UNITED NATIONS

Marlborough Express, Volume LXXVI, Issue 240, 12 October 1942, Page 4

UNITED NATIONS

COLOSSAL RESERVES. MORE THAN 15,000,000 MEN. SAN FRANClSCO, Sept. 6. The United Nations, rising to their might at an ever-quickeing pace, have more than 15,000,000 men under arms, with another 16,000,000 to 19,000,000 in reserve, a survey showed on the third anniversary of that fateful September 1 in 1939, when Germany invaded Poland to start World War II.

The survey was made possible by publication in Washington of a pamphlet by the Office of War Information, in which the agency told " the thousand million" living in the United Nations "that there is no other road to f reedom ' ' but by strength of arms and fighting spirit. Entitling the pamphlet, "The Thousand Million," the O.W.I. also warned the Axis countries : " We are determined to Vun this war with the overwhelming might of our comhined strength— and thereafter to establish a new age of freedom for all men on this earth. Victory will be won— and victory will be preserved afterward." The pamphlet outlining the military strength and backgrounds of the United Nations, released figures of the size of the armed force's of many of the United Nations — 550,000 in

Australia, 629,000 in Canada, 2,ouu,uuo in China with between 2,000,000 and 5,000,000 in reserve, 500 in Costa Rica with 150,000 in reserve, 20,000 in Cuba with 30,000 in reserve, 1000 from Czechoslovakia with two more brigades of unestimated strength, 3300 in Dominican Republic, 5000 in Honduras with 20,000 in reserve, 1,000,000 in India, 70,000 in Mexico with 65,000 in reserve, 250,000 in New Zealand, 500,000 from Poland, 190,000 in South Africa, and 2,500,000 in Russia, with 12,000,000 men in reserve.

The figures were believed by military, observers to be conservative. The United States, according to a recent statement mede by Presidenc Roosevelt, has 4,000,000 men under arms, excluding the navy. The navy, before Pearl Harbour, had more than 400,000 men, and it undoubtedly has grown. Together, the figures show that the United Nations have more than 15,000,000 men under arms, with millions more waiting to take up the fight.