FOR PAY OF OFFICERS OF THE STAFF CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND MILITARY SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT: For pay of officers in The Military Secretary's Department, ninety-one thousand five hundred dollars. For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid with their current monthly pay, nineteen thousand dollars. In all, one hundred and ten thousand five hundred dollars.. THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS: For pay of officers in the Corps of Engineers, three hundred and eighty-seven thousand eight hundred dollars. For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid with their current monthly pay, eighty-eight thousand eight hundred and ten dollars. In all, four hundred and seventy-six thousand six hundred and ten dollars. ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT: For pay of officers in the Ordnance Department, one hundred and fifty-three thousand nine hundred dollars. For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid with their current monthly pay, thirty-seven thousand five hundred and sixty dollars. In all, one hundred and ninety-one thousand four hundred and sixty dollars QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT: For pay of officers in the Quartermaster's Department, two hundred and twenty-three thousand five hundred dollars. For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid with their current monthly pay, fifty-six thousand seven hundred and twenty-three dollars. In all, two hundred and eighty thousand two hundred and twentythree dollars... SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT: For pay of officers in the Subsistence Department, one hundred and thirty-four thousand five hundred dollars. For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid with their current monthly pay, twenty-six thousand five hundred dollars. In all, one hundred and sixty-one thousand dollars.. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT: For pay of officers in the Medical Department, six hundred and sixty-five thousand eight hundred dollars. For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid with their current monthly pay, eighty-eight thousand three hundred and seventy-six dollars. In all, seven hundred and fifty-four thousand one hundred and seventy-six dollars PAY DEPARTMENT: For pay of officers in the Pay Department, one hundred and twenty-eight thousand dollars. For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid with their current monthly pay, twenty-seven thousand two hundred and sixty dollars. In all, one hundred and fifty-five thousand two hundred and sixty dollars. $110, 500.00 66, 500, 00 476, 610.00 191, 460.00 280, 223.00 161, 000. 00 754, 176.00 155, 260.00 JUDGE-ADVOCATE-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT: For pay of officers in the Judge-Advocate-General's Department, forty thousand dollars. For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid with their current monthly pay, seven thousand three hundred and fifty dollars. In all, forty-seven thousand three hundred and fifty dollars SIGNAL CORPS: For pay of the officers of the Signal Corps, ninetyfour thousand eight hundred dollars. For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid with their current monthly pay, twenty thousand five hundred and twenty dollars. In all, one hundred and fifteen thousand three hundred and twenty dollars.. $47, 350. 00 115, 320.00 RETIRED OFFICERS. For pay of officers on the retired list and for officers who may be placed thereon during the current year, two million three hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That a colonel or lieutenant-colonel heretofore or hereafter assigned to active duty shall hereafter receive the same pay and allowances as a retired major would receive under a like assignment: Provided further, That hereafter no officer holding a rank above that of colonel shall be retired except for disability or on account of having reached the age of sixty-four years until he shall have served at least one year in such rank. For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid with their current monthly pay, four hundred thousand dollars. In all, two million seven hundred thousand dollars....... RETIRED ENLISTED MEN. For pay of the enlisted men of the Army on the retired list, nine hundred thousand dollars 2,700,000.00 900,000.00 MISCELLANEOUS. For pay of not exceeding one hundred hospital matrons, twelve thousand dollars 12,000.00 For pay of one Superintendent Nurse Corps, one thousand eight hundred dollars 1,800.00 55,020.00 For one hundred nurses, fifty-five thousand and twenty dollars For pay of forty-two veterinarians, at one thousand five hundred dollars each, sixty-three thousand dollars For additional pay to such veterinarians, for length of service, to be paid with their current monthly pay, five thousand two hundred and fifty dollars For thirty dental surgeons, fifty-six thousand one hundred and sixty dollars... For contract surgeons, three hundred and sixty thousand dollars For pay of ninety paymasters' clerks, one hundred and thirty-nine thousand five hundred and sixty dollars For pay of paymasters' messengers, sixteen thousand dollars For traveling expenses of paymasters' clerks and expert accountant of the Inspector-General's Department, seventeen thousand dollars For expenses of courts-martial, courts of inquiry, military commissions, and compensation of reporters and witnesses attending the same, twenty-five thousand dollars For additional pay to officer in charge of public buildings and grounds at Washington, District of Columbia, one thousand dollars. For commutation of quarters to commissioned officers on duty, 63,000.00 5, 250.00 56, 160.00 360,000.00 . 