Under the new system, the British Army has been organized in Army Corps. It was designed to form six of these, but up to the present time only four have been constituted.

The organization of a British Army Corps is as follows: - Infantry, 25 battalions; artillery, 150 guns - viz., 18 batteries of field artillery, two batteries horse artillery, three batteries of howitzers, and three batteries of 4.7-in. guns. These last batteries have only four guns each, all the others six. The cavalry of an Army Corps includes two regiments, one immediately attached to the Divisions, the other to the Special Corps troops, and, in addition, for purposes of peace organization, there is a cavalry brigade of three regiments in each Army Corps command.

The local organization of the Army Corps districts does not supersede that of the older regimental districts, of which there are 67, each under the command of a colonel. The regimental district is the recruiting ground of a territorial regiment, with which are linked, as junior battalions, the militia and volunteer corps within the area; and the reserve men are pensioners of their respective territorial regiments. The Royal Artillery, through 9 recruiting areas, and the Royal Engineers, through the commanding Royal Engineer in each district, have also a territorial organization; but this is not the case with the Cavalry, which has special recruiters or staff officers located in various districts. In theory, one battalion of each Infantry regiment is at home, as a feeder for the other abroad; but in practice this system has never been uniformly maintained, and was completely dislocated by the war in South Africa. The Army Service and several departmental corps are part of the organization.

The following is the organization of the Regular Army according to the units of each arm of the service. The strength is given below:

In addition to these are Colonial Corps and Indian Infantry in Egypt, Barbados, Jamaica, Bermuda, Malta, West Africa, Mauritius, Ceylon, China, and Hong Kong, the Straits Settlements, etc.

The Army Reserve is a vital element in the Army organization, the Reserve men being liable by the terms of their agreement to general service with the arms in which they were enrolled with the colors. The Reserve was profoundly affected by the war in South Africa, and the general mobilization of the force showed that the force could be relied upon. Reservists, who have served their period with the colors, and who are of the best soldiering age, and available for service if required, are an excellent set of men. The reserve men are pensioners of the respective territorial regiments, and look to the officer commanding the district as their commanding officer.

The establishment as at present authorized is 80,000. Subsequently to the war men have been drafted in large numbers to the Reserve, and the numbers increased by 18,288 between Jan. 1st and April 1st, 1903. The Reserve comprises Sections A, B, C and D, the B section being the most important, comprising all who have enlisted for short service and have discharged their active duties. The following was the strength of the several sections on Jan. 1st, 1903: A, 328; B, 28,759; C, 697; D, 3081: total, 32,865.

A new scheme for the enlistment of railway employes into the Reserve, through the agency of the Engineer and Railway Volunteer Staff Corps, and under the direct supervision of the commandant of that corps, has borne fruit, and bids fair to be a success.

A further reserve force connected with each regimental district is the Militia Reserve, to be embodied with the Militia upon mobilization.