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placed. Unquestionably the system is not economical ; it is,, 

 on the contrary, expensive. The question then arises, whether 

 any result, in the shape of a quid pro quo, can be traced to its 

 exercise and operation ? One may be no disciple of the poli- 

 tical school of cheese-parers ; one may advocate liberal pay- 

 ment in all relations of life, in all avocations involving talent, 

 experience, or responsibility; but in consideration of the liberal 

 payment, one may reasonably assume it is the duty of every 

 employer, public or private, to assume a corresponding amount 

 of efficiency. The chief argument of such a liberal critic is 



N.B. Be it remembered that for every officer so employed, an officer of 

 equal rank has to be retained on the muster-roll, thus involving double 

 expense. 



