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Show New Pay Scale Gives Aimy Private Substantial Income As a result of the leceist establishment estab-lishment of new pay scales, a private pri-vate in the United States Army now receives an income in excess of that enjoyed by half the families of the United States as of last year, according to a survey recently com-: pletel by Sixth Army Recruiting headquarters, Presidio of San Francisco. Fran-cisco. The cash remuneration of $75.00 per month which the private receives re-ceives is only a small fraction ofj his actual income, the survey shows. ' "Hidden pay" in the form of free 1 food, clothing, lodging, dental cars 1 and other benefits brings his week-1 ly pay check to the equivalent of about $40.00 week, or a total of $2,080 a year. j Undertaken in a sincere el fort to determine what the Army has to offer of-fer from a financial standpoint in comparison with the civilian labor market, "hidden pay" figures were estimated conservatively. An estimate esti-mate of $30.00 a month was made for food of the same quantity and quality as the soldier receives. This did not take Into consideration the rapidly rising costs on the outside. The medical and dental care a soldier receives would, It was estimated, esti-mated, cost an unmarried civilian $100 a year, a married civilian a-bout a-bout $250 a year. The first year's issue is-sue of Army clothing was valued at approximately $215 and other estimates esti-mates were of equally conservative nature. After thirty years scnlce, the sur vey notes, a first sergeant retires on $185.63 a month. A civilian would have to pay $1200 a year for thirty thir-ty years for a similar retirement Income. Not taken into consideration was the loss of pay frequently suffered through loss of employment in the Huctuating civilian market. |