The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1917-11-02
The Soldiers Pa.

kaiser has offered a prize G! $75 t.
the first man OF his forces in France
VINO capturs an American soldier
the bonus will prove a tempting ont
TO the Teutons, for this sum repre-
sents more than three years pay for a
private in the German army, says
war bulletin issued by The Nationai
Geographic SOC iety, from its Washing
ton headquarters, on the pay OF
soldiers IN the armies Of the belliger-
ent nations.
"The American soldier boy abroad
will draw a prlhcely wage co impaired
i with Tommy Atkins, the French
poilu, the Italian Alpini, the German
boche and all the other lighting men
of European nations continues the
b llletn.
"DlsregardinE the extras and the
special allowances of various kinds
provided for ih the armies of the
| world, but taking the lowest wage OF
the humblest private as the standard,
the comfortable rate of pay allowed
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"
"With his quarters, clothing and
rations furnished him, as they are
furnished in all the armies of the
world, the American second class
private, receiving his foreign-seryice
pay of $40 a month, will be pluto
crat compared " th the French SOL
der who draws the bare plttance of
ST 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,
10 its turn. princely compared with
the thirty two cents month which
the Russian gov ernment allows its
privates, and the seventy-three cents
wnlch Austria-l hungary pays its
troOpS-One and two-and-half cents a
day respectively.
Threat Britain is the most generous
or the European governments 10 its
pay of priyates, who receive $3.50 a
month at home and an additional
allowance while aghting in France,
MeSopotamia and other foreign fields.
Italy ranks second in generosity with
monthly minimum allowance Of
$3.50. Spain compensates he7 soldiers
with a SAP monthly wage aud
Germany has built up her military
engine with a wa e scale beginniI g
at $l 90 a month less than six cents
a day. Japan's soldiers at home with
So year, fare little worse than the
Austrians. Turkey is an indulgeni
employer by comparison, granting II
a year-92 cents month.
IA htst-class American private,
drawing $1,000 a month in France,
gets Sal year more than a Russian
colonel, and $64 year more than a
German lieutenant for the first three
years; $3l a year more than a first
lieutenant of the Austrian army, and
$40 year more than Junior lieu
tenant in the service of Italy.
THE pay OF an American second
lieutenant (iisreg arding all allow
ances) is 500 year greater han thai
of northumberland in the British
army. SD more than that Of fun
colonel IN the FRENCH army, So more
than That OF German lieutenant
Colonel, $3.50 more than a colonel a,
Austrian troops, and only 500 less
than that or majpr-general of the
Italian army, while 10 full genera
81 me Russian army The American,
81 1U0 would seem fortune, as tn,
MuScoVlte or the b CHEST rank gets
only 81, 272.
"The pay of an American cantajn
compares favorably with that of a
brltiSa colonel French brigadier.
general, German brlgadier.peneral
an Austrian 6rigadier-general, a