STATE-PAPERS, 
to one shilling and sixpence per 
week, shall be paid to the soldier, 
subject to the accustomed deduction 
for washing, and articles for cleaning 
his clothes and appointments : And 
his Majesty, out of bis royal bounty, 
is farther pleased to order and direct, 
for the benefit of the soldier— That, 
in camp, he shall receive the sum of 
fivepence farthing per week, being 
the difference between the allow- 
ance and value of bread and beer, 
in quarters, or barrack, and the ordi- 
nary (increased) supply of bread in 
camp :—Thatif meat, of the quality 
proper to be provided for him, should 
exceed the prive of sixpence per 
pound, or bread, of the. household 
quality, the price of one penny half- 
penny per pound, such extra price 
shall be allowed by the public, upon 
a:quantity not exceeding three quar- 
ters of a pound of meat, and one 
pound of bread, per day for each 
man :—That when any soidier shall, 
with the approbation of his coms 
manding officer, provide himself with 
lodgings and the several articles of 
small beer, &c. to which his billet 
would entitle him, he shall receive 
the same allowance as the publican 
would have been entitled to, under 
such billet. 
His Majesty is farther pleased to 
- order,—That thepay and allowances 
- to a drummer, shall be, daily, thir- 
teen-pence farthing ;—That the pay 
andailowances to a corpora! shall be, 
daily, fourteen-pence farthing ;— 
‘That the pay and allowances toa 
serjeant shall be, daily, eighteen- 
pence three farthings: 
. His Majesty is farther pleased to 
order, that the pay and allowances 
of the inyafids shall bey daily,—To 
a private, eleyen pence farthing ;— 
toadrummer, thirteen pence. far- 
thing ;—to a corporal, . thirteen- 
pence three farthings ;—to aserjeant, 
eighteen -pence farthing :—and that 
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the serjeants, drummers, and private. 
meén of the militia and fencible in- 
faniry, shall be placed on the same 
footing, respectively, as those of the 
line. Wis Majesty is farther pleased 
to order, that the like nett addition of 
twopence per diem shall be made 
to all his soldiers, serving out of 
Great Britain. 
Field-marshal the Duke of Yorkis 
happy to announce the King’s gra- 
cious intentions towards the whole 
‘of his army. bs 
His Royal Highness rests assured, 
that these new instances of the libe~ 
rality of-parliament and of his Ma~ 
jesty’s paternal care, will rivet that 
affection for their king and country, 
which has ever been the pride of 
British soldiers ; and that a continu- 
- ance in steady discipline and honours 
able conduct will merit those gra- 
cious favours that have been re- 
peatedly shewn them. 
On this occasion, his Royal High 
. ness cannot but add, that, however 
incredible it may appear, that there 
should exist a wretch, so lost to ho= 
nour and humanity, as toleague with 
the enemy, and to aim at the utter 
ruin of his country, yet there are. 
certainly many desperate persons, 
who have persevered in methodizing 
treachery and sedition ; and who, 
under specious and delusive pre~ 
tences, taking the advantage of un~ 
guarded moments, haye endeavour- 
ed to seduce soldiers from their duty, 
and render them accomplices in their 
treasons, the direct Wovect of which 
is universal confusion and rapine, and 
the overthrow of that happy system 
of religion and government secured 
to us by the blood of our ancestors ; 
and which, for so many ages, has 
rendered }ritain the admirat.on and 
envy of the world ! 
His Royal Highness is convinced, - 
that the love and attachment of the 
soldier, to his king and country, are 
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