With In
the the Mobile Territorial Tot.
Categories. Colors. Reserve. Militia. Militia. Yrs.
First 2 6 4 7 19
Second -- 8 4 7 19
Third -- -- -- 19 19
In the above table the mobile militia corresponds to the German
Landwehr, and the territorial militia to the Landsturm.
After deducting emigrants, men put back for the following year, those
who are medically unfit, and one-year volunteers, the average number
of recruits placed each year in the first category is approximately
150,000, in the second category 36,000, and in the third category
28,000. All men in the first category are fully trained, while those
in the second category, who correspond to the German Ersatz Reserve,
are only partially trained, being called up at the discretion of the
War Minister for one or more periods of training not exceeding twelve
months altogether during their eight years' service.
Last year's returns, which were published in the Italian press, gave
the approximate war strength of the army as under: