Chapter 2 of 5 · A Discourse of Standing Armies, shewing the Folly, Uselessness, and Danger of Standing Armies in Great Britain by Thomas Gordon
A LIST Of the Present Standing Forces.
| Numb. of Men | Abroad and where | ||
| D. of Marlborough, 1st Reg. | England | 1529 | |
| Earl Cadogan, 2d Regim. | England | 982 | |
| Earl of Dunmore, 3d Regim. | England | 982 | |
| Total | 3493 | ||
| Earl Orkney | Ireland | ||
| Col. Kirk | Britain | 445 | |
| Lieutenant-Gen. Wills | England | 445 | |
| Coll. Cadogan | England | 445 | |
| Major-Gen. Pierce | Gibraltar | ||
| Brigadier Dormer | Ireland | ||
| Col. O’Hara | Ireland | ||
| Col. Pocock | Ireland | ||
| Col. James Otway | Port Mahone | ||
| Brigad. Groves | England | 445 | |
| Col. Mountague | England | 445 | |
| Brigad. Stanwix | England | 445 | |
| Col. Cotton | Gibralter | ||
| Col. Clayton | Britain | 445 | |
| Col. Henry Harrison | Britain | 445 | |
| Col. Cholmly | Britain | 445 | |
| Major-Gen. Wightman | Ireland | ||
| Col. Crosby | Port Mahone | ||
| Col. George Groves | Ireland | ||
| Col. Egerton | Gibralter | ||
| Lieutenant-Gen. Maccartney. | England | 445 | |
| Col. Handaside | Ireland | ||
| Major-Gen. Sabine | England | 445 | |
| Total | 4895 | ||
| Col. Howard | Ireland | ||
| Col. Middleton | Ireland | ||
| Col. Anstruther | Ireland | ||
| Major-Gen. Whetham | Ireland | ||
| Col. Barril | Ireland | ||
| Lord Mark Kerr | Ireland | ||
| Brigad. Bisset | Port Mahone | ||
| Lord John Kerr | Ireland | ||
| Brigad. Bon | Ireland | ||
| Col. Hawly | Ireland | ||
| Col. Chudleigh | Ireland | ||
| Col. Charles Otway | Port Mahone | ||
| Col. Lanoe | Ireland | ||
| Lord Hinchingbrook | Ireland | ||
| Col. Lucas | West-Indies | ||
| Brigad. Ferrars | Ireland | ||
| Col. Philips | America |
In all 40 Regiments.
Edition: current; Page: [(35)]| Numb. of Men | Abroad and where | ||
| Duke of Montague, 1st Troop | England | 181 | |
| Marq. of Hartford, 2d Ditto | England | 181 | |
| Lord Newburgh, 3d Ditto | England | 181 | |
| Lord Forrester, 4th Ditto | England | 181 | |
| Col. Fane, 1st Troop of Gren. | England | 176 | |
| Col. Berkeley, 2d Ditto | England | 177 | |
| Total of Horse Guards | 1077 | ||
| Marquess of Winchester | England | 310 | |
| Lord Cobham | England | 292 | |
| Lord Londonderry | England | 196 | |
| Major-Gen. Wade | England | 196 | |
| Major-Gen. Wynn | Ireland | ||
| Lord Shannon | Ireland | ||
| Brigadier Napier | Ireland | ||
| Col. Legoniers | Ireland | ||
| In England Total of Horse | 2071 | ||
| Sir Charles Hotham | England | 207 | |
| Col. Campbel | England | 207 | |
| Lord Carpenter | England | 207 | |
| Major-Gen. Evans | Britain | 207 | |
| Col. Sidney | Ireland | ||
| Earl of Stairs | Britain | 207 | |
| Col. Kerr | Britain | 207 | |
| Brigadier Bowles | Ireland | ||
| Brigadier Crofts | Ireland | ||
| Brigadier Gore | England | 207 | |
| Brigadier Honywood | England | 207 | |
| Col. Bowles | Ireland | ||
| Brigadier Munden | Ireland | ||
| Col. Neville | Ireland | ||
| In England Total of Dragoons | 1656 | ||
| Horse and Dragoons | 3727 | ||
| Foot-Guards, | 3493 |
| Foot in England and Britain, 11 Regiments, | 4895 |
| Horse-Guards, and light Horse, | 2071 |
| Dragoons in England and Britain, 8 Regiments, | 1656 |
| 12115 |
| Foot, 20 Regiments, is two Battalions, | 9303 |
| Horse four Regiments, | 776 |
| Dragoons eight Regiments, | 1333 |
| 11412. |
N. B. The above List is imperfect, there being more Forces upon the British Establishment than are here specify’d.
FINIS.
A Discourse of Standing Armies, shewing the Folly, Uselessness, and Danger of Standing Armies in Great Britain
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