Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-10-05
MONTEREY, VA, OCTOBER 5, 1917
Our Soldier Boys
The Best Paid

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"lf, as has been reported recently,
the German Kaiser has offered a
prize of SIS to the first man his
forces in France who captures an
American soldier, the bonus will
prove a tempting one to the
Teutons; for this sum represents
more than three years pay for a
private in the German Army"
saws war bulletin issued today by
the National Geogral h S ETY. it:
Washington headquarCer on the
pay of soldiers in the armies OF
the beIligerent nations.
1.-THE American soldier boy
abroad will draw a prime ly wage
compared with Tommy Atkins,
the French poilu, the Italian Al
PIMA, the German boche ana all
the other fighting men of European
nations" continues the bulletin.
"Disregarding 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 hun3blest private as
the standard tn" comfortable rate
of pay allowei Uncle Sans fight
ing men aft r,ia a remarkable con-
trast to the lean pay envelopes o:
the men with whom Or 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-serv-
ice pay of S33 month, will be a
p'utocrat compared with the
Frence soldier, who draws the bare
pittance of 81 so every 80 days,
scarcely enough to keep the Ameri-
can fighting man in cigarettes. Qn
cidentally Americans are being
supplied the luxury OF smokes by
the folks back home.
"But the French soldiers wage is
in its turn, princely compared with
80 cents a month which the Rus
sian government allows its privates
and the IS cents which Austria
Hungary pays its troops one and
two and a half cents day, re-
spectively.
Great Britain is the most gener-
Gus of the Europeon governments
in its pay of privates, who receive
$3.50 month at home and an ad-
ditional allowance while fighting in
France, Mesopotamia and other
foreign fields. Italy ranks second
in generosity with a monthly
minimum allowance of SIS SO. Ger
many has built up her military en-
CINE with wage scale beginning
at S1.65 a month lees than six
cents day. Japan's soldiers at
home with So a year fare a little
worse than Austrains. Turkey is
in indulent employer by comparison
granting ST. year 90 cents a
month.
"a frst-class American private
drawing $1,000 month in France
gets SAP year more than a Rus
sian colonel and $64 a year more
than a German lieutenant for the
first three years, S31 a year more
than a first lieutenant of the Aus
train Army and $40 a year more
than a junior lieutenant in the
service OF Italy.
"Tba pay of an American second
lieutenant, disregarding all allow
ances, is 500 year greater than
that of lieutenant colonel in the
British Army, S73 more than that
of a full colonel in the French
Army, $62 more than that of a
of a German lieutenant colonel $3.50
more than a colonel of Austrian
troops and only 500 less than that
of a major general of the italian
Army, to full general of the Rus
sian Army the Americans 81 700
would seem a fortune, as the
Muscovite of the highest ranks
gets only 81 ,272."