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, General staff.
4,189 (3,485)
3,619
377 (283)
282
1
93 1 (70)
77
1 4,059 (3,838)'
3,978
Military Schools .
3,374 (347)
2,374
(-)
—
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—
3,374 (347)
2,374
Unclassed amidst
the troops .
1,973 (1,728)
195
772 (550)
, 3(t4
114 (110)
70
2,859 (2,388)
569
Arm,]/ Corps:
Infantry
336,006 (12,300)
7,029
36,052 (866)
371
8,8-23 (256)
537
380,881 (13,422)
7,637
Administrative .
11,860 (-)
—
3,527 (-)
—
519 (-)
15,906 (-)
Cavalry
66,681 (3,489)
59,085
7,597 (365)
'7,660
1,853 (86)
1,097
76,131 (3,940)
68,442
Artillery .
78,090
35,444
2,583
1,418
854
473 1 81,527
37,335
(3,94S)
(49)
(17)
(4,014;
Engineers .
12,219 (484)
1,021
867 (13)
300
340 (4)
140
13,420 (501)
1,461
Train .
8,527
5,428
2,175
-1,901
716
658
11,418
7,987
Total Army Corps
(361)
(38)
1 ,
(13)
(412)
513,383
108,007
52,801
11, (150
13,105
3,205 579,289
122,862
Total Active Army
(20,582)
(1,331)
(376)
(22,289)
522,919
114,195
53,950
1
12,236
13,312
3,352 590,181
129,783
(26,142)
(2,164)
(556)
(28,862)
Gendarmerie .
21,546
10,807
1,172
902
143
101; 22,861
11,810
(624)
(31)
(4)
(659)
Garde Republicaine
3,050
740
—
—
3,050
740
Grand Total .
(83)
(-)
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547,515
125,742
55,122
I3.i:-J8
13,455^
3,453; 016,092
142,333
(26,849)
(2.195)
(r,60)
(29,604)
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Deducting vacancies, sick and absent, the total ctFective for 189& is 540,582 for the Active Army, and. 25, 647 for the Gendarmerie and Gairde Republicaine.
The number of men liable to militaiy service is estimated as follows-: — active army and its reserve, 2,350,000; temtorial army, 900,000; territorial reserve, 1,100,000; total, 4,350,000 men, of Avhom about 2,500,000 would be available.
Navy.
The French navy is under the supreme direction of the Minister of Marine, who is assisted by a Chief of the Staff. The fiuictions of the last-named officer, who is a vice-admiral, were enlarged in 1898. Under the Minister he has charge of all the work of the dei)artmciit having reference to the building, maintenance, commissiuning, and mobilization of the fleet, and particularly of all that concerns preparations for war. He is chief of the Military Cabinet, while the Civil Cabinet, devoted to acbuinistrative work, is directly under the Minister. There are two sub-chiefs of the staff, of whom one is in charge of various sections, and the other of the work of the ^lilitary Cabinet. The central administration also embraces the directorates of personnel, materiel, and artillery, the inspectorate of works, the finance depart- ment, the services of submarine defences, hydrography, and other .special branches. lu addition to these are the Superior Council of the Xavy, and the
