New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-05-06
The Mobile Register John Forsyths paper indalgea
In this naraprAnh:
PAY OF THE ARMY.
To the Editor ot The v. y TribuHe.

To the Editor ~ The ". Y. TribEEe.
SIR: have seen in some Of the city papers what
statement regards the pay Of the ocS
and soldiers Of the volunteers AZ these ,onnteeIs are 70
being part Of the regular army, Is h TO assume
ss. s that the Volunteer soldier While in the services =
the Government si DO entitled 70 the pay and no mere
Now et Us zee Whist the pay Of such officer and 'oas
What here state reference TO that matter Is yAcr end cAss
not be con,radc,sd stating the pay subsistence forage t
Of the officer my facts bssei upon time o. war which dc
in respects, from what he Is now entitled to IN time -
sa7O per month, forty stOna per a,y
that officers subsistence committed 30 cents rs,oni
forage 80 per month for each horse actually owned and fe u
MOr General $40 per month fifteen ration. per day rVrS
Bhssder General, SPA per month twelve rsons per aa
Eve horses and three servants
Dssoons Cavalry Mounted Rihemeu slle per moosd IL
ratons PER day, nVe horses and two servants
LeutenantC Colonel Of the corps, 80 per month. i've
raLons per day, four horses and two servants. -
Captain Of the corps go per month four rsiOns pei
Ieutenan, Fi.t aud second Of the corps. SO 81 ps
monh four TaOns per day two hor;s' and one servant %
tioa 70 pay, 6c OF Lieutenant, SlO PR month /
Regimental Quarternaster Of ditto, in addition 70 pay Se
Lieutenant, SO per month
QuareTuieser Of ditto S2l per mopth
First Sergeant Of ditto $50 month"; SergesK STE 90
pOral ti4i BuseF $l'i fAiTsr and Blacksmith Si'i
Master Arnorer Master Carriage Maker or Master Bist
or Backsmith OF Ordnance sl6 Arthcer sl3 Laoore 81
ARTILLERY AND INFANTRY.
Colonel $95 month six rations day. four horss ans
Iieaco $50 per month five raOns per day. three borp
Major peG month four rOn' three horses and two ss
Adutant and Regments ousrtermsster receive saoh m -
dition pay Sc Of Lieutenant. 80 per month and I've
Captain $50 per month four rsous day and sesn
First Lieutenant $50 per month four rsOns per day. snd '
Second Lieutenant $50 per month, four rsOns per dy $50
Sergeant Major s2l per month"; Qusrermster seressns
s2 principal Musician Of Infantry f2l Fist Sergeant go
seant ST.; cSTpot4 SIS Aracer Of Artillery. sl'' hasS
eian Sl2; Private 81. =
''"'' sAPPTRs, MINERS, AND PoSrossIrRs. -
Sergeant, s9i per month; Corporal s2oI Masdsn, "a
Private of the drs class sl7 Private Of the second els
of Se 9R %ed ss and as the pabcsons
cuated to msead the public mind IN regard 20 his
doubt d. ,l not correct ,s statement In
stthe present time
Peaceful BurcHERY.-TKe NepbHryport Her@4
OF Saturday has the following interesting items 0oo
corning the Massachusetts yolunteers "a
We have noticed the various useful purposes
which members of the sth Regiment were put IA iotes
ING the passage through Maryland IL seems ina. sns
Annapolis Railroad WIS for tine entirely mahs8eg
by the members Of the Gushing Guard. Lieut. Hodges.
a machinst, after assisting to repair the engine, va
made superintendent Of the road Joseph Bateheioen
son of Constable Batcheder, who. was formerly g
employee ON the Newburyport Road, and sandsrii
bearer of the Regiment was made engineer ana ftH
yate Joseph Jewett, who will be remenoered s "a
Iectnrer on music was employed as fireman on the
road II Is believed that he ia admirably adapted "
firing mn The entire road WIS in the hands OF mag
from that company After the war; railroad corpora
fiona will know where TO look for employees
One exploit by members Of the Newburyport com.
pany has not found its way into the papers. For tive
DAYS they had nothing TO eat but poor pork and 3
little hard bread. In their ranks are two buteheS
from this city-Messrs Merrill and Ciley. They tooS
q tramp into tho pastures, and were shortly seeG
driving an OK to part of the railroad where the neg
were At work. A sturdy blow upon the head oroaga5
the animal down; tho body was strung up 10 = VIC
and iayed ana in little while the whole gang wer
feastiug from the best cut of beefsteak Inc msnna
in which the men of the 9Th Regiment have tuI,o
their hands TO all kinds Of employment VIII renoes
them famous throughout the world and for si unaS
Some of them could even keep hotel WINCH s's''
man cannot DO -.
A TnAlroR AT sALrx.-TRe Mtr.Orlesx; Pc
auns publishes some extracts from ie,ter receiveu
. nro,ninent mercantile house In that city asSea
SaIem Mass. April IL. The writer says:
81 am every day called traitor because l declaN
uvself for the South, and that, civil war Is inau&
mated I hope Virginia will march on to Washipssc
and overthrow the Government. shonn prefer
sss the whole fabric of what we now caai the onk~
overthrown than to have sectional pszsy pe<s w
on the South"