also received a small daily payment, part of which was remitted to his nominated party in China. Invariably gambling was rife and, on pay days, some debts could not be honoured. Fighting ensued and some ensued killed their companions as a result, eventually paying the price by being shot at dawn.
The Army Directorate of Labour laid down payment scales :
Bonus to family on recruitment Chinese dollars 15
Pay to start on arrival at Weihai Wei
Labourers
Skilled labourers - carpenters, masons
bricklayers, fitter's mates
Per diem
Per mensem
in France
in China
in francs
in Chinese $
1.00
and blacksmith strikers
1.50
Gangers [equal to Corporal)
1.50
Skilled blacksmiths
2.00
Skilled fitters
2.50
Chinese Assistant Interpreters
[equal to sergeant]
2.60
Chinese Interpreter Clerks
5.00
Deductions from Pay - Pay stopped for time lost owing to sickness or
misconduct : -
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also received a small daily payment, part of which was remitted to his nominated party in China. Invariably gambling was rife and, on pay days, some debts could not be honoured. Fighting ensued and some ensued killed their companions as a result, eventually paying the price by being shot at dawn.
The Army Directorate of Labour laid down payment scales :
Bonus to family on recruitment Chinese dollars 15
Pay to start on arrival at Weihai Wei
Labourers
Skilled labourers - carpenters, masons
bricklayers, fitter's mates
Per diem
Per mensem
in France
in China
in francs
in Chinese $
1.00
10
and blacksmith strikers
1.50
13
Gangers [equal to Corporal)
1.50
15
Skilled blacksmiths
2.00
20
Skilled fitters
2.50
30
Chinese Assistant Interpreters
[equal to sergeant]
2.60
30
Chinese Interpreter Clerks
5.00
60
Deductions from Pay - Pay stopped for time lost owing to sickness or
misconduct : -
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