The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-07-20

ALEXANDRIA July 10
The Egyptian army, as at present Organized.
| consists of nine regiments OF infantry, two
regiments of artillery, three regiments Of
| coastguard, three regiments OF cavalry. and
| four regiments OF Rcndarmerie. Every
] Egyptian between the ages Of nineteen and
! forty, and regardIea5 of religion or race. is
| liable to military service. Tho term OF servic>
! in the active army is three years for the In
fnntry and four years for tho cavalry and
/ tiIery. After leaving the active army the
soldiers retire TO their villages, and for
period Of six years ars inscribed in fhe frst
serve; after the expiration of the six years
they are Inscribed in the second reserve, which
can only be called out In case Of invasion.
| This organization was introduced in 1872,
that the troops of the second reserve are just
beginning TO be inscribed.
The infantry regiments are composed of
three battalions of eight companies each. In
time OF peace only two and sometimes four of
these eight companies are present with the
colors The cavalry regiments have six
| squadrons each. The artillery regiments are
each composed OF six batteries of four guns
| each in time Of peace and eight guns in time
| of war. Two of the six batteries are mount
| cd and four are foot batteries. The infantry
| are armed with Remington rifles, of which
| there are about 10000 in Egypt. The cavalry
are armed with sabers, revovers and ReminK-
ton carbines. The field artillery are supplied
/ with rifIed bFeech-loading Krupp guns, of
/ WHlel EneTe are about lVJ III AAB HlMKmNlUe4.
! The garrison and sea-ooast artillery are pro-
vided with heavy Krupp and with Wahren-
drof guns of eight-inch and ten-ineh caliber.
The powder-mlls and cartridge factory at
/ Tourah, near Cairo. render Egypt practically
/ independent OF foreign supply Of ammuni-
| ton The QuRrtermaster's Department and
| COmmissariat are in a sad state Of chaos, and
are the weak points in the organization.
frlnan of the Sultan limits the number Of
/ troops to le,e0O. At the present moment there
! are, perhaps, 12OO0 or 1900 men wit the col
| ors, but the regimental cadres of comm's-
| stoned and non-com Questioned officers are 90
/ maintained that in FIVE weeks the effective
/ strength of the army could be increased 10
/ 1900 men by calling in the first reserve. in
/ case of invasion the Bedhween contingents,
| who furnish their own aTms and horses, and
the second reserve would enable Egypt to
place in the field 10000 fighting men.
Brief Review.
The crisis in Egypt has rapidly come TO
head, and it bids fair to occupy the atten-
1 ton of the world for some time a brief review
| of the circumstances leading up to II will be
! of interest. its origin may be traced back -
| far as February, 1851, when the troops Of Cairo
/ forced the Khediye TO release somo Of their
officers who were on trial for various offenses.
/ In concedlnR to their demand the Khedfvc
really surrendered his power 80 the army, and
it has remained with 1t ever since. Last Sep
tember Arab Bey, who was a Colonel 0nd the
leader of the outbreak IN February, seized the
command OF the army and demanded OF the
Khediye that he SHOULD dismiss the Ministry,
increase the pay OF the army, and grant con-
! stitutlon. The Kbedive conceded all that was
I asked, except the constitution. and fer this
3 he substituted Chamber of NOtables. This
CiSsTsbcr met and prepared an organic lfw by
/ which Sse control OF the budget was placed In
I the hands Of certain members OF the Eotablcs
and of the Ministry. but excluded entirely
the English and French- Control, which means
the Representatives Of England and France,
/ who had control Of the finances and the man
| agement Of the debt owed bg Egypt 20 the
English and French bondhCddcrs. The Con-
troi protested, and England and France Joined
| I'm a note OF warning 20 tho revoiut Oniets. The
army protested against the note, and Arab Boy
| explained that they did not intend 10 disturb
| the financial arrangements The Control was
| Instructed not to cOuntenance any concession
I by the Egyptian Government 70 the claim OF
! the Chamber OF Nctabfce, 10 vote tfc budget
The latter waited upon tho khcdlve and re-
quested him 70 sign the organic law, but nc de-
| ciined, taking shelter behind the English and
French Consuls- Thcreuposl Chcrif Pashn. the
/ President Of the Council, resigned, and Arab
Dey formed a new Cabinct, win himself IN "
Y as Minister Of War. and forced the Khedive
TO recognize IL. Hc also forced him 10 recog-
nize the Cabinet and 20 approve the organic
law. wh ch conferred the right Of voting the
budget upon the Notabless Thereupon the