A USTRIA-LIUNGARY. Since 1866 the armies of Austria-Hungary have been organized on what is practically a Prussian basis. The dual char acter of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy has greatly influenced the formation of the imperial army, since each State enjoys its own peculiar constitution and system of representation. Military service is universal in both Austria and Hungary. The forces are organized into the regular or common army, which may be re inforced by the Austrian Landwehr and the Hungarian followed by the levy-en masse of each State. Both common army and auxiliaries possess each an Ersatz, or supple mentary reserve. The imperial ministry of war is the supreme nucleus of the entire mili tary power. It is divided into 4 sections, which comprise 15 departments, and in which are united the different branches of the per sonnel of the organization. distribution of troops, administration, etc. Bosnia and Herze govina are organized similarly to Austria and Hungary. The yearly contingent of recruits for
the common army from Austria is 59,211; Hun gary, 43.399; total, 103,100. There is also a yearly contingent for the Landwehr — from Aus tria, 10,000; from Hungary, 12,500—tota1,22,500. The approximate total of the armed strength of the Empire on war footing is 45,238 officers, 1,826,940 men, and 281,886 horses. If the levy in-mass is taken into service, the number would be over 4.000,000. The infantry is armed with the Mannlicher magazine rifle. The following table gives the statistics of the actual strength of the imperial army on peace footing for 1901: Total Common Army— all ranks.
infantry 189,555 Cavalry 47,796 Artillery (Field and Fortress) 35,441 Pioneers, Train and other Corps 32,471 Austrian Landrvehr Infantry 25,364 Cavalry 2,365 Hungarian Ilonvedseg Infantry 23,235 Cavalry 4,621 Total 359,879