Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-30

nspector-general. officers in charge
of quartermaster artillery, engineer,
ordnance. signal, medical and legal
duties. These officers in the corps
will have the rank of lieutenant
colonel; in an army, that of colonel.
Insignia of the Officers
1t may not be amiss to give here
the insignia of the various grades of
officers in our service. Second lieu
enants wear no insignia of rank
they have q clean" shoulder strap
and many years in which to fill II
with the marks of the successive
grades. These are: for q first lieu
tenant. one silver bar, and for a
captain, two silver bars; for a ma
jor, a gold; for a lieutenant-colonel,
q silver oak leaf; for a colonel, a
silver eagle. Generals wear stars
brigadier one, a major-general
two, Acknowledgment three, a full
general two and the coat-of-arms of
| the United States. These marks are
carried on the shoulder straps. On
full dress and overcoat sleeves,
grades are indicated by an ornament
al knot of black braid, beginning
with single braid for a first lieu
tenant; each promotion adds a braid
through the rank of colonel. GEN
erals have two bands of black mo-
hair on their overcoats and on full
dress coat a band of gold oak leaves,
surmounted by one or two stars
(brigadier and major-generaD. In
field dress (coaD the only marks
are those worn on the shoulder, and
an olive drab band around the cuff
the same for all grades; in the gen.
ara1 STA IF this hand io bIool,
The various branches of the Army
are distinguished by certain insignia
worn on the collar. Thus the in
fantry, the cavalry and the artillery
wear crossed rifles, sabers and can
non respectively, the engineers, O sill
Yer castle: the ordnance, q shell and
flame; the quartermaster corps, a
sword and key crossed on q wheel;
the medical corps, a caduceus; the
signal corps, crossed flags; the adju-
tant-generars department, a shield
the inspector-generals department., a
sword and fasces crossed on wreath
the Judge advocate-generaps depart
ment sword and pen crossed on a
wreath. Chaplains wear Latin
cross.
Grades and pay go together.
second lieutenant receives yearly
S1,7O0; first, $4,000. Captains, ma
1ors, lieutenant-colonels and colonies
draw, respectively, $2,4O0; $4,000
S3,500 and $4,000. This is the-ini-
tial or base pay; it is increased 10
per cent. for every FIVE years OF
service, UP to 40 per cent; this in
crease is known in the Army as a
fogy.' Lieutenant-colon and
colonies, however, stop at S4,500 and
$4,000, respectively. The pay of a
brigadier is $4,000, that of a major
general $4,000. Generals get nc
quarters, fuel and light. The pay
of enlisted men depends on their
grades, ratings and length of service
it is too complicated to set out al
length here. A private, however
gets q base pay of SIS month; a
corporal, $21 or $24; a sergeant, sac
OF S36; first sergeapts, S45-all with
increases for length of service. In
addition, be it said, all non-commis-
stoned officers and men draw cloth
ing, and, of course, are fed. These
rates have been materially increased
during the present emergency
Commencing June first, nineteen
hundred and seventeen, and contin-
uing until the termination of the
emergency, all enlisted men of the
Army of the United States in active
service whose base pay does not
exceed s21 per month shall receiv-
an increase of SIS per month; those
whose base pay is S24, an increase
of $12 per month; those whose base
pay is $50, $36 or $40, an increase OF
SS per month, and those whose base
pay is S45 or more, an increase OF
sc per month"