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A66122 A declaration, for the strict discipline of the army, and due payment of quarters William III, King of England, 1650-1702.; England and Wales. Sovereign (1689-1694 : William and Mary) 1694 (1694) Wing W2318; ESTC R19733 2,143 2

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W R DIEV ET MON DROIT HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE By the King A DECLARATION For the Strict Discipline of the Army and Due Payment of Quarters WILLIAM R. WHereas it is Necessary That the Fores which are Maintained within this Our Kingdom for the Defence and Security thereof be kept it good Order and Discipline And that Our Subjects may not Suffer by any Disorders or Misbehavour of any Officers or Soldiers within Our Pay and Entertainment We have thought fit hereby t● Declare Our Royal Will and Pleasure That in what Place soever any of Our Forces shall Pass o● Remain they shall duly Pay their Quarters and shall not upon any Pretence whatsoever Refuse 〈◊〉 Avoid the same To which Purpose We do hereby Direct That upon the Arrival of any Regiment Troop or Company in any Garison Town or Place Publication be immediately made by Sound of Trumpet or Beat of Drum and Notice given to the Chief Magistrate or Civil Officer That no Offer or Soldier be Trusted in their Quarters beyond the Rates that have been or shall be Prescribed by A●t of Parliament and that according to the said Rates the Quarters shall be Duly Paid and Answered In Order whereunto Care is to be taken for the Remitting of Money to such Quarters And where I shall happen That the Subsistence Due to any Regiment Troop or Company cannot be immediately Remitted so as to Enable them to Pay their Quarters upon a sudden March Our Will and Pleasure is That the Officer in Chief with such Regiment Troop or Company before his Departure out of the Quarters do Make up and Accompt with every Person with whom such Regiment Troop or Company have Quartered of what is due and give a Certificate or Certificates by him Signed to the Party or Parties to whom such Money is Owing or to the Chief Magistrate or Magistrates of the Town where the said Regiment Troop or Company is Quartered to the end the said Certificate or Certificates may be transmitted to the Pay-Master-General of our Forces who is immediately to make Payment of the Sums so Certified to the Person or Persons to whom the same are due o● to his or their Order And such Officer or Officers who shall have Received and to whom it belongs to Distribute the Subsistence-Money neglecting to give Notice upon their Arrival in Quarters as aforesaid or to pay the Quarters of the Regiment Troop or Company for whom he or they shall have Received the Pay or Subsistence or who shall not Distribute the Remainder thereof after the Quarters are Discharged to the Officers and Soldiers to whom it is due or in Default of Money shall refuse to Sign a Certificate or Certificates of the Debt Owing in such Quarters as aforesaid and to send a Duplicate thereof to the Pay-Master-General of Our Forces upon Complaint and due Proof made thereof shall be Cashier'd and Dismiss'd Our Service And further upon Complaint and Oath made of such Default of Payment and of the Refusal of such Certificate as before mentioned at the next quarter-Quarter-Sessions of the County City or Place where such Quarters Remain Vnpaid the Pay-Master-General of Our Forces is hereby Required upon Certificate of the Justices of the Peace before whom such Oath was made of the Sums Due and of the Person or Persons to whom the same is Owing to Satisfie and Pay the said Sums out of the Pay of such Officer or Officers And in Case any Officers of Our Army whom We have Ordered to give strict Attendance in their Quarters or the Soldiers under their Command shall Presume to Commit any Spoil or Disorder or Vse any Violence or Threatning Words upon any Pretence whatsoever or otherwise Misbehave themselves We do hereby further Declare That besides the Ordinary Course of Iustice for Redress if the Persons Agrieved shall make known the same to the Superiour Officers the said Officers shall and are hereby Required to Cause Satisfaction immediately to be given And that if such Officers to whom Complaint is made shall forbear or delay the causing due Satisfaction to be given as aforesaid the Persons to whom the Wrong is done may then make their further Complaint to any Iustice of the Peace of the County City or Place where the Offence is Committed Vpon whole Representation of the Matter unto Vs or to the General Officers of Our Army Sitting at Whitehall for the Receiving and Examining of Complaints and Redressing Abuses We shall Order speedy Iustice to be done as well by Reparation of the Injury and Satisfaction of the Charge the Persons Injur'd may be at in Prosecuting of Iustice and Obtaining Redress as by Causing the Officers and Soldiers so Offending to be Punished as the Nature and Quality of their Offences shall Deserve And We do further Declare Our Will and Pleasure to be That no Officer or Soldier in their March or Quarters shall be Lodg'd in any Private House whatsoever without the Free and Voluntary Consent of the Owner And that in Case any Officers or Soldiers shall for any Reward or Consideration Leave or Change the Quarters Appointed them or shall Demand or Exact Money for Quarters or to Exempt or Excuse any Person from the same or shall Presume to Exact or Demand Subsistence-Money in their Quarters or upon their March or knowingly suffer the same to be done they shall be Punished by Cashiering and Loss of their Pay and Incur such further Penalty as the Law shall Direct And We do likewise strictly Prohibit and Forbid all Officers and Soldiers to Destroy or Disturb the Game in any manner whatsoever without Leave from the Lords of the respective Manors or others to whom it may belong to Grant the same It being Our Royal Intention and Command That all Officers and Soldiers in Our Service behave themselves Orderly in all things according to Law and Military Discipline as becomes them upon Pain of the Severest Consequences of Our High Displeasure Given at Our Court at Kensington this Eleventh Day of March 1694. In the Seventh Year of Our Reign God save the King LONDON Printed by Charles Bill and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb deceas'd Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty 1694.