"Supplying the Supplementaries" Topic
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Tango01 | 14 Apr 2017 11:25 a.m. PST |
"As the Supplementary Militia legislation of 1796 created new swathes of levies to reinforce the existing battalions, counties were obliged to clothe and equip them for training, and in the beginning this was done on the cheapest possible basis. Lord Lieutenants were authorised by government to provide a "slight clothing", the cost not to exceed £1.00 GBP 5s 9d per man. If they couldn't be bothered to organise this from scratch, suitable outfits could be ordered from the clothiers of the existing embodied militia regiments and the accounts passed to the War Office. As the going rate for a militia private's "suit" (coat, waistcoat and breeches only) was several shillings in excess of this allowance, it was clear that corners would have to be cut. Something on the lines of the simple outfits authorised the same year for regular recruits – a closed jacket, trousers and a round hat – might fit the budget. Two bills preserved among the Powis papers in the Shrewsbury Archives detail what Lord Clive, commander of Shropshire's militia regiment, actually ordered from his clothier for the county's 1,550 new levies in March 1797. The recruits were to wear "Red Cloth Round Jackets lined thro with Padua, White Cloth Waistcoats ditto, white Cloth Long Trowsers, with leather Caps & feathers…" Main page link Amicalement Armand
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Disco Joe | 14 Apr 2017 11:30 a.m. PST |
You do realize that this is past the American Revolution which is one of the boards you posted it to. |
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