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Standard, The, of Strmgtkjorour STANDARD money. and Gresh~m's
Army; a Business Estimate law as to worn coi.la~. ii.
[190 1 ]~conttnued. 16A-
Colonial self-defence of great value. STANYJARDS, fancy monetary. ex-
but inadequate without help from am1ned and criticised, ii. J 6".
the Imperial Government. 253. STATE expenditure, modern, bene-
About fifty-five thousand troops
maintained in our colonies, apart ficial to the masses, i. 399.
from India. English garrison of Statts/ital Century, TIte LI900],
India is, or should be. seventy ii. 268-277.
thousand men, in addition to
about one hundred and twenty- Introduction; foundation of official
five thousand native troops. 253- statistics, registration, census;
254· cultivation of statistical methods
Inadequacy of garrisons in South apart from Government; use of
Africa and Egypt, 254. statistics for business purposes,
Conclusion: The strength of the 268-269.
British army on a peace footing Leading ideas suggested by stat·
should be two hundred and istics:
seventy thousand men, excluding Census figures of civilized countries
recruits and young soldiers in an index to their immense growth;
training, who should number population of countries now a.nd
ninety thousand, making a total a century ago, 27°-271.
of three hundred and sixty thou- Economic development of the
sand, 255-256. people great everywhere, but most
War footing of the Army con- marked in the Anglo-American
sidered, 256. section, 2"]2.
Necessity of a reserve of Regular Changes in distribution of political
trained soldiers numbering one power considered and the future,
hundred and sixty thousand; our 2"13- 274-
present reserve too small, 257. Growth of population throughout
Militia, Volunteers and Yeomanry the world and the means for its
should number about three hun- subsistence, 275-276.
dred and fifty thousand, 258. Difficulty of finding new markets
These numbers would give an-army owing to increasing competition
on full war strength of seven hun- not confined to this country alone
dred and eighty thousand, 258. and has led to annelGltion of
Difficulty. of obtaining these num- territory occupied by the black
bers of men, owing to insufficient or yellow races. The increasing
pay; poor quality of many of the population in civilized countries.
recruits; two shillings a day and however, ought to make these
all found a fair wage for the efforts less necessary. 276.
army, 259-260. Conclusion, 277.
Conscription as an alternative con-
sidered, but unnecessary for the STATISTICAL annuals, utility of, to
regular army provided the pay the public, ii. 7.
is raised, 26 I.
Increased cost of the present army, -- comparisons, international.
from raising the pay to two shil- ii·4 1 •
lings, would be four million I: -- ideas, importance of genera~
yearly, 262.
Compulsory service in the Militia ii. 337.
. or Yeomanry considered, 263. -- knowledge, want of,amongs~
Ways and means considered; Army better classes. i. 282.
Estimates will probably soon be STATISTICS, geteral, showing
forty million 1. in peace times. growth of British Empire since
and rightly so, 264-2tJ.
Summary of the points I:onsidered 1871, ii. 223,
above, 265-261. -- misuse of, ii. 4 J .