The annual pay of a private soldier in Franco averages £10, in England £2i. A colonel in France (full pay) receives i'36o, in England £1100- In France a vice-admiral receives (full pay) £1600, in England £2500. A rear-admiral in France £1100, in England £2200, and soon for the lower ranks. With us few officers, either in the army or navy, can .manage to live on their pay. What vrould they say to a lieutenant in the French army, who has to find hia own uniforms and his daily food out of lOOf. a month, a little less than £50 a-year — Morning Herald*
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Wellington Independent, Volume XVII, Issue 1845, 21 March 1863, Page 5
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102Untitled Wellington Independent, Volume XVII, Issue 1845, 21 March 1863, Page 5
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