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ment or detachment ferving abroad, the grounds on which a commutation in money is propofed, fhall be fully ftated to the commander in chief, or if there is none, to our secretary at war, in order that his majesty's pleasure may be previously known. If the king approves the measure, the following fums, being the estimated amount of what the colonels would have paid to their clothiers, after a reasonable deduction for incidental charges to which they are liable, is to be given to the

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The date from which the annual, biennial, and other rights to clothing are to be computed, is fixed on the 25th December, 1803.

NECESSARIES AND APPOINTMENTS. For neceffaries a ftoppage is made in the pay of cavalry of 25. 74d.; and of infantry Is. 6d. per week. Exclufive of clothing and neceffaries, the cavalry have certain articles, denominated appointments. These are defcribed as follows:

To the Dragoon Guards and Heavy Dragoons; boots, and cloaks with fleeves. Sadlery. Saddle with pannel and pad in one; a web girth, with fix roller buckles; pair of ftrap flaps; martingale, breaft-plate, with roller buckles, leather furcingles, with roller buckles; pair of ftirrup leathers, with roller buckles; pair of ftirrup irons; bit and bridoon complete, with head reins and nofe band; pair of double and fingle forage ftraps; pair of cloak ftraps and fingle ditto; pair of holfter and a firelock ftrap with roller buckles; holfter and fhoecafe; carbine bucket with picket ring; carbine bucket ftrap; cover for holfters; leather cloak cover; horfe collar with iron chain. Buff accoutrements. Pouch curved for thirty rounds; pocket behind ditto, and roller buckles; carbine belt, three inches wide, and buckles with two brafs tongues and tip; pair of ftraps for the pouch to hang by; brafs flider and fwivel; fword waist belt, 2 inches wide; brafs plate and flide with a bar and double tongue; bayonet frog of buff leather, and leather fword knot.

To the Light Dragoons. Cloak with fleeves, and boots. Sadlery. Saddle complete as for the above. Buff accoutrements. Pouch curved for thirty rounds, pocket behind ditto, and roller

buckles;

buckles; carbine belt, 24 inches wide; buckles with two brass tongues and tips; pair of straps for the pouch to hang by, brass flider and fwivel; fword waist belt, 1 inch wide; fword carriage; bayonet frog, of buff leather, and leather sword knot. To the Royal Waggon Train. Cloak, and boots, &c.

The duration of these appointments is thus limited : Saddles, holfter pipes, buckets, ftirrup leathers and irons, 16 years; bits and cloaks twelve years; headstalls, reins, breast plates, cruppers, girths, furcingles, ftraps and boots, fix years, and buff accoutrements twenty years.

Articles of Neceffaries paid for by the Cavalry. An extra pair of breeches of the fame quality, to be in wear with those furnished by the colonel; a stable jacket, trowsers and foraging cap; a nose bag, watering bridle, and log; three shirts, a night cap and black stock; three pair of worsted stockings: one pair of long black gaiters; two pair of fhoes, combs, razors, &c.; one clothes and three fhoe brufhes; mane comb, fponge, curry comb and brush, worm and picker; horfe picker and sciffars; emery, oil, pipe clay, whiting, and blacking; button stick, hook, carbine lock cafe, and a pair of faddle bags; the actual expenditure for horfe cloths, and furcingles, not exceeding Is. 8d. per annum for each man, is defrayed by the public.

Articles of Neceffaries paid for by the Infantry. One pair of fhoes, and three fhirts; one pair of long gaiters, three pair of focks, and mitts during the winter; one black stock, foraging cap, and knapsack; one clothes and three shoe brushes; blackball, hair ribbon, combs and ftraps for carrying the great coat; a yearly allowance of 25. 9d. is made for effectives each, in regiments at home, for the fupply of turnfcrew, brush, worm, oil, emery and duft. For Highland and other regiments wearing peculiar clothing, peculiar regulations are made.

