The Iola register., 1901-04-12
WILL BE
REWARDED
Mitchell and the Other Off
GERS With Funston
Are to be Given Positions as
First Lieutenants in the
Regular Army
MONEY FUNSTON WILL DRAW
His pay and Allowance Will
be the Same as
Any Other Brigadier General
Time in the Service
no Difference
MONEY FUNSTON WILL DRAW
His pay and Allowance Will
be the Same as

Washington, April Tt was said
at the war department to-day that B.
j. Mitchell, Fortieth infantry, a Kan
san who was General Funston's aide
in the expedition that captured Agui.
naldo, would be rewarded with first
lieutenancy in the regular army
Mitchell was a lieutenant in the
Twentieth Kansas volunteers.
1t is expected that similar reward
will be given Captain H. e. Newton,
Thirty Fourth infantry, and Captain
r. T. Hazard and Lieutenant O. p.
M. Hazard, eleventh volunteer cav
airy, who also accompanied General
Funston, Before taking action the
war department is awaiting the re.
concentrations of General Funston
and General Macarthur. The friends
of the volunteer officers believe they
should be made captains in one of the
staff corps, but the only staff corps in
which vacancies exist is the signal
corps, and it is proposed to give these
of the army believe that a reward of
some kind should be given to the for
mer insurgent officers and the Macca-
bee scouts who were with Funston.
General Macarthur is expected to see
that their services are recognized.
PAY AND ALLOWANCE OF FUNSTON.
The pay of General Funston will be
precisely the same as that of every
other brigadier general in the regular
army. The presumption that it would
be anywhere from 81, 900 to 81, $50 less
a year than brigadiers of long service
is an error. There is no percentage
increase for time in the pay of officers
above the rank of colonel in the army.
For all regular officers from second
lieutenant up to colonel, however,
there is an increase of 10 per cent in
their pay proper for every additional
five years of service up to twenty
years, or 40 per cent total increase,
when the increase ceases. For in
stance the pay proper of a colonel is
800 per annum; his maximum pay,
including percentage increases, is
fixed at S4, 800, although 40 per cent,
increases for twenty years service,
as will be seen, would raise it to S4,
800 year, The pay proper of lieu
tenant colonel, $1,000, is increased by
these percentage allowances to a max
imum of $4,000 a year; that of major,
80, 500 to So, 500 year. All the officers
of the line of these grades now in the
service draw the maximum, General
officers are allowed no increase for
time service. The pay proper of a
lieutenant general is $ll 200 a year,
that of a major general is $1,000 and
of brigadier general So, 800 year.
QUARTERS, FUEL AND FORAGE.
Besides pay proper, general Off
Ger has quarters furnished him and
also fuel and the forage for his horse
in kind. His quarters are commuted
in money where quarters are not furn-
ished by the government. In Wash
ln2UOus lOE lnobdINN, WV obub ~ -
diers draw S720 for rental allowance.
This, with other small allowances,
increases their pay between So, 800 and
81 900 much more than the general in
active service can legally draw. Pro
badly some OF the generals in the
Philippines, who perfer to quarter
themselves, are allowed the commuta
tion for rent. Possibly in Cuba, too,
officers who have their headquarters
in the leading cities, pay their owr
rent charges and are allowed the
full commutation four ''rooms,
which are the formulated basis Of The
Communication, The lieutenant general
and all major generals are allowed
five rooms and one kitchen each, com
muted at $l2 each in cash a month
that is to say, $72 month for the two
highest grades and $50 for brigadiel
and colonel. The pay and allowance
of general Funston are no diiferen
from the Oldest and mostdistinguishet
brigadier in the service His pay up
on retirement at the age limit of 8
years, if retired at his present rank
or from disabilities or othe
cause ad interim, will be "a, l25 wit
no allowances OF any kind whatsoever
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