Evening star., 1896-08-08
PAYMENT OF SOLDIERS
Additional 1,.trassiaa.to 1,.trastsia Be ohsrvsa Under
thePylsnt System.
Hsw the Money /. to BE Forwarded
and PAID OYER to the En-
,.... Artar Men.

The, Secretary Of War has given add
tional instructidAs for the payment Of en-
listed men of the army under the presea
system. According to these instructions
the following course win be observed in the
latter: The paymaster will personally place
ip each envelope the exact amount Of mon
ey due the soldier. seal the same. see thai
the name Of the soldier and amount In
closed is marked on the envelope. and thai
the individual checks and the sealed enveI-
opes are inclosed in one sealed package
properly indorsed- :- ..... --- s..
All the packages containing checks and
sealed envelopes for the several organiza-
tions. completed and Endorsed, will be made
up into one parcel and sealed by the pay:
naster. Upon the outside will be marked
the name and address of the post or othel
command and the names OF the subordinate
organizations for which pay Is therein re.
mitted. and the payn2Ster VIII append
thereto hts signature
The consolidated package thus marked
and addressed to the commanding ohcef
will be turned over to the quartermast ster
" no will forward the. same by express 10
its destination.
When the express package is received al
the post It will be opened tn the presence OF
the commanding officer. who will observe
the condition of the seals. the number OF
that the marking upon them conforms to
these instructions. The separate scaled
packages containing the pay for the several
companies or attachments will then be de-
ivered to the officer designated by the COM
mandins officer to distribute the pay. and
this distribution will be made as soon as
practicable thereafter.
When company or detachment Is
paraded for pay. the company commander
will attend. and in his presence the pack
ages containing the pay for that company
will be opened by the officer designated to
distribute 1t. The number of checks in the
package and the number of sealed envelopes
purporting to contain the pay OF Individual
soldiers, will be counted, and the agreeme mt
of this number with rile record male by the
paymaster upon the wrapper will be verified
by both officers. and the amount marked
on the sealed envelooe as the pay dae each
man will be verified by Comparison with
the pay roll before the distribution begins.
AS each mans rame is called. the check
drawn to his order will be given 20 him by
the off1cer designated to make the payment
or the envelope bearing the mans name will
be opened. its contents verified by COM
paffsof with marks on he envelope, or with
the muster roll, and the money handed tc
the soldier. by said officer, all in presence
and under the personal observation of the
company commander
In case K error or ihforrality. a state
ment of the facts as found 10 exist will he
Immediately indofsed unon the envelope CT
the wrapper as the ease raay be and the
officers present viii certify to .he correct
ness OF the statement end lay the same be.
1ore the commanding officer.
lne copyright the Muster a nd pay roll of
each organiza ti0ql, which the paymas:er Is
REQUIRED, by paragraph 1853 s;ofethesresdla.
uons, 10 return to the post, will De reior-
Warded to the paymasrer by the command
ing oHlcer. withtthe least practicable GeIay
alteT the payment Is competed.