The Harmsworth Atlas 



Relative Values and Comparisons.— 3. The Armies of the "World 



Mfiitary Hap of 

 INDIA 



Frontiers ofSi/2t^^ 



COM M AND5 

 fieaag tin r£eri 



Milrtar^ Map of 

 UNJTED KINGDOM 





The military systems of the world include an '' active army '^ in 

 constant readiness for war, and a *^ reserve " of men liable to be called 

 out on the outbreak of hostilities. The actual strength of an army 

 is to be judged not merely by the available number of troops, but 

 also by its armaments, organization, disciphne, and mobility, and the 

 material resources of the country it exists to defend. The British 

 army is small as compared with those of the continent, but practi- 

 cally the whole of it is available for foreign service at any time, while 

 the continental Powers have only a limited supply of troops that 

 can safely be sent abroad, as the home strength of their armies 

 must be maintained to correspond with the armies of surrounding 

 nations, so as to preserve the balance of power. 



The diagram showing the sizes of the principal armies of the 

 world gives the number of men on the peace footing, and excludes 

 reserves, militia, and volunteers. The number of men available in 

 time of war is given within brackets, but these are more or less 

 paper figures, as the actual number that could be put into the field 



depends upon the stock of rifles and other equipments, as well as the 

 reserve of officers and questions of organization and commissariat. 

 The figures for the United Kingdom do not include the 75,000 

 men on the Indian establishment. The diagram of the various 

 sections of the British Army shows only the men who are more 

 or less under War Office administration. In addition to these, 

 there are about 106,600 Colonial troops under the control of the 

 various Colonial Governments, and ab(jut 200,000 Indian native 

 troops maintained by native princes. The high expenditure of the 

 British Army is inevitable with a system of voluntary enlistment, 

 and represents the price paid for our immunity from conscription. 

 France, with a smaller annual expenditure, has an army on the 

 peace footing four times larger than our (jwn. In addition to the 

 normal yearly expenditure on our army, there are loans annually 

 recurring ; about £3,000,000 is spent upon services in connection 

 with the military forces of the Colonial and Foreign Offices ; and 

 about ^20,000,000 is spent on the Indian Army. 



THE PEACE STRENGTH OF THE CHIEF ARMIES OF THE WORLD. 



( Regular Forces only.) 



RUSSIA 

 U I 00,000 men. 



FRANCE 

 6 10, -420 



GERMANY 



500,000 



TURKEY 

 500,000, 



AUSTRIA 

 316.327 



ITALY 

 264.516. 



JAPAW 

 67, 62C. 



UNITED KINGDOM UNITED STATES 

 ie0,00O. 64,247 



THE BRITISH ARMY. 

 (Regulars and Auxrhary Forces.) 



V0LUMTEEH5 

 339,675 man. 



eSO,000 men. 



.. . 100,000 eo.ooo 



RUSSIA. 



3e2.542. 



FRANCE. 



74,64r d3,3az 



(4.eoo,ooo,) 



(2,500,000.) 



ANNUAL EXPENDITURE 

 ON THE CHIEF ARMIES. 



RUSSIA, m 



^37,500, 000. 



GERMANY 



403.456. 



— -^ 



3 000.000.) 



REGULAR FORCES 



(Home and Colonial.) 



160,000, 



MILITIA 

 146,111. 



350,000 



61000 63^)00. 



TURKEY. 





1 



R 



1.000.000.1 



AUSTRfA. 



170,003. h^^V'^^^ 



2.590,000.) 



. 163,820. A-- 



JTALY. 





JAPAN. 



ARMY RESERVE 

 t22.00O. 



REOUL&Ff 

 FORCED (India) 



75,831. 



THPYFDMftHRY CDLDNIALt^ATIVE 

 27,63B. l2,i9K 



TO0,000,htl- 



2,530,000.) INFANTRY, CAVALRY 



& ARTILLERY 

 of the 



1.000,000) CHIEFARMIESOFTHE WORLD 



on the Peace Footing. 



UNITED 

 KINGDOM 



UNITED 

 STATES 



f figures m br/^ckets represent th^WarFooVng.) 



m^ 



f^ /^.tZf^:^g^ iNFANTRY coiour.^ RED, 



CAVALRY 



ARTILLERY 



YELLOW 

 BLUE 



GERMANY. -^ 



.^35 225,000 



UNITED MINGDcr.l 



2zCf.706.000 



FRANCE, 



Q-/^.i::B, 64^000 



UNITED STATES. 



(175,536.) 

 Mihtia only.) 



AUSTRIA. 



ITALY. 



TURKEY. 

 JAPAN. 



512,600,000. 



£11,750,000. 



£10.700.000, 



JF4, 770,000. 



il3,94:>.50O, 



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