The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-11-17

Total. .97s,47O s3s, 700
comprised three field marshals, 1S generals OF in-
iantry Fedzeugmeister) and generals OF cavalry 70
generals OF division, and Ill generals of brigade.
The were besides nOnaetiye rs generals OF infantry
and generals OF cavalry, 150 generals OF division,
and 1873 generals OF brigade.
BY the terms OF the compromise" come to be-
tween Austria and Hungary, on which was based a
new army organization, which came into operation
are divided into the standing army, the Landwehr
or militia, and the Landstnrm. The regiments of
the standing army are under the control OF the Min
lister OF War OF the Empire, and the Landwenr
under the control OF the Austrian and Hungarian
Ministers All orders relating to the great c0ncen-
tratng movements OF troops must emanate from the
Emperor, who is the supreme chief OF the whole of
the military forces OF the Empire.
The standing army is formed by conscription, to
which every man is liable who has reached his TWEEN
teth year. The term Of service Is ten years. three
OF which the soldier must spend in active service
after which he is enrolled for the remaining seven
years In the army OF reserve. Quite distinct from
the standing army is the Landwehr, the term OF
limited to the respective divisions OF the empire
from which it is drawn. The entry into the Land
strm, or general levy, is compulsory only in Tyro,
ard is made up OF volunteers in the rest Of the en-
pire.
The naval forces OF Austria consisted in April,
1869, according to official returns OF As steamers
and 10 sailing vessels. Tne steamers consisted OF 2
on-cads the Lissa and Kaiser iron.clad frigates
4 screw frgates, screw corvettes, 10 gunbOats, 3
screw sloops and 16 paddle steamers, carrying Alto
gether 4l4 guns The sailing vessels carry 1O9 guns
The population OF Austria Is 35 100000. She has "a
fortresses OF the first and second rank, namely -
Comorn, Carlsburg, Temesvar, Peterwardein, Eszek,
Brod, Carlstadt, Canove, Arrat Munkacs, Cracow,
Gradsca, Olmutz, Leopoldstadt, Prague, Brixen,
Theresienstadt, Kufstein Linz, Salzeburg, Buda,
Ragusa, Yara, and Poa. The las-named ia the chief
naval fortress Of the Empire
In the naval engagement during the German
Italian war OF 1866, between the Austrian and Italian
feets, in which the former were victorious, the
Austrian fleet was divided into three divisions, the
first consisting OF seven iron-claes, under command
OF Tegethof; the second OF seven heavy wooden
vessels, under Commodore PetZ, and the third of
seven light wooden vessels.
The Italian Army and Navy.
The Sardinian law of conscription forms the
basis of the military organization of the king
dom of Italy. According to it a certain portion
of all the young men of the age of twenty-one,
the number varying from 10000 to SO, 900, is
levied annually for the standing army, while
the rest are entered in the army, in which they
have to practise annually for forty-fvei days,
and are then sent on unlimited furloughs, but
can be called permanently under arms at the
outbreak of war
The standing army is divided into six corps
darmee, each corps consisting of three divi-
sions, and each division OF two brigades; fouv
or six battalions of ''bersagleri," or rifemen,
two regiments Of cavalry, and from six to nine
companies Of artillery. The actual strength oi
the army at the commencement of last year wa
rs follows, according to an official return:-