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be picked troops, the best Germany can put into the field. What will Great Britain be able to oppose to them?

The strength of our fighting force at home, irrespective of troops in India and the Colonies, is as follows:

Regular Army			129,503	[1]
Staff, Departments, etc.			2,474	[2]
Army Reserve			138,531	[2]
Special Reserve (old Militia)			60,931	[2]
Royal Marines			17,200	[3]
Coast Guard			3,048	[3]
National Reserve			54,481	[4]
Militia	1,655	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	1,860	[2]
Militia Reserve	205
Territorial Force:
Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Men	264,911	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	268,53	[2]
Permanent Staff	2,786.
Reserve	656
Total			676,381

1. General Report of the British Army, War Office 1912 [Cd. 6065], p. 34.
2. Ibid. p. 26.
3. First Lord's Statement on Navy Estimates [Cd. 6106], p. 10.
4. General Report of the British Army, p. 125. Strength to-day is 78,000.—H. B. H.