Barnwell sentinel. (Barnwell C.H., S.C.) 185?-1925, March 14, 1918, Image 2
BARNWELL SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA
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“Smilcage tlooks" .for - the *Kof-
diers |s tlio latest devlcp for
uiukf'uiH Out miui-in-khaki'# lift* tfr*
tli cor fill iis t>< isslhlc while ’ sit'
ciifitonmciit'cjiiiips. ~ " • 1
“Kmileagv book.'?’,, arc issued
hy authorities In charge uf o;wnp
aiyuw-i'ncirti and ore. guaranteed
i^ciiitfs of the -first- class, assistant ,cn-
imtoers-nfrd battalion sergeant tnnTor*
mmI Iml,!alum '‘trjVjrTy sgrgcRnl s - nl inc
mgliir>f$i-- • • • A
MuU l - ^teiyiiix $odT‘ Kergt-HfitH, first
■lass, of the medical department.
. Men i;ecejvliig $71: Hospital ser-
~Facfc afflrftporey--Abotrt ft*
Paid Various Grades of Offi
cers and Enlisted Men,
Reams, mas
• any recruit fortunate enough to
#; possess out*. winch mjli .cost. $5.
grade and engFheerK f v
Men receiving $Nl: ! Quartermaster
sergeants of the senior grade of the
quartermaster corps, Jowid leaders,
trTftbfcrsignal elect riclans.-maNter elec
trician:*. numter onfeineer* of thertenlor
gfiuje and master h"syiUl,scrg«JMittj.
Wide expansion of the Army Maker
Task of Paying Off Intricate and
Difficult—Is duarterm»ster's
Job—Precautions Tgken. to
. Insure Meeting Pay Roll
Promptly,
therefor in
I..' The Pay of Officers. '
<lfficers of the army are paid acepHl-
Itih to rank held by thentr*. A second
lieutenant receives $141.07 Initial pay
pdr ! month; first lieutenant. $100.07;
caj.i tit In. $200; major, $250; lieutenant
colonel, $29UVT, and a colonel, $33.1.143,
*ltl> an increase of 10 per eeut known
ns longevity pay for each period of
flVe years of Se/yleip, provided that
suich Increase’shad net exceed 40 per
cent.
The pay of a brigadier general Is
$0,000 per year; major general; $8,000;
lieutenant general, $0,000. and a gen-
ertilr $10,000. These officers receive
no Increase foreont Imams sorvk*e.
AH officers are entitled to-he fur-
lilfched public quartern, with fuel and
llghjt. hut If these cannot be provided
tflie <»iik*er.i recetve a commuted moutjy
I.. .'1.. . & slj A 'fl^L .. r’ •
Assignment to Special Duties.
Tlu-se are the .vstuiflLsluKl grades fit;
.the enlisted men, hut they may yaflopa-
ly.he assigned to (ffibft-special duties as
clianffeurs, switchboard operators,
gobblers, effirktt, Ciiliiotifletrfs. sonilfafy
Inspector!*,., draftsmen. stevedores, dc-
eouutants. piumlKjrs ajud such/ether oCr.
V'Ujmtions and trades as are necessary
to meet the requirements of army serv-
Ict*. •
In addition to the rates of priy for
enlisted ineu» heretofore mentioned,
supplemental pay or nllowjiuceys itrf
made as follows; ,. • .
0) Increased pay Is allowed/or con
tinuous service, computed under what
is known aer “enlist na»nt jM'riod.”' An
eiiljsitiieni pi«rVi(l ordinarily coprefeenlB
a period of—three or four years,, de
pendent upon Uie law'll! effect at ^Iqte.
Washington.—The actual pay roll of
the fighting forces of the I’nlted States
Is now nearly $J(J0,00U.(N>0 per mdirtb.
This sum is dlsbjij sed .by the pay offi
cers of the army and navy in the form
of-checks or currency or by the treas
ury departnlwit In flic form of family
allotment* as compensation for serf-
lees rendered according to the scale of
pay preserllied by law -for the uni
formed defenders of tin* natidn. , r
This^flgure does not include “family
allowances" which are paid lit the gov
ernment toward the support of the flam-
Mil's of enlisted men, under s|*eeitled
conditions, nor does it consider uny of
the special compensatory features of
tha military and naval Insurance act,
tinder which $ 171k 150.000 was Mfiproprf-'
a ted. i N. ■
For the purpose of ’Informing tfier
public accurately as loHhe system of
pay 1u iMo army the following autlinhs,
I zed sfntemcht has 'been Issued hy f lie*
eommlitee tin |>u1»1te information,.:
Army Pay Nearly Billion 4f Year.
