THE POLISH ARMY

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3063, 26 April 1917, Page 5

THE POLISH ARMY

» ONE MILLION" MEN' UNDER GER" - MAN CONTROL. Tho Polish periodical "Polonia," , - which -appears - weekly in "Paris, pub-* lishes some .. precise .information concerning the numbev.of men in the king-" dom of Poland fit Jor service in- the army. -The population of the kingdom of Poland (Russian occupation) in 1912 was 12,776j000. As the average year•ly increase (1890-1912) is 205,000, in, tho year 1915 the. population may hoi reckoned as numbering Having taken into consideration that tho number of the population removed! by tho Russians 'in their retreat, to-gether-with those Poles surprised byi the war abroad, is about 2,000,000, thet exact numbor of. inhabitants ' isi 11,391,000. 'The "Annual "of' Statistics" of the kingdom of , Poland gives) the following .djyjaion of ttio population according to ago:— 17-19..... 4 percent. 20-29 17.4 „ „ 30-39 i. ,12.9 „ ~ 40-43 4 „' „- Total 88.3 percent. '. If ono accepts tho "Annual's" cal* culation. of the percentage of'women, tho result will be 2,lßl,ooo,men"be-' tweon the ages oLI7-45 in 1915. From this number ithcre inui-t Txjrsubtracted: 'The.aimy stationed in Poland SSO.OOO Complementary conscription to the Hugjian army 560j000 Physically uniit (15 per cent.) -285,000 ' ' Legionaries '.... .-30,000 ' Total ■ ...;-.-1,155,000 Thus there remains.: a balance '06 : 1,026,000 for the PolishiSTmy.: On the other hand, according-to the information of tho. Recruiting Office of tho Military Department of,the-Su-i preme National Committee> at Piotfkow, the 'number, of men. fit for Boryiee in Poland is I.OiSiOOO.-.This-fisure is so near that of tho '.'Annußl" , ,that it is to bo :expcctetl that > Poland oan still furnish an'araiy of over a million'