[18] Monturs Commission, charged with the duty of providing arms, clothing, &c., for the army. There are several establishments in various parts of the Empire. One of the largest is at Stockerau, near Vienna.
[19] Into a Siechen-haus, a hospital for incurable cases; or an Invaliden-haus, for Invalídes.
[20] A pupil who was removed from the Academy at Wiener Neustadt might, for example, enter the army as a simple Cadet, under the patronage of the Colonel of a regiment, and might, but for this rule, receive rapid promotion, and become the senior in rank of his comrades of the same year at the School. In like manner, a pupil removed from a Cadet Institution and transferred into a School Company, might, upon leaving that, under certain circumstances, outstrip his late comrades at the Cadet Institution.
[21] That is, all the pupils are of military or quasi-military birth, and the expense is borne by the State. Both these and the Upper Military Houses are to be reduced, it is said, to ten.
[22] The whole body (Mannschaft) of soldiers bearing arms (Feuergewehrstand.)
[23] Marriage of the first degree is that entered into with full permission. In this the wives live in the barracks, receive a certain amount of rations, their children are recognized, and in case of the father’s death are admitted into the Orphan Schools. Soldiers are, however, occasionally allowed to marry, on condition of surrendering every claim to the above-mentioned privileges. This constitutes marriage of the second degree.
[24] The Trabanten-Leibgarde and the Hofburgwache are Court troops. For the Monturs Commission, see a previous Note.
[25] Soldiers enlist for eight years, and after this to the end of the tenth year are on the Reserve.
[26] That is, belonging to the Hospitals or Hotels des Invalides, the Invaliden-häuser, of which there are several.
[27] Prima-planists, a name derived from prima plana, the first leaf of the list, is given to soldiers employed in various special duties, especially perhaps those not of a strictly military kind. The master tailors, master shoemakers, master farriers, are all prima-planisten. The surgeon’s assistant ranks as such. The grade is superior to that of sergeant, but those who hold it are excluded from promotion to a commission.