Monies

in a military sense, are such sums as are i ued for public service, and are more specifically distinguished by the appellation of army estimates. It is usual for the secretary at war to move for the estimates of the army. The following sums shew the amount of the British military establishment on the 17th of February, 1801:— 1,615,878 l. for guards and garrisons. 1,743,773 l. for maintenance of troops abroad. 17,232 l. for land forces for Ireland. 355,000 l. for recruiting in Great Britain. 319,479 l. for ditto in Ireland. 86,523 l. for generals and staff officers in Great Britain. 48,197 l. for ditto in Ireland. 973,433 l. for militia in Great Britain. 1,338,000 l. for ditto in Ireland. 57,000 l. for fencibles in Great Britain. 34,451 l. for contingencies in Ireland. 25,876 l. for supernumerary officers. 11,628 l. for officers’ clerks, . in Great Britain. 6,416 l. for ditto in Ireland. 255,000 l. for increased rates for subsistence to inn-keepers in Great Britain. 115,384 l. allowance for beer. 138,979 l. for reduced officers in Great Britain. 148,382 l. for the in and out pensioners of Chelsea. 35,923 l. for ditto of hospital at Kilmainham, near Dublin. 455,000 l. for volunteer cavalry in Great Britain. 425,139 l. for ditto in Ireland. 33,394 l. for foreign troops in British pay. 456,000 l. for the augmentation of 10,000 in Great Britain. 21,332 l. for contingencies in Ireland. To be added, 1,033,750 l. for the ordnance of the current year. 30,937 l. for extraordinaries not provided for in 1799. 58,756 l. for ditto not provided for in 1800. Regimental Monies . All sums i ued to paymasters for the subsistence, . of the men belonging to a regiment, are so called; for the regular distribution of which the paymasters and captains of companies are responsible. La comp tabi lité , among the French, corresponds with this explanation. Ley - Money . The money which is paid for recruiting the army, is so called. Smart Money . The money which was paid by the person who has taken the enlisting money, in order to get released from an engagement entered into previous to a regular enlistment. Bounty Money .—See Recruiting .