The Washington herald., 1918-09-04
Army and Navy News

Questions have arisen as to the
rates of pay to which commissioned
officers of the National Guard on the
active list belonging to organizations
participating in the apportionment of
the annual appropriations for the
support of the National Guard are en-
titled to while serving as stafr officers.
aides de camp. and chaphns. the
auditor for the War Department held
that a regimental adjutant below the
rank of a captain is entitled to the
pay of a captain and that stan officers
or aides de camp below the rank of
ca plain are entitled to the pay Of
their rank as second or first lieuten-
ants The comptroller has approved
the decision and says:
In the army of the United States
the regimentaI staff officers consist
of the regimental adjutant and the
regimental supply officer. and they
are appointed from the captains by
| the regimentaI commander (par. PAS,
army regulations, 1918. lsl0.
Under the provisions of the statute
! correctly quoted by the auditor the
! regimental adjutant on the active list
OF the National Guard for the service
described in said statue Is entitled
| (regardless Of his rank) to pay at the
! rate OF $500 per year. being the same
pay as that therein prescribed for a
captain.
Al aviator interned or captured Is
neither in the position TO fly nor per-
| form duty in connection with flying.
| and is held not entitled to the 50 per
cent increase OF pay. At the most
his detail to aviation duty might not,
/ Ill 80 af.al nFInF-
No. s37, be considered as not held in
allegiance"
1t has also been held by the comp
trolIer that a qualified aviator who
had not performed flights because OF
| damages wrought by hurricane was
not entitled to the additional pay dur
ing a non-fying period.
The comptroller holds that an or
| fcer examined for promotion, fouho
| disqualified. and subsequently ordered
retired, to date back from occurring
OF the vacancy to which he wo lid
have been promoted had he been
found qualified. is entitled to active
| duty pay of the lower grade until the
| receipt by him OF the notice Of his
retirement.
The War Department authorizes the
| following statement:
The War Department has leased for
! the dura ton of the war the Print
! ing Crafts Building" at 461 Eighth
! avenue, New York City. As far as
possible all War Department branch
! offices in New York will be housed
| in this building.
! The Printing Crafts building IS
! twenty-three stories high and will
make available $4,000 square feet Of
office space. 1t is now principally oc-
cupied by printers and allied inter
| ests Consent of the tenants to re-
| lInquish their space was given by a
| committee representing them In the
negotiat ton. They have agreed to
| place their space at the disposal OF
| the department with the least possible
| delay.
The amount OF the lease will be de-
termined by the War Department
Board Of Appraisers. who will also
determine the damages TO be allowed
] the tenants because of giving up their
leaseholds.
It is estimated by the real estate
section Of the General Staff that at
least $4,000 will be saved in the first
year of the governments occupancy
( Of the building over the amount now
! pdiu lOl lipOi spdSt ny 1iiC NNPo'N
! nlents to be moved into the Printing
Crafts Building. After the first year
the annual saving to the government
is estimated at s237.000.
The Printing Crafts Building Is cen
trally located at Eighth avenue and
Thirtyfourth street, being within a
short distance Of the Grand Central
Station and the Pennsylvania Sta
ton. and near the Seventh avenue
subway and the Ninth avenue ele-
waited line. 1t is owned by the 46l-
Eighth Avenue Company. Inc, the
principal stockholders being John and
| Edward Larkin.
The negotiations for taking over
the building were completed within
twenty days from the time the COM
pany was first approached by gov
eminent representatives. The Cen
eral Stan had the active co-opera-
ton not only Of the owners of the
building. but of hundreds of tenants
No announcement has yet been
made OF the promotions to the
grade Of major general and briga-
| der general in the army medioa
corps. which were provided for in
the last appropriation act. Lieut.
Col. Raymond P. Sullivan. in charge
OF the surgical division in the sur
seon generals office and a promi-
nent surgeon in civil life. has been