The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-15 00:00:00

PAYMASTERS,

27. Paymasters on first appointment being invariably
officers either on full or hail-pay of the Army, are in
cases of future retirement from the situation of Pay-
master, to be allowed half-pay according to the follow-
ing rules :
If of less than 5 years' actual ser- / The half pay of their
vice as Paymaster 1 former commissions.
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If of more than 5 years' and lc,s 6s. a day, or the half-
than 10 years' actual service as, pay of their former
Paymaster commissions.

of more than 10 years' and less
than 15 years' actual service as 7s. 6d. a day-
Paymaster
of more than 15 years' and less
than 20 years' actual service as 103. a day.
Paymaster
if of more than 20 years' actual t
12s. Gd. a day.
service as Paymaster
28. Previous service of 10 years' duration or upwards,
on full-pay in other ranks, as a commissioned officer,
after the Paymaster shall have completed 15 years' ac-
tual service as such, to reckon as equivalent to 5 years'
service as Paymaster.
Provided always, that our Secretary at War shall be
satisfied with the manner in which the Paymaster to be
recommended to us for such half-pay shall have per-
formed his duties.
29. An officer on half-pay who may have served less
than five years as Paymaster, will be eligible for re-em-
ploy ment on full-pay, either in that situation or in his
former rank ; and if restored to full-pay, as Paymaster,
his previous service will be allowed to reckon.
30. An officer who may have served more than five
years and less than twenty years as Paymaster, and shall
be receiving the half-pay of that commission, viz , 65.,
7s. 6d., or 103. a day, will be liable to be recalled to full-
pay in that appointment, if his health shall be found suf-
ficiently good to enable him to resume its duties ; and
in case he shall decline the appointment, he shall be
liable to revert to the half-pay of the commission which
he held before he was appointed Paymaster.

QUARTERMASTERS.
31. The rate of half-pay tor a Quartermaster shall in
all cases be determined by the service which the officer
may have rendered to the public as Quartermaster, or
in any former military capacity.
32. If a Quartermaster shall have previously served
at least throe ears as a non-commissioned officer, he
shill, in case of being placed upon half-pay, receive the
following rate of half-pay, %iz.

6 per day
0 ...
0 ...

f under 3 years' service as Quartermaster 2
f above 3 years' and under 7 years ditto 3
... 7 ... ... 12 ... 4
... 12 years as Quartermaster, after
20 years total service, but under 30
years

f above 12 years as Quartermaster, after
SO years' total service, with an unqua-
lified right to retire
33. A Quartermaster appointed to this situation from
another commission in the army, shall, in case of reduc-
tion or retirement to half-pa) before he has completed
7 years' service as Quartermaster, revert to the half-
pay of his former commission ; but after 7 years' ser-
vice as Quartermaster, his half-pay shall be regulated
according to the provisions in the preceding article for
an officer of the same service as Quartermaster, unless
his former half-pay exceeded the rate attached to his
service in that article ; in which case he shall revert to
such former half pay.
MEDICAL OFFICERS.
34. The rate of half-pay fora Medical Officer of the
Army shall in every case be determined by the service
which he may have rendered upon full-pay, and the cir-
cumstances under which he may be placed upon hall-
pay.

33. If a Medical Officer shall be placed upon half-
pay by reduction of establishment, he shall be allowed
the half-pay to which his services may enti►le him, ac-
cording to the following schedule :

Rates of Half-Pay after a Service on
1 Full-Pay of

Rank of Reduced Medi-
cal Officers.

30
years.

25, but 20, but 10, but Less
' under under j under than
30 yrs. 25 yrs. '2O yrs. 10 yrs,

per dmlper dm'per dm!per dm
Es. d.'£ s. d.'£ s. d.,£3. d.
1 5 011 0 011 \
10 17 001400 10 60 8 0
) 0 15 0,0 12 6 0 10 o'o 7 6

'0 6 0
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