The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-02-07 00:00:00

GRATIIITIF S TO INSCHARGED
SOLDIERS.

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The fallowing laiport.ot army Ctr,lar has been toothed,
rel Oka to gratuities to solAcra In disallow, doted War
Office, January 10 :-
1. The general fund which has been formed from
the fi11.5 IA et.-d upon voldhrs for the come of
clamkrunees is appropriatt d to the purposeof mmiting
gratuities to well-condocted uo morowiestmed officers
and men on discharse from the Army.
2. The scale of grgtuitier will be regulated annually
sconding to the state of the teneral fund, and will be
notified to the Army from time to time.
3 From the Ist of January, 1874, the Issue of the
gratuities will be regulated by the following rules, ex.
cep; that io Colonial curls the rates of gratuity wtil be
only half those fixed '0- the Army generally.
4. Every soldier who ohs I be discharged otherwise
than for miecm duct wilt be paid, at the time of Ids
cl-i limier, a gratuity calculated a'. the rate of 20c for
ea, h good-conduct badge don in hor poesessfoo, pro.
vited that the total sum of £3 thall not be exceeded,
except is toe case of • soldier who may not, for the
tep yeses previous to his discharge, hltve been recopied
as guilty if den kennesa. In such case the Mit W 11.
to, tit Udall To £4 if the s lum eluil lo iu pmscssion I
of four eood-conduct bwlges. and to 4:5 if he shall be ,
in p session of five good-conduct Midges.
5. In the base of a sergeant the am mut imitable will
Ibe calcuheed on the i umber of badges to widen hir
mei vices as' c induct would have en flied him had he
becn a private soldier at the time of bid dircharg,,
~ elbject t i ti e ab,ve limits. Toe charge will lac
volide 1 by • cercitiel venni of pertoce.
IG. Men traoeferrerlb cm the.frine to/che le t Clem Army
11,erve, to coa.plete thcir term of service, will rem i
at the time of tow', ,esnefer, rich gra-uities from the
;und as they wraid have recelvcd lavi they been itts•
charged in lieu of being trenefemcd.
7 Stich men, if allowed to rejoin the e locire, will
not be required to refund any portion of the amount so

Nodes& They wQI be paid or Sad dibebeage boot
the Army a gratwity at to. rates spelled •dove for
any badge or be iges they may have bloom. pearlised
if icv.r and above thugs they had when transferred to
lie Army Reserve.
8 Non. commimior edoffi.-ers deterchrai from regiments
cd the hoe or other eone ,d the Ann for service with
the A.Mii,lll, Creep wall not be entitled to receive those
cc ui'ics until they are lined), discharged from the
Army.
9. The gratuities issued ii acoordsroe with theee re-
guietiote wad hr. cheigee in th. regimental pay boson
a s.pa.ad- form or vinehee. Toe soldier will sivn the
fuem or voucher In e.icienee of hi. having retailed
the gratuity; and In each case in which the Elul of £4
is awarded, that cue, Wei wilt be further vouched
by a certificate of the officer commanding that the
or diee has not hern recorded as guilty of drunken-
aces during the 10 year. hornediately preisecling his
discharge. In the case of a non-cumnderrianed officer
referred to in paragraph 8, the ceriificate for the
period during which he has been detached to the
Auxiliary forces will be eigned by the Adjutent and
c wutersigned by the commanding flicer of the regi-
ment or corps with which he has been serving.

10. In the case of a soldier dying in the service, his
.-state will receive credit for such amount of gratuity
as he would have been entitled to had he been discharged
from the Army on the day previous to the date of him
death. These gratuities will be charged in the mgt.
mtntal pay list on the same form or voucher as those
[issued to men on discharge, vouched by a reference to
the nowedective account in which the credit is given.
11. asiuse 140 Army Circulars, 11172, and Clause
4, Army Circulars, 1873, are hereby canoelled.—Lates-
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