The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-10-23
A SUPPLY BRANCH
ADDED TO ARMY
Clerical Forces of Other De-
partments Consolidated
in New Department.

WASHINGTON, Oct. ga great
general supply department with that
title "Quartermasters Corps" of the
United States Army, will come into be-
ing the latter part of the month, when
the quartermaster's subsistence and
pay departments of the army will be
consolidated, in conformity with legis-
Iation enacted at the last session of
congress.
Mai Gen. James 3. Aleshire, former
quartermaster general, will be head of
the new department, with Brig. Gen.
Henry G. Sharpe, former commissary
general and Brig. Gen. George B.
Smith, paymaster general, as his chief
assistants. Active preparations have
been in progress in the war depart
ment for several months to get the de-
partment ready, as far as the United
States proper is concerned. The law
las it relates to the Philippines will go
into effect on January 1.
In the consolidation, the entire cleri
cal forces of the former departments
will be entirely reorganized and made
ready for business on the following
basis.
One chief clerk with a salary of 49,,
900; five chiefs of divisions at $2,4C0
each; six principal clerks at $4,000
each; "a clerks class two at $1,4OO
each; 90 clerks class one at $1,000
each; 60 clerks at $1,000 each; six
messengers at $40 each; IA assistant
messengers at 1920 each; II laborers
at $3.50 each; one female messenger
at $3.50; and advisory architect at 81
900; one experienced builder and me-
fohanic at $4,000; one inspector of sup
plies at $4,000; three craftsmen at
1880 each; seven craftsmen at 81 500
each; five craftsmen at S1,400 each;
one craftsmen at $1,000; one super
vising engineer, $2,75O; two civil ell
gineers at $500 each; one electrical
'engineer at $4,000; one mechanical en-
gineer at $4,000; one sanitary and
heating engineer at $1,000; one blue
print operator, 5000; one marine en-
gineer, $500; one assistant marine
engineer $1,000; total personnel, 1893;
total pay roll, $376.070 per annum.
Slight Changes Made.
This arrangement makes provision
tfor all the classified employees in the
old departments, with slight changes
in classification but no change in COM
pensation. The existing designations
in the quartermaster's subsistence and
pay departments will disappear with
the consolidation and designation
"Quartermaster's Corps" alone will be
used for officers of the department
thereafter. The designations that will
master general, chief commissary and
chief paymaster. After the consolida-
ton I'll communications concerning
the business of these departments will
be addressed to the chief of the Quar-
termasters Corps, or to the depot,
transport or constructing quartermas-
ter as the case may require.
In the same manner the designations
of the post commissary and the post
quartermaster sergeant will be chang
ed to "quartermaster sergeant" and
the designation of army paymaster's
clerks to pay clerks"
Tentative plans have been drawn
subject to the approval of the secre-
tary of war, which fix the age limit
for enlistment in the Quarterma ster's
corps at from eighteen to thlfty-flVe
years. This limit will apply to those
who have not been employed in eth
er Of the consolidated departments
Vacancies in the classified service will
sbe filled by enlisted men only as they
occur, but no classified civilian en-
2ploye will lose his place through the
consolidation.
Under the plan of the new depart
ment those civilian employees who de-
sire to resign from their present places
in the classified service and enlist for
the same positions, but as the CLASH
fled civilian employees in Washington
offices of the three consolidated de-
apartments come under the executive
departments, they cannot be dismiss
ed and their places filled by enlisted
Emen.
Regulations have been prepared to
Fill the places now held by extra duty
men outside of Washington as is done
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