From the Museum of Toreiga Literature.
TIE MILITARY FORCE OF CHINA.
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The Russian traveller, M. lmbowsky,
collected during his stay in China some re-
mark able data relative to the preseht state
of the military force of THAT empire, which,
expressed in numbers, seems very iormiaa-
BILE, but rs fir from being SO IN reality. ne
thinks, however, that certain estlmates,
which make the Chinese army amount 70


million of infautry and eight hundred thou-
sand cavalry, are much exaggerated ne
regular troops are divided into tour corps,
according to the several nations me hrst
corps 81 800 strong consisted of Mantchous,
the oonquerors of the Empire, to which ma
ton the family Of the resning Emperor pc


longs These troops are the flower OF tne


whole army, and enjoy extraordinary prlVi-
llcges The second corp, of $1,000 men,


consists of Mongols. The third of $4,000


men. is composed of Chinese, whose ances-


tors joined the Mantchous, and assisted them
/ i'll the conquest of the empire. The fourth


corbs. which is the least esteemed, though


the most numerous, is also Chinese: 1t is stat


ed to amount to 100000 men; who are, now


ever, dispersed in garrisons IN the interior OF


the empire. If we add TO these 123 ,oUo Chi-


pese militia, the whole Chinese army VIII


make FAC, 600 men, of whom us 900 are cav


alrv. There is, besides, a Mongn cavalry,


which with respect to its organiz tuon ana


the nature Of its service, may be compared


TO the Russian troops from the Don and the


Ural. Its amount is not accurately known,


but is stated by some at COO men.


A., the Chinese soldiers are married ana


their children, who are entered III the lists
Of the army from their very birth, recruit


the corps to which they belong BESIDES
arms. horse, a house, and quantity OF rice


each soldier of the first, second, ana third
corps, receives monthly pay ot three te
four lanes, (six to eight silver rubles,) but
must provide himself with clothing, whence
there is a most laughable variety and irres'
ularty in the uniforms. The troops OF the
, fourth corps are furnished by the govern
ment with lands, which they must cultivate
for their subsistence. There is no army Sc
easily recruited as the Chinese. Crowds
Z, nock to the standards to find refuge IRON
: want and misery. Notwithstanding the I'M
mensc sums which the maintenance OF TINS
T, force costs, and which is said to amount te
j, 81. 400, 900 lanes, the spirit and discipline 0
: the troops are at an nconcevably low ebb
! SO that the late Emperor kla- king, issued
!, in the year 1900, a proclamation, IN which
: after reminding the Mantchons OF the hero
: ic deeds done by them in former times h'
Il proaches them with having become more
q unskilled in the military art, and more zee
y BILE than the Chinese themselves, SO many
y thousands of whom were overcome oy
u handful of their ancestors.