Nazis Claim that Army Better off Than Before With a German army surpassing in numbers the Kaiser's forces before the Great War, it is the boast of the Nazi regime that it looks after the welfare of the German soldiers better than the Imperial regime ever díd. The pay is higher, Nazis point out, the pension system. (especially as regards the non-commissioned officers) greatly improved under recent decrees, the soldier gets the "best food in the land and plenty of it," and he is much better housed than brick barracks of pre-ranks got 21 pfennig a day or approximately 4d. at present rate of exchange. The soldier in Hitler's army receives 50 pfennig or 104. a day. If this is less than the British soldier gets it must be remembered that the German army is on a conscription basis. A second lieutenant in the present German army receives £19 a month as against £10 before the war. A first lieutenant in the new German army has £27 a month, which increases to £36 when he gets his captaincy.
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