MILITARY PAY

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 159, 31 March 1919, Page 8

MILITARY PAY

INCREASED RATES THE NEW SCALE The Defence Department has completed the preparation of the now scale of military pay v nnd allowances. Some of tho more important figures have nlreadj' boe.n published in The Dominion. Substantial increases have been made in tho pay of officers, while on the other hand the camp and field allowances have been decreased. All officers have been placed on the same looting with respect to allowances. >' Some of the oh&nges that aTO being made are summarised in the following tables. Tho new rates date froni April 1, VJ18:Expeditionary Force, Old New rate. • Single. Married. Jj * «.£ Colonel 517 750 805 Lt.-C'olonel 456 Gls 670 Major 383 475 530 Captain 319 3G5 420 Lieutenant 219 _ ■ 265 . "320 2nd Lieutenant ... 219 2G5 • *320 'Includes 3s. per diem formerly paid as separation allowance. Field Allowance (Beyond N.Z.).' ' Oldi' New, per per diem. diem. 6. d. s. d. General Officer Commanding 7 6 5 0 Brigadier-General 6 6 5 0 Colonel ... 5 0 5 0 Lieutenant-Colonel . 5 0 5 0 Major 5 0 5 0 Captain •' 3.6 5 0 Lieutenant 3 0 5 0 Second Lieutenant ; 3 0 s'o Camp Allowance (in N.Z.). i Old, New, per per ■ ■ . diem. diem. . s. d. s.d. General Officer Commanding' I t 3 0 •Brigadier-General 6 6 3 0 Colonel 5 0 3,0 Lieutenant-Colonel . 5 0 3 0 Major 5 0 3 0 Captain 3 6 3 0 Lieutenant' '••• 3 0 3.0 Second Lieutenant . 3 0 3 0 « Home Service. Old Newrate. rate. ■ £ £. Colooel 5J7 . ' 5 5 Lieutenant-Colonel 456 615 Major ... 383 475 | Chaplain 319 365 Lieutenant 219 265 Second Lieutenant 21!) ' 205 i The figures under tho heading, "new rate are minimum payments, and in. crease after two ycn.ru and after four years' service, the maximum for a colonel and for.a lieutenant ,£335. ' I Permanent Force,

Old rate. New rale. ■ £ £ . Colonel 700 ' . 7io Lieui.-Colonel - 550 , 015 Major 450 '175 Captain 350 • 365 Lieutenant 250 265 2nd Lieutenant 160 265 - These new rates increase with service to the same extent as the home service, rates. The rates for warrant officers and non-commissioned officers of the Permanent Force are as follow.— Single Married ' . £ £ W. 0., Class 1 (after 3 „ • - • years as W. 0., Class 2) 225 , 235 W. 0., Class 2 (after .') years as S.S.M.) ....; 216 246 'S.S.M.' (after 3 years as' , Stall Sergeant) 206 , 238 Staff Sergeant 200 . ' 226 The old rates wero: Warrant officers, J2225; n.c.o.'s on first appointment, £190; n.c.o.'s after 3 years' service, ,£210; n.c.o.'s after 5 years'- service, The new rates thus raise the minimum 6f ranks below warrant; officer, Class 1, and give a married allowance, of about 10s. per week additional to all members of the N.Z.P.S. ' 1

The new daily rates for the B.N.Z.A. aro as under, the married rates being given within parentheses:—Second class Master Gunner and R.S.M., 12s. 4d. (145.); R.Q.M.S., lis. lOd. (135.t6d.); third class Master Gunner, C.S.M., nnd 8.5.M., lis 4d (13s); Sgt lis. (12s. 4d.); Cpl., 10s. 6d. (lis. 6d.); Bdr., 10s. 3d. (lis. 3d.); Gunners and" Drivers, Bs. (95.). Proficiency pay of Is. a day i 6 given to gunners and drivers, and good conduct pay, rising from 3d. to Is. Gd. per day, for men with from six mfaths' to 20 years' service. '