The Philippine Islands: A Political, Geographical, Ethnographical, Social and Commercial History of the Philippine Archipelago, Embracing the Whole Period of Spanish RuleForeman, John, F.R.G.S.
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The Philippine Islands: A Political, Geographical, Ethnographical, Social and Commercial History of the Philippine Archipelago, Embracing the Whole Period of Spanish Rule
Foreman, John, F.R.G.S.
Philippines
Governor-General, with local
rank of Captain-General 1 1
Employed in Government
Administration, Political
Military Provincial
Governments, Staff Officers
and Officers at the Orders
of the Governor-General 1 7 7 14 39 37 23 12 140
With command or attached to
Army Corps and Disciplinary
Corps 5 11 14 88 136 127 381
Civil Guard 3 3 9 33 54 54 156
Veteran Civil Guard 1 6 6 13
Invalid Corps 1 1
Military Academy 1 1 2 4
Prisons and Penitentiaries 1 1 4 3 9
Commissariat Department 1 1 1 14 18 35
Judicial Audit Department 1 1 2 2 6
In expectation of service 1 3 6 12 12 12 46
In excess of Active Service
requirements 3 1 7 9 20
Total of Officers 2 9 19 36 73 191 262 220 812
The Archbishop, as Vicar-General of the Armed Forces, ranked in
precedence as a Field-Marshal. (In the Spanish Army a Field-Marshal
ranks between a Brig.-General and Lieut.-General.)
OFFICERS' PAY PER ANNUM
Rank. Ordinary Pay.
| When Commanding a Corps. _Extra_.
| | When in Civil Guard.
| | | When in Veteran
| | | Civil Guard.
| | | |
P P P P
Captain-General
was paid as
Governor-General
of the Colony 40,000 [108]
Lieutenant-General
(local rank), Sub-
Inspector of
Army Corps 12,000
Brigadier-General 4,500 800
Colonel 3,450 600 4,200
Lieutenant-Colonel 2,700 400 3,288
Major 2,400 2,520 2,880
Captain 1,500 1,584
Lieutenant 1,125 1,242 1,485
Sub-Lieutenant 975 1,068 1,275
After 6 years' and up to 9 years' service, an officer could claim
a free passage back to the Peninsula for himself and, if married,
his family.
After 9 years' service, his retirement from the Colony for three years
was compulsory. If he nevertheless wished to remain in the Colony,
he must quit military service. If he left before completing six
years' service, he would have to pay his own passage unless he went
"on commission" or with sick-leave allowance.
Estimated Annual Disbursements for--
P cts
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