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this generation. Having thus touched
upon the method of filling up the cadres
to war strength, and only touched upon it
because there is good reason to believe
that the system is still very far from being
in working order, let US see what amount
of power and of difficulties the organiza-
ton is calculated to produce.
First let us begin with the regiment of
infantry. Speaking generally, for there
are exceptions, such as the Guard and the
Army of the Caucasus, the regiment has
three battalions, but it is intended hereat-
ter to increase it to four battaliOns. Each
battalion has four companies Of the line
and one of rifles, but the eight rifle COM
panies are generally formed into another
battalion, so that a regiment practically
has four battalions. The war strength of
q regiment of three battalions, besides
rifles, is 3,lOO, including officers, must
clans, and non ombatauts. Omitting
non-combatants of all sorts, the actual
number of fghtin. men should be nearly
1850, including officers. On a war foot
ing the regiment of infantry has belonging
to it, for various purposes, III horses.
Here, then, is something to calculate
upon in all arrangements for food and
clothing. There are more than 5000
mouths of men and ia Of animals to be
fed every day, in a country where there
may, perhaps, be hardly a village for miles
round, and where at the pest of times
there is a little of anything to spare. But
we are only at the beginning of the diff
Guilty, for regiments cannot be scattered
$500 tbO vvhOIO 0Onnfrv coOOr0fod fYOro
one another by spaces within which food
can be found for man and horse. When
two of these regiments are united they
form a brigade, and two brigades form a
division of infantry, to which is attached a
certain proportion of cavalry and artillery.
The division is The first self-supporting unit
containing the three arms, and it should
number, with all its staff, about $4,000
men, with something like 5000 horses.
Now, here wa have at once a population
equal to that of a fair sized town, all to be
fed and clad and supplied with all the va.
rious necessarieS, such as stores and am
munition. But we have not done yet.
Two divisions have to be put together,
and a further proportion added in the
shape of General Staff Corps, artillery,
UulCueFieS, Uah6lIcS, CcItSldPHS, anu WHdI
not, together with a Cavalry Division, and
we reach at last a total, supposing all to be
complete, of something like $4,000 men
and 10000 horses, to be fed every day, in
each Army Corps, If any one will serious
ly think of this, not losing sight of the
fact that all these men cannot 60 to shops
to buy for themselves, but must have all
brought to them-when it is considered
that they are not stationary, but always in
motion, and that the organization for sup
ply is new to the Russian Army, there will
be little matter for surprise if, sometimes,
the soldier and officer too should lack the
full proportion of his daily ration. AS there
are already ten such corps modified, five
of them being in front line facing the
Danube as all the arrangements for the
supply of an army are new to the Rus.
SLAMS, who. until lately, had no permanent
organization of the KIM in peace, we need
not be astonished if there are rumours
that food is sometimes scarce with them
for a day or two. 1t is intended that on
the march herds Of cattle should accompa.
ny the troops, who will also carry bis
cults in their haversacks for three days.
Provision vans follow the columns with "a
further supply Of biscuits and bread. A
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