| Show AVAIRS UI It CENlultv In theo days ot wals and rumor of war the stallsllcs on martial subjects presented toy nn olllter of the Austrian army are of special Interest lie starts nut with the surprising asset lion that I hiring the nlmleenth century Europe has had only twentjnlne loccfull Years The mot silous were were rough In I the first fifteen Years Dur Ing that period nt least threo powers were constantly lighting and In 1813 oil the European slates were Involved The largest nrtnlei were In the field during the flormnnrrench engagement engage-ment and the next largest during the battles In ISIS with Napoleon The armies were generally small till the end of the previous century It the vast hordes that followed the Persian conquerors con-querors are nc t Counted At resent i the armed forces nl the command of the great powers are eOlmou lIuln lakes the lead with SOOOGO soldiers then coma Germany with 2300000 Trance 2200000 AustriaHungary 1SOO XXI and Italy SOOOOO Hut there numbers do not Include all the available avail-able foices which would he put Into the field In ease ot an emergency Statistics prow however tint the numbers In the Held are of tells Importance Import-ance than the mllltao training of the soldiers In six wam ot twentyo the numlcnlly weaker power enrarINI the victory by superior la lies As the gredlest genernln of the world the Austrian statistician classes Alexander Alex-ander Ilunnlbil Caesar Itutavtn Adollhus Napoleon lurcnmr Irlnco Eugene and Frederick the Great The age In which great generals have achieved their victories Is I nn Interesting question Alexander nt 21 conquered the llalkan nations Hannibal was 23 > tars old when he subdued Bagunt Caesar was 42 Qustavus AdAlphus 27 Turcnne 33 nnd Napoleon 20 when they became fnnwu on the other hand lllueehcr was n great general at the age of TO llaelcliky gained his greatest great-est victories when 81 years old and MoltKe was TO years old when conductIng conduct-ing the campaign against Trance The lessee ot almlel generally tire preatrr from sickness than from oO wounds In 1 tattles When Napoleon In 112 marched Into Itussla he had VJOOT Men Five familial later he returned re-turned with 8000 men and jet he had not had nn opportunIty to fight an > considerable battle In the Crimean war there were 11000 men killed and rsOO wonneled of which C201 i dl led later Hut TC2TOO wrt sltle arid Of these CS 000 died While every fortieth soldier fell In Iou tile every sixth died ot disease In the llohcmlan campaign Cl per tnt of the fatalities In Die rriiHsfnn army were due to cholera and during the siege of Metz 400119 flerman soldiers < wire stricken with MUlous kinds of sliknevs It Is I believed thaI In tho battles of the future vast numbers will be engaged though Inllllc do not prove the Au perlorll if numbers It Is I also bo Ileved that the Inlllntt will lip I more numerous In piopnrllon In the cavalry than formerly III the Bthlcslan campaign cam-paign there wero only two or three of the Infantry to each horseman In tho ranooOcrmon wAr there mere fourteen four-teen Attacks by cavalry have proved fetal At Worth the French cuirassiers were almost annihilated at Vlonvllle a lru slan ixglment I of dragoons perished per-ished and nt Sedan l the African Chas Pours were rncrifived 10 no purpose Emperor William during the last ma iitiveim Ordered n cavalry attack and this It Is I claimed was regarded a grenl mllltnrj blunder It Is I believed It the attack had taken place durlnn nn actual engagement not n mn or n horse would have ccaped alive The author further points out thai battles last longer note than formerly although It would < appear that the ter tilde effect ot the modern arms would have a tendency 10 shorten them It Is believed that future battles not Infrequently will last several elajs when opponents equally strong mt In combat AI the same time actual looses on the battlefield seem to be decreablng The victorious general often counts heavlerloMes than the enemy In the battle at rrautenau the Imperial army had fourteen per cent dead and wounded but the Prussians only had lost four per cent which however Alan sufficient to compel them 10 retreat Another tort Feems 10 be that deaths harvest Is I greater In proportion to numbers among the ot fiveral than among the men I With regard to the deadly effects of the rifle balls It has been found that Inlh war 1Iern Prussia and Austria trla every 70th missile fount a victim Hut this Is I regarded as exceptional In the sanguinary battle at Oravelotle every 400th shot hit whllo at Mars la i Tour only every 452nd performed Us deadly mission Kverylhlng considered modern warfare Is I less deadly than the ancient comforts In hlch too met roe and fought nl arm length till one or 100110 voere no more |
