The comparative exemption of the United States from great military burdens may be inferred from the chart below. The cost proportionately of maintaining the army in this country is far greater than in Europe. The table below shows the cost of maintaining the armies of some of the principal countries.
British Army (1908-09) $138,800,000
United States Army 103,000,000
German Army 206,000,000
French Army (1907-08) 189,000,000
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See Militarism.
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Russia Germany Austria Italy France Japan Great U. S.
-Hungary Britain
COMPARATIVE SIZE OF THE ARMIES OF THE WORLD
ARMOR
The king-crab, found in the Indian and
American seas, is armed with a sword-like
weapon at his tail and his head is protected
by a sword-shaped helmet, so he is well
armed for the battle of life. Since he and
his ancestry have assisted in purifying the
sea, we can see the wisdom which preserved
them from age to age.
In the age-long battle against spiritual enemies, Paul urges the Ephesian Christians to "take unto them the whole armor of God"; "and having done all to stand." (Text.)
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See Resistance.
ARMOR-PROOF
Paul writes of the "whole armor of God," proof against "the fiery darts of the wicked."
Mr. W. T. Stead thinks that armor is
certainly about to be revived in the military
forces of Europe. A bullet-proof
substance has been discovered; and if it
be used as a breast-plate like a steel
cuirass, it will put a different face on
modern warfare. The French Government
has tested the new armor, and reports
that it has four or five times the resistance
of chilled steel, and is invulnerable
to rifle bullets. The equipment is not
heavier than a cuirass and costs half as
much. Of his own observation in this
matter, Mr. Stead writes as follows in the
London Daily Chronicle;
"I have myself witnessed experiments which go to prove that the soldier provided with this new armor can expose himself to the fire of modern rifles, at a distance of one hundred yards, and suffer as little from their fire as if he were being assailed by pea-shooters. The regiment arrayed in this armor of proof, and marching up to within one hundred yards of the enemy, suffers no more damage from a mitraille of steel bullets than if it were marching through an ordinary hailstorm."
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Army, Tribute to—See Acknowledgment.
AROUSAL
Sensationalism in the sense of stirring men to greater interest in verities, seems wholly praiseworthy:
Old Peter Cartwright was a famous
preacher and circuit-rider many years ago.
The exhorter was holding a camp-meeting in Ohio. There was a great number of campers on the field, and the eccentric speaker addrest vast concourses at every service, but he thought too few were being converted. He felt that something should be