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GERMANY'S FULL FORCE IS AT FRONT RESERVE MAN-POWER OF TEUTONS IS LESS THAN 2;000,000, SAYS BELLOC. With Losses to Sept. 1 at 7,000,000, Thjree-Fourths Permanent, and Five Millions at Various Fronts, Military Writer Finds Few of 12,000,000 Left. (B^Hilaire Belloc, Foremost Military Writer in Europe.) Considering the character of the % recent fighting in Russia, t.> say the very least, the Teutons have now lost?that is, by the first day of September, 1^15?in men killed wounded. prisoners, and sick, including losses permanent and temporary, over 7,000,000 might be to exaggerate the figures, though, in strict proportion to the 6.500,000 arrived - at for the earlier date, the end of July, that figure is too low. But to say that the Austro-German total losses now rcach 7,000,000 would be to remain strictly within the truth. I Now, of such losses we can only count three-quarters as permanent from various causes. Although the enemy perpetually suffers temporary losses which more than make up for the return of men to the front, yet of really permanent losses which can never return in useful time to the field, we can not now allow for the enemy even in the first week of September, 1915, more than 5,250,000, with safety. | The, Teuton Force* on the Four > Fronts. i Let us next see what this figure of total loss means to his total position at this moment. I ITJie elements for determining the Iraton forces upon the Various fronts are the reports sent in by the allied commanders facing those fronts. The Teuton forces actually present upon the various fronts fall into four groups?the western front, from the Swiss mountains to the North sen; the Southern front against Italy; the eastern against Russia, and the southeastern against Serbia and t watching the Rumanian boundary. | It is important for the pu> poses of our calculation that we should c<^unt the least number with which the Germans and Austrians can act upon ,the various fronts. Upon the western front '.he Teutons have never had less, even at the most critical period, than 1,600,000 men actually present upon the fighting line. They have increased those forces considerably since the ? winter, having found that there were I very dangerous points in the line because it was too thin, and having run the risk of seeing it pierce l more than once (though no general offensive has yet been launched against them) even in local attacks. It is certain that they have increased it now to no less than 1,800,000. On the Eastern front against Russia the Teutons have certainly more than 2,600,000 actually in the first fighting line. Of course, with its reserves and communications, it is very much over that figure, but we are concerned for the moment, only with the actual fighting line, and we know, I say, that there is more than 2,6^9.000. 250,000 Austrian* on Italian Front mi a j* j* ii T. i ?ne Austrian iorces upon xne Italian front are also fairly well known. The Austrians have maintainrd there from the beginning of the Italian menace about 250,000 men. The total engagement of Austrians now piesent, killed, wounded,, p::soners and sick, used up by that fr.-nt since May must be more like nine corps. [ Lastly, we have the forces watching the Serbian and Roumanian bordevs. This is the unknown cuantity in the problem, but also it \z luckily the least important factor. We will I I at it at the lowest possible; figure, so as to be within the mo.vl", and Cv>unt it at 160,000?or only four full corps. 1 (Since this article was written the A astro-German forces on the Serbian Lne have been increased to over 500, CO men.?Ld.) Remember that all these figures are absolute minima. There may be more than 1,800,000 men west of the Rhine; there are certainly not. less. There may be very many moro; there must be many more than 2,600,000 men in the very front line against Russia. There are certainly not less So with the quarter million l.etween the Adriatic and the Trentino; so with the 160,000 upon the DanubeSave and the Transylvania front. Adding together these minimum j numbers, we get over 4,800,000 men. ' Now, it must be remembered that this figure (4,800,000) is abrolutely the very least number necessary to the maintenance of the enemy's fronts as they are now developed. It would be wise to say that the | real number, counting a hundred accessory units drawing rations upon the very front, top the o.000,000 nark. ' I Well, if the enemy at this moment, : the