Storia do Mogor 374.4

374.4

The soldiers accept anything and everything, being forced by necessity ; for if they cannot obtain military service, they have no means of living. Speaking generally, all these soldiers are badly paid and ill-satisfied, for what should be given them in eight months they do not receive in a year. What is worst of all, they are never paid the exact amount due, but little by little. Then they always have to take in the course of a year's service two months' pay in second-hand goods. In many cases they are kept two and three years in arrears. This forces the soldiers to borrow money at interest from the traders in the camp ; these lend it with the consent of the men's own captains and generals, with whom they then . . . [The paper ends with this uncompleted sentence.]