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THE CENTURY BOOK OF FACTS. 



The Armed Strength of Europe. 



TABLE SHOWING RESOURCES IN THE EVENT OF A GENERAL CONFLICT. 



LAND FORCES. 



This table does not include fortress guns. * Including regular forces in India and the colonies. 



LAND FORCES. 



* Remaining in Cuba November 30, 1898. 



CONDITIONS OF SERVICE AND AVAILABLE STRENGTH OF POWERS. 



Every year the young men who attain the age in which they are available for military service are enrolled, in 

 advance, in every European Country. These ages run generally from 21 to 45, and this time is divided up by serv- 

 ice; first, in the active army, which answers to our regular establishment; second, in the reserve to the active 

 army; third, in the Landwehr ; fourth, in the Landsturm, in which they are never called out, except in time of 

 war, and then for defense of the fatherland only. 



Liberty Bell was cast in London in 1752 

 by order of the Pennsylvania Assembly, for 

 use in their State House. The bell reached 

 Philadelphia the following year, but it cracked 

 without any apparent reason when it was rung 

 to test the sound, and it was necessary to have 



it recast. This was done by Philadelphia 

 workmen, and in June, 1753, it was again 

 hung in the belfry of the State House. On 

 July 4, 1776, when the Continental Congress 

 declared the colonies independent of Great 

 Britain, the bell was rung for two hours, sf 



