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Show THE CREAT ARMIES OF EUROPE. The Austrian firray at present con-sifta con-sifta of S-xi.'.'SO men, an increase of 222.5S0. Kussia has augumeDted her armies, which now number 1,-39,S10 1,-39,S10 men, by 'o.lV'-O. Italy counts more troops by iJST.ooG th:in in l-".l.( her present force being 60-5,-200. Tlie Cierman Eni pire can bring into the field 4261,lu0, an increase of 424.:.;) eince ihe abolition of the Federal constitution. Tne French army now i'77,600 strong, ii greater ! by ;i77,ij'.'0 than the organization sustained by Louis Napoleon, and, under the new system, is daily angu-inen angu-inen ting. Sweden boa increased her army ar-my which now numbers 204,510 bytiO,-010 bytiO,-010 men. The Belgian army of 93,590 is larger than four years ago by 13,-t40. 13,-t40. The addition to these armies in the aggregate during the last fifteen fif-teen years are no less than 1,SS9,990, and the number of soldiers at the disposal of the principle European powers is not less than 0,110,090. For everv 1,000 infantry Austria has 103 cavalry and four field guns: Russia 173 cavalry and four field guns; Italy 57 cavalry and three guns: Germany 117 cavalry and three guns; France 117 cavalry and five gun3. The English, not being a continental army, was not included in the foregoing enumeration. Her tot il force, including volunteers, is 47S.SS0 men, with the proportion ofj 133 cavalry and four guns to the ! 1,000 infantry. These dau, we aro bound to say, do not indicate a pacific spirit in the old world. t'uit i ier-Jottrnul. |