The War Cabinet, having already increased the pay of the
sailors and soldiers from October 1st last, has now increased the pay of the junior officers of the Navy and Army from the same date. The minimum rate for an Army officer will be half-a-guinea a day, but the Admiralty holds that, as Sub-Lieutenants are as a rule quite young and unmarried, their present rates of pay are sufficient. This differentiation between the young Naval officer and the young Army officer is, we think, to be regretted, especially in view of the fact that the Naval Sub-Lieutenant has had to undergo a much longer and more expensive training than the Army Lieutenant or Second Lieutenant Married officers up to the rank of Captain in the Army or Lieutenant in the Navy will receive an allowance of £2 a month for each of their children, to a maximum of £8, and Majors or Lieutenant-Commanders will receive half that allowance. These concessions will ease the burden for many 'thousand junior officers with temporary commissions, who have left their families and businesses to serve their country. The cost is estimated at £7,500,000 for the first year.
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