| 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 7 Republic. | | | | | | | | Port au Prince, Haiti |1 special | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | disbursing | | | | | | | | agent. | | | | | | | Cape Haitien, Haiti | do. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 St. Thomas, Virgin | do. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 Islands. | | | | | | | | Managua, Nicaragua | do. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 Peking, China | do. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 Attached to posts in |1 captain | 4 | 15 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 20 United States and | | | | | | | | elsewhere. | | | | | | | | +----------------+----+----+----+----+----+----+---- Total | 47 | 65 | 102| 98 | 118| 39 | 144| 613 ----------------------+----------------+----+----+----+----+----+----+---- [9] Authorized complement but never filled. Maximum number employed in paymaster’s office at any time subsequent to Apr. 6, 1917, was approximately 208 of all grades and ranks. HOW WAR INCREASES WERE MET. The enlargement of the paymaster’s department to meet war conditions at the beginning of the war, and until the enlisted strength was raised to 75,500, was effected in the following manner: 1. By the temporary appointment and advancement to the grade of captain, pursuant to act of May 22, 1919, of eight of the permanent pay clerks of the department. 2. By the temporary advancement of enlisted men of experience and long service under this department to the grade of pay clerk.