State Guard of the Unified Governorates

The State Guard of the Unified Governorates is an ad hoc militia comprised of meritorious subjects called upon by the Civil Executive of the Unified Governorates of Benacia to render aid to the civil power at times of pressing need.

In 1717 AN, 339,648 subjects in the meritorious categories of the Table of Grades and Ranks of the Benacian Union within the governorates of the UGB were called up by the draft lottery and sworn to public service for two years. This mobilisation yielded 283 regimental trained bands, which, between II.1717 and VI.1717, were mustered, drilled, and guarded by officers of the Public Order Forces of the UGB at assembly areas in Litkov, Sansabury, and Stonetree. In VII.1717 the regimental trained bands were assigned to 23 Ersatz Divisions divided between the 11th, 16th, and Siyachier armies of the Central Banner Group of Benacia Command. Six ersatz divisions apiece were assigned to the 11th Army and the Siyachier Army for combat operations, whilst the balance were placed under the 16th Army in Lower Lywall to constitute a pool of replacement manpower, to be called forward as required.

Organisation

Ersatz divisions

The Ersatz Division is patterned after the Vanguard Divisions of the Humanist movement, albeit notably being without area defence capability or organic transportation assets.

• Ersatz Division
  • Headquarters Echelon (2,400)
    • Command & Control Regiment (1,200)
    • Reconnaissance Regiment (1,200)
  • Combat Echelon (9,600)
    • Command & Control Regiment (1,200)
    • 1^st Demi-Brigade (3,600)
      • Regimental trained bands 1 to 6
    • 2^nd Demi-Brigade (3,600)
      • Regimental trained bands 7 to 12
    • Penitent Regiment (1,200)
  • Force Support Echelon (2,400)
    • Commissariat Regiment (1,200)
    • Inspectorate Regiment (1,200)

The Penitent Regiment is of especial note, being formed by the least meritorious members of the ersatz division. Whilst these regiments could be filled out with men selected using the scoring matrices favoured by Benacian Censorate, it is more likely that the Penitent Regiment will meet its established manpower total merely by collecting those who attempted to evade the muster after being picked in the draft lottery or else who have subsequently picked up a disciplinary record during the four months of training.

Regimental trained bands

• Regimental Trained Band
  • Command Squadron
    • Headquarters Troop
    • Pioneer Troop
    • Scout Troop
  • 1^st Rifle Squadron
  • 2^nd Rifle Squadron
  • 3^rd Rifle Squadron
  • Supply Squadron

A regimental trained band (RTB) would commence at its muster with 1,200 men taken from amongst the conscripted population of a given bailiwick. By the time, however, that suitable candidates have been drawn off to man the specialist regiments of the ersatz divisions and the least worthy picked out for incorporation into the penitent regiment, this figure will have easily halved to 600 men, becoming a demi-regiment in all but name. It is on the basis of being a five squadron formation therefore that the RTB is organised.