Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-02-15

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gineers and battalion sergeant majors
and battalion supply sergeants of the
engineers.
Men receiving $50: Sergeants, first
class, of the medical department.
Men receiving ST.: Hospital ser
geants, master engineers Of the junior
grade and engineers.
Men receiving $81: Quartermaster
sergeants of the senior grade of the
quartermaster corps, band leaders,
master signal electricians, master cleo
tricians, master engineers Of the senior
grade and master hospital sergeants.
Assignment to Special Duties.
These are the established grades Of
the enlisted men, but they may various
ly be assigned to such special duties as
chauffeurs, switchboard operators,
cobblers, clerks, camoufleurs, sanitary
inspectors, craftsmen, stevedores. &C.
countants, plumbers and such other oc-
equations and trades as are necessary
to meet the requirements of army serv-
ice.
In addition to the rates of pay for
enlisted men heretofore mentioned,
supplemental pay or allowances are
made as follows:
(1) Increased pay is allowed for con-
tinuous service, computed under what
is known as "enlistment period" An
enlistment period ordinarily represents
a period Of three or four years, de-
pendent upon the law in effect at date
of enlistment. There are seven such
periods, covering a period Of service
Of year to more than IS years pro-
vided for, and the increases range
from So to $24 per month, according
to the grade and length Of service. Men
in the grade of private calling for $50
per month are increased So per month
during the second enlistment period,
an additional So during the third en-
-listment period, and 81 per month for
each additional enlistment period to
include the seventh enlistment period.
Men above the $50 grade and up to and
including the $38 grade are entitled to
s. per month additional pay for each
enlistment period from the second to
the seventh for each successive enlist
ment period. Men above the $38 grade
are entitled to 81 per month additional
pay for each enlistment period from
the second to the seventh.
Some Additional Ratings.
(2) Enlisted men Of the coast artil-
lery, below grade Of mess sergeant,
are entitled to the following additional
ratings, according to established indi-
vidual qualifications: Easement cleo
tricians, observers of the first class,
plotters and coxswains, 50 per month;
chief planters, observers of second
class, chief leaders, gun commanders
and gun pointers, 81 per month; en-
listed men of the field artillery-expert
first-class gunners, IS per month; first
class gunners, So per month; and Sec
ond-class gunners, 81 per month; en-
listed men Of the cavalry, engineers
and infantry-expert riflemen, IS per
month; sharpshOoters, 50 per month
enlisted men Of the medical depart
ment - surgical assistants, IS per
month; nurse (enlisted MANI, 50 per
month, and dispensary assistant, 50 per
month.
(3) Enlisted men of the signal corps.
while on duties which require them to
participate regularly in aero flights, as
Stunning that they have rating Of avia-
ton mechanician, receive so per cent
Increase in their monthly pay.
Housing and Subsistence.
(4) All enlisted men, while on de-
tached duty not in the field where
there are no army quarters available,
receive in addition to their pay SIS per
month to cover the expense of housing
and also a suitable allowance for sub
sistence and for heat and light.
(5) Enlisted men, if serving in for
eign country. or beyond the continental
limits of the United States (Porto
Rico, Hawaii and Panama canal zone
excepteO receive 20 per cent increase
in pay computed on the base pay and
service pay prevailing prior to June 1,
1917, when an act Of congress in
creased, for the term of the emer-
gency," the pay of all enlisted men in
amounts ranging from so per cent to
s per cent.
(6) Enlisted men attached to the
United States Military academy are en-
titled to the same pay and allowances
as other enlisted men Of the regular
army Of the same grade and additional
compensation provided for performing
certain duties upon detail therefor in
orders.
The Pay Of Officers.
Officers of the army are paid accord
ing to rank held by them. A second
lieutenant receives $141.67 initial pay
per month; first lieutenant, $16667;
captain, $500; major, $3.50; lieutenant
colonel, 1921. 81, and a colonel, $333.S3,
with an increase of 10 per cent known
as longevity pay for each period of
five years of service, provided that
such increase shall not exceed 40 per
cent.
The pay of brigadier general is
$4,000 per wear: major general, $1,000;