Recruitment in the British Army such as French Royalists, Germans, Greeks and Corsicans to supplement its forces. In 1813 one fifth of the army, 52,000 men, were such volunteers. The British Army in 1813 contained over 250,000 men, though this was much larger in comparison to the army at the beginning of the war, the all volunteer British army was still much smaller than that of France, which with conscription had an army over 2.6 million. From 1798 onwards, structural, training and logistical reforms implemented or authorised by the Duke of York (as commander-in-chief of the army) slowly improved the lot of the ordinary soldier.
Kapitan (rank) Major-rank was abolished in May 1884, the Kapitan-rank was upgraded to level VIII in the rank table. However, the "Guards kapitan" became equivalent to generic Podpolkovnik in the Army. In the civil administration "Kapitan of the infantry" was equivalent to the "Council assessor" (ru: "Коллежский асессор; Kolleshsky assessor") from 1884, and "Titular adviser" (ru: "Титулярный советник, Tituljarny sovetnik") until 1884. Some examples of rank insignia (epaulette, shoulder board), used by RIA IRA, are shown below: In the armed forces of the Soviet Union (later Russian Federation) the "Kapitan´s" rank (to Army, Air Force, and Navy land services) was introduced by