Show PAYING THE SOLDIERS first disbursement since the move CHECKED OFF IN A HURRY I 1 nearly distributed among the men of tile command in less than two houis and a half how uncle sim sam distributes funds to the men of the army company A first battalion first infantry uenh national guard given a banquet by its commissioned officers I 1 saturday was tile the first payday pay day the men leave have hal 1114 since coming to tills till A pot poet payday pay ray day is a 0 red letter day in tile the army ay as nall as ag among other oilier people and its arrival is looked forwald to nith ith tile the same pleasant sensations this one mas ats particularly welcome nelcome the exper expenses Aes incident to moving falling failing heavily upon ofil cors and men meet alike e and many empty pocketbooks needed replenishing the biff canvas bak bag containing the sinews of war forwarded front from denver hy by paymaster maj li Hal alford tord arrived in the I 1 ho morning atilt and the usual lion mere N ol 01 made to it by Cart 11 ailt who was mas asali assili led ted by maj baj abbott and several clerks 0 of the ill department to ping pat ins oft off tile payroll Is made up tip by tile the company clerks under tinder the supervision of oc their cone coin and signed by each so soldier idler at the hie ba iracks this ills Is done 11 expedite matters still and save the time which would be required if each man beio to sign the 1011 loll upon receipt or of pay the headquarters and start staff clerks are first it paid and then ihen the members ot of the hie hand band next hegins begins the payment of 0 the me men by compare companies leta to or three of chic which 11 at a time lime are ordered to line up in front of the headquarters and prelate to receive pay in older according to the rank ot if the companas comp conteri anys commanding officer A clerk there hen begin to call oft off the names name on all the ile roll 1011 one one at a time each name nam as ai a i it Is called Is 19 repelled repeated by a geant stationed a at t the entrance to lo tile the men in line outside and in answer tommy atkins or whatever his name may be ale steps forward and receives his big envelope ea each c h mans pay Is put lei in an envelope bearing his name and the amount N tills this being done clone by the rayme paymasters aters clerks at denver deliver before forwarding forward lne As each man receives its ills pay ilia hid ntine Is cheeked checked olt off on the roll by the adjutant when all the men in a company leave have lieen been paid the company man a abes lies back to lo quarters and Is dl ills ened the amount disbursed and tile number of men paid the time required to eo do it was wall very nearly being abeln paid out to men in leg less titan and one on halt half bours from the t he alne tile ih men wore were ordered to line up like until tit the last man mail vas aas paid |