The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-02-07

their grades, ratings, ana length OF
| service. From June, /, 1917, and con.
tinulng during the term of the war the
pay of the enlisted men is as follows
Men receiving $50: All privates, the
army entering grade.
Men receiving $:}3: FirSt-clusS pri
| Yates. men promoted to act in minor
noncnmmiSSionrd officer capacity.
Men receiving S3G Corporals, sad.
| dierS, mechanics farricrs and wag.
onerS, and musicians OF the third
| class.
Men receiving $3S: All sergeant
| grades In the line, which include in
fnntry. field artillery, coast artillery,
and cavalry; cooks. horscslIocrs. band
corpornlS. aud musicians Of the second
class.
Men receiving $44: Scrgoants Of the
various corps OF the engineers. ord.
nance, signal corps. qunrtcrmustrr
corps, and medical department band
Sergcnnts and musicians Of the first
class.
Men receiving SIS: Battalion ser
gcant majors. squadron sergeant ma
jors. sergeant ma iorS Guninr grade).
assistant band leaders of the line.
Men receiving SOL: Rcgimrntal scr
gcnnt majors, rcgimcntnl supply SER
EeantS. sergeant majors (Scni"r
Erhde). QunrtrrmaStcr srrgrants Of the
quart crnaStcr corps. ordnance ser
EcantS, first scrgrantS. electrician ser
gcantS OF the first class, assistant en-
ginccrS ana battalion sergeant majors
and battalion supply scrGcants Of the
engineers.
Men receiving S1G: Scrgcants, first
class, of the medical department..
Men receiving $7l. Hospital ser
gcnntS. master engineers Of the junior
grade" and engineers.
Men receiving $S1: Quartermastcr
scrgcnntS OF the senior grade Of tho
Huart"rmaStrr corps, band leaders,
master signal electricians. master
master engineers Of the
senior grade. and master hospital ser.
grnntS.
All enlisted men, while on dctnch-
cd duty not In the field where there
are no army quarters available. re-
c"ivr In addition to their pay Sl5 per
month to cover the expense Of houS-
ing and also suitable allowance for
subsistence and for heat and light.
An culiStcd man In active service
has no necessary personal expenses cX-
rcpt for barber md laundry. Uni
forms, undertaking. shoes hats quar-
tcrS, medical attendance. and subSist-
rnce are supplied them nj government
expense. Such materials as tobacco,
Nd i,,yi 10
of individual taste may he purchased
Mt the post exchange at cost
From unccnsored sources the COM
mlttcc on public information has re-
crircd editorial comment on the preSi-
dents recent message In the Frank
furtcr Tritung, Il liberal organ with
large circulation throughout the Ger
man empire. The following paragraph
appears in the translation:
"Fhe foundation for the peace ne
gotiations has not yet been found, hut
we have approached much nearer to
IT. Wilson seeks Il way out of the war
ana does so I'm Il manner not entirely
In accord with us. We see no reason
for exposing ourselves any longer TO
the charge Of lack Of clarity about our
war aims. Germany and her allies
should come out openly with their
terms. Then perhaps II will be seen
that continuation Of the war can be
avoided and the resistance Of govern
mcnts to the desire Tor peace Of their
peoples can be overcome"
a large harvest and storage Of nat
urnl ice for summer use Is being urged
accompanied hy the statement that un-
prcscdcnted demands for ammonia by
the army and navy Indicate Il shortage
in this chemical so widely used in pro-
ducing ice and in refrigcrators.
y shortage Of ice during warm wealth
or In 1918 would result in untold waste
Of periShahlc foods in the home in
small crcamcrics, and other establish
mcnts dependent upon constant ice
service. The United States depart
ment Of agriculture has for dStribu-
tion complete Information ON thc hur-
vcSting and storing Of natural ice.
A statement by the provost marshal
general shows that Of $40. $50 total dis
charges for dependency 7i3,141, or
$3.50 per cent, were for wife or wife
and children; widowed parent, G.51
per cent; motherless child, O.GG per
cent; minor orphan brothers and sis
ters. 0.5S per cent
or the total OF 1.057.3G3 men certi.
fed for service in the National army
41S,3O9. or 1886 per cent. are listed as
involuntary conScripts-thosc who
failed to appear or filed unsuccessful
claims for exemption or discharge.
voluntary conScrlpts-those who filed
no claims for exemption or discharge
numbered 639,054