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A LIST Of the Present Standing Forces. - Thomas Gordon, A Discourse of Standing Armies; shewing the Folly, Uselessness, and Danger of Standing Armies in Great Britain [1722]

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A Discourse of Standing Armies; shewing the Folly, Uselessness, and Danger of Standing Armies in Great Britain, 3rd edition (London: T. Warner, 1722).

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A LIST Of the Present Standing Forces.

FOOT GUARDS.
Numb. of MenAbroad and where
D. of Marlborough, 1st Reg.England1529
Earl Cadogan, 2d Regim.England982
Earl of Dunmore, 3d Regim.England982
Total3493
Earl OrkneyIreland
Col. KirkBritain445
Lieutenant-Gen. WillsEngland445
Coll. CadoganEngland445
Major-Gen. PierceGibraltar
Brigadier DormerIreland
Col. O’HaraIreland
Col. PocockIreland
Col. James OtwayPort Mahone
Brigad. GrovesEngland445
Col. MountagueEngland445
Brigad. StanwixEngland445
Col. CottonGibralter
Col. ClaytonBritain445
Col. Henry HarrisonBritain445
Col. CholmlyBritain445
Major-Gen. WightmanIreland
Col. CrosbyPort Mahone
Col. George GrovesIreland
Col. EgertonGibralter
Lieutenant-Gen. Maccartney.England445
Col. HandasideIreland
Major-Gen. SabineEngland445
Total4895
Col. HowardIreland
Col. MiddletonIreland
Col. AnstrutherIreland
Major-Gen. WhethamIreland
Col. BarrilIreland
Lord Mark KerrIreland
Brigad. BissetPort Mahone
Lord John KerrIreland
Brigad. BonIreland
Col. HawlyIreland
Col. ChudleighIreland
Col. Charles OtwayPort Mahone
Col. LanoeIreland
Lord HinchingbrookIreland
Col. LucasWest-Indies
Brigad. FerrarsIreland
Col. PhilipsAmerica

In all 40 Regiments.

HORSE GUARDS,.
Numb. of MenAbroad and where
Duke of Montague, 1st TroopEngland181
Marq. of Hartford, 2d DittoEngland181
Lord Newburgh, 3d DittoEngland181
Lord Forrester, 4th DittoEngland181
Col. Fane, 1st Troop of Gren.England176
Col. Berkeley, 2d DittoEngland177
Total of Horse Guards1077
Marquess of WinchesterEngland310
Lord CobhamEngland292
Lord LondonderryEngland196
Major-Gen. WadeEngland196
Major-Gen. WynnIreland
Lord ShannonIreland
Brigadier NapierIreland
Col. LegoniersIreland
In England Total of Horse2071
DRAGOONS.
Sir Charles HothamEngland207
Col. CampbelEngland207
Lord CarpenterEngland207
Major-Gen. EvansBritain207
Col. SidneyIreland
Earl of StairsBritain207
Col. KerrBritain207
Brigadier BowlesIreland
Brigadier CroftsIreland
Brigadier GoreEngland207
Brigadier HonywoodEngland207
Col. BowlesIreland
Brigadier MundenIreland
Col. NevilleIreland
In England Total of Dragoons1656
Horse and Dragoons3727
English and British Establishments at present.
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
Irish Establishment.
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.