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. . . He has to pay the rent of his building, 

 either to headquarters or a private individual ; he 

 has to send the whole collection of the afternoon 

 meeting of the first Sunday in the month to the 

 ' Extension Fund ' at headquarters ; he has to pay 

 for the heating, lighting, and cleaning of his hall, 

 together with such necessary repairs as may be 

 needed ; he has to provide the food, lodging, and 

 clothing of his cadet, if he has one ; headquarters 

 taxes him with so many copies of the army papers 

 each week, for which he has to pay, sold or un- 

 sold ; and when he has done this, he may take 

 $6 (or $5, being a woman), or such proportion of 

 it as may be left, with which to clothe and feed 

 himself and to pay the rent and provide for the 

 heating and lighting of his quarters. If he has a 

 lieutenant he has to pay him $6 per week, or 

 such proportion of it as he himself gets, and share 

 the house expenses with him. Now, it will be 

 easily understood that at least 60 per cent, of the 

 stations in Canada the officer gets no money at 

 all, and he has to beg specially amongst his people 

 for his house-rent and food. There are few places 

 in the Dominion in which the soldiers do not find 

 their officers in all the food they need ; but it 

 must be remembered that the value of the food 

 so received has to be accounted for at headquarters 

 and entered upon the books of the corps as cash 

 received, the amount being deducted from any 

 moneys that the officer is able to take from the 



