STATE PAPER S..

TREATIES.

Treaty between his Britannic Majefty and the Landgrave of Helfe Darmstadt. Signed at Franckfort, the 10th Day of June, 1796.

E it known to those whom it may concern, that his Majesty the

B King of Great Britain, and his Serene Highnefs the Landgrave

of Heffe Darmstadt, in confideration of the ftrict ties which unite their interests; and having judged that, in the prefent situation of affairs, it would contribute to the reciprocal welfare of Great Bri tain, and of the dominions of Heffe Darmstadt, to cement and trengthen, by a new treaty of alliance, the connexion which fub fifts between them; his Britannic Majesty, in order to regulate the object relative to this treaty, has thought proper to nominate Charles Craufurd, his envoy at the Imperial and royal armies; and his Serene Highness has nominated, on his part, for the fame purpose, the Baron Charles of Barckhaus, his privy counfellos and director of the council of war; who, being furnished with the necellary full powers, have agreed to take for balis of the pre fent treaty, the one formerly concluded between Great Britain and Heffe, the 5th of October, 1793, to adopt fuch parts of it as may be applicable to the prefent circumftances, or to fettle, by new articles, thofe points which it may be necellary to regulate otherwife and as it is not poffible to fpecify each particular cafe, every thing which thall not appear to be determined in a precife manner, either in the prefent treaty or in the former treaty, thall be fettled with equity and faith, in conformity to the fame principles which have been adopted in forraer inftances.

Article I. There thall be, therefore, in virtue of this treaty, between his Majesty the King of Great Britain and his Serene Highness the Landgrave of Heffe Darmstadt, their heirs and fuc ceffors, a strict friendship, and a fincere, firm, and constant union, fo that the one fhall confider the interests of the other as his own, and shall strive to promote them with good faith as much as pof fible, and to prevent and remove all disturbance and injury. VOL. VI.

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II. His Majefty the King of Great Britain defiring to have in his fervice a body of troops, to be employed wherever he may think proper, excepting in the Eaft Indies, or on board the fleet; and his Serene Highnefs wifhing for nothing more than to give his Majesty this fresh proof of his attachment, engages, by virtue of this article, to fet on foot three battalions of infantry, forming a body of two thousand two hundred and eighty-four men, according to the annexed specification; these troops' fhall be ready to pass in review before his Britannic Majefty's commiffioners the 14th day of July of the prefent year, at Darmstadt, and to begin their march the following day for the place of their deftination. The general, whom his Britannic Majefty thall appoint commander in chief in the countries where they fhall ferve, thall have authority to employ them, either together or in detachments, and even to difperfe them amongst the different islands or diftricts of his com mand, in the manner which he fhall judge the most advantageous for his Majefty's fervice. It being notwithstanding well underftood that thefe troops fhall always remain under the immediate orders of their own chiefs. The faid corps fhall confift of men difciplined and exercised, and well armed and equipped.

III. In order to defray the expenses to which the Serene Landgrave fhall be put for the equipment of the faid corps of troops, his Britannic Majefty promises to pay to his Serene Highness for each man thirty crowns banco, the crown being reckoned at fiftythree fols of Holland, or at four fhillings and nine-pence three farthings English money, of which payment fhall be made immediately after the review, and according to the effective state as fhall then be verified. All the camp neceffaries, as likewise all the horses, waggons, draft horfes, valets de bat, and waggoners, who may be neceffary for the troops, as well for tranfporting the equipages, provifions, ammunition, utenfils, fick, and other objects of every kind, as for the field-pieces, with their implements, and artillery-men, shall be furnished by his Britannic Majesty wherever they may be wanted.

IV. Befides the levy money: ftipdated in the preceding article, his Britannic Majesty thall canile to be paid to every officer, as also to every one employed, not a fighting man of equal rank, the fum of three months pay according to his rank, and upon the fame footing as his national troops, in order to facilitate the expense of his private equipment; which Bayment fhall be made immediately after the fignature of the prefent treaty.

V. His Majesty the King of Great Britain engages himself, in Jike manner, to pay to the Serene Landgrave an annual fubfidy during the fix years this treaty is to continue. This fubfidy thall commence from the day of the signature, and it shall be paid at the rate of eighty thousand crowns banco per annum, The pay

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ment of this fubfidy fhall be made regularly, without abatements every quarter, to the agent of his Highnefs, in London.

VI. These troops fhall remain in the fervice and at the difpofi tion of his Britannic Majefty during fix years, and his Majesty fhall allow them during this term

1. Every thing that is neceffary for their fubfiftence, namely, pay, bread, forage, and, in general, all emoluments, as well ordinary as extraordinary, attached to every rank, on the fame footing that he allows them to his British troops in the different places of their destination; and for this purpose the statements of payment shall be . annexed to the prefent treaty.

2. Medicines and (uftenance for the fick and wounded, with a place, and the neceffary means of conveyance, wherein they may be treated and taken care of, precifely on the fame footing as the national British troops, by their own phyficians and fur

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3. The pay fhall commence from the day of the review, according to the effective ftate in which the faid corps fhall be delivered, which fhall be verified by a table, figned by the refpective minifters of the high contracting parties, which fhall have the fame force as if it had been inferted word for word in the prefent treaty.

VII. As in the before mentioned table the ftrength of each company, of which four make a battalion, amounts to one hundred and fixty-three foldiers, it must be observed that in this number are comprifed feven men, unarmed, intended, according to the established cuftom in the Heffian fervice, to ferve as fervants to officers; and it is agreed upon that thefe men fhall nevertheless pafs mufter as foldiers in every refpect.

