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to the extent of 19,161 fl. 21 kr. annually; and since 

 the latter time, namely, since the beginning of this 

 year, the saving has increased still more, and now 

 actually amounts to more than 20,000 florins annually. 

 No one, however, has had his allowance shortened by 

 a single kreutzer; on the contrary, many, and among 

 them almost all those persons who are connected with 

 the council of war, have received a considerable increase 

 of salary. 



All these computations show that the newly intro- 

 duced military system, as far as it depends on the 

 financial condition, can be regarded as permanently es- 

 tablished. Only a single question can arise, whether 

 the former system may not have been fully as advan- 

 tageous as far as economy is concerned ; whether the 

 same saving might not have been made during the 

 last four years, if the former system had been con- 

 tinued. 



In order to remove any doubt in this matter, and in 

 order to compare in point of economy the new military 

 system with the old in the most striking and decisive 

 manner, I have had prepared an abstract of the financial 

 condition of the Electoral army for the last four years 

 during which the army was under the direction of the 

 Lieutenant-General Baron von Belderbusch ; namely, 

 for the years 1784, 1785, 1786, and 1787. 



The following table shows the increase in both money 

 and materials, as well as the extra expenses incurred 

 during the four years. It also shows the comparison 

 of the same with the saving or increase which has 

 occurred during the last four years, since the introduc- 

 tion of the new system. 



