Star.
London, England, 1814-06-17 00:00:00

10 I HEEDI OLD'

Stn—Several paragraphs have lately been insetted
in many f.l the netesp ipers trisecting he ailowanceo
to reduced ()Metre. One hoe- the halloo.?
.ticrease.l .:ar•rhird. A.i.)ll,er nukes it to be the isalf
of Us:: pri.aent lull pay. &c. Flom the vry mauve
of theae cis! aeons, it easy to perceive th.l they
ioe the proeinc:ii.us of-persons v.lio have little Jolene*
in the subject; and who in consequence have wic
thought much up: n it. Fr m the attention yr*
generally pay to military MOWS. I am persitaideei
.1)4 you trill al.o connive to nnel room lor the inwrr
lion of tcw Liens cat the stihject iu glit.tion. trosso
one wins will be deeply affected by the pending
atrangenitnti. in consmon with many thousaltals of
his brml.er t slicers

1. It cannot be unknown to Govornment that wp
have Lecome so far a military nation, that Is vas• pro.
pinion of war officers are merely soldiers of t. rtune
men, in short, who have no profession but that of
.arms, who have been devoted exclusively to that prof
lession, and who are totally unfitted by the very na•
ture of it from engaging with advantage in any other.
2. It cannot be the intention of the Governmtnt
leave stub men without the means of hviult decently
in that country for which they have fonght so
4ten and so well ; men who hay., toiled and bled tip
secure her safety, and whose exertioos have plactsl
her upon a higher eminence than ever nation occur
pied before.
3. It would not therefore be too much fiw the Ar-
my to expect, nor lot t!ie country to giant, that it
minimum rate should he fixed for the all witoces to rx.
duced Officers, and that t:.is rate shutsai he etlto.l tp
the expense of a decent subsistence.

4. The full pay of an Ensign in the l;ae being ge-
nerally supposed equal to subsist him, with OruJent
management, Parliament would not act inconsisiemly
it they fixed the zihinnors ot reduced Officers at the
same rate. In the event ot a long peace, the list wili
diminish rapidly ; and in the lapse of 30 years, IV
jut of every 20 of us will be•provided for in another
tvcrld.

5. It would be highly desirable, that a scale, gra.
;fumed by be number of years of service, should be
established. The Lieutenant or Captain, 6or instance,
promoted in a late Gazette, is not entitled in fair.
IleSfi to the .aane rate half-pay as the Officers
who have occupiA the same rank for ten or twelve
)ears. The r.it:!s of half-pay should have no regard
whatever to rank, but merely to length of service, .o
that, the ditierence betwecu the oldest Lieutenant 41.41
the youngest Captain would be the saute as between
antt Captain and the one immediately above him.—
The half-pay not being a measure of rank, but 4
means of subsistence to all ; an.. to some a sort nk
reward proportioned to the length of their services.
6 It would render this reward snore acceptable if
the vacancies male by death or promotion in the
iialf-pay list were to be filled up from thelower ranks
of those who hay? seen actual service. It is to be
presumed that those who have not seta service would
lose no opportunity of quitting the halt-pay for lull,
and that Government would employ them in prefer-
ence to new applicants, if their services were necessary.
7. Some individuals are entitled to rewards front
the nature of their services, independent of their
length. These rewards of course will be.iadependent
of hall-pay, and over and above the rate which length
of service entitles them to.

Thus, Sir, I have endeavoured to sketdiairna,didenuottloyeuleatieallniii.ic
of what I believe would satisfy the army. Nor hate
I an idea that any person will be found to oppose it.
However that may be, it will be impossible for any
class of men to be satisfied without the means of es.
istence. They have only the generosity of their coun-
try to trust to. It was once well said, and has been
often repeated, that i. England expected every n:an
to do his duty." May it never be said that she for-
gets.
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