Kemény János: Baja mezőváros szerepe az 1848–1849. évi szabadságharcban 2. - Forrásközlemények 11. (Kecskemét, 2008)
Summary
On 11 1 September 1848, after the attack of Jellacic soldiers were recruited. The recruits were first recruited then later they were enlisted. The soldiers could be covered by someone else if the young boys' parents could undertake the expenses and if they could find somebody suitable for being a soldier. The recruits got 20 pengo in advance. They should have been given the other 80 pengo salary after spending 4 years in the army. From 1st October 1848 they also got 8 pengo for their food but to pay such a lot of amount of money meant a great burden for the town which was month by month more and more difficult to raise and as a result taxes must have been collected from the inhabitants and later the town should approach for a loan. Because of the dragging fights Baja was not able to recruit any more soldiers. On 25 th April 1849 the council asked from Márton Haczell, government commissioner to create military officers from the members of the National Guard and encount them into the list of the recruited youngsters. The town owed 70 recruits and the management of the town could not find any other possibilities to do its duty in spite of some other advantages they had offered to make people interested in becoming soldiers. For example, it was announced that every recruit was given not only 20 pengo installation money but an inner piece of land and a hold of corn-land. Unfortunately, it was too late. The fight for freedom became more and more hopeless. On 27th July 1849 imperial colonel Althann's troops marched in Baja and for the town it was the end of the revolution. There is no doubt, that the war of independence was considered their own fight by the leader corporate of the town and the inhabitants and in spite of the burdens they did not turn against it even in the most difficult times.
