Form No. 17 . 
(Authorized April 22, 1896.) 
PAY AND COMMUTATION. 
Voucher No. 
Paid . , 790... 
From ..., 190 ... 
To ..., 190... 
Pay 190..., $ . 
Pay 190.. , $ . .. 
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When an officer is absent from his station, a paymaster will, 
before paying him, require proof of authority for such absence. 
(A. R. 1299.) 
An officer will not hypothecate nor transfer a pay account 
not actually due. When due it may be transferred by indorse¬ 
ment, naming the party to whom transferred, and may be paid 
by the proper paymaster if satisfied of the genuineness of the 
officer’s signature and if no stoppage or other disability as to 
pay prevents. The date of transfer, certified by the officer 
whose account it is, will appear in the indorsement. When 
an officer transfers a pay account, he will, at the time of trans¬ 
fer, communicate the fact to the chief paymaster of the depart¬ 
ment, through the paymaster who is expected to pay it. If 
the officer be on leave, or if his accounts be payable in Washing¬ 
ton, the notification of transfer will be made to the Paymaster 
General. (A. R. 1300.) 
The Secretary of War decided, under date of March 30,1888, 
that an officer may forward his pay accounts a few days before 
maturity to a paymaster who shall hold them until maturity and 
then remit the amount to the officer, or, if he so request, place 
it to the officer’s credit with the bank. The officer must be in 
service on the last day of the month for which the account is 
made. 
The following indorsement will be made on the center fold 
of both vouchers when deposit with a bank is desired: 
Place to my credit with.... 
(Name and location of bank.) 
(Name and rank of officer.) 
Pay accounts of officers on the active or retired list, residing 
abroad, may be mailed at maturity direct to the paymaster 
stationed at or near the place where the officer keeps his bank 
account, and the paymaster will, with the officer’s request, de¬ 
posit the amount in the bank named. The letter of transmittal 
must be dated and mailed on or after the last day of the month 
for which the voucher is made. The letter should also give the 
post-office address to which the remittance shall be sent. 
Duplicate copies of orders, either the original, or certified 
to by a disinterested person, granting leave of absence, sick leave, 
directing travel, or for commutation of quarters (first vouchers), 
must accompany the officer’s vouchers, and the vouchers them¬ 
selves must be made up and signed by the officer. 
