Essays, political, economical, and philosophical ... Vol. I / by Benjamin Count of Rumford.

  • Rumford Benjamin Graf von, 1753-1814.
Date:
1797
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Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    c]juarters prevented all difputes between the mili» tary and the people of the country. The head« quarters of each regiment, where the commanding officer of the regiment refided, was eftabliffied in a central fituation with refpe^; to the extent of country occupied by the regiment \ each fqua- dron had its commanding officer in the centre of its diflridl,—-and the fubalterns and non-commif- fioned officers w^ere fo diflributed in the different cantonments, that the privates were continually under the infpeftion of their fuperiors, who had orders to keep a w^atchful eye over them \—to vifit them in their quarters very often;—and to preferve the ftricleft order and difcipline among them. To command thefe troops, a general officer was named, who, after vifiting every cantonment in the whole country, took up his refidence at Munich. Printed inftruclions were given to the officer, or non-commiffioned officer, who commanded a de- tached poft, or patrole regular monthly returns were ordered to be made to the commanding offi- cers of the regiment, by the officers commanding fquadrons to the commanding general, by the officers commanding regiments :—and by the com- manding general, to the council of war, and to the Sovereign. To prevent difputes between the military and the civil authorities, and, as far as poffible, to remove ail grounds of jealoufy and ill-will between them; as alfo to preferve peace and harmony between the foldiery and the inha-
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