The Cairo bulletin., 1907-01-21
COAST DEFENSE
NEEDS MORE MEN
BILL IN CONGRESS PROVIDES
FOR MORE MEN AT AN IN
CREASED SALARY.
BURDEN is TOO HEAVY
At Present For the Amount of Men
It is Declared-Navy Gunners
Get More Pay But do Less
Work.


Washington Jan. 20--The Coast
Artillery bin which is now being con
-idered by the sena;e provides for an
increase during he next five years of
29G officers of all grades and an in
crease Of 5013 IN the number of
coast artillcrymen, together with an
| increase of S5S field artllerymen.
The number Of electrician sergoants
! is increased from 100 to ltS. These
one hundred electrician scrgeants
now draw $34 per month each with
allowances The one hundred and
fortyeight provided for in the bin
are divided into Two elias es; seventy
four of them will draw $35 per month
| and sevcnty-four will draw $l5 per
month each allowances being made
| for bath classes The total increase
! in cost for these special services win
be $50, 24O An additional master cleo
trician is provided at a cost Of $500
Sixty engineers are provided at $3.50
each per annum, a total of $l6,S0o
For y-two master gunnegs al Si09
each are provided Gor. the total cost
being $17136; also sixty firemen at
$500 per annum a total Of $2l, 1000
Slight Increases of pay are given as
follows Fcstyf0ur casemgker cleo
tricians. SloS per annum 10 oh.
servers. first class, sos PEI annum;
ITO pl0tte@s, $l0S per annum; Al chiet
planters. $S4 per annum; A chief
loaders, $Sl per aunum; Ia observ
ers, second class, $S4 per annum; BIS
gun pointers, $S4 per anuum all in
addition to their present pay, which is
hat of sergeant or corporal, or SIS
and SO per month, respectively, with
certain allowances fer length Of ser
vice In his connection Il Is worth
noting that gun commander in the
coast artillery receives $24 per
month while a turret captain in the
navy ge.s $50 to $40 PEI month. Gun
ners in the coast artillery stationed
at guns of eight inches or larger
caliber. receive 50 per month extra
for the first class. and 81 per month
fer the occond class For guns Of four
70 seven inches in The navy the gun
pointers receive SIS per month for the
FIRST class and So per month for the
second class and for three inch or
smaller caliber. first class gunnors
gel 81 per month and the second |
class s. per month extra. The gun. !
nars for the coast artillery for all !
calibers of guns receive only 81 per |
month extra for first class gunners |
and 81 per month for second class |
These figures show that the most !
poorly paid naval gun pointer re-
ceives the same additional compensa !
ton as that given to the most highly |
paid coast artillery gunner
of the forces authorized by law"
said Senator Warren, chairman Of the |
senate committee on military affairs,
the Artillery Corps is short from
thirty to forty per cent because Of |
the inability of the army TO keep the
artillery supplied with recruits. This |
called on 10 do $50 much i'm conse-
qucnce of a shortage of men. and .
get such little compensation for their
Iabeg that they viii not enlist. Many
of them desert before their time
expire and the officers are becoming
somewhat discouraged. Congress has
been adding to the dcfcnses from
time fu time and turning over 60 the
artillery new Notifications and new