On the enlisting, discharging, and pensioning of soldiers : with the official documents on these branches of military duty / by Henry Marshall.
- Date:
- 1839
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: On the enlisting, discharging, and pensioning of soldiers : with the official documents on these branches of military duty / by Henry Marshall. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
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![Period. For Men serving in the Cavalry. Infantry. Under 7 Years’ ) actual Service 3 L.30 L.20 After 7 Years’ ditto . 25 18 — 10 — 21 15 — 12 — 15 10 — 14 — 12 5 — 15 — 6 Free Discharge at home, and in addition three Months’ Pay abroad. — 16 — Free Discharge. Free Discharge, and in ad- dition three Months’ Pay at home, and six Months’ Pay abroad. — 17 — Free Discharge, and three Free Discharge, and in ad- Months’ Pay. dition six Months’ Pay at home, and one Year’s Pay abroad. -18 - .) Free Discharge, and six Free Discharge, and in ad- andto21 — . ) Months’ Pay. dition one Year’s Pay at home, and one and a half Year’s Pay abroad. [The gratuities shall be calculated at the respective rates of full pay of cavalry, of foot guards, or of infantry, excluding ad- ditional pay.]—Art. 46, By order of the King, signified to the Secretary at War, July 30, 1830.—H. H. Where grants of land in addition to free discharges can be made in the Colonies, the precise terms of the grant, and the most advantageous mode of paying the gratuity of full pay, shall be clearly explained to the soldier before he receives his discharge, and shall be registered in the regimental records. When the soldier has been settled three months, and is actual- ly residing on his grant, and is industriously employed in clear- ing it, the Governor, under authority from the Secretary at War, may, in addition to the gratuity, authorize the issue of a quar - ter’s pension at 6d. a day; and may from time to time renew such issue for a period not exceeding in the whole one year. This is a highly important article, not only as regards soldiers indi- vidually, but also in respect to the discipline of the army. The beneficial effect of rendering an exit from the service less dif- ficult than formerly, must be very considerable; but perhaps it may eventually be deemed an expedient measure to shorten the time when a soldier may obtain a free discharge, and to give him o](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21954203_0227.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
