We are told in the Report of the Chief of Ordnance, 1914, that no permanent ammunition trains have been provided. The following figures give the personnel of our regular Army, and of our militia. They are taken from the Report of Major-General Wotherspoon, Chief of Staff of the United States Army, for the period from April 22, 1914, to November 14, 1914: _Actual strength of the United States Army_, exclusive of Philippine scouts: Officers 4,572 Men 88,444 Authorized strength: Officers 4,726 Men 95,977 Hence, shortage: Officers 154 Men 7,533 Of total enlisted strength, 22.50 per cent., including recruits and recruiting parties, belong to the non-combatant and non-effective class, and are not with the colors; 19.45 per cent. are in that branch whose special function is coast-defense. Mobile army (engineers, cavalry, field artillery, and infantry) is 58.05 per cent. of actual strength, and comprises: Officers 2,738 Men 51,344 Omitting cooks, musicians, scouts, etc., mobile strength is: Officers 2,738 Men 45,968 Mobile strength in continental United States: Enlisted men 30,481 _Ammunition:_ We need 11,790,850 artillery rounds. We have on hand and being manufactured 580,000 " " We need 646,000,000 rifle cartridges. We have on hand and being manufactured 241,000,000 " " We need a supply of 9-1/2, 12-1/2, and 16-1/2 howitzers. We have only thirty-two 6-inch howitzers and smaller pieces, none larger. _Militia:_ Total enlisted men, 119,087, of which only 52.56 per cent. have had any rifle practice, and only 33.43 per cent. have qualified as second-class marksmen or better. From the Report of the Chief of Staff for the year ending June 30, 1914, we learn that out of our 120,000 militiamen, 23,000 failed to present themselves for the annual inspection; 31,000 absented themselves from the annual encampment; and 44,000 never appeared on the rifle range from one year's end to the other. Congressman Gardner tells us, further, that 60 per cent. of our militia were unable, in 1913, to qualify even as third-class marksmen, and that half of that 60 per cent. (30 per cent.) did not even try to qualify. For years prior to the breaking out of the great European conflict, Lord Roberts pleaded with the English people, and prayed that they might hear his appeal to prepare for war with Germany. Like a voice crying in the wilderness, he called the British nation to arms. His voice was not heeded, and the nation did not arm.