The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-07-22
SATURDAY, JULY sOth,
THE WAR.
Resources of France and PruS-
STA.


now to be almost inevitable
France and Prussia have already
commenced hostilitIes against each
other, and the telegraph reports are
full of rumors that the other Ma
iians are choosing the side which
they will take. What kind of a d.
VISION this choosing will make of
the Nations Of Europe, 1t is impos-
sible 10 conjecture, as the kilograms
are contradictory. However, should
France and Prussia be left 10 fight
their quarrel out by themselves, the
following estimate, taken from the
New York World, of the resources
of the two Nations, will be interest
ing:
NAPOLEON M HIS CHAssEPoTs-PoPULA-
TON OF THE FRANCISCAN
ARMY OF l,350,0e0 Mt COMMAND.
FLEET.
The population of France, according
to the census of 1866, was Exclusive of
J25, 900 soldiers stationed outside of
the Empire), SS,O67,O64, of which H.
595,348 lived in towns, and 26,471, SIG
in the rural districts. As regarded ma
tionality, 635,495 were resident for
eigners, the remainder native French
men. The difference of language m
ong the natives of France has been the
subject of official census. 1t is estima-
ted that about 10000, 600 of the popu-
lat;on (Alsace and Loraine) speak Gere
man as their native tongue, 200, 900
Flemish, 100000 Walloon, I,IOO,O 600
Breton. In their religious faiths the
people are divided as follows: Catho>
lies, 37,i07,21l (; Pr~otestants, 846,6lS;
Jews, 5000 other sects, a. S6 and
in Algeria: Catholics, oil, 1875
Protestants, 5000; Jews, IS, 73S; Mo
hammedans, 2,6SS, JAG other sects, III
232. The population of the French
colonies mot included in the above en-
umeration) is 2 649,67S, and the popu-
lation of countries in Asia, Africa, and
0ceanica, under the protection of
France, is 5,693,575 making a grand
total of people living under the sway
of the French Emperor. of A, 1851
The public debt in 1869 amountedto
1926, O75 francs, or upward of $685.
100000. The revenue for 1869 appears
to have been 1855, S49, 2O3 francs, and
the expenditures 1,751, 241 ,93I francs.
The army, according to the new law
of February 1, 1869, consists of the ac-
tive army and the reserve, each num-
bering 400, 900 men. A Guarde Nation
ale Noble, which was to number about
$4,000, was to cooperate for the de
Tense of fortresses, coasts and frontiers.
The National Guard. has a military or
ganizatioD, and is placed under the
Minister of War. 1t comprises go
battalions, having each eight compan-
les OF 1000 men, and lbs batteries of
200 men; together, the active army,
the reserve and the National Guard,
number I,35O,oOO men.
The active army is as yet low. OF
course it will be greatly increased when
placed on a wal footing:
Staff, LIB
Infantry, 252,652
Cavalry, 62, 79S
Artillery, 39SS2
Engineers, 1886
Gendarmes, 1885
Troops of the Administration, 1906
Total, &6,l92
At the head of the French army are
eight Marshals of France, namely g
Count Valiant, Count Baraguey dill
Iiers, Counts Random and deBoeuf, F.
C. Canrobert, N. E. P. N. Mcmahon
Duke of Magent,) C. F. Forey, F. A.
Bazaine. The army is divided into 7
army corps. The headquarters OF the
army corps are az follows
Headquarters. Commanders.
! Paris, Marshal Canrobert.
. Lille, Gen. De L'Admirault.
3 Nancy, Marshal Razaine.
4 Lyons, Gen. Count de Palikao.
5 Tours, Marshal d'Hillers.
6 Toulouse, General de Goyon.
6 Algiers, Marshal Mcmahon.
France has I19 fortresses, of which
eight are of the first rank: Paris, Ly-
ons, Strasbourg, Metz, Lille, Toulon,
Brest and Cherbourg. The fortified
tions of Paris are stated to have cost
$40, DOC, 900, and up to 1868 there had
been expended on Cherbourg S34, OOO,-
600.
, The feet on the lst Of January OF
last year, was composed as follows:
Descriptions. Number. Guns.
Screw steamers, iron clad, 55 LOSE
do do not iron clad, 233 2,6lS
Wheel steamers, 81 ll6
Sailing Vessels, loo GA
Total, 43O 1850
Besides these there were eight screw
steamers, iron clad with 6S guns, and
% non-iron clad, with IA guns, build
ing.
The French naval force consists Of
Y, 400 men. There are two Admirals,
C. Rigault de Genouilly and F. T. Ire
houarts six active vice admirals, and
thirty actiYe counter admirals.