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 18 AUSTRIA.

Number

Description of Troops of Standing Army — continued

Peace-

War-

footing

footing

Artillery : —

12 regiments of field-artillery, each of 14 batteries

17,880

43,836

12 battalions of fortress, anil 2 battalions of rnoun-

I

Total of artillery.

7,778

18,938 j

25,658

~62,774 j

Engineers and Train : —

2 regiments of ' Genie,' each of 4 battalions.

4.662

13,240

1 regiment of pioneers, of 5 battalions.

2,803

7,747

54 squadrons of ' Fuhrwesen,' or train.

Total of engineers and train. Miscellaneous Establishments : —

2,401

24,147

45,134

9.866

Military instruction ......

2,234

2,234

Topographical survey ......

128

128

Commissariat and clothing departments.

3,705

7,200

Sanitary department ......

1,291

6,200

Arsenals, military stores, and buildings.

3,000

4,500

Army studs ........

5,800

5,800

Military police and gensdarmes .... Total of miscellaneous establishments Total, inclusive troops of reserve.

7,700

7,700

23,858

33,762

278,470

838,700

The general staff of the army on active service, in April, 1869, comprised 3 field-marshals, 18 generals of infantry (Feldzeug- meister), and generals of cavalry; 72 generals of division, and 111 generals of brigade. There were besides non-active, 28 generals of infantry, and generals of cavalry, 150 generals of division, and 193 generals of brigade.

By the terms of the ' Compromise ' come to between Austria and Hungary, on which was based a new army organisation, coming into operation in 1869, the military forces of the whole empire are divided into the Standing army, the Landwehr, or militia, and the Landsturm. The regiments of the Standing army are under the control of the Minister of War of the Empire, and the Landwehr under the control of the Austrian and Hungarian Ministers of Landes- vertheidigung. All orders relating to great concentrating movements of troops must emanate from the King-Emperor, the supreme chief of the whole of the military and naval forces of the Empire.

The Standing army is formed by conscription, to which every man is liable who has reached his 20th year. The term of service is ten years, three of which the soldier must spend in active service, after which he is enrolled for the remaining seven years in the army