trained men available to constitute a reserve division of the first and second rank for each corps respectively.  These troops, if each division is assumed to contain 20,000 men, would be 1,480,000 men strong.  Of course, a certain reduction must be made in these figures.  Also it is not known which of these formations would be really raised in event of mobilization.  In any case, there will be an enormous army ready to be put into movement for a great war.  After deducting all the forces which must be left behind in the interior, a field army of 2,000,000 men could easily be organized in Europe.  It cannot be stated for certain whether arms, equipment, and ammunition for such a host can be supplied in sufficient quantity.  But it will be best not to undervalue an Empire like Russia in this respect.

Quite another picture is presented to us when we turn our attention to England, the third member of the Triple Entente.

The British Empire is divided from the military point of view into two divisions:  into the United Kingdom itself with the Colonies governed by the English Cabinet, and the self-governing Colonies.  These latter have at their disposal a militia, which is sometimes only in process of formation.  They can be completely ignored so far as concerns any European theatre of war.

The army of the parts of the Empire administered by the English Cabinet divides into the regular army, which is filled up by enlistment, the native troops, commanded by English officers, and the Territorial army, a militia made up of volunteers which has not reached the intended total of 300,000.  It is now 270,000 strong, and is destined exclusively for home defence.  Its military value cannot at present be ranked very highly.  For a Continental European war it may be left out of account.  We have in that case only to deal with a part of the regular English army.  This is some 250,000 strong.  The men serve twelve years, of which seven are with the colours and five in the reserve.  The annual supply of recruits is 35,000.  The regular reserve is now 136,000 strong.  There is also a special reserve, with a militia-like training, which is enlisted for special purposes, so that the grand total of the reserve reaches the figure of 200,000.

Of the regular English army, 134,000 men are stationed in England, 74,500 in India (where, in combination with 159,000 native troops, they form the Anglo-Indian army), and about 39,000 in different stations—­Gibraltar, Malta, Egypt, Aden, South Africa, and the other Colonies and Protectorates.  In this connection the conditions in Egypt are the most interesting:  6,000 English are stationed there, while in the native Egyptian army (17,000 strong; in war-time, 29,000 strong) one-fifth of the officers are Englishmen.  It may be supposed that, in view of the great excitement in the Moslem world, the position of the English is precarious.  The 11,000 troops now stationed in South Africa are to be transferred as soon as possible to Mediterranean garrisons.  In event of war, a special division will, on emergency, be organized there.