210 CHILI. 
THE ARMY, 
Agreeably to the constitution, in time of peace consists of three 
thousand men : eight companies of foot and horse-artillery, two regi- 
ments of cavalry, and three battalions of infantry. 
OFFICERS. 
One Major-General, 
Eight Colonels, 
Twenty Lieutenant-Colonels, 
Twenty-five Majors, 
Thirty-four Captains, 
Nine Adjutants, 
Twenty-one Lieutenants, 
Sixteen Sub-Lieutenants, 
Two Surgeons-in-chief. 
THE NA.VY 
Consists of the Brig Achilles, twenty guns; Schooner Colocolo, 
eight guns. 
OFFICERS. 
One Post-Captain, 
Two Commanders, 
One Lieutenant of Marines, 
Three Pursers. 
The late war with Peru has increased both the army and navy to 
the following, in round numbers : eight thousand troops, six thousand 
of whom are still m Peru, but about to return; two thousand in Chili 
with officers complete, all under the command of General Bulnes' 
nephew of the President. 
The navy, increased by capture and purchase, consists of, and now 
in service, four ships, two brigs, two schooners, and a new forty-four 
gun frigate expected daily from France. 
During the time of our visit, June, 1839, the President, in his 
message, resigned the extraordinary powers conferred upon him, and 
recommended a reduction of the army to a peace establishment. 
Since that time he has been succeeded by his nephew, General 
