Under his successor the garrison of Plovdiv numbered 2,000 heavily armed footmen and 1,000 horsemen. Marble House was staffed with 36 servants, including butlers, maids, coachmen, and footmen. There was a cook, a kitchen maid, four housemaids, a scullery maid and three footmen. The fifty-room mansion required a staff of 36 servants, including butlers, maids, coachmen, and footmen. They were armed with halberds, which allowed footmen to pull cavalry soldiers from their mounts. These are supported by a staff of liveried coachmen, footmen and postillions. There was a butler, a house keeper, three footmen, seven domestic maids and two grooms. The Mongols employed Chinese and Korean footmen wielding long pikes and fought in tight formations. A hierarchy of positions developed from the butler and housekeeper to footmen and maids. The footmen might also double as valets, especially for visiting guests. According to the International Butler Academy, these pages were apprentice footmen. Footmen with staves are at his side. The state livery worn by footmen includes foils. Contemporary military theory valued each knight as equal to roughly ten footmen. The more ornately dressed footmen walk beside the body of the coach.