* The maximum pay of a colonel is by law $4500 per annum; hence full 40 per cent. cannot accrue. + The maximum pay of a lieutenant-colonel is by law $4000 per annum; hence full 40 per cent. cannot accrue. NOTES. An aide-de-camp to a major-general is allowed $200 per year in addition to the pay of his rank; an aide-de-camp to a brigadier-general is allowed $150 per year in addition to the pay of his rank; and an acting commissary of subsistence is allowed $100 per year in addition to the pay of his rank, not to be included in computing the service increase. Assistant surgeons are entitled to pay of captain after five years' service. Retired officers receive 75 per cent. of pay (salary and increase) of their rank, but no increase accrues for time subsequent to date of retirement. A retired chaplain receives three-fourths of the pay (salary and increase) of his rank (captain, not mounted). The officer in charge of the public buildings and grounds (Washington) has, while so serving, the rank, pay, and emoluments of a colonel. The aides-de-camp to the general, selected by him from the army, have, while so serving, the rank and pay of colonel. The aides-de-camp and military secretary to the lieutenant-general, selected by him from the army, have, while so serving, the rank and pay of lieutenant-colonel. Officers of the army and of volunteers, assigned to duty which requires them to be mounted, shall, during the time they are employed on such duty, receive the pay, emoluments, and allowances of cavalry officers of the same grade, respectively. REMARKS. Mileage, at the rate of eight cents per mile, is allowed to officers for travel under orders. Regulations governing the subject of mileage are contained, entire, in General Orders No. 97, Adjutant-General's Office, series of 1876. Commutation of quarters to be paid by Pay Department, as follows: General, $125 per month; lieutenant-general, $70 per month; all other grades not to exceed $10 per month per General Orders Nos. 37 and 66, Adjutant-General's Office, series of 1878. room. Forage for horses is allowed to officers as follows: General for five; lieutenant-general for four; major-general for three; brigadier-general for three; colonel, lieutenant-colonel, major, captain, and lieutenant (mounted); adjutant, regimental quartermaster, chaplain, and storekeeper, each for two horses. Forage is now issued only to those officers on duty at posts west of the Mississippi River. Average Pay per Month, for Five Years, of Enlisted Men of the Signal Corps. NOTE. In addition to the above, corporals and privates in charge of stations, or serving as operators or repairmen on the United States telegraph lines carrying, or which may carry, commercial business, and sergeants in charge of display sections, receive 35 cents per day extra. Table of Monthly Pay of Enlisted Men of the United States Army. FIRST ENLISTMENT. FIRST RE-ENLISTMENT.* YEAR IN EACH ENLISTMENT.. 1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 1st 2d 3d 4th 5th Year. Year. Year. Year. Year. Year. Year. Year. Year. Year. $2 EXTRA. 1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th YEAR OF TOTAL CONTINUOUS SERVICE Year. Year. Year. Year. Year. Year. Year. Year. Year. Year. Subsequent re-enlistments $1 more. †The pay of a man who has ever re-enlisted under the act of August 4, 1854, and who comes into the service again, commences with amount stated in this column-$1 per month to be retained. Not affected by act of May 15, 1872. No pay retained in these cases; but they are entitled to benefits of act of August 4, 1854, for re-enlistment. ? Company quartermaster sergeants of any branch of the service not to be appointed (see General Orders No. 61, series of 1873), but reduction to be gradual by not filling vacancies. FIRST ENLISTMENT. FIRST RE-ENLISTMENT.* $2 EXTRA. YEAR IN EACH ENLISTMENT.. 1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 1st 2d 3d 4th 5th Year. Year. Year. Year. Year. Year. Year. Year. Year. Year. 1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th YEAR OF TOTAL CONTINUOUS SERVICE Year. Year. Year. Year. Year. Year. Year. Year. Year. Year. * Subsequent re-enlistments $1 more. មនុ † Only one veterinary surgeon, at $75 per month, allowed each of the cavalry regiments, from the First to the Sixth Regiment, inclusive; two, one at $100 and one at $75 per month, allowed each of the Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Regiments; the senior in date of appointment entitled to the higher grade.Decision of Adjutant-General of December 3, 1874. CLOTHING. Settled June 30 and December 31 of each year. Balances found due United States to be charged soldier on muster-rolls of those dates. Balances due soldier to be carried forward on company books credited to his current clothing account; any balance remaining due him at discharge to be credited on final statements. For causes of withholding retained pay on discharge of the soldier, see paragraph 10, General Orders No. 51, series of 1872. Enlisted men of Signal Corps to have pay of Engineer soldiers of similar grades. Act approved June 20, 1878. (G. 0. 46, A. G. O., 1878.) List of Military Posts, Garrisons, and Stations of the United States, with their Post or Station. Abraham Lincoln, Fort, Dakota..... Adams, Fort, Rhode Island............ Alcatraz Island, California...... Allegheny Arsenal, Pennsylvania.. Post-Offices. Apache, Fort, Arizona............................................................... Augusta Arsenal, Georgia.......... Barrancas, Fort, Florida...... Post-Office. ..Fort Abraham Lincoln, Dakota. ..Newport, Rhode Island. .Alcatraz Island, California. ..Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. .Plymouth, Massachusetts. ...Angel Island, California. ....Fort Assinniboine, Montana. Atlanta, Georgia. Warrington, Florida. .Fort Bennett, Dakota. ..Fort Benton, Montana. Boise Barracks, Idaho....... Brady, Fort, Michigan...... Post-Office. ..Fort Bidwell, California. Boise City, Idaho. Apache Pass, Arizona. .Sault de Ste. Marie, Michigan. Brooke, Fort, Florida........................................................................... Tampa, Florida. Cameron, Fort, Utah....... .Fort Buford, Dakota. .Beaver City, Utah. Canby, Fort, Washington..................................................................... Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania........ Charleston Barracks, South Carolina............... Clark, Fort, Texas....... Concho, Fort, Texas.. . Carlisle, Pennsylvania. New York City, New York. Fort Colville, Washington. ..........Fort Concho, Texas. Constitution, Fort, New Hampshire................ .New Castle, New Hampshire. Craig, Fort, New Mexico......................................................................... ..Fort Craig, New Mexico. Custer, Fort, Montana..... Delaware, Fort, Delaware............. .Fort Custer, Montana. Cheyenne City, Wyoming. Dodge, Fort, Kansas............................................................................... New Orleans, Louisiana. Dutch Island, fort on, Rhode Island...............Jamestown, Rhode Island. Elliott, Fort, Texas.................... .Fort Elliott, Texas. .Fort Ellis, Montana. Finn's Point, battery at, New Jersey. Fetterman, Fort, Wyoming...... Foote, Fort, Maryland.... Fort Fetterman, Wyoming. .............Salem, New Jersey. ............... Fort Foote, Maryland. Fort Monroe Arsenal, Virginia.......... ......Old Point Comfort, Virginia. Fort Point, California...... Fort Union Arsenal, New Mexico....... Fred Steele, Fort, Wyoming...... San Francisco, California. .Fort Union, New Mexico. .Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. .Fort Fred Steele, Wyoming. Gaines, Fort, Alabama.. ............................................................via Mobile, Alabama. Gerrish's Island, battery on, Maine........ Gorges, Fort, Maine....... |