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“organ,” &c. 
can, besides, be cut off by the enemy. The article is well written and 
interesting, but the map accompanying it is totally insufficient for the 
comprehension of the text. 
An article on the new German Military Law follows. The principle 
features of this law are :—( a ) The peace strength of the army is raised 
from 401,659 men to 427,274 (1 per cent, of the population), (b) To 
provide cadres for this increase there are to be formed 11 infantry 
regiments (8 Prussian, 1 Bavarian, 2 Saxon), 1 infantry battalion 
(III./116), 1 field artillery regiment of 8 batteries (for the 15th Army 
Corps, which hitherto had but one), 32 field batteries (24 Prussian, 
4 Bavarian, 2 Saxon, 2 Wurtemberg), to be added to the divisions 
which have only 3 batteries of the corps artillery regiments. 1 Prussian 
foot artillery and 1 Prussian pioneer battalion, both for the 15th 
Army Corps, (c) The “ Ersatz-Reserve,” i.e ., the men who escaped 
service in the army, either by having drawn a high number, or for 
family or medical reasons, was formerly never called up in peace 
for training, and was only available in case of mobilization. By the 
new law, these men can be called up four times during their period of 
service in the Ersatz-Reserve, the first time for 10 weeks, the second 
for four, the others for two weeks each. ( d) Formerly, men enrolled 
between the 2nd October and 31st March counted their service from 
the 1st October. In future they are only to count from the 1st April. 
Thus the whole army is now on the same footing, as men enrolled 
between the 1st April and 1st October count their service from the 
1st April, and the first-named class of men are kept longer at the 
disposal of the field troops. 
Thanks to the above measures, the German Empire has cadres for a 
war strength of - 
Field troops . 771,749. 
4th Battalions (Etappen, &c.) . 161,000. 
Landwehr. 293,020. 
Ersatz troops . 341,480. 
Garrison troops. 125,834. 
1,693,083. 
To fill up the ranks of those formations, it disposes of i—* 
12 contingents at 150,000 .= 1,800,000. 
Deduct 2 per cent, losses .= 360,000. 
1,440,000. 
Add 1 st class Ersatz Keserve .= 340,000. 
Total 1,780,000. 
Thus leaving 87,000 men over. Besides the above, the 2nd class 
Ersatz Reserve counts 150,000, the Landsturm 500,000 men. But 
now comes the weak point in the system. Allowing only 1 officer for 
80 men (a very small proportion), the above force would require 
40,000 officers. At present Germany possesses 17,000 line, 6,200 
reserve, and 6,800 landwehr officers, total 30,000—or 10,000 short of 
