The monetary value of a batman's assistance would therefore vary, but it would be small.
The reason is that we have not sufficient batmen to go round, so we use them in the most appropriate fashion.
Batmen are not provided on an hourly basis.
For eight months he had been a batman in an officer's home.
The batman would have a cottage in the country, look after the colonel's horse, and he was there for life.
We need batmen for various essential duties in messes, and to provide personal service for officers, particularly in looking after their kit.
The duties are similar to those carried out by batmen in an officers' mess.
In the latter, men of high medical categories who are employed as batmen are being replaced by others.
