Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-04-30
aelistsllansous &eaaing.
HOW SOLDIERS ARE CARED FOR.
Volunteers VIII Be Treated Like Soldiers
In the Regular Army.

In the Regular Army.
From the Richmond Times.
Since war between the United States
and Spain is no longer possibility
but a fact, the manner in which the
United States will take care of the
men who are ready to risk their lives
for the country's welfare has become
matter of general interest. What the
pay of the men in the regular army
shall be, how they are to be sustained
and what other emoluments they are
to receive, has all been laid down in
the military regulations that have
been issued from time to time. The
125 900 volunteers from the various
states of the Union, for which the
president has called, will of course be
treated in like manner and will be
subjected to the same regulations.
The Official Army Register for the
year 1897, published by order of the
secretary of war, in compliance with
existing laws, gives the pay of the OF,
fcers of the regular army in active
service, which will also apply to the
officers of the volunteers, as follows:
Lieutenant general, $1,000 per
year, or s916.17 per month major
general, $500 per year, or 1925 per
month brigadier general, $500 per
year, or $45S.33 per month. To the
pay of these three officers 10 per cent.
is added after five years service, &c
per cent. after ten years service, and
40 per cent. after twenty years SER
vice.
REGIMENTAL OFFICERS.
The regimental officers receive the
following pay:
Colonel, sS, 500 per year, or s291.67
per month after five years service,
SS2O.S3 after ten years service, $3.50
after Is years. service, $375-which is
the maximum amount allowed by law.
Lieutenant colonel, 5000 per year,
or per month $3.50; after five years
service, 1915; after ten years service,
$500 after Is years. service, 1925 af'
ter 20 years. service, 1888, ,33, which is
the maximum amount allowed by law.
Major, 81, 500 per year, or per month,
S2OS.33; after five years service,
1929 II; after ten years service, $3.50
after Is years. service, $27O.S3; after
20 years. service, S2S1.67.
Captain, mounted. $4,000 per year
or per month, S166. 81 after five years
service, S1S333 after ten years SER
vice, 5000; after Is years service
S216. 81 after 20 years service, 1898 33
Captain, not mounted, $1,000 pei
year, or per month, $3.50 after five
years service, s165; after ten years
service, $3.50; after Is years service
S195; after 20 years. service, S2lO.
Regimental adjutant and regimental
quartermaster receive the same pay as
captain, not mounted.
First lieutenant, mounted, 81 800 pei
year or per month, S133.33; after five
years service, s14667 after ten years
service, $3.50; after fifteen years SER
vice, $17393; after twenty years SER
vice, $1S6.67.
First lieutenant, not mounted, 81, 500
per year, or per month, $125; after five
years service, Sl37.50; after ten years
service, $50; after fifteen years SER
vice, S165.5O; after twenty years SER
vice, SITS.
Second lieutenant, mounted, receives
the same pay as first lieutenant, not
mounted.
Second lieutenant, not mounted
81, 400 per year, or per month, Sl16.67
after five years. service, Sl2S.33 after
ten years. service, S140; after fifteen
years. service, S151.67; after twenty
years service, Sl63.33.
Chaplain receives the same pay as
first lieutenant, not mounted, or Sec
ond lieutenant mounted.
RANK AND SERVICE.
The rank and service receive the
following pay per month for the first
and second years of their enlistment
Company, private, artillery, cavalry
and infantry private Second class,
engineers and ordnance musicians,
engineers, artillery and infantry,
trumpeter, cavalry, Sl3.
Wagoner-Artillery, cavalry, infan'
try, sl4.
Artifcer-Artillery and infantry
corporal, artillery, cavalry and infan,
try blacksmith and farrier, cavalry
saddler, cavalry, SIS.
Sergeant-Artillery, cavalry, infan'
try, SIS.
Private first class s)-Engineers and
ordnance, SIT.
Corporal-Engineer and ordnance,
$50.
First sergeant-Artillery, cavalry
infantry, $25.
Sergcant-Engineers, ordnance and
signal corps, S34.
Sergeants (first class)-Signal corps,
S45.
Regiment-Chief trumpeter, caval,
ry; principal musician, artillery and
infantry saddle sergeant, cavalry, s22
Chief musiciau-Artillery, cavalry
and infantry, $50.
Sergeant major-Artillery, cavalry
and infantry quartermaster sergeant
artillery, cavalry and infantry, $23.
Sergeant major and quartermaster
serpeant-Enoineers S36.