the best rifle shots in the division and in war time received double pay
for they were always at the front of the division and the first to
engage the enemy. A one-pounder rapid-fire gun was attached to every
company and was operated by the lieutenant assisted by the company
clerk. In the artillery regiment there were twelve batteries, six
three-inch caliber guns and one one-pounder rapid-fire gun to each
battery, and as they were under the direct control of the general
commanding the division he could mass them to fire on any point of
attack. The privates were paid fifteen dollars a month, the corporals
twenty dollars, the sergeants twenty-five dollars, company clerks thirty
dollars, lieutenants forty dollars, captains sixty dollars, majors
eighty dollars, colonels one hundred dollars, brigadier generals one
hundred and fifty dollars, major generals two hundred dollars and the
lieutenant general three hundred dollars a month, and officers and
privates were allowed the same rations and the same amount of clothing.
No fixed ration was issued on account of climatic conditions-but plenty
and no waste was the rule and every captain and lieutenant had to sit at
meals with his men and eat the same food. No violation of this rule was
allowed and as a result of this common sense regulation the men were
well fed and provided, for every colonel was held to account for the
welfare of the men under his command and every officer up to the rank of
field marshal could be reduced to the ranks for violation of the rules
and regulations governing the army. As there was a mailbox under the
control of the Minister of Information in every military post in which
complaints were posted to be sent to the President it had a very
salutary effect in keeping the officers attentive to their duty, as no
officer wanted to lose his position and salary and be a private. All
trivial violations of the rules by non-commissioned officers and
privates, such as insolence, drunkenness, filthy habits and disorderly
conduct, could be punished by the captain with three days on bread and