PEN ( 617 ) PEN
the square of 60, its vibrations in a mi-nute, to the square of the number re-quired; the square root of which willbe the number of vibrations made in aminute.
PENE, Fr. the bolt of a lock.
PENETRATION, line of penetra-tion. When an army advances againstanother, or into a country, its firstmovements constitute a line of pene-tration.
PENINSULA , ( Peninsule , Presqu’He,Fr. ) any space of ground, which haswater on all sides, except one ; andwhich is joined to the continent by aslip of land called an isthmus. ThusSpain , from its situation, is generallycalled, by way of distinction, the Pe ninsula .
PENNANT, PENNON, a small flagor colour.
PENNETON, Fr. the bit or nib ofa key.
Gentlemen PENSIONERS, (gentils-hommcs pcnsionnaires, Fr.) a band ofgentlemen, who guard the king’s personm his own house, and for that end waitin the presence chamber. They werefirst instituted by Henry VII . They areusually forty in number. Their officersare, a captain, lieutenants, standardbearer and clerk of the cheque. Theirordinary arms are gilt pole axes. Theirpension is 1001. per annum.
PENSION, (pension, Fr.) a salary.—An allowance given for present or pastservices, revocable at the will of thedonor, in some instances, and, in others,extended to families.
Military Pensions, (pensions mili-taires, Fr.) annual allowances or pen-sions which are given to officers for mili-tary services, and which are frequentlycontinued to their widows and children.With us, these pensions are sometimesaccompanied bv other marks of publicgratitude: in which cases they are votedby parliament, or given by bodies cor-porate.
Pensions for Officers' Widows. — Regi-mental, not Brevet:
Widow of a general officer, per ann. 120Colonel of a regiment not a general
officer.90
Lieutenant colonel.80
Major ........ , . 70
Captain.50
First lieutenant.40
Second do. cornet and ensign . . 36
gust 1811.40
Ditto, subsequent to ditto ... 50
Adjutant and surgeon .... 40
Quarter-blaster and assist, surgeon . 36
Veterinary surgeon.30
"STAFF.
Widow of a commissary general . 120Deputy commissary general ... 60
Do-, after having been 3 years upon
full-pay.70
Assistant commissary general . . 50
Deputy ditto,.40
Director and inspector of hospitals . 70
Deputy inspector of hospitals . . 50
Physician (after having served
abroad as such).50
Do. (not having served abroad) . 40
Purveyor, district paymaster, and
surgeon.40
Deputy purveyor.30
Apothecary.36
Hospital assistant (after having serv-ed abroad as such).30
Chaplain general.90
Chaplain to the forces .... 50
N.B.—The above pensions are pay-able every four months, viz. April, Au-gust, and December, at the Pay Office,Whitehall, except those that relate tothe Commissariat Department, whichare payable every three months, at theoffice of the Commissary in Chief, No.35, Great George Street, Westminster.
The widows of all commissioned offi-cers belonging to the British service, areentitled to receive a certain annual al-lowance, according to the several ranksof their husbands. Instructions to thisend are signed by the king, and lodgedwith the paymaster general. The widowsof warrant-officers are not included inthe regulation. It has sometimes, how-ever, happened, that the king has granteda pension of 16/. a year to the tyidow ofa quarter-master of dragoons, who is awarrant officer, when His Majesty liasthought such widow a proper object ofhis bounty.
Pensions to Officers having lost (orhaving sustained an injury equal to losing)an eye or a limb on service.
Field Marshal; General, or') Tobespe-Lt.-General, commanding > ciallycon-in chief at the time . ) sidered.
Lieutenant General ..... 400
Major general; or Brigadier general \commanding a brigade ; and Lojqcommissary general at the head f "of department. J
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