GREAT BR11 I) IRKLAM* 



. 



ona. The artillery comprises 90 batteries 



I 



I depOtS. '1 - ll*iU Of I 



>untod iiUTit* and nnmla>loadtae? moon* 



Karh battery consists of 6 nicer*. 



fineers comprise 8 companies of field and 



1 rniiiiianiea, MK! 



*tn.". i.f tfunryor*. with 17 depot 

 -om panic* <>f ubinu: 



I 1 I nit I a ill >li of 

 -. an.l I 



i n -l-i-i. The number of horses 

 ojtimatee waa 14AM. 1 



ii Bngiand and W aim, 8,680 in Scotland. 



--I in 



">. and MI the colon i 

 rvtfulnr forces, borne an 



the army reserve, 80.559 ; militia, 186JW3 ; veo- 



81 The regular British tr.M.| drafted into the 



^^^larti 



pillar Mnti-h troops 665,508. 



Is f-r tin- trainnu' . -f ofllcens the 

 Academy, at \V,- 

 -nff Colics 



I hur: icntii'iml in-tiiuf i.-i^ 



. aliiiu aici !; rinal M'hool, 

 n Military S-h..|. nt 

 ^^^K the depart IK 



militar\ 

 I and rhooU and libraries for tne nrHaon- 



Mriti-h 



^^arr from IW.mm to ftl.OOO. A- / 1 ;.' 

 mm arc trn-f> rn-d annually to the army 



ridfre, field marshal 



t manditic th.- l'.rr:-!i ivninwM Pttirad ii, \ :; 

 (raat in -i -i-s. and his 



^^Hrate anUuronutt. Fiel<l- Marshal \ iscount 

 i be foremort champion of military 



L^L^Lv* wa * *' 



ream that he was commander in chief 



teen'a cousin WM the object of incessant 



I radical attacks as an exponent of the royal 



in 1856 at 

 fnilure 



i War. and l 

 . of an aiiimr . 



n and the chiefs .f the War 

 sin-d thi- 



i and 



n I'ruwian mode). i<> 



mutrht. the Queen's 

 -Iseler assuuu.l 



-The British navy 



JT '-r.unt!!.- if thi* naval* 

 - 



w c?n 1880 

 >DO that can steam 15j kn. u- an hour or 



4880 tons of older tvpe 



effective fc^ MMCwWff^^^M 



if . 



tth fr.-m 



inches of side armor, and am .. 88-. 



Z+H*!***- **! 



i' : ' .:' - :, ' 



power, ^t^i'iic a apeaQ of 17*o 



n gun* in barbrtte batt 



auxiliary arum:. 



- 





 i 



..-.- . 



h. HI 6-poundrr. 

 7 tor- 



thb claw that rarrir. h- .in 



(a. The 8 other new ftrmor rUi. 



" Mid -llarflrar-i arr lighter and More 

 mobile, having only If inches of armor and * 







MJM poirardmsofi mm Id IM b - "f 



i ships completed to 1881 aad I8M.8 



1 -Tmfaltfar-|...f 11JMO too*, hav- 



ing 80 inches of armor over the rtul parts. 



K*uns and a aeoondanr baiirrr 



of 4 ; t,drr. and 8 it*nder 



funs. and the thin! 



indicating 12,000 bone ower, carria* 8 1 



guns, 1 fcMon gun. 18 5-lon gun*, and If 6- 

 pounder and 9 Vpoonder quick-firer*. MM! has 

 engines of 14.000 boras power. Theas have a 

 7 knot*, and Ihe4 barbette 

 *5 (- Beobow." 



-inch armor, develop the same speed with 

 s of 11.500 horse power, while they earrr 

 an armament of 4 67-ton and 6 5-ton gur. 

 19 quick flrers, and are fitted with tubes far dis 

 chaorinu " t.-rj- d.- . 1 less than the visas hi last 

 mentioned. This standanl of speed waa filed 

 by a vessel of similar type r Rodney "K whose 

 main armament consists of 1 69- ton and S 



-. Two turret ship* < - Kdmfc 

 and " ColoNius '\ of 9.480 tons, having 18 : 

 of arm..r and an armamrnt i iinsJStlBaTOf 4 45- 

 aid 5 5-ton guns and 14 qeJefc Irers. de- 

 Taloped a speed . t*. the rm* 



and |>n *l T 



launchc.1 in lw*l. Ii 

 kto that was neit built 

 9.500 tons, having the MUM 

 and the same armament, wars 

 9/iOO horse power. uh hk* tl 



was fir>t reached. These 4 

 rather within the second ernes of aaaadma] 8fla> 

 ing shii than within the flr*t, to which bekejgaa 

 moW recent lurr 



carrie* 8 45-ton gun* and a powerful 



,rv armament, and make* 1*5 knot* an 



there are 4 older re-eels counted in the 



* the 



.hip, laur. TA. and 



armed nh 4 3Mon and 4 l^on guns . 



rradnauirl 



.' r Superb "and - Ateiandra ~> carry 

 U BJ : v: : n |j M -.:.-- 



Md Unit at thcMim, Infle*- 



tons, with plates 94 >rohe 

 and 4 80-ton gun*, is now accounted tno alow 

 and unwieldy for fleet purposes, and is not even 



