St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-03-27
CORRESPONDENT
GREEcE's STRENGTH.
Inc Army, Navy and Other Fighting X.
sources OF the Hellenic Kingdom.

Inc Army, Navy and Other Fighting Re
sources Of the Hellenic Kingdom.
Greece is divided, since March, 1888,
INTO three military districts for recruit.
ing and administrative purposes-the
eastern district, with its headquarters
at Larissa: the western, headquarters
Missolonghi; and the southern, head.
quarters at Athens. The peace effective
OF the Greek army, including non-com.
batants. was 29. 2S9 officers and men,
with 81 guns, in 1888: and 2O,692 in
1884. Deducting non-combatants, the
effective would be about $4,000. This
force consists of the following units:
"a battalions of infantry of the line and
3 pattalions of rifles. Total, Sc bat.
talions; IL squadrons 6 battalions
or regiments) of cavalry: field and s
mountain batteries 6 battalions): 4
fortress batteries q battalion): T.
companies 6 battalions) of en-
gineers; company of train.
There is gendarmerie force of 1866
officers and men. BY calling in the re-
serves, it is estimated on paper that
the Greek field army could be raised to
an effective of $4,000 men; but it will
be more correct to put down that
effective at $4,000 men. Besides the
active army and the reserve. Greece
has landwehr, comprising all men up
to forty years of age who have served
in the active army and reserve. The
number of that landwehr is an UNI
known quantity. The armament of
the Greek army is perhaps one of its
most satisfactory features. The in
fantry and the engineers are armed
with the Gras rifle, the cavalry with the
Gras carbine. There are about 100. 900
rifles of this model i'm the arsenals. be-
sides $4,000 Chassepot and MylonaS
rifles. The field artillery is armed with
krupp 9-centimeter. S-centimeter, and
1.5-centimeter guns; the mountain ar
tillery with guns of 4 caliber of
7.5-centimetcrs. There is also a sufficient
supply of heavy siege guns, all IF the
material having been supplied by
Krupp. There is a comparatively large
store of artillery material for the re-
serve forces.
The Greek navy would not prove !,
very formidable opponent to that of
Turkey, neglected though the latter
has been. Greece possesses no modern
iron-clad, the additions most recently
made and still being made, to her aavy
consisting of unarmored gunboats and
torpedo boats. Her only two ironelads
are the armored corvette Olga and the
iron-clad gunboat Vasileos Georgias
the former launched in 1869, the latter
in 1867. The total displacement of The
two vessels is 1884 tons, their com.
bined horsepower 1850, their armaa
ment four 17-centimeter guns and two
17-centimeter and two 21-centimeter
guns respectively, besides light guns
and mitrailleuses. The corvette has
speed of only 10 miles, the gunboat Of
IL miles. The armor of the corvette is
only 12O millimeters ca inches) thick;
the thickest armor-plate of the gunboat
is It's millimeters (nearly seven inches).
The Greek navy comprises besides, of
larger vessels, the unarmored corvettcs
Hellas and Admiral Miaulis. of total
of 800 tons, an ag-
gregate horsepower of 800 and
an armament of 10 heavy and
light guns and 4 mitrailleuses. Each
of them carries besides two torpedo
boats. They have a speed of IL and ID
miles respectively. The number of I'M
gunboats is IL, besides build
ing in this country. The gunboats
most heavily armed (each with %
centimeter gum are the Hydra and the
Spetsia, both of which are provided
with protective shields for the guns.
The other boats carry guns of a lighter
caliber. Greece possesses 10 torpedo
for fish and spar torpedoes. and tor
Dedo depot ship Uhe Psara) of 1,10o.-
tons, 500 horsepower, armed with 2
guns, 2 Whitehead tor
pedo launching guns, and ? torpedo
tubes below the water line.
The Psara is at present also equipped
with launches, armed with spar tor
pedoes, but she is to receive torpedo
bosts. Six torpedoes are stored in her
torpedo chamber. She has a speed Of
la miles. The Greek Government has
ordered first-class torpedO-boats, and
there are available at present % small
for spar torpedoes, As we'll
IS 8 hulks for planting torpedoes. The
,ther vessels of the Greek navy include
, raddlc-wheel transports. Zone. the
being the fastest vessel OF
he Greek navy, having \ speed of l6
niles); 4 iron gun-boats in sections.
zach armed with 4 l2-centimeter gun
md fitted ND for spar torpedoes; be-
tides II vessels, steam and sailing. for
arsenal and -harbor service. The ag-
,regate topnage of the Greek navy is
,bout 17,M,i its total horsepower
bout Is, 900, the number of guns car
,ied-heavy so, light 20. mitrailleuses
Is. The vessels building will add, when
completed, about l.SOO tons and 1,0OG
horsepower to the Greek nsvy.-Lon
ton Times.
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