WORLD
AND WHAT IS GOING ON IN IT.]

VOL. 1 MAY 6, 1897. NO. 26

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Now that the war between Greece and Turkey has really commenced, people
are much interested in comparing the strength of the two armies, and
wondering which side will gain the victory.

The Greek regular army numbers one hundred and twenty-five thousand, the
Turkish one hundred and fifty thousand. When all the reserves are called
out, it is thought that both countries can put twice if not three times as
many men in the field.

The Turkish army is considered the finer of the two, because it is so well
drilled, and so perfectly armed. It is said that German officers have been
teaching the Turkish soldiers the modern methods of war.

The Turks, however, are the weaker in two important points: their means of
providing food for their soldiers, and in facilities for carrying them
quickly from one point to another.

An army that is weak in these two very important points loses a good deal
of its usefulness.

As we have seen in Cuba, men cannot fight well when they are hungry. It
is also a fatal thing to have no good roads or railroads, along which
large bodies of men may be sent when they are needed.