The morning times., 1895-10-06

railroad ticket and four cents per mile
additional for travelling expenses, and
| for baggage, there is an allotment or from
one cent to five cents per thousand pounds,
regulated by the distance Travelled.
The two fares will meet the expenses Of
transportation for an officer and his wife,
but If there are any little people to ac-
company them, the private purse must
foot the bill they incur.
Referring to the rarity OF promotions,
and the greater possibilities of stand
still in rank, an officer cited a number OF
cases where men served for years with
out making single upward step. One OF
these remained twenty-siX years lieu
tenant another is now in his twenty-first
year in that rank, and still another recently
chronicled the seventeenth birthday of his
first commission. 1t is easily to see that
under the rules of the military establish
ment, each of these Officers may have been
transferred as many as one hundred times
since the date of their graduation, and,
under the military rules again, 1t is ex.
tremely improbable that all the trips were
short ones.
The allowance for baggage" transporta-
ton as stated is at given rate per pound,
exactly what it was when transfers for all
distances were made in road wagons, or
prairie schooners." The weight speci-
fled is from 1000 to 2,4OO pounds. With
its usual conservatism, the government has
declined to increase the allotments, notwith-
standing officers are often compelled to
choose between q sacrifice" sale or re-
moval OF several Thousand pounds of house
hold effects at cost Of five cents per
pound.
The pay of an officer of high rank is such
as to generally induce a man of mature
years to remain in the service. A major
general gets $1,000 per annum: a briga-
der general. ST., 800. and neither attains
the rank in his youthful prime The former
NAV retire, when he reaches the age limit,
on S5,62E per year, the latter on S4,125-
STRUCK OUT FOR THEMSELVES.
The Junior officers. however, who have
voluntarily relinquished both commission
and pay for something better, make up
lengthy list, and there are instances where
those OF comparatively high rank did like
wise.
Without naming the many, who, at the
close of the late " a +, declined transferfrom
the volunteer ranks to positions OF con-
sequence in the Regular Army, IL may be
said that a striking example of the good
fortune that came to one man, Who re-
signed, is tie success that has marked the
career OF President Ledyard, of the Michi-
gan Central Railway, who is in tie enjoy
ment OF a handsome income from various
sources. He resigned because the bust
ness world offered him greater prospect
of success.
And there are those not unknown to
Washing tonians, who left military and
naval pursuits for more lucrative private
employment, among whom may belnamed
Capt F. V. Greene, now millionaire, and
serving the Barber Asphalt Paving Com
pany in a high official capacity.
Others are: Capt. Frank II. Clark, who
resigned as naval paymaster. and became
general manager of the United States
Electric Lighting Company; Lieutenant
Wilson, also, who was assistant naval
constructor, and resigned TO accept posi-
ton with the Cramp ship building firm.
He has been successful and has recently
started a shipyard OF his own.
Lieutenant Oscar 7. Crosby is likewise
in the list He resigned from the corps
OF engineers to go with the Electric NJ otor
Company. He remained with that firm
two years, and then from a number of
offers accepted position with the Weems
Electric Company, at what is understood
to have been a salary of So coo per
year. He was afterwards general agent
for the Edison Electric Company, and
later manager for the traction depart
ment of the Thompson-Houston Company,
each change bringing an advance in salary.
but fina lly he resigned the charge OF
other mems affairs to start a business
of his own. He is now president of the
Georgetown and Tennallytown Electric
Railway Company, and has other interests
in hand. He resides at what is known
as tue Dunbarton County seat, on the
Pierce Mini Road.
CAPT. R0SSELL DECLINED.
Capt. W. T. Rossen, late engineer COM
missioner, was offered large salary to
take charge of 4 Boston concern with
prospects. Wisely anticipating
the then impending era of hard times, he
declined to accept.
The list of active young officers not
generally known locally who have aband-
oned the arts of war for other pursuits
as recalled TO mind by 4 comrade, embraces
the names Of Lieut.. Pierrepont Isham,
who resigned within a year or two after
and has now large income
from his Chicago law practice; Capt.
Eugene Griffin, late of the Corps Of En-
gineers, now vice president OF the General
Electric Company at Schenectady, n. Y;
Lient Charles Tear, known to his COM
rades sometimes as 'Billy Weep" and |
again as johnny Sob" now serving Du-
luth as city attorney on an income of So. 900 |
per year; Ira V. Halls, who held the rank |
Of past assistant engineer, but became pro- |
lessor of civil engineering at Harvard Uni |
versity; Lieut. Hero Il. Herr. resigned 20 ac- |
cept n position san instructor at Lehigh |
but afterward engaged in |
business as general contractor at Chicago |
and built the pier on which the movable |
sidewalk was placed at the Worlds Fair; |
Lieut.. Reed. who graduated at the head of |
the Naval 4 Academy class OF 81, who is en- |
gagged in a lucrative business in New York |
Lieut.. f. o. Brown, third in class of 81. |
graduated from West Point. who has since |
made fortune in the lumber business in |
Wisconsin; Lieut.. Richard W. Young, par
ticular bright student and grandson of the
flF rr-r.g
Gently nominated for justice of the supreme |
court in Utah; Lieut.. Eugene Spencer. a
engineer with a fine income, |
operating in Chicago and st. Louis; Lieut.
irving Hale, whose record at graduation
IN SSi was the highest ever made now
pra cticing law in Denver. Colo; and Capt
Benjamin Greene, who left the Army to
enga ge in general contracting work on the
South Atlantic coast and now in New York
city enjoying an income of $4,000 per
year
The moral of this record is that Uncle
sam, proverbially prompt payer. and
withal an indulgent taskmastcr, is not
always copsiderate of the talent de-
,elored at his schools for impartng mill
airy instruction, and the sequel is that
many of the aggressive youngsters, whose
bright Intellects he was at such pains 10
POLISH and improve, are abroad in the
domain over which he holds sway obtain
Dg for themselves in other avenues what
lis economical methods deny to them in
he calling for which he so carefully quail
led them.
1t is quite as well for the remainder of
lis subjects that the Republican Demo
ratio monarch has modest ideas concern
ng official salaries in general way, and
specially Army ard Navy salaries, since
We are on an absolutely safe peace footing,
,ut there might be found a chance for re-