Field-allowance,

Field-allowance, a daily allowance granted to officers of the British army in consideration of extra expense entailed upon them in consequence of military operations. Ordinary field-allowance, ranging from £1, 10s. for a general officer to 1s. for a subaltern, is allowed when troops are encamped at home or in the colonies. Extraordinary field-allowance is sanctioned when troops are engaged in actual warfare: it ranges for the above ranks from £2, 10s. to 1s. 6d.