Since 1797, strictly speaking, the seniority of some Sapper battalions that exist to this day should have been considered (namely: grenadier, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 9 Sapper battalions). Although it was reorganized, which took place on January 11, 1816 and deprives the 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th and 9th Sapper Battalions, based on the order of the Military. Въд. 1884 No. 252, seniority since 1797 due to the fact that in 1816 these battalions were formed from one Sapper and two Puner regiments that had existed until that time, and during the formation of the above-mentioned battalions less than 4 companies of the same Schöner regiment arrived, but since there was every opportunity to take 4 at the formation of each battalion companies from one regiment and since there were no good reasons to form battalions from the companies of different regiments, and all the companies of both Schöner regiments did not differ in any way from each other, then I believe it would be quite fair for the seniority for some battalions existing at the present time to be determined from February 27, 1797, moreover, that by the Highest Decree of 25 June 1838 on staples
— 105 banners, consisting of the Grenadier Battalions, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 9
ET, womb; the inscriptions of 1797 were approved. Schöner Regiment.
- Establish pontoon companies. Simultaneously with the establishment of the General Schüner Regiment, on February 27, 1797, it was ordered to have two pontoon companies, each with 200 pontoons. |
Each company consisted of 4 depots. Local locations for pontoon depots were assigned: St. Petersburg, Riga, Smolensk, Kev, Kherson, Azov, Kazan and Moscow. Each depot was supposed to have 50 pontoons.
In each city where a pontoon depot was located, it was supposed to have one depot of the Guner Regiment, which consisted of one Schüner company (with the exception of Riga and K!ev, where it was supposed to contain two Schüner companies). The miners and sappers were dispersed throughout all the cities, and the State Duma had pontoon depots.
In the young month of 1797, for the army of Field Marshal Prince. Repnin was given 40,000 rubles. for the repair of pontoons and for the purchase of horses for the Lithuanian division. The Highest Order (June 16, 1797) said that “with this amount it will be possible to supply four depots, releasing twenty-five pontoons to each and buying horses for distribution among the peasants, then Armenia will have one hundred pontoons, ready for any movement.” Then, another three hundred pontoons and horses for them were supposed to be equipped within three years, determining forty thousand rubles for the whole year. In 1797, September 19, it was ordered “to relieve the townsfolk from carts and ensure the maintenance of lifting government horses,” all horses should be collected back and kept in the troops.
It is difficult to say for sure whether the Pontoon part was brought into composition in accordance with the states approved by the Highest on February 27, 1797. I believe that, despite the 40,000 rubles allocated annually, the number of pontoons and horses was significantly less than the required set. The validity of my conclusion can be seen from the attached report on the state of the Pontoon part in March 1801 (See Appendix XHP).
Simultaneously with the staff of the State Regiment (December 24, 1798),
staffing for the Corps of Engineers was approved. (See Table 1, Appendix XX).
The Engineering Corps (i.e., now military engineers) was contained in 3 siege depots and fortresses and consisted of 1342 ranks (generals - 10, staff officers - 33, chief officers - 153, conductors and other craftsmen and non-combatant ranks - 305). In addition, artisans were kept in the fortresses, numbering only 471 people.
Under the Emperor" Paul | The Corps of Military Engineers was again sharply separated from the Field Engineering Troops.
As proof of the extent to which Emperor Paul 1 cared for the Engineering Unit, I will cite here the text of the Emperor’s own letter to Inspector Artillery! and General Mellisino 1). |
“Lord General of the artillery Millisino. Send me a detailed report about the pontoons, where they are and how much food there is, and they are spread out and they are assigned to the depot for inspections, and I will tell you that if you had sent this home, then there would have been no need to send the felyp-eera to you, which is an oversight.”
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Moscow.