139, 560.00 16,000.00 17, 000, 00 25,000.00 1,000.00 without troops, at stations where there are no public quarters, three hundred and three thousand dollars For travel allowance to enlisted men on discharge, one million six hundred and twenty-eight thousand dollars For clothing not drawn due to enlisted men on discharge, one million dollars For interest on soldiers' deposits, one hundred and forty-three thousand dollars, and so much as may be necessary to pay back such deposits as may not be repaid on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, as shown by the books of the Paymaster-General's Office, said sum to be transferred in the Treasury Department from pay of the Army to the credit of the deposit fund created by section thirteen hundred and five of the Revised Statutes, as herein amended That sections thirteen hundred and five and thirteen hundred and eight of the Revised Statutes of the United States are hereby amended, to take effect July first, nineteen hundred and six, and to read as follows: "SEC. 1305. Any enlisted man of the Army may deposit his savings, in sums not less than five dollars, with any army paymaster, who shall furnish him a deposit book, in which shall be entered the name of the paymaster and of the soldier, and the amount, date, and place of such deposit. The amount so deposited shall be accounted for in the same manner as other public funds, and shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States and kept as a separate fund, known as pay of the Army deposit fund, repayment of which to the enlisted man on discharge from the service shall be made out of the fund created by said deposits, and shall not be subject to forfeiture by sentence of court-martial, but shall be forfeited by desertion, and shall not be permitted to be paid until final payment on discharge, or to the heirs or representatives of a deceased soldier, and that such deposits be exempt from liability for such soldier's debts: Provided, That the Government shall be liable for the amount deposited to the person so depositing the same. "SEC. 1308. Clothing balances accumulating to the soldier's credit under section thirteen hundred and two shall, when payable to him upon his discharge, be paid out of the appropriation for pay of the Army for the then current fiscal year. For pay of translator and librarian of the military information division, General Staff Corps, one thousand eight hundred dollars... For pay of expert accountant for the Inspector-General's Department, two thousand five hundred dollars.. For extra pay to enlisted men employed on extra duty for periods of not less than ten days in the offices of district artillery engineers and district ordnance officers, four thousand five hundred and ninetynine dollars.. For mileage to officers and contract surgeons when authorized by law, four hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That hereafter officers, active and retired, when traveling under competent orders without troops, and retired officers who have so traveled since March third, nineteen hundred and five, shall be paid seven cents per mile and no more; distances to be computed and mileage to be paid over the shortest usually traveled routes, with deduction as hereinafter provided; and payment and settlement of mileage accounts of officers shall be made according to distances and deductions computed over routes established and by mileage tables prepared by the Paymaster-General of the Army under the direction of the Secretary of War. The Secretary of War may determine what shall constitute travel and duty without troops within the meaning of the laws governing the payment of mileage and commutation of quarters to officers of the Army: Provided further, That officers who so desire may, upon application to the Quartermaster's Department, be furnished under their orders transportation requests for $303, 000, 00 1,628,000.00 1,000, 000, 00 143, 000. 00 and indefinite. 1,800.00 2,500.00 4,599.00 the entire journey by land, exclusive of sleeping and parlor car accommodations, or by water; and the transportation so furnished shall, if travel was performed under a mileage status, be a charge against the officer's mileage account, to be deducted at the rate of three cents per mile by the paymaster paying the account, and of the amount so deducted there shall be turned over to an authorized officer of the Quartermaster's Department three cents per mile for transportation furnished, except over any railroad which is a free or fifty per centum land-grant railroad, for the credit of the appropriation for the transportation of the Army and its supplies: And provided further, That when the established route of travel shall, in whole or in part, be over the line of any railroad on which the troops and supplies of the United States are entitled to be transported free of charge, or over any fifty per centum land-grant railroad, officers traveling as herein provided for shall, for the travel over such roads, be furnished with transportation requests, exclusive of sleeping and parlor car accommodations, by the Quartermaster's Department: And provided further, That when transportation is furnished by the Quartermaster's Department, or when the established route of travel is over any of the railroads above specified, there shall be deducted from the officer's mileage account by the paymaster paying the same three cents per mile for the distance for which transportation has been or should have been furnished: And provided further, That when the station of an officer is changed while he is on leave of absence he will on joining the new station be entitled to mileage for the distance to the new station from the place where he received the order directing the change, provided the distance be no greater than from the