THE RUSH OUT OF THE ARMY.
Under the above startling heading a contemporary says :—“ We hear that officers have sent in their papers by hundreds and hundreds. In one cavalry regiment one major and six captains and several subalterns seek to retire. The Dublin Brigade office is reported 1" have had 400 applications to retire, .md we are afraid to mention the number reported to have been received at head-quarters. There is indeed “ an ugly rush ” to get out of the army, The new regulations as regards adjutancies of reserve forces will shortly remove some eight or nine officers to the supernumerary list. It is intended to effect a considerable reduction in the hslfpay list, and a large number of the captains whose names appear in the closelypacked columns, occupying pages 149, 150, and 151 of the Army List , are during the next few months to have the chance of full-pay emolument.”
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Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 96, 30 January 1872, Page 3
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