States
Regiments of Infantry
Regiments of Cavalry
Regiments of Artillery
Battalions of Engineers and Train
Prussia .
Saxony .
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Oldenburg
Brunswick
Saxe-Weimar . .
Anhalt .
Saxe-Meiningen and Coburg-Gotha .
Saxe-Altenburg, Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Reuss-Schleiz, and Reuss-Grez
Contingent of Hesse
97 9 2 1
i i l
i i
4
64 6 2 1 1
2
22 2
1 1
24 2
Total . .
118
76
26
26
The armed forces of the states not included in this list, namely, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Waldeck, Lippe-Detmold, Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, Schaumburg-Lippe, Hamburg, Lübeck, and Bremen, are, by special treaties, incorporated with the Prussian army.
The total strength of the army of the North-German Confederation amounted, in June 1870, to 319,358 men on the peace-footing, and to 977,262 men on the war-footing, as follows: —
Field troops, privates and non-commissioned
Depots, ditto ......
Garrison troops, ditto .....
Officers, staff, and military schools
Total .....
Peace-footing
War-footing
287,481
13,046 18,831
511,826
180,672
265,082
19,682
319,358
977,262
The army of the Confederation was commanded by 1 field-marshal, 1 field-zeugmeister, 41 generals, 70 lieutenant-generals, 92 major-generals, and 232 colonels. For further details regarding the army, see the next article, 'Prussia,' pp. 121-23.
2. Navy.
The formation of a German navy, due to the initiative of Prussia, dates from 1848, and rapid progress has been made in it for the last few years. According to documents laid before the Reichstag in the session of 1870, the fleet of war of the Empire consisted, in June 1870, of the following steamers and sailing vessels : —
