Historical Register in London, Middlesex

Retrenching Expenditure on Army and Allies Debate

The Historical Register remarks on reducing extra forces raised two years prior to ease national debt. It notes existing establishments for Guards, garrisons in Britain, Minorca, Gibraltar, and the West Indies, Hessian auxiliaries, and subsidies to Sweden and Wolfem. The piece reports courtiers arguing standing armies protect liberty, yet questions linger about maintaining large forces with little domestic business.