330 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1817. 



whole sum now paid is no more 

 than thirty guineas per annum for 

 each officer admitted, and it is 

 stated that the present applications 

 for admission are much more nu- 

 merous than it is possible to com- 

 ply with. 



It may further merit considera- 

 tion, whether in time of peace it 

 would not be advantageous to in- 

 crease the rate of payment to be 

 required from the third class of 

 junior students, who now con- 

 tribute lOOl. each, while the num- 

 bers of the other two classes are 

 reduced : and, perhaps, to give 

 somewhat more of a civil character 

 to the education of the place. By 

 these means, great numbers of 

 young persons, best adapted by 

 their station in the country to lead 

 the armies of a free people, may 

 be drawn to the college, in c<mse- 

 quence of a mode of education 

 uniting the advantages of our 

 public schools with the qualifica- 

 tions that are considered necessary 

 for the military profession. In 

 this manner the college may be 

 made to pay the greater part, at 

 least, of its own expenses, and 

 become, during peace, a much 

 lighter burden upon the resources 

 of the country. V^'hencver war 

 shall unhappily return, temporary 

 alterations may easily be effected 

 suited to tlie existing state of 

 things. 



The rate of expense, according- 

 to the present estimates, supposing 

 the numbers to be full, appears 

 to be for each student in the se- 

 nior branch (besides the thirty 

 guineas paid by himself) about 

 117'. a year; and for each student 

 in tlie junior branch about 43/. ; 

 but if the salaries of the officers are 

 divided between both departments 



in the proportion of their respec- 

 tive numbers, an addition must be 

 madeof ISi.nearlytoeach student: 

 and if the pay of the gentlemen 

 cadets is not deducted, which, al- 

 though it may be carried to ano- 

 ther department, is still a charge 

 on the public (as those young 

 gentleiuen, but for the purposes 

 of education, would not be re- 

 ceived at so early an age) 45/. 

 more will be added to the cost of 

 each individual, giving on the 

 whole an annual disbursement 

 from the public, for each student 

 in the senior department, of 1322. 

 and for each student in the junior 

 department, of 103/. 



It appears, by a return made 

 from the college, that the whole 

 expense in the 



Year 18 16 amounted to S3,8\9l. 

 And the estimate of this 



year is '2.8,15^ 



Making a diminution of 5,664/. 



ARMY PAY OF GENERAL OFFICERS. 



In proceeding to remark on this 

 and several of the subsequent 

 heads of the estimate, your com- 

 mittee think it necessai-y, in the 

 first instance, to press upon the 

 serious attention of the House, the 

 amount of the allowances of the 

 arm}'' which have reference to re- 

 mimeration for past services, with 

 a view to their reconsideration 

 prospectively ; and to observe 

 upon the very great proportion 

 which these allowances, amount- 

 ing nearly to 2,400,000/. bear to 

 6,632,000/. the gross sum pro- 

 posed to be voted in the present 

 year for the support of the military 

 establishment of the country. 



The excess of expense to the 



public. 



