Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-02-22

officers of the army are paid accord
ing to rank held by them. A second
lieutenant receives S141.67 initial pay
per month; first lieutenant, S166.67 :;
captain, 5000; major, $3.50; lieutenant
colonel, $291.67, and a colonel, $685.
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 a brigadier general Is
$4,000 per year; major general, $4,000;
lieutenant general, $4,000, and a gen.
eral. $4,000. These officers receive
no increase for continuous service.
All officers are entitled to be fur
nished public quarters, with fuel and
light, but if these cannot be provided
the officers receive a committed money
value of the same. The allowance for
quarters for second lieutenant is
two rooms, or $24 per month; for a
first lieutenant, three rooms or COM
mutation of $50 per month; captain,
four rooms or communication of $4S;
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$50; lieutenant colonel, six rooms or
Communication of SO; colonel, seven
rooms or communication of $S4; briga-
der general, eight rooms or commute
ton of 500; major general. nine rooms
or Communication of Sos; lieutenant
general, ten rooms or Communication of
S120; and q general, eleven rooms or
Communication of $132. All receive
suitable allowance for heat and light,
dependent upon the locality of their
stations and the season. While on
foreign service officers receive an in
crease of 10 per cent of their base
pay and longevity pay.
Aerial Flight increases.
Aviation officers Of the signal corps,
or officers attached to the signal corps,
while on duty which requires them to
participate regularly and frequently in
aerial flights, are entitled to an in
crease in the pay of their grade, under
their commissions, as follows: Avia-
ton officers, 25 per cent; junior mill
tary aviators, so per cent; military
aviators, rs per cent Each junior mil
itary aviator and each military avia-
tor duly qualified and serving has the
rank, pay and allowances of one grade
higher than that held by them under
their commissions, provided that the
ranks under their commissions are not
higher than that of captain.
For deeds of valor, recognized by
acts of congress, officers and enlisted
men receive certificates of merit which
entitle them TO an additional compen-
sation of 50 per month.
Allowances at Retirement.
Enlisted men can apply for retire /
nent after 80 years of service. They |
Ire retired on IS per cent of the |
monthly pay drawn at the time of re-
irement, and S15.75 month addi-
ional in lieu of allowances.
officers are retired for disability or
lfter sixty-four years of age, and re-
,eive 70 per cent of the pay Of the
,rade held at date of retirement.
An enlisted man in active service has
10 necessary personal expenses except
or barber and laundry. Uniforms, I'M
erclothing, shoes, hats, quarters, med
cal attendance and subsistence are
upplied them at government expense.
'uch materials as tobacco, postage,
and incidentals of indi-
idual taste may be purchased at the
ost exchange at cost
officers, while in hospital, are
harged 81 per day for subsistence.
hey are not entitled to clothing or
quipment and are required to subsist
purchasing their supplies
ther from the quartermaster or
trough the ordinary channels of trade.