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German Army Strength Returns for 1873

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 4, 1872

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 39, No. 25.

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German Army Strength Returns for 1873

The army returns for 1873 show the force to be maintained in that year in the German Empire to number four hundred and one thousand six hundred and fifty-nine men, of whom sixteen thousand nine hundred and fifty-five are officers; ninety-one thousand seven hundred and forty-two horses, and one thousand six hundred and seventy-two surgeons. The infantry force absorbs two hundred and seventy-seven thousand seven hundred and seventy-six men in one hundred and thirteen regiments. There are to be, as at present, ninety-four regiments of cavalry.