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SWEDEN.

In the organisation of the army, as here enumerated, 85,000 men belong to the infantry of the line ; 6,000 to the cavalry ; 5,000 to the artillery, and the rest to the irregular militia. The number of volunteers was returned at 40,848 in 1869, but about one-third of diese formed part also of the Indelta. Jn the parliamentary session of 1862, and again in the sessions of 1865 and 1869, the Government brought bills before the Diet for a reorganisation of the whole of the army, on the basis of extending the conscription, reforming the Indelta, and doing away, to a great extent, with the Varfvade. But neither of these propositions was adopted by the representatives of the people.

The navy of the kingdom was entirely re-organised in 1866-67, being divided into two distinct parts, the first to serve as an ordi- nary fleet of Avar, for aggressive as Avell as defensive purposes; and the second stationary, and solely devoted to coast defence. Accord- ing to official documents transmitted by the Swedish Government to the Statesman 's Year-book, the entire navy consisted, in January 1869, of the folloAving vessels : —

Ironclads : —

Horse- power

Guns

4 monitors

600

8

2 gunboats

38

2

Unarmoiired steamers: —

1 ship-of-the-line.

350

66

] frigate

400

22

3 corvettes

1,000

19

10 gunboats 6 transports.

600 470

18 2

Sailing vessds : —

3 ships-of-the-line.

200

1 frigate

—

36

6 corvettes

—

110

6 brigs and schooners

—

30

Stationary vessels: —

4 vessels of the 1st class.

16

57 gunboats

97 floating batteries

332

203

Total 201

3,458

1,064

The Avhole of the iron-clads Avere built after the American model ; one, a turret ship, called the ' John Ericsson,' is partly covered with steel armour.

The navy of Sweden Avas manned in 1869 by 6,453 sailors and marines in active service. At the same time 28,000 men were on furlough, or attached to the fleet of reserve and the coast defence.