Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-11-26
From the British Press, SEPT. 1s.
PRESENT STATE OF THE FRENCH MILITARY
FORCE.

Alta moment when the political horizon
is again overcast, statement or the mill.
tary force will not be unworthy of public
attention. Il IS derived from the most au-
thentis sources.
The Gsadaymerie forms distincs body,
composed Of 1876 brigadss. OF these,
1873 are cavalry, aad sl5 infantry. The
whole corps is divided into % legions, a.
mong which is the Legion D'EAte, which
forms part Of the Imperial guards. Mar
shall Money is at the head OF the Gendar-
merle, with the tide of Inspector Gensral.
The corps of artillery 10 composed OF 8
regiment; of infantry, 9regimsnts OF horse
artillery, Is companies OF laborers, 9 Bat
tallions of ponionoers, and 10 oattaIlons
of the train of artillery. ftere are besides
231 officers who arc charged with the di.
rec1lou and inspection over the artillery, as
we'll with the army, as in fortified places
and colonies. General Songs IS the hrst
Inspector general OF the artillery; besldes
him, there ara II other inspectors general.
The artillery which contributed so nnateri'
ally to ~ success of he frcnchla dur
ing the late war forms distinct corps,
which is immediately under the command
of the minister Of war.
The corps Of engineers is composed OF
general STAFF, 5 bauallions of sappers, 8
companies OF miners, and the Garaes 6u
Genir. To The general staff belong three
generals of division, under whom general
Marescots is FIRST inspector general, 3 bril-
eade generals, 81 colonies, the directors,
and 81 chiefs Of battallions; the sub dirsc-
tors are 900 captains, 40 lieu ena.;s, an
examiner of the corps OF engineers who is
a member of the institute, and provlSoEy
directors. The FIVE bzttailions OF saPPers
have likewise staff, and are divided into
companies. Each battalion is composed
Of 81 men in time of peace, and 200 tneH
in time Of war. Each OF the 9 comPaaies
of minors consists IN time OF peace, OF 68,
and ia war, Of 100 men,
The French infantry is composed OF so
regiments OF infantry OF the line, and u
regiments Of light infantry. Among The
cocnels of regiments, the brother and bro
Their in law Of the emperor. prince joseph
ard the prince of Lucca and Piombno,ars
particularly distinguished.
The cavalry consists OF rs regiments,
namely, eregiments of carabineers, II re-
girnents of cu!rassiers, so regiments OF
drsgoons, "a regiments Of Jagers, and 10
regiments Of hussars.
The corps Of veterans cohaprehends IL
regiments.
The whole of the French army at pre-.
sent amounts 70 sos, 5S8 inen, exclusive Of
the Gems des arms, the national guards, and
the newly organized armies OF the Kingdom
of Italy.
AS military monarchy France is divici.
&c into % divisions. The head quarters
Of these divisions wsiich comprehend 2, 5
or more departments, sfe Paris where
prince Mural commands governor, re.
zieres, Metz, Nancy, Strasburn, Besan-
con, Grenoble, Marseilies. Montpelier,
Toulouse, Bor4eauy, Names, RepGes,
Carn, Rouen, Lille D,yon, Lyons, Perl
suex, Boufges, Tours, 8sslia. Brussels,
Lege, Cobientz, Turin and Genoa.
The active ARMIES of The French empire,
are a, present organized in the following
manner.
The French force in Italy consists of the
French army of observation, under the
command OF the general Gouvios ST.. Cyr,
under whom are the generals Montrlchard,
Quesnel and Bron; and of the troops in
Upper and Middlei,aly, under the supreme
command of marshal Jourdan, who form
what is called the army of Italy, of which
general Charpentier is the chief of the ge
mel al STAFF Iii composed of divisions,
under the generals Chebo, Zayonchek, Pull.
", Gardanne and Olive; rne corps OF
troops, 10 Etrurla, under general Verdier;
Milhaud, aud the corps in the states of Par
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