The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-12
EMPEROR WILLIAMS SALARY.
The Money IN Carried TO Him Bes
tween Troop of Mounted Gems
darmes.


The Money IL Carried to Him Bes
tween "a Troop of Mounted Gems
darmes.
Marquse de Fontenoy, in the Chicago
Record.
Emperor William receives his salary
quarterly in advance. The money Is
thrice counted by different functioEaries
at the national treasury, and is afterward
placed in a number OF strong boxes ana
carried to the royal mail wagon, waiting
at the door between troop OF mounted
gendarmes. 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 minis
ter of the royal household in his car
riage to the palace, the mail wagon, with
its escort Of gendarmes, follow Immediate
ly behind. Not until the money is actually
deposited in the vaults of Emperor Will
Hams Berlin palace does the minister OF
the household sign the receipts which
are made out in the name of wilhelm
Rex" and william Imperator," respec-
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 ad-
vance, not one of the employees is SIM
iary favored, so that the emperor IL
practically always three months behind
in the pay list of his household. The
only exception which the emperor makes
is in favtr Of his consort. whose personal
allowance Of $4,000 per annum IS paid
to her quarterly and 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 pittance of 5000
a year, while the minister himself re-
ceiyes but 5000. This is not surprising
when the enormous number of persons
who figure on the pay roll is taken into
consideration. For instance, there are
no less than 500 housemaids AMI 1.S0i
liveried footmen- Every servant, high
and low, is entitled to a pension afff r
working in the royal household f3r 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 full salary for
the different military commands he as
sumes. AS commander-in-chief of the ar
my he is continually appointing himself
colonel-in-chief of this or that regiment,
which has thereupon the right to style
itself the 'leib" or body regiment of his
majesty. Whenever one reads in the ga
zette that he has thus honored regiment
IN the army one may take 1t for granted
that 1t entails an addition to his income
In the shape of a colonels pay and al
lowances. lnasmuch as, at the present mo-
ment he holds the coonelcy Of some fifty
different regiments, it will readily be seen
that this constitutes no inconsiderable adj
dition to his income. all the more as the
cOlOnelcleS- carry with them forage allow
ances for about 200 horses.
Out Of his civil list the emperor is ex-
pected to pay the allowances of the va
rious members of his family. But this is
not heavy drain on his purse. His broth
er, Prince Henry, and his brother-in-law,
Prince Frederick Leopold, have each In
herited immense private fortunes and are
practically independent of any allowance,
while the only other princes offhis house,
Prince Albert of Brunswick the crazy
Prince Alexander and the eccentric yet
talented Prince George. all three elderly
men, are exceedingly wealthy Indeed,
they figure among the richest princes of
the blood in Europe.