Prix

des emplois ou charges mil it a ires, Fr. The price of commi ions, or military employments. During the monarchy of France, a company in the French guards sold for 80,000 livres! A company in the six first regiments of infantry, went for 75,000 livres. The six following, exclusive of the régiment du roi , went for 55,000 livres. One in the regiment of Poitou, and as far down as the Penthievre, 40,000 livres; in the Penthievre, and from that to the last regiment inclusive, 30,000 livres! A company in the Scotch gendarmes cost 180,000 livres; in the Irish, the Bourguignon, and Flanders, 150,000 livres. The other companies of gendarmerie went for 135,000! The sub-lieutenants in the gendarmerie paid 100,000 livres, and those in the light horse, 95,000 livres. The ensigns and first cornets, including the guidon belonging to the Scotch gendarmes, gave 62,000 livres! The guidons, and second cornets, 30,000 livres! There was no specific regulation for the purchase of a regiment of heavy cavalry or dragoons. Appointments in the état major or staff belonging to the cavalry and the royal regiments ( les royaux ) sold for 100,000 l. in the dragoons, from 100,000 to 120,000 livres. The troops or companies in cavalry regiments, in the royal corps, and in the état major or staff, were fixed at 10,000 livres, and the rest at 8000. A troop of dragoons sold for 7000 livres. No company or other appointment in the infantry, was allowed to be bought or sold. It will strike the military reader, that although the purchase of commi ions was, in some degree, sanctioned by the old French government, it was neverthele extremely limited, and confined to the upper ranks. The efficient part of the army, which is certainly the infantry, received its commi ions gratis.