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_.SPANISH MILITARY .FORCE. 89gra.nd: the Spanish military force consisting of, in caV'alry, fourteeIiregiments of horse and eight regiments of dragoons, each regiment offour squadrons, making eighty-eight squadrons for the field, besidesthe troops of guardias de cuerpo, who attend the persons of the royalfamily. There are two troops of cavalry also in Africa, one of whichiscommanded by, as it is composedof, Moors, the captain being namedGall Ben Manzor; if a nom de guerre, a weU-chosen one. The Spanishinfantry consists of forty-six regiments, three of which are Irish, UItonia,Ibernia, and Irlanda, two Catalonian (light), two (garrison) at Ceutaand Oran, and nine Vallons, Italians, and Swiss.Six battalions ofSpanish, six ofVaJlon guards, five battalions of artillery, and forty-six:compaliiesof invalids. Thenow regular force consists of forty-on'ebatta:Iions of militia in Spaih, two in- Majorca, and one hundred-andthirtycompaniesofcityand coastmiHtia..There is a company of cadetsat Sê.govia, and a military academy at Porto Santa Maria, underthe direction of Colonel O'Farre!.This military force is subject to asupreme council of war, besides which is the council of details or economy.And here is the due establishment of inspectors, intendants ofdistricts, and so forth.Still, as an ingenious mechanic invented an enginefor. Shaving and powdering the public at large by one process, themachinery whereof, at its point of execution, terminated in a razor;so,after aH the complication of this piece of military mechanism, thestate effectiveness and appearance of each regiment depend solelyupon thedegree of zealand skill of the officer who commands it forthe time being. The effect is obviolls both to the eye and mind. Onevery bad regulation, however weIl inteuded, subsists in the army ;-thatof giving to eachofficer of an army, concetned in taking a fortress, astep of promotion; a measure which has pnt into the class of fielèl-officerssorne \rery tlnfit for the station. It i8, however, both felt and l'epro-VOL. II.N