Show J I r 1 Uncle Unde Sams Sam's B Burden j 4 Defense of Hemisphere Almost Wholly H Hi I Hi By BRUCE CATTON WASHINGTON WASHINGTON-In In any combined combined combined com com- operation to defend the new world against invasion the bulk of the work would have to tobe tobe tobe be borne by the military forces of the United States On paper t the h e republics republiC's of South America can muster fairly impressive impressive- defense forces Their standing armies total better than men 8 a force smaller small small- er than the combined Belgian and Dutch regular armies their navies include five battleships 16 cruisers 27 destroyers and 23 submarines In their air forces are upward of planes A breakdown shows this strength more apparent than real These forces are scattered all over the continent divided into 10 national groupings Much of the naval strength is badly outdated and many of the armies are no not fitted to engage in modem modern mod mod- em ern warfare A ABC B C Nations Strongest As might be expected the A BC B BC BC C powers Argentina Brazil and arid Chile come Chile come the closest to having real military strength Brazil for instance h has a s a standing army of officers and men organized into 13 regiments regiments regiments regi regi- ments of oJ infantry 20 of cavalry and eight of artillery including artillery including one mechanized battery In addition addition addition addi addi- tion the nation has a military police force of men classed as an army reserve Brazilian navy includes two battleships two cruisers one destroyer with nine under construction five submarines and 37 minor craft craf craft craft- t- t gunboats torpedo boats minelayers minelayers minelayers mine mine- layers etc them the army and navy air forces have approximately 60 planes The Argentine army has about officers and men In the navy there are two battleships nine cruisers four coast defense vessels 16 destroyers three submarines submarines submarines sub sub- marines and 30 minor craft Chile has soldiers organized organized organized organ organ- in three infantry divisions IJ and one cavalry d force fit includes one and two flights o ot oi am totaling perhaps 3 30 her navy P there tS are ship three cruise and J nine rub I plus 18 miscellaneous y v Many Vessels Obsolete j 3 I Those naval strength I as impressive as they I two Brazilian built in 1910 those X o 01 1 the Argentine date b back I Argentinas Argentina's if cruisers cruiser of her destroyers tl are W. are her submarines submarine Brazils Brazil's and three of 07 rest of the vessels ar are afe v obsolete a. a Peru owns two ers two old ii date up-to-date submarines has two modern destro a handful of a fight with a ma Venezuela's fleet oj 01 W 1 boats includes one PI- PI I 1 war vessel and one ei exX ft ex-ft I yacht built in iii 1900 K r navy consists of ot iW craft Paraguay's o ot of fiz gunboats I U. U S. S Missions 1 at Work Wot Steps to remedy tin tle the are being taken U. U Ul i missions are currently with the government f Colombia the Argon Argent Peru the U. U s S. S I has a mission in the kand Jf k AIr and Brazil is pushing a t S mechanization program f to advice of a mission of 01 1 i army officers j jIt It is likely that bel bei U. U S. S military missIons st It in most if not all of it American nations adv orga organization training I 1 But if the Uni United SU self was recently revealed prepared for a major wa waa wai a shining example of re real read by comparison with its iii sis elite publics to t the south N |