MANUAL

FOR THE

PAY DEPARTMENT.

REVISED TO INCLUDE APRIL 30, 1898.

PUBLISHED

BY AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR,

FOR USE IN THE
ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES.

WASHINGTON:
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

1898,

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GENERAL DIVISION OF SUBJECTS.

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Paymaster-General, and general administration of department.

Chief paymasters of departments ..

Bonds ......

Money accountability-Public moneys....

Disbursing officers ...

Checks and check books.........

Certificates of deposit............

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Appropriations .............

Accounts current.........

Money vouchers......

Transfers and assignments of claims.........

Administrative examination of money accounts....

Aides de-camp .......

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Clerks and messengers ......................

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Clothing........................................

Commutation ofquarters .............

Deposits.....

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Deserters ............

Discharge and final statements..

Payments to officers.....

Pay during absence.....

Payments to cadets ....

Payments to enlisted men....

Retired enlisted men.....

Additional pay of enlisted men..

Retained pay .....

Retired pay.................

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Indian scouts ............

Mileage and traveling expenses to officers.

Traveling allowances of enlisted men.....

Reporter.....

Stoppages and forfeitures ......

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Witnesses...............

Charges on rolls— Transportation and subsistence.

Veterinary surgeons .............................

Volunteers...........................

Tables of pay of officers of the Army.....

Tables of pay of cadets, etc., at Military Academy.

Tables of monthly pay of enlisted men. ...

Tables of daily pay of officers....

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Four per cent interest table....

Table of daily rates of pay ...................................... 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55

Table of monthly pay-Enlisted men on retired list.........

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