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The infantry consists of 12 regiments of the guard, 16 grenadier regi- ments, and 181 army infantry regiments, each regiment having 4 battalions of 4 companies. In addition there are 4 rifle battalions of the guard, 24 rifle regiments, 8 Finland rifle battalions, 8 Caucasian rifle battalions, 8 Trans-Caspian rifle battalions, 4 Turkestan rifle battalions, and 3 2 East Siberian rifle regiments. For frontier service in Asia there are 15 Turkestan,

5 West Siberian, and 11 East Siberian battalions. The Cossack infantry consists of 16 Kuban and 4 Trans-Baikal battalions. The reserve infantry (intended to expand in war) has, in Europe, 1 guard reserve regiment, 15 reserve regiments of 2 battalions, and 50 reserve cadre battalions of 5 com- panies. In the Caucasus are 4 reserve regiments (Russian), 4 native reserve regiments of 2 battalions, and 10 reserve cadre battalions. In Siberia there are also 10 reserve cadre battalions, and in Turkestan 5 line cadre battalions. The fortress infantry has 1 regiment of 5 battalions, 17 of 2 battalions, and 13 single battalions. There is also local infantry in 141 small detachments in remote places. Depot infantry is formed on mobilisation — one battalion for each infantry regiment of the active army, and smaller bodies for the rifle brigades and Cossack battalions. The imperial militia infantry is to consist of 640 battalions in brigades of 8 battalions, and divisions of 2 brigades, so that there will be 40 divisions ; in addition, there will be 18 fortress militia infantry battalions in the Warsaw district ; making 658 battalions in all.

The cavalry consists of 4 regiments of guard cuirassiers of 4 squadrons ;

6 regiments of light cavalry of the guard, of 6 squadrons ; 54 regiments of dragoons of the line, of 6 squadrons ; 1 regiment of Finland cavalry, 1 of Littoral, 1 of Crimean Tartar, and 1 of Daghestan cavalry, each of 6 squadrons ; 1 division of Osset, and 1 of Turkestan cavalry, each of 2 squadrons. The Cossack cavalry consists of 44 regiments (in war, 130) of 6 squadrons ; 8 (in Avar, 18) of 4 squadrons ; and 21 (in war, 53) independent squadrons. Depot cavalry sections are maintained corresponding to the 64 cavalry regiments of the guard and line, ready to be grouped into cadres and brigades. The imperial militia cavalry will consist of 80 squadrons, grouped in 20 regiments.

The artillery consists of: Field artillery, 3 guard brigades; 4 grenadier brigades ; 45 line brigades, attached to infantry divisions ; 1 Turkestan brigade ; 2 East Siberian brigades ; 1 Finland regiment of 4 batteries ; 6 divisions of 3 batteries attached to 5 line rifle brigades ; 1 Trans- Baikal division of 2 batteries ; 1 West Siberian division of 2 batteries ; 3 Trans- Caspian batteries ; 1 division of 2 light and 1 mountain batteries attached to •Caucasian rifle brigade ; 1 division of 2 batteries attached to guard rifle brigade ; and 1 East Siberian division of 3 batteries. The regular horse artillery, 1 guard horse artillery brigade of 5 batteries ; 23 line horse batteries ; 1 horse mountain division of 2 batteries ; 1 Turkestan horse mountain battery. The Cossack horse artillery has 20 batteries (in war, 38). The howitzer artillery consists of 7 regiments of, in all, 24 batteries of 6 howitzers each ; and 2 batteries belonging to the Siberian artillery. The first •and second reserve field ammunition columns (expanding in war), consist, in peace, of 52 parks for the 52 divisions of the active army ; 8 parks for the 5 divisions of the guard, the Finland and the Caucasian rifle brigades ; 2 East ■Siberian parks ; 7 howitzer parks ; and 1 cadre for transport column for troops in Trans-Caspia. The third ammunition reserve column consists of 91 local parks. The reserve field artillery consists of 7 reserve brigades, 3 of ■6 batteries, 3 of 5, and 1 of 7 ; and 1 reserve cadre battery. On mobilisation these 41 batteries expand into 164. The field communication columns consist ■of 8 parks, which expand in war into 18 reserve artillery park brigades,