Sardinia and the War - Part 2

King after losing his wife, his mother and his brother and the fact that the senators knew about the King’s positive feelings towards this alliance - the Senate, at the beginning of March after a lukewarm discussion approved the treaties by 63 against 27.

So what emerged after all this pre-treaty turmoil? There were three documents signed, stipulating

(1)the entrance of Sardinia into the treaty between France and England of April 10th 1854, signed by the three parties.

(2) a military convention between the three parties, stating that:
(a) the Kingdom of Sardinia would furnish a corps of 15000 men in five brigades, organised into two divisions and one reserve brigade, under the command of a Sardinian general. The corps should be composed of infantry, cavalry and artillery according to the normal composition of the army.
(b) the preparation of the expedition should start immediately after the ratification.
(c) in order to keep the strength of the corps up to 15000 men, Sardinia should send the necessary regular reinforcements.
(d) the pay and the subsistence of the Sardinian troops were at the expense of Sardinia.
(e) England and France guaranteed, for the wartime period, the integrity of the Sardinian territory.

(3) a supplemental financial treaty with England (and solely with England) in order to facilitate the execution of the military convention. By this treaty England granted a loan of one million pounds to Sardinia at a rate of 4 %; 3% interest and 1 % refund of the loan. Of this loan, half was paid over immediately, half after six months. If the war were not over twelve months after the first payment, England would grant another one million pound loan, on the same conditions. England would also bear the transportation cost of the Sardinian troops to the theatre of war.

(4) finally, a treaty of alliance between the Kingdom of Sardinia and the Sublime Porte, stating that Sardinia entered the treaty of March 12th 1854, regulating the relations of the allied armies on Turkish territory. This stipulated:
(a)the Sardinian Army would be treated with the same cordiality and respect as the French and the English.>
(b) any unilateral proposals of the Russians should be communicated immediately to the allies.
(c) after peace returned the allies would start immediately repatriating their troops.
(d) the allies were free to move without any control by the Turkish Government.
(e) The allies would do their utmost to keep the greatest discipline among their troops and made them respect the laws and customs of the

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