GDG- pension amounts

[Tom Barthel]

Thank you.

Kerry Webb <kwebb at alianet.alia.org.au> wrote:  Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:



On Thu 8 February 2007 9:18 am, Tom Barthel wrote:
>
> Can someone please tell me the amount of, or tell me where I can look to
> find out, the pension amount for a brevet major general or a regular
> colonel in 1873?
>

I believe that brevet promotion attracted no salary or pension benefit. 
So it would depend on his substantive rank.

Kerry
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Kerry Webb
Canberra, Australia

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