will cost the Government a great deal more than the Price of
the Articles mentioned; which for a Regiment of nine hundred
Men, at the Rate of two Shillings and Six-Pence _per_ Man,
comes only to 112_l._ 10_s._ _per Ann._ Every Recruit sent
from _England_ to the Army in _Germany_, cost the Government
at least twenty Guineas before he joined his Regiment; and
every sick Man sent to the general Hospital, cost the
Government at least sixteen Pence _per_ Day, which is ten
Pence above his Pay; so that, if we suppose the extraordinary
Cloathing here mentioned would preserve only the Lives of
nine Men to each Regiment yearly, and keep forty in Health
who would otherwise be sick, we see what great Gainers the
Government will be in Point of Money at the Year's End;
besides preserving the Lives and Health of so many Men.

Blankets ought to be provided for each Tent, and those carried along
with the Regiment, so as to be always ready for the Men when they come
to their Ground. During the late War in _Germany_, a Couple of
Blankets were allowed for each Tent of the _British_ Troops, and each
Company carried their Blankets covered with an Oil Cloth on a Horse;
so that they were always up with the Regiments when they came to their
Ground.

Each Regiment ought to be provided with a Number of Watch Coats
sufficient to serve the Centinels who are to be on Camp Duty, or
general Guards, in very cold and wet Weather. Some of the Regiments in
_Germany_ had such Coats, and found great Service from them.

In Winter Quarters, Soldiers are apt to make the Rooms in which they
sit, and their Guard Rooms, as hot as possible; especially in
_Germany_, where the Inhabitants use close Stoves, instead of open
Fires; and continue in these warm Rooms till they are called out on
Duty, when, by being exposed to sudden Cold, they are apt to be seized
with Inflammations of the Breast; and therefore Officers ought to
examine carefully the Quarters and Guard Rooms allotted for their Men,
and chuse them dry and comfortable, if possible[120]; but never to
allow the Men to keep them as hot as Ovens, by Means of close Stoves,
or other such Contrivances; but to depend more on good warm Cloathing,
and dry Quarters, for guarding against Diseases, than upon artificial
Heat. Many of the Regiments in _Germany_ made the People in whose
Houses their Men were quartered, take down their Stoves, and use only
open Fires;