VIII. As it is to be feared that, notwithstanding the care made ufe of, it will not be poffible entirely to prevent defertion until the arrival of the troops at the place of embarkation, and his Serene Highness promifing to employ every means in his power that the faid corps fhall be embarked complete, it is agreed upon, that there shall be at the faid review ten fupernumerary men per com. pany to fupply the place of deferters on the march; fo that, in cafe, on the arrival of the corps at the port, the number of fupernumeraries fhall exceed that of the deferters, the remainder may be diftributed among the battalions and added to the amount, in order to increase, in fuch cafe, the levy money, pay, &c.; and his Highness engages himfelf moreover to caufe the faid corps to be efcorted by a detachment of cavalry, in order to pick up deferters, procure quarters, &c. &c. It being well understood that the ex. penfes, as well of the march, as of the return of the detachment of cavalry, fhall be defrayed by his Majesty.

IX. All the objects of pay and maintenance fhall be calculated according to the table of the annual review, fo that the vacancies

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happening from one review to another fhall not make any altera tion in the ftate of payment. His Majefty fhall cause these objects to be paid in advance from two to two months, either by affign ments payable in favour of the Heffian commiffioner upon whatever cheft of his Majefty may be nearest to the faid commiffion, or in ready money to his Serene Highness's agent in London.

X. A fresh review fhall take place regularly every year: his Majefty fhall give three months notice of the number of recruits neceffary to complete the corps, which number fhall be fixed according to the official report of the first day of April, fo that the recruits fhall be ready to be delivered to the English commiffary the first day of July, at the place of the first review, or one month after, at fuch port in Germany, or at fuch place on the frontiers of the Empire as his Majefty may chufe for their reception. The term of their delivery fhall be deemed to be that of the new review, and the total of the number of effective men remaining, according to the report of the month of April, added to that of the recruits delivered to the British commiffary, fhall be confidered as the effective ftate of the new period, and fhall not vary until the review of the following year.

XI. There fhall be paid for each recruit armed, equipped, difciplined, and exercised, the fum of twenty crowns banco; and his Highness the Landgrave takes upon himself the expenfes of tranfport to the place of embarkation, as well as of escort, which are to be reimbursed by his Britannic Majefty.

XII. As, during the continuance of this treaty, it will neceffarily occur, that officers or foldiers, either for family reasons, on account of preferment, or for fick nefs, will be obliged to return home, his Majesty takes upon him felf the expenfes of their tranfport in the two former cafes, as far as the frontiers of the Empire, and in the latter, to their own country: his Highness promises, in return, to replace the non-commiffioned officers and foldiers to whom he may give permiffion to return for any other reason than that of fickness, at his own expenfe, and without requiring the confideration for recruits fixed in the preceding article, referving to himself nothing but the tranfport from the frontiers of the Empire unto the place of their destination. Moreover, his Highness will never recal an officer or foldier without urgent cause, or without having acquainted his Majefty thereof; and he will take care that the number of officers fhall be always complete.

XIII. The moft Serene Landgrave being at the charge of furnishing the faid corps with arms and clothing, in confequence of the pay upon the footing of English troops, as agreed upon in these articles, his Majefty fhall caufe indemnification to be made for fuch lofs only in clothing, arms, and accoutrements as shall be occafioned by fome accident of war or of voyage; as well as for

every expenfe incurred in the tranfport of thefe feveral articles to the troops, and alfo of every thing they may stand in need of It being well understood that the aforefaid articles fhall be delivered to the English commiffary at the fame time as the recruits of the year, in order that the fame velfel may convey both.

XIV. In case an officer thould lose his equipage, either on his route or by fome accident of war, his Majefty fhall grant him the fame indemnification as the English officers are allowed in fimilar cafes.

XV. As foon as his Serene Highness fhall have put the corps in a state to march, within the term agreed upon, he thall be confidered as having fulfilled his preliminary engagements; fo that the payment of the levy money, fubfidy, and pay, fhall take place according to the aforefaid determination, even in cafe his Majefty, on account of fome unforeseen event, fhould not think proper to have the corps reviewed, or to caufe it to march or embark.

XVI. If before the period of the review his Britannic Majesty fhall find himself difpofed to renounce this treaty entirely, his Se rene Highness thall receive, under the title of indemnification, 1ft. The levy money.

2d. The equipage money allowed to the officers.

3d. Three months pay for the whole of the troops, according to the table annexed to the fecond article, &c.

4th. One year's subsidy.

XVII. At the end of fix years, his Britannic Majefty fhall fend back the corps, at the difpofal of his Highnefs, in the fame state in which it was taken into his fervice, and being at the entire expenfe of transport until their arrival at Darmstadt. It being understood that his Majefty fhall not pay the levy money for the men who may be wanting at that time, except in the cafe where he fhall have failed to inform the Serene Landgrave of it fix months beforehand, in order to fave his Highnefs the expenfe of a new completion. If by accident the return fhould be retarded, the treaty fhall be tacitly prolonged for one year, in every respect, and a certain fum fhall be agreed upon as an equivalent for levy money, in proportion to the prefent arrangement.

XVIII. If his Majefty fhould think proper, after the expiration of the fix years fixed for the duration of this treaty, to keep the faid corps for fome years longer, his Highness confents to it beforehand and it will be then only neceflary to make an arrangement refpecting the levy and equipage money for the officers, which will be calculated according to the proportions of the prefent treaty.

XIX. His Serene Highnefs referves to himself the jurifdiction over his troops, as well as all difpofitions refpecting promotion, difcipline, and interior adminiftration.

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