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The colonial army of the Netherlands comprises a force of 27,449 men, composed of the following rank and file : —
Infantry Cavalry Artillery
Sappers and miners
Total
Europeans
Natives
Total
9,667 583
1,684 323
13,394
1,129 659
23,071
583
2,813
982
12,267
15,182
27,449
The number of officers, all- Europeans, commanding the rank and file enumerated in the above statement, is 1,314. Of these, 745 are in the infantry, 36 in the cavalry, 118 iu the artillery, 62 in the corps of sappers and miners, 209 in the sanitary service, 78 in the military administration, and 66 on the staff.
The navy of the Netherlands was composed, at the beo-innino- of June 1870, of 70 steamers, the names- of which, liorse-power, number of guns, and strength of crews, are given in the following list, furnished by the Eoyal Government to the Statesman's Year- book : —
Name3 of Men-of-War
Horse- power
Number of Guns
Crews
Ieokclads : —
De Ruyter . . . , "
400
14
250
Prins Hendrick
400
4
200
Stier .
400
2
100
Buffel .
400
2
100
Schorpisen .
400
2
100
Matador
400
2
100
Krokodil
140
2
75
Heiligerlee .
140
2
75
Tyger .
140
2
75
Cerlierus
140
o
75
Bloedhond .
140
2
75
Panther
140
2
75
Hyena .
140
2
75
No. 1 (Gkmboat)
120
2
50
No. 2 (Gunboat)
40
2
30
Frigates : —
Admiraal van Wassenaer . . ...
300
45
470
Evert sen
400
51
500
Zeeland
400
51
500
Adolph ran Nassau
400
51
500
Anna Paulowna ,
•
600
20
325
