We read in the Home newspaper that the American soldier is the costliest. in the world. For one thing he is the highest paid, and i: would seem, though it ' sounds libellous, that he eats more than any other. At least, according to statistics, he costs mote to feed than 25 French soldiers, or 14 British soldiers. From statistics supplied by Gen. Nolan to the League of Nations Disarmament Conference would appear that a 58th part of the American soldier's income is sufficient to keep a French poilu going for an equal length of time. We wonder whether the Chinese have made any similar report, and if 0 how much the average Chinese soldier, theoretically, costs his cou try per day? It would also be i teresting to know how such statistics could be obtained. The Chinese soldier has a charming habit of getting what he wants by simply taking it from the nearest unarmed person who happens to have it, 30 that: the official cost of his upkeep is probably very small, which alto accounts we should imagine for the popularity of the army as a profession among Chinese of the lower classes, It is rather interesting, though, when the world is blaming France for her extessive armies and navies, to consider that according! to, Gen. Nolan's figures.
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