The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-20
rae TEN srArF DHPARrMESrs.
A study OF Special Orranlsatioa IL our war
Depnrtment.


A stuay Of Special Orran,uatisu ia OR war
Department
WARRINGTON, June 19.-The functions Of the
stan departments Of the regular army are very
imperfectly understood by the civilian public.
There arc ten of these permanent bureaus. with
their headquarters In the War Department. At
the head OF each is an army officer OF the rank
OF BriRa~dier-Goneral, who holds the place until
ne has reached the compulsory retiring age of
all omcers, that 10 to say, sixty.four years.
these stan bureaus are as follows, with tho
name Of the present chief:
Adjutant-General, Brig. Gen. Henry G. Corhin.
lnspector-General Brig. Gen. Joseph G. Brock
inridEe. Gen. Breckenridge has recently been
appointed a Maior.Genoral Of volunteers, but
this new appointment does not vacato his Brig
ealers commission as Inspoctor-General, tho
duties OF which oflco he continues to exercise.
Tho Major-General's commission Riyes him the
right to command troops in tho field, which
the stan commission docs not.
Judge Advocate General. Brighten. q. Nor
man Lieber.
ouartermSSter General. Brighton. Marshall
l. Ludington.
CommiSSary.a General. BrlE.-aen. Charles p.
Eagan.
surgcon.Goneral. Brig. en-. George N. Stern
berg.
Psymaster-Gene Brighten. Thaddeus H.
Stanton.
Corps of Engineers, Brig. Gen. John M. Will
son.
Chief Of Ordnance. Brig. Gen. Daniel W. Flag
Ter.
Signal Corps. BRIG. .Gen. Adolphus W. Greedy.
Each ono of these chiefs 10 supported by SOW
eral assistants Of various rank In the service.
There are 4 Assistant Adjutant-G Generals with
the rank of Colonel. 9 with tho rank Of Lieu
tenant-Colonel, and 4 moro with tho rank of
Major. There arc 2 Inspeotor-Generals of tho
rank OF Colonel. 2 who rank as Lieutenant
Colonies. and . as Majors. There ia l Assistant
Judge Advocate General who 10 q Colonel, 8
Deputy Judge Advocate Generals who are
Colonies, and 8 Judge Advocates
who are Majors. Four Colonels arc Assistant
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 8 Lieutenant-Colonel
Deputy QuartermasterLG Generals, IA Quarter
masters Majors, and 80 Quartermasters of the
rank of Captain.
Two Colonies and three Northumberland
arc Assistant Generals, and eight
Majors and eight Captains are plain Commits.
saries OF Subsistence. There are 6 CoionolB
VINO arc Assistant Surgeon.Generals, 10 Lou
tenant-Colonels who are Deputy Surgeon.Gen-
erals. 30 Surgeons who rank as Majors, "a As
sistant Surgeons who are Captains, and SO As
Sistant Surgeons who arc First Lieutcnants.
The Paymaster-Gcn eral has Two assistants with
tho rank Of Colonel; there are 8 Deputy Pay
master-Generals who are Lieutenant-Colonels
and 20 PaymasterS who are Majors. In the
Engineer Bureau there arc 6 Colonols, ~
Colonels. "a Majors, 80 Captains,
20 First Lieutenants, and 10 Second Lieuten-
ants. In the Ordnance Department thore arc
8 Colonels. 4 Northumberland 10 Majors.
% Captains. and IA First Lieutenants. In the
Signal Corps there are / Lieutenant Colonel, /
Major, 4 Captains. and 3 First Leutenants.
These numbers are taken from the last army
register. and represent tho maximum strength
Of each corps.
Here, then. we have 10 Brigadier-Generals 80
Colonels. 90 Lieutenant-Co lonelS, 1876 Majors,
169 CaptainS, 81 Lieutenants. and 10 Second
Lieutenants.a grand total of 4s7 officers. in the
staff departments of the regular army alone.
The pay Of these staff bureau officers Is az fol.
lows: Brigadier-General, SIS. 800 per annum;
Colonel. $4,000: Lieutenant-C Colonel, 81. 600;
Major. $500; Captain, Q $500; First Lieuten.
ant. $2.24o; Second Lieutenant. S2,1OO. These
figures are the maximum pay of each grade,
which. by law. is that Of mounted officers (dis.
mounted. or foot-ofacers' pay 10 s~omewhat less),
and include the service percentage increase up
to 40 per cent. for twenty years continuous ser.
vice. Some of tho younger officers have not
served twenty years, and hence would not get
90 much. but most of the Captains, and probably
all above that grade, get the full amount. There
are q great many variations in army pay.
In addition to their regular pay all oficerr
who do not occupy Government houses have IN
allowance for rent. to use tho everyday civilian
expression. or quarters In military nomen.
clature. This 10 commuted. otherwise paid, In
cash at tho rate of $l2 per room " per month,
the units employed to determine tho amour,
dnA The rADu1af fiona ol1nuv . II.
i've roomB. q Colonel Ave. q Lieutenant-C Colonel
four. q Major four. a Captain three. and a Lieu,
tenant two. The officer draws the full amount
whether he occupies tho rooms allowed or not.
Officers in the field with tents, or in barracks OF
forts. get no such allowance. II the officer is
fortunate enough to be located permanently al
tho capital, for instance, as in the case of these
chiefs Of bureau, and ownB the house no lives In,
as no doubt many of them do, this allowance fol-
quarters is doubly advantageous. In round
numbers. then. a Brigadier.G General receives
$40 per annum for quarters; a Colonel the
same; the Lieutenant-Colonel and Major each
1915: . Captain 1882. and a Lieutenant $2ss.
All officers travelling on duty for tho Govern,
ment arc paid 4 cents per mile. and In addition
furnished by the Quartermaster's department,
with transportation. The travelling expenses
of officers of the STAFF form a considerable item
In the Governments expenditures. There is nc
gainsaying that the stan of tho American Army
costs a pretty sum each year. Its pay proper
aside from allowances, iS as follows:
Yearly
aggregate
10 Brgadiers ...........- ...".-.".... $780, OC
10 Colonies 1880
b2 Lieutenant-Colone ........ EOS, OOC
lae ..-...- 476.oo
los Captains. ..... MINIMUM. ........... 423. $50
81 First LieutenantS. ...-........ ITO, loo