The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-15 00:00:00

THE FRENCH ARMY.

The Annuaire Militaire for 1856, which has just ap-
peared, presents some marked differences from that of
last year, PS will be seen from the following analysis of
its contents :

" At the head of the hock, and immediately after the
name of the Emperor, comes that of the Prince Imr-
rial, inscribed as enfant dc troupe of the Ist Regiment
of Grenadiers of the Imperial Guard and Grand Cross of
the Legion of Honour ; then comes thelistof
Princeemar-
shale of the empire, ten in number, including
Jerome. They are the Prince, Marshals Reille, Vaillnnt,
Magnan, de Cistellabe, Baraguay d'Hilliers, Pelissier,
Randon, Canrobert, and Bosquet. The Annuw:re men-
tions that in time of peace the number of marshals is
fixed at six, and that when that number is exceeded
only one nomination to three vacancies takes place.
The number of generals of division may be carried
up to 90, that of generals of brigade to 180, and
the generals who are senators may be replaced nu-
merically. The Annuaire contains 92 generals of divi-
sion and four senators not classified. There are,
therefore, two generals more than are on the caares,
but there are nine senators among the generals instead
of four, so that there are three places which may be if
necessary filled up. The list of generals of brigade, in-
stead of being exceeded, only contains 167 names instead
of 180. The staff corps, which was considerably increased
during the late campaign, is almost fully complete as re-
gards the superior officers. It only wants three chefs-
d'escadron, but the number of captains is far below that
indicated by the Annuaire as forming the full comple-
ment of the staff corps. There are at the present time
only three great commands, or three armies, two on the
footing of active service, and one on tha; of war :-1.
The army of Paris, commanded by Mi.rshal Magner),
comprised of four divisions of infantry, of two brigades
each, and one of cavalry of three brigades. 2. The
army of Lyons, under the orders of Marshal de Caste!-
iane, having two divisions cf infantry andoone of cavalry,
with their artillery. 3. The army of Africa, under the
command of the Governor-General Marshal Bandon,
formed of three elements—the French regiments, occu-
pying the garrisons and the camps in the three divisions
of Algiers, Oran, and Constantine ; the native troops
recently returned from she Crimea ; and the active di-
vision, under General Renault, which left Lyons some
months ago to be employed in the camps at the foot of
the J urjura. At Rome there is only one division of a
single brigade, under General de Montreal. In the
fifth territorial division there is an active division of
cavalry of four regiments under the command of General
de Goyen. The Annuaire still bears the army of the
north under Marshal Baraguay d'Hilliers, but which
has been dissolved within the last few days. There are
also the two divisions recently sent from Paris and Lyons
to the Spanish frontier, but the late remarks in theMo-
niteur imply their speedy dissolution. There will only
remain eight active divisions of infantry and cavalry. In
these active divisions are not included the troops of the
guard, forming two active divisions of infantry and one
of cavalry in garrison in Paris and neighbourhood, and
at Metz and Nancy."