The New York herald., 1922-03-02


months trench service. 80 francs fol-
each months service behind the line,
special ''pecule" allotted for each days
trench service ranging between Is and
so centimes, according to rank; zoe
francs for the purchase OF civilian cloth
ing when demobilized, 40 days leave
with pay and q small ration allowance
Officers received an additional months
pay and a special campaign indemnity
of rs francs for service at the front and
so francs behind the lines. Under these
conditions II was possible for numerous
Belgians to obtain as high as 1000
francs. The average. however, was
about / 900 francs.
Physically sound ex-soldiers as weii
as sound ex-orficers and non-coinihls-
stoned officers who were not regulars
did not receive any bonus for serving
in the German army. Physically SOUND
men who formerly were regular officers
or regular non-commissioned officers re-
ceiye pensions. For example an ex-
non-commissioned officer who has seen
eighteen wears of service receives 27S
marks monthly and in addition ex-regu-
lar non-c commissioned officers get
bonus and a so-called transition sub
sidy bonus. the former varying accord
ing to service between 1000 and 2.ooo
marks.
The collapse OF 1918 left the Austrian
renublic with a total Of about 100000
nersons connected with military services,
mostly peasants and workers. and 2o,oVo
commissioned officers, most OF whom mad
been dismissed or pensioned under the
treaty. About 10000 professional COM
missoned and non-commissioned orncers
and 5000 officers widows and crphans
were taken over by the state as pension
ers. The rest Of the officers were as
missed, with bonus equalling one and
one-haIf years salary. Privates received
a package OF civilian clothes and a
small sum OF money to tide them over
the first few weeks. About $4,000 ex-
officers and soldiers were taken irto the
new army.
Italy More Liberal.
officers and privates of the Italian
army were treated with liberality
which surprised them, but this is now
understood to have been the result OF
clever plan by the military heads to get
rid of thousands of officers by offering
a special gratuity only available to those
willing to leave the service and take up
civilian life. This gratuity to rankers
amounted to 100 lira for the first year
service and so Ira for each succeeding
year, regardless of whether they were
at the front or behind the lines, but
officers received an additionaf 40 IRA
for each months trench service, to which
was added a high cost Of living bonus
amounting in the case OF ofncers UP 70
900 Ira a year and the lower ranks 800,
depending largely on whether they were
in cities or agricultural regions.
oficers did not receive an allowance
for clothing. but soldiers received 80
Ira plus enough cloth to make SER
viceable suit. All ranks discharged as
at received Government assurance OF
finding jobs. but the bulk of this burden
was taken over by organizations formed
by the ex-soldiers themselves.
As to pensions for disabled soldiers
these were on graduated scale, the
maximum being 5000 Ira a year for
100 per cent disability. plus O grant GO
cover the high cost of living. which was
fixed according to the nature of the dis
ability and home conditions.