The Washington times., 1919-10-29
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tary service has looked for tbs futurV
upouflding of the military forouA
The 1.eS2 men who. reagns1 repF0-
sented one-nfth of an the cfnoors -
the service. More than oae-fcuSth q
the officers Of the coast artillery ssrv-
Ice have resigned snd one-fourA -
those IN the neId artillery. =
The ecopomic pressure rests 49,
ciaily heavy on enlisted Wsa whe ars
ncn-oommssssoued sfncers ss1 ~
have families. TAess men are known
a. the sbackboss Of the army a,l
the best men Of the arug
are swampsd under the high coss se
living.
Ausw1Dsss ~ osas&
To make matters more ssrtess ~
them and for effscsrs generally. Ds~y
Of the war allowances which have
helped them along win eeass wt<h
the declaration Of peace BY the Prssi-
dent Enlisted new have sssa hsips1
conssderably by family alseWasces~
which Congress authortpeA but thess
allowances automatically ceAse one
month after the foruna eeclarstsoa 81
peace
Many married men who-are euissssS
and who have done magnificent serv-
ice for their country are separated
from their families owing to inability
their stations. due to the excrbttnnnx
prices OF rents and supplies. They
have no mSney TO pay raifeooa faroo
TO visit their families or have the
70 mtlies visit them Thepp foIyow
numerous domestfc Tragedies vhtch
ars disheartening.
The hght that has started for In
creased salaries IL oeveicping frts
one for maintenancs Of the military
branches Of the government ~ nuch
as for Justice to the individual Of
fcers and men composinr ~ Al
emergency 10 presented to conersss
the solution Of which cannot be post
ponec ~ the future good Of the coup-
try 10 to be considered-
Cssls nake n g<~,er~1.
The military personnei which -
presenting the atuanen IN ceasrsss
10 not insisting that the inossases N
salaries be made permansst ut a.
DO think that Congress should make
the increases appiieabse fer . stveo
period, subject to review aD1 Hopun-
sideration At the END ~ sh~k tsDA
tinue while the Amerscaa assaar -
deprecated In purchasing pewsr. n
their opinion.
letter. from military offtcsvv -
China show that the purchsniux
power Of the American dollar has
dwtndlsd 20 much that u has fallsn to
parity with chtpsss noasy. Dsfosv
the war the American dollar was -
per cent more powerful In Chixa tAas
its eQuivaIsnt in Chinese mohey. Tho
officer or enlisted man IN chtna v3o
nov takes his money fer exchanGD
gets Just about even money In C6A-
Of the American fighting uaa IN NJ.
This same situation rppliss IN nany
other foreign statfena The military
OFFICER Of this Government must live
on the same ply he received long -
fore the war. and that pay - 5uoe half
as useful. The ,offfcers and snIistoG
men do receive benefits from the cen.
missary stores, but ~ 10 now eiAiHed
by them that the commisosrtss ars
no longer snie to sell suppltes ~
prices much below those OF cham
stores to be found in most ejtSeA
Get Ne nasSsaA.
In fresh meats. vegetables. frvits
and ,simiisr supplies the army -
pays just a. much a. the Average en-
ixen. Officers are not entitled . .
ration. AZ 10 popuiarly suppoosd- 1be
Government absorbs the high cost or
clothing for the enlisted man, bot not
for the officer and hts family. There
Ii no clothing allowance for an OH
Ger. whose expepnses for uniforms
are now enormous as compared witS
other days.
The OFFICER does have q 6emBvsa-
tion Allowance for quarters. n N
stated. but owing to the huge jump
In rents around and near army pcsts
this communication amounts 10 corr
paratfvely little. The United States
allows travelling tmfleage to Al officer
for himself only. He gets none for
his family when he 10 shifted from
one post to another. In Great By1taas
the cost of removal OF offscsrG fsmS
lies 10 borne by the public
MeAscai Csps ssfnss~
The medical corps of the army has
suffered heavily from resienastsnA
There are now vacancies IN the nedi-
cal corps. The Army Medical School
has lost 50 many of it's faculty and
students a 70 cause grave alarm
Before the House committee o
medical officer At walter Reed HSS
pitsl testified that his salary vNs
S6.s4 per day At q time when be vas
performing dangerous operstisuS Asd
working sixteen hours . DAY with
soldier patients. Just outslde 81 IL
operating room brfckmAsons vNr~
making SO per day for many hovrs
less work. These officers testified
that there 10 no Vonser IN inceattvs
for intellectual attainments.
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