Algeria

Abstract

Algeria the largest and most important of the colonial possessions of France, is entirely under military rule. The supreme administration is in the hands of a Governor-General, under whom are placed the whole of the civil and military authorities. The country is divided into three provinces, Algiers, Constantine, and Oran, which are subdivided into twelve departments, at the head of each of which is a Prefect. But the civil authority, in all cases, is subordinate to the military power, placed in the hands of officers in charge of five military districts, Aumale, Dellys, Médéah, Milianah, and Orléansville,and which districts are subdivided into military ‘cercles.’