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the war, remain therein until six months after its termination. Enlisted men are classified in seven grades. The pay of the lowest grade, or prirate, is 30 dollars per month (about 4 shillings a daj at normal exchange rates), and that of the highest grade, or master sergeant, is 74 dollars per month. In addition enlinted men receive an increase of 10 per cent, of their base pay for each 5 years of service in the army, the total increase not to exceed 40 per cent Certain enlisted men also iitional pay as sj>ecialist3.
the maximum addition under this head being 25 dollars per month. Recent legislation grants temporary increases of pay to the higher grades of enlisted men, making their t>tal pay, in some cases, as much as 142 dollars per month. These increases are to continue only uutil June 30, 1922.
The authorised strength of the Regular Army, including the Phil. Scouts, is as shown in the following table : —
Officers
Enlisttd men
Tota>
Infantry
. 4,200
110,000
Field Artillery
. 1,900
37,000
Coast Artillery .
. 1,200
30,000
31,200
Quartermaster Corps
. 1/..
'00
21,050
Cavalry
950
20,000
Air Service .
1,514
16,000
Medical Department
2,433
14,000
16,433
Corps of Engineers
600
12,000
12,600
Signal Corps
- oo
5,000
5.300
Ordnance Dept. .
350
4,850
Chemical Warfare Service
100
1,200
1,300
Miscellaneous and Detached ■
3,120
10,300
Warrant Officers .
—
—
1,165
Total . . . 17,717 2S0.000 29S. -
The actual strength at the end of 1920 was 213,067. The war organisation and establishments of the regular army were then still under consideration. The following establishments were prop©-*-
Army Corps . . . 79,966
Infantry Division . . 19,385
Cavalry Division . . 6,417
Infantry Brigade . . 6, 153
Artillery Brigade . . 3.414
At the end of 1920 the Regular Army troops stationed abroad were as follows : —
Philippines . . . 13,947 China . . .1,406
Germany . . 14,306 France and England . 106
Hawaii . . . S,927 Alaska. . . . 867
Panama . . . 5,600
Porto Rico . . . 1,493 Total . . 51,652
The Officers Reserve Corps consists of officers of all grades, including general officers, organised into sections corresponding to the various branches of the Regular Army. It is at present composed almost exclusively of men who served as officers during the World War. and on June 30, 1920, had a strength of 68,232. These officers may be called for training not exceeding 15 days each year, and with their own consent may be ordered to active service at any time and for any period.
The Reserve Officers Training Corps, maintained for the purpose of keep-
