Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-10-24
STATE HOUSE.
Bill 10 Increase Pay Of
The National Guard.
Wardens Of the Sea and Shore
Fisheries Service.
W.
The ElIery Twist Drill Co. Increases
Capital Stock.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Next Meeting Of Governor and Coun.
Gil Friday, Oct. %, at 10 A. M.


'Adiutant General Elliott G. Dill,
who WAS secretary of the general
committee on legislation at the recent
convention of the National Guard AS
.sociation of the United States at st.
g,ouis. in an interview with the Jour
nal correspondent Saturday stated
chat the convention of 225 delegates
was practically unanimous in it's sup
port of the proposition to provide fed
cral pay for armory drills for officers
and men Of the National Guard.
At the Los Angeles convention in
1909 the executive committee of the
association was instructed to prepare
and present to the 1910 convention Il
bill for presentation to Congress-
The bill WAS duly presented for the
consideration of the convention at st
Louis this month and was immcdiatc-
ly referred to the committee on legis-
Jation. consisting of one rcpres cntative
from each state. The full committee
debated the measure all one afternoon
and after settling the general princi-
pies delegated the drafting of the final
measure to sub committee consist
ing of the chairman, secretary and
four other officers. The sub-com-
mlttccS final draft was accepted by
the full committee and then bv the
convention without amendment, after
n test vote had shown the convention
to be overwhelmingly in favor of d
pay bill.
The proposed act provides that Of
Ulcers and men of the National Guar
fat
the pay of officers and men of like
grade III the regular service These
percentages arc graded according to
the amount of work and responsibility
which the several position carry. with
further provision until required
standards of attendance and military
education have been met
No officer would he eligible to pav
unless he had performed IS per cent.
of all ordered duty and passed an ex-
animation satisfactory to the secrc-
thry Of war and the National Militia
Board. No enlisted man is eligible TO
pay unless he shall have attended at
least 20 drills or equivalent military
'IutN per annun. and have performed
~ certain amount of small arms prac-
'''t' mere IS also Il provision for
"toppaScS Tor loss or destruction of
military property The bill provides
mat an enlisted man shall receive -
per ccntum of the annual p,v of en-
listed men of like grade in the regular
army.
ne pay OF commissioned officers is
1Xed as follows: All officers below the
grade of general officers, including of
flcerS at the medical corps serving
with troops. 173 per cent. of the an
nual rate rl pay Of officers of like
grade in the regular army and an ad-
dIti"iiI five per cent. to the com
'nah'AnG officers and officers of staff
"eFof'h"ntS. serving as general Of
hcerS. five per cent
Mayor General Leonard Wood, chiri
al stan. VINO was present at the con
Neh'l"" IN his speech to the delegates
endorsed the general principles Of fed
'rai pay for arnors drills for the or
gaDlH"d inlitin
Following is tn" list Of names and
'c"'"'hc'S "l tli" "arlrnS of the de-
p'f''''"ht oi sea ald shore fisheries
ana !hc dates on Viii II their terms,
will expire:
!. II. Snow of BrWn3N .rk, Jan. 2S,
1871
w. W, Blood of Milb'iIg May -,
{. $. '"ughIin Of NrcLlo,:I, July 30.
I. \ tN@srtt Of Eputil,I& llarbur.
'''' - WI,
- I" French &c .loH">p"rt. June L..
'' \. Foster Of Eat Ma"hais. May
~: ~
\. j. Hanna of New Iiarhor, Jan.
y. {. johnson Of AShdalc. oct. 30
1911.
\. j. RaMlrN ct Tenants Harbnr.
June Is. 1872.
T. T. Sullivan of Bangor. July 10.
l?l2.
j. &. Wallace. Long Island. Portland
liarh"r Jan. H. 1912
Lcandcr K. Bunker of Cranberry
Isles, Apri lG. 1918.
w. \. Henderson of cutler. April
James 4 Hin uf wo>t ,;nuldsh,r,.
April ls 1919.