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Show 20TII IfJFATRY MEN " GEIjf CHECKS $25,000 Disbursed Among 2020 Enlisted Men; Half-Holiday Half-Holiday Declared. A liJilf holi'lny was clciarei at Fort TVrtglns yesterday by Colonel All'reJ Ilas-brouck Ilas-brouck on ntu'ount of tho far:t that the enlisted men a nrl ot'ftcers of tho Twentieth Twen-tieth receiver! their pay ehecka for tho juevloiifl month. A sum a pproxl matins $25,000 was d!s-huraorl d!s-huraorl among enti.ste.i men and a conulorable sum In uii!ition thereto ainoni K'.i) linn offl'-ei. from tlie above (t will bo seen that tho Twentieth regiment regi-ment 1h alill short a -full roster of men to plaeo It on a par with t lie fighting fct.ren.qrth of American units now in France. Tn France each bat tali on Is composed of four companies of 270 men, or HmO men to a batlalton, not countincr offU-ers. Had the enlisted men received their full month's pay a total in excess of $100,000 would have been . paid out by Act i riff Quartermaster Tieu tenant Frank A. Leah ire. Kadi enlisted man is re-rpilrod re-rpilrod to make allotments to dependents, if any, and also has to pay for Liberty bonds and government Insurance. All this money for dependents, bonds and in-snranco in-snranco Is held hack by tho government, and in tho case of dependents is paid directly di-rectly to them. Owlnsf to yesterday afternoon's helnpf declared a holiday the order promulgated Monday for supplementary field firing was nullified and firinty will beln today. Colonel l lasbrouck has announced a sweeping change in assignment of company com-pany officers to take effect on December 15. No change in company commanders is contemplated, but many second lieutenants lieu-tenants and numerous non-commissioned officers will be affected. Several uddi tloual cantonments made vaca nt by t lie depart ure of the Forty-second Forty-second ivgiiviiyit are being put in shape to accommodate the large number of re-cnitts re-cnitts received daily at the fort These buildings a re to house these newly enlisted en-listed boys temporarily and are "hem? fixed up snug and warm to withstand winter wen t her. Big stoves are. being I nstalb'd and iron bunks, with plenty of blankets and fino mattresses. |