. Pictorial history of the Russian War, 1854-5-6 : with maps, plans, and wood engravings . f emergency. Asimple captain of artillery, about the year 1848,displayed such energy and skill in working outreforms, that he gradually rose to be Minister ofWar ; he studied the military systems of all thegreat powers of Europe, and, proceeding on aneclectic method, culled from each whateverappeared most likely to be practically availablefor his own country. In the wild over-zealouscontest maintained by Charles Albert against Austria in 1848-9, his army was inferior inorganisation and in officers to tha
. Pictorial history of the Russian War, 1854-5-6 : with maps, plans, and wood engravings . f emergency. Asimple captain of artillery, about the year 1848,displayed such energy and skill in working outreforms, that he gradually rose to be Minister ofWar ; he studied the military systems of all thegreat powers of Europe, and, proceeding on aneclectic method, culled from each whateverappeared most likely to be practically availablefor his own country. In the wild over-zealouscontest maintained by Charles Albert against Austria in 1848-9, his army was inferior inorganisation and in officers to that of his foe;commissions had been regarded as a mere appan-age of the nobility, a means of provision for thesons of the aristocracy, rather than as rewards forskill and bravery in the field. As a consequence,the army had become ovei-officered in regard ofnumbers, but the reverse of this in relation tothe ability and experience of those who held thecommissions. The Sardinian government, up tothat time, had been little less absolute than thoseof other Italian countries; the claims of the. Victor Emmandel II., King of Sardinia. people to a share cither in army promotion or inpolitical power had not been acknowledged; andthe aristocratic trappings of the army were con-sistent with the general state of things at the Avar with Austria supervened, however,Charles Albert discovered too late the hollownessof his military system; his troops fought well, butwere neither well commanded nor well defeat, abdication, and death occasionedthe ti-ansfer of regal power from that monarchto Victor Emmanuel, army reforms commenced,and were steadily continued until the period, sixyears later, when Sardinia engaged in the Russo-Turkish war. General Alfonso Delia Marmora,who filled tbc post of Minister of War at theperiod when Sardinia took part with the WesternPowers, was the officer who had wrought the reforms in the army. The peace-establishmentnumbered about 45,000 men, com
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