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Relative rates of pay
(From the Sessional Papers of the Government of Canada, Sessional Paper no.35a, 1900)
The following are the relative rates of pay:

Officers
N.W. Mounted Police Special Service Force Per diem ($)
Commissioner Lieut.-Colonel 7 12
Assistant Commissioner Major 4 38
Superintendent Captain 3 84
Inspector Lieutenant 2 75
Surgeon Medical Officer 3 84
Veterinary Surgeon Veterinary Officer 2 75

N.C. Officers and Men
North-West Mounted PoliceSpecial Service Force
Per diemPer diem
Staff Sergeants (higher rate)2 00Regimental Sergeant-Major2 00
Other Staff Sergeants (higher rate)1 50Battery or Squadron Sergeant-Major1 50
  Battery or Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant1 50
  Orderly Room Sergeant1 50
  Hospital Sergeant1 50
  Pay Sergeant1 50
  Orderly Room Clerk1 00
Other Non-commissioned officers, Sergeants1 00Sergeant1 00
  Corporals0 85
Other Non-commissionedofficers, Corporals0 85Bombardiers0 80
  Trumpeter1 00
Private0 75Private0 75
ArtificersFarrier Quarrermaster Sergeant1 75
Sergeant1 50
Corporal1 25
Bombardier1 25
Private1 25

Pay in accordance with the relative rank to which these officers are gazetted.

Service
N. C. Officers and men of the Permanent Force and of the North-west Mounted Police, will be allowed to count the period of their service in the Special Service Force as a portion of their enlistment in the Permanent Force or in the North-west Mounted Police.

Separation allowance
A separation allowance, as hereunder, will be paid in the cases of N. C. Officers and. men enlisted in the Canadian Special Service Forces for active service in South Africa, from date of embarkation in Canada, inclusive, at the following rates:

 With QuartersWithout Quarters
Wife8 cents16 cents
Each girl under the age of 1634
Each boy under the age of 1434

By command.
HUBERT FOSTER, Colonel,
Chief Staff Officer.
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