At the opening of the war she had only 2,500,000 available troops.

For two years she has been building factories to manufacture ammunition and arms, and these are now being rushed to completion.

People who have offered her contracts for arms and munitions have been told that Russian factories shortly to be completed will make their weapons more quickly than they can now be ordered and received from other countries.
With arms and equipment Russia can draw 17,000,000 men to her German-Austrian frontier just as readily as Germany can draw 7,000,000 men to both her frontiers.

In both calculations only one in ten of the population is counted upon for service.
The story is told of a Russian who was asked in London why he did not return for military duty.

He replied, "Oh, I belong to the 14th million, and it will be some time before the 18th million is called out." Russia has the greatest future of any country in Europe.