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extent; 'farther ackintag 8 mav result from
the Widow and Orphan r,f biaveAuen may also
draw from this exuberant source the cheriShingcup,
of comfort and independence:
c‘ Conceiving t:lis plan therefore to be fraught
With advantage, I beg, leave to subtUit it for,your:
cmisideration. Should it tend to promote the
.corn-
fOrt, the respeaability ankl happiness, of any brother
Oilicer, it will be the tuoit pleasing addition to mine.
I shuuld not,. however, have proposed this anprity,
Merely on my own judgment, (though my experi-
ence in the army has been considerable) had I not
found it approved in a very exten3iVe circle of mili-
tary acquaintance, ?lid
.saaioned by j :dginents supe-
rior to toy own. . •

I have the honour to be,
Gentl,men,
&c. &c.
a ROBERTS,
Capt. lit Regnient,
Major of Brigade.

SCHEME.

An estimate of a Monthly Subscription from the, Of-
ficers of the Army, proportioned to their rank,
necessary to carry the foregoing Plan into exe-
cution.

,C. J. d.
Qolonel - - - -,. .. per month o 1 2 o
Lieutenant-Colonel • - - - - - o 3 0
Major - - - . - - - 0 4 (j
Captain
LictoeFiant - - - - - - 0 1 4
Eit,ign . - - - - - - - o 2.0
-u.geon . . - - - 0 2 0
/%.j. - A.Faster - .. - - ' - - 0 2 o
AO.pitant_._ .
----- _ 0 I 4

M aster - - - - o t 4
Assistant-Surgeon . v 1 4

N. B. Mom I) Ty pz,.y stewpa,ge accoi ding to rank,
and 10 be, received troth the Agents.
011-h•rrs !iel; ha, Mg regitu-etVs, pay ac-
cordin!.7 o their.reg.' mat. rah k •
_"if.d.l-pa) Utticers, a degree inferior to them in

rank.
" The money arising from this subscription to re-
main fundedaed accuitalattng, principal and interest,
ter-ten years, and the Mierest telly to be employed
3t 'that time., • A Secre•ary or`Treasurer to be m-
pointed until the,exeiration of ted.years;- some. res-
pedable .
The Secretary to receive the subscription.-half-
p-al ly or monthly from the Army-Agents, Bcc. &c. •
and purchase stoek with it in the name-Of the,Coto-.
minder-In-Chief, the Secretary at War, and him-
self, and to furnish the. Army with, an, annual ate-
cou,
A Committee of General or' Field-Officers to ba -
appointed N nth the approbation' of the Commander:
in Chief, to digest such. Rules and Regulations as
may be thought necessary, the more effeetually to
forward the ends of the Institution.
CLAIMANTS Mt RIGHT..
Officers after the ages of fifty-five, having served,
twenty years, and paid 39 years to the fund---as
every Officer will be supposed to have subscribed
from the age of sixteen.
Officer's unserviceable from wounds, proved by
certificate.
Officers
.unserviceable from disease, in the ccurse
of their service, by certificate. ..
.Mutilated Officers unfit fur service—Wounded
Officers unfit for service, by certificate. .
Rules anu.Regulatious will be made, not only to
establish confideuce and insure justice, but to pre-
vent frand..-1 wish it to be under.tood that an Offi-
cer retiring from the service on half-pay, and a
claimant on the Fund, will receive such an addition
.to his half-pay as will (I will suppose in the first
instance) give him an annuity of clear two hundred
pounds a year.
An Officer (at the commencement oltouching•
the fund) making a claim, must pay the 39 years
subscription, and then be regulated in the following
wanner.
A Captain, for instance, as the Fund may not pos-
sibly admit of the, full allowance at first,—
First Class,—Attet the ten years, and the Fund
is opened, one third.
Second Crass,--After fifteen years, two thirds.
Third Ciass,—.l.l4er twenty .years,- the full al-
lowance.
N. B. This in cage •the claimants are tpo numer-
ous at first, as mayhereatter be arranged.
.• f propose that the subscription sh.el commence
the 25th of Decewber, On the 24th of June 1
foll Owing, the Secretary will receive the different
subscriptiens at his own office, and from the Agents,
and place the money in the funds.
It may happen that some of the Officers, from a
peculiarity of thinking, may not choose to become
subscribers, trifling and light as the subscription is ;
but it must be understood that may a certain period
be allowed (of no great extent) to give them an op-
portunity of addiree their subscription to the fund,
on paying 'up the deficiency, should they alter their
opinion; .which will be considered-as an indulgence,
for so great are the advantages that will result from
the subscription, 'that a wall must be, sadly inimical
to his own interest, and feel little for that of 'Others,
who objects to a .plan so truly advantageous.
An Officer entering. the service will look forward
to a certain and an astonishing benefit, which he
May claim as a right, when the powers of his mind
and the strength of his Constitution will no longer
enable hint to continue in an active situation.
Thus retiring to his native home, greeted with the
affectionate regards of his friends, with the self-
approbation of a life honourably distinguished, and
with, an income suitable . to his situation and merits,
he may p.;ss the remainder of his days in
'orieurcartedigititate. •
I conceive, 'that 'by death or reiirement,•not less
than 4300 Officers' names are. withdrawn from the
service annually; consequently. by those casualties
the fund will be gradually. increased in a very great
'degree.
The Pensioners must send (as is usual when the
Half-pay receive their pay) a certificate 'of their
being alive, half-yearly, to receive. their dividend.
• To prevent 'fraud, 'every claimant must, 'pass an
examination before the. Board of =Controul, -and by
oath and certificate -prove his claims, both in TO.si.)c-A
to service and age, &c. •