Among the roughly 150,000 soldiers sent to the Dutch East Indies between 1815 and 1914, the Luxembourg contingent made up a tiny minority of just 1,075 men. Based upon extensive research into their careers, data on these soldiers provide further clues to understanding what drove Europe’s young men to become colonial soldiers. The results of this national case study will be compared with earlier investigations by Bossenbroek and Bosma on recruits for the Dutch colonial army. Similar to the Dutch soldiers, their Luxembourg counterparts had a predominantly urban provenance. However, in contrast to the Dutch, they did not have a strong military background, and it appears that fewer Luxembourgers stayed behind in the Dutch East Indies after their tour of duty. They were more attracted by the payments that the recruiters doled out in advance, particularly at a time of economic crisis, than in a career in the tropics.

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军事移民：荷属东印度群岛殖民军中的卢森堡人

在 1815 年至 1914 年间派往荷属东印度群岛的大约 150,000 名士兵中，卢森堡特遣队仅占 1,075 人的极少数。基于对他们职业生涯的广泛研究，这些士兵的数据为了解是什么驱使欧洲的年轻人成为殖民士兵提供了进一步的线索。这个国家案例研究的结果将与 Bossenbroek 和 Bosma 早期对荷兰殖民军队新兵的调查进行比较。与荷兰士兵类似，他们的卢森堡士兵主要来自城市。然而，与荷兰人相比，他们没有强大的军事背景，而且似乎更少的卢森堡人在服役后留在荷属东印度群岛。他们更被招聘人员预先发放的报酬所吸引，