Under the terms of an order of January 29, 1903, the army has been reorganized on the basis of an effective of 80,000 men; the second battalions of the infantry regiments and the fourth squadrons of the cavalry being reduced to skeleton formations. There are in all about 23,000 officers provided for the old establishment, but the supernumeraries are on half-pay, and their places are not being filled. There are eight captain-generalcies, but the eight army corps are replaced by divisions, and further reductions are being introduced. The headquarters are respectively: 1st, Madrid; 2nd, Seville; 3rd, Valentia; 4th, Barcelona; 5th, Saragossa; 6th, Burgos; 7th, Valladolid; 8th, Corunna.

The following is the constitution, by units, of the army: Infantry, 56 regiments, 20 battalions of Chasseurs, 4 African regiments, 2 regiments in the Balearic Islands, 2 regiments in the Canaries, recruiting cadres, etc. The cavalry, 28 regiments, and 3 squadrons for foreign possessions. Artillery, 13 field, 1 siege and 3 mountain regiments (all with four 6-gun batteries), 14 fortress battalions, 1 central gunnery school, 1 central remount committee, and 4 companies of artificers. The engineer corps consists of 4 regiments of sappers and miners, 1 pontoon regiment, 1 telegraph battalion, 1 railway battalion, 1 topographical brigade, 1 company of artificers, and 8 reserve depots, with 5 separate companies of sappers and miners for the Balearic Islands, etc. For recruiting purposes the Peninsula has 116 districts, the Canaries and Balearics have 2, and Ceuta and Melilla have 2. The total armed strength is estimated to be 500,000.