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ing the area and population of the states to be 

 as follows: 



II. THE NORTH-GERMAN CONFEDERATION. 

 The area of the North-German Confederation 

 is 160,207- square miles, and the population, 

 according to the census of 1867, 29,910,377. 

 (See the table of the North-German States 

 above.) 



According to an official report published at 

 Berlin, the effective strength of the North- 

 German army was, in 1868, as follows : 

 12,696 officers (7,455 infantry, 1,889 cavalry, 

 1,632 artillery, and the rest engineers, staff, 

 etc.); 39,177 sub-officers; 249,543 non-com- 

 missioned officers and men; 2,180 hospital 

 assistants; 9,100 artisans; 493 accountants; 



533 veterinary surgeons; 440 armorers; and 

 76 saddlers total, 314,238. There are also 

 73,313 horses (9,428 artillery, 56,436 cavalry, 

 3,369 infantry, 1,599 train, and 2,390 staff). 

 The annual levy (which was postponed for 

 three months) would have furnished a con- 

 tingent of 81,204 men. The numbers above 

 given are those of the army when on a peace 

 footing, as at present; if placed on the war 

 establishment, the battalions of the Guard 

 and the Line, which now have each 686 and 



534 men respectively, would be raised to their 

 full strength of 1,000 men, making a total of 

 about 977,000 men. The number of horses, 

 too, on the war establishment is 150,000 

 more than double the present number. 



The North-German fleet, in 1868, consisted 

 of 53 ships and 36 gunboats, the former carry- 

 ing 495 guns, and the latter 68. Among the 

 steamers are three frigates (the King William, 

 the Frederick Charles, and the Crown Prince) 

 with 55 guns, and one iron-clad corvette (the 

 Hansa) with 8 guns. Besides these there are 

 two iron-clad boats (the Arminius and the 

 Prince Adalbert) with 7 guns, five turreted 

 corvettes with 140 guns, five smooth-decked 

 corvettes with 68 guns, two avisos with 6 

 guns, eight gunboats of the first class with 24 

 guns, fourteen of the second class with 28 

 guns, and the royal yacht Grille with four 

 boats attached. The sailing-ships are three 

 frigates (the Gefion, the Thetis, and the Niobe) 

 with 112 guns, three brigs with 38 guns, the 

 Barbarossa with 9 guns, and three harbor- 

 vessels. There are also thirty-two sloops, to 

 each of which are attached from two to four 

 boats armed with guns. 



On February 22d Mr. Bancroft, the Ameri- 

 can ambassador to the North-German Confed- 

 eration and the South-German Governments, 

 concluded at Berlin the following convention 

 regulating nationality : 



ABTIOLE 1. Citizens of the North-German Con- 

 federation who [have become or shall] become natu- 

 ralized citizens of the United States ot America, and 

 shall have resided uninterruptedly within the United 

 States five years, shall be held by the North-German 

 Confederation to be American citizens and shall be 

 treated as such. Eeciprocally : citizens of the United 

 States of America who [have become or shall] be- 

 come naturalized citizens of the North-German Con- 

 federation, and shall have resided uninterruptedly 

 within North Germany five years, shall be held by 

 the United States to be North-German citizens and 

 shall be treated as such. The declaration of an in- 

 tention to become a citizen of the one or the other 

 country has not for either party the effect of natural- 

 ization. 



ART. 2. A naturalized citizen of the one party, on 

 return to the territory of the other party, remains, 

 liable to trial and punishment for an action punish- 

 able by the laws of his original country and com- 

 mitted before his emigration ; saving always the 

 limitation established by the laws of his original 

 country. 



ART. 3. The convention for the mutual delivery of 

 criminals, fugitives from justice, in certain cases, con- 

 cluded between the United States on the one part 

 and Prussia and other States of Germany on the 

 other part, the sixteenth day of June one thousand 

 eight hundred and fifty-two, is hereby extended to 

 ah the States of the North-German 'Confederation. 



ABT. 4. If a German naturalized in America renews 

 his residence in North Germany without the intent 

 to return to America, he shall be held to have re- 

 nounced his naturalization in the United States. Re- 

 ciprocally : if an American naturalized in North Ger- 

 many renews his residence in the United States 

 without the intent to return to North Germany, he 

 shall be held to have renounced his naturalization in 

 North Germany. The intent not to return may be 

 held to exist when the person naturalized in the one 

 country resides more than two years in the other 

 country. 



ART. 5. The present convention shall go into effect 

 immediately on the exchange of ratifications and 

 shall continue in force for ten years. If neither 

 party shall have given to the other six months' pre- 

 vious notice of its intention then to terminate the 

 same, it shall further remain in force until the end 