old to the new station; but if the distance be greater he will be entitled to mileage for a distance equal to that from the old to the new station only: And provided further, That for all sea travel actual expenses only shall be paid to officers, contract surgeons, contract dental surgeons, and veterinarians, to pay masters' clerks, and to the expert accountant of the Inspector-General's Department, when traveling on duty under competent orders, with or without troops, and the amount so paid shall not include any shore expenses at port of embarkation or debarkation; but for the purpose of determining allowances for all travel under orders, or for officers and enlisted men on discharge, travel in the Philippine Archipelago, the Hawaiian Archipelago, the home waters of the United States, and between the United States and Alaska shall not be regarded as sea travel and shall be paid for at the rates established by law for land travel within the boundaries of the United States... For additional twenty per centum increase on pay of enlisted men serving beyond the limits of the States comprising the Union and the Territories of the United States contiguous thereto (excepting Porto Rico and Hawaii), as provided by Act approved June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, the time of such service to be counted from the date of departure from said States to the date of return thereto, five hundred and forty thousand three hundred and sixty-nine dollars and forty-eight cents For additional ten per centum increase on pay of commissioned officers serving beyond the limits of the States comprising the Union and the Territories of the United States contiguous thereto (excepting Porto Rico and Hawaii), as provided by Act approved June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, the time of such service to be counted from the date of departure from said States to the date of return thereto, two hundred thousand two hundred and one dollars and thirty-nine cents: Provided, That the appropriations for pay of the Army for the fiscal years ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and five, and June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, shall be available for the payment of the increase for service at foreign stations to which commissioned $450, 000. 00 540, 369. 48 officers and enlisted men are entitled under the provisions of the Act of June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two. For pay of one computer for artillery board, two thousand five hundred dollars For pay of exchange by special disbursing agents of the Pay Department serving in foreign countries, five hundred dollars... For Porto Rico Provisional Regiment of Infantry, composed of two battalions of four companies each: Pay of officers of the line, forty-seven thousand eight hundred dollars For additional pay for length of service, six thousand five hundred dollars. Pay of enlisted men, ninety-four thousand eight hundred dollars PHILIPPINE SCOUTS. Pay of officers of the line: Fifty first lieutenants, seventy-five thousand dollars Fifty second lieutenants, seventy thousand dollars. Seven first lieutenants (battalion adjutants), ten thousand five hundred dollars Seven second lieutenants (battalion quartermasters and commissaries), nine thousand eight hundred dollars Difference in additional pay to officers serving in higher grades under authority of law in battalion of Philippine Scouts: Seven majors from captains (not mounted), four thousand nine hundred dollars Fifteen captains from first lieutenants (not mounted), four thousand five hundred dollars Additional for length of service, thirty-four thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars Noncommissioned officers and privates, fifty companies, four hundred and ninety-seven thousand seven hundred dollars: Provided, That all enlisted men of the Regular Army who have been appointed commissioned officers of Philippine Scouts subsequent to March second, nineteen hundred and three, or who may hereafter be so appointed, and who, upon their muster out, have returned or may return to the ranks of the Regular Army, shall have such period of service counted as if it had been rendered as enlisted men, and that they be entitled to all continuous service pay and to count, in computing the time necessary to enable them to retire, as enlisted men Hereafter, where the compensation of any person in the military service of the United States is annual or monthly the following rules for division of time and computation of pay for services rendered are hereby established: Annual compensation shall be divided into twelve equal installments, one of which shall be the pay for each calendar month; and in making payments for a fractional part of a month onethirtieth of one of such installments, or of a monthly compensation, shall be the daily rate of pay. For the purpose of computing such compensation and for computing time for services rendered during a fractional part of a month in connection with annual or monthly compensation, each and every month shall be held to consist of thirty days, without regard to the actual number of days in any calendar month, thus excluding the thirty-first of any calendar month from the computation and treating February as if it actually had thirty days. Any person entering the service of the United States during a thirtyone day month and serving until the end thereof shall be entitled to pay for that month from the date of entry to the thirtieth day of said month, both days inclusive; and any person entering said service during the month of February and serving until the end thereof shall be $200, 201. 39 2,500.00 500.00 47,800.00 6,500.00 94, 800.00 75,000.00 70,000.00 10,500.00 9, 800.00 4,900.00 4,500.00 34, 720.00 497, 700.00 |