The Price Of A Colonel's Commission
Parent Issue
Day
21
Month
August
Year
1847
Copyright
Public Domain
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the British anny has a stated valué, just as much so as a pound of butler or a pint of beer. If an officer wishes to Ieave the seivicpj he sells his commission to the next below him in rank, who, on his resignation, steps into his shoes. We lenrn from a Dublin paper that "Colonel Persse, of the lCth Lancers, who for fifty-two years served wilh suoh distincüon in the PenÃnsula, America, and India, has relired from the army. Col. Persse received 11, 000 guineas by the sale of his
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Subjects
Signal of Liberty
Old News