Star.
London, England, 1818-03-09 00:00:00

THE AR.VY.

ARMY PAY TO GENERAL OFFICER&
EXTRACTED ;ROM THE SEVENTH REPORT OF THE
SELECT COMMITTEE Or FINANCE.
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Your Committee now proceed to those beads of expense,
which however necessarily arising out "of 4 war unexampled in
its duration and magnitude, press heavily on the resources of the
country.
In their Report of last year they adverted to this recent instl-
tution of Army Pay to General Officers ; admitting its propriety
in the case of Officers, who during active service I. a long-pro-
tracted war had risen to stations inconsistent with regimental
duty, and who could not from their number obtain like usual in-
demnity by commanding a regiment; but eapressifig a strong
opinion against extending such a provision to every promotion
by Brevet in time of peace.
Your Committee mulling their opinion, have great satisfac-
tion in laying before the House a Warrant from the Prince Re-
gent; by which they conceive that sumcient provision is made
to enable the Commander in Chief to remunerate the claims of
meritorious and active Officers, who may be promoted by brevet
to the rank of General Officers without entailing upon the public
the large and indefinite expense of the former regulation; under
the present order, the expense will be gradually reduced from
.£176,955, the amount of the Estimate of the present year, to
X 54,750, which will be the charge of 120 General Officers, the
number to which the royal bounty under this head will thence-
forward be limited.

" By his Royal Highness the Prince Regent of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
" Grolier, P. R.
" Whereas, We think it expedient that the permanent esta-
blishment of General Officers, not in command of Regiments,
but receiving unattached pay, under the regulations contained
in our warrant of the Bth of August, 1814, shall consist of 120
' General Officers, at the rate of V. Ss. a day each ; our will and
pleasure is, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, that
the following Regulations be observed on this subject :
" lit, That the rate of 11. 181. per diem, now attached to the
rank of General, and the rate of 11. 12.5. 6d. now attached to the
rank of Lieutenant-General, shall be abolished respectively, and
shall not be received by any Officers who may henceforward be
promoted to those ranks; and that the Lieutenant-Genera snow
on the list shall continue to receive their present rate of pay in
the event of their becoming full Generals; and the Major-Ge-
nerals now on the list shall receive 11. Ss. per diem, without any
augmentation of that rate in consequence of their rising to the
ranks of Lieutenant-General, or General.

" ad, That all Officers who may henceforward be promoted
to be General Officers, shall continue to retain their Regimental
Commissions, receiving the full or the half-pay of their Regi.
mental Rank, until the total number of General Officers on un-
attached pay shall have been reduced to the above-mentioned
establish:nent of 120 Officers; and that vacancies which may
then happen in the establishment so limited, shall be filled up
by General Officers to be selected for that purpose.
" That those General Officers who are now Colonels of Regi-
ments shall, nevertheless, in the events of their regiments being
reduced, be placed upon the establishment of unattached pay, at
the rates granted to their respective ranks by our said warrant
of Bth of August, 1814.

" Given at our Court at Carlton House this day of ,
in the Lath year of his Majesty's Reign.
" By command of his Royal Highness the Prince Rent, in
the name and on the behalf of his Majesty.
" PA L MERSTON."