Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-07
$125,000
Just To Kill
One Man
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It has been estimated that the cost killing enemy
rs cents Caesars day; during the Thirty
Years which ended 1913 II had to $50 and
in the American Civil War the expense was $4,000 a
vastly had gentle of slaughter
changed half century that by the time of the first
World War The cost Of killing $4,000. And
experience during the first few months of the present
fict indicates that the governments involved have TO lay
staggering OF s125 900 each dead
Blatant carried the field buried the spot
Modern warfare is titanic struggle economic quite as
mitch military The nations locked in combat
seas are deliberately impovershng themselves for many
years to
More that they mortgaging the their
children to the second and third generation and II
seriously doubted by those who know that the financial
obligations being incurred by the begerent powers
will ever be paid Foreign military experts frankly admit
that after the present all the countries involved will
have to start again from scratch.
There is doubtless very general impression that
the big armies Russia, Germany France Italy
England had under their coors the biggest bodies Of
fighting that the world has known. This is
mistake may be readily when comparison Of the
strength of ancient and modern armies made for the
ancients than held up their end
The standing army Of Soviet Russia in time of peace
consisted of 10000 soldiers while its strength
estimated at 1884 officers and ,627 900 men.
While the war strength Of Germany said to be 7ool5
officers and 1894 ,Oe4 it maintains standing army
of only 100000 officers and enlisted
France. with strength OF 46e5T69 officers
men, maintained peace army of $4,000 officers
Just how many there knows for
many of these soldiers still in German concentration
camps but there still large numbers of armed
in her colonies
The armies Of other nations time peace
follows Japan 225o 0o Italy. $4,000; Britain
600; Turkey 25O,e6o; United States $4,000
So much for the armed strength of modern nations.
Now let's how they with ot the standing
armies Of antiquity
The city Of Thebes had hundred gates could
out at each gate 10000 fighting and 200 battle
riotsiH ALL 100000 and 1000 charots goodzed
aggregation Of fighting by todays standards
The army of Terah King of Ethiopia consisted Of l.
100000 soldiers and 800 charots of Sesostrs King
Of Egypt led against his enemies 100000 warriors "a 600
mounted soldiers and 27O scythe charots in 1491
b. G.
When Hamlcar left Carriage and landed near Palermo
he had fleet of 1000 warshps and 5000 small craft and
land force of 100000 AT the battle in which he
defeated 100000 slain.
Roman fleet led by RegIlus against Carthage con-
sisted of $50 vessels with 400 600 The Carthagin
numbered $50 ships with 1907 900 combaants
At the battle of Cannae there Romans had incud-
ing allies horsemen; the
thagnians 10000 foot soldiers and 10000 horsemen OF
these 10000 sai. and 10000 takeE PrsoESss
than half executed
Minus the Assyrian King 1900 b c.. led against
army consisting 100000 foot soldiers
100000 cavalry $4,000 charots equipped with scythes
Italy, little before Hannbars time. able to send
the nearly 100000 warriors and Hannibal dur
ing his campaign in Italy and Spain pundered 400 towns
and slaughtered 100000 men.
short time the taking of Babylon the forces
of Cyrus soldiers 10000 horse
men, 1000 charios armed with scythes and army
Cambyses, $4,000 strong was buried in the desert
Of Africa by south Wind.
When Xerxes arrived at Thermopyae. his land and
forces amounted 2,641,610, exclusive of servants
eunuchs women and pedlers of all kinds numbering s.
1920 So say Herodotus Putarch and socraes in their
stories Of this campaign.
The army Artaxerses, before the battle of CunaXa
amounted TO about 100000 fighting and 10000
horse 100000 foot soldiers fell the field
of Issus
The forces of, Darius Arbela numbered than
100000 The Persans lost 10000 soldiers in this bat
tie Alexander about 500 men. So says Diodorus Other
authorities Persians in this conflict lost 100000
the Greeks 200.
The army of Tamerlane is said TO have amounted TO
600 600 and that his antagonist Baaret 14OO
fighting men.