They could use it for their benefit. And indeed, what results can be achieved from a young Cossack in mounting, controlling a horse and wielding a weapon in 20-30 degree frost in the open air, and, moreover, often horseless, unarmed and wearing a fur coat, pima (felt boots) and woolen gloves or mittens? Although it is required that the Cossack by this time prepare himself with uniforms, weapons and a combat horse, in reality this never happens and there is no way to insist on this requirement, otherwise one would either have to put up with the fact that the Cossacks would show up to the regiments with old or badly worn things, or demand from them a double set of such. But since until now neither one nor the other was allowed, this prescription of the law has always remained and remains a dead letter. This requirement is especially impossible to fulfill in relation to the poor
_to the economically uneconomical Cossacks, since in one there is no way to earn that much money for a year. It is impossible to get such a Cossack a uniform and a combat horse for the public account, almost two years before he was sent to serve, because, having neither premises nor food for the horse, he will quickly render both of them unusable, and before going on duty he will have to start everything again. What if, while studying
E under such unfavorable circumstances, the young Cossack knows how to ride a horse well and control it, as well as wield a weapon, so in any case he owes this not to heavy training, but to his natural ability and the conditions of his life, due to which he spends almost half of it on a horse since childhood.
There is no reason to fear that with excellent training at the preparatory level, young people will cease to resemble the Cossacks: a Cossack will always remain a Cossack. This is the spirit in which he is brought up first by the family, then by the school, and, finally, by engaging in entertainment such as horse racing and horse riding for prizes, visiting snowy towns, etc., practicing in the villages and towns of the army.
Sending out staffed regiments in the autumn also kept the army at over 2,000 workers per year. At the present time, leaving the army for the regiments in the spring before and during field work and returning to it in the fall after their completion, this force is wasted unproductively. A
2) Eliminate military fees for Cossacks of the 2nd stage, since the Cossacks of the 2nd stage, having served almost a full 4-year term in the primary units, are so well prepared in military terms that modern camp fees absolutely do not give them anything new, and meanwhile they tie their hands and feet, “requiring a large expenditure of the most expensive summer time and significant expenses from military capital for their maintenance. Although, according to the regulations, preferential Cossacks are called to camp training for only three weeks, but in reality they are used for training and moving
They spend up to 5-6 weeks a year on this, especially the Cossacks of remote villages. It goes without saying that this cannot apply to such emergency cases as, for example, familiarization with a new weapon, etc. etc., when the Cossacks must be called to the camp without exception, out of turn.
3) Increase for the Cossacks assigned to the 1st order, who were not in the first-priority units, the daily levy fees to one month. An increase in training time is necessary so that the Cossacks of this category are fully familiar with the requirements of the service and, when moving to the second line, would stand at approximately the same level of military education as their peers who were in the primary units. When training these Cossacks. pay the most important attention to individual development, guard and reconnaissance service, to the ability to control a horse and wield a weapon, as well as rifle shooting, as the most important and necessary training departments for a Cossack. In no case should their training in closed formation go beyond the limits of hundred training. Being developed alone, the Cossack will be able to quickly orient himself during mobilization and adapt to regimental training at the assembly point, where the regiments will include three-quarters of the Cossacks who were in the primary units, and therefore also familiar with their evolutionary units. At the same time, it is also impossible to note the fact that the harmony of the military, as is known, depends not so much on the Cossacks, but on the personal service qualities of the officers.
4) Layer fees for the Cossacks of the 3rd line should be transferred from the 5th 3rd to the 1st 1st, staying in the 5th line,
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