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all mounted on black horses, and have deep red uniform, with black 

 collar and cuffs and gold lace. 2. The Hungarian Body Guard, com- 

 posed of young Hungarian nobility ; the officers have all been generals, 

 staff-officers, or captains of cavalry in the army ; there are 4 of them and 

 65 guards, all mounted on white horses. They wear bright red dolmans 

 with silver, a tiger-skin instead of the pelisse, bear-skin cap with heron 

 plume, red pantaloons, and yellow boots. 3. Lombardo- Venetian Body 

 Guard, composed of young Italian nobles, 60 strong. It and the Hungarian 

 Guard serve as a preparatory school for officers. The uniform is red with 

 deep blue velvet collar and cuffs, white pantaloons, yellow epaulettes and 

 aiguillettes, silver helmet. 4. Halberdier Life Guards in Vienna and Milan : 

 4 officers, 12 non-commissioned officers, 110 men, and 5 musicians. Uni- 

 form as No. 1, but halberds as weapons. 5. The Palace Guard: 4 officers, 

 24 non-commissioned officers, 250 men, 4 drummers. Uniform pike-grey 

 with black hats, white pantaloons, and high boots. Arms : bayonet-carbine 

 and short sabre. 



The infantry consists: 1. Of 61 regiments of the line, of which 15 are 

 Hungarian, 13 Galitzian, 8 Italian, 8 Bohemian, 5 Austrian, 4 Moravian, 

 3 Illyrian, 4 Silesian, and 1 Styrian. Each regiment, save the Hungarian, 

 has, besides two grenadier companies, 2 battalions of six and 1 of four 

 companies. To these in time of war are added the landwehr, but not to 

 the Italian regiments. The infantry company has 4 officers, 14 non- 

 commissioned officers, 12 lance corporals, 2 drummers, and 186 men. 

 The regiment has, without the grenadiers, 3562 men in peace, and 4437 

 in war. The Hungarian regiment contains in peace 4434, in war 5759 

 men. The arms : muskets with bayonets and percussion locks ; 120 men 

 in each regiment have rifles with sword bayonets. The bayonet is carried 

 in the belt instead of a sabre ; belts white. The uniform is white with 

 collars and cuffs of various colors ; pantaloons deep blue, shakos with 

 metal ornaments and pompon {pi. 21, upper ^^. 2, an officer, ^^. 6, private). 

 2. Of the grenadiers : they form 20 battalions, which are composed of the 

 grenadier companies of the different regiments of the line. A grenadier 

 company has 3 officers, 15 non-commissioned officers, and 155 men. The 

 uniform is as for the infantry of the line ; instead of the shako the grena- 

 diers wear the bear-skin cap, with red sack and sabre (upper fig. 5, a 

 drummer, a sapper, and a grenadier). Of late the grenadiers also wear 

 deep-blue pantaloons. The Hungarian grenadiers {fig. 4) have tight deep 

 blue pantaloons, trimmed with black and yellow cord, and laced boots 

 {Baganschen). The officers {fig. 3) have tight pantaloons trimmed with 

 black and gold also, and top-boots {Zisclnnen) sewed and with the tops fall- 

 ing half way down the shin. 3. Of Border Troops {Grenztruppen) : 

 17 regiments of {Czaikisten) light troops are organized in a peculiar 

 manner along the southern boundary of Dalmatia as far as Bukowina, 

 seventeen circles of territory being placed under an entirely military con- 

 stitution. Each regiment has 2 battalions and numbers 2727 men. The 

 Siebenbiirger regiments, however, only 2677 men. Each regiment has 240 

 riflemen and 50 artillerists. With the {Szekler) frontier hussars, the 



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