The age-herald., 1901-11-10

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 3mum after twenty years service. A mounted second heutenants pay upon entry into our service is S1.500 per an- mum. This Is increased by 10 ger cent at the end of every i've year period of service for twenty years percentage increase which follows him through all the grades to his colonelcy, or until the aggregate increase reaches 40 per cent. of 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 fin favor of the American Is in the low ar 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 31.20 for quar- termaster corporal to $9 per month for privates of infantry Noncommissioned officers of the line in the United states army receive all the way from s12o per month to 50 per month, the maximum pay of sergeant major.
 It can be trulthfully said of the British army, however. that it Is by far the most 1iberaliy paid of all the European miii- tary establishments. The American pay Is about trible that of the officers of the German army, probably the most ef- ncient military machine in existence. For Instance, the pay of a German field mar Bhal (whD may comamnd an army is only $245 per month. while that or an American major general is $625 per month The German brigade and regi- fol month; the brfgadiers and colonels of the United States army receive S45S.3 and k375 per month respectively.
 But. as in the case of the British sched- uIes. the vast difference in the pay of German and American officers is more conspicuous stf1l is the lower grades The various classes of German captains nre paid a maximum of only VA per month. with a minimum of $4 but little more than half as much. The maximum for American captains Is $2S3.sS per month. upward of three times greater than fine German maximum, and the min imuni S2l0 per month, nearly five times greater than the German minimum. The first lieutenant In the German army gets no more than $22 per month, so pal try sum as to excite der1sion when compared with the American pay Of the oorresponding grade-$l7b to s1S6.67. The German second lieutenant is vouchsafed a beggarly SIS per month. against $1166I to Sl25 per month granted the American second lieutenant, which increases to a maximum of $i75 by service as explain ed above.
 The lowest common German soldier is maid but $25O per month, with nearly one-h -hak deducted for rations, against s13 to s20 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- tn ha establishments. varying according to reg ulations, but these allowances are un- uuestionably 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 peiled a greater observance of dignity and pretension on the part of the official personnel toward civilians and their sub ordiantes, as we'll as among themselves, than is expected, much less required, in this democratic country. This makes the expenses of the German officer somewhat greater than they otherwise would be, and it has been said upon good authority that they average as great as in the United States.
 The annual pay of the German of 5icers is as follows: Lieutenant general. saO0O: major general, s2250; colonel, s2o00 down to sl350; major $105O to $9OO: cap tain, sG3O to s540; first lieutenant, sS34 to s2T0: and second lieutenant, $29I to $22o. These sums are certainly very moderate, but it must be remembered that life in Germany, even among the grandees. is on a much simpler scale than in this opulent country
 The French pay is much greater than that of the German, and comes next to the English schedules among European establishments The annual pay is as follows: Marshal, s5s40; major general, s4o35; brigadier general s2sI0; colonel. s1ecD; lieutenant colonel. s12s5; major s1. OSo; captain, $780,; first lieutenant $515; second lieutenant, s4S5. The French al- lowances are also on far more liberal ecaie than characterize the German