The Express.
London, England, 1861-01-19 00:00:00

THE FRENCH ARMY.

The following is the substanue of the new regula-
tions adopted by the Minister of War for organising
the reserve. After stating that the army us to be
divided into the active part and the portion called
on to serve only on extraordinary occasion, the
document proceeds as follows :
For infantry, one or several depots of instruction per
deportment shall be formed, according to the importance of
the annual contingent of the department mid the extent
of barrack accommodation. Alter the departure of the
young soldiers destined for the active battalions, those of
the second portion of the (=Cogent shall be assembled in
the half-year extending from the Ist of October to the Ist of
April in one of the depots of instruction established in their
department, to be exercised the first year for three months,
after which they shall be provaionally sent home on fur-
lough ; the second year they shall be agaia summoned to
the depots to be exercised for two months, and the third
year for one. After the third year they are to remain sub.
jected to the half-yearly calls prescribed by the order of the
15th of April, 1857. During the time they are assembled
io the depots the young soldiers of the second portion of the
I contingent shall receive the daily allowance made to the
soldiers of their arm, and an indemnity for going and re-
turning. They shall besides receive, on their arrival in the
depots, the clothing both of the full and undress uniform.
On their departure on furlough for their families, they are
to bake with them part of their effects, and be bound
to keep them until their liberation from the service, the
other articles remaining in depot. The young soldiers,
during the time of their instruction, shall, as re-
gards administrative matters, be under the depot.'
of infantry, but apart from them, and without any con-
fusion or centishaation of their expenses with those at
corps properly so called being made. The clothing and the
equipments for full and undress uniform, required by the
young soldiers, shall be sup Plied ready made from the cen-
tral stores ; and the arms necessary Mall be supplied, as.
usual, by the establishments of artillery. In order to pre-
serve to the depots of infantry all the ;nobility desirable,
the things set apart for the young soldiers of the second •
portion of the contingent shall, m each department, be
collected io special stores, and shall be confined to the our-
, veilhioce of the conimouder of the depot of recruiting. The
commanders of the recruiting depotashall be charged to pro-
vide for their clothing, equipment, and arming, and alsoto toe
preservation and keeping in repair of the arms and effects they
may leave on going to their homes. The young soldiers of the
second portion of the contingent destined for the cavalry
and artillery shall be united for their elementary instruc-
tion to the corps of their arm which is the nearest, and as
far as possible to what are called the half-yearly periods.
They shall be galacticd to all the •lliptions impaled on
the men of the second portion belonging to the infantry.
They shall receive the usual allowances, and also clothing
and equipments for full and undress uniform. The men
destined fur the engineers shall be united to those of the
infantry. Except during the time at which the young
soldiers shall be assembled fur their instruction, they nail,
in administrative matters, as regards recruiting, be under
the recruiting depot of their department. The preceding
regulations shall, from the present moment, be applied to
the young soldiers of the wood portion of the contingent
of the claims of 1t39 who are still at home. In consequence,
they are to be convoked, as were those of the portion
Wad to active service, and are to assemble by the Ist Feb.,
1881.

Lithographic Sheet says :
Great activity prevails at this moment in our arsenals.
Although there is uo indication of war breaking out pre-
parations are being made for every contingency. All
soldiers not considered capable of enduring a campaign are
about to be sent to the depots of their regiments, and
their planes are to be filled with efficient men who have
already nerved for six or seven months. The army will be,
ready to commence a campaign in the month of March. I
repeat that these are merely measures of precaution, which
it is to be hoped future events will render unnecessary.
As to the notice published by the Minister of War, which
commands field-officers to supply themselves with horses
by the Ist of February next, it is a mere standing order
which is published annually at this period.

RUSSIAN ADVANCES UPON INDIA. —A letter,
dated Odessa, January li, received at Liverpool, states :
"We have just received news from Orontes' to the effect,
theta large force of 15,000 Turcomans had left the IKokands.
having with them eight pieces of artillery. After a march
of some distance they encountered the advanced posts of
the Russians between the forts of Kusbeg and Vimaja.
Col. Knowpakowski commanded the Russians, whose force
consisted of a regiment of cavalry, two regiments of
infantry, and a company of sappers. The mans
were utterly defeated, with a loss of 1,800 killed and
wounded, and a large number of erll, and all
their cannon, ammunition, kc., were left in the hands of
the Russians. The victory is an important one, as it opens
through the Kokaud a direct route to Affghanistan, this
route completely outflanking Persia, and clearing the way
fur the Russians to India, in accordance with the Oros
laid down by Peter the Great and Catherine IL The
Russian government have also taken important stela to
emigration from Bulgaria. General Panto de
encourage
already been seat to the frontier to superintend
the movement, and through his exertions it is expected
that a very large proportion of the population will proceed
to fill up the space vacated by the Tartars. Already 110
Bulgarians have arrived at Kudai, and from the informs.
Con received I believe the number will shortly be much
increased."
Tux BRITISH LantoN. —A further detachment
of the returned members of the British Legion were yester-
day despatched from London to their bonus from the ter-
mini of the different railways. The Sardinian government
have, with admirable promptitude and liberality, made ar-
rangement, with the various railway companies for the
transport of all the Geribeldian voluuteers ; and the carry-
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balm sent Mem (which were conducted at No. 8, Salisbury.
street, Strend), is reported as having been very orderly and
meritorious. On Wednesday Captain Gordon Davidson.
who accompanied the men by the Fiera Moses, rendered
valuable assistance in the identification of the men ; and on
~,,bergueet days the same assistance has been actively at.
corded by Captain Drury, the officer who gallantly coo-
seated to acrompany the men home in the Belays", whin
eighteen officers to whom the duty ACts proposed declined.
..plain Drury shared the disasters of the ige hone in
the klelagao.

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