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Serene Highness the Elector Palatine, Reigning Duke 

 of Bavaria, I have since been employed by His Elec- 

 toral Highness in various public services, and particu- 

 larly in arranging his military affairs, and introducing 

 a new system of order, discipline, and economy among 

 his troops. 



In the execution of this commission, ever mindful 

 of that great and important truth, that no political 

 arrangement can be really good except in so far as it 

 contributes to the general good of society, I have 

 endeavoured in all my operations to unite the interest 

 of the soldier with the interest of civil society, and to 

 render the military force, even in time of peace, sub- 

 servient to the public good. 



To facilitate and promote these important objects, 

 to establish a respectable standing military force, which 

 should do the least possible harm to the population, 

 morals, manufactures, and agriculture of the country, it 

 was necessary to make soldiers citizens, and citizens 

 soldiers. To this end the situation of the soldier was 

 made as easy, comfortable, and eligible as possible. His 

 pay was increased, he was comfortably and even ele- 

 gantly clothed, and he was allowed every kind of liberty 

 not inconsistent with good order and due subordina- 

 tion ; his military exercises were simplified, his instruc- 

 tion rendered short and easy, and all obsolete and use- 

 less customs and usages were banished from the service. 

 Great attention was paid to the neatness and cleanli- 

 ness of the soldiers' barracks and quarters, and which 

 extended even to the external appearance of the build- 

 ings ; and nothing was left undone that could tend to 

 make the men comfortable in their dwellings. Schools 

 were established in all the regiments for instructing 



