Denver labor bulletin., 1918-01-26
COMPLETE FACTS AND FIGURES ABOUT
ARMYPAY ROLL OF OFFICERS AND MEN
Wages Paid by Uncle Sam Our Fighting
Billion Dollars Per Year and Higher Month
Paymaster Has Very Intricate Task; Pay
of Enlisted

sanitary inspectors, craftsmen. steve
dores, accountants, plumbers and such
other occupations and trades as are
necessary to meet the requirements
of army service.
In addition to the rates of pay for
enlisted men, heretofore mentioned
supplemental pay or allowances are
made as follows:
% Increased pay is allowed for
continuous service. computed under
what is known as enlistment period"
An enlistment period ordinarily rep
resents a period Of three or four
years, dependent upon the law in eff
feet at date of enlistment. There are
seven such periods, covering a period
Of service of from one year to more
than eighteen years provided for, and
the increases range from So to S24
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 dur
ing the second enlistment period. an
additional SO during the third enlist
ment and 81 per month for each addi
tional enlistment period to include the
seventh enlistment period. Men above
the $50 grade and up to and including
the S3S grade are entitled to So per
month additional pay for each enlist
ment period from the second to the
seventh for each successive enlist
ment period. Men above the S3S
grade are entitled to 81 per month
additional pay for each enlistment
period from the second to the seventh.
Some Additional Ratings.
J2) Enlisted men of the coast ar
tillery, below the grade Of mess ser
ELI ~
additional ratings. according to estab-
Ilished individual qualifications: Case
| Iment electricians. observers Of the first
class, plotters and coXswains, So per
month: chief planters, observers of
/ second class, chief leaders, gun COM
manders and gun pointers, 81 per
month: enlisted men Of the field artil-
| lery-eNpert first class gunners, 50
per month: first class Eunners, 50 per
month: and second class Eunuers, 81
per month: enlisted men Of the cavalry,
| engineers and nfantry-eNpert rifle
men. s. per month; sharpshooters, So
per month: and marksmen, 50 per
month: enlisted men of the medical
observation-disclosures assistants. 50
per month; nurse ienlisted mani. SS
ne- month; and dispensary assistant,
50 per month.
corps. while on duties which require
them to participate regularly in aero
flights. assuming that they have rat
ing of aviation mechanician, receive
so per cent increase in their monthly
pay.
Housing and Subsistence.
"a 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 Sl5
per month to cover the expense of
housing and also suitable allowance
for subsistence and for heat and light.
t5l Enlisted men, if serving in a
foreign country or beyond the conti-
mental limits of the United States
porto Rico, Hawaii and Panama
canal zone eNcepted) receive 20 per
cent increase in pay computed on the
base pay and service pay prevailing
prior to June /. 1917. when an act of
congress increased. for the term of
the emergency" the pay of all en-
listed men in amounts ranging from
80 per cent to 5 per cent
90 Enlisted men attached to the
United States military academy are
entitled to the same pay and allow
ances 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 ac-
cordinC to rank held by them 4 sec
ond lieutenant receives S14l,67 initial
pav per month: first lieutenant,
SI6667; captain. 5000: major, $3.50;
lieutenant colonel. 1921 81; and a colo
mel, SSSS IS, 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
Sd. 900 per year; major general. S.
600: lieutenant general, $4,000; and n
general. $4,000 These officers re
ceive no increase for continuous serv-
ice,
All officers are entitled to be fur
nished public quarters. with fuel and
light, but if these can not be pro
vided the officers receive committed
money value of the same. The allow
ance for quarters for a second heuten-
ant is two rooms, or S2+ per month;
for first lieutenant, three rooms or
communication Of $50 per month; cap
tain, four rooms or communication OF
S4S; major. five rooms or commuta-
tion of 500: lieutenant colonel, SIX
rooms or communication of S12; colonel,
seven rooms or communication of SSi;
brigadier general, eight rooms or
communication of 500; major general,
nine rooms or communication of SlOS;
lieutenant general, ten rooms or COM
mutation of Sl20; and general,
eleven rooms or communication of 1882.
All receive suitable allowance for
heat and light, dependent upon the
locality of their stations and the sea
60, W-b;Ie on fnrrirn service officers