New-York tribune., 1870-08-09

ovo .,or which leaves only $4,000 men Of the entire
CONSUMPTION to be disposed % lCr n two Classes
The fret class, comprising about 4soVp nScb they are
ye years in the ia Sfse fS reery for four The
second GLASS; of about 1900 men, have 10 me 6gs five
years. and may called upon TO serve ~ @ t Years in
army, and also have 10 serve the renSni'"e '
she reserve.
MEASURES ADOPTED IN TINE OF WAR
The numerical strength Of the French army hlS poe
for a series of years somewhat IN excess VI ~ ' -
on peace footing, with the exception oi "s' 80 :.
it fell short of that figure. In case the %'.'0 60
be placed on the war footing those OH iuioue' ",'
those of the aforementioned second CLASS WIZ "
dispos,ton Of the Government at once caeo IN AS
this is evidently not at all adequate 10 HI 'ne rN VI
the regular army, those who do their MS. !e
In the reserve are next called upOn' anu II '"' sno
uot prove sufficient the men seiN'"e INV ' '
have 10 follow, and so on.
1Y booipe classes are compelled TO serve In the Ma
toual Gande Mobile: Those who were exempt from ac
tive service by law, 10 wit: those below the standard
hight those whose nfrmes unfit them for soldering
The eldest ~ family of orphans; the only son or eldest
son the only Of father aged the oldest OF Two
brothers drawn for service those & w9 nay Id m s
sbod In the service those who have procured suDst
tute foT active service and those who were exempted
bcn drawing lots The aggregate Of these is calculated
at 81 900 men annually, that after tie lapse OF lew
or These about Ss0COO men would perhaps become act
ally available; and fins might be sufficient ior tne & per
proper formation into infantry and artillery corps could
6e efcctcd but the figure falls decidedly short of the
Ofhcial estimate of $4,000 men.
THE TROOPS FORMING THB REGULAR ARMY.
As regards the organization OF the Regular Army, It Is
as follows The Imperial Guard is divided into divisions
and hrgades All the other troops Of the line in France
comprise military divisions Of which % in France
proper the others in Algeria and Corsica. Out OF these
divisions army corps districts have been formed towt
Paris, Lille. Nancy Lyon, Tours, Toulouse and Algeria.
Each OF these districts is under the command OF a
Marshal of France In examining the effective strength
of the Regular Army begin with the Imperial Guard,
which numbers M 800 The infantry Of the Guard is
10000 strong divided into regiments Of grenadiers,
regiments Of vOtigeurs, regiment Of zOuaves, and
battalion Of ehasseurs The regiments of grenaders and
those OF vogeurs comprise battalons each, the regi
ments Of that the aggregate battalions Of
the Guard The battalion Of ohssseurs is composed
of 10, all the others Of companies Each company has
8 officers and % men rank and file.
The cavalry OF the Guard numbers 5000 horses com
1rsnc regiment OF cuirassers, regiment Of cara
biniers, one regiment of dragons, regiment Of
1anCers regiment of chassoUTs and regiment OF
guides The artillery of the Guard has II batteries ~
pieces OF artillery, and $500 men.
The infantry OF the line comprises 2 900 men, divided
snto 100 regiments When warfOOtng its ranks are
sweed TO somewhat over 100000 men. The regiments of
She infantry Of the line proper do not exceed 2O0O men,
but to these must be added three regiments of Zouayes
Tour regiments Of African tTaeurs, or TuTcos, and 20
oattalions Of Chasseurs
The cavalry, when wsrfOOting, numbers 34,5OO
horsemen without the officers and divided into heavy
cavalry cavalry Of the line and light cavalry. The first
10 regiments or CulrasSerS, eACn
600 horsesin all COCO The cavalry of the line consists
OF IL regiments of dragons and regiments Of lancers
or all IN ALL 1900 men. The light cavalry comprises u
regiments OF chasseurs and regiments of hussars,
which, when a waI-foOting number 1900 men, like
the cavalry OF the line To these must he added four
regiments OF Chasseurs dAfque, and three regiments OF
Spahis-in all, 800 men.
The artillery of the line, when footing,
amounts TO $1,000 men, with nearly $1,000 horses. This
includes the artillery for the service in OreSscs and
fortfcatOns, numbering 5000 The corps Of
engineers together with the train, up, when on
war footing 1870 men, with 1400 horses The corps of
engineers proper consists of three regiments, at two bat
talOns each Every battalion is divided into eight
panies. each OF which musters officers and 15S
We now recapitulate as follows: