Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1898 — Soldiers’ Pay. [ARTICLE]

Soldiers’ Pay.

In view of the number of men from Knox and Starke county who are likely to be in the service of the United States, as members of the volunteer army in a few days, the amount of salary paid to soldiers in the various ranks will be of local interest. The following table shows the#amount of pay per month received by all soldiers from privates to major generals, and it will be seen that there is a wide difference in the salaries paid private soldiers and officers. It must be remembered, however, that officers are required to furnish their own uniforms and board themselves, while privates are furnished with everything.

Private soldiers 8 13 00 Corporals 15 00 Sergeants. 18 00: First sergeant 25 00 j Quartermaster sergeant 23 (X) | Sergeant major 23 00 Hospital steward 45 00 f Second lien tenant 116 67 j First lieutenant 125 (X) Captain . 150 00 Major 208 83 Lieutenant colonel 250 (X) j Colonel v. 291 67 Brigadier general 428 33 Major general 625 00 i Chaplain 125 (X) | | Quartermaster 150 (X)| I Surgeon ...208 35 , j Assistant surgeon .150 (X): After making the most liberal, allowances for patriotism, it is still evident that a company or regi- j merit of major generals would be , I much easier to enlist than one ! composed chiefly of private soldI id’s. Starke Co. Democrat.