INTRODUCTORY TABLES
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Strength at Home and Colonies by branches of the Service.
Horse Ai'tillery Cavalry .... Field and Garrison Artillery Engineers .... Guards .... Infantry of the line
1862-63
1,933
12,133
19,001
4,565
6,306
87,318
1912-13
3,110
14,754
29,976
9,818
7,416
88,863
Departmental services were differently organised fifty years ago from what they are now, and it is difficult to establish any basis of comparison.
The number of cavalry regiments was the same in 1S62-63 as it is still, and there were the same number in India. In 1S62-3 there were 141 battalions of the line, of which 50 were in India; now there are 148, of which 52 are in India. In 1862-63 (there being then no Array Reserve) the peace establishment of a cavalry regiment at home was 34 oflicers and 502 other ranks, and of a line battalion 45 officers and 982 other ranks. Now the establishment of a cavalry regiment is 23 officers and 598 other ranks, and of a line battalion 25 oflSccrs and 777 other ranks.
Total Estimates
1862-63
1912-13
Effective
Non-Eff'ectivc
13,172,012 2,130,858
£
23,055,000 3,905,000
T(jtal ....
15,302,870
27,860,000
