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manding officer in the centre of its district; and the 

 subalterns and non-commissioned officers were so dis- 

 tributed in the different cantonments that the privates 

 were continually under the inspection of their supe- 

 riors, who had orders to keep a watchful eye over 

 them, to visit them in their quarters very often, and 

 to preserve the strictest order and discipline among 

 them. 



To command these troops, a general officer was 

 named, who, after visiting every cantonment in the 

 whole country, took up his residence at Munich. 



Printed instructions were given to the officer or 

 non-commissioned officer who commanded a detached 

 post or patrol. Regular monthly returns were ordered 

 to be made to the commanding officers of the regi- 

 ment, by the officers commanding squadrons ; to the 

 commanding general, by the officers commanding regi- 

 ments ; and by the commanding general, to the council 

 of war and to the sovereign. 



To prevent disputes between the military and the 

 civil authorities, and as far as possible to remove all 

 grounds of jealousy and ill-will between them, as 

 also to preserve peace and harmony between the sol- 

 diery and the inhabitants, these troops were strictly 

 ordered and enjoined to behave on all occasions to 

 magistrates and other persons in civil authority with 

 the utmost respect and deference ; to conduct them- 

 selves towards the peasants and other inhabitants in 

 the most peaceable and friendly manner ; to retire to 

 their quarters very early in the evening ; and, above 

 all, cautiously to avoid disputes and quarrels with the 

 people of the country. They were also ordered to be 

 very diligent and alert in making their daily patrols 



