The herald., 1894-07-22
THE STATES STANDING ARMY.
Its Enormous Cost During the
Big Strike.
How the Contest Will All ct the
Taxpayers.
The National Guard Pay Roll Il Ovs
Forty-fve Thousand Dollars
Already and Will BE
Much More.

The standing army OF California 10
costing the state over $500 day, says
the San Francisco Chronicle OF Monday.
By the standing army is meant that por.
ton Of the National guard which ia now
under arms in compliance with orders
from the major general commanding the
division, and is in performances OF that
"active duty in the service of the state''
for which payment and allowances are
granted under section 2C65 OF the politi-
cal code.
The amount named as the daily cost to
the state of the maintenance under arms
of the troops ordered out to protect life
and property during the great railroad
does not include the cost of subsistence
or transportation, but takes into 40
count only the allowances made to
men and officers in compliance
with the law. It ia not possible
at this time TO give exactly
the cost to the state, because. in the
first place, the troops are yet under
arms, and in the second place. division
headquarters are not in receipt Of full
and detailed reports from regimontal
and company commanders regarding the
exact strength Of their commands dur
ing the period of active service which
has already passed. 1t ia not ezaggera-
ton to say that the next Legislatures will
be called upon to make al appropriation
OF at least $40. 900 to cover the expenses
incurred to the state by the calling out
OF the etate forces during the existing
emergency.
The troops were called into sctual ser.
vice on the evening of July Sd. and for
the purposes of this article it has been
calculated that up to last night they had
been on duty IL days, which period has
been estimated in computing tina allow
ances to men and officers. The law
under which these allowances will be
made is found in section 2065 OF the Po-
iitical code, which, as amended March
II, 1891, reads as follows:
Officers and privates, while on active
duty in the service OF the state. shall re-
ceive the same pay and allowances az
the officers and privates in the United
States army of similar grade serving ON
the Pacific coast, provided that said pay
shall not be less than So day. the
same to be audited by the board OF mil.
itary auditors, upon the pay roll pro-
perly made up and signed by such off,
GERS; and provided further, that nosbdps
shall be allowed to any officer or private
when on duty in any camp mentioned
in section 2020 of this set.
The camps referred to are those usu-
ally hold annually for discipline and
drill. The allowances made by the state
for such encampments are based upon Z
per diem for each man in camp, but the
men themselves receive no money, as it
all gees into the regimental encamp-
ment funds. When in Rctive service.
however, both officer and mon are in
dividualy paid for their service under
the section quoted. The non.commis-
stoned officers receive the same pay "a
the private, So aday, this minimum hav-
ing been fixed on account OF the small
pay of private soldier in the United
States army, $l7 month. The high-
est grade of aforementioned off,
GERS in the army, the sergeants- major.
receive s23 a month, So month more
than the privates. A private Of the
National guard ON active duty, however.
will receive $50 month so that the
minimum rate fixed by the statute
therefore prevents tine non-commissioned
officers of the guard being paid in ex-
cess of privates at rate similar to that
prevailing in the army. As all conn
missioned officers in the army receive
more than 81 day, the National guard
officers will receive the same as the
army officers of similar rank for their
term of service.
The pay of officers of the United States
army is stated in section 1861 of the Re-
vised Statutes to be as follows: Major
general, $500 year; brigadier-general
$500; colonel, $500; lieutenant colonel,
5000; major, $500; captain, not mount
ed, $500; adiutant, $500; regimentsl
quartermaster. $500; first lieutenant.
not mounted, $500; second iieuterant,
not mounted, $sl400. An aid to maior-
general receives 5000 a year in addition to
the pay OF his rank, and an aid to the
receives $3.50 year in
addition to the pay of his rank. None
OF the officers who went out in response
to General Dimond's order went
mounted, so that it is fair to presume
that no allowance will be asked fer
forage.
The pay of Major General Dimond and
staff amounts to 1859 "a for the II DAYS.
estimating that al, the staff was on
active duty for that time. The detailed
account is as follows:
Major-ge neral. .......S 24o %
Colonel and sssistant-sdjutant gene
nolonel and snIeeon I IL; %:
Nine lieutenant-co onels ......... 500 9S
Two majors and sids................. 1887
Four orderlies, Hergeanss-major -. 5000
Total. Observation-Disclosures. lG532
Two brigadier-geuerals are in actual
service, General Sheehan of the Fourth
brigade and General Dickinson of the
Second. Each of these general officers
has q staff composed of two lieutenant-
nine majors, two captains and
two orderlies, The brigad Ter generals
and their stats do not come quite AZ
high as the major-general, but they
have rolled up tidy sum in 10 days az
foInws:
B5igadier- General sheehan. ......... $1S3 80 s
onel and assistant adj
: JutAnt-generai.. w W ~
Lieutensntc )lonel and SAL geon. o9 90
y Inc ms Joi s........... ~ ~ e
Two captains and aids. ............. 10 DS y
Two orderlies, sergeants ma jor...... rs 90
Total =. ......... $i,3ll %
Gen. Dickinson and his staff are inet
as expensive to the state 40 the Sacra-
mento soldiers, and theyswill coat not q
cent less than $l3l123. Now the regi-
ments are to be considered. The largest
force OF troops is at Sacramento. where
over 1000 members of the National