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FKANCE. 



By a law of July 24, 1873, on the reorgani- 

 zation of the Army, France is divided into 18 

 districts, each of which is occupied by an army 

 corps. One army corps, moreover, is organized 

 in Algeria. Each of the 18 army corps consists 

 of 2 divisions of infantry, 1 brigade of cavalry, 

 1 brigade of artillery, 1 battalion of engineers, 

 1 squadron of the train, a general staff, and 

 the subordinate staffs. The composition of the 

 Army, in time of peace, will be as follows: 



Infantry (156 regiments, 505 battalions, 2,445 com- 

 panies) 281,601 



Cavalry 68,617 



Artillery 66,881 



Engineers 10,960 



Train 9,392 



Staff 26,407 



Gendarmes 27,014 



Total 490,822 



To this number may be added the second 

 division of the yearly contingent, amounting 

 to about 60,000 men, who serve from 6 to 12 

 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) 800,000 



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



active remaining in France and Algeria 50,000 



Garrison troops 220,000 



The territorial army 560.000 



Garrison troops of the territorial army 20,000 



Corps forestier and douaniers 20,000 



Total 1,750,000 



The degree of instruction received by the 

 "class of 1874" is indicated by the following 

 table : 



The Navy was composed as follows, on Janu- 

 ary 1, 1877, according to a report submitted to 

 the Chamberof Deputies bytheBudgetCommit- 

 tee: There were in all 226 vessels; of these 19 

 were iron-clads of the first class, 10 iron-clads 

 of the second class, 6 iron-clad coasting vessels 

 gardes-cotes), 18 gunboats, 39 cruisers, 40 dis- 

 patch boats, 27 transports, 7 torpedo-boats, 

 and 60 sailing vessels. The fleet was manned 

 in 1876 by 48,303 sailors, and 16,000 men ma- 

 rine infantry. 



The total commerce of France with foreign 

 countries and its colonies was as follows (in 

 francs) : 



The imports in 1876 amounted to 3,950,174,- 

 000 francs, and the exports to 3,569,891,000 

 francs. These figures were distributed as 

 follows: 



According to the official report, the com- 

 merce of France was very unsatisfactory in 

 1877. During the first 10 months of the year, 

 the imports and exports were both less than in 

 the corresponding period of the previous year. 

 The report is as follows (value in francs) : 



1877. 



It is a noticeable fact that the imports of 

 raw materials, as well as the exports of manu- 

 factured goods, have decreased since 1876, 

 while the import of articles of food has in- 

 creased. 



The number of laden vessels entered and 

 cleared in 1875 was as follows : 



The commercial navy on December 31, 1875, 

 was as follows : 



Of the 15,441 vessels in 1875, 10,445 were 

 of more than 30 tons. 



