310 



FKANCE. 



To this number may be added the second 

 division of the yearly contingent, amounting 

 to about 60,000 men, who serve from six to 

 twelve months, and swell the number of the 

 army to 501,007 men. In time of war, the 

 army will be composed as follows : 



Field army (divided into 19 army corps and 9 di- 

 visions of cavalry) 880,000 



Battalions, squadrons, batteries, etc., of the armee 



active remaining in France and Algeria 50,000 



Garrison troops, according to the estimates of the 



army commission (in companies of 500 men each). 220,000 



The territorial army 660,000 



Garrison troops of the territorial army 2(1.000 



Corps forestier and douaniers 20,000 



Total 1,750,000 



The army commission estimated the terri- 

 torial army at only two battalions of together 

 474,840 men, exclusive of the staffs. In the 

 total as above are included four regiments of 

 marines. The degree of instruction received 

 by the " class of 1873 " was as follows : 



The navy was composed as follows, accord- 

 ing to the budget of 1875 : 



The following table exhibits the movementa 

 of French commerce from 1859 to 1874: 



The foreign countries chiefly interested in the trade of France in the years 1872, 1873, 

 and 1874, were the following: 



The commerce of France with its colonies during the same period was as follows ; 