The tfitaT pay of the (/idled Stales
army for the month of December W«#'
approximately $78,5!SO,MOO. . . ;•
Disbursements 'on account of the pay
of officers and men of the army ure
now at the rate of about $0fii0,0U0,Q<i0
per year.
These, figures consider solely tlw pay,
disbursed hy tjie quartermasterde-
purtuient and do not include family
allowances or Opnipensation for disubll-4
Ity of soldlcrR provided for by the.1
Chot*
New»|
W««li
PtWlo by
•iyw«*l«in Nev«P»aer. l'nlon:>,&&
1—American sbldfer i*i' tra+fttiitr emwii equippetl for'.hayowM drill; 2*^h>eiich tnaips itnirelitng alohg the. country
roads on the way to the t-reuches at Verdun. ,3r-H«a.vy howitzer of the allies in tluc de**]* Miow i»n the w ! e*tcrn front
SCENE AT FIRST AID STATION ON THE MEUSE FRONT
value of Th^ kiime. Tlie allowance for
qiinrters for a second lleute'nant is
tAv|u' rotyjis. or $24 pur month; for a
fltit Uvutenuut, tiirce .roouis vr icwm*
tntftatlon of $3(1 p«r njont^i; a captain,
fotir rooms or cdinrtiutatlpn of $4S;
major, five room* or commutation of
m; lieutenant cutnoel, aJj rooms or
eo|iii»ijtutiiy» of .$72; colOiiel, seven
rooms or cmniautation -of $84; brigu-
dier general, eight rooms or 9omtnutu-
tion of $fW; major general; nine roofria
or! commutation of $108; lieutenant
general,,ten rooms or’coiiunulation of
and a general, eleven rooms or,
Commutation of $132. All reoelve a
suitable allowance for heat had light,
./!• JocaJi-ty .uf
stations and the-season. While on
foreign service oilicers receive an in
crease of Id .per cent of their base
pay and longevity pay.
of enlistment. There 'are seven such
p»li i«H|s._ eoy»*HMc~ a fierlod of' service
-of 1 year, to • more ■■ limit. 18. yeArs^-prcP
tided .for, and th£ ine.r!eiis<;.A range
Jfrptn $3. to $24 pep (HonUl, (ghcordiug
st<» the grade ajiif l»*ng.th of servigy. Myu
in the gfade of private Mining /or $l\(f
jier iiHinth art- 1m*f**iised $3 lioV monih
during tim second enUwtmeiif peHml.-
ati addiiiiuuiL $il during it he third 'en
listment period,, and $1 per plinth for
ouch additional enlistment pcrlyd' to.
tnplude the seventh enlistment period.*
Mpn above the $30^rlVde.and in* to iitrd
Including the $d&ifrpdAare errtitleil ro
per month additional pay fiur each
V tofflflftJwJMBBaAiMBb. th< ‘ ^ PLm/1 - in
tin 1 seventh for each successive enlist
ment period. Men above the $38 grade
^ne entitle tp fl per rntufth h’diUtlonal
pay for each erillstment period from
Aerial Vlight Increases.
military and mnvul Insurance net and
Avla4ion officers of the signal coips,
or officers attached to the signal corps,
while on duty which requires them to
ipnrticiiiute regularly und frequently iu
aerial flights, (ire entitled to an in
crease In the pay of their grade, under
their commissions, as -follows..* Avia
tion officers. 2f» per cent; Junior mili
tary aviators, r*o per cent; military
aviators, 75 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 hy them Under
I their commissions, provided that the
* ranks under their commissions are not
I higher than that of captain. _
For deeds of valor, recognized by
arts of congress, officers and enlisted
men receive certificates of merit which
^entitle them to an additional compen
sation of $2 per month.
. Allowances at Retirement.
Enlisted men can apply for retire
ment after 30 years of service. They
are retired on 75' per cent of the
! monthly pay drawn at the time of re
tirement, and $15.75 a month 'nddl-
Some Additional Ratings. ,
(2) Enlisted, men of .the coast artil
lery. below grade of mess sergeant,
are entftled-Tfi fhe following additional
ratings, according to established Indi
vidual quail flea tbms: Casement- elec-
trp luns, observers of thy first .class,
plotters and coxswains, $!l per month;
Chief planters, observers of second
class, chief loaders, gun eombtnnderA
am) pun pointers, $1 per month; en-
' listed men of the field artillery—<‘X|»ert
first cluss gumiVr.s. $5 per month; lirst-
clijss gunners, $3 per month; and sec
ond class gunner#.- $2 per month ; en
listed men of the envrtlry. enplrteers
and Infantry—expert riflemen, $5 ,p»*r
*0mm
(wounded men) lending a tir-'t aid
eir wdumis treated.
month; sharpshooters, $3 p< i r month;
enlisted men of the medical depart
ment — surgical 4 assistants, $5 per
month; nurse (enlisted man). $3 per
nn>n.\h. find disperistiry assistant, $2 per
thonUt.. r
(3) Enlisted men of the signal corps,
while on duties which roqutre tbem~to
participate regularly in aero flights, as
suming that they have rating of avia
tion mechanician, receive 50 per cent
increase in their monthly pay. v
Housing and Subsistence.
