The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1917-07-07
SOLDIERS PAY DOUBLES
Privates to Get as Much as Ser
geants Formerly Re We d,
With Graduated Salaries for
Ohicers---Men Still Being Urged
to Volunteer for Service

Commencing June 1, the pay OF every
enlisted man in the United States Army
will be increased materially, according
20 the Army bill which vas recently
passed by Congress. The lowest paid
man In the service will in the future re-
ceive $50. 90 o month, which Is twice the
amount formerly given to men of the
same grade.
The pay Of o private Will from this
time on, be rs much as that OF q sergeant
has been in the past. This fact should
prove to be q good stimulant for recruit
ing work this coming month.
Privates and buglers are the only men
ia the service vino will receive the mini
mum wage of $50. 90 a month. Prlvates
first class In the Cavalry, Artillery, In.
fantry, Engineers. Signal Corps, Ord.
nance, Quartermaster Corps and Medical
Department. are to receive $50 90 a month
The soldiers who will draw $500 a
month are as follows: Oorporals in the
Cavalry. Artillery and Infantry, saddlers
in the Cavalry. Field ARTILLERY. Infantry
and Medical Department; farriers in the
Medical Department and wagoners in
the Cavalry, Field Artillery, Infantry
aud Engineers. This is an increase of
$15. 90 over the former pay.
An increase of $12. 90. making a total
OF e36. 90, is being made for the following
positions: O~orporals In the Engineers,
Ordnance. Signal Corps, Qusrtermaster
Corps and Medical Department; Me-
chanics of the Coast Artillery; Chief
Mechanics of the Field Artillery; and
third.c class musicians in the Cavalry
Artillery. Engineers and Infantry.
Men who formerly received under
S45 90 and over $50. 90 a month will re-
ceive an increase of $500. Those who
receive $4,000, and as much as $780, 90,
will get an increase of $500.
CONTRARY to the general impression
that the passage of the Army Draft Bill
has induced the recruiting officers for
the United States Army to %relinquish
their efforts TO obtain recruits, plans for
new recruiting campaigns are now being
formulated in the hope that the month
of June will be the banner one for he
district of San Francisco.
Every member OF the recruiting party
in the entire district has been urged to
cooperate in every way possible in this
movement. Appeals are to be made to
the men of military z in every com
munity .regardless of the fact that many
of them will be required TO register on
June 5.
Only unmarried men, between the
ages of 10 and 40 years are eligible for
enlistment. The War Department re.
Gently issued an order prohibiting the
acceptance OF applicants under Is years
of age even in cases where the consent
of the parents orIguardians Is given. In
the past large numbers OF young men
between the ages of 16 and Is years have
been enlisted, as the spirit OF patriotism
and the love of adventure seems especial.
ly strong in youths Of that age. In or.
der hat the desired quota may be OBJ
tanned in the future. it will be necessary
for hundreds of young men in this coun.
ty to offer their services Immediately
The narrowing of this age limit makes
the responsibility the greater upon tn
eligible men.
Aliens. who are not subjects of the
enemy countries can enlist now without
having first secured their fret papers or
declaration of intention. This provision
was made by the War Department in a
recent order. The only educational re-
quirement Is that applicants know how
to speak the English language.
The recruiting headquarters for this
sub-district are located at Elko. Nevada.
Every postmaster is authorized to act as
a recruiting agent. Applicants for en-
listment can obtain detailed information
through this sub-station for recruiting,
or the local post office.