¿ble of pay allowed by law to officers of the Army, annexed to the Army Register conformably to the resolution of the House of Representatives of

August 30, 1842.

*For law establishing the present rates of pay, see sections 1261, 1262, 1263, and 1274, Revised Statutes, and Act March 2, 1899. +The maximum pay of a Colonel is by law $4,500 per annum. [Section 1267, Revised Statutes.] The maximum pay of a Lieutenant Colonel is by law $4,000 per annum. [Section 1267, Revised Statutes.]

NOTES.

1. An Aide de Camp to a Major General is allowed $200 per year in addition to the pay of his rank, not to be included in computing the service increase.-[Act July 15, 1870, Sec. 24.] Section 1261, Revised Statutes.

2. An Aide de Camp to a Brigadier General is allowed $150 per year in addition to the pay of his rank, not to be included in computing the service increase.-[Act July 15, 1870, Sec. 24.] Section 1261, Revised Statutes.

3. 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.-[Act July 15,
1870, Sec. 24.] Section 1261, Revised Statutes.

4. Assistant Surgeons are entitled to pay of Captain after five years' service [Act June 23, 1874, Sec. 4], service to be reckoned from date of acceptance of appointment or
commission.-[Decision of Second Comptroller, September 26, 1884.].
5. Lieutenants of the Signal Corps to be promoted after fourteen years' service, as provided for Lieutenants of the Corps of Engineers and the Ordnance Department,
under sections 1206 and 1207, Revised Statutes.-[Act October 1, 1890.]

6. Retired officers receive 75 per cent of pay (salary and increase) of their rank.-[Act July 15, 1870, Sec. 24.] Section 1274, Revised Statutes.

7. A retired Chaplain receives 75 per cent of the pay (salary and increase) of his rank (Captain, not mounted). Section 1122, Revised Statutes.

8. The officer in charge of the public buildings and grounds (Washington) has, while so serving, the rank, pay, and emoluments of a Colonel.-[Act March 3, 1873, Sec. 1.] 9. For additional pay as mounted officers, see par. 1301, Army Regulations, 1895, as amended by G. O. 146, 1899.

10. The principal assistant in the Ordnance Bureau of the War Department shall receive a compensation, including pay and emoluments, not exceeding that of a Major of Ordnance.-Act February 27, 1877.]

11. An Acting Judge Advocate detailed by the Secretary of War is entitled to the pay and allowances of Captain of Cavalry.-[Act July 5, 1884.),

are entitled to full pay Those detailed under other laws AP***

Retired officers detailed for duty at colleges under the Act of November They are not entitled to commutation of quarters.- [Comptroller, November 28, 1890.]

REMARKS.

Pay of officers, cadets, chaplain, sword master, and teacher of music at the Military Academy.

PAY OF OFFICERS, CADETS, ETC., AT MILITARY ACADEMY.

Pay of veterinarians, hospital matrons, and clerks and messengers at military headquarters. [Acts August 6, 1894, and March 2 and 3, 1899.]

HOSPITAL CORPS.t

Hospital Steward.

Acting Hospital Steward

25

Private..

$1,200 per annum 1,400 per annum 60 per month

The pay of a man who has ever reenlisted under the Act of August 4, 1854, and who reenters the service more than three months after discharge, commences with amount
stated in this column.
+ Enlisted men of this corps are entitled to increased pay for length of service, the same as other enlisted men. Hospital Stewards rank with Ordnance Sergeants and are
entitled to all the allowances of that grade; Acting Hospital Stewards to be detailed from privates of the Hospital Corps; privates of the Hospital Corps are entitled to the
allowances of a Corporal of the arm of service with which they are on duty.-[Act March 1, 1887; G. O. 29, A. G. O., 1887.1

Two Veterinarians to each cavalry regiment. One to have the pay and allowances of a Second Lieutenant of Cavalry, and one to have $75 per month and the allowances
of a Sergeant Major.-[Act March 2, 1899.]
An additional $1 per month for each subsequent period of five years.

CLOTHING. Will be settled six months after the date of enlistment, and thereafter on June 30 and December 31, of each year.-[General Orders, No. 42. Adjutant General's
Office, series of 1890.] 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.-[Section 1302, Revised Statutes.]

The enlisted force of the Signal Corps shall hereafter consist of fifty Sergeants, of whom ten shall be of the first class, with the pay of Hospital Steward.-[Act October 1,
1890: G. O. No. 124, series of 1890.] The remaining forty Sergeants have the pay of Engineer Sergeants.-[Act June 20, 1878; G. O. No. 41, series of 1878.]
Enlisted men (retired) are entitled to three-fourths of the monthly pay allowed by law to them in the grade they held when retired, with commutation of clothing and
rations.-[Act February 14, 1885; G. O 55, A. G. O., 1885.] Rations and clothing commuted at $9.50 per month.-[Act March 16, 1896.] Not entitled to traveling allowances on
retirement, but to transportation in kind by the Quartermaster's Department.

A certificate of merit entitles a soldier to $2 per month additional pay, commencing on the date of rendering "distinguished service" and continuing through all subse-
quent service as an enlisted man.-[Sections 1216 and 1285, Revised Statutes, and Act of February 9, 1891.] The Court of Claims decided May 29, 1893, that the Act of February
9, 1891, is retroactive and entitles to pay from date of the service, not merely from the date of the act.

The period within which soldiers may reenlist with the benefits conferred by sections 1282 and 1284, Revised Statutes, is extended to three months.-[Act August 1, 1894.] Hereafter every enlisted man in the Army shall be entitled to all the benefits conferred by sections 1281 and 1282, Revised Statutes.-[Act August 1, 1894.] Hereafter all enlistments in the Army shall be for the term of three years.-[Act August 1, 1894.]

Traveling allowances are forfeited when soldier is discharged, by order of the Secretary of War, for disability caused by his own misconduct.-[Act March 16, 1896.] Twenty per cent increase on pay proper of all enlisted men is allowed in time of war.-[Act April 22, 1898.]

ABSTRACT OF THE MILITIA FORCE OF THE UNITED STATES (ORGANIZED), ACCORDING TO THE LATEST RETURNS RECEIVED AT THE OFFICE OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL.