Switzerland.—The federal army 64,019 strong, and consists of 51,8( infantry of the line, 4200 riflemen, 15( cavalry, 5751 artillery, and 700 eng neers, sappers and miners, &c. The e: penses are not given in the Almanac de Gotha' for 184,1.
Titrkey.—The army is reckoned at 610,000 men, and is divided into four corps of nearly 40,000 each. There is the corps of Constantinople, of Roumelia, of Asia, and of Arabia. The naval force consists of 47 sail. The expenditure for military and naval purposes is not made public.
United States of North America.—The United States' army consists of 2 regi ments of dragoons, 4 of artillery, and 8 of infantry, and comprises 716 officers and 7590 men, besides the staff. The number of all ranks, including non effective men, is 8600. This force is commanded by a major-general. The whole territory of the United States is divided into 2 military geographical divisions, which are subdivided into 8 geographical departments. The military force is stationed at 58 military posts. The expenses of the war department for the year ending 30th June, 1845, were 8,231,317 dollars, = 1,749,154/. The effective force costs 3,053,294 dollars; pensions, 2,013,072 dollars; fortifications and other works of defence, 705,980 dol lars; Indian department, 1,021,500 dol lars; and there were small items for arming and equipping the militia. The
expenditure on account of the military academy at West Point' was 123,195 dollars. The cost of the military esta blishments in 1844-5 was less than it had been in any one year since 1832. In 1837 and 1838 the expenditure in each year amounted to nearly 20,000,000 dol lars. In 1814 the expenditure was 20,608,366 dollars. In 1811 it was only 2,259,747 dollars. The militia of the United States consists of 1,759,810 offi cers and men. In this number are com prised 662 general officers and 15,661 field officers, and the total number of commissioned officers is 69,450.
The navy of the United States consists of 10 ships of the line, 1 of which is of 120 guns and 9 of 74 guns; there are 12 frigates of the first class of 44 guns and 1 of 54 ; 2 second-class frigates, each of 36 guns; 23 sloops of war of from 16 to 20 guns ; 8 brigs of 10 guns each ; 8 schooners; 9 steamers; and 4 store-Jibing.
The sum expended under the direction of the navy department for the year ending 30th June, 1845, was 6,496,990 dollars = 1,386,6101. The largest sum expended on naval establishments since 1811 was 7,963,678 dollars in 1842-3. From 1828 to 1835 the expenditure was under 4,000,000 dollars a year.