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

THE AARDENTAN ARMY.

• The following is the actual strength and compo-
sition of the Sardinian. army
STAFF -1 marshal (not al wo.ys filled up), 2 generals,
9 lieUtenant general 4, 28 major-generals. •
Royal' Staff Corps consists of 33 officers, 4 eplonels, 3
lieutenant-colonel , 7 majors, 19 captains.
Garrison Statf consists of distinguished retired officers
add non-commissioned officers.

Gardes du Corps—Employed on palace duty ; chosen
from old serjeants, but rank as officers.
Palace Guards—Sentrtes at doors and passages ; cho-
sen from old solUiers ; rank h 3 se►jeants.
Carabinieri—Gendarmerie Royal, upon the system of
the French gensdarmes ; chosen from ail services in thu
army on account of their good character, and the force
is composed of horse and foot. They do duty on what is
called terra firma ; but besides these there is a light
dragoon regiment of Sardinia.
CARABINIERI-75 officer?, 2,333 foot, 625
horse—total
Dragoons of Sardinia, 44 officer', 1,034
horse—total 1,128

-- 4,536
9 Regiment 3 Cavalry, 315 officers, 5,400 horse... 5,715
20 Regiments Infantry. 1,580 officers, 25,520 foot 27,100
10 Battalions Riflee, 244 officer;, 3,833 foot ... 4,077

41,428
CAVALRY—There are 4 Regiment 3 of Lancers, with
helmet, sabre, and musquetoon._

There are 5 Regiments of Light Dragoons, shako
(kept'), sabre, small carabine.
Each cavalry regiment consists of 35 officers, 600 men
—total, 635.
Each regiment has four effective squadrons end a de-
pot squadron.
The staff of a regiment of cavalry consists of 1 clm-
mandant, 1 major, 3 officers for pay and clothing, one
of whom must be a captain, 2 adjutants,(oue a cornet),
2 medical Men, 2 'veterinary surgeons, 1 chaplain, 18
nor-commissioned officers.

A squadron consists of 1 captain, 2 lietitenant, 2 cor-
nets, 1 quartermaster, 4 quartermaster sergeants, 11
sergeants (of whom one is pay sergeant), 8 corporals,
4 trumpeters, 2 farriers, 1 sadder, 110 privates. Total,
5 officers, 141 troopers.
INFANTRY.—This consists of 20 regiments, forming 10
brigades, cctinmasded by 'major-generals or colonels.
These brigades still retain. tbeir ancient names—Sardir
nian grenadier), Savoy, Piedmont, Aosta, Coni, La
Mine, Casal, L'ignerol. Savone, Acqui.
Each regiment, haql 4 battalions of 4 companies each.
Staff, 15 officers; 60 non-commissioned ...... 75
Battalion officers; 64 ; men, 1,216 ............... —.•••1,355

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79 officers ; 1,216 men ...............1,355
Therefore each battalion consists of about 320.
The regimental staff consist 4 of 1 colonel, 1 lieuten-
ant-colonel, 4 majors, 2 adjutants (1 a lieutenant, the
pral i
other ensign), 1 paymaster (either captain, lieutenant,
or ensign), 1 quartermaster, 1 roustermaster, 1 ensign
standard-bearer, surgeon, 2 as3istants to each battalion'
2 sergeant-majors, 1 drum-major, 4 pay sergeants, :mitt,
lieutenant,
s (one enis-
itins, l is 3 sort of quartermaster sergeants and 4 orderly_cor
attached to quartermaster's department, 1 core(
bugler, 1 captain pioneers, J. band master, 1
i 0 2
master
tailor 1 master bloetnaker, an arsnourer, 18 banthrie,,i
8 buglers, 8 pioneers, 2 vivandiers.
company I,ecragpetamaints,, 19
orp

pay corporal), 2 drummers, B.elita (lance corporals), E 2
rank and file.

There are no flrnk companies in tLe infantry regi-
ments, but in each company there are eight choen men
Ike our lance corporal 9. 'ibe,e men, like the eerjeants
a- d the grenadiers, wear the poignant sabre, a most use.
leis cumbersome piece of eouipment, introduced into the
French army by Marshal Soult,_ 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 epauleti;es.
Each officer has two epaulettes, the rank being known
by a mark in the epaclette and the top part of the
shako. The epaulettes of field c - cers are bullion, the
others fringe. From the above formation ofinfltntry, 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 battalions. The Staff-
-1 colonel, 1 lieutenant-co'lonel, 10 majors, 5 paymasters,
2 supernumerary officers, 1 adjutant, 10 adjutants also
paymasters, 10 medical men, 1 chaplain, 15 non-commis-
sioned officers or soldiers.

Each battalion has 4 companies and a depot company.
,Each company 1 captain, 2 lieutenants, 2 second lieu-
tenantg, 1 quartermaster-serjeant, 12 corporals (one a
bliaer and another pay corporal), and the 76 men in-
clude 4 hu4lers, therefore the strength of a battalion is
23 officers, 379 rank and file-402.

Non-eom.
Staff Officers. missioncd do. Total.
Rifle have
Ten bat-Lai tr-xs
Depot

4077
There is a punishment, battalion, composed of incorri-
gibles taken from other regiments. Staff officers, 6 ;
officers, 12-13 ; and the men about 100, varying of
curse acccrding as crime increases or diminishes.