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GERMANY — l'KUSSIA.

part of the reserves : it is divided into four companies, each of which in war consists of 250 men. During peace each regiment of infantry consists of three battalions ; each brigade of two regiments ; each infantry division of two brigades, to which, under the command of the divisional general, four squadrons of cavalry, four batteries of artillery, each of six guns, and either a battalion of riflemen, or a battalion of pioneers are attached. The corps d'armee is con- sidered a unit which is independent in itself, and includes not only troops of all three arms, but a portion of all the stores and appli- ances which are required by a whole army. Each corps d'armee consists of two divisions of infantry, a cavalry division of four regi- ments, with two horse artillery batteries attached, besides the two cavalry regiments attached to the infantry divisions, and a reserve of artillery of four field batteries and two mounted batteries. There is, moreover, attached to each corps d'armee one battalion of pioneers and one of train, in addition to which the corps bearing the number eleven, drawn from the grand-duchy of Hesse, and the annexed duchy of Nassau, has a battalion of sappers and miners for special service.

The corps d'armee are locally distributed through the monarchy, with the exception of the first corps, that of the guards. Previous to the war of 1866, Prussia had, besides the guards, eight corps d'armee, distributed through and called after the eight provinces of the king- dom, as follows: — 1, Prussia; 2, Pomerania; 3, Brandenburg; 4, Saxony ; 5, Posen ; 6, Silesia ; 7, Westphalia ; 8, Rhine-lands. By the annexation of the new territories three more corps d'armee were formed, namely 9, Schleswig Holstein ; 10, Hanover; and 11, Hesse-Nassau.

The strength of the army was as follows, according to official returns, at the end of April 1870 : —

Infantrv of the Line ....

Officers

Rank and File

Horses

6,697

188,943

3,255

Riflemen, or ' Jager'

352

8,480

112

Infantry of the 'Landwehr'

431

3,512

3

Cavalry ......

1,898

52,786

55,810

Artillery ......

1,672

31,854

10,037

Engineers ......

234

6,489

91

Military Train .....

156

2,925

1,599

Administrative and other troops Total.

1,484

4,715

2,400

12,924

299,704

73,307

The strength here enumerated is that of the peace-footing. On the war-footing the numbers can be raised to 700,000 men. The war strength, effected by the calling in for service, or the 'mobilisa-