The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-08

The Paris Pays has the following the disposable
force OF Tire French army for active service
The French army, at preent organized, ia compossd
In the fol owing nannerFor the drs direct part of
general staff staff cerps, and private s:ah for the
artillery and eneneers for the second admnistratpg
part Of = corps Of superntendence, medical corps.
corps called thai OF the I'D services oomprs
ti6n for the third sighting part Of infantry cavalry
artillery, and engineers. Not comprised in these great
divisions place the special troops charged with the
police OF the Interior In time Of peace and with the police
Of the armies in time OF the gendsrmerie and the
military establishments necessary for the renewal Of the
personal and OF the material These great divisions being
stated let anayss their various elements separately
mencre BY the third and most one that Of
the effective forcs The French Infantry
posed regiments Of thres battaonB each twenty
taors OF foot three regiments Of Zouave
two Of the foreign legion Vi three batAlon three bat
sops Of native hRrpshooters three OF African light In
fan,ry. and lastly, some companies Of veteran, and
discipline TIE 100 regiments Of the line easily
give Immediately two bAttalions Of LOCO m-u each,
and bave also the officers OF third battalion into
which be placed leo 900 600 OF the classes
which have not yet ,erminate tho time OF s-r,ce
by EN- 10 their country The nino bataons Of
this I Of the foreign legion the six OF the shA,
and OF the light infantry, footing, and
fprrsh from 40 600 to rs 600 men ready At once 10 sner
. campaign OF the twenty bAttalions OF the foot
chssFeurs ten sre organized and ten in Of
orssuizAdor or rather the ven already organised ere
be sad that all in the OF org snaahou The
elements being ready hand that organisation may be
effected pre- mpty, and In few onths The infantry Is
assured to reckon amongst is ranks twenty bAtta
ors Of OF 800 each able TO give bat
aons OF coo men IL Is thus clear that the forcs OF the
French pfsny ready to enter pAen wnilst leAv
ing good STATS OF regiments their depots
be- estimated At 2l0 batsliors 24o 900 The
cavalry composed OF twelve regiment twenty Of
c,vsry OF line twenty Of light cavalry sill with Ave
tq1ons And eight regiments OF light cavalry (fonr OF
African chasseurr three Of Spshs and Of Guides
with six fqIadrops. TIE mounted troops give come
quenty three hundred squaarons Esch OF hs atty two
regiments with i've squadrons imm sdisfeiy furnish
four squsdrcns of one hundred All thirty horses
each, and the eight regiments Of six Adrons,
buLdred Aorsea esch Thus the force Of the ca 'ary
ready TO enter campaign may be estimated At from
80 o0o to So COO sabes aud there remain to up
regiments the fifth good c1dres Of young
horse, In addition, the ests bshments for supplying
hofes aud the hresters throughout ths cSantry
sufficiently great number OF horses the improvement OF
which has been most marked II iaA years thsnk the
enlightened encouragement given by the government to
ihsi branch OF industry. the artillery is composed of
fourteen resm.nts OF sixteen bait .riee and in sd ition,
neut OF poptons CT twelve thirteen
companies of military workmen four squsdrons Of flying
arter and five companies OF veteran srti.rymen II il
known that each reserve, csnpAign battery is
posed o. six pieca, OF ep ut twelve two OF whica
are howitzsrs Each battery has effective forcs of
from two huodroi to two hundred and senty aud
bupdrsd and SIXTY hoi Eacn regiment far
rish In and odieYiei ten batteries q foot
I've force therefore,, Of the artillery ready for ba tile is
three hundred and sixty euas, aud from tweny.esht
to thirty thousand men including the s tain The
ppireers form three regiments with two bAttsons
ak thousand The erst great Division OF tbs
that which have called the directing part
of seven narsha or Trance, eighty generas Of division,
hundred and slxty generals OF brigade and FIVE hun
mel to that Of Lieutenant The total force OF the army
present able to ester at cAmpaiyn IL, conss
quenty nearly three hundred Thousand m.n an* sixty
thousand horses The nation has besides Al the elements
TO pr, sent In lDe In very hort Tins, npos
ed Of six corps dsrne, With four divisions OF infantry
division Of cavalry, eight batteries and light brigade
sta in the corps u suparntendenoe. 10 the ssrs o
administration In the troops OF ADMINISTRATION, and ia
the tv enty thousand OF whom this gsnd
re- cemrotea . sufficient force to supply every want
AID every service OF such an army,