The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-15
PAYING OFF THE EMPEROR.
immense Salary of wilhelm Carried
Him In Strong Boxes.

Immense Salary of wilhelm Carried b
Him In Strong Boxes,
Emperor william receives his saiary
quarterly in advance. The money il
thrice counted by different function
aries at the national treasury, and "a
afterward placed in q number OF strona
boxes and carried TO the royal MAJ
wagon, waiting at the door between .
troop of mounted gendarmes- After
the load has been placed inthe vehicle
the ministers Of finance of the empire
and of the kingdom place the seals Of
their respective Offices upon the dooi
and accompany the minister OF tbs
royal household in his carriage to the
place, the mail wagon with its escort
of gendarmes following immediately be
hind. Not until the money Is actually
deposited in the vaults of Emperor VIII
Iam's Berlin palace does tine minister
of the household sign the receipts
which are made out in the name oil
"Wilhelm Rex" and William ImIera'
tor" respectively, one-half of the sum
being derived from the treasury OF the
kingdom of Prussia and the other from
the treasury of the German empire
Two days afte1ward the court func'
tiouaries receive their pay, but al
though the emperor receives his salary
in advance, not one OF the employees are
similarly favored, so that the emperor
is practically always three months be.
hind in the payment of his household
The only exception which the emperor
makes is in the favor of his consort,
whose personal allowance OF s250.coG
per annum is paid TO her quarterly in
advance.
, At no great court in Europe are tbs
salaries so low as al that of Berlin, ths
so-called great dignitaries having e
satisfy themselves with pittance Of
Sc, 900 year, while the minister himself
receives but $1,000. This is not surpris'
ing when the enormous number OF per
sons who figure on the pay roll is taker
into consideration. For instance, therS
are no less than 500 housemaids and J.,
500 liyeried footmen. Every servant
high or low, is entitled TO pension
after working in the royal household
for 20 years.
Over and beyond the civil list re
ceived by the emperor from the treas
ury OF the empire and that OF the king
dom, he draws from the war depart
ment full salaries for the differen'
commands he assumes. AS commando
in chief of the army he is continually
appointing himself colonel in chief o.
this or that regiment, which has there
upon the right to style itself the "leib'
or body regiment OF his majesty. When
ever one reads in the Gazette that he ha!
thus honored regiment in the army
one may take it for granted that 1t en-
tails an addition to his income in ths
shape of a coloners pay and allowances
Inasmuch as at the present moment ~
holds the colonelcy of some so diffeTen
regiments, it will readily 10 seen thai
this constitutes no inconsiderable addi
ton to his income, all the more as TIT
colonelcies carry with them forage al
lowances for about 200 horses.
Out of this civil list the emperor is ex
pected to pay the allowances of the vari
Gus members of his family. But this il
not heavy drain on his purse. Hi
brother, Prince Henry, and his brother
,in-law, Prince Frederick Leopold, have
each inherited immense private for
tunes and are practically independent
of any allowance, while the only othel
princes of his house, Prince Albert O
Brunswick, the crazy Prince Alexander
and the eccentric yet talented Prince
George, all three elderly men, ane ex
.ceedingly wealthy, Indeed, they figure
among the richest princes Of the bloot
in Europe Record.