Table of Pay, Subsistence, Forage, etc., Allowed by Law to Officers of the Army
Rank and Classification of Officers	Pay	Subsistence		Forage		Servants
		Thirty cents for each ration Act Feb. 21, 1857, Section 1.		$8 per month for each horse. Act April 24, 1816, Section 12		Pay, subsistence, and clothing of a private soldier, Act April 24, 1816, section 12.
General Officers	$		$		$		$	$
Lieutenant-General Aides-de-camp and Military Secretary to Lieutenant-General each Major General Senior Aide-de-camp to General-in-Chief Aide-de-camp, in addition to pay, etc. of Lt. Brigadier-General Aide-de-camp, in addition to pay, etc. of Lt.*	270.00 80.00 220.00 80.00 24.00 124.00 20.00	40 5 15 4 ......... 12 3	360.00 45.00 135.00 36.00 ......... 108.00 .........	......... 3 3 3 1 3 1	50.00 24.00 24.00 24.00 8.00 24.00 8.00	4 2 4 2 ......... 3 .........	98.00 49.00 98.00 49.00 ......... 73.50 ........	778.00 198.00 477.00 189.00 32.00 329.50 19.00
Adjutant-General's Department.	$		$		$		$	$
Adjutant-General - Colonel Adjutant-General - Lieutenant-Colonel Adjutant-General - Major Adjutant-General - Captain Judge-Advocate - Major	110.00 95.00 80.00 70.00 80.00	6 5 4 4 4	54.00 45.00 36.00 36.00 36.00	3 3 3 1 3	24.00 24.00 24.00 8.00 24.00	2 2 2 1 2	49.00 49.00 49.00 24.50 49.00	237.00 213.00 189.00 138.50 189.00
Inspector-General's Department.	$		$		$		$	$
Inspector-General - Colonel	110.00	6	54.00	3	24.00	2	49.00	237.00
Signal Department.	$		$		$		$	$
Signal Officer - Major	80.00	4	36.00	3	24.00	2	49.00	189.00
Quartermaster's Department.	$		$		$		$	$
Quartermaster-General - Brigadier-General Assistant Quartermaster-General - Colonel Deputy Quartermaster-General - Lt. Colonel Quartermaster - Major Assistant Quartermaster - Captain	124.00 110.00 95.00 80.00 70.00	12 6 5 4 4	108.00 54.00 45.00 36.00 36.00	3 3 3 3 1	24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00 8.00	3 2 2 2 1	73.50 49.00 49.00 49.00 24.50	329.00 237.00 213.00 189.00 138.00
Medical Department.	$		$		$		$	$
Surgeon-General, $2,740 per annum Surgeons of ten years' service Surgeons of less than ten years' service Assistant Surgeons of ten years' service Assistant Surgeons of five years' service Asst. Surgeons of less than five years' service	......... 80.00 80.00 70.00 70.00 53.33	......... 8 4 8 4 4	......... 72.00 36.00 72.00 36.00 36.00	......... 3 3 1 1 1	......... 24.00 24.00 8.00 8.00 8.00	......... 2 2 1 1 1	........ 49.00 49.00 24.50 24.50 24.50	228.33 225.00 189.00 174.50 138.50 121.83
Pay Department.	$		$		$		$	$
Paymaster-General,$2,740 per annum Deputy Paymaster-General Paymaster	......... 95.00 80.00	......... 5 4	......... 45.00 36.00	......... 3 3	........ 24.00 24.00	........ 2 2	........ 49.00 49.00	228.83 213.00 189.00
Officers of the Corps of Engineers, Corps of Topographical Engineers, and Ordnance Department.	$		$		$		$	$
Colonel Lieutenant-Colonel Major Captain First Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Brevet Second Lieutenant	110.00 95.00 80.00 70.00 53.33 53.33 53.33	6 5 4 4 4 4 4	54.00 45.00 36.00 36.00 36.00 36.00 36.00	3 3 3 1 1 1 1	24.00 24.00 24.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00	2 2 2 1 1 1 1	49.00 49.00 49.00 24.50 24.50 24.50 24.50	237.00 213.00 189.00 138.50 121.83 121.83 121.83
Officers of Mounted Dragoons, Cavalry, Riflemen, and Light Artillery.	$		$		$		$	$
Colonel Lieutenant-Colonel Major Captain First Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Brevet Second Lieutenant Adjutant, in addition to pay of Lieutenant Regimental Quartermaster, in addition to pay of Lieutenant	110.00 95.00 80.00 70.00 53.33 53.33 53.33 10.00 10.00	6 5 4 4 4 4 4 ......... .........	54.00 45.00 36.00 36.00 36.00 36.00 36.00 ......... .........	3 3 3 2 2 2 2 ......... .........	24.00 24.00 24.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 ......... .........	2 2 2 1 1 1 1 ......... .........	49.00 49.00 49.00 24.50 24.50 24.50 24.50 ......... .........	237.00 213.00 189.00 146.50 129.83 129.83 129.83 10.00 10.00
Officers of the Artillery and Infantry.	$		$		$		$	$
Colonel Lieutenant-Colonel Major Captain First Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Brevet Second Lieutenant Adjutant, in addition to pay of Lieutenant Regimental Quartermaster, in addition to pay of Lieutenant	95.00 80.00 70.00 60.00 50.00 45.00 45.00 10.00 10.00	6 5 4 4 4 4 4 ......... .........	54.00 45.00 36.00 36.00 36.00 36.00 36.00 ......... .........	3 3 3 ......... ......... ......... ......... 1 2	24.00 24.00 24.00 ......... ......... ......... ......... 8.00 16.00	2 2 2 1 1 1 1 ......... .........	49.00 49.00 49.00 24.50 24.50 24.50 24.50 ......... .........	222.00 198.00 179.00 120.50 110.50 105.50 105.50 18.00 26.00

