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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