ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

New Zealand Tablet, 22 July 1915, Page 36

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

An Irish Catholic. —We could not express an opinion without first seeing the stories. A poor person may, of course, ' write a book ' ; but if the book is of any size the cost of printing would be heavy. A Constant Subscriber.—Yes, you can buy an annuity. Ask at the nearest post office, and you will be supplied with leaflets containing full particulars. Dubium Est. —A lieutenant's pay in the German Army rises from .£6O to £BS, up to the sixth year, thence up to £l2O in the twelfth year. A captain's pay rises from £l7O to £255. A German pastor has a guaranteed minimum income of £9O per annum, rising at the end of twenty yearn' service to some three times that amount. You will be able to judge from these figures what reliance is to be placed on the tale about chaplains receiving £4OO a year and a free house. Most European armies France and Italy are, for the time being, exceptionshave a regulation requiring soldiers to attend every Sunday the service of the Church to which they belong. The regulation is not framed out of regard to any particular Church, but purely as a matter of general principle. The statement that German soldiers are required to attend Mass seventy times a year may be safely set down as an exaggeration.