opening of September, 193 5, has 1 suffered in permanent losses 5,250,- 1 000?with a great margin of tempor- 1 My losses still in hospital or remov- * eu from the fighting line; if T*is total { potential can not.be?as nr. have * proved that it can not be?much over 1 the 12,000,000, and if his front orig- * inally demand close on the 5,000,000 * ?what remains? ? What remains as a theoretical max- 1 imum is easily computable?it is a * trifle less than 2,000,000 reserve man r power, and I have no doubt that some people would, up to this point in my c argument, draw, from my own figures * 'though not acknowledging their c source,) the conclusion that the Teu- 1 tons had 2,000,000 fresh and hearty v young men ready to fall upon us and ^ eat us up, unless we speedily accept * a shameful peace. v To begin with, behind the men, on t the absolute fronts there are at least ^ a million occupied upon communica- s tions in the strict sense of that term *= r.nd excluding the bureaus. Next, let 0 it be remarked that of set purpose 1 the enemy has expended in his at- c tempt to attain victory, in rpite of failure, his best human material. The c margins he can now call up lire, for the most part, those rejected for phy- 8 Sical reasons?those too young or * those too old. J Lastly, if I may be excused a home- c ly metaphor, the provision of the last reserves of an army can not be com- * pared to drawing water from a tap; * it.must rather be compared to the 1 pouring of treacle out of a jug. Like Southern States in the Civil War. v When a government is at its last a stretch for men, as was Napoleon in E 1815, or as were the Southern States ^ in the last year of the American Civil y War, numerical calculation upon pa- a per begins to fail. The very last hun- ^ J l i.1 1 i_ _ a. n a 1 aiea mousana are noi wnai me nrst hundred thousand were. The pro- 11 portion of auxiliaries to the fighting 1 line increases alarmingly. Transport chokes, provision wavers; the end of * any effort is never exact and clean; * it peters out The Teutons still have many hundred thousand in reserve. Millions they have not. And with the ap c proach of autumn and winter they approach actually declining numbers t in the field. We must never lose grasp of the s converse and less pleasing truth that 11 a decision reached by the Teutons 0 in their favor would altogether upset e this balance. Supposing one of the allies to make peace; or supposing cne of the allied forces to be virtually put out of action, it is manifest that the fronts here examined would no longer be the same, and that the balance the Tuetons would have in Viar*/1 f ?? ? -- -?3 1'uuu xvx in a men reuuctu 4 C litld would be immensely increased. CHICORA GIRL TO TEACH IN JAPAN S c (The Columbia Record.) Of interest to Columbians is the following announcement which comes from Philadelphia: Last week Rev John K. Linn and j his bride, formerly Miss Lucy Laurie I igon of Pomaria, S. C., left this city for Tokyo, Japan, en roiite bv way of . fun Francisco. Mr. Linn is n son of thf* P.ov _T A T inr? r\-f DaaLm?a11 XT *?v * v? JU111U VI XVVCIV\>C11, JLN ^ C.. and is a graduate of Roancke college, Saletnn, Va., and of Mt. Airy Lutheran Theological Seminary of this city. Mrs. Linn is a daughter of | the late Rev. R. C. Ligon who was for a long time pastor of the Presbyter- j i?n church at Iva, S. C. She i* an al- j I'mnae of Chicora college, Greenville, ( S. C., and has been for several years j principal of the primary department in the Pomaria graded school. As Mr. and Mrs. Linn have been married only about three m'ir.ths and have been busy during that time peparing for their departure, they * i-1 c only now beginning their honeymoon proper which will be spent largely on board the Chiyo Maru as tney journey toward the Land of the . losing Sun. Leaving a host of relatives and friends to bid them God- , speed they go as missionaries to the iJi.