Note 99 — SEQUEL TO THE MILITARY ADVENTURES OF JOHNNY NEWCOME PART II
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The pay of the Army is six months in arrear; the Contingent allowance Ten months.
A more than actual sufficiency for the Men during the operations of active Warfare is injurious; the Soldier should not have wherewith to get drunk with, for that is always the result after the Balances are received, and, until the Money is exhausted, the Soldier is a Clog. The Officers, unfortunately, suffer by the withholding their Pay.