Evening star

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Bolivia, 27 per cent; Brazil and Chile,

26; Haiti, 25; Ecuador and Peru, 24;

Cuba, 23; Mexico, 21; and Argentina, 18.

The total for this purpose was $227

479,109, out of aggregate government

expenditures of $1,114,293,251.

Excluding Panama, which has a po

lice force of 115 officers and 1.350 men,

the other 19 republics maintain a peace

strength, in army, navy and aviation, of

about 322,000 men. Their war strength,

of men fully and partly trained, is cal

culated at 1.620,739. Estimates of peace

strength range from 79,073 for Brazil,

56.000 for Mexico, 48,917 for Argentina

and 37,000 for Chile down to 2.500 for

Haiti and Honduras and 500 for Costa

Rica. Reported war strengths run from

396,917 for Argentina, 285,000 for Brazil,

196.000 for Chile and 150,000 for Mexico

to 1,855 for El Salvador. With a total

population of 120.000,000, Latin Amer

ica’s* potential military manpower is cal

culated at 12,000.000.

Universal peacetime conscription is

legally in effect in Argentina, Bolivia,

Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guate

mala, Honduras, Mexico, Peru and

Venezuela. It becomes operative in El

Salvador in case of war. But conscrip

tion, for the most part, exists solely on

paper, because of the prohibitive ex

pense of maintaining large encamp

ments of troops. In Mexico, for instance,

aervice in the National Guard la oblig

atory by law. Yet, with a potential mill

tary manpower of 1,500.000, the National

Guard has a membership of barely 5.000.

Judging from standard books of ref

erence, the equipment of Latin Amer

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Evening star. (1940). Washington, D.C., 1940-08-18. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1940-08-18/ed-1/?sp=27

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1940-08-18.