Debts for Old Clothes, to the Disbanded Men, and the deductions for New Clothes, their Swords and Belts; We find their circumstances will not per∣mit a greater allowance for the subsistence of a Private Centinel in the Regi∣ment of Guards in Dublin, whose Pay is eight pence a day, than two shillings six pence a week; Nor for the subsistence of a Private Centinel in the other Regiments, whose Pay is six pence a day, than one shilling and eleven pence half-penny a week, from the last of March to the last of December next. We do therefore Declare and Command, that every private Centinel in the Re∣giment of Guards, shall weekly receive in and for that time, two shillings six pence for subsistence. Every private Centinel in the other Regiments, one shilling and eleven pence half-penny. Every Sergeant six shillings; and every Corporal four shillings, which We will take care shall be lodg'd in their re∣spective Officers hands, that the men may be duly and punctually paid. And that from and after the said last day of December next, by which time all their Debts will be fully paid, every private Souldier in the Regiment of Guards, shall receive weekly after the Rate of six pence a day, three shillings six pence; and in the other Regiments, after the Rate of four pence a day, two shillings four pence. Every Sergeant seven shillings; and every Corpo∣ral four shillings eight pence clear of all deductions whatever. And We do likewise declare, that the Army shall be Clothed once in 18 Months; and for that time every Man is to receive a Coat and Breeches lin'd, and after ten Months to be turn'd without any Charge; an Hat, four pair of Shooes, three pair of Stockins, three Shirts, three Cravats, and a Sash, all very good in their kind, according to the patterns of the several particulars shewn and lodg'd with us.
And to the end we may understand the true state of the Army, and see how every man has been paid for the time he has serv'd, We do hereby straightly Charge and Require all Collonels, or, in their absence, the Com∣mandants of every Regiment of Horse, Foot, and Dragoons in the Army, forthwith to call together the Respective Captains and Officers, and take an account of every individual mans Pay, Clothing delivered, subsistence paid, and all manner of deductions, from the last of March 1686, to the first of April 1687; and transmit to Us that account, Sign'd by the several Captains and Officers, and Countersign'd by the Collonels or Commandants.
And We do also Publish and Declare, that as We have resolv'd, no labour and care, on Our part, shall be wanting to make this Army useful, and to give the Officers all due Encouragement and Countenance; so, on the other hand, We have determined not to suffer any hardships to be put upon the private Souldiers; of whom, as We have been credibly inform'd, many late∣ly in-listed, have been frequently turn'd off, without being accounted with, or paid, for the time of their service. We do therefore hereby strictly Require and Command, that for the future no man be dismiss'd, except by Our particular Order, but at the Musters, the Cause express'd and approv'd by the Collonel, or Officer Commanding in Chief, in the Respective Garrisons, and a new man at the same time produc'd and in-listed; and that every man Dis∣charg'd, be first accounted with, and fully paid off to a farthing.
And We do likewise Will and Require, that the Collonels, Captains, and Subalterns of the Respective Regiments, do take special Care, that their men keep and wear their Clothes and Linnen neat and clean.