The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-11-07
Foreign EXTRACTS.

The Army and Navy or Turkey.
The Berlin Ze,t contains the following detailed &C.
count Of the military and naval force Of the Ottoman
The military force of Turkey is divided into. LIST
the regular active army, called Nixam; I'd, the Re
serve, or Redf Sd, the contingents OF auxilares
and, 4th. the irregular troops.
The regular active army consists Of six corps or
camps (Ordou) under the command of a field mar
shal (Mushir), with their headquarters at Scutari,
Coastsntinople, Monastir, Karbront Dana' and
Each ordou consists of two divisi ms, commanded
by general of division (Ferk). CHI division Is
divided into three brgades, commanded BY generals
of brigade Uivas). The ordou consists OF IL req,
mentsvz., six regiments OF foot four OF morse, ana
one regiment OF artillery.
Besides the six ordous, there are three detached
corps-one brigade on the island OF Gambia, num-
berinQ 1000 regulars, 90 irregnars, and 600 ma.
tive cannoniers-a total OF about 200 men; second
brigade in Tripo consisting OF regiment Of foot
and of horse, TO the strength Of ZOO men; aud
third brigade Of 1000 men, at runs. che three
detached corps muster therefore, TO the strength of
l6 900 foot and horse.
The special corps, under the command Of the
Grand Master of the Artillery, are likewise divided
into ordous. They consist OF IL The central corps
of artillery Qour regments), reserve regiment,
and three regiments when are quartsred IN the va
rous fortresses of the empire, Ia the forts OF the
Dardanelles and Of the Danube, the coasts Of a
Minor and the Black Sea; 2, The Engineer brig ade
OF two regiments of 500 men each.
The Reserve, or Redif, forms second army, with
the organization that OF he MAN, and con-
sisting Of the nun Der oi gine as OF the
rlops arms These regn are divided into batta'
lions escadrOns or COM alies, ana have Their stand
ing STATS of officers and Joras active service,
and receiving full pay. IL IS the duty OF the latter
TO 1--we in the towns and villages among the soldiers,
who, though on leave, are, nevertheless. not dis
charged from the service; AID these sol iers they
must collect and drill ouce a week, The Relifs
gather every year for four weeks at The head quar-
tiers Of their ctve oroous and take IN the
field manguvres. While thus on service the Red.5s
have the regular pay and the usual allowance OF pro
visions (paia).
TIE auxiliaries consist of the contiugeots of the
Bosnia and the Herzegovina, Upper Alba aia, and
Egypt. tits very dificuls to give approximate
idea of the numbers of the auxiiaries; much de-
ponds upon the politics of the time, or the enemy
against whom they are about to take the field. In
war with Russia the nuuber OF auyiliarles may
probably amount to los 900 to Ito 900 men viz,
5000 from Wallacha, 40 900 fron Bosnia and the
Herzegovina, 20 900 from Upper Albania, 30 900
from Servia, and 25 900 from Egyot. As the Dlnu-
ban principates are occupied by the Russians, the
auxiliaries from Walachia will not be permitted to
join the Turkish army. But it is likely that fee
corps Of Pandurs viii assemble 10 Lesser Walash chin,
and these free corps may possibly muster TO the
strength of from 5000 to S 900 men.
To resume the irregular troops consist Of
!. Kavas gendarmes foot ieymens led Men
gendarmes and miltil Solbecbis SO, 900
8 Tartars of Dobrodj and Asia Minor ........ 900
3. Hungarian and Polish volunteers. .......... 600
l. Moslemim volunteers. 600
Total Of irregulars coo
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