The Paymaster of the Forces was a British government position. It was occasionally a cabinet-level post in the 18th and early 19th centuries, and many future prime ministers served as Paymaster. The office was responsible for part of the financing of the army. It was abolished in 1836.
The office of Paymaster of the Forces was abolished in 1836.
Paymaster of the Forces Abroad 1702 - 14
From 1702 to 1714 there was a distinct Paymaster of the Forces Abroad, appointed in the same manner as the Paymaster, with a salary of 10 shillings a day.
Although a regimental paymaster was not a commissioned officer with command responsibility on the battlefield, Blount served under a warrant on the regimental staff and drew the same pay and allowances as a captain.
For the next three years he remained intimately involved in the demanding task of recruiting and reequipping forces to be used in support both of Washington's main army in the north and of separate military operations in defense of the southern tier of states.
Once again the state was forced to join its neighbors in the difficult task of raising new units, this time to counter a force of British, Hessian, and Loyalist troops under General Charles Cornwallis.
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