The distribution of the standing army over the kingdom was as follows in the middle of 1869. There were 8 battalions of infantry at and near the capital, 5 at Genoa, 5 at Turin, 9 at Alessandra, 12 in Tuscany, and 120 in the valley of the Po, from Milan to Ancona. The troops in the valley of the Po were supported by 24 squadrons of heavy and 36 squadrons of light cavalry, and 248 pieces of artillery. At Naples there were 18 battalions of the line, 2 of marines, and 3 of bersaglieri; in the Neapolitan provinces, 39 battalions of the line, 20 of bersaglieri, and 32 squadrons of cavalry. There were, finally, 32 battalions of the line in Sicily.
II. NAVY.
The navy of the kingdom of Italy consisted, at the commencement of 1869, of 99 ships of war, armed with 1,032 guns. They were classed as follows:
| Steamers. | Iron-clads. | Screw. | Paddle. | Sailing Vessels. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Guns. | No. | Guns. | No. | Guns. | No. | Guns. | |
| Frigates, 1st class, | 5 | 79 | 8 | 296 | ||||
| Frigates, 2d class | 7 | 118 | 1 | 36 | 2 | 32 | ||
| Iron-clad Ram | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Corvettes, 1st class | 2 | 36 | 4 | 94 | 3 | 32 | 4 | 52 |
| Corvettes, 2d class | 3 | 34 | 6 | 38 | ||||
| Corvettes, 3d class | 4 | 12 | 2 | 20 | ||||
| Gunboats, 1st class | 3 | 29 | ||||||
| Gunboats, 2d class | 4 | 8 | 6 | 24 | ||||
| Transports, | 13 | 24 | 20 | 40 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Total, | 22 | 272 | 35 | 508 | 33 | 122 | 9 | 130 |
| Horse Power, | 13,380 | 9,940 | 7,850 | |||||
The headers in this table, with “Steamers” over the first column, were printed as shown.
The navy was manned in 1869 by 11,193 sailors, 650 engineers and assistants, 1,211 officers (2 admirals, 5 vice-admirals, 12 rear admirals, and 104 captains), and 2 regiments of marines with 234 officers and 5,688 soldiers.
III. EDUCATION OF OFFICERS.
The system of military education of the old kingdom of Sardinia has been enlarged and extended by the government of the Kingdom of Italy so as to embrace the military schools of Naples, without any change in its principles or details.