, 1870-07-26

PRINCIPALLY b5 means Of = conacnptieu, partly
b. the adoption at the eons Of soldiers, and
partly Ly voluntary enlistmen Every indi-
s,dus. bslonEnS to these e,sssz 's, ~ rev
vided he be Of the proper age and stature.
The nominal strength Of the Russian army.
according to the teturna Of tue Ministry OF
War IL as follows
!. Regular Arny. hpo,m:. s Testing.
1n1kntfJ. 80. .5<4+t-: o14sia
Cavalry ---..,..,..-,.-,-... sst5ns 4o'!5
fE!.---..........s....... 4i,tn! 500
Tpta,. .4S3,s;5 $500
=. Army i fra K,.e1rt.
Troops I'll the linc.-..... snE5 .!,1i
Garrison III teC11ne2fE. 81, tH e3.1'o
Garrison IN taLAl1t.na. 1s,S5u s9,-t.
;. I,'.ye5 &to'~: 'i i<+:sf<: ...
TrouEs OF nH a11na, +-HsG 1s3,s@'
General tota..... .... sls.osa ;,1a:.,9'a
Among the irregular troofs, OF Eussia rhc
t1y Of the Don Ctssacks contains ffom G00,tW0
to 1U0,lNU iula;.itants: H. case OF necessity,
every Cos-ack from Is 10 20 reara Is bound to
reuder military SERVICE. The usual regular
military furcs. however. cctlslst- OF u cavalry
regiments. each numbering l.0l5 ulen, making
i tuta1 Of $3.50. The Co-sAcks are reekunc1
iu rouill Plumbers as follows:
III M,Ik.ry
.. .-.. Iirui.. >-srrt.
On the Rack Sea, 5.Ns1 1890
Giea; Russian CDssacks OF the
CEnr asaah Line -.-....-.-. .ts@,sS t-.'"N
LI+'h Ntes saSA+ -..---i4e.N*! t9-ehe
t-raI tnssacks N,ip1 S,tNsl
uErAhnry ctssacks...- ....... 6A.Mn tr.'Ht}
Siberian tossacks. :n,M0 9,sUo
Total. s7a,en 1.a,n1
Ihc tuesacks are race of free men, Neither
nerfsSe uoz any other dependence upon slas
land exist. anoug shesu. The tutite Territory
belongs to the Cps-ack commune. aud every
fniiridn3i has an etlnat right TO the use nf the
ErouIds. and hshrEie5. Tue Cossacks pay no
lazts 10 the government. but iu lien OF this
they axe bonud to perform military service
The Russian Ieet consists OF two great divi-
ssone-the tfeet Of the Daltic aud that OF the
black Sea. Each 1t these two fleets il again
suhdistded into sections. Of which three are in
Or neat tue Baltlc aud three in or near the
Hack Sea, to ~At:h must he added the small
| sqnadrons Of ealleys, gunboats. aud similar
/ veetels.
! According 10 All oii,cial report, the Russian
feet consisted last year of 80 steamers. lay-
| iue q, ,DGC.horee power, with 2.295 guns, By
| sides 70 sailing vessels, With 65 guns. The
greater and more Formidable part Of this navr
VAS stationed iu the baltic Tue Black Sea
! t1eet numbered IS: the Caspian, SO; the ST
berisn or Psc!se. 20; and tha Lake Atal or
! Tufkistan squadron. II vesseis. The rest Of
the chips were either stationed at houetalt
aud s"eaborg or engaged III cruising III Euro.
! pean waters.
The lou-claa heet Of war consisted n, the
commencement Of ls6s, Of y vessels, with at
| aggregate 1t l19 guns as follows:
| frlGltes, Ole Ut Is, aud one afs4
'1,'stlue batteries Of ii, ie, anis;
EQhs.. .......-.+.. .......... ~ guns
| e.ors-ttes IT ) guns. Ii :tns.
| i monitors Vi = guns tarh......... IL E.lrs.
| II 1afrct saPs VI E1ltts each...,... - EHHS.
Total - iron-cia,!s with. lag guns.
Le largest Of .l,ese i1us,-e!a,le are two
| armed ftigste-, the sc@aett1'ol aud Po5arski.
1he sssasturol nearly equals the british 1ron-
clads black l'rnrc aud Warrior i1s her lsuIeI-
tiul,-. aud exceeds thnse Of tho Frenrh ';lorie
aud Nurua,,Lle. 1t the time Ut Eo.ation the
| Stsastof'ol MEASURED 3i'U feet in length. and
her Greatest hrea.l,h Is ~ fee, :; inches. Tho
| ship 6ra"r 20 feet st til: poop anu - at the
chai,ls iier plates are ilI9 inches thick. fas-
tened to ,oup.e costing Of teak fro,a /; TO q
inrher thick: Her engines have nominal
fore Of stiD-loEse power, aud she j. armed
With steel guns Of the greatest ca|ibEe. He.
PROV has t. leak of formidable kiisA attache.l
to it. Tie l'oiar-kis armament IL placed iu i
central tatter!.. occupying about 20 feet Oh
the length Of the gun-tleck. hs,th siaes AMI
essds lslnE completely artl or-clatl- Tue artta-
meRt consists Of eight 800 -rouuler stee1 s,li1s,
tane oil each ttoadelte.
Tue Imperial n6vx wns manned At the he
|
| uns1er .he Command OF 1,79I oilicers, at.seug
wiom arc l19 Adn,l1ats aud Geuera1s.
Eukeia, A. may tw reen by the foregoing,
controls, Ill time OF "aF. HI army of moFe tilau
1,f;G'.0 st,l,;ier-, while slr Las. navy rala-
| hle of alhtrucsing commerce and lni1ictlng ex.
tensise inju,v on al, enemy. The annual ex.
peMllturc fas the aluS is Ssopt1.n1J aud fo1
tue uAvS : Il. I.ftH'.tW0-
| Eu>sla lIa- b,cis ra,itl1s adapting herself tt
il.+ present ss-:em Of warfare. Tie army was
a..
is .apzit last. kllA by the end Of tllc year thu
War Department will have 1t its disIpsa
G4s. .f0 h7eey!lnadets- -G:.11 800 sterslinS to stst
lSiiuk system, :ini the rest according to the
Z .rt:an.
The artillery hgancl, Of the service has re
ceivetl special attention. The mountain aud
field artillery. arc now cainnlescty, supplied
| with Improved hronxe EnilA Of calshers frou
3so .. ylslsd. hr-scs,~lo.t .tlins. ard mounted III
,run carriages. 1he siege and battery guns
fef the attack or defense Of fortified place:
and ;hc rc7ss-. co1nVri-e Eiac} Inortars am
esns from >.;,.ch to l1-incl calipre. throH:n;
Tojcrti1ts III, to SO lI,s The usc Of l'risInasi
fontlcr il nov general, and the m.pufac:1r'
is Icing extensively carried m at the tlhkt,
| WrrGA. The fnunlsies Of st. Petersburg
! Br,artk. and retzuzadoyosk are calah'n u
.. rnpp1,iug 100 eannour per year. Thr factor!
At Eassili Ostrow already turns out }tokl0 cari
ridges PER diem and will shortly he able to fur
; ,srt, $40 800. The small aEsns u1anufsctorS
| arc ahIe to transform in twcn'y-fuuF hour
2.lrM muskets of the old pattern to the rapi.
firing -s.tcm, Kruia, and the humber Of con
tintt0..r fire rni,rai1ieuses. wll,re range cS
cccfi4 that Of the infantry weapon+. il amrl,,
sufficient for all evrnsualitics. New estah
l-hmtnts arc heit,e fon1,,al ~ krasnlo. Scla
| isica, Moscow. War~as. wilma, kharks,w. Ia
zsl,. ttlcssa. and in the Caucasus. Finali.
the Academy Of .irtilleEr. cf which LieutrilaI,
: t;ep+ral rl.fow i. the director. i i'll A per
| fec,Iy satiefactors sta'e. a. IL shown s's M
constantly Increasing standard Of t'stlnc'l'''
, among the cadets. s1leoairers. and tr',ot's
The Imperial tHrrs Of Engineers. At the f;ea'
Of which nre rlsrr4l the t'san.l duke NitlntIs
ard General 1st1rtc1s, II also progressive. a''
| It's literature. A. well as the works exer'3tea J.
tlte car1.s. tend tn sew the su,n.ensc p!''gres
uhirs. mi1it.ry science IL t;'ah II. ~ i:'.-+ia
New ,!efelicts in lru1. arc 10 le }iarrll a! crur
>.a,,, to resist the attack Of ir,..-c!al vt-eir
All the I,nnsoon tletachments have been rsr
: .i..ed With ir. u Eoata, ard I.tHp Anirnarit,
, ! itrl'etlocs arc ROW manufactured annually.
sFAIs.
The Ersni-h army aa- rcorEanizct! in 1e':'
after the model of ti,at of France, Under Il,
new military law. which came partly into ops
ration in August. 1868. the armed forces of III
knedou consist Of: !. \ permanent army:
!, | 4 first or active reserve: ,. 4 second or set
entarr reserve. all Spaniar}s part the age q
III are liable TO he drawn for the rernanet
armx. IN which they have to serye four year.
The n,ss reserve conzir,r Of ali young me
: Who. withou, reckoning four years Of activ
sersire shall have exceeded the number c
= YEAR, fixed By land for the permanent f.,rct
: The second fese.ve ir formed Of hfi who llaE
served four year, in the regular arm,
Tie total strength Of these armed forces IL t
= coIser Of a0t.ttN men.
For military purposes the Kingdom Is '3'yit
i, cd into fisc districts. Al the head ct Wh'e
! rtanJr Captain i;ene1al. with the rank c
| Field Marshal. ......
: Ufiei.I re,n1nr Of the year 1858 state tn
! actual strength Of the army. iuclu:iing th
i s'troyinciale- or provincial militia Aud tn
+ 1 ~ At-A ff,Stt