* Entitled to only three rations per day as Lieutenants.

1. The officer in command of a company is allowed $10 per month for the responsibility of clothing, arms, and accouterments. - Act March 2, 1827, Section 2.

2. Every commissioned officer below the rank of Brigadier-General is entitled to one additional ration per day for every five years' service.

3. Paymaster's clerks, $700 per annum, and 75¢ per day when actually on duty.

4. Chaplains in the army, $40 to $60 per month and four rations a day.

5. Chaplains in volunteers, same as Captain of cavalry.

Monthly Pay of Non-Commissioned Officers, Privates, etc.
Cavalry
Sergeant-Major Quartermaster-Sergeant Chief Bugler First Sergeant Sergeant Corporal Bugler Farrier and Blacksmith Private	$21.00 $21.00 $21.00 $20.00 $17.00 $14.00 $13.00 $15.00 $13.00
Ordnance
Master Armorer, Master Carriage-Maker, or Master Blacksmith Armorer, Carriage-Maker, or Blacksmith Artificer Laborer	$34.00 $20.00 $17.00 $13.00
Artillery and Infantry
Sergeant-Major Quartermaster-Sergeant First Sergeant Sergeant Corporal Artificer, artillery Private Principle Musician Musician	$21.00 $17.00 $20.00 $17.00 $13.00 $15.00 $13.00 $21.00 $12.00
Sappers, Miners, and Pontoniers
Sergeant Corporal Private, first class Private, second class Musician	$34.00 $20.00 $17.00 $23.00 $12.00
Medical Department
Medical Cadets Hospital Steward, first class Hospital Steward, second class Matron Females Nurses, 40¢ per day and one ration	$30.00 $22.00 $20.00 $6.00

Two dollars per month is to be retained from the pay of each private soldier until the expiration of his term of enlistment, and 12½¢ 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, etc., as regulars.

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Taken from the 1861 U.S. Army Regulations.