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Show The Gorman Army. Tho German army of today la the larKC6t nn1 mom filldiMH lighting organisation that tho world ha.s over seen, and It has nerved as a model for thu armlon of most other countries. Kiys tho World's Work. The Austrian army hftH lx!cn organized on methods copied exactly from tho Clennan syotein. The Jnpaneaa army alM took lis mcthodo in onranlzuilon a wull ns In strategy nnd tactics Ironi Germany and German officers. Tlio Chinese nnny linn now udopted Gorman mcthodn. Nearly all tho M-iallor countries of Firope with nsplrntlona to military elllciency havo borrowed ofllccra from tho Gorntnn army to instruct their troops. Tho Turkish army wan ij orcanlzed. in tho recent war, tho largest forces met tnlch had over opposed ono anothor In any conflict. Tho German army, however, could put In tho Held a perfectly equipped military forco eight times larger than tho victorious Jnpancjo niniy which gained tho battlo of Mukden In consists of moro than -t.CW.OOO soldiers. But In addition to 4,0CO,OX) trained soldiers. Germany would enroll fi.OOO.OOO more nun, wlK), although not trained for servico In tho flKlitlnc line, would nevcrthclosa form a valuablo rcservo for thu protection of line of communication and such dullca. A vory largo number of these rerervoH havo had at least nomc military tralnlnp. and In case of necessity neces-sity could also be employed in active servico after a brief period of drill and military cxer-clu cxer-clu Thun the atupenilouB numbor of 10,000,600 able-bodied men could bo mustered under the impcrlnl banner of the '.lermnn empire; hcnH tho statement that all Germany is an "armed camp." Tho German Emperor, who In times of peace ahnrca the authority over the army with his follow German soviTrclims. tho Kings of Ba-vurliL. Ba-vurliL. Saxony and Wurteinberg, becomes In time of war supreme and commander-in-chief or "war lord" of the entire military forces of the omplra. 'i ho standing annv of Germany consists- approximately ap-proximately ot CM.OOO men. Nearly half of this number pae.- out of tho standing army every year and are replaced by on equal number of fresh recruits. Germany thus produces year by yaar moro than a quarter of a million trained soldiers. Tho first reserve comjloUi approximately ap-proximately of i, 100,000 men, and the "Lfttid-wehr" "Lfttid-wehr" consists of 1,700,000 mi'D. of whom 900,-Wi 900,-Wi aro In tho first class nnd SOO.000 aro In tho EC-eond claea The "Ldind.sturm" consists of COO 0CM men, making a mnd total of .OOC,Ou0. Tho organization of the nmiy la ns simple an It Is afllclcnt. Tho unit of organization in tlio Infantry In the 'section," consisting of twenty men unacr tho commnnd of a corporal. Two H-ctlonn form a "seml-detnchmcnt." or forty men under the command of a sergeant. Two scml-detachmcnts form a. "detachment" of eighty men under tho command of a Lieutenant. Lieuten-ant. Threo detachments form a company of 140 men. under a Captain. Four coinpnnle3 make a battalion of 360 mon under a Major. Thrvo battalion.-? form a regiment under a Colonol; and two regiments form a brigade under tho command of a Mojor-Gonernl. Tho "army coryix.'" which Is the largest military unit, constats of two or thrco divisions. |