The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-22
In Comparison With other Nations,
Uncle Sans Soldiers Get Goodly
Stipend for Their
Labors.
PRIVATE EQUALS BOSS
American Man in the Ranks Gets
Much as Russian Colonel
Sammie is Real Pluto
crat of Allies.

IF, as has been reported recently,
the German kaiser has offered prize
OF SIS to the first man of his forces
In France who captures an American
soldier, the bonus will prove a tempt
ing one to the Teutons, for this sum
represents more than three years pay
for private in the German army"
says bulletin issued by the national
geographic society, On the pay Of sol
diers In the armies Of the belligerent
nations.
The American soldier boy abroad
will draw a princely wage compared
with Tommy Atkins, the French poilu,
the Italian Alpini, the German boche
and all the other fighting men of Euro
pean nations" continues the bulletin
"Dlsregarding 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,
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.
American Soldier PIutocrat.
With his quarters, clothing and
rations furnished him, as they are
furnished In all the armies Of the
world, the American second class prl-
Vate, receiving his foreign service pay
or S33 a month, will be a plutocrat
compared with the French soldier,
who draws the bare pittance of 81 so
every thirty days, scarcely enough to
keep the American fighting man in
cigarettes. incidentally, Americans
are being supplied the luxury OF
smokes by the folks back honey
But the French soldiers wage is,
in its turn, princely compared with
,, the 80 cents a month which the Rus
sian government allows its privatss.
and the 70 cents which Austria Hun
gary pays its troops and ~ cents
a day respectively.
What Great Britain Pays.
Great Britain is the most generous
of the European governments in its
pay of privates, who receive s7G0 q
month at home and an additional al
lowance while fighting in France,
Mesopotamia and other foreign fields
Italy ranks second in generosity with
minimum allowance of $3.50. Spain
compensates her soldiers with a s4.42
monthly wage and Germany has built
up her military engine Of frightfulness
with wage scale beginning at s1.G5
a month-l.ss than six cents a day
to do the ruthless bidding Of ruthless
rulers. Japans soldiers at home, with
SIS a year, fare a little worse than
the Austrians. Turkey is an indulgent
employer by comparison. granting 81
a year-92 cents a month
Gets More Than Some Officers
"A first class American private,
drawing $3.50 a month in France,
gets SAL a year more than a Russian
colonel, and se4 a year more than
German lieutenant for the first three
years; s31 a year more than g first
lieutenant of the Austrian army. and
$40 a year more than a junior lieuten-
ant in the service of Italy
THE pay Of an American second
lieutenant (disregarding all allow
ances) is 500 a year greater than that
of lieutenant-colonel in the British
army, and s73 more than that OF full
colonel in the French army. s62 more
than that Of a German lieutenant
colonel, $500 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
81 700 would seem a fortune, as the
of the highest rank gets
only s1.272.
Of American Officers
1.-The pay of an American captain
COMPARES favorably with that of a
British colonel a French brigadicr-
general, German brigadier-general,
an Austrian brigadisrseneral, a Jap
anese Acknowledgement and an Ital-
ian ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
"A brigadier-genera of the Ameri-
can army, drawing a minimum salary
of $4,000, receives nearly S240 more
than a marshal of France. $4,000 more
than a full general and field marshal
in the German army. s2,250 more than
a full general of Japan and nearly
five times as much as a Russian gen.
eral of the highest rank Italy's high
est army officer at the beginning of
this war was Acknowledgement
whose annual compensation was $3.50
less than that OF an American major.
Raise French Fighters Pay.
"Since the outbreak Of the war the
French government has revised its
scale OF pay for the army. The man
in the first line trenches now receives
& franc day CSC a month";. but he Is
80 To-
He is paid partly in cash
and for the balance receives a certit-
cate of deposit in a reserve fund which
is to be disbursed at the end of the
war. All those not in the first line
trenches still receive twenty-five cen
times 6 cents) DAY.