All these instruments were carried by the lower ranks in cases made of blackened sole leather, on black leather. belts.
In addition, the Schoner battalion consisted of tools: blacksmithing, metalworking, carpentry, carpentry and laying.
The uniform of the Puner battalion was as follows:
1) Headquarters and chief officers: blue uniforms, with blue split cuffs, and gilded flat buttons. The hats, lanyards and shawls are the same as those of the army soldiers, and the epaulettes are silver with blue silk.
2) Lower ranks: Cornflower blue with one large flat button; cloth camisole, cornflower blue, with sleeves, blue cuffs tami and with copper flat buttons. Gold braid was sewn onto the camisole: for sergeants in three rows, on the cuffs, and one at a time on the collar; for other non-commissioned officers - on the cuffs in 2 rows, and on the collar in one row; corporals, both on cuffs and collars in one row. Camisoles—cloth, blue, sleeveless (except for professional officers and drovers). Elk trousers; trade unionists and drovers were entitled to cloth and cornflower blue trousers. The Provantmeister, the overseer of the sick, clerks, sergeants and non-commissioned officers were given black hats; at the same time, sergeants and those in non-commissioned ranks were given a bow made of gold braid on their hats, and others from a white thread braid. The lower ranks were entitled to caps made from black cowhide. leather, with 2 copper flat buttons, and the drivers and provos had caps of cornflower blue cloth.
Everyone was entitled to two pairs of boots, round-toed, per year (drivers and tradesmen, one pair each). The boots were made of white cowhide and cost 80 kopecks. pair. Each lower rank was entitled to ONE pair of woolen stockings, one pair of socks and one linen each year. 1 arshin 10 vershk. for stockings without socks (drivers and tradesmen were entitled to only one pair of woolen stockings) and linen shirts, for 3 pairs per year - 11!/› arsh. (shirt canvas at that time cost 4 kopecks. Arshin).
The salary of the officers of the Schoner battalion was reduced against the states of 1757 and 1763 by 60%/o, and the lower ranks by 205/-109/o.
For the entire maintenance of the newly formed Schoner battalion, such as: equipment, weapons, uniforms, tools, baggage train, horses, salary, rations, promant, fodder (for each horse, 1 quarter of oats and 15 poods of СЪн, or money of 1 rub. 50 kopecks per month were supposed to be sold per month; fodder was supposed to be sold only for 8 months) and for all other expenses—23,217 rubles were allotted at a time. and annually at 15,223 rubles.
The production of subaltern officers along the line, to the next ranks, was established according to the vacancies that opened up in the battalion, and the masters and captains were promoted to the next ranks along a common line with the army officers.
The Schoner battalion formed in April 1771 did not last long. The Military Collegium found that this battalion, in terms of its numerical composition, did not correspond to its purpose and, moreover, being always in its full complement in one place, could not simultaneously carry out work with all army corps. Why it was impossible to split the battalions, one company at a time, or half a company into each corps, this, unfortunately, is nowhere to be seen. I believe that the poner battalion
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The higher authorities, who were entrusted with managing the Shoners, had nothing in common with them and were unfamiliar with the specialties of Field Engineering, and besides, the Shoner officers, due to their education, were placed above army officers, probably aroused the envious feelings of the army authorities towards themselves. This was probably one of the main reasons that they not only did not care about Gonerny’s battalion, but, on the contrary, apparently tried with all their might to wipe him out.
It is clear that in order to prove the uselessness of Schoner, one of the best effective ways was to place the battalion in the activity for which it was created. As proof that the higher authorities cared little about him, I can cite the fact that the Schöner battalion, despite the elapse of 4 years from the date of its formation, was not staffed in 1775 with half the number of ranks required!). |
1775 In view of all of the above and, observing the interests of the State Treasury, the Military Collegium presented, for the benefit of Her Imperial Majesty, a report on the need to destroy the Schoner battalion and on maintaining, in its place, in all infantry regiments and battalions, one craftsman in each company, without increasing the composition of the companies. |