The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1919-11-27
THE SHAME OF THE SERVICE

l. Regular army Officers
l. Regular Army Officers-These
are officers holding permanent COM
missions in the permanent military es-
Adjustments.
,. National Guard Officers-These
are officers commissioned in the Ma
,ional Guard of the different states,
prior to the war, and called into ac-
tive service.
3. Reserve Officers-These are
men from civil life who underwent
certain training period previous to
being commissioned, and who were
commissioned for five years, subject
call to active duty any time.
4. National Army Officers-These
are men commissioned from civil life
sor service with the National Army
during the war.
s. Provisional Officers-These are
men professionally commissioned from
civil life and from the ranks of the
army. Their commissions ale provi-
| 'Pnal commissions in the regular ar,
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my and pass an examination before
eir commissions are made perma-
mt
: 6. Temporary or Emergency Off
"s-These are men commissioned
n the ranks ow the army and from
a il life to hold commissions for the
i iod of the war emergency.
4 Under existing laws and War De-
Farment regulations, officers in but
Two of these classes are entitled to
retire On partial pay in case OF dis
3Hluty. These are the Regular Army
iliccr and the Provisional officer.
These two classes contain only a
small proportion of the officers who
served in the world war. In all like.
iihood, a heavy majority of the officers
actually under fire on the battle line
we're National Guard and Ntional
Army officers.
AS the Atlanta Journal says:
so far as duty and danger was con.
cerned, there we no classifications.
MI officers were subject to the same
regulations, the same orders. the SAM.
responsibilities, the same risks. No
determination was recognized by Ger.
man bullets or German bayonets, Ger
nan shrapnel OF German eas. An CT.
'ircr wearing the American uniform
vas an American officer, and that
Has all there was to it.
'ct now when tho war is over
Then the victory is won. whom the
rlumph OF civilization over brute force
is definitely established and norma
city established, if the Senate car
yer make up its mind that the League
n Nations is a safe and peaceful ar
;aasement-disabled ofriF rs who
ave up positions in civil life to serve
acir country are confronted with \
uins that debars them from retire
mcnt on partial pay"
Thousands Of cases could be cited to
2foTc the injustice of this infamous
discrimination. Here is a TYPICAL case:
IN an army hospital for the treatment
. [ pulmonary diseases is an Officer
irty-six years old who left an excel
/ lent position as construction reineer
I 7f It Wife and daughter, and went in.
lc the service out Of pure patriotism.
j 'ic did not have to go. He was not
abjC ct to draft, fer he was above taa
@fatt age and had dependents. In
nc course of his duty asan officer, he
extracted influenza, which develop
ia tuberculosis in both lungs From
9ntact with him, his little daughter
also became infected with tub .rculo-
i This Officer carno. ras;3n .
work. He must spent at least four
cars recovering his aeA'th Even
tier that, he can only II light work
Because he is nither a Regular Army
nor Provisional officer, he IS only en-
titled to retirement on thirty dollars
month. If he were Regula' f,rmy
81 Provisional officer, he would BIZ