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State Guard
State Guard of Elluenuueq badge.png
Active 1721 AN
Country

Benacian Union Benacian Union

Type Militia
Role
  • Territorial Defence
  • Partisan Warfare
  • 3rd Line Reserve Infantry
Size 1,199,307 (1728 AN)
Garrison/HQ Ardashirshahr
Commanders
Commissioner Asaf Khan
Szodan of Elluenuueq Jahangir Khan

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

Remit

The State Guard normally serves as an auxiliary force for the realm, activated on the occasion of need, for the purpose of territorial defence. It can also serve as a mobilisation manpower reserve for the Benacian Union Defence Force, and may be called out for partisan warfare operations. During counter-insurgency missions the mobilised State Guard will normally be called upon to establish a cordon around a district or bailiwick in which more specialised agencies would then be free to operate as required.

History

First mustering

In 1721 AN 22,780,962 men between the ages of 15 and 45 were available for conscription, of whom 4,556,192 were verified to be both physically fit and possessed of merit. Of these, 3,644,953 were to be found in the Circuit of the Southern League, with the remaining 911,239 deriving from the Circuit of the General Government.

Under the 1721 Law of Obligation, every ten households had to provide one conscript, aged between 15 and 45, to serve in the state guard and contribute towards the cost of their uniform and equipment.

Based upon the registers maintained by the Benacian Censorate, each Governorate of the realm received a quota to fulfil from the Civil Executive, delivered via the Commissioner for the Circuit of the Realm with jurisdiction over the Governorate in question, which the Governor is then obliged to pass on in turn to the bailiffs of the bailiwicks within his own area of responsibility.

Each bailiwick of Elluenuueq had a designated Fiþnan, or captain, of the BUDF, usually an officer approaching retirement or rusticated on half pay, who served as the defence liaison officer attached to the court of aldermen ruling said bailiwick. This individual, along with whatever staff he has managed to assemble on a limited budget in order to assist in his duties, is responsible for maintaining and raising a militia (minimum 1% of the adult male population of the bailiwick) in times of war or emergency.

With the Law of Obligation, the defence liaison officers of the bailiwicks were obliged to supervise an annual conscription assembly, which had to be attended by all eligible meritorious subjects: absentees would automatically be drafted and flagged to the Benacian Censorate as deserters. Men who could be spared from agriculture and industry were preferred, such as younger sons and apprentices. There would however be categories of exemption, including miners, armaments workers, and the only sons of widows.

Moreover, only the Meritorious, Honourable, and Admirable, were liable for inclusion, as no-one above those grades, namely the ranks of the Illustrious and higher, would deign to obey the orders of a mere captain. Similarly the dependents and retainers of the illustrious were to be considered off limits, lest the captain found himself in an altercation without sufficient political top cover.

For obvious reasons, existing members of the defence and security forces, including the BUDF, the Magisters-Carnifex, the Corps of the Gentlemen-at-Cudgels, theCommission for the Panopticon, and the Humanist Vanguard, were exempted from the draft.

Those who were ultimately selected for induction into the state guard, were paid a small wage based on appropriations taken from the remaining nine households of their conscription pool. In consequence only 239,351 souls were yielded up in 1721 AN for mustering into the state guard.

The this intake yielded a sufficient force for the manning of sixteen ersatz divisions, after 8,951 had been taken specialist duties associated with the formation of a Staff (one regiment), Commissariat (three regiments), and a Inspectorate (three regiments) for the whole force.

Of sixteen divisions raised, twelve would be associated with the Circuit of the Southern League whilst the remaining four would be associated with the Circuit of the General Government.

The ersatz divisions were accordingly numbered as followed:

  1. Absentien
  2. Alalehzamin I
  3. Alalehzamin II
  4. Alalehzamin III
  5. Alalehzamin IV
  6. Alalehzamin V
  7. Alalehzamin VI
  8. Alalehzamin VII
  9. Alalehzamin VIII
  10. Alalehzamin IX
  11. Araxion
  12. Leng
  13. Mishalacia I
  14. Mishalacia II
  15. Nordland I
  16. Nordland II


The Ersatz Division was 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)
      • 1st Demi-Brigade (3,600)
        • Regimental trained bands 1 to 6
      • 2nd 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)
      • Penitent Labour Brigade (attached from the Benacian Labour Reserve)
        • Administrative Regiment
        • Foraging Regiment
        • Pioneer Regiment
        • Depot Regiment
        • General Service Regiments (x2)

The Penitent Regiment were 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, the Penitent Regiment more often met its established manpower total merely by collecting those who attempted to evade the muster after being picked in the conscription assembly or else who had subsequently picked up a disciplinary record during the four months of training.

Second mustering

However, after years of tension between the Benacian Union and Shireroth, the majority of these generous exemptions had been set aside in order to ensure the maximum available manpower. Accordingly with the commencement of snap mobilisations, scheduled to coincide with the 1728 session of the Congress of Chryse, saw 1,199,307 subjects receive mustering summonses. This yielded eighty-two landstorm divisions, of which sixteen were raised in the Circuit of the General Government, whilst the remaining sixty-six were mustered in the Circuit of the Southern League.

Organisation

The organisation of the State Guard follows that of its counterpart established in the UGB in 1717 AN.

Top-level

  • General Government (16)
  1. Absentien Corps
  2. Leng Corps
  3. Nordland I Corps
  4. Nordland II Corps
  • Southern League (66)
  1. Alalehzamin I Corps
  2. Alalehzamin II Corps
  3. Alalehzamin III Corps
  4. Alalehzamin IV Corps
  5. Alalehzamin V Corps
  6. Alalehzamin VI Corps
  7. Alalehzamin VII Corps
  8. Alalehzamin VIII Corps
  9. Alalehzamin IX Corps
  10. Araxion Corps
  11. Mishalacia I Corps
  12. Mishalacia II Corps

Regimental trained bands

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

Uniform

Rations

Standard rations, in addition to the usual weekly entitlements, include a supplementary daily allowance of 460 grams of biscuit, 420 grams of salted beef, 400 grams of pickled cabbage, onions, and peas, along with 5 litres of beer or three litres of wine, subject to availability.

See also