The Monticellonian., 1918-02-15
ARMY PAY ROLL IS NOW
 NEARLY h BILLION A YEAR

E!LLIUN "A YsAR geants of the first class. assistant en- gneers and battalion sergeant majors and battalion supply sergeants of the engineers.
 Men receiving S56: Sergeants, first class, of the medical department.
 Men receiving S71: Hospital ser geants, master engineers of the junior grade and engineers.
 Men receiving $S1: 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, draftsmen, stevedores, ac- countants, plumbers and such other oe- 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:
 CD 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 q period of service of 1 year to more than IS years pro- vided for, and the increases range from S3 to $24 per month, according to the grade and length of service. Men in the grade of private calling for $30 per month are increased $3 per month during the second enlistment period, an additional S3 during the third en- fistment period, and $1 per month for each additional enlistment period to
 
 Men above the $50 grade and up to and including the $3S grade are entitled to $3 per month additional pay for each enlistment period from the second to the seventh for each successive enlist ment period. Men above the S3S grade are entitled to S4 per month additional pay for each enlistment period from the second to the seventh.
 Some Additional Ratings.
 (2) Enlisted men of the coast artfl- lery, below grade of mess sergeant. are entitled to the following additional ratings, according to established indi- yidual qualifications: Basement elee- trieians, observers of the first class, plotters and coXswains. So per month i; chief planters. observers of second class, chief loaders. gun commanders and gun pointers, S7 per month; en- listed men of the field artillery-expert first-class gunners. 8 per month; first class gunners, S3 per month and sec ond-class gunners. S2 per month; en- listed men of the cavalry, engineers and infantry-expert riflemen, 8 per month; sharpsheeters, $3 per month ; enlisted men of the medical depart ment - surgical assistants, g per month; nurse fenlisted man). $3 per month, and dispensary assistant, S2 per month.
 f3) Enlisted men of the signal corps. while on duties which require them to participate regularly in aero flights. as suming that they have rating of avia- tion mechanician, receive 90 per cent increase in their monthly pay.
 Housing and Subsistence.
 (G All enlisted men. while on de- fached duty not in the field where there are no army quarters available, receive in addition to their pay $15 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 exceptedD receive 20 per cent increase i'll 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 50 per cent to 8 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 4i