Taken from "Revised Regulations for the Army of the United States" Dennis mailto:fran@ees.eesc.com Sterling Heights Michigan USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Cavalry: Sergeant-Major $21.00 Corporal $14.00 Quartermaster-Sergeant $21.00 Bugler $13.00 Chief Bugler $21.00 Farrier & Blacksmith $15.00 First Sergeant $20.00 Private $13.00 Sergeant $17.00 Ordnance: Master Armorer, Master Carriage-Maker or Master Blacksmith $34.00 Armorer, Carriage-Maker, or Blacksmith $20.00 Artificer $17.00 Laborer $13.00 Artillery and Infantry: Sergeant-Major $21.00 Artifier, artillery $15.00 Quartermaster-Sergeant $17.00 Private $13.00 First Sergeant $20.00 Principal Musician $21.00 Sergeant $17.00 Musician $12.00 Corporal $13.00 Sappers, Miners, and Pontoniers Sergeant $34.00 Private, 2nd class $13.00 Corporal $20.00 Musician $12.00 Private, 1st class $17.00 Medical Cadets $30.00 Hospital Steward - 1st class $22.00 2nd class $20.00 Matron $6.00 Female nurses 40 cents per day and one ration Two dollars per month is to be retained from the pay of each private soldier until the expiration of his term of enlistment, and 12 1/2 cents per month from all enlisted men, for the support of the "Soldier's Home." All enlisted men are entitled to $2 per month additional pay for re-enlisting, and $1 per month for each subsequent period of five years' service, provided they re-enlist within one month after the expiration of their term. Volunteers and militia, when called into service of the United States, are entitled to the same pay, allowances, &c., as regulars.