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Show !.. THE MEN IN LINeT" " Figures Show Immense Amount of Soldiers Sol-diers Under Arms. Th land forces alone of Europe-number Europe-number "on the war footing" ?",0u0-000 ?",0u0-000 m?n. Even Spain hr.i an army :argur than our own. Standing wide by side 2.'.,0OO.OO0 men would make a continuous line from Calais across Europe and Asia to Bering Ber-ing strait. Parading up Broadway at the usual pace, Infantry in flics of twenty, cavalry cav-alry ten abreast and field guns two abreast, this lorce would pass the city hall in about seven and a half months, parading eight hours a day, Sundays excepted. On the continent soldiers are carried standing in fourth-class cars containing contain-ing forty men each. Very small freight cars we should call thorn. To mobilize mobil-ize these men at once would take G25,-000 G25,-000 such cars In about 50.000 trains. At a mile headway the trains would reach twice around the world. New York World. |