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terie Reglement er derfor forfærdiget /: som jeg herved har den Ære allerund. at indsende til Rettelse, Udvidelse eller Forkortelse som D.K.M. maatte skiønne ./. Dette Reglement indeholder kun Forskrivt for den sluttede Linie Tjeneste, hvilken som den der giver Masse Ild, er egentlig af Vigtighed her.- Jeg har nemlig ingen Troe enten til Jæger Tjeneste eller Kiede Formeren mod Neger Hobe, som allenfalds i Sukkerstykker kunde skiule sig, men et kort Supplement om det væsentligste af den lette Tjeneste, skal imidlertid om føie Tid følge.-
For at indføre dette Reglement dessnarere, og for at facilitere Indøvelsen baade af Officerer og Folk, har jeg ansat Prem. Lieutnt. v. Reemke som Exerceermester af Infanteriet ved Milicen med 750 Rd. pr. annum af Landcassen, saalænge han fungerer, hvorom jeg har under 23 Julii sidstl. giort allerund. Indberetning.-
Dette Reglement oversættes nu paa engelsk, og naar Milicen er vel indøvet, skal jeg giøre det befalede Forsøg med at sætte i Gang Commando paa Dansk, men jeg vil forud oprigtigen tilstaae, at jeg frygter der tør være megen Vanskelighed forbunden med Udøvelsen, thi foruden den før ommeldte Indbildskhed, som jeg endnu ikke har kjendt nogen, end den bedste Engellænder frie for, kommer til, at de have en besynderlig Møje og Besvær med at lære eller blot udtale fremmede Ord, hvorpaa jeg ved Parolen seer undertiden frappante Beviser, hvilken specielle Tungnemhed ikke existerer for Tydskere og Nordboere, Italienere, Ungarer [kanikkelæses] og endelig hvor man andensteds har commanderet i et Sprog Mandskabet ei forstod, har dette saavidt mig bekjendt, bestaaet af regulaire Tropper, saasom den irlandske Brigade, hvor Mandskabet var, uagtet Benævnelsen, fransk, men Commandoen førtes paa engelsk, Royal Allemand i Frankrig, hos Os i gamle Dage den tydske Commando, eller i Østerrige den indførte tydske Commando over ungarske, italienske og andre Regimenter; men ved regulaire Tropper gives der Midler af corporlig Straf, Fængsel [kanikkelæses] til at fremtvinge Opmærksomheden, som hos en Borgermilice ei kunne anvendes.-
Det danske Cavallerie Reglement existerer ikke her, og jeg har derfor paalagt den hiemgangne Inspecteur Major Peter de Nully at udsende nogle Exemplarer, for
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tery Regulations have therefore been prepared /: which I hereby have the Honor most humbly to submit for Correction, Expansion, or Abridgment, as Y.R.M. may deem proper ./. These Regulations contain only Instructions for close-order Line Service, which, as that which produces Massed Fire, is properly of Importance here.- For I have no Faith either in Rifleman Service or Chain Formation against Bands of Negroes, who could in any Event conceal themselves in the Sugar Fields, but a short Supplement concerning the most essential Parts of Light Service shall, however, follow in due Time.-
In order to introduce these Regulations as soon as possible, and to facilitate the Training both of Officers and Men, I have appointed Prem. Lieutnt. v. Reemke as Drill Master of the Infantry of the Militia, with 750 Rd. per annum from the Land Treasury, for as long as he serves in that Capacity, concerning which I made a most humble Report on the 23 July last.-
These Regulations are now being translated into English, and when the Militia is well trained, I shall make the ordered Trial of introducing Commands in Danish, but I will candidly admit in advance that I fear there may be much Difficulty connected with carrying this out, for besides the aforementioned Conceit, from which I have not yet known anyone, even the best Englishman, to be free, there is also the fact that they have a peculiar Difficulty and Trouble in learning or merely pronouncing foreign Words, of which I sometimes see striking Proofs in the Parole, which particular Slowness of Comprehension does not exist among Germans and Scandinavians, Italians, Hungarians [illegible] and finally, where Commands have elsewhere been given in a Language the Men did not understand, this has, so far as I know, concerned regular Troops, such as the Irish Brigade, where the Men were, notwithstanding the Name, French, but the Commands were given in English, Royal Allemand in France, among Us in former Days the German Commands, or in Austria the introduced German Commands over Hungarian, Italian, and other Regiments; but among regular Troops there are Means of corporal Punishment, Imprisonment [illegible] to compel Attention, which cannot be employed in a Citizens’ Militia.-
The Danish Cavalry Regulations do not exist here, and I have therefore instructed the departed Inspector Major Peter de Nully to send out some Copies, in order to
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