The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-24
THE GHOST Walks FOR WILLIAM.
A Considerable Procession When the
Kaiser's salary is Taken to Him.

From the Chicago Record.
Emperor WHITE n, reaaitras his salary
quarterly in advance. The money is thrice
counted by different functionaries at the
national treasury, and is afterward plac-
ed in a number of strong boxes and car
ried to the royal mail wagon. waiting at
the door between a troop of mounted gen
darmes. After the load has been placed
in the vehicle the ministers of finance
OF the empire and of the kingdom place
the seals of their respective offices upon
the door and accompany the minister of
the royal household in his carriage to
the palace, the mail wagon with its es-
cort of gendarmes following Immediately
behind. Not until the money is actually
deposited in the vaults Of Emperor Will
liam Berlin palace does the minister
Of the household sign the receipts, whicn
are made out in the name of Wilhelm
Rex and William Imperator,' reSpecS-
lively. 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 afterWard the court func-
tionaries receive their pay, but although
the emperor receives his salary in aC-
vance, not one of the employees Is sin1-
larly favored, so that the emperor is
practically always three months behind
in the pay list of his household. The
only exception which the emperor makes
is in favor Of his conSort, whose per
paid to her quarterly in advance.
At no great court in Europe are the
salaries so low as at that of Berlin, the
so-called great dignitaries having TO sat
isfy themselves with a pittance of s.. $50
a year, while the minister himself re-
ceiVes but $500. This is not surprising
when the enormous number CT persons
who figure on the pay roll are taken into
consideration. For instance, there are no
less than 500 houSemaids and 500 liVeried
footmen. Every servant, high or low, is
entitled to a pension after working in the
royal household for twenty years
Over and beyond the civil list received
by the emperor from the treasury of the
empire, and that of the kingdom, he draws
from the war department fun salaries for
the different commands he assumes As
cCmmander-in-chief of the army he is con-
tinually appointing himself cOlonel-in-chief
of this or that regiment, which has there
upon the right to style itself the 'leib" or
body regiment of his majesty. Whenever
one reads in the gazette that he has thus
honored regiment in the army. one may
take II for granted that it entails an addi-
ton to his income, in the shape of a colo
neIs pay and allowances. InaSmuch. as
at the present moment he holds the colo
nelcy of some fifty different regiments it
will readily be seen that this constitutes
no incOnsiderable addition to his income,
all the more as the colonelcies carry with
them forage allowances for about 200
out of this civil list the emperor is ex-
pected to pay the allowance of the va
riCus members of his family But this is
not a heavy drain on his purse His bro
ther-in-law. Prince Henry. and his bro
ther-in-law, Prince Frederic Leopold have
each inherited immense private fortunes
and are practically Independent of an
allowance; while the other princes of his
house. Prince Albert of Brunswick the
crazy Prince Alexander, and the eccentric,
yet talented Prince George. all three ell
derby men, are exceedingly wealthy. In
deed they figure among the richest princes
of the blood in Europe.