20£ CHILI. 



THE SENATE 



Consists of nineteen members, elected for five years, representing 

 ten provinces. 



THE HOUSE OF DEPUTIES 



Consists of eighty-two members, elected for three years, representing 

 thirty-five departments. 



Foreigners require ten years' residence to obtain citizenship, if 

 unmarried ; six years, if married ; three years, if married to Chilenos. 



According to present calculation, the militia force of the republic 

 reaches forty-five thousand : forty battalions of infantry, eighty 

 squadrons of cavalry, and eleven companies of artillery. 



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 NAVY 



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 



