The mustahfiz have no cadres in peace-time.
The home defence system of Holland is a militia with strong cadres based on universal service.
In 1915 the field army should, including officers and permanent cadres, be about 1,012,000 strong.
In peace-time it is composed of weak cadres, on which falls the duty of guarding magazines and stores, and of carrying through musketry instruction and drill of the rank and file of the ikhtiat and the redif.
The peace cadres (including 2 battalions of marines and 4 battalions of mechanics) were supposed to comprise 12,500 men on peace-footing, to be increased on declaration of war to 37,000; but these cadres were mainly on paper.