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SPAIN.

Infantry ....

Staff

Officers

Rank and file

Total

278

2,647

57.258

60,183

Artillery ....

44

369

9,486

9,899

Engineers ....

8

72

2,288

2,368

Cavalry .....

107

829

10.904

11,840

' Provinciales'

173

1,510

43,243

44,926

' Carabineros '. ..

43

470

11,549

12,062

' Gnardia civil '

Total.

24

401

9,965

10,390

677

6,298

144,693

151.668

The general staff of the Spanish army comprises five captains- general on the active list, besides titular dignitaries, 60 lieutenants- general, 131 majors-general, and 238 brigadiers-general.

The navy consisted, according to official returns, of the following vessels, at the end of June 1870 : —

1. Screw Steamers : — Guns

7 iron-clad frigates, of from 16 to 40 guns. . . 169

1 ship of the line, of 18 large guns .... 18

11 frigates, of from 26 to 51 guns ..... 461

26 corvettes, of from 2 to 5 guns ..... 68 18 gun-boats, each with 1 gun. . . . .18

10 transports —

73 steamers ......

2. Paddle Steamers : —

3 frigates, of 14, 16, and 18 guns. 11 corvettes, of from 2 to 10 guns

10 avisos, 2 pf 1, and 8 of 2 guns

24 paddle steamers .....

3. Sailing Vessels : —

5 frigates, of 16 guns each

1 corvette, of 15 guns ....

4 naval-school ships, of from 18 to 30 guns 3 coast-guard vessels, of 2 guns each

13

734

48 61 18

127

80

15

106

6

202

The seven iron-clads of the Spanish navy were, with one exception, built in England. The largest of them, called the Victoria, launched early in 1868, was constructed by the Thames Ironworks Company. The dimensions of the ship are : — Length, 316 ft. ; breadth, 57 ft. ; depth, 38 ft. ; burden, 4,862 tons. The Victoria carries 24 guns, and is armoured from stem to stern with 5^-in. plates and 10 in. teak; the engines, of 1,000-horse power, nominal, are of the same type as those of the Warrior and Minotaur. Next to the Victoria in size is the Numancia, built in the floating docks of Cartagena — the latter, 324 feet in length, of 105 feet outside, and 78 feet inside