Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-03
LIFE OF SOLDIER
NOW ATTRACTIVE
Increased Pay Gives Mr.. Buck
Private Much Better Chance
Than Before.
BEST CARED FOR IN WORLD
With Clothing, Food and Medi-
cal Attention Free, He Has
Change to Spare.
BEST CARED FOR IN WORLD
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FORT SILL. Okla. June 2.-Estab-
Ilshment of $50 as the base pay Tor
enlisted men in the United states
army and the national guard by inc
recent action of congress, has ralseu
the financial standing OF me men
bearing the arms of the nation 10
uoint where the lowest private IN inc
roar rank In the last squad OF the
company is rated as being as Wen
maid as the average man in civil lie
VINO receives $S5 or $50 per month
The soldiers of Uncle Sans army
now are the highest paid ana pes'
cared for of any in the world
This Is IA light In which the soluie
has not stood heretofore. A fact
nni, TOO well known is that the
monthly pay of the private in the
army has been made the object OK
denreciativc remarks whenever 1t mas
been spoken Of in the past. Gehera'iy
his has been caused from Ignorance.
however.
Many Seek Camps.
But these remarks are OF the pas'
now. Under the new rating, estup
lished on the $50 base pay tne
private in the army is man Oh II
naociai inheritance. Important com
nunities are now striving for the loca-
ton of large training camps IN order
TO derive financial gain from the
money that will be his to spend
TO begin with, the pay or the
private of the present day is $50 clear
profit above all possible expenses ana
is the private's to spend as ne ue
sires or save il he chooses. This Is
oct
from which to consider the salary OIL
the soldier of today.
Get Plenty Of Clothes.
THE others are the things he is
furnished. In the beginning lie
given clothing allowance winch
provides all the clothes he possibly
can use: comfortable. durable and at
tractivc garments which may he worn
on all occasions. This allowance Is
such that frequently men are enapleu
10 make considerable saving on their
clothing IL the course of year ana
add IL TO the pay they receive. This
clothing is such that the average
civilian could not secure for less than
an outlay Of SO each month on an
average. II includes every possible
article Of wearing apparel from socks
to overcoats and sweaters OF texture
calculated to suit the climate IN
which the wearer is stationed.
Quarters Attractive.
Every soldier In the army is fur
nished with comfortable quarters such
as cannot be supplied in civil life for
less than SIS per month and which
would he impossible to find for that
amount in most of the larger cities.
He Is given all the blankets necessary
to keep him warm in the winter ana
more often than not sleeps in tent
in the summer giving him living con-
ditions that would be the envy of nine
out of ten clerks and other civilian
employees cooped up in stuffy office
thru the greater part of the year
Under present high-cost- of-living
conditions 1t is hard to conceive now
the average healthy man can live on
less than 81 per day for his meals and
to the soldiers who are on detacheu
service the government generally al
lows more than that for subsistence
Rut taking this as n standard there Is
sac more to be added to the things
which come to the private in the army
without the necessity for the slightest
worry on his part.
Person Cared For.
This makes s55 for living expenses
which the government allows It's SOL
diers but that is not all. Every en-
listed man in the army receives with
medical and dental attention he re-
duires and in the event such becomes
necessary he is sent to fine hospitals
where the most expert medical atten-
ton Is given. This attention comes to
the average man in civil life at GER
tainly not less than 81 or 50 per
month.
Thus the total financial gain Of a
private in the army approaches $50
per month when these things. are
taken into consideration and the $50
monthly pay Is added.
Rest Get Even More.
But that is the lowest possible pay.
Privates. first class, those men VINO
have attained a higher degree of et-
ficiency than the average, receive 1913
per month on the new basis
When the privates. first class, have
teen advanced to the grade of cor.
poral where they have command or
seven other men In the company. their
pay Increases accordingly and they
each receive $40 per month.
Each stop In the ladder of non
commissioned officers brings addi-
tional pay The duty sergeants re-
ceive $3S per month and the flrst
sergeants as well as the battalion and
regimental sergeant majors receive
S51 per month.
In this manner the first sergeants
and the regimental on-commlssioned
staff men. rank financially alongside
the men in civil life who receive sll9
or s120 per month.
just Step to Officers.
Indeed the higher non-commis-
stoned officers of the army just now
are as we'll off certainly as the SEE
ond lieutonants in the service. The
latter receive only a little less than
$3.50 per month, but out of this they
are compelled to pay for All tneir
clothing, which the regulations pre-
scribe must be for much finer fabric
than the cloth worn by the enliste1
men, they must pay for their food
which costs considerably more than
the food consumed by the enlisted
men, and they have many other eS-
penses which must be borne with good
grace The regulations declare that
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