4C4
SPAIN.
Infantry ....
Staff
Officers
Rank and file
Total
278
2,647
57.258
60,183
Artillery ....
44
369
9,486
9,899
Engineers ....
8
72
2,288
2,368
Cavalry .....
107
829
10.904
11,840
' Provinciales'
173
1,510
43,243
44,926
' Carabineros ' . . .
43
470
11,549
12,062
' Gnardia civil '
Total .
24
401
9,965
10,390
677
6,298
144,693
151.668
The general staff of the Spanish army comprises five captains- general on the active list, besides titular dignitaries, 60 lieutenants- general, 131 majors-general, and 238 brigadiers-general.
The navy consisted, according to official returns, of the following vessels, at the end of June 1870 : —
1. Screw Steamers : — Guns
7 iron-clad frigates, of from 16 to 40 guns . . . 169
1 ship of the line, of 18 large guns .... 18
11 frigates, of from 26 to 51 guns ..... 461
26 corvettes, of from 2 to 5 guns ..... 68 18 gun-boats, each with 1 gun . . . . .18
10 transports —
73 steamers ......
2. Paddle Steamers : —
3 frigates, of 14, 16, and 18 guns . 11 corvettes, of from 2 to 10 guns
10 avisos, 2 pf 1, and 8 of 2 guns
24 paddle steamers .....
3. Sailing Vessels : —
5 frigates, of 16 guns each
1 corvette, of 15 guns ....
4 naval-school ships, of from 18 to 30 guns 3 coast-guard vessels, of 2 guns each
13
734
48 61 18
127
80
15
106
6
202
The seven iron-clads of the Spanish navy were, with one exception, built in England. The largest of them, called the Victoria, launched early in 1868, was constructed by the Thames Ironworks Company. The dimensions of the ship are : — Length, 316 ft. ; breadth, 57 ft. ; depth, 38 ft. ; burden, 4,862 tons. The Victoria carries 24 guns, and is armoured from stem to stern with 5^-in. plates and 10 in. teak; the engines, of 1,000-horse power, nominal, are of the same type as those of the Warrior and Minotaur. Next to the Victoria in size is the Numancia, built in the floating docks of Cartagena — the latter, 324 feet in length, of 105 feet outside, and 78 feet inside