(4) All enlisted meo, while’ on de
tached; duty nof In the field where
there are no army quarters available,
receive in addition to their pay $15 per
month to < over the expense of housing
and also a suitable .allowance for sub
sistence and for heat and light.
THEIR CHURCH IN A. RUINED VILLAGE
IN MEMORY OF VIMY HEROES
tioniil in lieu of allowances,
jOfiiceri-are retired for disability or
after Sixty-Tour years of age, and re
ceive 77j per cent of the pay of the
jrrade held, at date of rotireirfent.
An enlisted man in active service hits
no necessary personal expenses except
for barber and laundry. tJhifornts, un-
‘derclothlng, shoes, hats, quarters, rned-
Ical ftitendfince ami - subsistence, are
supidled them at gitverniuenT Vxperisel
Such .materials as tobacco, postage,
confectionery and -Incidentals of Indi
vidual taste may be purchased .ut the
post exchange at* cost.
Officers, \\luh‘ ill hospital, are
charged $1 per day for subsistence.
They are not entitled to clothing or
equipment and are requited to subsist
themselves, purchasing their supplies
either from . tin; • quartermaster or
through the ordinary channels of trade,
In pay computed on the base pay and
service pay prc\alllug' prior to June 17
1917-, wlnn an act of congress In;
creased.- fur the' ‘-term of. the eiaer-
geney,” the pay of ail enlisted men In
amounts ranging from 50 per cent to
8 per cent..
.((>) Enlisted-men attached td the
.United States Military academy are en
titled.to the sprue pay and allowances
as Other, enlisted men of tlie* regular
army of tlie same trade and additional
ionfiipeusatHm providetl for pci iorniing
ehoto l>>
W«il«rn Nrmn«p^r I'nlori]
during the great hattlv'or Vimy Itidge.
Real Herman shells -ure msed ut tin*
base to support jpie chains.
• Photo, by
Wtn'ern N>w*p»p<rr Union
RETURNS AFTER TEN YEARS
Made in America.
Scene: A cigar store—at Inventory
time, evidently, for in addition to the
usual shelf and counter displays the
floor.Is piled high with hoyes, jars and
crates of “smokes” of every descrip
tion. Entjer an elderly and respectipd'e
person.
E. and R. P. (solemnly)—-Dfieg your
pardon: Have you any cigars or ciga-
ret^'tf. here? •-
Canadian troupers-leirvihg 51h* impruvised
ranged in a little Feem-h v+flage that Inis been
Wanderer Comes Back to QfcJ Home in
Army Uniform and T-herv.Leavea
KNITTING MACHINE SPEEDS UP WORK
for France
entrance to dugout
Hhleagu.—After-ten years of wan.-
dering,, away ffoin all communication
with Ids family. Howard Clarke, scion
of one* of the oldest and most distin-
guls^ed’ Chicago families, returned to’
visit those he lcft'hehlnd for- probably
the last time. He returned In the uni
form bf'a United Elites soldier. He is
now Capt.-Jfoward’■Clarke, and after
a few days here, left,to rejoin his regi
ment at a Pacific port, and his latest
adventureWill take him to the.battle
fields of France;! - , . '
moment
tinetlvi'ly American brand of humor,
perhaps that conversation ,|s as g»K#i
clerk wnuld have been Insulted
France he would li'afe, laughed
Engltfnd'Tie would have sajd : *
sir/’^-CmmsT’s'TV(*»*kl v.
Records of -Severe Winters.
In old records of hard winters ln~ttw*
middle age# the race todaydiardlj- rec
ognizes the planet It lives on. For
example^* Jn the year 40f the Black
sea was entirely frozen oyer. Jn 4(52
the Danube was frozen, So tluil Theo-
doiner marched on the Ice. to Swaha
to iitenge his hrother’p death. In 7ft1
the cold was so lntensf that the Strait
of Dardanelles and-the BUigkjmn were
entirely’ frozen ot»er. The snow tft
some places was 710 feet deep, and the
Ice was heaped in such quanfrtuisr on
Fils letter home may he composed
junder these difficult conditions and In
a concealed Tcrsnny" of this sort.
the oities as to cause the walls to fall
down.
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