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 ARMY AND NAVY.

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Infantry of the liDe (80 regi- ments, 8 of which are grena- diers).

Bersaglieri (40 battalions)

Cavalry (4 regiments of the line, 7 of lancers, 7 light horse, and 1 of guides =115 squadrons) ....

Artillery (1 regiment of ponton- nires, 3 foot, 5 mounted, with 80 batteries)

Six artisan companies, also at- tached to the artillery

Two regiments of sappers of the engineers (36 companies).

Three regiments of train corps (24 companies)

One administrative corps (7 com- panies) ....

Total

Peace Footing

War]

r ooting

Men

128.020

16,165

Horses

Men

245,680

26,495

Horses

18,167

13,569

19,000

14,102

9,646

4,260

16,086

11,234

1,174

—

1,589

—

4,132

48

6,793

396

2,460

960

9,240

11,340

3,173

189,541

19,027

335,870

37,562

The time of service in the standing army is 10 years, on the im- plied condition of the men being sent on furlough, in time of peace, for one-half the period. A certain number, distinguished as ' soldati d'ordinanza,' to which class belong the Carabinieri and some of the Administrative troops, have to serve eight years com- plete, and are then liberated. In the army of reserve, the time of service is 5 years. Every native of the kingdom is liable to the conscription, and to be enrolled either in the standing army or the reserve. An exemption in favour of young men studying for the priesthood was repealed by a law which passed both houses of parliament in May, 1869.

The distribution of the standing army over the kingdom was as follows in the middle of 1809. There were 8 battalions of infantry at and near the capital, 5 at Genoa, 5 at Turin, 9 at Alessandra, 12 in Tuscany, and 120 in the valley of the Po, from Milan to Ancona. The troops in the valley of the Po were supported by 2-1 squadrons of heavy and 36 squadrons of light cavalry, and 248 pieces of artillery. At Naples there were 18 battalions of the line, 2 of marines, and 3 of bersaglieri ; in the Neapolitan provinces, 39 battalions of the line, 20 of bersaglieri, and 32 squadrons of cavalry. There were, finally, 32 battalions of the line in Sicily.

The navy of the kingdom of Italy consisted, at the commence- ment of 1869, of 99 ships of war, armed with 1,032 guns. They were classed as follows : —