The Kanzas news., 1858-03-13
BY P. B. PLUMB.

men, ana 10 o=DofSeS. Ano, iaSllY, noun
tain battery is eight FOUNDER guns, four
4-mortars. Z officers, 992 men. and 299
horses. The foot and horse artillery have
separate organisations. From two to four
batteries form brigade, and from two to
four brigades division.
The Russian engineers consist of battal.
ions of sappers and squadrons of mounted
pioneers. There is one battalion of the
guard, one of the grenadiers, six of the line,
and one of the Caucasus. Each battalion
consists of four companies, and each COM
pany of FIVE officers, twenty sergeants, six
musicians, and two hundred and thirty cor
poraIs and privates. There are two squad
rons of mounted pioneers of the guard, and
two belonging to the corps of dragoons.-
This Is peace establishment, and is in
creased to sixteen squadrons in time of war.
The troops thus enumerated are organ
lied in military phraseology as follows the
corps of infantry of the guard and the corps
of grenadiers, both elite corps, and destined
to form the reserves of the active army of
operations /; six infantry corps the corps of
the Caucasus the reserve cavalry corps,
and the reserve light cavalry division.
The total combatants of the active army
y
airy, 27, 1O1 artillery, 9,172 engineer troops,
1,o44 guns or 514,7 ,769 men and 1O8, ,425
horses. This is the number of troops dis
posable on the breaking out of war, exclu-
ding reserves, and without calling upon any
of the local troops doing garrison duty in
the interior. 1t is also to be observed that
this immense body of men viii contain nei-
ther recruits nor invalfds.
The Russian soldier is taken by conscrip-
ton, and for this purpose the Empire in
Europe is divided into the Eastern and West
ern Provinces. Those from the Eastern
Provinces and the military colonies are
granted an unlimited furlough, as it is called,
after fifteen years service those from the
Western Provinces, after ten years service;
both categories then pass into the reserves.
The soldiers from the Western Provinces
and the colonies are called the ''reserve pro-
per-" They are summoned for exercise
during about four weeks in every year, and
in time of war are called upon for active
service. The soldiers from the Eastern
Provinces are only called out in time of war,
and are known as the ''second reserve" OF
''depot troops" In the Russian army
there are PRESERVES proper" for every regi-
ment of infantry, cavalry and artillery, in
Guiding the guards, and 'depot reserves
for every regiment, emitting the guards.
The irregular troops in the Russian SER
vice are a formidable body. They include
Cossacks, Calmucks, Caucasians, Tartars,
| Coschkirs, etc. These people are not sub
jected 10 the ordinary conscription, but, be-
ing exempt from certain taxes, are required
to furnish, at their own expense, certain
quota per district. The great mass is o
cavalry, with some batteries and few bat.
talions of infantry. Capt. Mcclellan says
that it is impossible to obtain accurate in
formation as to the numbers of these irreg.
ular troops. He estimates the Cossack:
alone at $4,000 cavalry, and $4,000 infant
ry. The service of the irregular troops is
mostly performed on the frontiers, and il
the more wild and disturbed portions of TIE
Empire, in Siberia, on the frontiers of Chin:
and Tartary, in the Caucasus, and on tn,
Danube. +1 ..-z-
The predominant uniform in the Russian
army is dark green. The pay of the sol
dier is very low; but the principle is recog
nized of increasing it in proportion to th'
importance, difficulty and danger of the ser
vice performed.
| Capt. Mcclellan has also entered into al
elaborate review of the other principal arm
les of Europe. He first describes the in
fantry, and in subsequent chapter the cav
airy, minutely examining their tactics. equip
ments, and other qualifications. For un
professional readers, knowledge of genera
results attained will suffice.
The French infantry is divided in-1
The infantry of the Imperial Guard, organ
lied in two divisions, each of two brigades
making altogether Ia battalions of 6 compa
nies each, with the exception of the rifi
!. battalion, which has 10 companies. G. Tn
infantry of the line. consisting of 1o9 regi
ments, each of battalions, with compa
MES to each battalion. 3 Twenty compa
nies of foot rifles. with 10 companies in
: battalion. 4. Three regiments of Zouaves
each of battalions. with 9 companies t
each battalion. 5. The light infantry O
Africa, consisting of battalions, each of
: companies. s. The foreign legions, two il
number; each legion is composed of two reg
iments, and each regiment of battalions of
companies, with rifle battalion attached o
10 companies. Z. The native African
light infantry, consisting of ] regiment of
hsttalions, having 8 companies each, and c
independent battalions, varying from 8 {
companies. A French company of in
fantry consists of captain, lieutenant,
sub-lieutensnt,, ] orderly sergeant, 4 sci
geants, quartermaster sergeant, corpo
rails, SO privates, musicians, g pupils i
music, enfant de troupe. In the foot ri
d hes there are from 100 to $50 privates. a
The French cavalry consists of squad
, ron of "Cent7gardes; - s regiments of tn
5 guard, including of cuirassiers, and on
of dragons, lancers, chasseurs, and guides
12 regiments of reserve cavalry, viz: c
carabiniers, and 10 of cuirassiers 90 regi
ments of the line. being 2 dLagoons, and
of lancers; and 95 regiments of light cav
l airy, being 19 of ehasseurs, 9 of huzzars
Z ard of African chasseurs. Each regimen