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VI.— MANUFACTOEIES NOT LIABLE TO THE PAYMENT OF LICENSE 



DUTIES (1873). 



Nature of Factories. 

 Cotton 

 Wool 



Flax and Hemp 

 8ilk 

 Paper 

 Metals . 

 Cheiniral Products 

 Leather . 

 Fats, &c. 

 ]\Iachiuery 

 Glass 



Of factories liable to excise duties there were (1876) 3,913 distilleries and 261 sugar refineries. 



VIL— MILITAEY FOECES. 



THE RUSSIAN ARMY ON A WAR FOOTING. 



I. Field Troops (Europe and Caucasus) : — Combatants 



48 divisions of Infantry, including a total of 292 regiments, or 768 battalions . . 758,000 



7 brigades of Rifles, with a total of 28 battalions 28,000 



20 divisions of Cavalry, with a total of 56 regiments of 4 squadrons (to be raised to 6) 33,600 



5 brigades of Sappers, with a total of 15 battalions ....... 13,000 



8 battalions of Pioneers, 4 Railway battalions, 2 Torpedo companies, 9 Telegraph 



companies .............. 10,000 



41 brigades of Field Artillery, with 246 batteries and 1,968 guns ) gQ qqq 



34 batteries of Horse Artillery (204 guns) | . . . • ' 



Total 912,600 



II. Reserve Troops (eventually intended for service in the field) : — 



97 regiments and 97 separate battalions of Infantry (485 battalions) .... 485,000 



112 squadrons of Cavalry ............ 16,800 



24brigadesof Artillery "(96 field batteries, with 768 guns) 23,000 



20 companies of Sappers ............ 5,000 



Total 529,800 



III. Garrison Troops (Europe and Caucasus) : — 



9 " Local " and 7 ■' Line " battalions .......... 16,000 



5 1 battalions of Garrison Artillery 70,000 



Total '86,000 



IV. Depots (Europe and Caucasus) : — 



292 battalions of Infantry and 7 battalions of Rifles 3" 0,000 



56 squadrons of Cavalry ............ 11,200 



48 Field Batteries (384 guns) and 3 batteries of Horse Artillery (18 guns) . . . 12,800 



5 battalions of Sappers ............ 5,000 



Total 329,000 



V. C' ssacks (Europe and Caucasus): — 



Don Ci>ssacks: — 62 regiments of Cavalry, 15 batteries of Horse Artillery (90 guns) . 60,000 

 Kuban Cossacks : — 30 regiments of Cavalry, 5 battalions, 5 batteries of Horse Artillery 



(40 guns) 33,000 



Terek Cossacks: — 15 regiments of Cavalry. 2 batteries of Horse Artillery (8 guns) . 7,000 



Astrakhan Cossacks :— 3 regiments of Cavalry ........ 1,200 



Orenburg Cossacks : — 15 regiments of Cavalry, 9 battalions of Infantry, 3 batteries 



(24 guns) 19,000 



Ural Cossacks : — 9 regiments of Cavalry 5.400 



Total 120,000 



VI. Military Forces in Asia : — 



Infantry: — 8 Rifle battalions, 12 Locul battalions, 27 Line battalions, 10 Cossack 



battalions 50,000 



Cavalry : — 19 regiments of Cossacks .......... 10,000 



Artillery: — 11 Field Batteries (88 guns), 3 Horse Batteries (18 guns), 4 Garrison 



battalions 3,200 



Total 63,200 



Grand Total, 2,046,400 men, with 3,610 field guns. 



This total does not include numerous escort detachments, &c., scattered over the empire, and 

 numbering about 80,000 men ; nor the Militia troops in the Caucasus and elsewhere, and in Finland 

 (5,000 men), nor the " general levy," which it is proposed to summon in case of a national war. 



The ordinary peace footing hardly exceeds 730,000 men, but on January 1st, 1877, there were 

 actually under arms no less than 1,005,825 men (784,161 Infantry, 70,925 Cavalry, 125,927 Artillery, 

 24,812 Engineers). 



