sentences:  1880 saw a reorganisation as the force was re-designated the "Local Forces of Tasmania", which were formed into two divisions spread across the north and south of the colony.By 1882, when Russian ships – the "Afrika", "Plastun", and "Vyestnik" – again paid the colony a visit, the strength of the colony's military was 634 men.Further reorganisations under commandant Colonel William Vincent Legge in 1882–83 resulted in the establishment of an engineer corps establishment, the disbandment of the light horse and the withdrawal of the right of the volunteer forces to elect their officers.