32 MILITARY ORGANIZATION OF PRUSSIA. 



with the same regularity, because men fit for this arm are not found 

 in proportion to the population, and all the localities are not equally 

 provided with horses fit for the service of cavalry. However, as 

 nearly as it can be done, every arrondisement furnishes a squadron. 

 The cannoneers of the landwehr are incorporated in the companies of 

 infantry ; they are assembled by companies once a year, and exercised 

 by artillery officers. 



There is in every regency a general officer, or a superior officer, 

 inspector of landwehr, who concerts with the civil authorities as to 

 all that concerns their organization, their instruction, &c. The re- 

 cruiting of the line is executed by a commission composed of the 

 Landrath, or of the burgomaster of the large towns, of the major of 

 the landwehr, and two notables of every circle. 



The peace establishment of a regiment of infantry is one colonel, a 

 lieutenant-colonel, three majors, one paymaster, sixty-four officers, 

 one hundred and forty non-commissioned officers, thirty-six musicians, 

 two physicians, twelve surgeons, and 1440 rank and file. A detach- 

 ment of chasseurs is composed of two captains, two first lieutenants, 

 seven second lieutenants, one surgeon, and one hundred and ninety 

 soldiers. 



The strength of a regiment of cavalry is one colonel, or lieutenant- 

 colonel, one paymaster, four captains, sixteen lieutenants, forty-eight 

 non-commissioned officers, four hundred and forty troopers, one phy- 

 sician, and four surgeons. 



A company of foot artillery is composed of four officers, twelve 

 non-commissioned officers, sixteen bombadiers, and sixty privates. 

 The company of horse artillery is of the same strength. A company 

 of pioneers in time of peace is only one hundred strong. 



The uniform of the Prussian army is dark blue turned up with 

 red. The cuirassiers wear white and the hussars sky blue. The 

 greatest attention is paid to the cut of the uniforms, which are admi- 

 rably made, and the whole equipment of the soldier is simple and in 

 the best military taste. Twice a year camps of instruction are formed, 

 when the troops have an opportunity of manoeuvring en masse, and 

 of combining the evolutions of the three arms to every variety of 

 ground : it is here that a knowledge of the coup d'ceil is to be acquired. 

 In fact, in no country in Europe are the military sciences more 

 studiously cultivated or more advanced than in Prussia. 



