The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-30

CelVe IN pay, ratlOnS, lodging, cl0InlnS
etc, the equivalent of not less than
fifteen shillings week, which sum
gradually increases according to his
conduct and promotion. After deduct
ing all stoppages, a well-eonducted sol
dier has at his own disposal about five
shillings a week, most of which he may
very easily set aside. For well-con-
Quoted soldiers, who are also we'll edu-
Gated, there is prospect of quick pro-
motion, if professionally fit and the
pay of the non-commissoned officer
compares very favorably with the
wages of artisans in civil life, An or
binary sergeant of a line regiment gets
seventeen shillings and siXpence a
week clear money, color-sergeant one
pound two shillings and tWopence, and
a quartermaster-ser one pound
eight shilllngs; while a regimental ser
geant-major gets one pound fifteen
shillings, and a experimenting clerk
one pound eighteen shillings and six
pence, The last two now rank as the
warrant officers of a battalion, as also
do the master-gunners of the royal ar
| tilIery.
| All these honorable posts are open to
! Vic ucSGI wing yOulle5 SOlulGI, Dht w lldt
is not so generally known is, that there
are two appointments among the COM
missioned officers that are filed eXclu-
sively by men from the ranks-namely,
that Of quartermaster-ther are three
hundred and forty-five of them in the
army, with pay at the rate of from
nine shillings and siXpence to sixteen
shillings and sixpence per day-and
that of riding master with daily pay
varying from ten shillings and sixpence
to sixteen shillings and siXpence. AT
ter twenty-one years service, should
the soldier get so far-and 1t Is quite
possible for him to do so If he wishes,
and if there is no physical bar--he is
entitled, on discharge, to a pension va
rying with his rank, as follows: Pri-
Yates, gunners etc, receive from
eightpence to one shilling and sixpence
per day; non-c0mmissioned officers,
from one shilling and threepence to
three shillings and sixpence a day
and let it be noted that there are alto
gether fourteen thousand sergeants Of
every grade in the army; warrant Off
GERS, from three shillings to five shil-
lings per day-and there are seven hun
during the first three months of his
service desire to leave the army, he
may claim his discharge on payment Of
ten pounds; during the last year 1,649
men claimed their discharge on this
footing. After three-months' service
the sum will be eighteen pounds, and
the permission of the officer command
ing is necessary. Discharges by pur
chase are allowed to the fullest extent
consistent with the requirements of the
service; last year 1,574 men were al
lowed to leave on payment Of eighteen
pounds. This is called discharge by
indulgence"
But there are "side- shows" in the
army--if we may so dub the auxiliary
branches of it--of which the public
never hears, because, though the men
belonging to them are regularly drilled
as soldiers. their duties are non-comba-
tants; and though they share in the I
dangers of campaign, they have no
part in the glory of a battlefield. Yet
they have the best "plums' in the
army for all that. Two of these auxil- /
larry arms of the service may be in
stanced; the medical staff corps and the
army service corps. The former is UNI +
der the immediate command Of the di-
Encouragement, army medical depart
ment, and is intended for the perfor-
nance of duties connected with the
hospitals, and for rendering
assistance to the sick and wounded In
time Of war This branch provides for
an unusually large number of warrant
and non commissioned officers-namely,
one out of every four men; and as the
1uartermasters of the army medical
staff are selected from the warrant Of
icers of the same corps, there is also a
very good prospect of those who merit
such advancement rising to commiS-G
stoned rank. The army service corps is
ON clerks, tradesmensand al
isans Of almost every sort, and the re-
,ruits for it are required to be able to
cad and write and to produce certifi-
,ates of good character, They must be
rom eighteen to twenty-five years Of
,ge, and measure from FIVE feet three
inches to five feet FIVE inches, In this
lrm Of the service, which is composed
,hiefy of little men, the prospects of
promotion are exceptionally good,
wing to the large number Of warrant
LUu UDH-tDllllIllSS olhNCip vi 10
Establishment, The weekly rates of
rdinary pay are as follows: Warrant
Ulcers. from one pound sixteen shil-
ings and ninepence to two pounds two
staff sergeants, one pound
tx shillings and threepence to one
ound thirteen shilings and threepence
ergeants eighteen shilings and a pen
.; privates, eight shillings and two
ence. But this is not all. In addition
> the above, corps pay Is granted to !
II men below the rank of staff ser
eants, at rates varying from one shil- !
ng and ninepence to eight shllings
nd twopence per week; and good-con-
uct pay is also granted according to
myth of service. The gratuities on d
ransfer Of the reserve are the same as
I other branches of the service.
Throughout the army, soldiers serv- {
lg with the colors who are medically
t for service, may re-engage to COM
lete twenty-one years service under q
lie following conditions: Warrant Off d
RS and sergeants, after nine years t
,rvice, have the right to re-engage, c
Inject to the veto only of the Secreta- n
7 of state for war. Corporals, bonn n
ardiers, bandsmen and artifcers, af- b
n nine years service, may re-engage i,
ith the permission of their command h