Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-18

from the mcrCantile meet, WHICH Will
self.
Reserve Officers Commissions.
All students in the present reserve
receive their commissions on Novem-
Der "a; those who are to be placed on
active duty receiving commissions In
the National Army, and the others be.
ing placed in the reserve.
The commissions. which have already
been prepared. will bear date Novem-
Der for the following reason. The
signing of that large number of COM
make sure that these would be ready
when the time came to present them.
former Assistant Secretary OF War
William NJ. 1ngraham signed this whole
batch Of commissions some time ago.
the dates to be inserted as required.
When MIR. Ingraham resigned, on No
vember 8. it appeared that the commits
sions. il dated about the time of their
presentation. would not be signed BY
an official clothed with the proper au-
thority, and. accordingly, il was d.
rected that the date be made as of the
day before the resignation of the Sec
rotary was accepted.
The adjutant generals office wishes
to emphasize the statement that no
duly qualified student of these camps
will fail to receive his commission.
although he may not be at once Aps
pointed to active duty.
Enlisted Mems Pay Allotments.
Next month the system of compul-
sorry allotment of a part Of the pay OF
every enlisted man with dependents
becomes effectfye. and the bureau Of
war risk insurance will take over the
amounts thus deducted and pay them.
together with the allowance which the
United States makes. to the proper per-
he IA mil 1au NJ a MI
diers and sailors will be provided for
during the war.
But. with the utmost efforts Of the
bureau to meet promptly the claims
of these families. some delay may be
expected during the first months of the
new laws operation, although the al
lowances will be paid as quickly as
conditions will permit. 1t was the 9Th Of
october when the act was passed. and
since that time William C. De Lanoy,
the chief of the bureau. has had to or
ganize il, perfect the features of the
insurance provisions and arrange for
ances. He had to organize the division
of accounts. the preparation and print
ing of several million blank forms. the
checking and comparison of some
2 1000. 900 accounts for the Army, to
say nothing of the Navy. and the
classification and card-indexing Of all
these accounts, besides all other Incl.
dental work.
Expected at Early Date.
Nevertheless. the payments may be
expected at a reasonably early date.
and with the smoothness that will
come with the running of the new ma
chine the world will see the spectacle
of a true democracy paying Its night
ing men and sharing with them the
burden of providing for their depend
ents while they are doing the fighting
for the nation.
Under the act every enlisted man
must assign or allot most of his pay
to his wife and children. and may al
lot part of his pay to other depend
ents, IL he has any. and il not. then the
government may retain the half Tor
him and pay it to him with interest
when the war is over.
The man on his enlistment gives the
names of his dependents; makes his
allotment of pay. and requests the Al
lowances for his family, and the bu-
reau does the rest: the checks will be
sent to the proper persons without
application IL the enlisted man has re-
quested it. The compensation added
by the government to the allotment
varies in amount from SIS to $50
month. according to the number OF
dependents the man has, and 10 In no
way dependent upon the amount OF his
pay.
Reserve Commissions.
In view of the protests of all the
chiefs of staff departments. the Secfe.
tary of War has modified the eject OF
the order which forbade the issuing OF
further commissions in the reserve un-
til there were vacancies to be hlled Dy
the newly commissioned officers. For
instance. he has given the surgeon gem
eral authority to commission all sur
geons who have qualified to date to the
number Of several hundred.
The officers Of the Signal Corps have
secured authority to complete the or
ganization Of their body by issuing
commissions in both the aviation
branch and in the Signal Corps proper.
under ruling that the order was not
applicable to officers of that body.
In other bodies the Limitation that be-
fore an officer commissioned since the
order went into effect may be placed
on active duty authority for such ac-
ton must be obtained from the secre.
in some embarrassment. However.
enough has been accomplished to allay
the feeling Of suspense or possibly OF
dates for commissions were. seeking.
Dental Corps Vacancies.
A board Of officers consisting Of Maj
Howard II; Johnson. n. G: Capt Julian
NJ. c.. is sitting in Washington. to rate
the papers submitted in the recent sx.
animation of applicants for appoint.
Army and to determine the fitness
Of the applicants for appointment.
There were about hundred va
cancies to be filled from the 500 dsat1sts
qualified to take the examinatjon. It
may be said that men OF excellent gon-
eral standing have taken this test, and
that the corps IL assured that II Wf1l
be kept up to its strength and standard
of professional quality.
without violating any rules Of osa-
sorship 1t may be said that the naen Of
ger Of suffering from lack Of attention
At the hands Of sletl1oA damtiafG mr. -
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