 | Charles Mathew Clode - 1869 - 668 pàgines
...wrote the Duke of Wellington, " which brings into the Service men of fortune and character — men who have some connection with the interests and fortunes...country, besides the commissions which they hold from Has Majesty. It is this circumstance which exempts the British Army from the character of being a "mercenary... | |
 | Byron Farwell - 1987 - 260 pàgines
...stoutly defended it. Said he: 'It is promotion by purchase which brings into the service . . . men who have some connection with the interests and fortunes of the country'. The system effectively excluded those who, though they might be brilliant, dropped their aitches or... | |
 | Richard Holmes - 2002 - 542 pàgines
...Wellington had admired purchase because 'it brings into the service men of fortune and character — men who have some connection with the interests and fortunes of the country . . .'% Sir John Fortescue, looking back at the era with affection, argued that it was economical,... | |
 | Anthony Smith - 2003 - 336 pàgines
...Wellington had favoured purchase because it brought into the service 'men of fortune and character, men who have some connection with the interests and fortunes of the country'. Purchase, and then promotion by further purchase, coupled in his instance with ability, certainly benefited... | |
 | Norman McCord, Bill Purdue, A. William Purdue - 2007 - 613 pàgines
...arguments: it is promotion by purchase which brings into the service men of fortune and education; men who have some connection with the interests and fortunes of the country, besides the commission which they hold from His Majesty. It is this circumstance which exempts the British army... | |
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It is this circumstance which exempts the British Army from the character of being a "mercenary Army... 