15,572. And they get any supplies anywhere else?-They generally got them from the agent.
15,573. Why was that?-I don't know; they just got them there.
15,574. Do you not get a month's advance when you leave?-We get a month's advance now. We don't get the money before we leave, but we get a ticket to be paid three days after the ship sails. We generally give it to the agent, and get a little money on it, but not to the full amount of the advance.
15,575. Do you not leave that ticket at home?-Some of the men leave them at home, and the value of them is got afterwards.
15,576. Why do you not do that?-Because I may want the money before I go away, and I get a part of it from the agent.
15,577. In that case you have to leave your ticket with the agent?-Yes, we have to give it up to him.
15,578. Do you not get allotment tickets when you leave?-I don't know them.
15,579. Can you not get half-pay tickets if you want them?-Yes.
15,580. Is it not the practice to get them?-Sometimes they get them if they ask for them.
15,581. Do you take them?-No.