San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-30
Die SAVING IS
MADE At POST
BY COMBINING
Report Over $4,000 Expense
Eliminated by. Cut in
Civil Force.
EXPECT MUCH MORE
Consolidated Com m a n d
Makes Lower Operating
Expense Possible.
EXPECT MUCH MORE

Figures showing the saving from the
consolidation of Fort Sam Houston and
Camp Travis, effected January 1,
amount TO S4295.73 for January, Feb
ruary and March. These figures were
given out Tuesday morning from the
consolidated office.
These savings were and will be
brought about by combining offices and
discharging civilian employees. Eighteen
civilian employees have been let out
from Fort Sam Houston and Camp
Travis since January !, and according
IL present plants, eight more civilians
Will be let out by February II. Further
reduction in civilian employees is expect
cd during the final quarter of the fiscal
year ending June 80.
Saving on One Item.
With $4295 saved during one quar-
ter. virtually $4,000 year will be
saved by the consolidation Of the two
eNpImandS on civilian emplpyes alone.
il was said, however, tAat TIE figures
on the amount saved during the quar-
ter il not a fair indication as to the
amounts that will be say ID IN the sT-
turc. Those figures only represent a
beginning, it was said. Attention was
also called TO the fact that savings in.
cluded in the above figures represent
only the salaries OF the civilian EN-
plOycS, and does not include the hi
savings" or "bi-productS" mat will ac-
crue 10 the government rs the result ot
smaller office force of ils consoliGat-
ell command.
When the Conservation of the Nro
commands became effective on Janu-
4 npantinn1l,. ,.ha,,0n IL
in the two office forces. They con-
tinued TO function as they had. only
under one command. As it became evil
dent through adjustment and working
together that certain offices could be
dispensed with or consolidated and one
man perform the duties that heretofore
had been done by two, orders were sent
out authorizing such changes. This
process of adjustment and consolida-
ton will continue until the minimum
number of soldiers and civilians are re-
tanned in the various offices at Fort
Sam Houston. When il is found that
the service Of enlisted men are no
longer needed for office work, they are
returned 10 their respective organiza-
tons.
Cut Out One Office.
The most recent consolidation of Of
fees operated by enlisted men was an
nOunced Tuesday, and affected the mill
tary telegraph office. The telegraph
office that has been maintained at the
old division headquarters, now the head
quarters of Fort Sam Houston. will be
discontinued entirely and all telegraph
communications will be handled through
the post and division signal office which
will be open from $ 80 to II As O'Clock
every morning and from ] to ) o'clock
every afternoon and from @ TO s o'clock
every evening excepting Sundays and
holidays when it will be open from to
l. o'clock in the morning. Messages re-
ceived at the telegraph office in San
Antonio after s o'clock in the evening
will be phoned to the post and division
signal office and from there communi-
Gated to the individual concerned.
This move will release two military
telegraph operators. Men doing this
work, it was said, are always in de-
mand at various military posts.