- tained. In armies in which companies are composed of more
than 200 men, the numbers in excess of this figure may be regarded as a margin of safety, intended to maintain the company at a strength of 200 rifles after the first casualties of a campaign, produced by marching, detached service and battle losses. In view of the losses, which frequently increase with extraordinary rapidity in modern battles, it appears undesirable to fix a lower figure than that above mentioned, as the companies would otherwise lose their independence and could no longer be considered basic units.
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GERMANY | Minimum | 4 | 15| 4 | 128| | | 5 | 20| 4 | 226| 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 103
| Maximum | 5 | 17| 4 | 142| | | | | | | | | | | |
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AUSTRIA |Minimum | 4 | 11| 2 | 76 | 4 | | 4 | 19| 4 | 195| | 4 | | | 5 | 132
|Maximum | 4 | 14| 2 | 109| 4 | | | | 4 Pioneers | 4 Officers' servants.
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ITALY |Infantry, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|Bersaglieri | 3 | 13| | 87 | | | 5 | 16| | 180| | | | 2 | 3 | 93
| | | | | Musicians (trumpeters only) and sappers
| | | | | armed with rifle.
|Alpini | 4 | 19| | 121| | | | | | | | | | | |
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FRANCE |Ordinary | 3 | 15| 2 | 108| | | 4 | 28| 4 | 218| | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18| 110
|Maximum | 3 | 15| 2 | 158| | | | | | | | | | | |
|Chasseurs | 3 | 21| 2 | 125| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | and| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 150| | | | | | | | | | | |
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RUSSIA | | | | | | | | | | |non-combatants. | | |
|Approximately.| 3 | 7 | | 96 |4[1]| | 4 | 22| | 200| | 20| | 1 | 15| 104
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- ↑ In addition, five non-combatants.
