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MR ROWLAND= Ottoman organization 1843-1853

1843 army reform began and 1848 executed so in 1853

1St ARMY/ORDU BLUE JACKET artillery & cavalrie Imperial Gyard Constanpinople hq
7 infantry regiments/alays (of 3 btns each)
4 light infantry regiments (talles)
5 cavalrie regiments (6 squadrons each 2 carabiniers 4 lance each)
1 artillerie regiment (11 companies of 6 guns and 1 company of 4 mountain gun)

2nd army/ORDU red jacket/artillery & cavalrie Scutari hq
6 infantry regiments
6 light infantry regiments
4 cavalrie regiments
1 artillerie regiment

3RD ARMY/ORDU.PURPLE JACKET artillery & cavalrie Roumelia/Monastir hq
7 infantry regiments
4 light infantry regiments
5 cavalrie regiments
plus 1 kossacken regiment 1 dragoon regiment
1 artillerie regiment

4TH ARMY/ORDU artillery and cavalrie BROWN JACKET Anatolia/Kharpout hq
6 infantry regiments
6 light infantry regiments
4 cavalrie regiments
1 artillerie regiment

5TH ARMY/ORDU LIGHT FAWN artillery and cavalrie JACKET Arabia/ Damascus hq
6 infantry regiments
6 light infantry regiments
4 cavalrie regiments
1 artillerie regiment

---- added new
6TH ARMY/ORDU LIGHT BLUE JACKET Mesopotamia/Baghdad hq

4 infantry regiments
4 light infantry regiments
2 cavalrie regiments
1 artillerie regiment

does not include egyptian army/tunisian army etc