Question # 22. What was the organization of the infantry and cavalry of the Kingdom of Sardinia? Question # 23. Very little has been mentioned concerning the Prussian Navy? Do any of the members have data on this service? Also what about the Russian and Swedish Fleets? Question # 24. What was the organization of the Swiss Medical units? ANSWERS The following portion from a letter from Fred Vietmeyer may be of interest to those wargamers maintaining Italian or Napolitan Armies. Question: Was there ever established in the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy and Naples, a National Guard, and if so how was it organized? Answer: A provincial Reserve Company in every province---as French Fusiliers of the line except dark green (uniforms) with red collar and cuffs. It would appear also from Fred's short answer that the only National Guard of Naples was composed of released Veteran troops, but no organizational structures was mentioned. Letter dated May 11th, 1978 Tom DeVoe Note from Editor, the above question also answer our question # 21, published in our last issue. The question was: "Did Murat ever established a National Guard of Naples? If so how were they organized? WESTPHALIAN GENDARMES (Continued) by Tom DeVoe In the last two issues of the Journal, short articles had appeared concerning the Westphalian Gendarmes. Because of the interest, I again wrote to Fred Vietneyer concerning the use of Gendarme figures in a wargame, and especially the mounting of the Polish Gendarmes. The following is part of Fred's reply. Concerning Gendarmes they are not really combat troops. They are national police similar to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. After World War II, the German Gendarmes were still in effect and stayed so after the surrender of the Wehrmacht. I worked with them frequently, straight through until I cane back. During the Napoleonic Wars----well, those countries had city police, and state police. The latter were assigned to provinces to provide police protection between cities in the country (mounted) or in force national laws in towns (dismounted) in their own country. Sometimes, however, when a country was in the process of being subjucated like Spain or Naples, French Gendarmes (like German SS in World War II) were sent in to subject the guerillas and civilians. This was the original function of the SS. But in the Napoleonic times, Gendarmes stayed non-military except for isolated cases. Back to Empire, Eagles, & Lions Table of Contents Vol. 1 No. 27 Back to EEL List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1978 by Jean Lochet This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com