Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-03-16
Preparations for War.

lranee IS making the preparations
meet fol- the present emergency. A
decree. In the lIomfear calls the sec.
.ond portion of the contingent Of the
class of 1852 into active service, in
other words increases the strength
of the French army fifty thousand
men. Leave Of absence TO officers
are now granted for only three
months ut t;Ilthest, and al are made
to expire on the first of April
Competent officers arc constantly
engaged in examining and chasing
the forces, which may, in the last
contingency, be brought into tbs
field They have already aseer
tanned that France may, in thirty
days, increase It's army to l,60O,U0O
men, (15o,o0Q is the numerical
strength of the Srny at prcsent-
the above mentioned, contingent not
being included = 100000 soldiers
are eu eoages, 1905 young con-
scripts may be raised, and 100000
Guards AaiidaaHx d0bles, chosen
among young volunteers between
twenty and thirty years old, may
also be enlisted;) and the invento-
RES and recent Inspections show that
the magazines of military stores are
able TO furnish this increase Of men
aBundantly with clothes and all other
objects necessary TO their comfort
and their efficiency. A dorps DIR
ante destined 10 Turkey IS now or
gauizing. twill consist of 10000
men, aud it will be divided into two
bodies, one to camp for die present
near Constantinople, and the other
in Adrlanople, {the latter to be the
largest of the two Gen. Canrobert
vii. command the latter, while Mar
shal Saint Arnaud (the minister Of
war; will be commander-in-chief Of
I the whole corps q nmee. Candia
will be the general des5ot Of the army.
Admiral Dundas will command the
combined fleets. On tie other hand,
Russia is Not idle. The whole of
chat immense Empire is animated
! by an activity which has not been
uifnacca1 thera since 1870 Ma hi
and day numerous Jeldt i1igues
(couriers) travel into every part of
the Empire, fastening the a ma-
ments. Political missionaries are
everywhere inllaning the zeal Of the
populations, from tie orthodox
Greek to the hordes of Nlongols,
Tmtars aud Kirghese
Although thick clouds enyelop
everything connected with Russia
but its cruel despotism, it appears
that this is the nearest approxlma-
ton to the real number of troops it
can bring into the field; the corps of
the guard, Of the grenaqiers, the six
corps Of the active army, the first
and second corps Of the reserved
cavalry, and the corps of drago0ns-
in all eleven corps,'are composed of
36S battaliops Of inhnfry5 go squad
rons OF regular and IA lof irregular
cavalry and 900 pieces Of artillery
in OF Der words, to tai, $4,000
men and 995 pieces Of rtilIery ready /.
to take the field. The first levy (
gives $4,000 men, with 1872 pieces
Of cannon; tho second, $4,000
men, with $50 cannons total $780, {
600 men and l4G8 pieces ofiaftil>
lery. If the army destined for Ideal
purp oses, and Tue reserves (said to
be 5l5 ], 900 men are added to these,
the total would be, on paper, |, 00o,-
900 men and | 500 cannons which
Russia could call out in the event of
a Eur pean wa b. All the corps of
Cossack from an army OF $4,000
$4,000 infantry, with 324
cannon; it is ssid G0.000 of them,
with ll9 cannons. could be employed
in a Europeanwar. AS itappehrs to (
be the intentions Of Western Allies
that England shall furnish the naval .
and France the military forces which /
may be necessary to enforce the
public law, it is pertinent now to en- d
iuire into the naval forces of the s
United Kingdom at this iuncture; [
they appear to be, $3.50 sailors I
>3S, 900 sailors and Is, 800 marines;) c
% screw men-ol-war, with a total of t
| COZ cannons, and none of them BET /
ow 25O horse power, the majority a
If them being $50 horse power; and d
line paddle steamers, with a total Of Il
L69 guns, twelve new screw men-ol- a
var are now building and will be 5
'eady in four months, which will carl a
y an aggregate OF 1917 cannons. S
Any almanac will give you the total
# the sailing ships and the inferiof e
team vessels. | mention the fore e
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