Documents - Forms

Estimate of funds required for the pay etc. of troops for which a Paymaster is responsible.

Receipt of funds received for the pay etc. of troops.

Pay account for officers and their servants.

Final statement for soldiers and non-commissioned officers - to be filled out by the Commanding Officer.

Final pay account for soldiers and non-commissioned officers - to be filled out by the Paymaster.

Abstract of payments made. The original of these forms were sent to the office of the Paymaster General and the Paymasters kept a book for their copies.

Account current of a Paymaster towards the Government. This form contains beside the payments made to Troops as exhibited in FORM 6. all other disbursements made and payments received.

Statement of moneys received, expended, and balance on hand for a certain month.

This form was used to pay the members of a company and it had to be filled out generally handwritten and fourfold bimonthly.
After mustering the troops the form was signed by the Inspector and one copy was sent to the Adjutant General's Office in Washington. The remaining copies were given to the Paymaster who reviewed them and calculated the pay for each member of the company. Afterwards the payments were made and acknowledged by signature.
One copy remained with the company, another one with the Paymaster and the last copy was sent to the Paymaster General's Office. The form is approximately 80cm width and 54cm high and printed on both sides. To faciliate the shipment it was folded four times.

This form was used to pay the members of a regimental staff, which includes the field officers (Colonel, Lieutenant-Colonel, Major), the Adjutant, Quartermaster, etc. as well as the non-commissioned staff and if applicable the members of the regimental band.
The form was used identically as that designed for companies. But it is much smaller in height and was folded differently therefore.

This form was used to pay the personnel in a military hospital. This included the Hospital Stewards, Nurses, Cooks and the soldiers who were on the sick list and quartered in the hospital but not the Surgeons. The form was used identically as that designed for companies.

This form was used to consolidate and report the daily strenght of a military unit to its next higher unit (this means companies of a regiment, regiments of a brigade, etc.). For the consolidation itself this form was kept as a book and for the report to the next higher instance it was copied to a separate form.

This form was used when a recruit volunteered to enlist into and enter the army. Beside of the obligation to serve the recruiting officer and the surgeon had to confirm that they had inspectet the recruit duly and in the case of a minor, the legal guardians had to give their consent.

When a soldier was granted a furlough, he was furnished by his company commander with this form. In the form, the furlough is confirmed (identification of the soldier, begin and end of the same and the place at which he has to rejoin his company). Likewise it is confirmed in the form until which date solider has been furnished with subsistence and been paid.

If one or more soldiers are detached from their company, this form must be prepared to describe them and their service record therein and beside the information in respect of their last payment, their cloting account must be settled and the result must be stated in this form. The form should not be given to the soldiers directly but to the officer (commissioned or not) in command of the detachment or sent by mail.