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1828 Decr 11

Constitutional Code Collectanea

Ch.X. Defensive Force
Democratic
Frank or English
practices

From General Foys Memoirs.

Extract from the Examiner 14th Decr. 1828
Military Profits. The Councils of Administration are
unknown in the English Army. The internal economy
of the corps has been at all times founded on the basis
derived from mercantile ideas. Every nation has its
own manners. He who goes to law to obtain a compensation
for the honor of his wife, will not blush to increase
his fortune with the clippings of soldier's coats. Every regiment
of infantry or cavalry has a General Officer for its
Colonel. This Colonel who is always absent or supposed to be
so, has no relation with the corps but such as are
purely administrative; in other words, he is the contractor
at a fixed price for the clothing, which is purchased, made
and delivered to the parties taking it at his expense, &
under the charge of his agents. The other military
employments have fixed appointments: those of the Colonels
are variable, and arise from the profits on the supply
on the various article of soldiers' clothing, and on the
strength of the corps when complete or only effective: so that
a Major-General, who is Colonel of a regiment of two
battalions, receives twice as much as a Lieutenant General
who has a regiment of only one battalion. It is estimated
that a regiment fairly administered brings the Colonel a guinea
a year for each man present, and four times as much
for every non-effective. His gains are still more considerable
if the Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant is not punctual in
applying for the periodical renewals of clothing, & in
making his subordinate officer's be allowed what is due to them
What an odious system that must be, where the nominal
Commander is enriching himself, whilst the soldiers are
perishing or the regiment going to wreck! General Foy's History of the Peninsular War.

Identifier: | JB/108/136/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 108.
Date_1	1828-12-11	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	108	Main Headings	constitutional code
Folio number	136	Info in main headings field	constitutional code collectanea
Image	001	Titles	extract from the examiner 14 decr 1828
Category	collectanea	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering
Penner		Watermarks	b&m 1828
Marginals		Paper Producer	arthur moore; richard doane
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year	1828
Notes public		ID Number	35639
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