REPORT OF CAPT. GEORGE B. MTLELLAN. 45 



THE AUSTRIAN INFANTRY. 



This consists of 62 regiments of tte line, 14 regiments of frontier infantry, and 32 battalions 

 of rifles. 



During peace, the line regiments consist of 4 field battalions of 6 companies each, and 1 depot 

 battalion of 4 companies. In war, the 4 grenadier companies are detached from their respective 

 battalions and form a separate battalion, being replaced in the field battalions by new companies. 



The frontier regiments have 2 field and 1 depot battalion. 



Of the rifle battalions, 26 consist of 4 companies, the remainder of 6 companies each; each 

 of the latter has a depot company, while there is 1 depot comjmny for every two of the 4 com- 

 pany battalions. 



A grenadier company consists of: 1 captain, 1 lieutenant, 2 sub-lieutenants, 2 sergeants, 12 

 corjjorals, 150 privates, 2 drummers, and 2 pioneers. 



The other infantry companies consist of: 1 captain, 1 lieutenant, 2 sub-lieutenants, 2 sergeants, 

 12 corporals, 12 lance coriDorals, 180 to 200 privates, 2 buglers, 2 drummers, and 2 pioneers. 



A rifle company consists of: 4 officers, 2 sergeants, 12 corporals, 20 lance corporals, 160 

 privates, 2 buglers, and 2 pioneers. 



The company is divided into 4 platoons, and the formation is always in 3 rants. 



The step is 30" long, and at the rate of from 105 to 108 per minute. 



The school of the recruit comprises the individual, squad, and platoon drills, in close order, 

 and as skirmishers ; it contains full instructions as to running, jumping, &c., detailed instruc- 

 tions in regard to target practice and the theory of firing, and a full system for fencing with 

 the bayonet. 



In the skirmish drill the chain is composed of groups of three men ; the rear rank, or a part 

 of it, being habitually employed as skirmishers. 



In the formation of a company in line, the captain is three paces in rear of the centre ; if the 

 company is alone, he is at half-company distance in front of the centre ; the 1st lieutenant is on 

 the right of the front rank ; the 2d lieutenant on the left of the front rank ; the 3d lieutenant 

 by the side of the captain, when the latter is in rear of the company ; the sergeants are in the 

 front rank, between the second and third platoons ; four corporals are posted as file-closers behind 

 the centres of the wings of the company, the others on the flanks of platoons ; the drummers 

 and pioneers are six paces in rear of the centre ; the buglers of an infantry company are on the 

 right"and left of the centre rank. 



In a rifle company the pioneers take the place just prescribed for the buglers of an infantry 

 company, and the four buglers are posted six paces behind the centre of the company. 



The field ofiicers of a regiment consist of one colonel commanding, and one field officer (a lieu- 

 tenant colonel or a major) to command each battalion. There is a regimental adjutant (a 

 lieutenant) and a battalion adjutant (a sub-lieutenant) for each battalion. 



Each battalion has its own colors. 



The interval between battalions is twelve paces. 



The column by companies is the habitual column of manoeuvre ; it is formed with full distance, 

 in close column, (three paces clear distance between the subdivisions,) and closed in mass, 

 (without distance between the subdivisions.) In the manoeuvres of large bodies of troops the 

 two latter are most freqiiently employed. 



The Austrian system of forming square, and the constant illustrations given in their tactics 



