Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1918 — Pay of Our Marine Chaps. [ARTICLE]

Pay of Our Marine Chaps.

The pay of officers and crews of vessels In the American merchant marine is as follows: Captain, $250 a month; chief officer, $140; second officer, $130; third officer, $120; chief engineer, $190; flrst assistant engineer, $140; second assistant engineer, $130; third, assistant engineer, $130; carpenters, $75; boatswain, S7O; oiler, $00; coal passers, SSO. In addition to the regular wages the officers and men now receive bonuses, which materially increase their earnings.