Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 June 1916 — United States pay for National Guard [ARTICLE]

United States pay for National Guard

Beginning July Ist the national guard will receive government pay for drills, in addition to pay for attendance at the camps of instruction. Pay rolls will be made up semi-annually, on July Ist and January Ist. Members will be expected to attend 48 drills each year to receive the full authorized pay, but will receive a proportionate part of the pay for a less number of drills, not less than 24 in each year. The. pay rate for enlisted men is 25 per cent of the pay which is received by members of the regular army, and the nuinber of each grade and the f>ay for enlisted men of infantry companies are as follows: 56 privates and two buglers, $3.75 pel 1 month, or 94c each weekly drill; 19 privates, Ist class, $4 per month or $1 for each weekly drill; 11 corjjorals and one mechanic, $5.25 per month or $1.31 for each weekly drill; one supply sergeant, 6 sergeants and two cooks, $7.50 per month or $1.87 for each weekly drill;/one mess sergeant, $9 per month or $2.25 for each weekly drill; ode- first sergeant, $11.25 per month pr $2.81 for each weekly drill. Commissioned officers receive an annual rate of pay graduated according to rank. The above amounts will be paid only to those who actually drill at least an hour and a half each week. In addition to the drills there are lectures and other instructions, fn-

eluding indoor target practice and outdoor range practice. The measure for the reorganisation of the army .and the national guard, which was approved by the President on June 3d, designates able-bodied men between the ages of 18 and 4 5 as “militia,” and the organized troops—aside from the regular army—as the “national guard,” so that, in the future, it will be well to remember that the organized companies, battalions and regiments are the “national guard,” while all other able-bodied male citizens are designated “militia” by act of congress and are subject to draft for service when ever the necessity requires.