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Excerpt from Bulletin of Military Notes: December 31, 1903 The recruit contingent of the whole austro-hungarian army, including the Austrian and Hungarian. Landwehrs, amounts to-day to men; that of the German army, including the one-year and two-year volunteers, men (ih 1901, however, '269,166 men); that of F rance, men; that of Russia. Including the Cossacks, men; that of Italy, men; so that the contingents have increased as follows in the last three decades: In Germany, by men; in France, by men; in Russia, by men; in Italy, by men; and in austria-hungary, for both army and navy, by only men. The present war strength in enlisted men who are trained and have seen service is, exclusive of the Ersatz reserve, in Germany, with her yearly contingent of men, a term of military liability of 25 years, and 25 per cent decrease, men; in France, with her annual contingent of men, her military liability of 25 years, and a 25 per cent decrease, men; in Russia, with her yearly con tingent of men, her military liability of 22 years, and a 22 per cent loss, a war strength of men; in Austria Hungary, with a present annual contingent of men, a military liability of 21 years, and a 21 per cent decrease, an establishment of men. Inasmuch, however, as all the annual contingents of France and Russia are not thor Oughly trained, it seems admissible to include in Austria Hungary the Ersatz reservists, who are partially trained; but even then the number of enlisted men trained for war in the Hapsburg monarchy is hardly In the explanatory statement this relative superiority of the other great military powers is used as a basis for the. Increase demanded in the recruit contingent of men. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.