Military Mandates I

[Renatus-Marna 218]

MILITUM DECRETIUM MARNA

Mandates for the Armies of the Apostolic Kingdom of Marna

Field Marshal Marcus Arminius Rovin

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FIRST ORDER

Establishment of Force Requirements

 

All settlements and castles shall be required to equip and upkeep a levy during times of warfare. Free settlements and barons shall be required to muster and equip a levy of no less than one-hundred able-bodied men. Counties shall be required to muster and equip a levy of no less than one-hundred and fifty able-bodied men, and no less than fifty men per settlement or barony within the county. Duchies shall be required to muster and equip a levy of no less than two-hundred men, but shall provide a minimum of one-hundred men per county within the duchy.

All forces shall be comprised of able-bodied men of no younger than fourteen years. Each man shall be able to bare arms and hold in formation for no less than two hours and be capable of maintaining a day’s march.

 

To maintain the First Order, the Grand Marshal shall conduct Martial Review over the forces. On every even year, the forces of the realm shall be individually checked to ensure arms, armour, and other logistical measures are adequately set and kept within the land. Failure to pass inspection shall result in the penalization of prestige and put forth risk of rank, title, and privilege.

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SECOND ORDER

Establishment of Lesser Positions and Authority

 

Marshal of the Apostolic Kingdom
The title of Marshal is established as the highest authority and honor bestowed upon those who show their strategic and tactical brilliance and understanding of warfare at an awesome level. Those entitled with this honor shall have the added responsibility of leading the soldiers of the realm into battle. The only figures who shall trump their authority will be the King and his Field Marshal, respectively.
Symbolizing their status as elite generals, Marshals of the Apostolic Kingdom shall be bestowed onto them a special baton of burgundy-laced ivory. Only with this baton shall the Marshal exert their power and status, and to lose to the hands of the enemy will be regarded as a great dishonor.

 

Brigadier of the Marnan Free Company
The rank of Brigadier shall be created to be bestowed upon the leader of His Majesty’s Marnan Free Company— an organization of citizen-soldiers who are raised during times of war and great trouble. The Brigadier shall have the responsibility to maintain his citizen-soldiers, ensuring their training, equipment, and esprit de corps remain at optimal levels. With this, the Brigadier shall have direct authority over the operations and conduct of the Free Company.
Symbolizing his authority, the Brigadier of the Marnan Free Company shall receive an engraved iron baton. With this baton, he shall be able to raise the Free Company during the peacetime without the orders of the King. To lose the baton to the hands of the enemy will be regarded as a great dishonor.

 

Colonel
The rank of Colonel shall be established as the fourth tier of royal high command, under that of the Field Marshal, his Marshals, and the Brigadier of the Free Company. Colonel is the rank given by the Office of the Field Marshal to three categories of commanders: the leaders of vassal levies, the leaders of vassal retinues, and the leaders of independent military organizations. Colonels only have authority over their respective fighters, save the instance which makes them the highest authority in an area of combat.
To mark their status, Colonels shall be bestowed upon them a golden badge of bearing the King’s seal. The cross on the seal shall be painted red. It is with this badge that Colonels may seek audience with the Field Marshal or cross into the Crownlands with an entourage.

 

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THIRD ORDER

On the Establishment of Military Guilds and Organizations

 

The establishment of militant guilds and organizations within the Apostolic Kingdom of Marna shall fall under two categories of classification: those who have permanent residence in the Kingdom as a result of obtaining the Royal Military Writ of Establishment, chartering their headquarters within the borders, and those who have obtained the Royal Military Writ of Tolerance, granting only the means for a guildhouse or place of business.

 

Royal Military Writs of Establishment shall be awarded to militant organizations who wish to reside in the Crownlands. In exchange for oaths of fealty, these organizations may establish a headquarters and recruit from the freemen in the land. For organizational purposes, their leaders shall be referred to by the Royal Administration as colonels. Those with such a writ shall be required to provide their entire force to the realm during wartime, but shall be free to embark on mercantile efforts during the peacetime. Such organizations shall be inspected during every odd year by the Field Marshal.
 

Royal Military Writs of Tolerance shall be awarded to militant organizations with origins outside of the Apostolic Kingdom of Marna. These organizations shall have the ability to conduct business within the borders and operate a guildhouse, but will have no rights to recruitment or be included in the hierarchy of Marnantine forces.

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FOURTH ORDER

On Issuing Letters of Marque and Reprisal

 

In order to maintain flexible and covert operations over the enemies of the Apostolic Kingdom, the establishment of Royal Letters of Marque and Reprisal shall be immediate. For a set bounty, the Apostolic Kingdom shall issue a letter of marque to a militant organization so they may carry out the terms of the bounty beyond the territory of the Kingdom.
 

• Letters of Marque shall allow the holder to seize and repossess all goods captured from enemy forces during the completion of a bounty.

• Bounties shall be negotiated between the King or Office of the Field Marshal with the letter petitioner.

• Letters of Marque shall be granted for three-year terms. Failure to complete the bounty shall result in an issued fine at one-hundred and fifty percent the value of the bounty.

• Letters of Marque, and subsequently holders of the letters, shall not attack allies of the Apostolic Kingdom while in its service.

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God With Us,

His Majesty, Frederick Pius of Marna, Apostolic King of Marna, Rhodesia and Waldenia, Duke of Senntisten and Defender of Rhodesia and the Faith, Brother of Saint Lucien

 

His Excellency, Marcus Arminius Rovin, Field Marshal of the Apostolic Kingdom of Marna, Brother of Saint Lucien

 

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