The New York herald., 1870-05-23

wouid AL cOnsld 5raby short ~ the eit.natea Ihe
esprit de corps OF the Garde Mobile EXITS no longer
and the new creation Of Marshal Mel IL looked upon
on the ist OCTOBER, 1850. ] ma the actual force
Men.
IN the interior 800 M d,y
In the Papal Dominion NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 6,252
The average number Of farlousas was .... ios,ssi
The reserves amounted al The same time to- S2sls
iw conclude with an estimate Of .ns strength
which France could brng readily into tne field. Nv
ing the Garde Mobile out Of ths question. 1t may
possibly be regarded as low estimate, but expert
ence mas aDundantfy proved how easily one may err
In the Opposite direction.
Tue field army. consisting Of eight army corps or
fantry, 27,ooo cavalry and 900 guns mot including
twentyfuur ba te les oil six mitraeuses eachl may
be estimated at 2Sd 400 men.
The reserve, three army corps. nine divisions $4,000
Fed troops rem inla9 behind. .............. $4,000
Depots, fortresses, engineers. ........... 5000
Total. 5l5, 900
darmes, worknel, officials &c, about g5 000 max
ing a round number Of 6o),o00
II a war We're % break out In the second half of a
year the above totu would be increased by tue an
nual levy.
army, whetner on war or peace footing, under he
Chi comma nd OF King william OF Prussia. Sa xony
has been permitted to retain an army administration
OF her own, and by mutual az cement, applying,
however, to times Of peace only, The Saxon monarch
Will have voice IN any imp lrtanL al eratons. BY
special convention with the Grand Buchy Of Hosse
Its troops form division OF the Eleventh Prussan
army rp', and are consequently under the conf
mand Of the King or Prussia.
Every clizen OF the confederation is lable.to duty
and substitutes are tnadnssiDle. The period OF
entering tlie service lies between the twentieth and
nj An0s ar fhrnn
years IN the ranks ionr years In the and five
years III the landwehr. Volunteers maintaining
themselves serve IN the ranks one year only, ami
are then admitted for six years longer to the
reserve.
Tae military etat for 1870 allows 225 thalers per
head for the army on peace footing, ii representing
one per Cent OF the population; hence, according to
the last census OF December 1867 29970,47s souls,
$780, T04 men, 67433. 400 thalers During the time OF
peace the strength OF the army is computed at
3l5 52o men, 73,3o7 horses aud sos guns.
Tae war strength lnclndlng the Hesse divlson) Is
o'fic4ally staed:-O1i ers, l2,777; Officials, 5l5S;
men, 63s.o5s; 155,s96 horses and 1,2l2 guns. The
reserve0hccrs 1880; officials, 105A; men, 1872 $40;
Officers, &C., $3.50; men, lss,6.s; 1859 horses and
23f guns. Recapitulation--o -ohlcers. 2S,8i5; men,
9l5678; horses, 1873, $50; and guns, IL ESQ.
The increase OF $4,000 men necessary to place
the army rom peace to a war fooIng Is obtained
Nine annual courses Of well drilled men at
10000 per year r.................... ...... $4,000
Deductlng 10 per cent for loss.......... 1875, 900
Leaves. s........................... e75, 900
Or volunteers for one year. ar................ 2O4OO
Leaving for the increase to war footing :. COS, 400
Or an excess 8 Ill OF 55 400 men and swelling the
war strength to just 100000.
SOUTH GER1iAN STATES ARMY.
1t Is well Known that conventions exist between
these States and Prussia for o similar organization
OF forces and JOINT acton In case OF war. The de-
tails as to service, &c, are thus very similar t. those
which have been given above. We viii therefore
conlne ourselves TO giving the numerical siren 9Th.
BAvARA.-Peace fo0ting-Onlcers, 2,139; officials,
14Z: men, ~ DU2. S,B11 horses and
footing-Ohcers and men, 80 064: reserve, 25 157;
garrison troops, % GIL Together with H. 236 horses
and 240 guns.
cials, 9l; men, l3,46S: 2,752 horses. War footing
Otfcers and men, 22,676 reserve 6,5l0; garrison
troops, 6,064; $3.50 horses and 66 guns.
BADEN.-Peace footing-0licers, 652; officials
81; men, a. l89; 1908 horses and SO guns. War
fooag--Oficers and men 1866; reserve 1906;
garrison troops, 9,640 e,18l horses ana 81 guns
THE GROSS TOTAL.
Ii now remains To recapltulate the figures In the
column containing the supposed real available
strength which each Power would have a. its IS.
posa Oh the sudden outbreak OF hostilities. Tie
figures In this column are, OF course, not abso-
OF parties well versed in military matters; partfes
who hold as maxim tnat cOmmanders-in-chief
have god reason to be satisfied II at the critical
moment they can lead into The field fifty per cent
archives OF the War Department. We may further
admit that the views expressed In this column are
principally those OF German tacticians, VINO are apt
to see othor armies in q less favorable light than
that the formidable figures In the column swar
strength should be understood only as more or
less nominal, approachab.e only after several
months Of urgent preparation. and that In countries
unembarrassed from financial or other causes.
THE CHIEF CONTINENTAL ARMIES.
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