BRITISH ARMY COMMISIONS BY PURCHASE

dc.creator	H.J. Dick Usher
dc.date	2012-02-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T20:09:14Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T20:09:14Z
dc.identifier	10.5787/8-4-766
dc.identifier	2224-0020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/5cbb882f06a8441c93a2c3e6990129e3
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/8831
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/5cbb882f06a8441c93a2c3e6990129e3
dc.description	I have before me a copy of a letter dated 12 May, 1814, written by certain Lieutenant-Colonel William Fuller of the King's Dragoon Guards to a British Lord, in which is advised that a commission for His Lordship's son would cost £735. Further on in this article I shall state the prices as they were at the time of the' Crimean War. Only recently did I read a book by a very well-known British author who claims that the British army of the 1850's was small, and that the Crimean War was to prove that it was shockingly organised, but he speaks only well of the navy of that period. I ask that my readers please bear in mind that in earlier days there was no such rank as second-lieutenant nor sub-lieutenant in the British army. The most junior commissioned rank in the infantry was that of ensign. In the cavalry, it was cornet until 1871, when it became sub-lieutenant.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy)
dc.relation	http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/766
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0020
dc.source	Scientia Militaria : South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 8, Iss 4 (2012)
dc.subject	Lieutenant-Colonel William Fuller
dc.subject	King's Dragoon Guards
dc.subject	The Royal Military Academy
dc.subject	Cape Mounted Riflemen
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
dc.subject	U
dc.subject	Military Science
dc.subject	U
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.title	BRITISH ARMY COMMISIONS BY PURCHASE
dc.type	Article