-pane.se from the general ccuncil of the Lutheran church in America. They expect to return to America on furlough at the end of eight years. CHICHESTER SPILLS < DIAMOND BRAND t ^ ^ , LADIES t ~r Aak your l>ru*?l?t for CHI-CHES-TER S A '' DIAMOND BRAND PILLS ia Red and/j\ , Gold metallic boxes, sealed with Blue(0> ( Ribboa Taes no other. Buy oF youp^V ' Drnffftlat end ??k for cni.CUE8.TEB 8 V ] DIAMOND BBAND PILLS, for twenty-five years regarded as Best,Safest, Always Reliable. ' SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS ; time pvprywh prp worth tried tf tn i nntnc tested UNUSUAL SPREAD OF THE BOLL WEEVIL Washington, D. C., Oct. 1.?Under normal conditions the boll weevil advances into new territory at the rate or about 50 miles each year, but during a perio<^ of only two weeks durii,g the present season there was an nlvance of about 100 miles. This rovement carried the insect into Georgia for the first time, r.nd 25 :ounties in that State became invested. Several counties in Florida lave been infested for several years ut 8 additional ones became "infest!il by the same movement. Twenty idditional counties in Alabama were i;so invaded. All of this spread ook place between the 15th ond 31st f August. There were several conditions acording to the entomologists of the Jnited States Department of Agriulture. which contributed to this musual dispersion. One of them vas the drought in Alabama and Mississippi, which caused the plants o cease fruiting and deprived the j I'eevils of the squares upon wmcn ney prefer to feed. The more imlortant condition, however, was a cries of very high winds which be;an on August 15 and blew continuiusly for several days toward the northeast. The weevils wore thus arried much farther than they irould have gone by natural flight or ven by the aid of ordinary winds. The Department has placed all tvailable forces at work to assist the armers in the territory that has ust become infested. Most of the otton is now open and this will alow an unusually early picking so hat the fall broods of the weevil can >e destroyed by uprooting and buryng the plants or burning them where ecessary. The Department strongy urges the burying of the plants wherever this can be done promptly, it the humus thereby placed in the oil is of very great importance, lie State agencies are cooperating iritV> fh<> \cpnti! nf thp ird a very active effort will be made o reduce the number of weevils to he extent that will allow an approximately normal crop to be produced text season. Another feature of the bool weevil troblem which is attracting considerble attention is the damage that is >eing done in Texas this season, ["here is a more or less general imiression in the eastern part of the otton belt that the boll weevil has lied out in the State of Texas, but he investigations of the Department how that the abundance of the incct in that region depends on clinatic conditions. During the present season these conditions heve been sxtremely favorable with the result hat the insect has been as abundant is at any-time sinie it invaded the state. The lesson to be drawn from his fact is that the planters in the =astern part of the cotton belt must nake a strenuous fight, and should ealize that since the boll weevil has lot died out either in? Texas or Mexi~x J_ .v, it is nut at uu iineiy to uu so in my other region that may become nvaded. They should adjust their ;ystems of farming to boll-weevil onditions without delay. rWELVE THINGS TO DO IN OCTOBER. 1. Keep up with the cotton as :'ast as it opens; under 12 cents. m#r<et only as much as is absolutely ne:essary. 2. Look to the syrup making, seeng that frost does not catch the cane 3. Store an abundance of potaoes and other vegetables for winter ase. 4. Plan a big acreage of wheat ind oats, treating the seed to prevent -mut. 5. There is still time, particularv in the lower half of the Cotton Selt, to plant vetch, rye and crimson .lover. Sow liberally of these for feed and fertilizer. 6. Get ready to plant fruit and .hade trees. 7. Arrange now to run your farm lext year according to a well defined ?lan. 8. Look to the terraces, repairing :l:e old ones and building new where ccessary. 9. Drag the roads and k?cp them n shape for the winter hauling. 10. Look to the cotton you are molding, and see to it that it is shelved and perfectly dry. 11. Save every bit of feed you . an for carrying the livestock through iiv winter. 12. Visit your local school, lookng to the water supply, heading, ventilation and sanitation.?Ex. \CLOGGED SYSTEM NEEDS ATTENTION Are you bilious, dizzy and listless? Dr. King's New Life Pills taken at jnce seizes upon constipation and starts the bowels moving naturally jnd easily. Moreover it acts without griping. Neglect of a clogged system jften leads to most serious complications. Poisonous matters and a body poorly functioning need immediate attention. If you wish to wake up Lo-morr6w .morning happy in mind :'nd entirely satisfied, start your treatment to-night. 25c. a bcttle. 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