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218 III. CONSTITUTION AND ADMINISTRATION OF SWEDEN.
In order to obtain a pension a period of 30 years’ service is
necessary, and the age is for a general 65, for colonels 60, lieutenant-colonels
and majors 55, and for captains 50 years. Those who are entitled to
a pension are obliged to retire from active service as soon as they have
exceeded the fixed age by 3 years.
Photo. G. Fb. Klemming, Stockholm.
Barracks of the foot guard regiments at Stockholm.
Organization of the army in time of peace. The kingdom is
divided into 6 army-divisional districts besides the island of Gotland,
which forms a military district of its own.
The following gives a summary of the organization of the
army-divisions in time of peace:
Army Divisions.
Head Quarters.
Infantry.
Re-
Re-
Squad-
gimrts gim:ts ron.
with
3
bat-tal:s.
with
2 bat- I
talis.’
Field [-Artillery batteries-]
{+Artil-
lery
bat-
teries+}
of 4
guns.
Horse [-Artillery batteries-]
{+Artil-
lery
bat-
teries+}
of 4
guns.
[-Field-how*-]
{+Field-
how*+}
I tier [-batteries-]
{+bat-
teries+}
of 4
gnns.
[-Posi-tlon-gnn batteries-]
{+Posi-
tlon-
gnn
bat-
teries+}
of 4
guns.
Fort [-Artillery companies.
Engineer companies.-]
{+Artil-
lery
com-
panies.
En-
gineer
com-
panies.+}
Army
ser- I
▼ice- i
corps
com-1
panics.
I Army Diy.
I II
III
IIV
I V
I VI
I Army Diy.... Helsingborg. 4 1 25 9 3 2 — — 1 3
II » ...Linköping... 4 — 5 9 — 2 — — — 3
III > ... Sköfde..................4—59—2—443
IV » ... Stockholm... 4il 5 9 — 2 6 — 7 3
V > ... Stockholm... 4 — 5 9 — 2 — — — 3
VI » ...|Hernösand...i 5—59— 2—643
Gotland troops...|ViBby.........| 1 — — 2 — — 1 — — —
Total| 26 j 2 | 50 | so | 3 12 7 | 10 16 | 18
The strength of the army in time of peace appears in Table 36.
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