Hartschier

Bavarian Life Guard (Hartschiere) around 1835

Uniform of a Hartschier in the Bavarian Army , late 19th century

Hartschier (also Hatschier , ground from the Italian Arciere = archer) is the name of a military type of service.

The Hartschiere were in various princes and electoral principalities , including Kurköln , Bavaria and Austria bodyguard regiments , later exclusively as ceremonial house troops without any actual military task. With the fall of the principalities and monarchies by 1918 at the latest, these court guards were also abolished.

Ranks of the Bavarian Hartschiere

Equal rank with the generals of the Bavarian army were the

• Captain general
• Prime Lieutenant
• Second lieutenant

Staff officer rank had the

• Second lieutenant (if not general rank)
• Cornet
• Exempt

He had the rank of captain

• adjutant

Lieutenant rank possessed

• 4 premiers-brigadiers (higher non-commissioned officers)

Second lieutenant rank possessed

• 4 sous-brigadiers (lower NCOs)

Junkersrang ( "Officer A d spirant first class" ) ( sic ) owned the

• 100 hard sheers. These ranked between the sergeants and sub-lieutenants of the army.

The company staff also included two doctors , a quartermaster (captain), a fourier (supply sergeant, sub-lieutenant) and an auditor ( court officer , first class regimental auditor with the Hartschieren as a regimental auditor , roughly the rank of captain).

See also

• Royal Bavarian Infantry Body Regiment
• (kuk) Arcièren Life Guard

literature

• Military manual of the Koenigreiches Bayern , published by the Haupt-Conservatorium der Army. Munich 1840
• Military manual of the Kingdom of Bavaria , 1838, p. 17f

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