694 Account of Regulations 



fl. kr. 



Amount brought forward 1 1 32 



One pair of shoe buckles o 8 



One blouse i 20 



One cap (Holzmutze) o 48 



One pair of cloth gloves o 30 



One knapsack 2 24 



Which amounts in all to 16 42 



Or three times as much as he received to procure them 

 with. The remainder, amounting to 1 1 fl. 42 kr., he 

 was obliged to procure from his captain in advance, 

 that is, on credit ; and the poor recruit, as soon as he 

 joined his regiment, must assume his new position bur- 

 dened with this debt, which naturally would depress him 

 very much, and take away all satisfaction in serving. 



This, however, was not all. He was obliged each 

 year to incur new debts. Your Electoral Highness 

 gave him one new coat, one waistcoat, and one pair of 

 breeches once in three years only, and allowed him for 

 the small equipment three florins a year ; but it was 

 impossible for him to make this suffice. For mending 

 and repairing his coat, it was often necessary, during 

 the three years, to spend almost as much as the coat 

 had cost when new. As far as the breeches are con- 

 cerned, it was impossible to make them last one year. 

 He was obliged himself to supply the deficiency. More- 

 over, for providing and keeping in good order the 

 various articles of the small equipment, he was obliged 

 to spend annually at least four times as much as he 

 received for this purpose from your Electoral High- 

 ness, as appears from the following very moderate 

 estimate. 



A soldier in actual service needed annually, at 

 least : 



