Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-14

on the last item during his term or en-
listment II he is careful. Under the pro-
visions of the Hull bill the pay OF pri-
Yates, corporals, and sergeants IS IN
creased 20 per cent during war, so tnat
the volunteers will receive s15.6o SIS. ana
s2l.6O. respectively. The increase does
not apply to any grade higher than ser
geant, and in the case OF the regulars
who have earned increased pay through
long service 1t applies only to the orisi-
nal rate. In the regular army priVaies
get 81 month additional for each year
after the third, while officers get 10 per
cent. additional pay for each step OF
term OF five years service in given
grade As the volunteers are enlisted for
two years or less. they Will derive no
benefit from the service increase. On the
other hand. their pay will not be subject
TO the deduction Of IL cents month
for the maintenance of the Soldiers
Home I'm Washington, TO the use OF
which the regulars are entitled after
twenty years service or when they are
honorably discharged on account OF
wounds or disease incurred in the service.
Moreover, regulars may be retired after
thirty years service at three-quarters
nav. with an allowance of $3.50 per month
for clothing and subsistence.
Officers fare somewhat better The
chaplain gets 81 500 per annum; second
lieutenant, not mounted, 81, 400; mounted,
81 800: first lieutenants, not mounted,
81 500; mounted, 81, 600; regimental quar-
termaster. 81 500: regimental adjutant
81 500; captain, not mounted 81. 500; mount
ed 5000: major. $500: lieutenant
colonel, 5000; colonel, $500; brigadier-
general. $500; major-general, 1850,
while the lieutenant-general when we
have one. receives $1,000 per annum. An
aide-de-camp to a major-general receives
5000 per annusn additional, an aide-de-
camp to a brigadier-general is allowed
$50 per annum extra. An acting COM
missary OF subsistence Is allowed 500
extra each year. An acting Judge-adVo-
cate Is entitled 10 the pay and allow
ances of a captain OF cavalry, whlle as
sistant surgeons, after five years Of SER
vice. are entitled TO the rank and pay
of captains. Retired officers detailed as
instructors i'm colleges are entitled to full
pay, while all those otherwise detailed
receive only half pay.
Mounted officers are entitled 10 forage
for their horses i'm addition 10 their pay,
but il must be drawn lin kind"-that IL,
il cannot be committed. Moreover they
must actually have the horses when they
draw forage for them. Officers travelling
under orders receive mileage at the rate
of 4 cents per mile in addition to ac-
tual transportation, which is furnished
by the quartermasters department. They
can also commute an allowance for quar-
tiers at the rate of S12 per month per
room.
There is no arrangement by which pri-
Yates can have their pay turned over TO
others; they will be paid in the field, and
each one will do what he pleases with
his money. The reason is obvious, for
with 100000 men TO pay perhaps each
month, the amount of bookkeeping would
be enormous while the amount or money
would be very small. Officers, however,
can assign their pay to some person or
bank and it will be paid to the assignee,
but the pay cannot be divided; it must
be transferred as a whole or not at all.
There is a provision in the law whereby
soldiers can deposit their pay, or any
part of It in sums not less than s., with
the paymaster until the conclusion of
their service, and money so deposited
will draw interest at the rate of per
cent. Der annum.
The scarcity OF currency. which is al
ready causing some annoyance in the
business world, is likely to increase, and
the Treasury Department is already ac-
cumulating a stock of small notes for the
payment Of troops. Some Of the local
banks have been paying out gold for
week or two past, but the army pay
masters will make every effort 70 obtain
paper money as the weight and bulk Of
coin adds much TO the difficulty and dan
ger Of transporting funds. There Is no
doubt that American paper money will
remain at par with gold. even in the in
terror of Cuba, If our army is sent there.
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