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The following table shows, approximately, the peace and war strength of various units in the ditfeient arms : —
—
Peace
War
Officers
Men
Horses
Officers Men
Horses
Infantry regiments .
70
1,887
25
79
4,024
158
Rifle regiments
31 to 41
/965 to\ ( 2,055 /
11 to 101
35
1,994
84
Rifle battalions
19 to 21
(528 to) \ 825 /
9 to 36
21 to 22
/I 012 to\ ( 1,123 /
46
Frontier battalions .
19 to 21
/480 tol t 1,089 /
9 to 111
21 to 22
- 1,012 to^
\ 1,123 /
46
Cossack infantry battalions
28 to 43
/S27 to\ \ 950 /
5
22
/ 831 to \
\ 1,036 /
3,942
49 to 109
Reserve infantry regiments
36
829
9
63
186
Fortress ,, ,,
41
1,717
11
78
4,847
21
Depot infantry battalions
—
—
3 to 13
223 tol,000
5
Cavalry, regular :
4-Squaclron rt3giments
32
779
585
30
673
676
6-Squadron ,, . .
38
1,100
905
36
975
1,010
Finland regiment
37
817
667
36
931
90S
Daghestan regiment .
21
695
679
21
939
971
Crimean division
17
405
283
—
—
—
Osset ,, ...
—
—
—
11
320
294
Turkoman ,, ...
—
—
—
10
287
202
Tittoral regiment
—
—
37
1,111
1,188
Cossack squadrons .
5 to 6
93 to 170
95 to 170
3 to 6
93 to 180
95 to 190
Dep6t cavalry sections
3
99
103
—
—
Depot cavalry squadrons .
—
—
—
5 to 8
186 to 201
103 to 21 n
Artillery :
Heavy field batteries
6
182
48
6
260
207 !
Light „ „ . . .
6
178
48
6
228
181 i
Mountain ,,
6
149
49
6
301
201 i
Each of the field batteiies has 4 guns in peace ; S in war.
Horse artillery batteries .
5 173 179 6 190 241
Horse mountain batteries
5 198 141 7 236 245
Each liorse battery has 6 guns in peace and war. j
Cossack artillery batteries
5 to 10 P-'fii^\ {^"1^^}! 5 207 to 293 245 to 324
Five batteries have 6 guns each ; one has 4 guns.
Howitzer batteriea .
5 1 175 1 62 1 5 1 226 | 157
Each battery has 6 howitzers. |
Reserve field artillery :
1
Heavy batteries
11 219 54 6 260 207
Light batteries
11 101 54 6 228 IS I
Each battery has 4 guns in peace and 8 in war.
Depot artillery batteries .
— 1 — 1 — 1 10tol4 1 610to870 1 165 to 286
1
Each has from 4 to 8 guns, except the Don and Orenburg
batteries, which are smaller.
Foot artillery : companies
3 113 — 1 5 320 —
Foot sortie batteries .
11 126 36 1 6 i:i0 75
Sortie batteries bave 2 guns in peace ; 8 in war.
Engineers :
Sapper battalions
26 651 17 30 1,367 346
Pontoon battalions .
12 277 12 12 591 495
Railway troops :
Battalions ....
20 1 98 i 2 1 25 1,112 1 85
