The Men Who Defend us Russell Grenfell 1938
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The Men Who Defend Us 1938

by Russell Grenfell

1st. Published 1938

Eyre & Spottiswoode (Publishers) Limited., London

A blue cloth bound book in Good Plus condition with red lettering to the spine. There is some rubbing to edges of boards and spine. The page block is very tight, bright and clean and is stained mauve along the top edge. The front flap is loose inside the book - see blurb.

As ever, the government was neglecting the Nations armed services, and this book was written to explain poor recuitment figures at a time when they would obviously be needed to combat the aggressive German military build-up taking place!

Blurb

THE MEN WHO DEFEND US

By COMMANDER RUSSELL GRENFELL

REVISED scales of pay and changes in the service conditions for officers and men of the fighting forces have recently been announced. In view of the fact that the efficiency of the fighting forces is a matter of paramount importance today, Commander Grenfell has per-formed a valuable service in submitting the new scales of pay to a critical examination. This book is the first comprehensive survey of the subject, and the startling facts to which he draws attention explain much of the discontent which still persists in all the services in regard to pay and conditions and will arouse widespread anxiety.

Concrete proposals for improvement, both in the matter of pay and other conditions of service, are outlined by Commander Grenfell, with full consideration of their cost and their effect. His book is far from being a dry statistical compilation : it deals fully with the human side, and stresses the importance of making the fighting man a valued and respected member of the community, in peace as well as in war.

Contents

CHAPTER

I. HISTORICAL SURVEY OF ARMY AND NAVY PAY-I
II. HISTORICAL SURVEY OF ARMY AND NAVY PAY-II
III. COMPARISON BETWEEN PAST AND POST-WAR RATES OF SERVICE PAY
IV. THE ANDERSON COMMITTEE ON THE PAY OF THE MEN
V. THE ANDERSON COMMITTEE ON THE PAY OF THE OFFICERS
VI. SOME OF THE BASIC FALLACIES OF THE ANDERSON COMMITTEE
VII. TREASURY CONTROL OF THE FIGHTING SERVICES
VIII. THE PRESENT POSITION REGARDING PAY
IX. THE PRESENT POSITION REGARDING PENSIONS
X. PROPOSALS FOR IMPROVEMENT
XI. OTHER CONDITIONS OF SERVICE-MEN
XII. OTHER CONDITIONS OF SERVICE-OFFICERS
XIII. THE PROBABLE COST OF IMPROVEMENTS IN PAY
XIV. CONCLUSION

INDEX

LIST OF PRINCIPAL TABLES AND COMPARISONS

PAY

COMPARISON BETWEEN SERVICE AND CIVIL EARNINGS, 1914
GRAPH OF COST-OF-LIVING AND WAGE INDEX MOVEMENTS
COMPARISON BETWEEN SERVICE AND CIVIL EARNINGS, 1923
LIST OF PRE- AND POST-1925 RATES
TABLE OF PAY, NINETEENTH CENTURY, 1914 AND 1923 (TABLE E)
COMPARISON BETWEEN BRITISH AND INDIAN PAY, 1841
TABLE OF RECENT ARMY PAY INCREASES .
TABLE OF COMPARATIVE WAGE RATES OF SAILORS, SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS
NAVAL OFFICERS' MARRIAGE ALLOWANCES
COMPARISON OF NAVAL, ARMY, AND AIR-FORCE OFFICERS' MARRIED ALLOWANCES
COMPARISON OF OFFICERS' PAY AND ALLOWANCES (THREE SERVICES)
COMPARISON OF OFFICERS' AND CIVIL SERVICE PAY AND ALLOWANCES
PROPOSED NEW RATES FOR OFFICERS
PROPOSED NEW RATES FOR MEN

PENSIONS

COMPARISON OF ADMIRALTY COMMUTATION AND CIVIL INSURANCE RATES
CAPITAL VALUE OF NAVAL OFFICERS' PENSIONS
COMPARISON OF OFFICERS' AND CIVIL SERVICE PENSIONS
PROPOSED NEW PENSION RATES FOR OFFICERS
PROPOSED NEW PENSION RATES FOR MEN

WIDOWS' PENSIONS

TABLE OF PAST AND PRESENT RATES OF WIDOWS' PENSIONS
JERRAM RATES OF WIDOWS' PENSIONS .
PROPOSED NEW RATES FOR OFFICERS' WIDOWS

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