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Show EX-AMERICAN WARSHIPS MAYEE ACTION; GREECE'S "PETTICOAT" SOLDIERS CALLED OUT, p w " ' 1 it ,. &u m 4 'IsX A' 1 i1 fyi$ )V 4fi I I-''- W i p ( f & ' (1 &t IHm&&3$ 1 W ;tt iir S f (1 i V ( .? TV " ;li.-ir' V GRCECES M PETTI COATED " 50LDIERS The. LEMHOS froRMCRLY US-s- MISSISSIPPI)- - - I fg) SMERICO.H PCTTSO ASSOCIATION - v ((jtti-cu. (lci'idlni; on Rcneral moljlllzatlon na a ivply 10 Uulgnrla's action, can put nt least COO.OCO men under nrms. Tlio country li divided Into six nrmy corin districts, which produce eleven divisions of .',000 men each, making 242,000 men In nil. I! using tlio veterans of 1911-J2 these could easily be lalsed to EOO.OOO. Homo of tho Infantrymen dress In the famous fa-mous and distinctive Greek national dref.s. Including the "petticoat" or kilt Tho Greeks take great pride In their ur-tl'lcry, ur-tl'lcry, which, like the Ilulgar, Is the French pattern. Thu Greek Infantry Is armed with the M.timllclier Schonauer ride, ri-de, model ISO! The field artillery Is the rapid llro 73 mm. Schncldcr-Canet. The Greek navy, wlln the exception of ono nnnorpil ciul'er, the Ocorelo Avcrof, built In 1M0. aJ the battleships Idaho and Mississippi (now tho Kllkls and Lm-no Lm-no rr'pectlvelv). purchased recently from the United titutes, consists principally of obsolete craft. |