536 On the Military Resources of the Austrian Empire. MAY, 



and whose communications are easy, Hohenlinden was another example, 

 that should have taught them the danger of violating this principle. 



The following is the effective state of the armies of the Austrian 

 Empire on the Peace establishment : 



INFANTRY. 



30 Battalions, Grenadiers . 800 strong . . 24,000 



64 Regiments, each 3 battalions 800 do. . . 153,600 



17 do. Barmat Infantry 3 battalions 800 do. . . 40,800 



8 Battalions, Jagers (rifles; . 800 do. . . 6,400 



Artillery and Engineers .... 224,800 

 5 Regiments 20,000 



CAVALRY. 



12 Regiments, Hussars . . 800 strong . 9,600 



8 do. Cuirassiers . . 800 do. . 6,400 



8 do. Dragoons . . 800 do. . 6,400 



4 do. Uhlans ... 800 do. . 3,200 26,600 



Grand total . 270,400 



100,000 of this force is at present stationed in Italy j 10,000 in Hun- 

 gary and on the Turkish frontier ; and the remainder in the German 

 Provinces ; the regiments in each province are under the command of a 

 Commandant-General who makes a report to the Hhof Kreigrath. 



To this body, in time of war, is added the Landwehr 120,000, who serve 

 as regular soldiers, and the Hungarian insurrectionary army of 50,000. On 

 the present peace establishment, the army, as we have shewn, amounts to 

 270,000 men, but on the slightest emergency, it could with ease be aug- 

 mented to 650,000. These troops are raised by conscription from the 

 Polish, Italian, and German provinces ; the term of service is fourteen 

 years. When discharged from the line, the soldier joins the Landwehr. 

 Hungary, by her constitution, is exempted from this law. The Hunga- 

 rian regiments are levied and filled up by recruits enlisted voluntarily and 

 for life. In this service, the soldier is still subject to corporeal punishment 

 and the guntlope. 



The pay of an Austrian private is six kreutzers, about two-pence 

 English, from which deductions are made for his daily ration of half a 

 pound of meat, and for every thing else with which he is provided. The 

 grenadiers, cavalry, and artillery, have from eight to ten kreutzers per 

 diem. 



* The Austrian formation is in three ranks, the tallest men in front, and the best shots 

 in the rear ; the sizing, central and by divisions. The arrangement of the battalion is 

 different from that of other services, in every division. One Captain and Captain-Lieutenant 

 is in the first rank, and the remaining officers in the supernumerary rank. Another dis- 

 tinguishing feature is, that every zuge or division, is marked on its right and left by a file 

 of officers, Serjeants, and corporals, who remain constantly posted on the same flank ; 

 those of the rear rank stepping into the second to give room to those in the supernumerary, 

 to replace them when the battalion breaks into column, in which case the zuge is lined by 

 a complete file of officers and non-commissioned officers. Each company is composed of 

 four zuge. Exercier Reglementfur die Kaeserlich Konegliche Infanterie. 



