108 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 163. 1908. nineteen hundred and four, for money paid bg them for traveling expenses in excess of the mileage allowed them y law, two thousan five hundred dollars. P“‘ PAY or ormcmns or rum Lum. ““°°“°°”· For pay of officers of the line, five million five hundred and fifty-six thousand two hundred dollars. _ _ _ ‘·°“¥°"“Y· For pay of oiicers for length of service, to be paid with their current monthly y, one million one hundred and forty-eight thousand seven hundred thirty dollars. _ PAY or ENLISTED MEN. “*°”'°°**‘”°“· For pay of enlisted men of all grades, including recruits, ten million , _ dollars. . ’·°“¢°"“Y· For additional for length of service, one million two hundred and six thousand iiisliirs. Q °“°°”_“" That hereafter the annual pay of officers of the Army of the several R-8aé•3¤»1¤¤1.n¤¤. gpsdes herein mentioned shall be as follows:" Ma]lor—general, eight mm ‘ thousand dollars; brigadier-general, six thousand dollars; colonel, four thousand dollars; lieutenanbcolonel, three thousand five hundred dollars; ma°or, three thousand dollars; captain, two thousand four hun- A dred dollars; first lieutenant, two thousand dollars; second lieutenant, Cadets one thousand seven h ndred dollars. And the (pay of cadets at the A¤<>W¤¤¤¢ f" Military Academy shall hereafter besix hundred ollars a year. That mmm' hereafter the United States shall furnish mounts and horse equipments ° for all officers of the Army below the rade of major required to be mounted, but in case any officer below the grade of major required to be mounted provides himself with suitable mounts at his own ex nsc, he shall receive an addition to his pay of one hundred and fifty dbllars per annum if he provides one mount, and two hundred do lars per Maximum for colo- annum if he rovides two mounts. Section twelve hundred and sixty- §§{§,,§,'f u°“°°'“‘“°` seven of the llevised Statutes of the United States is hereby amended m§é!§a;i$¢·i*7·P·2¤*· to read as follows: " ln no case shall the pay of a colonel exceed five ` thousand dollars a year; the pay of a lieutenant—colonel exceed four thousand five hundred dollars a year, or the pay of a majorexceed £g·*é·¤·0mcm not four thousand dollars a year:" Provided, That nothing in this section snsczdi. is intended to increase or change or shall be construed as increasing or changing the present pay or allowances of any officer in the United WL 3,,, p_ ,w·,_ States l avy ; and section thirteen of an Act ent1tled ‘“An Act to reorganize and increase the efficiency of the personnel of the Nav and Marine Conps of the United States," approved March third, ei liteen hundred an ninety-nine, shall not be construed as changing the pay of any naval oilcicer by reason of the provisions of this Act. d;g,}yrf;r*;fcf5_¤ *°' That hereafter immediately upon official notification of the death Post,p.735. from wounds or disease contracted in line of dut of any officer or enlisted man on the active list of the Army, the lgaymaster-General of the Army shall cause to be paid to the widow of such officer or enlisted man, or to any other person reviously designated by him, an amount equal to six months’ ay at the rate received by such officer or enlisted man at the date of ihis death, less seventy-five dollars in the case of an officer and thirty-five dollars in the case of an enlisted man. From the amount thus reserved the Quartermastefs Departl¤*¢¤¤°¤*=¤P°¤°°*· ment shall be reimbursed for expenses of interment, and the residue, dm$¤“ *0 be if any, of the amount reserved shall be paid subsequently to the designated person. The Secretary of War shall establish regulations requiring each officer and enlisted man to designate the proper person to whom this amount shall be paid in case of his death, and said amount shall be paid to that person from funds appropriated for the pay of the Army.
