Companies had 150-200 men each and were stationed in German towns and villages along the German-Czech border, each of them being fully equipped for independent cross border raids and assaults. Although the official directive allowed only ethnic-Germans with Czechoslovak citizenship to be part of the Freikorps, due to low number of officers among the deserters their places were filled with members of Nazi Sturmabteilung. SA was further providing training, material support and equipment to Freikorps. All members were getting regular pay for their service. Most members did not have any standardized uniform and were only distinguished by armband with swastika. Formally, they were not part of Wehrmacht and were prohibited from wearing Wehrmacht uniforms.