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Originally Posted by headquarters
One thing though - in the old days I hear it was good business to hold the pay due back . Everyone knew that once a big payment was made , many would desert before the next battle -they were set and needed not to risk life and limb with plenty coin in their pockets.
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Right and the bounty was usually kept by low ranking commanders and shared later (like what you describe for the navy). As a result, some soldiers would become more loyal to these commanders than to the high ranking officers. That was the main weakpoint as these men would soon act as a private army (a strong point in T2K
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