Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-12-09

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Siasatneds smpsSysso Of the government
IN mis- annual report TO the secretary
OF war he renews the. recommends.
uons In that line contained IN hia last
TWO preceding reports
After calling attention TO the fact
tnaS no change or increase has been
made In the salaries of the clerks in
his ONCE since 1870. he says:
TO my mind the clerks are unuuea.
tionaoiy deserving OF an increase. pri.
marty for the character of the duties
winch they perform. and, secondarily,
70 meet the steadily increasing cost
OF living. Statistics show that since
1895 there has been an approximate
increase Of 30 per cent. In the cos,
Oh living, and that mercantile. CONNER.
clal and other business corporations
nave recognized the necessity for nav,
ing higher salaries and granted, In
creases accordingly.
according to Paymaster General
Whipple the sum of $45,6S2,S4s waa
olsDursed during the past fiscal veal
lor the pay Of the army and the Mill
tary academy, for expenses of the
army War college, for expenses OF the
Brownsville court Of inquiry and fol
tne payment Of the organized militia
'Durlng the same period the sum o.
Sfo'683 was discussed to the bene
nclaries Of IL officers and 3O6 enlisted
men, who died from wounds or dis
eases not the result of their own mis-
conduct. under the provisions Of tht
act OF congress approved May II, 1908
For the genral welfare for the pay
department, General Whipple recon
| mends the enactment of LEGISLATION
providing that all grades in that de
partment above that of captain b.
made permanent, and that promotions
TO major be made from the captains
who have served details in the depart
ment and who have shown the great
, est proficiency in their work. BY es
tablishing a permanency in the flelt
officers, he says the pay department
can reach and maintain a state OF Of
hciency not possible under the presen
law.
He says also that the pay depart
ment for many years has been con
stantly confronted with the problem
OF maintaining an eflcient force o
paymasters' clerks. Resignation afteI
resignation has occurred. due to thu
fact that civil life offers a broader
and more remunerative field for ex
pert accountants. It is only by Civ
ing that force an appropriate militar,
status and comforting upon them pa,
and emoluments commemorate wifi
the nature of the duties which the,
perform, he says, that the pay depart
ment can hope to acquire permanenc,
In that important branch of its sery
ice.
An evidence of the thrift of INCL
Sans soldiers is shown in a tabI
prepared by the paymastOr general
giving a history Of soldiers deposit
since the passage Of the act authors
zing them, May 10, 1879. The tota
deposits amount to $34,7T9,134. o
that amount $3.50, $50 remains in tn
hands of army pRymasters to tn,
credit of the depositors. In addition
to the repayment of $30,928,405, tn
depositors received interest to tn
amount of $2,025,162. During the pas
fiscal year the sum Of $1,879,4 wa
deposited by 66,423 soldiers. Their
has been a slight increase in the nun
Der of depositors and In the amour
of their deposits since the year 1901
The banner year in the history of tn
fund was 1901, when there were Ill
O04 depositors and $3,43S,520 deposits