ABOUT LARGE ARMIES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 80, 24 August 1914, Page 6

ABOUT LARGE ARMIES.

ARMY ORGANISATION. The organisation of the British Arms and that of the armies of 'vievmun.y France, and lius.-la differ in our important particular. Whereas the basis '>' ti.e Iliitish tieid anny organisation a division, the basis of'the German. Itus sian and French liel l arm) organisation i.-, an army corps. A (ierman anus corps is about twice as .strong a-; :•» liriti>h division. It numbers 41',t'00 in "il and \U A French ijrmy an establislinient of men and from to 144 .A British army division, which numbers men and 7'i consists of three infantry brigades of four battalions eaHi, four ii; 1';! brigades, one heavy battery, one ammunition column, two companie-, of engineers, one signal company, on»; squadron of cavalry, one squadron, one divisional train, and tiiive ambulances. The war establishment ot a UritUh battalion of infantry is'-!> oliicers and 1)115 other rauka, in ciglit companies. A British cavalry division has 180 officers and 0410 other ranks. A Gernnui infantrv division numiiers men and a German infantrv in-;-ua«le men. A Gennan cavalry division nuinhcrs 4S0!) men, and a Gennan cavalry -brigade 14ID men. A Frem-ii/ anuv corps is organised on much tho' same lines as a German. It contain.' tv.-o infanti s divisions, each division consi-, Linuf of 14."!S'> men. A French infantry division contains two infantrv brigades. a brigade of infantry numbering men. A I'Veneii cavalry division has a war strength of 4550 men. and a I'Vc-uh" eavalry brigade :i strengtli of 1 men. A Russian infantry division ha- 17.1H10 men and a cavalry division ( f 41M!') men.