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mental chief bugler ; the regiments of guards, grenadiers, and carbineers have, in addition to 

 the commander of the regiment, (who is a major general,) 1 colonel, and 50 musicians instead 

 of 40. 



The strength of a battalion of the line or light infantry is, then, 1,055 combatants. 



The strength of a battalion of guards, grenadiers, or carbineers, is 1,079 combatants. 



The strength of a regiment of 4 battalions, (line or light infantry,) is 4,267 combatants. 



The strength of a regiment of 3 battalions, (guard, grenadiers, &c.,) is 3,294 combatants. 



To each regiment there belongs a company of the train, which comprises the teamsters, 

 mechanics, (except tailors and shoemakers,) hospital attendants, and officers' servants. In a 

 regiment of the line the company of the train consists of: 1 officer, 7 sergeants, 280 corporals 

 and privates, 280 horses, and 71 wagons and carts ; these men are not included in the force of 

 combatants as given above. 



These companies of the train form the train battalion of the division ; every independent 

 battalion has a company or section, of the train. Attached to each regiment is a surgeon and 

 several assistants. 



The regiments of infantry are permanently organized into brigades, divisions, and army 

 corps ; 2 regiments form a brigade, 2 brigades a division, 3 divisions (with the proper proportion 

 of the other arms of service) a corps. 



THE CAVALKY. 



This consists of cuirassiers, dragoons., lancers, hussars, and Cossacks. The number of regi- 

 ments is as follows : cavalry of the guard — cuirassiers 4, dragoons 2, lancers 2, hussars 2, 

 Cossacks 2, and 5^ independent squadrons ; cavalry of the army — cuirassiers 8, dragoons 9, 

 lancers 20, and hussars 16. 



The regiments are named and numbered, in a similar manner to the infantry. 



All the cuirassier regiments, and all the cavalry of the guard, have six active squadrons jjer 

 regiment ; the dragoons of the line have ten active squadrons per regiment ; all the rest of the 

 regiments, except two of lancers and two of hussars, (forming the reserve light cavalry division,) 

 have eight active squadrons. 



On the war establishment, the full strength of each squadron is, 6 officers, 16 sergeants, 3 

 trumpeters, 146 corporals and privates ; there are also, usually, an assistant veterinary surgeon 

 and a horse sheer. 



The staff of a regiment of six squadrons consists of: 1 colonel, 3 field officers, (one to command 

 each division of two squadrons,) 1 adjutant, 1 quartermaster, 1 paymaster, 1 chief veterinary 

 surgeon, and 1 regimental trumpeter ; in a regiment of eight squadrons there is one additional 

 field officer, to command the 4th division. 



The dragoons of the line have each five divisions, of which the first four (having two trum- 

 peters and two drummers to each squadron) are stronger by two musicians, each, than the 

 divisions of other cavalry ; the 5th division is as other cavalry. The staff of a dragoon regiment 

 has one field officer more than a regiment of eight squadrons, and also a regimental drummer. 



The strength of a regiment of 6 squadrons is thus, 1,034 combatants. 

 " " 8 " 1,377 " 



" " 10 " 1,729 " 



Two regiments of cavalry, usually of the same kind, form a brigade ; two brigades, of different 

 kinds, form a division ; two or more divisions form a cavalry corps. 

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