The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 14
Average Strength of the Regular Army at Home and Abroad
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Average Strength of the Regular Army at Home and Abroad.
Officers. | Non-commissioned Officers and Men. | Officers and Men. | |||||||
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Year. | At Home. | Abroad. | Total | At Home. | Abroad. | Total. | At Home. | Abroad. | Total. |
1871 | 4,880 | 4,314 | 9,194 | 100,877 | 82,594 | 183,471 | 106,757 | 86,908 | 192,665 |
1872 | 4,848 | 4,144 | 8,992 | 99,306 | 83,709 | 183,015 | 104,154 | 87,853 | 192,007 |
1873 | 4,815 | 3,877 | 8,692 | 95,768 | 83,919 | 179,687 | 100,583 | 87,796 | 188,379 |
1874 | 4,521 | 3,763 | 8,294 | 93,114 | 84,991 | 178,105 | 97,636 | 88,754 | 186,3-9 |
1875 | 4,391 | 3,691 | 8,082 | 92,802 | 83,785 | 176,587 | 97,193 | 87,476 | 184,669 |
1876 | 4,365 | 3,776 | 8,141 | 92,781 | 83,511 | 176,292 | 97,146 | 87,287 | 184,433 |
1877 | 4,294 | 3,766 | 8,060 | 97,610 | 84,832 | 182,442 | 101,904 | 68,598 | 190,502 |
1878 | 4,195 | 3,750 | 7,945 | 105,006 | 87,807 | *192,813 | 109,201 | 91,557 | *200,758 |
1879 | 3,835 | 4,007 | 7,842 | 84,380 | 99,068 | 183,448 | 88,215 | 103,075 | 191,290 |
1880 | 4,044 | 3,773 | 7,817 | 87,843 | 93,326 | 181,169 | 91,887 | 97,099 | 188,986 |
1881 | 3,954 | 3,658 | 7,612 | 87,992 | 93,194 | 181,186 | 91,946 | 96,852 | 188,798 |
1882 | 3,818 | 3,518 | 7,336 | 90,477 | 91,416 | 181,893 | 94,295 | 94,934 | 189,229 |
1883 | 3,714 | 3,479 | 7,193 | 86,357 | 88,421 | 174,778 | 90,071 | 91,900 | 181,971 |
1884 | 3,578 | 3,519 | 7,097 | 86,416 | 89,491 | 175,907 | 89,994 | 93,010 | 183,004 |
1885 | 3,248 | 3,827 | 7,075 | 88,331 | 102,658 | 190,989 | 91,579 | 106,485 | 198,064 |
* The increase in the average stength in 1878 was due to the mobilisation of the First Class Army and Militia Reserves during three months of the year.