The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-25 00:00:00

REFORM IN THE RUSSIAN ARMY,

The InvaliJe Busse publishes the subjoined infor
mation :
The Minister of War is occupied at this moment in exe
cuting two important reforms :-Ist, the new organisation
of the army ; and 21, the new system of military adminis-
tration, The first relates to the formation of active corps
from the reserve, and to the formation of regiments and
battalions for the defence of the fortresses, &a., also to the
training of recruits for the active corps by means of special
detachments. We have, as every one knows, besides the
guards, the grenadiers, and the army of the Caucasus, only
72 regiments of active infantry forming six infantry corps.
France possesses at thistime 106 regiments of infantry, with-
counting the guard; Aastria 91 and Prussia 71; and more-
over the regiments of the guard and the lan'lwebr. How -
ever, this organisation of our army was sufficient ; for in
time of war we were title to form for each active regiment
a reserve regiment, also two battalions in depot. In
reckoning the regiment at threw battalions of 1,000 men,
our active force in infantry was 226,000 men, and a reserve
of 350 battalions, or about 350,000 men. The fortresses,
even in time of peace, cannot be wahout sufficient garri-
sons, furnished up to the present time by troops that might
be more useatlly employed on the field of battle—these gar-
risons have, thtrefore, weakened our active force—besides
it was necessary to keep for those troops everything that
composes the train of battalions of an army in activity.
In fat are the gstr:sons will be formed of men le,ss capable
of field service, and whom it will not be nccossary to fur-
nish with the train ot equipage belonging to active
battalions, which arrangements will effect a con-
siderable economy. As the troops in garrison are
nut subject to perpetual marching, they will have
plenty of time to be trained to the use of cannon. They will
c ,nsequently tarnish a good number of artillerymen in re-
serve, and rein orcements for the active army, at the same
time that they fulfil all the conditions of efficient defence of
the places conicla to them. Up to this time, the care of
training recruits belonged to the divisions, and this incon-
venience existal, that for one regiment ten recruits had to
be trained ; for another, a hundred ; for a third, a thousand,
and there wer: not always sufficient expert drillmasters.
Now, this case is entrusted only to a certain number of
battalions, distributed in the fortresses, in the Government
towns, and in some district towns, Experience proves that
100 drillmasters are sufficient to prepare in a short time
1,000 recruit:, consequently we must have a reserve body
of 10,000 or :2,000 good masters, in order to drill in the
course ot a year, not only the double, but in case of need the
triple of our contingent for the year, viz., 375,000 men.
This system already in the course of execution, and the
reserve divisions of the first five corps of infantry aro
already changed into active troops."

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watchmaking, with prices, from 3 to 200 guineas each. It
acts as a guide in the purchase of a watch, and enables those
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Prince of Wales.
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The Tribunal of Correctional Police on Friday
heard a complaint of assault and false imprison-
ment made by an agent d'affaires, named Letailleur, against
a Mme. likubert, a woman 72 years of age, and very in-
firm. A man named Chenneviero and vile were also
charged a 3 accomplices. The complainant who demanded
10,000 fr. damages, deposed as follows :—" Some time since
I summoned Mme. Dhubert before the jugs de paix for a
debt of 424 fr. I was aware that the amount exceeded the
jurisdiction of that magistrate. I thought, however, we
might perhaps come to an amicable arrangement; but the
person who attended for Mme. Dhubert protested against
my demand as extravagant. I according determined to see
Mme. Dhubert herself, and having ascertained from the
concierge that she was at home, and willing to receive me,
I went up to her apartment. I had no sooner entered,
however, then she locked the door, and commenced an as-
sault on my person. She struck me three times on the breast
and pulled my beard, at the same time calling me a thief,
an assassin, and accused me of having been the cause
of her losing a suit which I had managed for her. At last
I got out of the room, and was assailed on the landing by
Chennevisre and bis wife, the former of whom struck me
repeatedly, but the latter only abused me with her tongue."
The comrlainant called several witnesses, but their evidence
did not support his statement. M. Lachaud, for the de-
fence, stated that the juge de paix had reduced the
complainant's claim of 424 f. to 30f., and was proceeding to
speak of the assault when the President of the Tribunal
said that he had heard enough, dismissed the charge against
all three defendants, and condemned the plaintiff to pay all
expenses.
The Tribunal of Correctional Police on Friday also
tried a woman named Vasse, who had occasionally
assumed the titles of Baroness or Countess de St. Marie, on
numerous charges of obtaining goods and money under false
pretences. A furniture dealer deposed that the prisoner
entered his shop and bought a pair of carved oak stools,
which she ordered to be sent to Mare. Ste.-Marie, wife of the
Governor of Algeria, ltue Garauciere. As, while bargaining
for the stools, the prisoner remarked that she had seen a
pair exactly like them in the apartment of M. Chaix d'Est-
Ange, he supposed her to be a friend of that gentleman,
who was a customer of his, and therefore sent the goods
without hesitation, but had never been able to get his
money. Other tradesmen deposed that the prisoner had
obtained goods of them in a similar manner, and had even
borrowed money of them under the pretext that she had
accidentally left her purse at home. The prisoner, in her
defence, dcelarcd that she had never had any fraudulent
intention, and that most of the complainants had since
been paid. She added that her husband held a situation
under Government in Algeria, and that she had a right to
use the titles she had assumed. With respect to M.
Chaix d'Est-Ange, she admitted that she was not an
acquaintance of his, but that her daughter was his house-
keeper. The Tribunal, considering that the prisoner had
obtained credit by false representations of her position, de-
clared the charges proved, and eentenced her to three
months' imprisonment,