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battalions has in peace 42 files, those of the other 14, 38 files.* To 
provide artillery for the above divisions, there are six reserve artillery 
brigades, each of six batteries of four guns. Each sub-division is on 
mobilization expanded into a battery of eight guns, by calling up the 
reserves. The 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th batteries of each brigade thus 
become each a brigade of 4 batteries, making a total of 24 brigades = 
96 batteries, which are attached to the 24 newly formed infantry 
divisions. Nos. 42 to 65. The 5th and 6th batteries each form four 
depot batteries of eight guns, each brigade thus furnishing a depot 
brigade of eight batteries. 6x8 = 48 = the number of regular brigades 
of artillery (41 line, 3 guard, 4 grenadier), thus each depot battery 
feeds a corresponding regular brigade. The cavalry reserve squadrons 
merely train remounts in peace, and act as depots in war, the divisional 
cavalry for the above divisions being furnished by Cossacks of the 2nd 
and 3rd categories. 
In Dr. Bock*s paper, we only notice the description of the barrack- 
town at Dresden for 7000 men. All the military buildings of the 
garrison are concentrated at the north end of the town in the so-called 
Albertstadt, which is intersected by the Konigsbriicker Strasse, leading 
from the Elbe bridge. On the right side of the road, going away from 
Dresden, are three large barracks, each for an infantry regiment of 
three battalions, with immense drill sheds attached, a barrack for a 
pioneer battalion, the arsenal, train and clothing depots, cadet school, 
hospital, and laboratory. On the left hand side are a military prison, 
the commissariat stores, several large riding schools, and barracks for 
one cavalry and two artillery regiments (17 batteries). Beyond all is 
an immense drill ground with broken ground all round it, over which 
manoeuvres are carried on. The barracks are all new, and provided 
with the latest improvements, and the hospital is a model establishment. 
It is worthy of note that in the barracks the men sleep and eat in 
different rooms, and that the stables are quite apart from the mens* 
quarters. 
In the papers on the Russo-Turkish War several curious revelations 
are made. It appears that in the summer of 1876, the German 
Emperor said to the Grand Duke Nicholas, “ You will soon be called 
upon to take command of a large army and show your military talents.** 
Considering that Russia was then at peace, this was rather a startling 
thing for a 'foreign sovereign to say in public, and it proves that an 
understanding existed between Russia and Germany. Or was Kaiser 
Wilhelm also among the prophets ? Nicholas was totally ignorant of 
the intended w T ar, and, on the 29th October, asked the Tsar if the war 
Translator's Note .—To make the above more clear let us take an example,— 
Peace Footing. War Footing. 
1st Reserve Cadre Battalion Staff (St. Petersburg) becomes Staff 165th Regiment. 
1st Company becomes 1st Battalion 165th Regiment. 
2nd n n 2nd » „ „ 
3rd a n 3rd » » u 
4th n i, 4th // „ a 
5th n i, 1st Reserve Infantry Battalion. 
Formed from all the companies ... 2 depdt battalions for Infantry Regiments. 
