Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-30


S. o. Fullinsivider u. S. N. The report
describes in detail the determinations
and anomalies which now exist in the
compensation of warrant and commits
stoned personnel of the naval service
as a result Of the provisions contained
in the 1922 law, against which law SC
much criticism has been directed. Ir
describing the discrimination imposed
by the latter law on the. naval person
mel, the board said: There is at pres
ent lacking throughout the commits
stoned personnel the incentive of finan-
cial reward that comes to one success
ful in civil life. The officers of the
United States Navy and the Marine
Corps are second to none in efficiency
and loyalty. But such a body of off,
GERS without adequate compensation
cannot with singleneSs of thought con-
tribute their best to the Government.
The sense of justice of the naval serv-
ice and the interests of the country
demand that remedial legislation be
enacted
The report describes in detail certain
fundamental principles which should
govern the compensation paid to naval
officers, but which are violated in eX-
iStlng law and cites numerous exam
pies. The board expressed the opinion
that compensation should be based on
responsibility and service rendered as
commissioned officer and cites the
case Of lieutenant receiving more
compensation than a rear admiral in
command of the feet in which the
lieutenant is serving. The board de-
slreS definite pay for each rank and
points cut that officers of three or
TOUR ranks may receive the same COM
penSatlon for four different degrees of
responsibility. The board also ex-
pressed the opinion that the nav of a
junior rank should never exceed the
pay of the next higher rank: that de-
pendents should not enter into the
equation; that officers on sea duty
Should receive higher compensation
than, those serving ashore; that it
should not be discretionary in the pow-
er OF any executive officer to reduce
the pay OF an officer except through
the proceedings of court-martial: that
all retired officers on active duty in
Guiding flag officers should receive the
same pay when on active duty as of.
Ulcers on the active list; that the COM
pensatlon of officers of flag rank should
De commensurate with the dignity of
the Office he holds In the Government
of the United States and equal to those
OF the diplomatic service: that the
compensation of warrant and commits
sion warrant officers should be deter
mined without regard to corresponding
ranks OF commissioned officers, but that
the highest pay of chief warrant Of
ncer should be comparable with that
OF lieutenant, and that the pay for
hazardous service, such as aviation and
submarine duty, should be based on the
Writ
maximum not dependent on the fixed
compensation for the grade or rank
OF the recipient.
The great thoroughness With which
the board went into an phases of the
pay situation of the NAVY is seen in
the cognizance taken of the relative
values OF the dollar in 1908, 1918 and
1922, which, according to authentic re-
ports, the value in 1922 was so cents.
While In 1928 it is but So cents. and
aS a result of this reduced value. the
board held to the opinion that the
Government should not be charged with
the full depreciation. but that the officer
Should bear some of the loss. On this
the board recommended a new paw
schedule for the Navy, starting with
S2,400 for an ensign and increasing to
the maximum of $4,000 for an adj
mral, with a provision that there shall
be no allowances for officers other than
mileage or travel allowances, a 10 per
cent increase for sea duty or overseas
expeditionary duty; a reduction of Is
per cent for officers occupying Govern
ment quarters and saving clause pro-
tectlng the pay that all officers are re-
ceivlng at the time Of the enactment
OF such pay law, until they would
be entitled to an increase under the
terms of the new law. In conclusion,
the report pointed out that it was
"clear to this board that this object can
not be realized under the existing sys-
TEN of compensation 1t is a system
that has created wholesale discomfort
and encouragement, not only because
OF Its many anomalous and diScrim-
1natory features. but more particularly
on account of its general inadequacy
for the proper maintenance of the COM
missioned and warrant personnel Of the
Navy and Marine Corps"
ARMY.
A deCentralized system of procure
nent. storage and issue of Signal Corps
supplies has been formulated and put
into effect by Mai. Gen. George S.
Gibbs, chief signal officer of the Army.
Under this newly inaugurated system,
supply centers will be maintained at
New York, Chicago and San Francisco,
with co-ordinated. supply organizations
under field officers of the Signal Corps
responsible for all supply functions,
and under the general jurisdiction of
the supply section of the signal Office.
Maximum and minimum stocks, under
this system, will be prescribed for each
n
QuirementS of the areas they supply
so that when the supply of any Item
approaches or reaches the minimum
procurement will be initiated to bring
the item up to the maximum. The
New York supply center is in charge
OF Col Arthur S. Cowan, the Chicago
Office will be in charge of Maj. Stanley
L. James and the San Francisco CEN
ter in charge of Maj. Steward W.
Stanley.
Mai. David Mel. Crawford, S. c.,
who has been on duty at the Military
Academy, has assumed charge of the
training division. office of the chief
signal officer. as the relief of Maj. Paul
W. Evans, who is undergoing course
at the Army War College. Maj. Roy
H. Coles, S. c., who took the last Army
Industrial College course. has relieved
Capt. Gilbert L. Thompson as in charge
of the fiscal section of the above Of
flee. The latter officer is taking the
current course at the industrial college
The crash at the National Air Races
at Los Angeles about 10 days ago
which resulted fatally to Lieut. Williams
of the Army Air Corps, is the cause
IL is believed. of the War Department
announcement placing more strict en-
forcement of all flying regulations
From now on it will be mandatory
upon the commanding officer to take
drastic disciplinary action against any
pilot who violates the provision in Army
regulations on acrobatic flying. The in.
terpreation placed on the regulation by
the War Department is that ANY aero.
batic flying will be performed in it;
entirety above 1000 feet-i.e. the air.
plane will be above 1000 feet at the
Start, throughout its execution and upor
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