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i I . GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY. There are now 943,141 men in the armed forces of the United States all volunteers. Since the declaration of war, 1,300,000 meii have offered themselves for service. The following figures were gathered from the official returns of the army and navy: The land forces are as follows: . . Enlisted ,,. Officers. Men. Begiilar Army 0.700 298.090 National Guard 11,000 300,000 Reserve Corps .10,500 55.4S7 Reserve Corps from training cnmps27,341 Totals 55,541 654.4S3 55,541 Totals land forces 710,024 The sea forces are as .follows: Uegular Navy, enlisted men . .; 13S,50 Naval Ueserves, enlisted men 35,000 Naval Militia in Federal Service, enlisted men : 11,000 Hospital Corps, Regular Navy, enlisted men 0,000 Hospital Corps, Naval- Roserves, enlisted men . .v. -..i .. 400 Marine Vtorps, officers- and-enlisted men.. 33,117 Totals 224,077 Approximate number of naval officers 9,040 Total sea forces 233,117
