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be brought before the king, this is done by means of the head of
the department. The General Staff is independently organised.
Division. Each of the three opbuds has the following various
commands:
Infantry. Five brigades of 4 battalions of 4 companies.
Tromsø district’s command is not yet finally organised, the
conscription first having come into force there in 1897. (In the mean
time 8 district companies.) H. M. Norwegian Guard is not included
in the brigade formation or the opbuds.
Cavalry. Three corps and one orderly squadron, 9 squadrons.
Field artillery. Three battalions of field artillery in 3 batteries
and one park company. Two mountain batteries.
Engineers. One battalion of 5 companies.
Sanitary. One corps of 3 companies.
Train. One corps of 3 companies.
The coast artillery occupies a peculiar position in the
organisation, in as much as, from its nature as a stationary weapon, it
is not divided into three separate opbuds, but includes all
year-classes in one. The exercises are also arranged differently. For
the fortifications now complete, there are 5 garrison battalions,
5 signal and 5 mining sections. The men are conscripted from
the neighbourhood of the fortresses, in order to be able to mobilise
quickly. Corporal schools — at Oscarsborg also a sub-officers’
school — serve as garrisons at the fortified places.
The suppy department is organised in the form of a complete
military corps under a major-general. The staff is recruited from
the army.
The veterinary corps is also under military organisation. Its
head is a major, and the staff is recruited with veterinaries who
have passed through a higher veterinary college.
The recruiting service is under a civil-military official who has
the rank of major-general, and the title of «generalkrigskommissær».
The military administration of justice is also under a
civil-military official, with the rank of major-general, and the title of
auditor-general. The military criminal law dates from 1866. A
motion for altering it, and for a new law regarding military
criminal procedure is now before the Storthing.
Fortresses. On Drøbak Sound, the narrowest part of the
Kristiania Fjord, the first new fortifications were commenced
(Oscarsborg), after the numerous coast fortifications that we had at the
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