374 



<;i;r 



huh*. The imports, consisting of who.v 



coal, timber, metals, hid- 



oom0 mainly from Great Britain, Turkey, Kgypt, 



Russia, Austria, Germany. nn<l France. Great 



Britain, the princioal nmrk.t f. r dried mi 



receives nearly a thinl of (In- exports, and n. 



go to France, Kgrp Belgium, 



Russia, Italy. HoUsM .| ihe Imted States. 



There were .128,400 drachma: I fr. -in 1 1..- 



i -. i > : . >-.. ii : -. M/ ...... Irachmai -f 



export* t.. the I *. The exports of Greece 



to her HUM- principal CUM steadily fallen 



from 110.448,5(11 .1: 891 to r,2.7i.'M 



mni in 1 -!.V ' ''< le- 



i fn.ra 49300,487 to 16,833,009 drachma!. The 

 . increased fr.. 110 t.. 



5,008, -WU drachma)! tli.- increase being in 

 cognac. .-in- 1 MIL In is'Mi tin- merchants 



although there was* little incr.-a-e in the total value 

 exports and imports. Exports of can 



mcrca.xed, while those (if silk.- 



oil. ami cognac decreased, Imports of machi 

 hardware, glass, chinaware. and other articles that 

 formerly came from Great Britain are now funii-ii- <l 



nimiiv. l-'ranee. and Belgium. 

 'Navigation. In the mercantile 

 there were 618 sailing vessels on .Ian. 1. isi)5, of the 

 tonnage of i''>7. <>'.'. an. I . rs, of 



tons. Including vessels below 100 tons, there 



in all, of 320.917 tons, 

 The total numlH-r of vessels entered at (i 



1.444, M0,101 tons; the 



iiumlxT cleared was 4,888, of -'.:. J 1 .'.J7 ton* of 

 those entered, 2.64.">. of 501,088 tons, were <. 



rade of the Levantine (torts and of the Black 

 Sea is. to a considerable extent, carried on under 



.lellie flag. 



unitinication*. The railroads in operation 

 in 1896 had a length of 578 miles, and then 

 310 miles building, including the line from Athens 

 to Larissa, which was intended to join the Knn>- 

 pean system at Salon ica. There were 4,781 miles of 

 telegraphs in 1895, with 5,836 miles of wire. Dnr- 



-'.M there were dispatched 865,870 internal 

 and 197,56'J international telegrams. The post- 

 office traffic con-i-ted of J.UM.fioo internal and 



000 international letters and postal cards, an. 1 

 5,081,000 internal and 2.823,000 international i 

 papers, samples, etc. 



The Army. Kvery able-bodied (Jreek is liable 



to be called into military service from the age of 



twenty-one till he is fifty" years old. The period of 



acti\. supposed to be two years, bat after 



ir the recruits are allowed to 



1 home on leave of absence. For seven or 

 years the men are attached to the n 



after th-y have completed their time of service 

 with the colors, and after that they belong to the 

 Landwehr. The nominal Strength of the annv in 

 1896 was 1^80 officers and 28,453 men. with 

 horses and mules and 180 field guns. The stren-t h 

 of the ilifferent branches of the service was as fol- 

 lows: War office, 204 officers and : M mis- 



sioned officers and men; infantry, 857 officers and 

 15.182 men : cavalry. 93 officer* and 1.5011 men : ar- 

 tillery. 222 officer, and 2.CKW men; engineers. I'M 

 officers and 1.112 m.-n : departmental services, 206 

 officers and 295 men ; military schools, 4 ** or 

 and 168 men; gendarmerie, 143 officers and 3,086 



effective peace strength was 15 

 per cent, lower than that given in the estin 

 The strength of the army mobilized for war with 

 the reserves was estimated 'at 82.000. and that of the 

 Laadwebr, rial militia, at 96,000 men: but 



the territorial army and it* re-ervc exist only on 

 paper, and the war strength of the army never ex- 

 ceeded 66,230 trained men. The infantry company 



is 250 men; 4 companies mnk. i!i'>n.and 



tnent <Mi mobili/.ati.m l.~> 



battalions are add. 1 to t f i'lu n> 



in addition <5 battalions 



li.u'ht infantry. The infantry are armed \\ith the 

 (-loading (Jras rill- --inch en 



. with the sword bavotiet. 



