& THAr tT ty.5P A PE tR;S: 
place according to seniority.— 
‘Lhe first lieutenant shall advance 
to the first vacant company ; the 
first sub-Heutenant to the first lieu- 
yenantey ; but the nomination of 
the staff officers, and the seleétion 
of oifcers for the grenadiers, shall 
always be left to the colonel ; sub- 
ject, however, to the approbation 
or non-approbation ef his majesty. 
10. The commissioned officers 
shall enjoy the pay allotted to their 
rank, to commence from the dates 
of their letters of service, and the 
uon-commissioned oflicers and pri- 
vates, &c. to commence from the. 
days of their arrival at the depot. 
The amount of subsistence for the 
respeétive appointmen:s shall be 
vemitted to the colcnel every two 
months, and in advance. 
11. The pay of the officers shall 
be as stated: in the table, No. ITI. 
that of the non-commissioned of- 
ficers, privates, &c. as in the state- 
ment, No. IV. 
1z. The surplus of the full pay 
above the subsistence, shall always 
be paid tor the complete estab‘ish- 
ment, agreeably to the statement, 
No. IV. annexed to these reguie- 
tions; consequently, there shail .e 
remitted every two months, into 
‘the chest of each regiment, in ad- 
vance, the sum of- 21,705 livres, 
6 sols, 8 deniers, being the sixth 
part of the sam of 130,232 livres, 
destined to defray all expences not 
at the charge of the soldier. 
13. By means of the deduction 
from the full pay, which is in ficu 
of what is called in France ‘* masse 
generale, masse de campement, and 
masse d’hipital,’’ the commanders 
of regiments shall be obliged to 
defray ail expences relative to the 
maintenance of all parts of the 
dress, arms, and equipment, of al! 
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the men of their regiments, and. to 
provide for repairs of every kind. 
14. At the end of every year an 
account shall be given in of all 
disbursements out of the monies 
arising trom the said deduétion, 
in order that the saving, if there 
should be any, may be accounted 
for, and remitted into the pay- 
office, at the end of every year. 
All expences shall be properly sup- 
ported by vouchers, without which 
they must remain at the charge of 
the commandant of the corps whe 
shall have ordered them, 
15. Subsistence shall be paid 
only for the effectives, and accord- 
ing to the numbers at the inspec- 
tion of the commissary, who shall 
verify, the strength of the regiment, 
and what is due for subsistence. 
Vhe subsistence for such recruits 
as shall join the corps in the in. 
sryal between inspections, shall be 
‘ascertained at the first inspection 
ef the commissary, and a separate 
statement of the amount thereof 
shail he made up, in order that the 
saine miy be rermbursed to the re- 
giment, ‘immediately after the said 
inspeclion, 
16. Out of the subsistence which 
shall b= pud to each man, as 
staied in the paper, “No. IV, he 
shail be obliged to detray all per. 
sonal expences, and to provide for 
his nouwcisament, washing and all 
charges of ‘mainienance, repairs of 
lincn and shoes, and all expences 
which were supplied in France, 
by what were calied, ‘¢ /es masses de 
linge et ci BES ES de compagnie et de 
b, sang ric.’’ ‘Vhe same deductions 
shall be made from his pay as from 
that of the troops of his Britannic 
maj sty, for articles furnished 
to, him in kind, whether bread, 
Meat, &c, 
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