1) At that time, our military forces were already properly organized and quite numerous. (According to the 1720 report card, it consisted of: 40 army infantry regiments, 33 dragoon regiments and 48 garrison infantry regiments and 4 garrison dragoon regiments). It is quite clear that for such an army one Mineral Company, consisting of 5 officers and 206 lower ranks, was not enough. That is why, in wartime, this deficiency was replenished by the ranks of the Engineering Regiment, consisting of 58 headquarters and chief officers and 192 conductors, who, by the way, were entrusted with the work that is currently in the field of the Field Engineering Troops.
2) If we look at the history of our troops in wartime, we will see that the ranks of the Engineer Regiment, serving under the army, perform, in addition to the duties of the current Engineers, also the duties of the Field Engineering Troops for the sieges and defenses of capital posts and the construction of field fortifications. In addition, they, i.e., the ranks of the Engineering Regiment, had the responsibilities of the current General Staff.
The Generals and the Engineer Regiment were then called the Engineer Corps. The mining company was not part of the Engineering Corps and was considered “separate”, although it was subordinate, like the Engineering Regiment, to the chief director of fortifications, General Minich 1.
In addition to the Engineering Regiment, the fortresses also consisted of: 80 clerks, 6 mur-masters, 40 turf stackers, 6 blacksmiths, 40 blacksmiths and 40 carpenters.
Minich was given the right to staff the Engineering Corps at his own discretion with Engineering officers and other persons subject to examination, and the Mineral Company with incapable Engineering students and good soldiers of army regiments.
Minich, as Director General, enjoyed the right to fill vacancies in all ranks, up to and including Engineer-Mayur, as in the senior
1) A. Savelyev (Historical Part. Ing. Department in Ross, p. 80, and Vasiliev (Material for the Historical. Ing. Unit in Russia, Ing. Zhur. 1860, No. 5) say that the Engineering Corps consisted of the Engineer Regiment and the Miner Company; in note 1 to the states, July 3, 1728 (p. 48, P. S. Zak. Book of States, vol. KhII, No. 5277) it is said: “The General Corps and the Engineer Regiment then exclusively had the name of the Engineering Corps, and the other units were considered separate.” Based on the above information, it is impossible to completely deny A. Savelyev’s opinion. it was possible to encounter a lot of contradictory ones in the same report or project.
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1729. In 1729, General Minich was appointed General-Feltseichmeister of artillery, with the retention of the rank of General Director over fortifications. The consequence of this was, according to the Highest Command, dated July 31, 1729?), we connected the Fortification Office with the Artillery Office, under the name: “Office of Artillery and Fortification.” This connection did not prevent, however, each department from acting completely independently until 1742.
With the rise of General Minich, the power of the Director General also increased. Everything related to the Engineering Troops in the administrative, judicial, scientific and artificial parts was concentrated in the General Director's Office.
During the war, General Minich was with the active army, commanding all the Engineering Troops and managing all engineering work.
Although the Military College, as the central place of military administration, was the highest authority for the engineering department at that time, but since, subsequently, General Minich was, at the same time, the president of the Military College, all issues relating to the management of the engineering department were resolved by General Minich independently 3).
1730 Due to the shortage of foreign chief officers in the Engineering Corps, it was ordered on February 24, 1730 4), to be accepted into
1) Mater. for East. Eng. parts in Russia (Engineering Journal 1860 No. 6).
2) P.S. Zak. Ross. Im., vol. USH, No. 5454.