Show THE TILE BRITISH ARMY ARRY its strength ali and arid stations DIS dispo pa of at a time when BO so many drafts are about to be made on the british army the london times furnishes the following interesting details showing in what portions of the globe british troops are now stationed with their approximate force in in garrison ar rison and on active service vl ce 11 which di 1 have bave just been pres pre pared from official sources the last returns showed it is understood an effective strength of of all arms viz thir tyone regiments of cavalry twe twenty uty four batteries of royal roval horse bone artillery seventy six baft batteries erics of field artillery ninety six batteries of garrison artillery seventy two regiments regi menta 01 of infantry or battal battalions 0 n two divisions one troop and forty companies of engineers engin eera besides commissariat missa riat a and d tr transports SP 0 r medical staff corps e etc te Dealing first with tha the home commands it appears that the northern command the largest in the kingdom which includes nearly volunteers besides yeomanry and militia has two regiments of regular cavalry two divisions of regular cavalry two divisions of the coast brigade and six batteries of 4 field artillery besides depots and five battalions of infantry the eastern command major general white C B with headquarters I 1 Ju arters at colchester has one cavalry regiment and two depots of that arm three batteries and a depot po t of artillery a section of the coin commissariat missa riat and transport corps and three infantry battalions the western command maj gen sayer 0 B has in proportion to others a large force of artillery two batteries of horses three of field and seven of garrison besides a division of the coast brigade and depots a company of the commissariat missa riat and transport corps and four battalions of infantry the southern command has altogether one division aud and twelve batteries of artillery two companies and a see section of engineers a section of commissariat missa riat and transport corps and six battalions of infantry Tho The force C of fencl corn pa aan of engineers a division and f five ive batt batteries cries of artil lery ery one company of the commissariat and transport corps and two battalions of infantry in the southeastern command there are two regiments of df cavalry and nine nine depots canterbury one division and seven batteries of artillery till erya a company each of engineers and of the commissariat and transport coria corps and four battalions of the line the home district corn coin mand has three regiments of household cavalry and one of cavalry of the line a battery of the royal horse and a division of coast brigade artillery one company each and of the commissariat and transport corps and six battalions of the guards at wo woolwich abich the force is made up of a large body of artillery cwb batteries of horse besides depots and the riding establishment t and beven seven batteries of field and garrison the aider alder shot command which completes choso of england and wales has three regiments of cavalry eight batteries of artillery a division troop and depot of royal engineers three companies and two depots of the commissariat and transport corps and add seven line battal battalions ione taken alto gothere there are thus in the nine military districts of england and wales twelve regiments of c cavalry sixty five batteries and seven divisions of artillery a division troop and fourteen companies of engineers about a dozen doze com companies of the commissariat and transport corpa an anil thirty eight battalions af of infantry or about sixty thousand ef cfall all ranks the average strength of the army in scotland was last year only a little over three diree thousand and there is reason to believe that maj gen macdonaldd Mac donalds north british command docs does not now even come COMO up tip to that number the force being rep represented rented by one cavalry regiment me nt one battery and a division n of artillery and nd two infantry battalions ta lions in the three military districts of ire ireland land commanded respectively by maj gen geri knight maj gen lord clarina and nai gen young the force shows a de decrease creaso in strength compared with laba year when the average waa was about twilit fl buur our thousand the force now low d distributed d over th the island coin comprises pris es six six ats of cavalry thirteen batteries ali and d two divisions div iiona of artillery two companies compan iea ea of engineers gi four of commissariat and tn twenty vent six six in infantry f a gitry bat battalions tallo na less t than ban la last st year th tho channel islands possess th three ree j batteries of artill ar and two bat balloni of infantry about two thou sand officers and men india absorbs a very largo large portion of the british army nearly sixty nine thousand of all anus viz viz bengal seven regiments of cavalry forty two batteries of artillery a company of engineers and thirty company one attali outi of infantry madras two cavalry corps sixteen batteries of artillery a company of e engineers gi and nine battalions of i infantry fantry bombay one cavalry corps nineteen batteries ot artillery a company of engineers and nine battalions batta ous of infantry total cavalry ten tin corps artillery seventy seven batt batteries batter eries fes engine engineers era three companies infantry forty nine battalions ta lions in the west indies X england has a couple of batteries of garrison artillery and besides a line battalion batalion t some colonial corps corpe canada has three batteries a company and section of engineers and a line battalion and Beri bermuda nuda two batteries five engineer companies and a battalion of infantry malta has seven batteries of british h artillery tillery ir itao companies of engineers gi four line battalions and the artille gibraltar seven batteries four engineer companies and four line battalions while cyprus i is garrisoned by tho the headquarters of the west vest kent and an d a company of engineers irrespective of the force of irregulars organized in england for special service in Bechu anav land there are at the cape and natal two cavalry corps the oth dragoons and hussary hussars hus sars four batteries of artillery two companies and ana a section of engineers nearly five battalions of infantry and some 0 o me detachments odthe of the commissariat and transport corps at st helena there we ure a battery of antill ery cry randsome and some engino engineers ers infantry the west africa settlements an and d the gold coast colony are garrisoned by colonial corps but inthe in the mauritius there are a battery of artillery ai some engineers and three companies of line regiment ceylon takes two batteries of artillery a detachment of engineers and a battalion of infantry and hong kong and the straits settlements three batteries of artillery a detachment tach ment of P engineers 11 and two line battalions |