The pretext of the meeting is to discuss army pay.

"Just wish I knew how you afford such fine mounts on army pay."

Now I can afford to make my own, you're not to spend your army pay on me.

Barry never had to depend on his army pay.

I thought that anyone who could save out of army pay in those days must have lived a quiet life.

It cost £7, and how he afforded that out of army pay, I shall never know.

He spent about 90% of his army pay on the poor.

They would be on army pay, but I would be in command.

I suppose we'll all be drawing army pay before long.

Together with his army pay, this modest income enabled him to maintain the house in which he now lived.