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17. The sums valued in French 
money, in the different statements 
and articles of the regulations, 
shall always be paid to. the regi- 
ment at the rate of one pound ster- 
ling, for twenty-four livres French 
money. 
18. The colonels shall engage 
to complete their regiments in the 
space of four months from the date 
of the day on which they shall re- 
ceive their letters of service ; and 
to deliver the number of men fixed 
at the depots, or places of rendez- 
vous, which shall be appointed for 
each regiment. 
19. His Britannic majesty will 
appoint commissaries, or other of- 
ficers, who shall be stationed at 
the depdts, to receive the recruits 
of each regiment as they arrive, 
and to make the final arrangement 
of the different corps, as soon as 
they shall have been completed, 
20. The colonels shall be respon- 
sible for the men who shall desert 
from the depot before:the final in- 
spection, which shall take place as 
soon as’ their regiments shall be 
complete. 
21. In case that any regiment 
should not have been completed 
at the expiration of the period 
limited by the 18th article, the 
colonel, and all the officers of the 
said regiment, shall be deprived of 
their appointments, and the non- 
commissioned officers, soldiers, &c, 
shall be incorporated into such 
other regiments as government 
shall think proper to assign, and 
which may be more advancéd in 
their recruitings, 
22. The uniform shall be red, 
lined with white, white waistcoat 
and breeches, with no other or- 
nament than the distinguishing 
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marks of rank. The cockade shall 
be white, the colours white, with 
three gold fleur de lis; the eight 
regiments to be raised at present 
shall be distinguished by the fol- 
lowing colours ; 
D’Autichamp’s light blue, 
De Viosmenil’s. white, 
De Bethisy’s bright yellow, 
De Mortemart’s black, 
De Castrie’s bright green, 
Da Dresnay’s ~ deep green, 
D’Hervilly’s buff, 
23. The English government 
will endeavour to obtain every ne- 
cessary faeiliry, that the recruiting 
parties of the different corps may 
enlist such deserters from the troops 
of the line, or peasants, who are © 
willing to serve in the different 
regiments, whether in Brabant, 
the Palatinate, the ele€torate of 
Treves, or in the whole extent of - 
the French frontiers; and should 
any difficulty arise, the English 
commissary shall institute an in- 
quiry to ascertain whether the re- 
cruiting parties were in fault, or 
whether they were impeded by 
obstacles not depending upon them- ~ 
selves, — 
24. Quarters shall be provided 
at the expence of government, by 
the commissaries established by his 
Britannic majesty, at the places of 
rendezvous or de, Gts fixed upon as- 
sembling the regiments, and every 
charge which respects the convey- 
ing of the said regiments, and of 
the articles to be furnished to them 
in kind, shall be defrayed by go- 
vernment, 
25. The corps, as soon as they 
shall be formed, shali be subject 
to the military regulations and 
articles of war established by his 
majesty, -in virtue of the powers 
with 
