164 -ANNUAL REGISTER, 1795. 
ney, at the rate of 31. 10s. which 
sum of 3]. tos. is to be in lieu of 
all charges respeCting the said re- 
ctuits, for enlisting, for travelling, 
and all other expences whatsoever, 
until delivered at the place of ren- 
dezvous general assigned for each 
corps by the colonel, and approved 
by government. 
5- Besides the fixed bounty of 
3l. 10s. a man, the government shall 
furnish for cach recruit, the articles 
specified in the list No. V. 
6. The funds necessary for the 
levy of 1551 men, of which each 
regiment shall consist, the staff 
officers being deduéted, shall be 
furnished at the rate of 3]. 10s. a 
man, as fixed by the 5th article 
of these regulations, and shall be 
paid into the hands of the co- 
lonels; that is to say, one third, or 
180g]. 10s. immediately after the 
delivery of the letters of service, 
and the two other thirds, on the 
demand of the colonels, who shall 
provisionally give proofs of the 
progress of their exertions for com- 
pleting their corps. 
94, The colonels shall nominate 
their officers, subject to the ap. 
probation of his majesty ; but no 
officer shall be named to any rank 
who does not possess at this mo- 
ment, in the service of France, the 
rank immediately superior, or at 
least equal to it; thus the lieute- 
nant-colonels shall be chosen among 
the colonels, the captains among 
the officers superior to captains,” 
the licutenants among the captains 
or lieutenants, the sub-lieutenants 
among the liettenants or sub-lieu- 
tenants, of non-commissioned of- 
ficers.., us 
8. The officets, at the forming 
ef obe regiments, shall rake rank 
in the degree to which they shall 
have been named in their respective 
corps, according to the superiority 
of the commissions which they 
held in France on the rst of July, 
1789; and, in case of equal de- 
gree at that period, according to 
the date of the commissions of the 
rank which they held before. 
Such officers as shall subsequently 
obtain promotion, shall take rank 
from the dates of their new com- 
‘missions in the British service. 
When two or more officers of the 
same degree, and of different regi- 
ments of emigrants, either raised, 
raising, or to be hereafter raised, 
in the service of Great Britain, 
shall do duty together, either on 
courts-martial, detachments, or 
any other military service, they 
shall take precedence, according to 
the superiority of the commissions 
which they held in France on the 
1st of July, 1789; and in case of 
equal degree at that period, ac- 
cording to the dates of the com- 
missions which’ they held before. 
When officers of the emigrant re- 
giments shall do duty with British 
officers, they shall take rank ac- 
cording to the dates of their com- 
Missions in the service of Great 
Britain; but in cases where two 
or more French’ officers of equal 
rank shall be on detachment with 
a British officer, if the British of- 
ficer is senior to the French officer, ° 
who, in conformity to what has 
been ‘above stated, would have the 
command over his countrymen, 
the British officer shalt take the 
command of the whole, even al- 
though any of the’ said French 
officers should be senior to him in 
the British service. : 
g. The rank of the officers, 
being once settled, shall never 
vat. ‘heir promotion shall take 
place 