OFF RECKONINGS. Out of the off reckonings (6d. per day from each ferjeant, 4d. from each corporal, and 2d. from each private) allowed to colonels, the clothing, accoutrements, &c. are furnished: it alfo affords poundage to the pay-office of 15., one day's pay from the whole regiment to Chelfea hofpital, and 2d. in the pound for the agent. The remainder is nett off reckonings. ALLOWANCES. When the army is ordered to take the field, an allowance, for the first year only, is iffued to the officers, under the following denominations :

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Field officers and captains are allowed each, for a horfe, 18. 185. The fame allowance is made to every two fubalterns and staff.

Regiments of cavalry taking the field have none of the above. allowances made them, except the field officers and captains; they have an allowance of 187. 18s. to purchase a horfe, and the fubaltern and staff the fame between every two.

Each regiment is alfo allowed fix horfes, at 18. 18s. each, for the following purposes: For the carriage of ammunition, two; for camp kettles, two; for intrenching tools, one; for the medicine cheft, one. Officers, in camp, are allowed a certain proportion of forage, out of the first year's allowance, to provide themselves with marquees and tents; the field officers and captains have each a feparate one: the fubalterns have a tent between two. In militia regiments, the paymafters and affiftant furgeons have captain's allowances made them, provided they hold, with their staff appointment, fubaltern commiffions. Officers returing from India to Europe, on leave of abfence, are accommodated with their paffage on board the Company's fhips, for which an allowance is made to the commanders, for each colonel, 150/; lieutenant-colonel, 120/.; major, captain, 100%.; fubaltern, staff, &c. Sol. The bills for paffage are figned by the commanding officers of regiments, alfo by the commander in chief, or, under his order, by the quarter-mafter-general.

Officers fent home on the recruiting fervice are allowed each, from North America, Weft Indies, or Africa, 12/. 10s. Gibraltar, &c. 51. 55. According to circumftances this allowance is fometimes increased.

Officers and privates fent on the recruiting fervice, have an allowance for paffage, each, to and from

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A further allowance of 9d. per mile is made to officers going to or returning from their ftations, for the land carriage of their baggage; thefe extras come into the accounts of the paymafter of the district in which the officer is ftationed.

Contingent Allowances to Captains of Troops and Companies.

Cavalry.

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The colonel is allowed 25. 8d. per day for each troop.

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The colonel is allowed 6d. per day for each company; the contingencies are given to the fubaltern who pays them.

The non-effective money is ftill continued to the field-officers,

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There is a yearly allowance of 25. 9d. to each foldier, under the head of ordnance money, for keeping his arms bright: alfo 2s. 6d. for altering each man's clothing; but thefe do not extend to regiments on foreign ftations.

Officers, non-commiffioned officers, and privates employed in the public works, have the following allowances: fubalterns, in addition to their daily pay, 45.; non-commiffioned officers, as overfeers, ditto, 45.; ditto, or privates as artificers, 1s. 8d.; ditto, in winter, Is. 4d. Privates as labourers, 10d.; ditto, in winter, 8d.

Allowances of Rations to every Six Soldiers on board Transports, &c. equal to the

Quantity iffued to Four Seamen.

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Allowances in ftationary Quarters.

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or quarter, is allowed to make use of 1lb. of bread, and three quarters of a pound of meat per day. When the price of meat exceeds 6d. per pound, and bread 11⁄2d. such excess beyond the ftated prices is defrayed at the public expence.

Allowances on a March. Soldiers on a march are allowed 11d. per day, each, in addition to his pay. Of this confolidated fum is. 44. goes to the innkeepers on whom they are billetted. Innkeepers furnish foldiers billetted on them, as stationary, with candles, vinegar, falt, pepper, and mustard, for which they received. per day from each; and for each horse belonging to officers billetted on them, Is. 2d. per night for hay and straw.

Men permitted to find their own lodgings, have each, in lieu of beer, 2d. per day allowed them, if in billet, 1d. a halfpenny

* When spirits are not used, double that quantity of wine is iffued in its place. Vinegar is iffued as occasion and the preservation of health require it.

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