A list of all the land-forces now in England, and of what other forces are in English pay under the care of the Earl of Ranelagh, paymaster-general: Viz.

1698

A LIST of all the LAND-FORCES now in England, and of what other Forces are in English Pay under the Care of the Earl of Ranelagh, Paymaster-General: Viz.

HORSE.	Troops and Companies.	Commission'd officers.	Non-Commission'd Officers.	Servants.	Private Men, excluding Servants.	Together.
First Troop of Guards	1	16	5	15	160	196
Second Troop	1	16	5	15	160	196
Third Troop	1	16	5	15	160	196
Fourth Troop	1	16	5	15	160	196
Troop of Granadier Guards	1	11	20	15	145	191
Royal Regiment	9	38	28	38	412	516
Regiment of Guards	6	26	19	26	274	345
Major-General Lumly's	9	37	28	38	322	425
Colonel Wood's	6	25	19	26	214	284
Earl of Arran's	6	25	19	26	214	284
Brigadier Wyndham's	6	25	19	26	214	284
Duke Schomberg's	6	25	19	26	214	284
Earl of Macclesfield's	6	25	19	26	214	284
Total of Horse	59	301	210	307	2863	3681
DRAGOONS.
Royal Regiment	8	33	40	34	286	393
Colonel Lloyd's	8	33	40	34	286	393
Earl of Essex's	8	33	40	34	286	393
Total of Dragoons	24	99	120	102	858	1179
FOOT.
First Regiment of Guards	28	91	228	114	1856	2289
Second Regiment of Guards	14	47	114	58	922	1141
Third Regiment of Guards	26	85	212	106	1740	2143
Royal Regiment	26	81	135	106	934	1256
Brigadier Selwyn's	13	41	68	54	466	629
Major-General Churchill's	13	41	68	54	466	629
Brigadier Trelawny's	13	41	68	54	466	629
Major-General Erle's	13	41	68	54	466	629
Royal Regiment of Fuziliers in Jersey and Guernzey	13	41	68	54	466	629
Total of Foot	159	509	1029	654	7782	9974
Total of Horse, Dragoons, and Foot, in England	242	909	1359	1063	11503	14834

Memorandum. Over and above the aforesaid Numbers, there are Four Companies formed, of Maimed and Decrepid Soldiers; each Company consisting of 150 Private Men, besides Officers, which are Quarter'd at Windsor, Hampton-Court, Tinmouth, and Chester, and who are allowed but Five Pence a Day each, besides Clothes once in Two Years.

Besides which, the following Forces are in English Pay in the West-Indies, Viz.

Colonel Collingwood's Regiment in the Leeward Islands	13	41	68	54	466	629
Four Companies at New-York	4	13	32	16	384	445
One Company at the Barbadoes	1	3	10	3	97	113
One Company at the Leeward Islands	1	3	8	4	56	71
Total of Forces in the West-Indies	19	60	118	77	1003	1258

Printed by Edward Jones in the Savoy, December 1698.

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