Napoleon Series Archive 2017

recruitment in former Rheinbund states in 1813

As far as I remember, the Allied Central-Verwaltungs-Departement (led by Freiherr vom Stein) made it a principle that for the Allied cause, all the former Rheinbund states had to provide at least double the number of soldiers (line, Landwehr and volunteers) than the number of men they had provided within the Rheinbund.

The General-Gouverment Sachen had (protocol of 24 November 1813) to provide 40.000 men, By March 1814, its troops actually counted 31.119 men ("General-Lieutenat Rühle von Lilienstern", Beihefte zum MWBl. 1847, Beilage IXb.).

Here is the protocol. For Saxony, it demanded a military of 20.000 men, plus the same number of Landwehr.

https://books.google.de/books?id=KddOAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA109

And here the decision about doubling:

https://books.google.de/books?id=KddOAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA105

5. Le nombre des troupes de ligne, de la Landwehr, et des réserves pour chaque pays, sera règlé d'après le contingent que chacun d'eux a fourni à la confédération du Rhin, en doublant celui-ci de manière que la première moitié formera les troupes de ligne, qui seront fournies aussitôt et le plus promptement possible, la seconde, la Landwehr qu'on se pressera également de former d'après un réglement particulier. Toutes ces trouppes serónt toujours maintenues au grand complet moyennant des réserves proportionnées et toutes prétes.

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