James' Army Reform

In the begging
Before James fell from his power across the caribbean his army was organized into 3 sections. These being none officers, veterans and officers.

None Officers
None Officers where the least well trained of the army. They took 6 months each to fully train. They where payed 50 gold a week, which is half of what a veteran was payed. The none officers had no notible uniform. They where often used to take care of rebelious crowds and to police towns, enforce the law. When war broke out they where used in alot of the main battles. They where rendered useless in small groups and therefore they had to be massed into large groups of around 50,000 to swarm enemy positions. They where armed with outdated weapons such as Matchlock muskets, and some ( if they could aford it ) could buy a cutlass. Many of them took weapons from dead enemy soldiers. During winters the none officers where also a very hard to maintain force, and often alot deserted theyre posts, and theyre numbers started to drop and alot of mutinies where commited. And during the summer they where often caught out in the heat against enemy cavalry. The Last regiment of none officers was dissolved 3 years ago.

Veterans
Veterans where well trained soldiers and where equipped for many different types of weather. They where payed twice the amount as the none officers, 100 gold a week, and where often used to push through strong enemy positions, and to support the none officer part of the army. Veterans where the biggest part of the army, and theyre duties stretched from policing to frontline battles. They where each equipped with the latest weapons possible, and they copied the scarlet colour of the English Redcoats, and the where drilled in a similar way, they where also equppied with the same weapons as the Redcoats, at one time it was hard to tell the Veterans from the Redcoats, and theyre uniforms wher echanged to a light Shade of blue. Veterans where a match for any european army, alot of armies surrendered before going into battle, as they feared that if they lost the veterans would not spare any prisoners, as they where trained to kill whole armies without showing mercy, if theyre commander wished. The veterans never surrendered and alot of theyre officers woul dhave killed them selves if defeat was near. If a veteran had deserted and was found he was given two choices, 1. to try and escape through a bog whislt some others shot at him. 2. to face the firing squad.

Officers
Officers where the best trained men in James' army and they where leaders of regiments of none officers and veterans, Officers where tasked with training theyre men, managing theyre pay and controling what type of training they would get. If an officer was rich he would be given a test and if that test was passed he could have a barracks built for his men or get him self moved up to a higher rank. Officers wore green longcoats, and where often positioned behind theyre men. Officers where expected to charge into battle with theyre men, if t