Evening star., 1920-04-04
Army and Navy News

| ventor that the channel formation les
sens resistance in aerial flight. The
four power plants are located In the
! channel and will produce 1,000-horse-
power. That loca ton places the driving
power nearer to the center of resistance
and adds materially to the speed Of the
airship. The frame work of the machine
is OF the double Howe truss type. giving
great strength and rigidity and allowing
I the installation of heavy and high pow
cred driving plants. The engines are Of
special design. They have sixteen cyl
inders hooked together in tandem style
and weigh approximately 5000 pounds
each The engine units are designed to
revolutions. and will drive the machine
90 miles an hour The construction Of
the airship affords great capacity and
extremely fine streamlines. like those
OF the Bodensee. are not considered
necessary. A 530-foot airship Of the new
type will weigh about $4,000 pounds.
with gas capacity of 100000 cubic
feet. The machine is designed to carry
rot less than 200 passengers and is
ftted with a doCble-deck cabin with all
modern conVeniences
Comparative Pay of Officers.
Statistics compiled by the morale
branch of the general staff show Of
hcers of the British and French
armies have received increases in pay
ranging from 26 to 200 per cent since
1914. The anndal pay of officers of
the United States Army remains what
it was in 1905 A second lieutenant
in the French army. whose highest
pay in 1914 was s64S. now receives
$1,152. An officer of the same rank
in the British army. whose highest
pay in 1914 was 1867, now receives as
much as $2.240. In the United States
Army a second lieutenant receives
ho0 col -
ances increase 1t to about $2,100. The
increase in pay in both the French
and British armies was raised for all
ranks during the war. The French
increases ranged from about 100 per
cent in the lower grades to about rs
per cent in the higher grades. where
as the pay Of British army officers
was increased from 20 per cent in
some instances to 200 per cent in
others. Gen. John ]. Pershing. the
highest paid American Army officer.
receives $13.500 a year. plus allow
ances. fixed by the President. The
French field marshal receives a base
pay today of $1,000 and has allow
ances for special duties. During the
war a general allowance for field
marshal Of $4,000 was made. making
$500 minimum pay. not including
acting as general commander-in-
chief, first class, receives today $21.-
TO- and second class $16.s6O. both Of
which were increased over $4,000 dur
ing the war. A British general re-
ceives s15,6O0 while not holding a
officer. the British general officer has
special allowances for certain duties
and is paid according to the grade in
which he is appointed.
Retirement Of Gen. Waller.
Maj Gen. Littleton w. F. Waller Of
the Marine Corps, commanding the
marine base at Philadelphia. is booked
for early retirement on account OF
disabilities incident to the service.
1t was just forty years ago next
June that Gen. Waller was commits
stoned a second lieutenant In the Ma
rine Corps. having been a corporal in
the Norfolk Light Artillery Blues.
He got into active service almost
from the start. In 1882. when a force
of marines was landed in Alexandria.
Egypt. to help the British preserve
order. it was Gen. Waller who led the
Americans.
During the Spanish war he served
in feet operations in Cuban and Por-
to Rican waters and took part in the
lana engagement at San Juan, May II,
1898. He fought at Santiago. Cuba,
July and of the same year. and
service order fer saving the lives of
members Of the soanish crew when
the enemy fleet was destroyed. The
rescue was while the ships were
ashore. Fire was raging in the maga-
zines Of the Spanish 1nfanta Maria
Teresa and Oqdendo. :
Gen. Waller was a member of the
allied council following the Boxer up
rising in China. He was breveted q
lieutenant colonel of marines in 1901
for "distinguished conduct and public
service in, the presence of the enemy
near Ttentsin, China" and was ad-
vanced two numbers in grade 'for
eminent and conspicuous conduct" in
the battle of Tientsin.
He commanded the expeditionary
force for services in Cuba In 1906 and
commanded the first brigade Of ma
rines which went into Mexico in 1914.
He was made a brigadier general in
1916 and subsequently a major gen.
eral and has been stationed in Phila-
delphia for several years.