The age-herald., 1901-11-06

These figures present the pay proper and do not include certain allowances common to both armies not differing ap- preciably, and varying in amount accord Ing to circumstances or the army regu- lations governing each. Those for the three lowest grades of our army are the pay Of mounted officers and the max mum after twenty years service. A mounted second lieutenant's pay upon entry into our service is SLIGO per an- mum. This Is increased by 10 per cent at the end of every five year period of service for twenty years, a percentage increase which follows him through all the grades to his colonElcy, or until the aggregate increase reaches 70 per cent. or the pay proper of the several grades.
 It only requires a glance at the fore going exhibit to determine whether the American or British officer receives the higher pay. The most market difference in favor of the American Is In the low CT grades, and those are the officers who carry the chief burdens of all armies so far as work Is concerned, at all events The monthly pay for enlisted men in the British army runs from $312 for quar- termaster corporal to $s per month for priyates of infantry. Noncommssioned officers of the line in the United States army receive all the way from $120 per month to $S0 per month, the maximum pay of sergeant major.
 It can be truthfully said of the British army, however, that 1t is by far the most literally paid of all the European mili- tary establishments The American pay is about trible that of the officers of the German army, probably the most eff ficient military machine in existence. For instance, the pay of a German field mar shal (who may comamnd an army) Is only $245 per month, while that of an American major general is s625 per 1xwA~- AA mental commanders are paid s160 per month; the brigadiers and colonels of the United States army receive s45S.33 and $375 per month respectively.
 But, as in the case of the British sched- ules, the vast difference in the pay of German and American officers Is more conspicuous still is the lower grades The various classes of German captains are paid a maximum of only STA per month, with a minimum of $A, but little more than half as much. The maximum for American captains is s233.9S per month, upward of three times greater than the German maximum, and the min imum $210 per month nearly five times greater than the German minimum The first lieutenant in the German army gets no more than $22 per month, so pal try sum as to excite derision when compared with the American pay of the corresponding grade-s175 to $1S6.67. The German second ueutenaut IS VOuCnbdIeu a beggarly SIS per month. against $11667 to S125 per month granted the American second lieutenant which increases to maximum of $175 by service, as explain ed above.
 The lowest common German soldier Is paid but S250 per month, with nearly one-half deducted for rations, against SIS to $20 paid the American private, who. in addition, is also fed and clothed, and not subject to any deductions"
 Besides the pay proper. there are addi- tional allowances to the officers of both establishments varying according to reg ulations, but these allowances are un- ouestionabiy greater in this country than in Germany
 It probably costs the German officers less to live and for equipments, though this is more or less speculation. In the German military hierarchy there is com pelled a greater observance of dignity and pretension on the part of the official