The sun., 1890-01-12
BETH PAP WITH THE GzEHRoNs
1ss. rad COrporals sounetil.s Earn
Nees q tho Mon They Comn..a

rad COrDOrals SOEnetih.O Earn
the Men They COnn,nd.
"AsHiNarN Jan. 11.-There is q all in
tne army ior higher scale OF pay folpon-
oonnleslonou oNers. and. accordinRly.Mr.
"a. hatmer s.a' nss an" ed q bill which proves
a,.sr aaS rana,ra s7s nSeant major shall hel-
H..e. .N.o ,oSoo Wv n 30 month; regiments
Sta,an .Ioo. sSinoina $3.50; the chief mu4
soraa.n, ssI,. a sareaan. .'usician, $50; first
each also having the service, G,crssss now mo-
vided by law. WV
That is going at once to o . -.
Adjt.-Gen. Keltons mora moderSs 10 y.
$36 for the sergeant major. S94 for a,,n-to
master sergeant. $50 for the chief Il fa
principal musician, $26 for the sas,sH ~
geant. $34 for the first sergeant. $2S.a.h
sergeant, $40 for the corporal He ho..,.an.o .no
would give 500 q month to the ohie mus','
OF the regimental band. which Is the rate i"n i'N
vided In the bill introduced last winter for r.
organization OF such bands.
To show how great an increase In pay va,
Gen. Keltons proposal would secure itto
enough to note that in the present pay tab
the corporal OF the line gets but SI5 monthly
during his first and second years. or 81 more
than the private: the sergeant, $l7; the first
sergeant. &22; the saddler sergeant Of cavalry
and the chief trumpeter OF cavalry and princi-
pal musician OF artillery and infantry also S22 f;
the sergeant major ana quartermaster SER
geant, 423 each; the chief musician. $60
Gen. Kelton's schedule puts company nom
commi ssioned officers on the same footing
in the staff departments in the engineer and
signal corps, and tho Quartermasters. 8. COM
missary,. and ordnance departments. In the
case OF the musicians an additional reason iS
found for the increase in the fact that they now
accept engagements outside Of the army. and
this brings them into competition with local
mnRipialA
1t is generally considered that the. company
non-commissioned officers ought to have some
good deal OF work TO do and partly because
this would be an incentive to refnlist and re-
the proposed Increase in their case is furnish
ed by the .aot that under the allowance Of
extra duty pay the private even sometimes
stoned ofilcer. who is not allowed to resort to
this source OF decreasing mis- Income: sey-
cents cent es extra aIo per s0' diem should be pal paid 70
enlisted men detailed on extra duty In
the auartermaster's department. as mechanics,
first sergeant might receive $22 month, anda
soldier on extra duty, even II recent RECRUIT.
OF M6 bas esss
to that responsible post through unusual apti-
tude as 2 solder; coupled, perhaps. with bra
man who may be very inexperienced soldier
nsd by h 9ea 81 EN- painter or
oseTs are To be
ployed on extra or daily duty OF q nature not
consonant with their grades In the military
service. Is based on the endeavor to make their
of the possibility Of earning extra duty pay.
Besides. tho duties and responsibilities OF y
non-commissioned officer shoul be rewarded
by something more than rank without ade-
Guate pay. On this point Gen. kelton's views
are.worthy OF considerations:
Tho hrSt sergeant OF a COMPANY may truly be called
the hardest worked noncominssloned ofiicer in the
care and use OF the arms equipments and other prop
ery of tho company he always duty must posssss
thorougn fhowedGe Of ali dstaiS otdsrs and pspers
pertaining 90 company aGmniSIsnon I'M @ Eooa cn' nsM
pShy for Without him the best efforts OF the Captain
woola oe rendered seortiye Exercising certain 81.
OF tho company. no commando and nstructs men IN
rSPE h wS 2 b.D %ess 81 p @ Of nS ar
detailed MECHANIC, and 81 so less than 10 received
s S sts Tn H1 With a. %
the internAi eeonomy OF the company besides com.
sSsn sedsr
while u private on extra duty receives
aAR q s pay e SsPSsa in til. army
occupies the grade oiswssa ~ SS the
men Of good capaotyi strict honesty unTirinR energy
and possessing high solderly attributes J9sticS 10
Day should assimstS to that allowed similar grades In
DthOr branches OF the service.
The extra duty pay 10 all right because II .
man enlists as soldier and finds that he 10
needed also ss a laboreE. he is entitled to some
for this change OF expected en-
ployInent. The rifle is the military implement,
and II he 10 called upon TO WELD instead the
paint brush or the saw, ne may ,9 conclude thnt
have wages suited to the work. This point
being fixed, II seems only fair that these COM
pany non-commissioned ofticerB who can de-
abouId be indemnlhed by greater regular pay.