The Prescott daily news., 1917-09-10
PAY OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS
(By United Press.)

per cent automatically, when the man goes into foreign service. Following is the domestic pay received by regu- lar army, national guard and reserve officers and men now in service and to be received by the personnel of the conscript armies being raised:
 Buglers and second class privates. $33 month; first class privates S36.6O a month; artillery, cavalry and infantry corporals, saddlers, infantry. cavalry, field artillery and medical department mechanics, fariers and wagoners, $40.20 month.
 Engineer, ordnance, signal corps. quartermaster's corps and medical de- partment corporals, coast artillery mechanics, field artillery chief me chanics, third class musicians of the infantry, cavalry, artillery and en- gineers, $40.S0 month.
 Artillery, cavalry and infantry ser geants; field artillery, cavalry and in- fantry stable sergeants; artillery. cavalry and infantry supply sergeants artillery, cavalry and infantry mess sergeants, cooks, horseshoers, radio sergeants, firemen, band corporals. second class musicians of the cavalry, artillery, infantry and engineers and third class musicians of the military academy, S44 a month.
 Engineer, ordnance, signal corps, quartermaster's corps and medical de- partment sergeants, stable sergeants of the engineers, supply sergeants of the engineers, mess sergeants of the engineers, all color sergeants, electri- elan sergeants of the second class, band sergeants, first class musicians of the infantry, cavalry, artillery and engineers and second class musicians of the military academy, S51.20 month.
 Battalion sergeant majors of the field artillery and infantry, squadron sergeant majors, sergeant majors of the junior grade, master gunners, ser geant buglers, assistant band leaders, S56 a month.
 Regimental sergeant majors, regi- mental supply sergeants, sergeant majors of the senior grade, quarter masters sergeants of the quarter masters corps, ordnance sergeants, first sergeants. battalion sergeant majors of the engineers, battalion supply sergeantS of the engineers, electrician sergeants of the first class, | first class sergeants of the quarter masters corps, engineers and signal corps; assistant engineers and first class musicians of the military acad- emy, $G0 month.
 First class sergeants of the medical department, field musician sergeants of the military academy, $66. Hos Ipital sergeants, master engineers of the junior grade and engineers, SS4.
 Quartermaster sergeants of the senior grade of the quartermaster's corps, band leaders, master signal electricians, master electricians, mas ter engineers of the senior grade, master hospital sergeants, band serg- eants and assistant band leaders of the military academy, 96 month.
 This pay is for first enlistments. It increases with each enlistment in the regular army. Because of special qualifications and service, certain men draw pay, or bonuses, beyond the regular enlistment pay, as follows:
 Mess sergeants, S6; casemate cleo tricians, S9; first class observers, $9; plotters, $9; coxswains, $9; chief planters, chief loaders, second class observers, gun commanders and gun pointers, $7 each; surgical assistants, expert first class gunners r. A., and expert riflemen, $6 each; private first class nurses, sharpshooters and first class gunners, $3 each; second class gunners, marksmen, dispensary as sstants and holders of the certificate of merit, $2 each.
 Enlisted men get all clothing and Iequipment free.
 Officers, in addition to fixed allow Iances for quarters, heat and light, re- ceive the following sums yearly with provision for increase every five years for all ranks below brigadier genera! in the regular army:
 Second lieutenants, $1,700; first