The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-17

A Considerable Procession. When tho
Kaiser's SALARY Is Takea 10 Him.


From tho Chicago Record.
Emperor William receives his salary quar-
terly in advance. The money is thrice counted
by different functionaries at the National
Treasury, and Is afterward placed In a mum
Der of strong boxes and carried to tho royal
mail wagon, waiting at the door between q
troop of mounted Rcndarmes. 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 Office upon the
door and accompany the Minister OF the royal
household in his carriage to the palace. the
mail wagon with It's escort OF gendarmes fol-
lowing Immediately behind. Not until
the money is actually deposited In the vaults
of Emperor Williams Berlin palace does tho
Minister of the household sign tho receipts.
which are made out in the name of wilhelm
Rex" and civilian Imperator." 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 afterward the court function
aries receive their pay, but although the En-
peror receives his salary In advance, not one
of the employees Is similarly favored, so that
the Emperor is practically always three months
behind In tho pay list OF his household. Tho
only exception which the Emperor makes is
In the favor of his consort, whose personal
allo vance of $3.50, 900 per annum Is paid TO
her quarterly In advance;
AT no great court in Europe are the salaries
80 low as at that of Berlin, the sO-Called great
dlEnitaries having TO satisfy themselves with a
Pit1anSs Of e.: og0S SssHd5a; o while Ts, the Minister
prislng when tho enormou number OF persons
who figure on the payroll Is taken into consld.
Grafton. For instance, there sre no less than
300 housomaids and 1900 liyeried foOtmen,
Every servant, high or low, Ia entitled 10 a
pension after working In the royal household
Over and beyond the civil list received by the
Emperor from the Treasury of the empire and
that OF the kingdom, he draws frou. tho War
Department full salaries for the dluerent mil
itary commands he assumes. AS Commander
n-Chief Of the army, he Is oontinualiy appoint
ing himself Colonel In Chief Of this or that
eRiment which has theTeupOn the right to
style itself the 'ltih" or body regiment OF his
Majesty, Whenever one reads In the gazette
that he has thus hOnOred a regiment In the
army, one may take II for granted that IL en-
tails an addition to his income In the shape ~
a Colonels pay and allowances, lnasmuch
az at the present moment lie holds tine Coo.
nelcy of some nifty different regin ents. II will
readily be seen that this COnst no tncOn-
siderable addition 20 his income, all the more
as the ColOnelcies carry with them forage al.
lowAnces for about 200 horses.
Out Of this civil list the Emperor 10 expected
10 pay the allowances of the various members
OF his family. But this is not a heavy drain
on his purse. His brother, Prince Henry, and
his brother in'law, Prince Frederick Leopold,
have each Inherited immense private fortunes
and are practically independent Of any allow.
ance. while the only other princes OF his house,
Alexander, and tho eccentric yet talented
Prince George, all three elderly men. are eX.
ccedinRly wealthy, Indeed, they figure among
the richest princes OF the blood in Europe.