Army Officers.—­General, $13,500; Lieut.-General, $11,000;
Major-General, $7,500; Brigadier-General, $5,500; Colonel, $3,500;
Lieutenant-Colonel, $3,000; Major, $2,500; Captain, mounted, $2,000;
Captain, not mounted, $1,800; Regimental Adjutant, $1,800; Regimental
Quartermaster, $1,800; 1st Lieutenant, mounted, $1,600; 1st
Lieutenant, not mounted, $1,500; 2d Lieutenant, mounted, $1,500; 2d
Lieutenant, not mounted, $1,400; Chaplain, $1,500.

Navy Officers.—­Admiral, $13,000; Vice-Admiral, $9,000; Rear-Admirals, $6,000; Commodores, $5,000; Captains, $45,000; Commanders, $3,500; Lieut.-Commanders, $2,800; Lieutenants, $2,400; Masters, $1,800; Ensigns, $1,200; Midshipmen, $1,000; Cadet Midshipmen, $500; Mates, $900; Medical and Pay Directors and Medical and Pay Inspectors and Chief Engineers, $4,400; Fleet Surgeons, Fleet Paymasters and Fleet Engineers, $4,400; Surgeons and Paymasters, $2,800; Chaplains, $2,500.

CHRONOLOGY OF IMPORTANT EVENTS.

BEFORE CHRIST.

      The Deluge:  2348
      Babylon built:  2247
      Birth of Abraham:  1993
      Death of Joseph:  1635
      Moses born:  1571
      Athens founded:  1556
      The Pyramids built:  1250
      Solomon’s Temple finished:  1004
      Rome founded:  753
      Jerusalem destroyed:  587
      Babylon taken by Jews:  538
      Death of Socrates:  400
      Rome taken by the Gauls:  835
      Paper invented in China:  170
      Carthage destroyed:  146
      Caesar landed in Britain:  55
      Caesar killed:  44
      Birth of Christ:  0

AFTER CHRIST.

Death of Augustus:  14
Pilate, governor of Judea:  27
Jesus Christ crucified:  33
Claudius visited Britain:  43
St. Paul put to death:  67
Death of Josephus:  93
Jerusalem rebuilt:  131
The Romans destroyed 580,000 Jews and banished the rest
from Judea:  135
The Bible in Gothic:  373
Horseshoes made of iron:  481
Latin tongue ceased to be spoken:  580
Pens made of quills:  635
Organs used:  660
Glass in England:  663
Bank of Venice established:  1157
Glass windows first used for lights:  1180
Mariner’s compass used:  1200
Coal dug for fuel:  1234
Chimneys first put to houses:  1236
Spectacles invented by an Italian:  1240

      The first English House of Commons:  1258
      Tallow candles for lights:  1200
      Paper made from linen:  1302
      Gunpowder invented:  1340
      Woolen cloth made in England:  1341
      Printing invented:  1436
      The first almanac:  1470
      America discovered:  1492
      First book printed in England:  1507
      Luther began to preach:  1517
      Interest fixed at ten per cent. in England:  1547
      Telescopes invented:  1549
      First coach made in England:  1564