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Army.-The military system Of the
Austro-Hungarian monarchy is similar
in beth states and rests since 1868
upon the principle OF the universal and
personal obligation of the citizens to
bear arms. Its military force Is COM
posed CT the common army; the spe-
cial armies, namely, the Austrian
I.andwehr and the Hungarian Hon
veds, which are separate national In
stitutions, and the Landsturm or levy
in-mass. AS stated above, the COM
mon army stands under the admins
traticn Of the joint minister OF war,
while the special armies are under
the administration of the respective
ministries OF national defense. The
yearly contingent CT recruits for the
army is fixed by the military bills
voted by the Austrian and Hungarian
narliaments, and is generally determ-
ined on the basis Of the population, ac-
cording to the last census returns. II
amounted in 1905 to 100000 men, of
which Austria furnished 59.2l1 men
and Hungar 43.8S9. Besides 10000
men are annually allotted to the Aus
TRAN Landwehr and 1880 to the
Hungarian HonYeds. The term CT ser
vice is two wears three years in the
cavalry with the colors, seven or
eight in the reserve and two in the
Iandwehr; in the case Of men not
drafted to the active army the same
total period CT service is spent IN
various special reserves.
Fer the military and administrative
service ct the army the dual mon
archy is divided into is military terri
torial districts Us of which cores
pend to the Is armv cornsf end 1oS
supplementary districts (105 for the
army and three for the navy) In
1902 since which year no material
Infantry ...s#
Common army .................. -. !.
Austrian Landwehr Notwithstanding.
Hungarian Honyeds .....:.........
Cavalry -... ....- -.
Common Army -. ...-........ -.
Austrian Landwehr -. .-...,.....
Hungarian Honyeds ............ -.
Field artillery ................
Fortress artillery .............t......s.
Technical troops Instantaneous.
tPicneers and railway and telegraph
regiment)
Transport service, $50. ..............
Sanitary service ....... 1890. 80.
Total 1880. =. ........ .'.#..
Belonging to the III f.
Common army ..-.............. -.
Austrian Landwehr ...,....... $50.
Hungarian .Honyeds ............,.
The troops stationed in Bosnia and
Herzegovina in-s1905 (37S officers and
1912 mem are included in the total
fer the ccmmen army.
The peace strength CT the active
army in ccmba tants is thus about $780,
coo officers and men, inclusive of the
two Landwehrs and Of the Austrian
XXX. guards. the Hungarian crown
guards. the gendarmie, etc. The num-
bers Of the Landsturm and the war
strength Of the whole armed forces are
net published. 1t is estimated that the
first line army in war would consist
Of 100000 infantry. $4,000 cavalry, 7S,.
coo artillery, $1,000 engineers, etc., be-
side train and nonccmbatant soldiers.
The Iandwehr and Honved would
yield $4,000 infantry and $4,000 cav
airy, and ether reserves 223,O0O men.
These figures give an approximate to-
tai strength of ], 147, 900, not inclusive
Of Landsturni.
Fortifications.-Th principal fortt-
ficaticns in Austria Hungary are: Cra-
COW and Przemysl in Galicia; Komar-
ON the center Of the inland fortifca-