Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1891-05-30
TEtFs. RApHIs.

patch shyt just before the hOuse ~
commons adjourned its sitting there was
laid upon thc table u government blue
book showing the present status ~ the
British army lpto January LIST ~ the
present yenr Although theRc returns
are generally regarded M confidential
state docum ,ris, one u the radical nom
ber~ hraved the poee'hlc wrath ot the
speaker and the ministry, and taking tue
volume to one ~ the tea rooms made u
brief synupusis ~ ltr most Important
statistics. Ttsse show that the average
effective s,r,ngth u the army for the
year was . ",2ll men. aud the effective
sirength ~ tie rnuk and tile onN, un
January !, 1891, va. lsj,ji7 men, being
i,GG below its proper establishment.
The deficiency occurs, however, ~ the
colonial cotps, winch IL stlll 9,2b2 men
shCrt.
The recruit g. served with notices IN the
pnst year wr'r Gl,i3l. ~ whom 30.pls
were finally passed irtu service Oi thoso
2i,siG were rnt-ed ~ England, g.Sij IN
Scotland urd i,5NI ~ Ireland over -.
uO were ENLISTED IN London, Whrle War.
wick. with l2,I, heads the ist u rrgI
mental distnrts.
A. regard to" HR"g - these recruits,
wc find that 2;2t;j were below. and Su32
were above twenty years ~ age, 9.lNr
measured over . f"rt u inches, Whir the
others werr nnput equally distributed at
heights of % ',ct lnrhrs . feet ) inches
and = frot q Ir'hns. Ia chest measure.
mcut over 'uuul Nrrs between 80 aud
3 inches, ST. ir ~ weight some ll.ggS
wcr- upWa.h = lJn pounds. The
number ~ short service soldiers who
we're serving VA thclr original crghgc.
m"nts, aud r.tardrd to serve twelve
years III IT,, ranke, wns 3,ili, while the
total disch"rs"I from all raurcs amount.
"d To- ll,1lS OF those 3..Igl were IN
ynlids and 1868 wcrr for misconduct
The desert ltn amounted To I,l.a but
l,E.i reJoIual from dcsrrtinu, thus max
ing IL" net .osa Iar thousand, from this
cause, tWri," The humber ~ recruits
joining the service hrE never been 80
high IN any CO.." year, "ith the exceptions
~ 1889, lssj and lSs,
The uumnrr ~ courts martial held a,
home luflhg 1880 was j,slI, aud IN lgB
cases the prisoners were acquitted. The
fines for drunkenness inflicted nj home
wer. S,uii 10 uumh"r, aud were di-.
trlbu'ed an pug 1854 mor. The greatest
proportion Nit- IN the Infantry 90 p.r
lpo men, trcrr was only one per l.Un
in the Household cavalry. and Is p.r
l,uu III the Royal engineers. The minor
punlshmentS amounted 10 lO7.9H, aud
the rate ~as hIghest ~ the infantry and
the Foot yards.
Ot the lu"Hn men Who were serving
at h"mc on January LIST, ls9l, H." great.
or number we're from II 10 - years 81
ag". the la ~ number li.2i3- being
between nlu",ern ard twenty. Nearly
H,un were u"twcrn > feet inches n,,, >
feet : inches IA height, and iDUn h"
tween y inches and - inches around
the chest, 1iuO were Englsh, 100 were
Scotch, aud nearly 1890 were Irish,
while there we're ,Oo'O belonging 10 the
Church of tnrlaCd, 800 presbyt.rinns,
over ',"1 Wrsleyhns, and lG.Or Roman
Cathuncs.
The res"yNo forces amounted IN all 10
iojlil men N 1891 distributed M fol.
lows: First class army Reserve. j9.2sO;
second class, gSi; militia, li3,lh3: yco
manry, lo,G.T; volunteers, 22l ,Oi3. The
deficiencies acre occur in the militia and
volunteers, which are respectively - .Ljg
and 32,9i9 below their ostablls,. .ment. or
the regular army the average distribu
tion throughout ls.N shows little over
lm"o meu NJ home and little under
that iiRur" abroad. The colonies and
Egypt absorbed about 5000 men and
'o.Hn we're quartered ia India