One of the most interesting sidelights of the war is the use of dogs to
draw the Belgian "mitrailleuses." All who have visited Belgium have been
surprised at the amount of work, such as hauling market wagons,
performed by these animals. The rubber-tired gun carriage is in strange
contrast with the bizarre appearance of the "dogs of war"--tired out
after a stiff march.
[Illustration: BELGIAN WAR DOGS
PHOTO (C) AMER. PRESS ASSOC., N.Y.]
Military and Naval Statistics of the European
Powers at the Outbreak of the War
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| Area | Population | Army | Men |
| Square | | Regulars | |
| Miles | | and Reserves | |
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GREAT BRITAIN | 121,380 | 45,000,000 | 730,000 | 137,500 |
FRANCE | 207,218 | 39,300,000 | 4,000,000 | 60,621 |
RUSSIA | 8,650,000 | 160,000,000 | 5,500,000 | 52,463 |
GERMANY | 208,830 | 64,900,000 | 5,200,000 | 66,783 |
AUSTRIA | 115,903 | 49,400,000 | 2,000,000 | 17,581 |
SERVIA | 23,661 | 4,000,000 | 240,000 | |
BELGIUM | 11,373 | 7,300,000 | 222,000 | |
NETHERLANDS | 12,582 | 5,900,000 | 180,000 | 11,164 |
ITALY | 111,000 | 33,900,000 | 1,200,000 | 33,095 |
SPAIN | 196,200 | 19,700,000 | 350,000 | 10,165 |
NORWAY | 124,200 | 2,400,000 | 115,000 | 1,003 |
SWEDEN | 172,900 | 5,400,000 | 450,000 | 5,715 |
DENMARK | 15,582 | 2,700,000 | 70,000 | 4,000 |
PORTUGAL | 34,600 | 5,400,000 | 150,000 | 6,000 |
TURKEY | 11,100 | 2,000,000 | 700,000 | 30,000 |
GREECE | 25,000 | 2,600,000 | 150,000 | 4,000 |
SWITZERLAND | 15,976 | 3,300,000 | 275,000 | |
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NAVAL STRENGTH AIR FLEET
---------+---------+----------+-------+--------+--------+-----------
| Battle- | Cruisers | Other | Diri- | Aero- | National
| ships | | Craft | gibles | planes | Debt
| | | | | | (1000s)
| | | | | |
---------+---------+----------+-------+--------+--------+-----------
GREAT | 67 | 122 | 380 | 9 | 400 | $3,695,854
BRITAIN | | | | | |
FRANCE | 32 | 31 | 356 | 22 | 1,400 | 6,283,675
RUSSIA | 17 | 19 | 184 | 18 | 800 | 4,553,488
GERMANY | 39 | 61 | 225 | 40 | 1,000 | 1,177,418
AUSTRIA | 13 | 12 | 89 | 8 | 400 | 1,051,346
SERVIA | | | | | 60 | 128,078
BELGIUM | | | | 2 | 100 | 759,632
NETHER- | 6 | 11 | 53 | | | 467,709
LANDS | | | | | |
ITALY | 16 | 20 | 133 | | | 2,706,609
SPAIN | 4 | 9 | 23 | | | 1,815,691
NORWAY | | 5 | 52 | | | 97,232
SWEDEN | | 1 | 75 | | | 162,428
DENMARK | 1 | 1 | 25 | | | 94,330
PORTUGAL | 1 | 6 | 30 | | | 968,324
TURKEY | 5 | 4 | 22 | | | 554,441
GREECE | 3 | 1 | 35 | | | 183,886
SWITZER- | | | | | | 23,614
LAND | | | | | |
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