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The Peace and War Forces of Russia and France Germany, Austria, and Italy.
The total
peace force of the Franco-Russian Alliance is thus put,—
|
Men. |
Horses. |
Guns. |
| Russia |
977,500 |
148,261 |
2,174 |
| France |
523,755 |
121,924 |
2,808 |
| Total |
1,501,255 |
270,185 |
4,982 |
Their respective strengths on a
war footing are stated at—
|
Men. |
Horses. |
Gnus. |
| Russia |
2,722,395 |
680,000 |
5,420 |
| France |
2,715,576 |
800,000 |
4,500 |
| Total |
5,437,971 |
1,480,000 |
9,920 |
The
peace strength of each of the parties to the Triple Alliance is thus set out-
|
Men. |
Horses. |
Guns. |
| Germany |
592,869 |
119,944 |
2,622 |
| Austria |
299,146 |
53,356 |
996 |
| Italy |
247,228 |
51,894 |
858 |
| Total |
1,139,243 |
225,194 |
4,476 |
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And the
war footing is as follows:—
|
Men. |
Horse. |
Guns. |
| Germany |
2,441,436 |
522,126 |
4,428 |
| Austria |
1,590,819 |
291,870 |
2,136 |
| Italy |
1,909,021 |
.. |
1,620 |
| Total |
5,941,276 |
813,996 |
8,184 |
These particulars are extracted from Sir Archibald Alison's recent paper on "The Prospects of War in Europe." The war footing of the five Powers above enumerated sum up a gross force of 11,379,247 men. Other authorities, which bring down details to the end of last and beginning of the current year, present somewhat different figures in a few instances. Appleton's tables (American), for example, credit France with a gross war-footing force of 4,190,000 officers and men of all ranks and services. Another authority specifies only something over 2,000,000. For Germany Appleton gives fully 3,000,000. A later compilation sets the war force of the German Empire at 3,350,000, which can be put in the field fully armed, while, by the new Army Act passed by the German Parliament, this force will, by 1,916, be raised to 4,400,000 men, including the Landwehr and Land-sturm reserves.
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