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THE FIELD ARTILLERY OF ITALY. 
France and Austria have an equal number of heavy and light 
batteries (1 :1). 
Russia has the same proportion (1 :1), if we omit the guns of position; 
but taking them into account, the proportion of light to heavy guns 
is 2 :3. 
Germany and England adopt the proportion of 1: 1*4.* 
Proportion of Artillery in an Army. 
We will now turn to another question—-viz., the apportioning of the 
artillery in an army. 
The military forces of Italy are divided into armies, each of which is 
subdivided into 3 army corps, which in their turn consist each of 2 
divisions and a reserve (truppe suppletive .) 
To each division is assigned 1. brigade of artillery of 3 batteries, and 
to the reserve 1 brigade of 3 or 4 batteries; or, to express it in 
another manner, 1 regiment of field artillery goes to 1 army corps, 
Number of Men. 
With regard to the number of men composing an army corps 
The division contains 4 regiments of infantry, each of 3 battalions ; 
and including the different arms of the service, we have— 
Men. 
For the 2 brigades. 10,272. 
2 squadrons of cavalry .. 321 
3 batteries of artillery . 65 6 
Effective total of 1 division . 11,149 
a n 2 divisions. 22,298 
The reserve troops consist of— 
1 regiment of Bersaglieri (4 battalions) . 3,382 
2 regiments of cavalry of 4 squadrons . 1,364 
4 batteries of artillery . 763 
Total of 1 army corps. 27,807 
and 10 batteries, or 80 guns; therefore, the proportion of guns is 2*8 
to every 1000 men. 
Let us compare this with the proportion in other countries— 
No. of guns 
per 1000 men. 
France ... 3*5 
Germany ..... 3*4 
Austria . 3 
Russia. 4 
And with the cavalry . 4*5 
We ought to add that all the principal powers have a considerable 
number of horse artillery batteries, of which doubtless much is expected, 
and Italy does not possess any. 
* This refers to England’s home army only, and does not include dep6t batteries. 
