emolument

is, for a soldier, defined as more than is required for subsistence.

You cliam, I gather, that this which is given for subsistence allowance an allowance which is given merely for food and subsistence -might become an emolument and that the Department should not inquire whether it is so large an allowance that it becomes an emolument or more than is required for subsistence' Parliamentary Papers: 1850-1908, Volume 12, Part 1 By Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons . 21 May 1906 Mr. T. McKinney

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