432 



GERMANY. 



The following table gives the military forces 

 of the empire in time of war : 



I. FIELD AEMY. 



II. RESERVES. 



The public debt of the German Empire con- 

 sists of three loans, one of 77,731,321 marks 

 (authorized by the law of June 14, 1877), one 

 of 97,484,865 marks (law of June 14, 1878), 

 and one of 68,021,071 marks (law of June 13, 

 1879). There is also a floating debt consisting. 

 of Treasury notes issued for snort periods only. 

 In accordance with the law of April 20, 1874, 

 the Imperial Government has issued paper 

 money (JReichscassenscheine) to the amount of 

 120,000,000 marks, which has been distributed 

 among the several states in proportion to their 

 population on December 31, 1871. The same 

 law authorized the issue of paper money to the 

 amount of 54,889,940 marks to facilitate the 

 carrying out of the reform in the coinage. Of 

 thia amount, 54,075,860 marks had been issued 



in. GARRISON. 



