1278

SWEDEN

the second bau would provide a sufficient reserve to make good the losses (in tield service, but it is not known at present whiit is to be the organisa- tion of the considerable reserves which will be available.

The table below shows the peace strength in 1912 :—

Rank and File

Troops

uadrons)

ts and 1 corps (69 ^

(3 batteries) . I

Army-Staff, &c. .

Infantry, 28 regiments (82 battalions)

Cavalry, 8 regiments (50 squadrons)

Field Artillery, 6 regiments batteries)

Horse Aitillery, 1 division (3 batteries)

Position Artillery, 1 regiment and 1 battery (V batteries) . . • • •

Garrison Artillery, 1 legiment (10 companies)

Engineers, 4 corps (16 companies) .

Train and Medical Service, 6 corps and 1 company (19 companies) .....

Military Officials (Judge Advocates, Army Sur- geons, Commissaries, &c.)

Total Peace Strength, about ....

o

O

O

g

o o

fl

o

2

6S

1,292

1,343

270

202

451

458

128

122

90

120

446

357

2,745

2,604

CO d

t^ rS <i) •— o cS S

8, 8551 3 0582

2,917

826

486

52

16,194

45,917 2,829

Total

70

57,407

6,359

5,808 ! 9,634

1,579 3,383 595^'

60,111

2,655 4,079- 1,450 81,654

1 Moreover 3,993 'indelta.' - Moreover 262 ' indelta.'

3 Army Commissariat Troops.

The total war strength is about 485,000.

The strength of the reserve of officers and voluntarily enlisted men amounts to about 26,250, that of the Beviiring to about 275,000.

The landstorm is supposed to amount to about 170,000 of all ranks.

The Swedish infantry are armed with the Mauser ritle (calibre 6 '5 mm.) ; the horse and field artillery have the Kru])p 7-5 cm. Q.F. gun. The military budget for 1912 amounted to 3,150,938/., of which 370,518/. was for extra- ordinary expenditure.

Navy.

The following is a list of the principal ships

r.

i S

Maximum

o

r- <0

o

Name

armour

Armament

.P

t3

02 O

0+3

ej 33

51

On

belt

On

guns

El

02

1884

Svea ....

3,300

\

1889

Gota. . . .

3,390

m

7i

1 8-2-in. ; 7 6-in. .

1

4,750

16

1891

Thule . . .

3,300

i

1895

Oden. . . A

1897

Thor . . . . [

3,700

10

10

2 10-in.; 4-7-in. .

1

5,300

17

1897

Niord . . .)

1899

Dristigheten . /"Aran . .~|

3,600

7h

s

2 S-2-in. ; 6 6-in. .

'^

5,000

17

1900

{Vasa. . . .1

3 750

7J

2 8-2-in. ; G6-ivi. .

5,500

17

VTapperheten . Manliglieten ..

1901

1901

Oscar 11. . .

4,660

6

'i

2 8-2-iu. ; 8 0-in. .

2

',1,000

IS

1904 1912

Fylgia . . . New shi2J{F) .

1,810 . 7,000

•1 S

8

8 6-iii

4 11-in. ; 8 G-in. .

•>

12,400 20,000

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