BRITISH ARMY OFFICERS IN THE FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY AND NAPOLEONIC WARS - PART TWO
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BRITISH ARMY OFFICERS IN THE FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY AND NAPOLEONIC WARS – PART TWO A constant curse to those who had to administer the purchase system was the payment of ‘over regulation’ prices. Here an officer who wished to retire or purchase promotion would demand a sum in addition to the official price. This was entirely illegal and the Duke of York laid down that any officer caught asking for or paying anything over the regulation price was, on conviction by court martial, to be cashiered, lose his commission (and be therefore unable to realise any money by selling it), with half the value going to the informant. Despite this copper’s nark’s charter, the practice went on.
BRITISH ARMY OFFICERS IN THE FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY AND NAPOLEONIC WARS - PART TWO
BRITISH ARMY OFFICERS IN THE FRENCH…
BRITISH ARMY OFFICERS IN THE FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY AND NAPOLEONIC WARS - PART TWO
BRITISH ARMY OFFICERS IN THE FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY AND NAPOLEONIC WARS – PART TWO A constant curse to those who had to administer the purchase system was the payment of ‘over regulation’ prices. Here an officer who wished to retire or purchase promotion would demand a sum in addition to the official price. This was entirely illegal and the Duke of York laid down that any officer caught asking for or paying anything over the regulation price was, on conviction by court martial, to be cashiered, lose his commission (and be therefore unable to realise any money by selling it), with half the value going to the informant. Despite this copper’s nark’s charter, the practice went on.