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66,856,638 thalers have to bo provided for as 

 follows : By Prussia, 60,290,919 thalers ; Sax- 

 ony, 4,879,816 thalers; Mecklenburg, 1,102,- 

 14=0 thalers ; Hesse, 493,763 thalers. 



The army of the North-German Confedera- 

 tion consists of one army corps of the Guard 

 and of 12 provincial army corps, each of which 

 is composed of two divisions. The army corps 

 of the Guard and the Twelfth army corps (Sax- 

 ony) have, moreover, a special cavalry division; 

 while the Eleventh army corps comprises a 

 third separate division, recruited in the grand- 

 duchy of Hesse. According to an army order 

 of July 16, 1870, the proportion of troops to 

 be furnished for the army of the Confedera- 

 tion was : 1. Contingent of Prussia : 105 regi- 

 ments of infantry, 14 battalions of chasseurs, 

 63 regiments of cavalry, 12 regiments of field 

 artillery, nine regiments of artillery for for- 

 tresses, 12 battalions of sappers and miners, 

 and 12 battalions for the train of the army. 

 2. Contingent of Saxony: nine regiments of 

 infantry, two battalions of chasseurs, six regi- 

 ments of cavalry, one regiment of field artil- 

 lery, one regiment of artillery for fortresses, 

 one battalion of sappers and miners, and one 



battalion for the army train. 3. Contingent 

 of the grand-duchy of Hesse : Four regiments 

 of infantry, two battalions of chasseurs, two 

 regiments of cavalry, six batteries of field artil- 

 lery, one quarter of a battalion of sappers and 

 miners, and one-half a battalion for the army 

 train. 



The former contingents of the smaller states 

 of the Confederation have either been entirely 

 abolished, and incorporated, in virtue of special 

 conventions, with the Prussian army, or they 

 form integral parts of the same, and are, there- 

 fore, not separately mentioned. 



One regiment of infantry of the line num- 

 bers 1,601 men, rank and file (exclusive of offi- 

 cers), on a peace footing, and 3,029 men on a 

 war footing. The corps of officers of the Prus- 

 sian army, in 1869, consisted of one general 

 field-marshal, one general master of the ord- 

 nance, 46 generals, 55 lieutenant-generals, 108 

 major-generals, 153 colonels of infantry, 51 

 colonels of cavalry, 38 colonels of artillery, 

 17 colonels of the corps of engineers, and two 

 colonels for the army train. The numerical 

 strength of the army of the North-German 

 Confederation was : 



The cavalry force of the army consisted of: 



The field artillery consisted of: One regi- 

 ment of artillery of the guard, with 15 batter- 

 ies ; 60 field-pieces and 1,700 men ou a peace 

 footing, against 16 batteries, 96 field-pieces, 

 and 3,131 men, on a war footing; 12 field ar- 

 tillery regiments of the line, with 181 batter- 

 ies, 724 field-pieces, and 19,946 men, on a peace 

 footing, against 192 batteries, 1,152 field-pieces, 

 and 37,440 men, on a war footing; besides 

 which, there was a small division of Hes- 

 sian artillery (about one-third of a regiment), 

 with six batteries, 24 field-pieces, and 677 men, 

 on a peace footing, against 868 men on a war 

 footing. This would make a total of field ar- 

 tillery on a peace footing, of 13 regiments, 

 202 batteries, 808 guns, and 22,323 men, 

 against a total of field artillery on a war foot- 

 ing, of 13 regiments, 214 batteries, 1,272 

 guns, and 41,439 men. 



Besides, there were 13J- battalions of sap- 

 pers and miners, comprising 53 companies, 



with 6,613 men on a peace footing, and 8,030 

 men on a war footing; and 13 battalions of 

 the army train, consisting of 27 companies, 

 with 3,037 men, on a peace footing, against 

 44,540 men, on a war footing. 



This would make a grand total for the field 

 army, in times of peace, of 285,449 men and 

 808 guns, and, in times of war, of 511,826 men 

 and 1,272 guns. 



The seeming contradiction, in the figures 

 given of the strength of the cavalry on a peace 

 footing and on a war footing, is explained by 

 the fact that part of the cavalry of the line is 

 transferred to the army of the reserve during 

 times of war, while only four squadrons of 

 each regiment remain with the field army. 



The formation of the army of the reserve 

 takes place simultaneously with the mobiliza- 

 tion of the regular army. It consists of one 

 battalion for each regiment of infantry of the 

 field army of one company for each battalion 



