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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 14
Statistics of Europe. — Military and Naval Summary of Europe in 1886
Statistics of Europe.
Military and Naval Summary of Europe in 1886.
| Navy | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationality. | Population according to last Census. | Standing Army | Standing Army and Reserves. | Ironclads and Monitors. | †Unarmoured. | Officers and Men. | Condition of Military Service. |
| Austria-Hungary | 38,820,006 | 285,046 | 1,103,819 | 12 | 58 | 9,764 | Compulsory on all males of 20 years and upwards. No substitutes allowed. 3 years in army, 7 in reserve, 2 in militia. |
| *Bosnia Herzegovina |
1,336,091 | Compulsory on all males of 20 years and upwards. No substitutes allowed. 3 years in army, 7 in reserve, 2 in militia. | |||||
| Belgium | 5,784,958 | 47,237 | 138,845 | All males of 19 years. Substitutes allowed. 8years' service (2/3 of it on furlough). | |||
| Denmark | 1,969,039 | 22,469 | 36,469 | 8 | 26 | 1,271 | All males of 22. Substitutes disallowed. 8 years in army, 8 in reserve. |
| France | 37,672,048 | 523,833 | 2,423,164 ‡1,330,000 |
42 | 277 | 66,330 | All males between 20 and 40. Few exemptions. 5 years' in army, 4 in reserve, 5 in militia, 6 in militia reserve. |
| German Empire | 45,234,061 | 445,424 | 2,650,000 3,020,000 |
13 | 82 | 16,682 | All males between 20 and 42. No substitutes. 3 years in array. 4 in reserve, 5 in militia. |
| Great Britain & Ireland | 36,325,115 | 142,194 | 653,772 | 28 | 216 | 58,000 | Voluntary enlistment. |
| Greece | 1,979,305 | 28,691 | 350,500 | 5 | 25 | 3,200 | All males, by lot, and substitutes allowed. 3 years in array, 6 in reserve, 10 in militia. |
| Holland | 4,278,272 | 65,007 | 180,000 | 23 | 98 | 11,000 | Conscription and enlistment. |
| Italy | 29,361,032 | 690,000 | 1,990,000 | 20 | 56 | 14,000 | All males of 21 to 40 years. Length of service various. |
| Luxembourg | 209,570 | 267 | None. | ||||
| Montenegro | 250,000 | 100 | 21,850 | Every inhabitant trained and liable. | |||
| Norway | 1,925,000 | 18,750 | 40,800 | 4 | 31 | 917 | Conscription and enlistment. Various periods of service. |
| Portugal | 4,160,315 | 18,000 | 125,057 | 1 | 24 | 3,471 | Conscription. Exempt for £80. 5 years in army, 3 in militia. |
| Roumania | 5,376,004 | 19,812 | 300,000 | 12 | 760 | All males of 20 to 46. 4 years in army, 4 in reserve, 6 in militia, 2 in militia reserve. | |
| Russia | 86,486,959 | 770,000 | 3,200,000 | 38 | 353 | 28,358 | All males of 20 to 40. Exemption purchasable. 6 years in array, 9 in reserve. |
| Finland | |||||||
| Servia | 1,902,419 | 18,000 | 210,000 | Conscription and enlistment. | |||
| Spain | 16,958,178 | 141,000 | 400,000 | 7 | 117 | 21,703 | All males above 20. 4 years in array, 4 in reserve. |
| Sweden | 4,644,448 | 39,946 | 178,395 | 14 | 52 | 5,925 | Conscription and enlistment. No subs. |
| Switzerland | 2,906,752 | 114,928 | 200,774 | All males of 20 to 44. | |||
| Turkey | 4,490,000 | 159,122 | 565,122 | 3 | 15 | 40,392 | All Mahometans but those in Crete and Constantinople. Other males pay £23 each exemption. 10 years in army, 4 in reserve. 6 in militia.—In Bulgaria every male above 20 years. 4 years in army, 7 in reserve, 4 in militia. |
| Eastern Roumelia | 815,946 | All Mahometans but those in Crete and Constantinople. Other males pay £23 each exemption. 10 years in army, 4 in reserve. 6 in militia.—In Bulgaria every male above 20 years. 4 years in army, 7 in reserve, 4 in militia. | |||||
| Bulgaria | 2,007,919 | 22,570 | 62,370 | 11 | 212 | All Mahometans but those in Crete and Constantinople. Other males pay £23 each exemption. 10 years in army, 4 in reserve. 6 in militia.—In Bulgaria every male above 20 years. 4 years in army, 7 in reserve, 4 in militia. | |
| Totals | 332,578,027 | 3,854,752 | 14,252,915 | 227 | 1,777 | 268,622 | |
Notes:—Navies.—The War Ships here given do not include many hundreds of Sailing Vessels, Steam Ships, &c., out of Commission.
Reserves.—Many States have organized a sort of levy "en masse," with fixed periods or conditions of military training; this, of course, is not included in the above figures.
† This does not include Sailing Vessels, Steam Ships, Torpedo-Boats, and Revenue Cutters.
* Occupied and administered by Austria-Hungary.
‡ Undisciplined