VOLUNTEER ADJUTANCIES. 
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But I am afraid these are not the inducements likely to attract officers 
to these appointments, and I think the officer who is keen and ambitious 
professionally had better remain with the Regulars. I believe, in reality, 
the chief reasons which prevail with officers who contemplate this line 
of work are, home service and settlement for five years, and the illusion 
of extra pay. I say the illusion for, in Garrison Artillery, it is only to 
the subaltern that the extra pay comes; and the expenses are heavier, 
at anyrate to the unmarried officer, than with the Regulars; and with 
the Captain of Garrison Artillery the difference of pay only amounts to 
5d. 1 a day, a consideration which applies also to Militia Adjutants. 
If officers are to be attracted by professional prospects to these ap¬ 
pointments it must be recognised that they are doing an onerous and 
responsible duty under trying circumstances in positions of much 
isolation, and I believe firmly that this is only to be done by further 
encouragment of Artillery Volunteers to advance professionally with 
the Regulars in the direction of training for the work which will in¬ 
evitably fall to their share (and this applies with greatest force to the 
Garrison branch), in a national emergency. 
1 Since the above was written a new Royal Warrant has appeared, adding Is. per diem to the 
pay of Captains as Adjutants of Militia or Volunteer Artillery, this does not materially affect the 
comparison. — F. E. F. 
