Admin/Biog History	Otto Suess was born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin October 10, 1890. He worked as a shipping clerkprior to enlisting in Company F, 2nd Wisconsin National Guard. He tranferred with the rest of the company to the US Army and was assigned to Company C, 150th Machine Gun Battalion. He was later assigned to the Headquarters Detachment. He was promoted to Private First Class and Corporal. He survived the war and returned April 28, 1919.
Collection	World War I Small Collections
Dates of Accumulation	December 1, 1918-April 15, 1919
Abstract	Individual Pay Record Book. Used by Otto Suess, Company C, 150th Machine Gun Battalion. The book records vital information, dates of payment and by whom, pay grade, and monthly allotments. As a Private First Class he earned $36.60 per month. As a Corporal he earned $40.20 per month. He sent $25.00 home every month and also paid $6.70 for War Risk Insurance, leaving him only $4.90 a month as a Private and $8.50 per month as a Corporal.
Event	World War I
Category	8: Communication Artifact
Legal Status	Oshkosh Public Museum
Object ID	SC411.10.16.5
Object Name	Book
People	Suess, Otto
Subjects	World War I Soldiers 150th Machine Gun Battalion 42nd Division Paydays
Title	Individual Pay Record Book

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