The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-10-02
BUREAUS ARE
TO &c MERGED
War Department Consolidation
Under NaW Law.
ouartcrmaster, Subsistence and Pay
Under His Direction From Quarter
master corps-changes to Take Ef-
feet Nov. I.

master corps-changes to Take e.
feet Nov. 1.
In conformity with legislation enact
ed at the last session of congress the
QuarteTmaster's, subsistence and pay
departments of the army will be con-
solidated Nov. into one general sup
ply department, to be known as "the
Quartermaster corps" Major General
James b. Aleshire, now quartermaster
general, will be in charge, with Briga-
dier General Henry G. Sharpe, now
commissary general, and Brigadier
General George II. Smith, now paymas-
ter general. as his chief assistants.
Active preparations are in progress
at the war department for the merging
of the three stuff departments with a
view TO putting the new law into eff
feet in the United States by Nov. /
and in the Philippines by Jan. 1, 1913.
In the consolidation 1t is proposed to
reorganize the clerical forces of the
three departments for business pur-
poses on the following basis:
One chief clerk $1,000, five chiefs of
division at $2,400 each, six principal
clerks at $1,000 each, ten clerks class 4
at 81 800 each, twenty clerks class 3 at
81 600 each, thirty-four clerks class 2
at 81 400 each, ninety-six clerks class
/ at 81 200 each, sixty clerks class 1 at
81 900, six messengers at $40 each,
! fourteen assistant messengers at $720
each. twelve laborers at $500 each, one
female messenger at $3.50, one advisory
architect at $4,000, one experienced
builder and mechanic S2,500 one in
spector of supplies $4,000, three drafts
men at 81, 800 each, seven craftsmen at
81 900 each, five craftsmen at $1,400
each, one craftsman $1,000, one super
vising engineer S2,750, two civil eng-
neers at 81 800 each, one electrical engi-
neer at $4,000, one mechanical engineer
$4,000, one sanitary and heating engi-
neer 81 500, one blue print operator
5000, one marine engineer $780, one
assistant marine engineer 81 800; total
personnel, 293; total pay, $376,070 per
annum.
Classified Force Undisturbed.
vision for all the classified employees
in the existing bureaus with slight
changes in classification, but withsrt
change in compensation.
With the consolidation, all the ex-
listing designations in the quartermas-
ter's, subsistence and pay departments
will be discontinued, and the designa-
| ton "quartermaster corps" alone will
| be used for officers OF those depart
ments. In order, however, to avoid
delay all correspondence until Nov.
will be addressed as in the past, thus
continuing until that date the desig-
nations Of commissary general, pay
master general, chief commissary and
chief paymaster. Thereafter all COM
munications concerning the business of
the three departments will be ad-
dressed to the chief Of the quarter
master corps or to the depot, trans
port or constructing quartermaster, as
the case may be.
| From now until Nov. l and so long
after as the accounts, returns and cor
respondence concerning the officers of
commissaries and paymasters require
|
it for the purpose of elucidation the
designation Of position will be placed in
| parentheses below the signature and
rank, according to the following gen.
eral form: Colonel Q. NJ. Corps, q. S.
A. (Chlef Commissary)," or "Major,
Q. NJ. Corps, q. S. A. Paymaster)"
Similarly the designations of the post
commissary and the post quartermas-
ter sergeant are changed to quarter
master sergeant" and the designation
of army paymaster's clerks is changed
to ''pay clerks"
Age Limit For Enlistments.
Tentative plans subject to the ap-
proyal of the secretary Of war fix the
age limit for original enlistments In
the new quartermaster corps at from
eighteen to thirty-five years. That
will apply to those who have not been
employed In either Of the three de-
| partments. The maximum age limit
of enlstments in the case of unclassi-
| fed civilian employees probably will
be extended to forty-fve years. Va
cancles In the classified service in the
| iSh hNpil WIZ bO hlltu ny tu-
listed men only as they occur, and no
classified civilian employee will be
removed.
Those who desire to resign from their
present position In the classified serv-
ice will be given an opportunity to
enlist for the same position. 1t is stat
ed, however, that as the classified em-
| MI IL, In ga
the three departments come under the
executive departments, they cannot be
replaced by enlisted men. 1t is plan
ned to fill the positions now held by
extra duty men in offices outside OF
Washington under regulations like
those governing the transfer Of en-
listed men of the line to the hospital
| COrnS Of tha army Guch amnlovaao