, 1877-02-24

hvc years, and ID now neArly completed. Coll
enormous war contribution which France has
hail To oay, II IL astonishing that she Should hc
both able and willing to spend IN her armv ccen
more thah tserniAnf. Tie French, inwcrcr.
have had 10 severe lesson, tue nat!pna! pride
received such Acscrc wG,l,,u In 16'0-'it, that
tie country IL ready In make any sacrifice as
a premium Of insurance against another IN.
*a*ton. Fur the furtsIc1in. year Ecu. l'erthant
dc'nun,t. 41!.H75,'Nl Hretisa th!s targs sum
there Is the liquidation nrcount fur The reorEan.
fzAtiun Of Halsr;, the interest vi which Is nlsout
s4.0u,0o per alnNtn. Putting tills sum on
ono ride, We find thAt willie iicrnanJ sptnds o1l
her .rn,y !ss. tl:4n 4,o1'tao francs, France
hpcnds ~, ,UD, w franca: that tiesnlany. With
population oi 3!,0sItU0. keeps IN fout IN army
of 402, 900 men aid l,.UUi officers. wh'o The pop.
n.e,on les g. ~ F'ans T. '!y =; * %9o apa her
Il In another form, 310 pr rent of tIc It,n,l'a
tton of Frame Is always un'srr arms, while In
tieru,Rny the percentage Is lc.s than l..
nrrthant provides Tor iij,0oo troup hortes and
l3,UA,o xendarmes' l,or*es, and q ,f1U ecnd-
srInes, who arc al old sultlLrrt, and inaancent
troops: nf these Algeria a1.snrbs S3'o0 men
budget Of 1873 art the following: Or the 1st
VI January. next thu reorganization u tho ar.
tillcry will be completed, ant that arm will con-
slst Of nineteen a,r.rades nf two regiments racl,
three foot Ur garrison batteries. In France tic
/. attached to tue artillery. There arc
two regiments 0f pontonEcrt, earh Of fourteen
companiea. As regards the infantry, II may he
npfe1 that there are, including Zouaycs, Turros,
aud the regiment etrunRes, G33 battaltons.
Esttenlly m enormous reserve fs required to
bring these up 10 the war establishment OF
abuut 1,Uo0 Of all ranks; and ths reserve has
tecn already TO great extent provided though
The law OF tie tadrcs Ina not yet produced Its
full effect The worst feature IT The ease at
present ,e that many Of tho rcacsslsts .aye not
last years. ;peace mas,cuvtes, by chilling
up the rtservtsts Of two classes, regiments
were able to furnish three field battaltuus Of
about 1U0 men cach and military critics de-
clare that It Was impossible 10 distinguish the
reteryEsts from their comrades. II must. how
ever, bc remembered that large number of tin
reservfsts hare seen service during tho wAF
either In the Mobiles OF the National Guard.
Moreover, Frcnchtnau Is Iuurc rapidly trained
tlzn the native OF ans other country. Unfos.
tuuntely, the state IT Tic inAnrcs Will not nllow
Gen, Bcrthntt to call out more than ore class Of
rczcrYista in 1873. A. to the territorial arn}, 1t
Is mt to be called out at ali. Our French
military correspondent regrets that the teEri-
tortal army does not exist even q! paper: Here
he Il Altghtiy In error. Most Of the otIiceEa VI
the territorial army hayc teen appointed. and
thu different regiments arc girtn fn the latest
Annunirc. certain number Of non-comulis-
stoned officers have also becn nominated aud
though the men have not bcen called out, Or In
somt c4srs cvcn distributed al1ouE regiments.
the staff of d!atrscts nro provided with llAts Ut
al men belonging 10 the force, and are prepared
Ut q moments ttuticc to inform every one con.
ccrncd TO what battalion u squadron be has
been assigned.