Legiun Pakualaman

[3][4] The legion was trained with a variety of European style warfare tactics, weaponry, and military ranks.

The training was provided by European instructors, and the troop members received stipend from the colonial government.

[3] At the beginning and during the British colonial rule, the legion troops consisted of 100 light horsemen (dragoon).

[3] The younger and healthy legion members were offered to join the Dutch East Indies Army (KNIL), while those who were not accepted received the offer to become abdi dalem punakawan (commoner courtiers) at the Pakualaman palace.

[3] After 48 years passed, in 1940 a second Legiun Pakualaman was formed,[6] which served as a guarding army of the Pakualaman palace, but it was disbanded again in 1942 as the Dutch East Indies surrendered to the Japanese colonial government.