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SO TO 105 PER CENT
INCREASE ASKED IN
u. S. EMPLOYEES PAY
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mander, base pay, $4,000; increments,
$500 for each three years in commits
stoned service not to exceed "a years
to a maximum total Of So, 400; deduc-
ton for rental, 81, 800: captain and lieu
tenant Navy, base bay, IS, 100; incre-
ments, $500 for each three years OF
commissioned service not to exceed 81
years to maximum total Of $1,000; de-
duction for rental, S., $50; first lieuten-
ant and Lieutenant. junior grade. base
pay, $4,000; tncrements, $500 for each
three years OF commissioned service, not
to exceed IS years. to a maximum total
of $4,000; deduction for rental. $40:
second lieutenant and ensign, base pay,
5000; tncrements, $400 for each three
years of commissioned service, not to
exceed IL years, to a maximum total OF
$4,000, and deduction for rental, $500.
Temporary Rank.
Onicers temporarily serving in grades
corresponding to general and lieutenant
general (admiral and vice admiral,
Navy, to receive, while SO serving, addi-
tional pay Of $1,000 and 1880, respec-
lively, per annum.
The commandant. Coast Guard. the
director, Coast and Geodetic Survey,
and the surgeon general, Public Health,
to receive the pay Of major general.
Any officer in the grade Of lieutenant
colonel who has completed 81. ~ or u
years Of commissioned service shall be
considered for pay purposes as having
served in that grade for not less than
three, six or nine years, respectively.
and any oficer in the grade of colonel
who has completed 81 years of commits
stoned service shall be considered for
pay purposes as having served in that
grade for not less than three years.
The pay Of National Guard and Re-
basis as that of Regular officers of
equivalent grade and length of service,
with no change in existing law as to
determination of such service.
Provision is made that the pay of
officers on the retired list shall be based
upon the pay of officers in like grade
on the active list.
Warrant officers of the Army Except
the Army mine planter service), Navy,
Marine Corps and Coast Guard to re-
ceive $2,550 per annum, with an in
crease Of $3.50 per annum for each
three years Of service not exceeding 80
years.
Commissioned warrant officers to re-
ceive q base pay Of $500. with in
creases of $500 for each three years Of
commissioned service, not to exceed a
maximum of $4,000.
Nurses Pay Scale.
The pay of woman nurses to be as
follows: Superintendent, $4,000: assist
ant superintendent and director, $1,000;
assistant director, $4,000; chief nurse,
$2,100; nurse acting as assistant to
chief nurse, 81 800, and nurse, 81 500.
All to receive an increase Of $120 per
annum for each period Of three years
of service in the Nurses Corps not ex-
ceeding is years.
Existing discrepancies between the
pay of enlisted men Of the several Serv-
ices are to be removed. A single pay
schedule applicable to all services Is
recommended. All to receive increases
Of 10 per cent upon the completion of
the first four years of enlisted service
and an additional increase Of 5 per cent
for each four years Of service. there
after, not to exceed total Of rs
per cent. Enlisted men Of the Navy
and Coast Guard to receive IS per
month in lieu Of the clothing allowed
those Of other services.
The pay Of personnel now on the