£ Widow of Colonel, or Colonel Commandant 80 per annum. ” Lieutenant-Colonel 50 ” ” Major 40 ” Widow of Captain and Captain-Lieutenant 30 ” ” First Lieutenant 26 ” ” Second Lieutenant 20 ” ” Chaplain 20 ” ” Surgeon-General 30 ” ” Surgeon 26 ” ” Assistant-Surgeon 20 ” ” Captain-Commissary 30 ” ” Lieutenant-Commissary 26 ” ” Quartermaster 20 ” These rates, as is well known, have been increased since the Warrant of 1799, although still so inadequate as to render Regimental Provident Funds a necessity; but the reader can hardly fail to be struck with the disadvantage under which the widows of non-combatant officers laboured in old times,--a disadvantage which disappeared with the introduction into the Service of what is known as _relative rank_--an arrangement which enabled non-combatant officers to acquire by length of service the same privileges, as fell to the lot of their combatant brethren. A few statistics may be appended here, as very few domestic chapters will be given between 1799 and the date at which this work comes to an end. The strength of the Regiment, at the commencement of the period embraced by this chapter, was as follows:-- [Sidenote: Return rendered to H.R.H. the Duke of York, 26 Nov. 1795.] Royal Horse Artillery 1,085 of all ranks. Marching Battalions 5,560 ” Invalid Battalion 505 ” Corps of Captain-Commissaries 1,466 ” ----- Total 8,616 ----- These were distributed as follows:-- 6 Troops of Horse Artillery. 52 Companies of Artillery. 5 Companies of Driver Corps, or Captain-Commissaries. 11 Companies of Invalids. 1 Company of Gentlemen Cadets. [Sidenote: Kane’s List.] The geographical distribution of the Regiment, as far as the _combatant_ companies were concerned, was as follows,--the year 1797 being selected as a year of comparative peace, _between_ the two Continental Expeditions under the Duke of York:--