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by his imperial majesty shall be 

 reimbursed, according to the term 

 specified in the said list marked I. 



In proportion as the fifth, sixth, 

 seventh, and eighth battalions shall 

 be found complete, the expense of 

 the carriages, horses, and other ap- 

 pointments detailed in the under- 

 mentioned list of the articles sup- 

 plied to the first four battalions, 

 to enable them to [take the field, 

 shall b'e reimbursed to the Russian 

 government. 



Art. IV. The formation of the 

 legions, and the expensescalculated 

 for its maintenance, and detailed 

 in the list annexed to the present 

 convention, under the letters A.B. 

 C. D. E. F. G. H. and I. are de- 

 clared to form an integral part 

 thereof. 



The sum mentioned in the pre- 

 ceding article, of ten pounds fif- 

 teen shillings sterling, is destined 

 to constitute the pay of each offi- 

 cer, soldier, and other effective 

 men, mentioned in the said list as 

 actually serving, as well as to 

 defray the other expences therein 

 detailed. 



The remounting, provisioning 

 and general hospital, of the Ger- 

 man Legion, shall also be at the 

 charge of the British government, 

 who shall superintend the admi- 

 nistration and expenditure of the 

 same. 



All the arrangements made with 

 the government of the countries 

 which form the theatre of war, 

 for provisioning the troops of his 

 imperial majesty, shall be appli- 

 cable to the German Legion in his 

 service, whenever his Britannic 

 majesty shall call for its service. 



Art. V. The subsidy fixed by 

 the third article bliall be paid every 



two months in advance, for the 

 number of officers and soldiers who 

 shall have been returned as effec- 

 tive in the last day of the preceding 

 month. 



The first payment is to bear 

 date from the 1st of April,1813, 

 (new style), for the number stated 

 in the report of colonel H. Lowe, 

 in the service of his Britannic ma- 

 jesty, who has been appointed to 

 inspect the legion in the month of 

 April. 



As to the sick, who have re- 

 mained in the hospitals in Russia, 

 they shall not be taken into ac- 

 count until they have passed the 

 Russian frontier, after convales- 

 cence. 



For any changes that may have 

 taken place in the preceding 

 months, deductions shall be made 

 from, or additions made to each 

 payment, according to the circum- 

 stances of the case : that is to say, 

 that the pay advanced for such as 

 shall have died, have been dis- 

 charged, or have deserted for the 

 last two months, shall be deducted, 

 and that for the recruits be added 

 to the payment. 



In order to meet the expenses 

 of recruiting and marching, one 

 month's pay shall be given as a 

 bounty to every recruit enjoining 

 his corps. 



Art. VI. The rations shall be 

 delivered to the German Legion 

 according to the received practice 

 of the Prussian army, which shalf 

 also serve as a regulation for the 

 deduction from the pay of the sol- 

 dier, for the provisions furnished by 

 the government, as well as for tlie 

 sick and wounded soldiers in the 

 hospitals. . 



Art. VII. llie estimate being 



