dielded into ten of infantry,

,four of; artillery, tweed' dragoons, two of cavalry,

rind briebt 'nibUnted - ritlenien, the-whole strength

of the hirayt[al posted, ceemeting of about .19,684

[isei„., the riettial strength on first of July last

-being 1.5,'104+ In addition to the movements which

',the troops have been milled en to make this year,

jilts force. -O.:04141d upon to, garrison sixty eight

forts of a large and permanent character, so far as

;lt is ,possible to ..1111PPIr MOTI ',for the purpose ;

and' to occupy seventy; poets,-lees permanent.

Ly establiShed,• whore the presence of a force

la,,absolutelY required. 'the area -over which

'theist' forte -and ; posts ere spread embraces a

eireltit[ of - about 3,000,000 square miles. For the

properceoupation of these posts, the military en­

mrvision.of the external boundary of our country,