tax was not mandatory, but person who paid it was permanently exempted from billets.

From the end of 1882, the money collected for exemption from billet was transferred to the military ministry. This has made it possible to step up the construction of barracks for the army. By 1 January 1900, 19,015 barracks had been built, which accommodated 94% of the troops.

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In the 17th and 18th centuries there were concerns around the idea of a standing army housed in barracks; instead,

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