that the cadence may be tested with the watch. (Austria excepted). The longest pace in conjunction with the highest cadence (Bersaglieri, whose march is almost a double time, excepted) is found in England and Switzerland. Such a performance could not be kept up by a fully equipped man without impairing health.
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| QUICK TIME. | ACCELERATED TIME. | DOUBLE TIME.
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| | PER MINUTE. | | PER MINUTE. | | PER MINUTE.
| +++ +++ ++
|Length|Number| |Length|Number| |Length |Number|
| of | of | | of | of | | of | of |
| pace.|paces.| | pace.|paces.| | pace. |paces.|
| m. | | m. | m. | | m. | m. | | m.
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Germany | 0.80 | 114 | 91.2 | 0.80 | 120 | 96.00| 0.75- | 170 | 127
| | | | | | | 0.90 | 180 | 162
| | | | | | | | |
Austria | 0.75 | 115 | 86.25| 0.75 | 125 | 93.75| 0.90 | 160 | 144
| | | | | | | | |
Italy, Line | | | | | | | | |
and Alpini | 0.75 | 120 | 90.00| | | | 0.90 | 170 | 153
| | | | | | | | |
Bersaglieri | 0.86 | 140 |120. | | | | 1.00 | 180 | 180
| | | | | | | | |
France | 0.75 | 120 | 90.00| 0.80 | 124 | 99.00|0.30<ref>The following, taken from La marche du fantassin (Journal des
sciences militaires, 1897), is here inserted for comparison.
<poem>
French Drill Reg. of 1791 (in force until 1862):
Pas ordinaire 100 paces at 0.65 m. = 65 m. per minute
Frederick The Great's Infantry 75 " " 0.70 m. = 52 m. " "
Prussian Drill Reg. of 1812:
Ordinary pace 75 " " 0.70 m. = 52 m. " "
Accelerated pace 108 " " 0.70 m. = 75.6 m. " "
</ref>| 180 | 136
| 0.71 | 118 | 84- | 0.71 | | | | 170- | 181-
| | | | | | | | |
Russia | | | | | 122 |119. | 1.066 | |
| 0.89 | 122 |109 | 0.89 | | | | 181 | 192
| | | | | | | | |
Japan | 0.75 | 114 | 85.5 | | | | 0.85 | 170 | 144
| | | | | | | | |
England | 0.84 | 128 |107.5 | 0.91 | 128 |116.5 | 1.02 | 180 | 183.6
| | 116- | 92.8-| | 120- | 96- | | |
| | | | | | | | |
Switzerland | 0.80 | | | 0.80 | | | 0.90 | 160 | 144
| | 120 | 96.00| | 140 |112 | | |
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