Pattiog aside the troops in occapation of Arabia and Tripoli (two divisions each, the Ottoman Empire can mobilize eighteen divisions of] Nizam (active army) snd twenty-four of Redif (second line). Thirteen army corps of two di orniser Calabrie, which for the last week or two has been moored opposite the Chinese Band. She left about four o'clock in the afternoon, and to no one in port was ber destination revealed. Various were the surmises as to the objective of her voyage, and some were bold enough to name the port for which she was sailing, but on inquiry being made in official quarters it ie learned that these statements are no more then goess-work.
One romeer which gained currency doring Satarday and Monday was that the reserves of the Italian Army or nine of three divisions, be lind been called on including reservists formed, leaving sixteen or fifteen divi-resident in Shanghai. This is likewise sions of Redif for garrisons, and for the' without foundation. The man who communications, bat the latter would be would communicate such an order would very short of artillery. The total be the Consul-General, and he has strength might amount to 360,000 or received no instractions from home or 268,000 combatants. There would also Peking to do 0, snd has certainly 00, the Hamidieh _irregolar six Nizam cavalry divisions taken no steps which coald be construed in this way. It is believed that ry (16,000 to 18,000) and two in all there might be fifty reserves in Howitzer regime ate (say 1,800). The Shanghai, bat it ie considered that they geand tol may be reckoned at would be called oat only in an extreme 420,000; not including the troops case. It is of interest to pote that the in the depots, fortress artillery, and Italian terms of service differ from that, engineers (30,000 to 40,000), the of other mental Powers in at least second class Redif (375,000) and the one notable respect. While thave be-Mostatiz (90,000). tween the ages of eighteen and twenty-'The approximate peace strength has one are alled upon, or, may fe elled been, of late years, about 375,000 of poo, to undergo military {trainiog, all arms and ranks, and of these about hose thoes who are the only. woos of that 20,001 Yemen (Arabia), 10,000 te a in Hejez, and 10,000 la Tripoli.
THe NAVY, The nominal strength of the navy six vice-admirals, eleven rear-admirals, 208 captains, 289 commanders, 228 lieutenants, 187 ensigns, and 30,000 sailore, besides sbout 9,000 marines. There are ten battleships, only three mbicb, however, have been constructed since 1891 and five of which were built!
eraisers, two of wi re bail bet mean 1887 avd Jer, and three 1003 ad the thied aid down in 1909. Two Dreadnoughts have recently been ordered in England, and in 1910 an order was placed in Germany for four ocean-going destroyere, There are also two torpedo gunboats of 22 knots, one! of 19 hoots, m variety of emall guoboats, 8 destroyers, and 14 torpedo-boats.
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