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men against 19,000 in the reserve. This reserve
required service from all, a total of ninety days’ service
during three years. The men who had served with the
colours must remain in the reserve for two years at
least. From the reserve all were transferred later
to the “landtvärn,” a territorial army which is only
mobilised in case of hostile attack, and in which all
had to remain until the age of forty, the time being
now some years longer. The old Swedish military oath
was changed, so that the soldiers promised “to defend
the throne and the fatherland,” which would mean
Finland. The military organisation was decided by
law, and voted by the Diet, and some of its provisions
were expressly declared to be part of the constitution,
after which declaration it cannot be changed except by
the consent of all four Estates on the proposal of the
Emperor. The conditions of military service and the
economic administration of the army, which were
included in this organisation, were dependent on the
Diet. The real military order depended on the Emperor
alone, and the commanding power was in the hands of
the Russian Minister of War, who, for this purpose, had
a bureau composed of Finnish officers. Nobody but
Finlanders could serve in the army.
This military organisation has not only been
attacked by the authorities in St. Petersburg, but the
scheme for a complete unification of the Finnish
military organisation with that of Russia has
undoubtedly been part of an attack on the whole Finnish
constitution. This military business was a point where
the constitutional rights of Finland were felt to be a
hindrance, and for this reason it was desired to do
away with the constitution itself. To those who know
Finland it was very curious to see the fear and ill-will
in St. Petersburg against the Finnish militia, the
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