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men. The entire army on a peace footing, according 

 to the new division, consists of only 31,680 men. Hence 

 it appears that, with the same amount which was for- 

 merly actually expended in maintaining the army on 

 an incomplete footing of about 20,000 men, it is, under 

 the new system most certainly possible to maintain the 

 whole army on a complete footing of 31,680 men (this 

 being, of course, in time of peace). 



According to the old system, where the man who 

 was on furlough cost almost as much as the man on 

 duty, it would have been almost impossible to maintain 

 the army on the then complete footing of 22,430 men 

 with the entire sum which was allowed for the support 

 of the army. It was useless to think of any saving. 



These comparisons and calculations, which are all 

 the more trustworthy because they rest on experience, 

 and on the experience of several years, show plainly, 

 not only that the newly introduced system is much 

 more advantageous in point of economy than the former 

 system, but also that the entire number of men in the 

 Electoral army, which number has been fixed on a 

 peace footing as 31,680, according to the principles and 

 system which have been adopted, is in just proportion 

 to the appropriation made for the army. 



This complete report and account of the results of 

 the regulations newly introduced into the Electoral army 

 was respectfully submitted by its author to his Electoral 

 Highness on the ist of June of the present year, and 

 was accompanied by the following petition : 



MOST SERENE ELECTOR AND MOST GRACIOUS SOV- 

 EREIGN, I have the honour of humbly submitting to 



