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spending in all respects with that of the regiment to which they belong. 

 2. 10 battalions of foot-chasseurs, each of 8 companies. Arms : rifles and 

 sword bayonets made to fix. Uniform : blue frock with different edgings 

 about the collar, cuffs, and lapels ; grey pantaloons ; black gaiters and 

 boots ; green woollen epaulettes with brass crescent ; black belts ; grey 

 shakos, with black trimming and horsehair tuft, for parade ; at other times 

 oilcloth cover and pompon. PL 19, lower fig. 9, chasseur d'Orleans in 

 marching equipment ; j^^. 10, in parade-dress; and the other at fig. 9, in 

 camp costume : blue jacket ; grey linen pantaloons ; green shoulder strap ; 

 blue forage cap with edging. 3. 1 regiment foot Zouaves in Algiers, of 3 

 battalions, with 9 companies. Uniform : blue red-edged jacket ; blue tur- 

 ban with red fez ; wide, red, Arabian trowsers and gaiters. Arms : bay- 

 onet-muskets and sword-bayonets. 4. 3 battalions of light infantry in 

 Africa, each of 10 companies. Uniform : blue frock with different colored 

 collar ; red pantaloons and shakos ; white epaulettes and cloak. 5. 12 dis- 

 cipline and punishment companies {compagnies de punition et discipline) ; 

 and 1 foreign legion, in 2 regiments of 3 battalions, with 8 companies. 



The cavalry consists of 10 regiments of cuirassiers of 5 squadrons, 

 which in war can be increased by one. 2 regiments of carbiniers ; 

 12 regiments of dragoons ; 8 of lancers or ulans ; 13 of chasseurs a 

 cheval ; 9 of hussars. Besides these, in Africa: 4 regiments chasseurs 

 d'Afrique; 3 squadrons of Spahis in Bona, and 4 regiments of regular 

 Spahis in Oran. Arms : long sabre, but slightly curved, and with basket- 

 hilt, and for the reserve and line cavalry long carbines, as with the 

 German troops. Uniform: very showy, dressy, and -rich. Carbiniers and 

 cuirassiers, blue jackets, with helmets, and back and breast cuirass ; dra- 

 goons green, with helmets also; lancers light blue with red collar and cap ; 

 chasseurs green, faced with yellow, with white buttons, red shakos, sugar- 

 loaf form cut off at the top ; hussars with pelisse and dolman of various 

 colors ; the Spahis very elegantly clad in the Turkish fashion. Saddle- 

 covers throughout of white sheepskin with the wool. PL 20, fig. 12, shows 

 an officer of cuirassiers ; fig. 11, a standard-bearer of carbiniers. Pig. 13 «, 

 a trumpeter, and^^. 13 6, a private of dragoons. Fig. 14, a chasseur with 

 the now abandoned bearskin cap, in place of which the shako is at present 

 used ; fig. 15, a chef-d'escadron of lancers (the pennons are red above, 

 white in the middle, blue below). Fig. 16, an officer, and j^^. 17, a private 

 of hussars. Fig- 19 is an aide-de-camp. 



The artillery consists of 14 regiments, to 10 of which belong 15 batteries 

 each, and to 4 fourteen batteries each, so that they man in all 206 bat- 

 teries, of which 32 are flying artillery. Each battery contains nine 8- or 

 12-pounder guns. To the artillery belong also 1 regiment of pontoniers of 

 12 companies, and 12 artificer companies ; half a company of armorers, and 

 4 squadrons of train. Arms, as for the infantry, the musket with slings. 

 Uniform : blue jackets edged with red, with the same kind of collar, red 

 cufts, yellow buttons and red epaulettes; white belts; blue pantaloons with 

 red stripes ; shakos with cross-cannon, red cap-cord (gold for officers), 

 and red horsehair tuft. 



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