![The Elements of Military Administration. [No More Publ.]](/jacket/500x500/9781230248301.jpg)
Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 edition. Excerpt: ... have been alluded to in discussing District Administration. Small parcels are usually sent by the ordinary means of carriage available to the general public, the cost when chargeable to the Government being recovered by the Paymaster, who debits the War Office with the amount expended in payment and supports the entry by a voucher on Army Form P 1911 (' account of disbursements for carriage of stores'), on which all sums expended in this way during each halfyear are entered and totaled. VIII. REGIMENTAL FINANCE. In discussing regimental finance, we shall have to deal with the sums due by the public to corps of troops and the individuals composing them, and, on the other hand, with the sums that may become due by these corps or persons to the public. We must then glance at the system by which these disbursements and recoveries are made. The sums due to individuals may be those for the remuneration of their services, or they may be allowances in lieu of issues in kind due to them, or they may be meant to cover certain expenses incurred by them on behalf of the service. On the other hand, money may be recoverable from corps or from individuals from a variety of circumstances. Therefore, in the following pages, we shall first briefly state the rates of pay and allowances, then the sums payable or recoverable. After this, we shall examine the system of troop or company accounts, and, lastly, look into the proceedings of regimental Paymasters and their accounts. Public Disbursements. The rates of ordinary pay of all officers, soldiers, and other persons connected with the Army are fixed by the 'Royal Warrant for the Pay, Promotion and non-effective Pay of the Army, ' dated 11th March 1882. This Warrant also fixes the rates of extra-ordinary pay..
