716 Account of Regulations 



to the farmers, and remain over night ; and the farmer 

 was not only obliged to furnish meals to the soldier, 

 and that, too, for six kreutzers, but he was also obliged 

 to furnish forage for his horse in return for a ticket 

 which assured to him a payment of fifteen kreutzers. 



This arrangement gave occasion for countless abuses 

 and complaints from the subjects. The common chas- 

 seurs, who were enlisted for two years only, and who 

 consequently never could become accustomed to mili- 

 tary discipline and subordination, roved freely about 

 for the greater part of the time in the open country, 

 away from the oversight of their officers ; and it is easy 

 to imagine what excesses were to be expected from 

 such men, who were mostly young. 



The farmers were terrified if they saw such persons 

 coming to their houses, and not seldom were obliged to 

 buy off from them with money the right of free quarters ; 

 and, by means of this buying off with money the right 

 of free quarters, the chasseurs had finally put under 

 contribution the whole country, so to speak. 



The complaints on the part of the subjects with 

 reference to these and other excesses of this chasseur 

 corps, which were laid before the Electoral council of 

 war, were innumerable ; and no regulations were suffi- 

 cient to hold in check these disorders. Besides this, 

 the number of men in this chasseur corps was altogether 

 too small for the extended service which they had to 

 perform. It was impossible to distribute them over the 

 country so as to assure peace and safety everywhere. 



At the very beginning of the new military system, 

 this chasseur corps was entirely disbanded, and in its 

 stead the four cavalry regiments quartered in Bavaria, 

 in garrison, were distributed through the country to 



