a personnel of 337 officers,
100 engineers and 1000 men. with a
fleet of so airplanes. Brazil, with the
largest active army, has five divisions of
Al 900 infantrymen, three divisions Of
5000 cavalrymen, 10000 fortress and
ments of $500 men, besides 1928 mill
tary police under the war Office. In two
months after M-Day, it is estimated that
Brazil could place 10000 trained men in
the field. It's potential military man
power is calculated at 1720,000. The
active naval personnel is $4,000 with
$4,000 more in reserve.
Bolivia Has 20 Planes.
Bolivia reports one aviation corps Of
20 planes: being landlocked, it has no
navy. Chiles air force of about 100 ships
of all types, including two squadrons Of
flying boats and one Of amphibians has
160 pilots, 1900 men and 800 reserves.
Colombia's army consists of six infantry
brigades, reinforced by cavalry and field
artillery units, with peace strength Of
5000, war strength of 10000 and re-
serves estimated at 100000.
Under the Washington Central Ameri-
can Conventions of 1928, Costa Rica's
standing army is limited to 500 men, and
that of Honduras to $500. Guatemala
has an active army of 5,967. consisting
Of four infantry companies and four ar
tillery groups Nicaragua can parade a
national guard of 230 officers and 1913
men, as well as two-ocean fleet of coast
guard patrols for war against smugglers.
Cuba lays claim to an army OF 895
officers and 15.450 men, together with a
reservists to the number of 48,00O in
Guiding women. It's navy, with a per-
. sonnel of 1900, consists of two rehabili-
tated light cruisers, nine old gunboats,
one armed transport and a dozen small
coast guard vessels. The air force has
16 planes and 116 men. The defense
forces of the Dominican Republic are de-
fined as negligible"
Ecuador's Army.
In Ecuador is standing army of $500
officers and men, under Italian instruc-
ton 1t comprises four regiments of
infantry, nine battalions of cavalry, one
regiment Of field artillery and one avia-
ton company. The fleet is made up of
one vessel, Presidente Alfaro, of 870 tons,
which was purchased in the United
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confined to constabulary of 178 officers
and 2,316 men, and its fleet is two small
patrol vessels for customs purposes. Hon.
duras can boast 19 airplanes, eight of
them acquired in 1886, and a school Of
military aviation.
Mexico yields surprise with its navy
Of six escort vessels and 10 coast guard
patrols. 1t has, however, an active army
of about $4,000 men, 100 planes and 200
military pilots. The organized reserve
force is small but it is declared that a
large proportion of men of military age
have seen service of one sort or another.
The calculation Is made that In 80
days Paraguay's active army of 1900
men could be expanded into four trained
divisions of about $4,000. Its inland
river fleet cosists of two armored gun
boats of 745 tons, built in Italy; two
small converted merchant vessels, sew
eral river gunboats OF 370 tons and less,
and two tugs.
Rife Instruction Course.
In Peru, rifle instruction is a course
in the public schools Its army has a
peace strength of $500, with $500 re-
serves The air force of 80 planes is
divided into six squadrons. one for OBJ
servation and five for training. In the
fleet are two cruisers, two destroyers,
four submarines, one torpedo boat and
seven river gunboats, all of which are
rated as obsolete.
Ell Salvador possesses standing army
of 1855 officers and men, no navy and
a negligible" air force. The flagship
of the Urugayan Navy is a torpedo gun
boat of 1,150 tons. In addition, there
are three patrol ships of $50 tons each,
purchased from Italy in 1895, and a
surveying ship of 500 tons, acquired from
Spain in 1880. This is one of the few
Latin American countries with b vol
unteer regular army. 1t has a peace
strength of 1915 and a nominal war
strength of $4,000. Service in the Ma
tional Guard is compulsory in time Of
war.
The active army of Venezuela con-
sists of 5000 men, divided among nine
brigades of infantry, one regiment Of
cavalry, fortress and coast guard troops
and three squadrons Of planes. OF its
80 aircraft, two squadrons are bombers
and one is of fighters. The Venezuelan
Navy is listed as comprising six gunboats
and patrol vessels. ono dispatch boat,
one tugboat and one sailing vessel