The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-28
MILITARY MATTERS;
 GUARD OF ALABAMA
ByD. w. McIvER.
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, together with an increase of 35s field artillerymen. The number of cleo tri- cias sergeants is increased from 100 to 14S. The electrician sergeants now draw s34 per month each, with allow ances The f4S provided for In the bill are divided into two classes. seventy four of them will draw ss5 per month, an dseventy -four will draw $4b, per
 month each. allowances being inadA for both Classes. The total increase in the cost for these special services will be s30.240.
 An additional master electrician is providea at a cost of $soo. Sixty en- gineerssare provided at $7s0 each per annum, d tota lof $46.S00. Forty two master gunners at s4Os each, are pro- vided for. the total cost being s17.i36. also sixty hremen at $36o per anrum a total of s21.eo.
 Slight increases of pay are given as follows: forty-four casomaker electri- cains. $10S per annum: ITO observers, first class, SOS per annum: lT0 plot ters .sf08 per annum; forfy-four chief planters. $S4 per annum; fortyforr chief loaders. $St per annun; ITO obser- vers, second class, SSi per annum: 3TS gun pointers, SS4 per annum: all in ad- dition to their present pay which Is that of sergeant or corporal. or SIS and SIS per month, respectively. with CGTIulH atiOW6nCSS TUT lSHRIH OI beTNlC6,
 In this connection. 1t is worth noting that a gun commander in the coast. at- tillery receives $34 per month, while a turret captain in the navy gets $50 to S70 per month, Gunners Tn the coast artillery stationed at guns of eight inch or larger caliber, receive s2 per month extra for the first class. and q per month for the second class.
 For guns of four-vto seven inches in the navy. the gun pointers receive sS per month for the first class, and SC per month for the second class. and for the three-inch or smaller caliber. First class gunners get si per month. and the second class s2 per month ex- tra. The gurners for the coast artil- lery for all calfbers of guns receive only $2 per month for first class gun ners, and s1 per month for second class. These figures show that the most poor fly paid naval gun pointer receives the sahne additional compensation as that given to the most highly pail coast ar. tifiery gunner.
 "Of the forces authorized by law," said Senator Warren. Chairman of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs, "the artillery corps is short from 30 to 40 per cent because of the inabii- ity of the recruiting department of the army to keen the artillery supplied with recruits. This Is due to the fact that these men are called on to do so much tn consequence of shortage of men. and get such little compensation for their labor that they will not re-enlist. Many of them desert before their time expires. and the officers are becoming somewhat discouraged. Congress has been adding to the defenses from time to time, and turning over to the ar- tillery new fortifications and new works, new accessories, new power plants. new electrical installations and new search-lights until it Is about to give way under the burden. It can not properly meet the responsibilities that Is accommodating about it,,