a
day during their second year's service.
Assuming then that the private soldier received fourpence a day instead
of 1s. a day, and that the officers and non-commissioned officers were
paid as at present, the cost of the army would be reduced by an amount
corresponding to 8d. a day for 148,980 privates. That amount is
L1,812,590, the deduction of which would reduce the total cost to
L14,137,212. At the same rate an army of 200,000 privates and
20,000 non-commissioned officers and men would
cost . . . . . . . . L18,295,215
Second year of 20,000 mounted
troops at L60 a year each . . . 1,200,000
Add to this cost of first-class Reserve
of 96,000 at L10 7s. 6d.
each . . . . . . . 997,600
Cost of 30,000 men for six months'
extra training at the rate of
L60 a year each . . . . . 900,000
Cost of extra training for supplementary
officers and non-commissioned
officers . . . . . . 500,000
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L21,892,815
Add to this the cost of the troops
maintained in the Colonies and
Egypt so far as charged to
British Estimates .
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