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RUSSIA

The following table shows, approximately, the peace and war strength of various units in the ditfeient arms : —

—

Peace

War

Officers

Men

Horses

Officers Men

Horses

Infantry regiments.

70

1,887

25

79

4,024

158

Rifle regiments

31 to 41

/965 to\ ( 2,055 /

11 to 101

35

1,994

84

Rifle battalions

19 to 21

(528 to) \ 825 /

9 to 36

21 to 22

/I 012 to\ ( 1,123 /

46

Frontier battalions.

19 to 21

/480 tol t 1,089 /

9 to 111

21 to 22

\ 1,123 /
 * 1,012 to^

46

Cossack infantry battalions

28 to 43

/S27 to\ \ 950 /

5

22

/ 831 to \

\ 1,036 /

3,942

49 to 109

Reserve infantry regiments

36

829

9

63

186

Fortress ,, ,,

41

1,717

11

78

4,847

21

Depot infantry battalions

—

—

3 to 13

223 tol,000

5

Cavalry, regular :

4-Squaclron rt3giments

32

779

585

30

673

676

6-Squadron ,,. .

38

1,100

905

36

975

1,010

Finland regiment

37

817

667

36

931

90S

Daghestan regiment.

21

695

679

21

939

971

Crimean division

17

405

283

—

—

—

Osset ,, ...

—

—

—

11

320

294

Turkoman ,, ...

—

—

—

10

287

202

Tittoral regiment

—

—

37

1,111

1,188

Cossack squadrons.

5 to 6

93 to 170

95 to 170

3 to 6

93 to 180

95 to 190

Dep6t cavalry sections

3

99

103

—

—

Depot cavalry squadrons.

—

—

—

5 to 8

186 to 201

103 to 21 n

Artillery :

Heavy field batteries

6

182

48

6

260

207 !

Light „ „. ..

6

178

48

6

228

181 i

Mountain ,,

6

149

49

6

301

201 i

Each of the field batteiies has 4 guns in peace ; S in war.

Horse artillery batteries.

5 173 179 6 190 241

Horse mountain batteries

5 198 141 7 236 245

Each liorse battery has 6 guns in peace and war. j

Cossack artillery batteries

5 to 10 P-'fii^\ {^"1^^}! 5 207 to 293 245 to 324

Five batteries have 6 guns each ; one has 4 guns.

Howitzer batteriea.

5 1 175 1 62 1 5 1 226 | 157

Each battery has 6 howitzers. |

Reserve field artillery :

1

Heavy batteries

11 219 54 6 260 207

Light batteries

11 101 54 6 228 IS I

Each battery has 4 guns in peace and 8 in war.

Depot artillery batteries.

— 1 — 1 — 1 10tol4 1 610to870 1 165 to 286

1

Each has from 4 to 8 guns, except the Don and Orenburg

batteries, which are smaller.

Foot artillery : companies

3 113 — 1 5 320 —

Foot sortie batteries.

11 126 36 1 6 i:i0 75

Sortie batteries bave 2 guns in peace ; 8 in war.

Engineers :

Sapper battalions

26 651 17 30 1,367 346

Pontoon battalions.

12 277 12 12 591 495

Railway troops :

Battalions ....

20 1 98 i 2 1 25 1,112 1 85