| 2 | Fleet Commandants. | 22 | Cadets. |
| 5 | Colonels. | 43 | Midshipmen. |
| 8 | Lieutenant-Colonels. | 7 | Paymasters. |
| 6 | Majors. | 26 | Machinists. |
| 7 | Captains. | 748 | Men. |
| 26 | Lieutenants. | — | Apprentices. |
| Total | 900 |
MARINE INFANTRY AND
ARTILLERY DIVISION.
2000 Men (National Guard).
TORPEDO DIVISION.
3 Chiefs. 8 Officers. 80 Men.
The yearly budget of the navy is about $700,000, or a little less than one twenty-fourth of the entire national expense.
There are no cruising squadrons as yet, although more than half of the fleet is kept constantly in commission, policing the coast of Patagonia and the home coast.
Austria.
The Imperial Council being composed of three Ministers only, holding respectively the portfolios of foreign affairs, war, and finance, the navy although a branch of imperial control (as distinguished from the separate cabinets of Austria and of Hungary) is not distinctively recognized in the Council. The head of the Marine Section of the Ministry of War is a Vice-Admiral, who is Commander-in-Chief of the fleet and under whose direct control is placed the superintendence of all the departments of the navy, the Admiralty of the war station of Pola, and the command of the maritime district of Trieste.
The personnel of the navy has a double “cadre,” one for war and another, somewhat reduced, for peace, there being during time of peace a reserve division of officers composed of those whose services can best be spared. The corps and grade divisions of the personnel correspond with those of other navies, the names and cadres being as follows: