Show KEEPING PEACE EUROPE I costs more than athousand million I mil-lion of dollars a year to maintain the It peace of Europe This scum is divided I up among the different nations in pro I portion to their Importance and necessities I neces-sities for the support of their respectIve respect-Ive armies and navies the largest amount Jtting expended by Great Britain I Brit-ain White the army of Britain Is not nearly so large as that of some of the other nations of Europe It ha an immense Im-mense navy which overshadows them all requiring an enormou expense to keep It afloat and In proper fighting trim trimhe The amount annually appropriated by Great Britain for army and navy purposes is 21R5754SO Russia comes I next with SISJ599j France follows with 18591643940 Germany spends 5269512 Italy 2442SD7SO Austria Hungary J617043S360 Spain J261S3 I 49150 Holland 157247760 Belgium 10647595 Sweden 891925940 Rou mania S6207in20 Portugal S064 I 67860 Denmark 453241305 Greece I I I 4310777 Switzerland 54637364 Norway f Nor-way 3434111 < > < S > 3 The regular8 army of Great Britain I rank and file consists of 127SC3 men of whom 7334 arecommissioned otficers I I O these 11396 are cavalry 20557 artil I I I ryt wfth 79587 Infantry the colonial and department corps making up the j I balance The three divisions of the I ailed Kingdom respectively furnish j the following quotas ojr men England I o 16307C Scotland 15800 Ireland 233SI born in India and the colonies SOiS I foreigners 154 and 1072 not reported The rumlwr of officers seamen and I marines for whom appropriations are I made Is 33750 The English navy con i i slsts of 53 first class battleships I sec I 1 ond class 9 third class and 23 port defense de-fense ships S cruisers of all dashes and 191 torpedo boats The gross cost of theBritish army for the year SS6t > 7was 101703590 andthe gross cost of the navy for the same < time was 113S715fO < 5 > < S > The Russian army on a peace footing consists of 700000 men and 25200 officers cers of whom about 72000 are cavalry 100000 artillery with 1790 guns and 23G mortars morar navy of Titissla consists of IS first class battleships one third class ship 14 first class 3 second class and 5 third class cruisers with 9i torpedcf boats and 16 port defense vessels < 5 < t > < > The army of France consists of 495 Fnce aru men divided into 14 > Infantry 553 effective m n divIde 15 fantry regiments of the line each regiment I iment consisting of 1591 men and 62 and 40 ofttcers 96 regiments of cavalry of artillery the latter comprising ooo artier with 16 battalions I mounted batteries wit batalons of foot artillery The French navy with the exception of the British Is doubtless the most efficient Britsh world I consists of 21 first class 8 second class and 6 third trst cass class battleships 1 first class 3 second ond class and 109 third class cruisers and 220 torpedo boats with 14 port defense de-fense ships One of the most powerful battleships is the Dupuy de Lome 4 4 > The strength of the German anon th on a peace footing Is 562207 men rank a peac and file with 22678 officers I Is divided di-vided into 383314 Infantry besides 12 33H 94S officers 65375 cavalry and 2332 officers of field cars There are 43 regiments feld cers including artillery consisting of 58321 men eluding 2671 officers and 17 regiments of foot 267 ofeers 22S24 men which together with a number of special service ser-vice corps make up the complete number num-ber The navy of Germany comprises 15 battleships of all classes 20 port dc I ten ships 41 cruisers and 114 torpedo I boats t < < fi > The Italian army consists of 235091 men of whom 141000 a Infant 23 iso cavalry and 30016 artillery While the navy of Italy is not so large as that of some of the Other nations of Kiironp it Has a number of formidable vessels I consists of 7 first class 5 second and 1 third class battleships 5 cruisers 2 port defense ships and 14i torpedo boats tf < > < t > Following close In the woke of Italy Folowing cose wae comes Turkey with 1EOOOO men as a peace army divided Into the proportionate propor-tionate number of infantry cavalry and artillery < > < S > < > < Te Turkish navy is to a great extent ex-tent an obsolete fighting force though some activity has been recently revived reviv-ed in marine matters I hs two so called firstclass battleships about 20 cruisers and 37 torpedo boats Only three of Turkeys ships can be counted as seagoing armor clods of any fighting fight-ing value the others are all old out of I date fair 1I 1 < i s I Little Switzerland comesup with 125 I 000 men of whom 102507 are Infantry I m g af il f 375S cavalry and 21632 artillery with a number of auxiliary corps It has no sea coast consequently Switzerland has no navy < < S > < S > Spain has as nearly as can be ascertained as-certained about SO000 men regularly In the service The force In Cuba for the suppression of the insurrection has amounted to 121236 men Including 40 generals and 562 staff officers This was the estimate made a year and a half ag 14000 in the Philippine islands and 3000 in Porto Rico The number has been increased in Cuba by conscriptions con-scriptions and decreased by the insurgents Insur-gents and death until it is impossible to arrive at the exact number now in the island 00 < i > Spains navy exclusive of training ships at the same period consisted of two firstclass battleships U firstclass cruisers including three that were b I ing built six secondclass and 2S third class cruisers with 40 terpedo boats All the firstclass cruisers a cohipar atlvely new During 1895 Spain lost four cruisers by wrecks < 2 > < J > AustriaHungary < ha about SSOOOO I men under arms at all times of whom 187759 are Infantry Including 10047 offi I I cers 473S9 cavalry and 30000 artillerymen artillery-men with several curPSufLausWaries i The Austrian < navy t occupies a low t rank among the cavies of the world I so far as effectiveness is concerned It I consists of eight battleships of which one Is ranked a firstclass 31 cruIsers i eight port defense ships and 6 torpedo torpe-do boats I 6 I Holland has 43000 infantry 2732 cavalry I cav-alry lSH artillery and 1612 engineers In the army The navy engneer II cruisers 2S port defense ships and 37 torpedo boats I < 0 t I The army of Belgium comprises 52000 men of all arms < i > < I The other nations of Europe all have I small standing armies I Sweden having the largest its army being 33000 strong The navy of Sweden Is maintained en tirely for coast defense tme and puroses i consists of 5 vessels of all classes 3 0 The army of Portugal is composed of 36000 men of all arms supplemented by a navy of 34 cruisers of all classes and IS torpedo boats > 0 < > Denmark has an army of 10000 men with a navy entirely for coast defense > > < > Roumanla has 47000 Greece 23000 and Servla 20000 men in their respect ive armies Greece has a small nay consisting of five armored clod vessels Servia has only one vessel that Is sd exclusively for military purposes Rumania Ru-mania has one protected cruiser 1f 1320 tons and a number of smaller vessels H B M In Chicago Times Herald |