The war in Europe, its causes and consequences; an authentic narrative of the immediate and remote causes of the war, with a descriptive account of the countries involved, including statistics of armies, navies, aeroplanes, dirigibles, &c., &c . One of Canadas Crack Regiments—The Queens Own Rifles trolled by the king-emperor in Parliament. The admiralty office is inthe historic district of Whitehall, London, The officers and men num-ber 115,052; the marines, 18,235; and the coast-guard, 3,130. For1914-15 an increase of 5,000 was provided for. On January 1, 1913,the royal naval reserve numbered
The war in Europe, its causes and consequences; an authentic narrative of the immediate and remote causes of the war, with a descriptive account of the countries involved, including statistics of armies, navies, aeroplanes, dirigibles, &c., &c . One of Canadas Crack Regiments—The Queens Own Rifles trolled by the king-emperor in Parliament. The admiralty office is inthe historic district of Whitehall, London, The officers and men num-ber 115,052; the marines, 18,235; and the coast-guard, 3,130. For1914-15 an increase of 5,000 was provided for. On January 1, 1913,the royal naval reserve numbered 20,169; the royal fleet reserve,25,794; and the royal naval volunteers, 4,114. The total reserves num-bered 50,077. The British fleet consists of about 16 super-dread-noughts; 15 dreadnoughts; 40 pre-dreadnought battleships; 50 cruis-ers; 76 light cruisers; 18 torpedo gunboats; 23 sloops, gunboats, etc.; 338 COUNTRIES INVOLVED. -,^..^-^«CK,..: J Group of Sikhs, One of Englands Finest Indian Corps 248 destroyers; 100 torpedo boats; and 85 submarines. Certain fastCunarders aie subsidized for use in case of war. In 1912 the navalwing of the royal flying corps was founded. The number of navalaeroplanes is about fifty, including school machines. There are navalair stations at the Isle of Grain, Calshott, Felixstowe, Yarmouth,Cromarty, and the Firth of Forth. Farnborough has an air-shij) sta-tion, and there is a special air dejiartment at the admiralty. The land forces of the United Kingdom consist of the regulararmy and the teiritorial army. The British army is recruited byvoluntary enlistment, and is administered by an army council underthe authority of the king-emperor in parliament. The training andefficiency of the army are under the inspector-general of the homeforces, and a similar office has been organized recently for the overseaforces. The war office is in Whitehall, London. The secretary of state forwa
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