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ARMY

mounted chivalry which had carried cm the warfare of the previous few centuries.

. With the use of firearms began the gradual change in army methods which has resulted in the modern military system. During the Thirty Years' war (1618-48) Gustavus Adolphus experimented with methods of dealing with infantry; the long wars of the reign of Louis XIV brought in the grouping of armies into brigades and divisions; while Frederick the Great in the next century carried tactics and drill to such a point of perfection that nearly all his victories were won by manceuvering. Horse artillery was first used during this period. The French Revolution so exhausted the resources of France that she was compelled to pass a law in 1798, making military service compulsory. Every citizen was made liable to four years' service, and all between the ages of twenty and twenty-five were enrolled. This irresistible power gave Napoleon such an advantage that the other European powers, except England, followed her example; and Prussia added the reserve system. Now, in most nations, will be found a standing army, with its several corps and body of cavalry, and an army of reserves, of two classes, those awaiting immediate call to arms and the militia or second line of reserves. Among European nations all, except Great Britain, have compulsory service. The time of actual service varies from three years with the Germans to five or six years in France and fifteen years in Russia. In addition to this is the period of reserve service; for instance in Germany, after the thiee years with the colors, there are four in the reserve and five in the Landwehr or second reserve; finally there is enrollment in the Landstrum or third reserve until the forty-second year. The cost of keeping these vast armies is enormous.

. The United States has been notable for its small standing-army in time of peace as compared with European nations. Before the Civil War the army numbered but 12,000 men. During the Civil War, in various levies, a total of 2,859,132 men were mustered in for various periods of service. This immense army was quickly disbanded at the close of the war, and in 1874 a law was passed which fixed the maximum strength of the army at 25,000 enlisted men. The exigency of the Spanish-American war, however, was provided for by an increase of the regular army and the organization of a volunteer army, which reached a maximum of 58,688 regulars and 216,029 volunteers, an aggregate of 274,717. ^ In 1901 a law was passed by Congress which increased the standing-army to provide for the needs of the government under new conditions. Under this army-reorganization act, the number of general officers provided for was 22* viz.: one lieutenant-general, six major-generals and 15 brigadier-generals; staff officers, 870; line officers, 2,922; total 3,814. The minimum of commissioned and enlisted strength was fixed at 57,870, and the maximum at 102,258, consisting of 15 tegiments of cavalry, a corps of artillery, 30 regiments of infantry, a regiment of engineers and the staff department. The number of officers and the strength of the artillery are fixed, but in other arms the strength varies as may be directed by the president.

The act authorizes the president to enlist natives of the Philippines, as scouts or regulars, to a number not exceeding 12,000 men, and to make provisional appointments of natives to the grades of second and^ first lieutenants; also to organize one provisional regiment of not exceeding three battalions of infantry to be composed of natives of Porto Rico.

General Staff. By act of Congress, approved February 14, 1903, the position of commanding general of the army was abolished and a general staff corps was established, to be composed of officers detailed from the army. The general staff corps consists of one chief of staff and two general officers to be detailed by the president, four colonels, six lieutenant-colonels, twelve majors and twenty captains. The duties of the staff are to prepare plans for the national defense and for the mobilization of the military forces in time of war; to consider all questions relating to the efficiency of the army and its state of preparation for military service; to render professional aid to the secretary of war and superior commanders and to act as their agents in informing and co-ordinating the action of all the different officers to the supervision of the chief of staff; and to perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the president.

ARMY PAY.

Annual salaries of officers are as follows:

Grade. Active. Retired.

Lieutenant-general.....*....... $11,000      $8,250

Major-general................. 8,000        6,000

Brigadier-general. .............     6,000         4,500

Colonel....................... 4,000        3»ooo

Lieutenant-colonel............. 3,500        2,625

Major........................ 3,000        2,250

Captain, mounted.............. 2,400        1,800

Captain, unmounted............ 2,200

First lieutenant, mounted....... 2,000        1,500

First lieutenant, unmounted .... 1,900

Second lieutenant, mounted..... 1,700        1,275

Second lieutenant, unmounted... 1,600

After five years* service 10 per cent, is added to the salaries at intervals of five years until the increase amounts to 40 per cent, of the pay of the grade. Thus a colonel after twenty years' service gets $4,800 a year.

Non-comniisioned officers are paid from $18 to $45 a month, and private soldiers $15. Officers and enlisted men serving