Show CHINAS ARMY STRONG IN MEN the records of the bureau of military information of the war department shows that he chinese army comprises eight banners with a total nominal strength of men the number maintained on a war tooting Is from to the whole force Is subdivided sub divided into three groups consisting respectively of Manc bus mongols and chinese it forms a eort of hereditary profession within which intermarriage is compulsory about are stationed in garrisons in manchuria the imperial guard at peking contains from to these are the troops that are expected to defend foreign legations and protect foreign interests from the mobs the yang ping or national army is also called the green flags and the five camps this army consists of eighteen corps one for each province under the governor or governor gen eral the nominal strength is from to men of whom about are available tor war never more than one third being called out the most important contingent is the tien tsan army corps nominally strong really about with modern organization drill and arms they are employed in garrison duty at tien tsan and at taku and other borts torts besides these forces there are mercenary troops raised in and mongolian and other irregular cavalry nominally strong really about but eald to be of no military value the total land army on peace footing is put at men and on war tooting at about the army as a whole it is said has no unity or cohesion there Is no proper discipline the drill is mere physical exercise the weapons are long since obsolete there la no transport commissariat or medical washington star the colonies of france alone import worth of goods a year this helps materially to keep the factories busy and to afford a market tor the farm products of that european country under the operation of the allson tree trade tariff for revenue only there was a deficit of in thirty five months under the dingley tariff tor protection there was a surplus of in thirty two months over tons of merchant vessels were built in the united states during the fiscal year which ended on june and yet but one a steamship of 1770 gross tons was built exclusively clu for our foreign trade the surplus of receipts over expenditures for the current fiscal year just ended amounted to this was almost twice the estimate made by secretary gaga last november receipts since then from both customs and internal revenue have been good and expenditures have been falling off the total receipts for the fiscal year just ended were and total expenditures |