The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-10-04
THE AMERICAN PRIVATE
AND HIS COMRADE ALLIES
GETS MORE PAY THAN ARMY
OFFICERS IN THE EURO.
PEAN ARMIES.

! ing one to the Teutons for this sum
represents more than three years pay
for a private in the German army,
says war bulletin issued today by
the National Geographic society from
| it's Washington headquarters, on the
pay of soldiers In the armies of the
belligerent nations.
The American soldier boy abroad
will draw princely wage compared
with Tommy Atkins, the French
Ipoilu the Italian Alpini, the German
boche and all the other fighting men
of European nations, continues the
bulletin.
Disregarding the extras" and the
special allowances of various kinds
provided for in all the armies of the
world, but taking the lowest wage of
the humblest private as the standard,
the comfortable rate of pay allowed
Uncle Sans fighting men affords a
remarkable contrast to the lean pay
envelopes of the men with whom our
soldiers will join forces in France, as
we'll as to the slim compensation OF
the enemy armies.
Dollar.Fifty Per Month.
With his quarters clothing and ra-
tons furnished him, as they are fur
nished in all the armies Of the world,
the American second class private, re-
ceiving his foreign service pay of $33
month"; will be plutocrat compared
with the French soldier who draws the
bare pittance of $3.50 every 80 days,
scarcely enough to keep the American
fighting man in cigarettes (Incident-
ally, Americans are being supplied the
luxury of Smokes" by the folks back
home").
But the French soldiers wage is, in
its turn, princely compared with the
80 cents month which the Russian
government allows its privates, and
the 70 cents which Austria Hungary
pays its troops-one and two and a
half cents day respectively
Great Britain is the most generous
OF the European governments in its
month at home and an additional al
lowance while fighting in France, Mes
opotamia and other foreign fields. Italy
ranks second in generosity with a
monthly minimum allowance of 1888.
Spain compensates her soldiers with a
$4,42 monthly wage and Germany has
built up her military engine of fright
| fulness with a wage scale beginning
at $1.65 month--less than cents a
| day to do the ruthless bidding of ruth
less rulers. Japan's soldiers at home
with IS year. fare little worse than
the Austrians Turkey is an indulg-
ent employer by comparison, granting
$11 a year-92 cents a month.
American Private Away Ahead.
| A first class American private draw
| ing $3.50 month in France, gets SAL
a year more than a Russian colonel,
and $64 year more than a German
lieutenant for the first three years;
$31 a year more than a first lieutenant
of the Austrian army, and $19 year
more than junior lieutenant in the
service of Italy.
The pay of an American second
lieutenant (dsregarding all allow
ances) Is 500 year greater than
that of lieutenant colonel in the
British army, $73 more than that of
a full colonel in the French army, $62
more than that of a German lieutenant
colonel, $3.50 more than a colonel Of
Austrian troops, and only $500 less
than that of major general of the
Italian army, while to a full general
of the Russian army the Americans
$1,000 would seem fortune, as the
Muscovite of the highest rank gets
only $1272.
The pay of an American captain
compares favorably with that of a
British colonel, French brigadier
general, German brigadier general,
an Austrian brigadier general, Jap
anese lieutenant general and an Ital- |
ian lieutenant general.
American Officers Well Paid.
A brigadier general of the Ameri- |
can army, drawing minimum salary |
of $4,000, receives nearly $240 more |
than marshal of France $4,000 more
than full general and field marshal
in the German army, $3.50 more than
a full general Of Japan and nearly
five times as much as a Russian gen.
eral of the highest rank. Italys high
est army officer at the beginning OF
this war was lieutenant general
whose annual compensation was $3.50
less than that of an American major
Since the outbreak of the war the
French government has revised it's
scale of pay for the army. The man
m the first line trenches now re-
,eives franc day ($6 month";, but
ne. is not permitted to draw all of this
He is paid partly in cash ;
Ind for the balance receives certi-
icate of deposit in a reserve fund d
which Is to be disbursed at the end t
If the war. All those not in the first o
inc trenches still receive their 25 Q
entimes Give cents) a day.
A Busy State. Il