The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-16
MORE PAY FOR ENLISTED MEN To Report Appropriation
 Bill. AGREES ON REGULAR SCALE To Place Army Service on Footing
 With Navy. An Honorabiy Discharged soldier Will Be EnHtied to Continuous Service PaylI If He Re-enIists Within Three Months.

Washington, Feb. 15--The House Committee on Military Affairs today agreed to report the army appropria tion bill. having completed It's amend ment Interesting the, pay of enlisted men of the various grades or service.
 The hill as it will be submitted to the Houxe, will carry $S5.2So,Ooe. Whicn iss Ss,4iAos1 less than the estimates submitted. The amendment tncreasins the pay. 3s enlisted men is intended 70 place the army service on footins compa ra ble to the naval service.
 The scale agreed upon Is as follows:
 Master electricians, master signal electricians s75, engineers $se; regi- mental sergeant majors, regimentai quartermaster sergeant. regimentai commissary sefgeants; sergeant major. senior grade coast artillery. battalion sergeant major of engineers, post duarternaaster sergeants. post comniis- sary sergeants, post ordnance ser Keants, battalion quartermaster ser- geants of engineers, sergeants nrst class, signal corps and first sergeants' sergeants first class hospital corps Electrician aerBeants first class xfb, Battalion sergeant majors of tnfantry and field artillery, squadron sergeant
 nators of Infantry and field artillery, battalion quartermaster sergeants' second class, sergeants of engineers. ordnance and signal corps, duartermas- ter sergeants of engineers and color sergeants 456s sergeants and quarter master sergeants of cavalry, artillery and infantry. sergeants Of the nospitai corps. firenen and cooks sSo. and mess sergeants SC month in addision Lo their pay:s corporals of engineers, ordnance, signal corps and hospital corps, chief mechanics and mechanic coast artillery S24; corporals of cavalry, artillery and Infantry mechanics of field artillery. blacksmith and farrierg, saddlers, wagonefe and artificers S24i. privates. first class. of engineers, crd-. nance, signal corps and hospital corps SIS; privates. hospital corps s1gs frumpetars nnusicians of infantry. artii- leEy ana AnasuAers. SIS; privatess of caviry. artillery. infantry signal corps and rrjvates second elaAs. engineers and 0rduance SIS. An honorably dis- charged soldier who has served the period of his enlistment will be en- titled to continuous service pay # ne re-enlists within three months. on the following ecale:
 Three dollars monthly during the second and third enIistments each for privates. cavalry. artillery. infantry, signal, corps and one dollar monthly during each subsequent enlistment up to and including the seventh, after which there will be no further increase.
 Soldiers qualifying as narksmen win receive additional pay of $2 DOT month: as sharp-shooters $s per month; as expert riflemen $5 per month; as second class gunners $2 per month; as first class gunners s3 per month; as gun pointers, gun comInanderA ob- servers second class, chief planters and chief leaders ~s7 per month;- ob- servers. first class and casmate elec- tricians go.
 No change is made in rates of in- crease for foreign service. The pay of enlisted men of military bafds. execu- tive of the band at the United States Military Academy Is fixed as follows;
 Chief musician $75; principal musicians and chief trumpeters $40: sergeant and drum majors .$36; cor- porals $3o and privates s24 with con- tinuous service pay. It Is provided that army bands or members thereof shall not receive remuneration for fur nishfng music outside the limits of military posts when the furnishing of such music, places them in competition with local civilian musicians.