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should always be made to remove them from danger 

 of temptation, and to set limits, as far as possible, to 

 their passions. 



6th, This system is not only disadvantageous for the 

 soldier himself, entirely inapplicable in time of war, and 

 in time of peace connected with very great difficulties 

 and evil results which cannot be escaped, but it has 

 also been at the same time very expensive. 



I know very well that many have looked upon this 

 arrangement as a masterpiece of military economy. I 

 have, however, in my memorial on the condition of 

 the army of your Electoral Highness, and on the means 

 which might be taken to put it on a better footing, 

 shown clearly that with the same sum which under the 

 old system was necessary annually in time of peace for 

 maintaining 20,000 infantry who carry arms, that is, 

 for their pay, bread, and clothes, and also for he main- 

 tenance and support of the superior and inferior offi- 

 cers, I have shown that with the same sum it is 

 calculated that, under their different military systems, 

 31,328 Austrian soldiers could be maintained in Hun- 

 gary, or 28,142 Austrian soldiers in Bohemia or in 

 Austria, and that as many as 23,919 Prussian infantry 

 soldiers could be maintained in time of peace. 



Who could have supposed that the Electoral army 

 was more expensive than the Prussian, and a full third 

 more expensive than the Austrian ? This surprising 

 truth was, however, recognized as fully established by 

 the commission of ministers, generals, and staff officers 

 under your own direction, which was constituted by 

 your Electoral Highness in the beginning of the year 

 1788, for the investigation of the memorial mentioned 

 above. 



