When a regiment was reduced in strength and not in a situation to be able to recruit up to authorized strength, it was typically disbanded (drafted); the officers might be placed in other corps or retired upon half pay (seconded). The men (drafts) typically received leave to choose which regiment they wished to serve in, or were placed on purpose in another regiment that wished to be brought up to strength.

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