Note 661 — Chapter X · ABOLITION AND DISEASE

The main authority consulted in the above discussion is: Otto von Schjerning, Sanitätsstatistische Betrachtungen über Volk und Heer (Berlin, 1910) pp. 59–67. A general discussion of conditions in European Armies is given by Col. Melville, loc. cit., pp. 58–72. Urbach’s book, above referred to, gives the most recent and complete account of the Austrian-Hungarian army and navy with frequent references to other nations. None of these authorities are particularly interested in the question of regulation versus abolition, so that the facts are stated by them without reference to their bearing on this controversy. M. Augagneur (loc. cit.) discusses army statistics with close reference to our topic.