STATE 
Vary troops required by his Britan- 
nic majesty should be obliged to 
_ march by land, and to traverse the 
dominions of any other powers, his 
Britannic majesty shall use his en- 
deavours jointly with her Imperial 
majesty of all the Russias to obtain 
for them a free passage, and shall 
supply them on their march with 
the necessary provisions and forage 
in the manner stipulated in the 
preceding article ; and when they 
shall have to cross the sea, his 
Britannic majesty shall take upon 
himself either to transport them in 
his own ships, or to defray the ex- 
pences of their passage; the same 
is also to be understood as well 
with regard to the recruits which 
her Imperial majesty will be obliged 
to send to her troops, as respecting 
their return to Russia, whenever 
they shall either be sent back by 
his Britannic majesty, or recalled 
by her Imperial majesty of all the 
Russias for her own defence, ac- 
carding to article 6 of this treaty. 
It is farther agreed upon, that, in 
case of recalling or sending back 
the said troops, an adequate convoy 
of ships of war shall escort them 
for their security. 
. The commanding officer, whe- 
ther of the auxiliary troops of her 
Imperial majesty of all the Russias, 
or of the squadron which his Bri- 
tannic majesty is to furnish Russia 
with, shall keep the command 
which has been entrusted to him; 
but the command in chief shall be- 
‘Tong most certainly to him whom 
‘the requiring party shall appoint 
for that purpose; under the re- 
striction, however, that nothing of 
importance shall be undertaken 
that shal] not have been before. 
hand regulated and determined 
upon in a council of war, in the 
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presence of the general and com- 
manding officers of the party re- 
quired. ‘ 
1o. And, in order to prevent all 
disputes about rank, the requiring 
party shall give due notice of the 
officer to whom he will give the 
command in chief, whether of a 
fleet or of land forces; to the end 
that the party required may regu- 
late in consequence the rank of him 
who shall have to command the 
auxiliary troops or ships. 
11. Moreover, these auxiliary 
forces shall have their own chap- 
Jains, and the entire free exercise 
of their religion, and shall not be 
judged in whatever appertains to 
military service, otherwise than 
according to the laws and articles 
of war of their own sovereign. It 
shall likewise be permitted for the 
general and the rest of the auxiliary 
forces to keep up a free correspon- 
dence with their country, as well 
by letters as expresses. 
12. The auxiliary forces on both 
sides shall be kept together as much 
as possible ; and in order to avoid 
their being subjeéted to greater 
fatigues than the others, and to 
the end that there may be.in every 
expedition and operation a perfeét 
equality, the commander in chief 
shall be bound to observe on every 
Occasion a just proportion, accord- 
ing to the force of the whole fleet 
or army. 
13. The squadron which his 
Britannic majesty is to furnish by 
virtue of this alliance, shall be ad- 
mitted into all the ports of her Im. 
perial majesty of all the Russias, 
where it shall experience the most 
amicablé treatment, and shall be 
provided with every thing which 
it may stand in need of, on paying 
the same price as the ships of her 
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