The. . i/i'd in scjuadrons of 15() men, 



:imeiil. of \\hich tin : 



:: in peace; on iiiobih/at in '' s<|ua.lr..n> m- 

 raised. T ;. men are armed \\iih s\\niils 



and the (iras carbine. The artiller\ batten. 

 of 6 guns. There are :i r LMIIICHI^. <.f them 

 poseu of -\ field and '> mountain batt< TU. the third 

 having a field battery less. The artillen i- armeil 

 \\ith Krupp \n\*. v Ii 12 -pom 



the rest \\ith J-ponnders. Td : the artil- 



lery res-r\es are of old pattern. The engineers in- 

 clude a regiment of 2 field battalion-. 

 com) Iroad and telegraph c..mpan\ 



1 p\ rotechnie comjiany. A third battalion is 

 formed on mobili/ation. " The war orpini/ation \MIS 



intended to be ill J'. i of ei|lial -t relict h. 



The corps is ct)in|K)S4'(| of ."> regiments ( ,f im 

 in 2 ' > .-.|iiadr"ii- of cavalry. 7 field and 



:{ mountain battcrio. a battalion 

 train bat talion. and a medical ! >;ill . v - '" 



'he financial condition of the ( i<>\ rum. nt led 

 to a leci-ion to abolish 1 cavalry and 1 artillery 

 regiment. The hor-es are Hunirarian and AL- 

 and for the full war footing there was a deli' 

 of 4,000. The law provides a period of forty dayr 

 training for 1l 5, but it has i 



strictly enforci-d. Nearly two thirds of the i. 

 had no training. The kingdom is divided ipi,,3 

 military district 8 Larissa, Missolonghi, and Athens. 

 Four Infantry battalions. 1 cavalry regimen' 

 the bulk of the artillery \v. re stationed 

 and there was an equally strong garri-on at I 

 while the rest of the regiments \\eiv u-ually 



-ingly in different stationv. Tin; 



;han 160,000 Gras and Chassepot riiloii 



and in the hands of the troop^at the end o! 

 The army was then f-re detiei,-nt in arrnamcir 

 was equally so in mobility, as well as w. ,,k in its 

 untrained 'n-ervc. In December, 1896, when t In- 

 warlike ambition fomented among the peopi 

 tiered imminent a war against Turkey, the King 

 i.roposed the formation of a permanent camp at 

 J'hcbcs ami the calling out of the reserves, so that 

 a force of 12.000 men. etllcient in all parti. 

 might be ready t.. take the field instantly. 



The Navy. The - Ha.-il.-n- 

 tons, is an old-fashioned ironclad, built in 

 armed with 2 HMnn Krupp guns, 4 small cannon, 

 and 2 machine guns, and having 

 knots. The - Masilissa < ' in., red v 



vessel of 2.060 tons, built in I'-r,!). j al-o si, 

 only for j*.rt tlefen-e. having a speed of 10 i 

 with an armament con>i-ting and 2 8$- 



ton Krupp guns. Of comparatively ni". ' n t\je 

 are the ar: 



and " I'-ara." built in Franc,- j,, 188!) and 1HJ)0, 

 pr..te<'ted by a belt of ll'S-im-h steel armor at the 

 i a thinner belt above, and armed 

 with 3 10-6-inch and 4 5-JMwh Canet cannon, ? 

 rjuiekfiring 0-poiinders. and IN lighter cannon and 

 machine gun*. Still more modem i- the 1! 

 torpedo boat-, of which there are 1? ovi ; 



ii. Hi of -mailer -i/e. and 2 Nordenfeldt -ub- 

 marii Mth the torpctlo <\t-\x>i and school- 



ship " Kanarix." Two unprotected < 



were launched in 1HH4 and IMS.-,. Th, : 

 also 2 corvettes, the " Nauarr hos Mianlis." of 

 and the "Sfaktirea." of 1 .:',<() tons. HIM! 12 gun- 



. of whifh 6. tlie KnglMi-built. "Aeh- 

 "Alphit.sr "Kurotas," and " J'inios," carrying 2 



