702 Account of Regulations 



exercised very little in riding, and not at all in patrol- 

 duty, in spite of the fact that skill in riding is a first 

 necessity, and that patrol-duty in time of war is a very 

 essential and entirely indispensable part of their service. 



Besides this, there were in the whole army no light 

 troops, neither infantry nor cavalry ; and the battalions 

 of infantry, after deducting the grenadiers, were only 

 400 men strong. 



According to the old system, the five staff officers 

 who were assigned to each regiment of infantry (namely, 

 the Proprietaire of the regiment, the colonel comman- 

 dant, the lieutenant -colonel, the senior and junior 

 major) each had his own company. To the company 

 of the Proprietaire himself was assigned only one 

 staff captain {Staabscapitain) to take command of the 

 same, but no first lieutenant. Further, to each of the 

 remaining staff companies there were only two officers, 

 namely, one staff captain, and either a first or second 

 lieutenant ; while each of the other five companies had 

 three officers, namely, one captain, one first lieutenant, 

 and one second lieutenant. This inconvenient arrange- 

 ment could not be otherwise than very disadvantageous 

 to the service ; because it is very evident that, if in one 

 company three officers are necessary, in another of the 

 same strength two could never be enough. 



Another and a very important fault of the former 

 military system was the custom of condemning culprits 

 to the military service as a punishment. This was not 

 only allowed, but was very common in Bavaria. Men 

 who had committed theft and other disgracing crimes, 

 and who deserved the House of Correction, were sent 

 into the army as a punishment ; and even the relative 

 length of time between punishment in the house of 



