Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1878 — The Available Forces of Russia. [ARTICLE]

The Available Forces of Russia.

From a detailed account of the present distribution of the Russian forces, given in a usually well-informed German paper, it appears that Russia has still intact. in the interior of the country, and quite independently of any garrison troops, thirteen divisions of infantry, five divisions of cavalry,, three brigades of rifles, and two brigades of sappers; or, altogether, in round numbers, 150.000 infantry, 12,000 cavalry and 700 field-pieces. In addition, four reserve divisions are in process of formation, and 120 local battalions are being mobilized to occupy the Polish provinces of the empire. The army on the Balkan peninsula comprised at the time when the armistice was agreed upon—exclusive of the siege artillery, the artillery parks, the train, the administrative services, detachments of sailors, etc. —25 divisions of infantry, with 1,200 field-guns: 3 brigades of rifles; 6 divisions of cavalry, with 200 horse-artillery guns; or, altogether, 324 battalions, 240. squadrons and 1,400 field-pieces. Assuming the actual strength of each of the above units to average two-thirds of its prescribed war establishment, the aggregate effective, of this army would amount to 260,000 infantry, 30,000 horses and 1,400 guns. In the Caucasus there were at the same time 2 divisiems of infantry, comprising together 32 Battalions and the Kuban and the Terek Cossacks, or about 25,000 men, 10,000 horses and 156 guns; and, finally, in Armenia there were 8 divisions of grenadiers and infantry, a brigade of rifles and 2 divisions of cavalry, representing an effective of 75,000 infantry, 8,000 cavalry and 372 guns. Altogether, therefore, it is calculated that, including both the armies in Europe and Asia, Russia can dispose of a field force of 540,000 infantry, 78,000 cavalry and 2,722 guns, or, if the special and accessory services are added, a total of 750,000 men.— Pall Mall Gazette.