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450 FORTIA’S TRAVELS IN SWEDEN.
The Swedifh army in the year 1776,
Infantry. Cavalry. my
Provincial Regiments. ”“) No. of men Expence. Regiments. No. of men, Expence,
bs Silver dollars, Silver dollars
Upland é 1200° 10,217 Adelsfana, not levied 3
, 395 141158
Skaraborg, 1200 9974 The body guards, : 128 52,118
Abo, : 1025 159371 Cuiraffiers, 1505 1455725
Sudermania, {1200 139427 Weltrogothia, 1000 771476
Cronoberg, 1100 10,539 Oftrogothia, tocO 94,889
Jonkopings 1100 10,107 Smaland, 10cO 81,818
Biceurncborg, 1025 155369 Northern Scania, 1000 85,974
Dalecarlia, 1200 10,786 Southern do. 10co 84,833
Oftrogothia, 1220 10,437 Jemtland, 100 6;417
Tavaltehus, tO05 14,473 7128 643,40
Helfingie, eke. g nasned Provincial dra : ie
Elfsborg, 1200 9938 es
Weltrogotha, 1200 9936 Dragoons of the body guard, | 1000 89,060
Savolax, _ 1238 9620 Nyland, 1000 87,340
Wettmania, _ 1200 145537 The fquadron of Carelia, 250 173073
Welterbothnia, 1056 10,817 of Bohus, 904 59,677
Calmar, 11CO DC3340 ° 3154 253515!
Nyland: 1025 145537 : va
Nericie and Vermelande, | 1474 18,599 Light troops recruited,
Ofterbothnia, 1200 14,560 The light dragoons 00 62,2
Kymenegord, 128 15,199 eS pons Bes 91 3.3
Jemtland, 1048 31,621 790 | - - 154,12
—— 24,344 eh se:
Recruited Regiments. Total of Cavalry, 10,982
i : of Infantry, 355744
Guards, 1800 160,751 peace
Artillery, 3000 265,875 Total of the army, exclufive 5
Queen-dowager’s guards, | 1000, of officers, 46 726
The King’s regiment, 800 t eS vs
Springporten’s, 1009
Salza’s, = i000 ah a
Skytte’s, 1200 |
Blixen, 1200 J
The Savolax yagers, 400 12,800 :
—— 11,400] —-——- 870,926 \
Men 35,744|Pay 1,162,277
Note. Two farms commonly between them provide one foldier, or form a rote according to the extent and excellence of th
farm. The crown cloatlis the troops, and provides warlike flores; but upon review days, held for the fake of liquidation of th
provincial regiments once a year, a certain fum is deducted out of his advances for his equipment, which is new every eleve
years. The farmer furnifhes the foldier with his working drefs, which occafions a great faving to the crown: thus Sweder
‘in proportion to its population, is enabled to arm double the number of men to what other powers ¢an do, who, while fhe ca
raile every twelfth man, (including the navy,) can arm no more than one in twenty-four ; and this the more readily, from th
foldier being capable by his labour of earning {ubfiftence for his wife and family. The dofelles of the officers of the provincis
regiments (I mean the infantry,) amount annually to the fum of 232,765 filver dollars, according to the eltimation of the crowr
As for the regiments of provincial cavalry, a rental of 60 dollars per annum is fet afide for the maintenance of each man, his hor!
{and equipment; in fome provinces this rental is but 50 dollars. The dragoons are differently maintained, with from 15 to 3
dollars allowance. The gens d’armes receive 500 marks per man, if maintained by a number of peafants, and this fum may ox
cafionally amount to 580 where fupported by one alone: this regiment not being raifed as yet, the peafantry pay this fum as
free-giftto the crown, and the weight of its preffure on individuals is dependant on circumitances.
Remarks. t. An extent of land which maintains a foot foldier or failor is called a Rote; an eitate which maintains a horfe fo
dier, a Ruf holl. The rentais above {tipulated are deducted by the crown from the annual taxes paid by the peafantry
2. The regiments of cavalry, rated above at one thoufand, were reduced to five hundred in 1792, the remaining five hundred bein
incorporated in the infantry. The regiment of guards confifts at prefent of no more than one thoufand two hundred men
the King in 1792 creating a fecond regiment of one thoufand five hundred men, At his death a number of changes took plac
in military affairs, particularly a body of horfe artillery was formed, &c. Ke.
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