The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-26 00:00:00

THE REAPOLITAI% ARMY.

At Naples and Castellamare there are six foun-
dries for cannon, an arms factory, four armouries,
of which two at Naples can contain 360,000 mus-
kets, man-of-war bui'ding-yards at Castellamare,
and Hotel des Invalides, an asylum for the widows
of officers, six military libraries containing 60,000
volumes and 9,000 maps, 14 establishments for ar-
tillery, and 9 for engineers. The kingdom is
divided into two military governments, that of
Naples having seven military divisions, while Sicily
has only three. The troops are raised by conscrip-
tion, the levy each year being about 13,000 men;
Sicily is not subject to the conscription. The
length of service is from five to eight years, after
which the so'diers enter the reserve. The general
staff of the army is composed of lieutenant-generals,
major-generals, and brigadier-generals. The quar-
termaster-general's department is taken from among
regimental officers, who still remain on the strength
of their regiments. The Gardes du Corps (cavalry)
consist of gentlemen having officers' rank. The
foot - guards are composed of non-commissioned
officers of high character, who have served in the
army for 12 years. The officers commanding these
guards are general officers, and the remaining offi-
cers either belong to the staff or have the rank of
captain. The only privilege the guards have is that
of doing duty near the Royal family, and they re-
ceive a very s'ight incr-ase of pay.
The royal guard is composed of grenadiers, light
infantry, rifles, artillery, and marines. The nu-
merical strength of the army is as follows :

pay corporal), 2 drummers, 8 elite (lance corporals), r 2
rank and file. Y

There are no fl'ink comea.nies in the infantry regi-
ments, hut in each company there are ielit chosen pen
Ike our lance corporate. Tnee men, 1 ke the st Ijeauto
a d the grenadiera,wear the poi7nard sabre, a moot use-
le.is cumbersome piece of equipment, introduced into the
French ar:ny by Marshal Soulk, and called by the
French soldiers " Soult's Folly." 'The equipment of the
Sardinian army is very similar to that of the French,
except that the infantry sailers do not wear epaulettes.
Each officer has two epaulettes, the rank being known
by a mark in the epaulette and on the top part of the
shako. The epaulette, of field officers are bullion, the
others fringe. From the above formation of infantry, the
skeletons being so good, there would, in case of neces-
sity, be no difficulty with the battalion of 320 men to
make them up to 1.000.
. .

Bersigliari; or Rifle., have 10 hatt3lions. The Staff--
1 colonel, 1 I,eutenant-colonel, 10 mai ,rs, 5 paymasters,
2 supernumerary officers, 1 adjutant, 10 adjutants also,
paymasters, 10 medical men, 1 chaplain, 15 non-commis-
sionedefficers or soldiers.

Each battalion has 4 companies and a depot company.
Each company 1 captain, 2 lieutenants, 2 second lien-
tenant4, 1 quartermaster-serjeant, 12 corporals (one a
bugler and another pay corporal), and the 76 men in•
elude 4 buglers, therefore the strength of a battation'is
23 officers, 379 rank and file-402.

Non-ooni-
Staff Officers, missioned do. Total.
11;fle have l2 15 27
Ten battalions
Depot

4077
There is a punishment battalion, composed of incorri-
gibles taken from other regiments. Staff officers, 6 ;
officers, 12-18 ; and the men about 100, varying of
course according as crime increases or diminishes.