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foreign corps, in British pay, 

 ■vviis 133,505 



In ISI7, total number, 

 omitting corps ordered 

 Lome from India, and the 

 corps for reduction in 

 1817, and also omitting the 

 corps for service in India 

 and in France 99,606 



Difference or diminu- 

 tioTi in 18 17, upon the 

 force chargeable to the 

 United I^iiigdoni 40,899 



Next follows a comparison be- 

 tween the establishment of the 

 army in 1814, and in 1817 ; from 

 which it appears that, in 1814, 

 we had, in cavalry, infantry, fo- 

 reign corps and embodied militia, 



a force of 344,746 



In 1817, a force of ... . 122,9.52 



Decrease in 1817, as 

 compared with 1814 ... . 221,794 



We have then a comparative 

 view of the sums voted for army 

 services in 1815 and 1S16, with 

 the sums estimated fur I8I7. The 

 votes for I8l5 we e, 13,435,392/.: 

 ki 1816, H,727,994/. : in 1817, 

 6,9b9,49.^/. makina; a decrease for 

 IS 17, of 1,738,496Z. 



This comparative view is snc- 

 oeciied by the particulais of the 

 charge of a regiment of infantry 

 for 1792 and i8l7 ; and it appears 

 that, by forming tefi battalions of 

 800 rank and file eich, the present 

 ordinary establishment, instead of 

 20 battalions of 400 rank and file, 

 «s in 1792, a saving is effected of 

 74,326/.] 



Your committee, in making a 

 reference to the year 1792, desire 

 to call the notice of the House to 

 the low establishments of the latter 

 part of that year, which were 

 deemed sufficient for all national 

 purposes at tliat time, in the con- 



templation of a long continuanee 

 of peace ; and although many cir- - 

 cumstances are materially changed 

 by events which have suljsequently 

 taken place, so as to prevent any 

 exact parallel from being drawn 

 between the two cases, especially 

 in the amount of jjeciiniary charge, 

 yet they submit, that as near an 

 approximation to that low scale of 

 establishment and expense as may 

 be found consistent with our more 

 extended po-sessions, and with the 

 augmented rates of various fixed 

 disbursements, would h>e highly 

 advantagecms in relieving the bur- 

 dens, and in supporting the public 

 credit of the country. 



The difference in nimiliers be- 

 tween the ertimate of 1792 and 

 the present estimate is, for Great 

 Britain, 14,011. 



Of these, 3,000 are on account 

 of reliefs for the foreign service, 

 which is very considerably in- 

 creased by the distant possessions 

 acquired during the war. The 

 difference for Ireland is 12,000. 



The num'iers estimated to be 

 kept up in the colonies and foreign 

 dependencies, for the last six 

 months of the year 1792, amounted 

 to 12,650 rank and tile. The num- 

 bers allotted to the estimate for 

 the current year, for the same fo- 

 reign service, amount to 20,416. 



The numbers maintained m the 

 foreign possessions newly anne.xed 

 to the Crown, amounted, for the 

 last year, to 18,200 rank and file; 

 and they are for the current year 

 12,600. It is observable, that 

 this last number is almost exactly 

 the same numerical force as was 

 spread over the whole colonies and 

 foreign possessions of the Crown of 

 Great Britain previous to the war. 

 It may be further remarked, 

 that in the estimatefc for the year 

 Y2 1816, 



