The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-26
ARMY AND NAVY
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Captain Beck then referred to the
plans of the army and navy authori-
ties for charuug the aerial regions
which, he said, had been expedited by
his misadveuture.
Follow French system.
THE idea Of mapping the air was
not suggested by my AFFAIR he said,
"bnt rresume my little adventure did
expedite the matter some. AS a mat
fer of tact, experts have been at work
for some time on the charting work
and the system followed is largely that
adopted in France That is, trees will
be marked in green, good landing
places will be done in another COLOR
and so on. Everything will be mapped
out so that a chap will know just
where he is and where he had best
come down.
Captain Chambers, in charge OF
naval aeronautics, is working out the
plan for the Navy Department and
Captain Chandler for the army. 1t
will undoubtedly be a big thing"
Beachey and Curtiss Arrive.
Lincoln Beachey, the aviator who
flew over Niagara Falls in a Curtiss
machine, arrived in Chicago this
morning and promptly disappeared.
Glenn II. Cwtiss also arrived today,
but announced positively that he
would do no flying himself. Nightfall
it is said will find all but two or three
of the entrants on hand.
Test flights which were to have
been made during the early morning
hours today, but which were called
off because of the rainstorm, were set
for later today, when several unquall-
fed aviators planned to try for their
pilot license.
Service Pay Schedules.
On first enlistment the soldier for
Old Glory, nowadays, gets fifteen dol
lars a month, far better pay, for in
stance, than the average clerks, for
board, lodging and clothing are fur
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qualities as a marksman he adds two
dollars to his pay; if as a sharpshoot
er, ne gets three dollars in addition;
if as an expert rifiemau, full third
more. Thus he may, at once, get
twenty dollars, monthly, cash and
found, if he is able and keeps busy.
If he enlists as a musician, he gets
twenty-Cne dollars monthly to start
off with, the highest rockies" pay;
in the signal corps the hospital corps
and the engineers corps, first-class
privates get eighteen dollars monthly
and second-class privates get fifteen
Upon enlistment every man is allowed
$3.50 for his uniforms, etc, and, aft
erwards, S1354 twice annually AT
least one-half the men save money on
their clothing allowance, which IS
more than ample Privates' pay in.
creases three dollars a month Tor
each three-year enlistment. An eX-
pert rifeman, who never gets to be a
petty officer, therefore, can run bis
pay up, with good conduct and intel
ligence, to S35 a month, and all his
necessaries found" in five enlist
ments, covering fifteen years.
Non-commissioned officers are taker
from the ranks on recommendation o.
their company or troop commanders
and are often given their posts upor
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really well paid. A sergeant-maior il
allotted to each regiment He re
ceives $45 monthly, when he is ap
pointed and 81 additional per if34aG8iR7tt ll
each time he re-enlists; regimenta
commissary sergeants, regimenta
quartermaster's sergeants, and thu
three battalion sergeants in each reg
fment get the same high pay Eacl
company has a first sergeant at $45
with an Increase of $4 upon re-enlist
ments; a second sergeant at $36 witt
SO increase for each re-enlistment;
corporal at SIS, with SO each for re
enlistments. The government acts a
banker for the soldiers, too, if the!
desire to have it, and non-cOmmiS
stoned officers have left the servic
with as much as $4,000 saved-no
once, but many. If he sticks to tn,
service for fun thirty years a nor
commissioned officer is entitled to re
tirement on pay ranging from one
half to three-quarters Of his servic
pay Seventy dollars monthly is no
unusual pay for a 'non-com" to retir
on. And every year of service see
outside the United States counts al
two years at a nome post. A mar
therefore, after fifteen years of sery