St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1861-11-14
The Armies Of Europe.

The Armies Of Europe.
In the course of the season just conclu-
dcd lecture On The Armed Forces Of
Europe" was delivered at the United Ser
vice Institution BY Captain, Pc,ric. Of her
Msjesty's Fourtecnth Rrgir.n employed
"n the T"pographica! Staff. The subject
is one SO full "f interest. and so constantly
discussed. that We willingly avail ourselves
OF Captain Peirie 8 great carrfulncSs and
research for the lncans Of supplying "nr
rcn'lers with the information which they
would otherwise find i, difficulty to obtain
at all. or, If il were obtained, it would fail
to possess such a character Of authenticity
as obviously j distinguished the statements
which VIC uow reproduce
! AUSTRIA
The war establishment of the Aus
! trian army. according TO the organiza-
tion ths, came into force in April, 1860,
is rs follows :-309 Ia;taiions of intan-
try. 4S7 964 IL regiments of cavalry,
| Go, 10; l36 batteries Of artillery. 81
l16; guns. l.o0s; 2 regiments Of en-
gin"crs. ,.iGO; 6 regiments Of pioneers.
6,S3S: - squsdrons train, 204 10
: companies of sanitary corps, 2.550 !;
staff corps. corps Of adjutan;s,
and general staff, $3.50; total
regular army. 5643 volunteer corps
/. organized in 1859, 80 900; depots and
; reserves Of all arms. I03.751 gcnAar-
| merirr. police, veterans, &c., $50.
grand total Of forces, 73S, 344; total
guns, 1858.
Infantry--Guard, 8 regiments, 2S.674;
line. II fragments, 229 .392: jagar, Ohattal-
ions. l04S0; to,al. 26s, 546 Cavalry
As regimeuts 36, 76s: h~Id jaeger and
staff orderlics. 9O2; total. $3.50. Ar
,iliery--9 regiments. IL, ,292 guns L.
22S. Pioneers, train. &c. 1871
total field troops. 3j9 479 Derots aud
Ersa,z troops, 9s 4S7; guns. 2l6.-
Landwehr ani garrison troops. &c,
261 1926: grand total of forces, 7l9,-
Oo2; total guns, ,444.
The army of Russia is so complicated
in its organization that there would be
considerable difficulty in making an ex-
act anal ysis of it but the numbers have
| been asccrlained with sufficient accuracy
to be on the present reduced establish
meut about $4,000, men Of these
the active army numbers $50. .523 men.
and 1.1GO guns the rest are composed
Of disciplined Cossacks and irregular
troops.
The infantry consists Of 1O3 rcci-
meuts Of the line. each having three ac-
tive hat,alions and one depot battalion.
90 ha,taIions of Chass,urs. } regiments
Of Z,uav"s. > regiments Of foreign in
fantry, , battalions of AIr.c.n l-h. infan-
try and 5 regiments Of Turcos. or
Tiraillcurs Algcriens. The artillery in
cluies 1 regiments Of horse artillery.
with 1872 guns, 10 regiments of noun
ted artillery, with go guns, 10 bate
ries Of foot, with 60 guns, l regiment
of pontoonccrs, 6 squadrons train Civ
ing 4 total of $780, men, 8. ,954 hor.
ses, ami s52 guns. This is in addition
to 5000 men. garrison artillery, and
the depo,s, srti6ccrs, &C. The total
number of guns that can be hrough,
Into the field. including the Imperial
Guard. ia 942, all Of which are of brass
aud rifed. The Imperial Guar, forms
complete corps d'arn,ee in itself. 1t is
com posed as follows: One regimen. of
gcndarmcrie. one regiment Of grcnadiers
and voltigrurs. one regimen, of chas-
scurs. Que squadron "f zendarmcrie-a a.
cheval. SIX regiments Of cavslrv. iftccu
batteries uf artillery. two companies Of
pont onccrs, two companies Of engineers,
four companies Of train. It's total estab-
lishment rs IS, 900 meu. 1917 horses,
aud 80 guns. The official return. O,
the isl of January, 1860. gave the to-
:al number of available n.cu as follows:
Troops in France. 39s, $50: in Aireris.
s3.782; North Italy, 5j,2e1; Komc.
1904; China. 5 5,46S--toial under arms
$50 994 men on conse. 6i All; reserve,
ll,ol7; grand total 626, 49,
GREAT BRITAIN.
Regular troops Of all arms, 21S 9G1 {;
horses. 3O,072; guns, 366; British To-
cal and colonial troops, 24a; guns,
24s; foreign aud colored trn"ps chiefly
in India, 2le.CI3; guns. IS: military
police in India, 79 26l; grand total,
a34 ."2T horses, 80, ,o722; gaus. e73.-
OF these there arc in the Uui,rd Kingdom:
Infantry ha,t,lions. S.oo7;
line; IS battalions. 33 lo5; total. So
ace. C"ralry-Life and Horse Guards.
regiments. 1911: lrugoors &c. Is