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 ARMY AND NAVY.

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of reserve. Quite distinct from the Standing army is the Landwehr, the term of service in which is twelve years, but with military duties limited to the respective divisions of the Empire from which it is drawn. The entry into the Landsturm, or general levy, is compulsory only in Tyrol and the Military Frontier, and made up of volunteers in the rest of the Empire.

Austria has 24 fortresses of the first and second rank, namely, Comorn, Carlsburg, Temesvar, Peterwardein, Eszek, Brod, Carl- stadt, Canove, Arrat, Munkacs, Cracow, Gradisca, Olmütz, Leopoldstadt, Prague, Brixen, Theresienstadt, Kufstein, Linz, Salzburg, Buda, Ragusa, Zara, and Pola. The last-named is the chief naval fortress of the empire.

2. NAVY.

The naval forces of Austria consisted, in April, 1869, according to official returns, of 45 steamers and 10 sailing vessels. The following table gives the names of all the men-of-war, with their horse-power, guns, and tonnage : —

Steamers

Iron-clad Line of Battle Ships : — Lissa

Iron- clad Frigates :- Ferdinand Max Habsburg. Juan d' Austria Kaiser Max Prince Eugen

Salamander Screw Frigates : —

Schwarzenberg

Screw Corvettes : — Erzherzog Friedri

First-class Gunboatt

ch.

Horse- power

Guns

Tonnage

1,000

12

5,711

800

10

5,427

800

16

4,757

800

16

4,757

650

12

3,330

650

12

3,330

650

12

3,330

500

10

2,824

500

10

2,824

500

45

2,497

400

46

2,514

300

29

2,198

300

29

2,198

230

22

1,594

230

22

1,474

400

6

1,635

230

4

869

230

4

869

230

4

869

230

4

852

230

4

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