The Brookhaven leader., 1885-03-26
ARMY HONOR A MYTH.
irny OBcers Placed in a False Position
The Life They Live.
LWnshington 90. Chicnro Trflnnr.I

The Life They Live.
Washington Cor. Chicago Tri5unr.I
So-called army honor is a myth. Tha
is 10 say, there is no higher sense d
honor among the army officers as clasg
than there is among people OF equa
education and position Ill Olher occGpa
tons of life doubt if there Is a;
much. The truth of it is, the arn.y
oilers are placed IN "A false position
through the attentions paid then
b society An army oincer come,
TO Washington and he is invited every
where aud is called upon TO associate
with people who have plenty Of money.
As natural result he soon becomes
involved financially. a man who feels
the SHARP pressure of debt cannot al
ways Drd the iuxdry of inlulSing in
the most rigid ideas of what Is strictly
honorable. None of tlIein have any
b, tier pay thar the department snG
bureau chiefs. Yet these ohccrs live
at the best hotels a. general thing,
have carriages, dress we'll, AMI are seen
everywhere. The department clerks,
who have equal sa!ar es, live i'll the
back rooms of cheap boarding houses,
wear shabby clothes, and never go III
society.
4 second lieutenant has 81 400. first
lieut., nant 5 ,60G-that is, If he is
mounted. An unmouuted first lieate;
ant gets 81, 500. A captain not mounted
is paid 81 500; captain mounted has
s. 600. 1t will be seen that up to the
grade of captain OF GERS rank with the
department clerks so far as salary goes.
When you get above captain you strike
the salar.es paid to the chiefs OF bureaus
A ma or is paid S2,5O0, a lieutenant
co,On@l 50, 900, colonel -, 5O". 1t Is
only when you reach tie rank OF briga-
der general that the pay OF a senator
or memJer is reacAeI. y brigadi-r
general is paid s., -0J, ma or general
$500, and the lieutenant general
$l1 ,OO0 per annum.
There is no one who can live comfort
all in ashington and keep house and
MAINTAIN any sort or soc al footing uDon
less than >, 600 a year, and i'll such a
case as that the most rigid economy
would have to lie practlced. 1t would
not Ire possible to do any entertaining.
Ten Thousand dollars year would not
do much G.orc than give one modest
position III the list o, those who enter
tain. The rates at all OF the hotels in
y Washington are hign, yet 1t viii lie
found that Gers whose pay Is not
large enough to pay any regular board
bills at the hotels always live IN Sucn
places. ana it has never Teen discovered
that they deny themselves ANY OF the
Comlor,s or luXGri, OF life.
1t Eas always teen mystery how
lieutenant nlti. q salary Ci ,5l-~ alnonth,
or captain with SID u month, can
live in Washington as they do even
When they are sIngle, tut when many
OF th m support families into the bar
gam and have no rich relatives back of
them the marvel still increases Nearly
al of the array men belong to number
of iubs. There is not all officer in town
that does not EelOng to the Army and
Navy German club. This gives "a mum
Der of entertainments during the season
Tie asseosl ent must take at least one
month pay during a short social sea-
son. A number OF the officers belong
TO the Metropolitan club The init a
ton fee IS so aud the annual dues are
S5U more Cards are played for stakes
at this club, and those who regularly
visit the club woul hard y expect to
avoid spending > or - each day at
least in the way OF refrv .umsuts or
moderate amusement.