Alexander : a history of the origin and growth of the art of war from earliest times to the battle of Ipsus, : with a detailed account of the campaigns of the great Macedonian . er of Jews fit for war was one million three hundred thousand, and each tribe furnished twenty-four thousand men for active duty. One of these bodies served each month, under acaptain who reviewed it, and was held responsible for itseffectiveness. The whole body of two hundred and eighty-eight thousand men was a sort of landwehr, of which onetwelfth was constantly under arms. The organization was ona decimal basi
Alexander : a history of the origin and growth of the art of war from earliest times to the battle of Ipsus, : with a detailed account of the campaigns of the great Macedonian . er of Jews fit for war was one million three hundred thousand, and each tribe furnished twenty-four thousand men for active duty. One of these bodies served each month, under acaptain who reviewed it, and was held responsible for itseffectiveness. The whole body of two hundred and eighty-eight thousand men was a sort of landwehr, of which onetwelfth was constantly under arms. The organization was ona decimal basis of tens, hundreds and thou-sands. Solomon largely increased the num-ber of cavalry and chariots, and perfectedtheir organization and discipline. On the flight from Egypt the Israeliteswere in possession of no weapons. Theypartially armed themselves from those castup by the sea after the destruction of theEgyptians. Their arms, during the laterpart of their wanderings, were bows, slingsand darts. Until they reached the promisedland, they had no forged weapons. ThePhilistines, or dwellers in Palestine, were better provided,and were familiar with both cavalry and chariots. At a. Hebrew HeavyFootman. 20 JEWISH ORGANIZATION.
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