Milford chronicle., 1920-11-05
RETIREMENT PAY OF
BRITISH CONSULS


compared with our own, by the Re'
publican Publicity Association, thru
its president, Hon. Jonathan Bourne
Jr.. as follows:
There are los consular officers on
the British retired list, of whom 6S
were retired for ill-health as re-
suit of foreign service at tropical anu anu
( Oriental posts, and 40 were retireu
on account of age. The average re-
tirement age of the invalid oniceIs
was so years and four months; tnelI
/ average service at retirement Dells
25 years and nine months. The sal
aries paid these 8 officers at the time
of their retirement aggregated 500
600 annually. or an average FOR each
officer of S4.S20. Their yearly allow
ance bv way of retirement pay aggre-
gates $4,000, or an averaged per OF
ficer of S2,600.
sThe average retirement age OF the
40 placed on the retired list on ac-
count of age was 62 years and eighI
months: their average service was 81
wears and one months. The salaries
maid them before retirement aggre-
gated S1S3 900, or an average for each
officer of S4,575. Their yearly allow
ance by way of retirement pay aggre-
gates 100000, or an average per Oh
ficer of $2,550.
Great Britain has consular ser
vice of which its members are justly |
proud. and glad they are to remain IN /
il. foster its esprit de corps, and be
ever on the alert to improve it. The
average pay of British consuls is
frf of cal Ting IN
,ur own. but in addition to their sal
aries the British cOnsuls have certain
iustiiable allowances which enable
hem to maintain a position behtting
he status they occupy. Great Britain
,wns her own consulates.
THE United States pays it consular
eryice nothing on retirement. A man
Who has served this government as ,
onsul for 25 or 80 years abroad, is
asst off like an old garment when he :
S no longer fit to carry on his duties :
n a proper manner. His salary in ,
ONE instances does not meet the =
expenditures required of him. He is @
equired to return to his native land )
t stated periods in order to acquaint d
imself with the progress and deYel- 1
pment made here, and to fOrtify him b
elf with the American spirit, in or h
er that he may not become DEAN d
ricanized by foreign influences. But s
le cost of returning is greater than Ii
le allowance granted him for the
lip. We rent our consulates, and II
Ike any old thing we can get. lin
1T is not to be wondered at, there Y
re, that our consuls avail them il
Ives of the frequent opportunities il
Using in this era of commercial ex- cl
lnsiOn, to enter private service at S
7 higher salaries, which will enable cl
EN- to lay up something for old age G
positions which often assure them tc
retirement pay. Self-preservatiOn CO
the first law, and it operates on s;
nsuls just as it does on other men. cl
1T will be one of the tasks of the III
epublican Administration to make in
e consular service more attractive 6,
our young men. Much has been h;
ne by the Republican party in that
spect. Much has been undOne by of
e Democratic party during the eight m
ars of wisconsin. Much still re- Al
aims to be done to insure perma- NJ
mt officers well equipped for the du- w
IS imposed on them. in
" Our diplomacy as expressed in in
II foreign policies has a vital effect sc
ION our foreign trade. declared SEN ye
or Harding recently. We. can not
lord to be without an efficient con- m
lar service because of a false econ nj
ny in our treatment of these splend- in
public servants" WI