Compulsory Service a Study of the Question in the Light of Experience
Compulsory Service a Study of the Question in the Light of Experience
Ian Hamilton
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But the fol- lowing figures give the rates in force since 1908 : Engagements for 3 years. 4 years. 5 years Sous-Officier. (N. C. O. above the rank of Corporal. ) £12 £24 £36 Corporal or Private . . £6 10 £13 £19 10 For re-engagements, sous-officiers receive £12, and other ranks £6 10s. For every year's service up to ten. A private who, by successive re-engage- ments, completed ten years' service would PAY AND REWARDS IN FRANCE 75 have received £52 in bounties. No bounties are given after ten ye...ars' service. The Colonial rates of pay vary with length of service from lOd. To Is. 2d. A day for a private. In addition, a private would receive a Colonial allowance (which varies according to the locality) from \d. To 5d. A day. A Colonial soldier serving in France gets about half the daily rate of pay. The pay of a private in the Home Army, being \d. A day, comes to 155. 2\d. Per annum. But when the Colonial serves abroad his pay comes to about £25 per annum or, as nearly as possible, the equivalent of the British rate in actual cash received.
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