Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-08

this character in civilian employment
may be shown
Attention is called to the fact that
the pay of Army officers is approx
mately as follows by grades:
General officer, Sc 200 to $4,000; coll
onel, $4,000 to $4,000; lieutenant colonel,
$500 to $4,000; major, $4,000 to $4,000;
captain. $2,400 to $500; first lieuten-
ant, $4,000 to $4,000, and second lieu
tenant, 81, 700 to $3.50.
In the engineering profession, the pay
board points out, the American ASSo-
citation of Engineers in 1927 recon-
mended for the several positions in q
State highway service, a railroad Sys-
tenn and city of 100000 to 10000
neutrality-suspicious. regarded as in
volving in general way responsibilities
and attainmentS which may be COM
pared to the several grades of Army off,
cers-schedules of pay as follows:
State highway service-Chief engi-
neer, from $4,000 to $4,000, with pro-
portionate salaries down to field inspec-
tors. for whom a salary range from
s., 400 to $4,000 was proposed.
Railway System-Chief engineer,
$4,000 to $4,000, with proportionate
salaries down to assistant engineer, for
whom a salary range from $4,000 to
S., 400 was proposed.
City government-City manager from
$1,000 to $4,000, with proportionate
salaries down to assistant engineer,
whose salary range was from $4,000 to
$4,000.
Actual Salaries Paid.
For the salaries actually paid at
present in the engineering profession
reference is made to an investigation
by the society for the promotion Of the
engineering profession in 1925, with the
following results:
Average salary 10 years after grad
uation, $500; is years after gradua-
ton, $4,000; 20 years after graduation,
$4,000, and 80 years after graduation,
$4,000.
Even in the teaching professions, long
known as relatively low paid, the super
intendent of schools in New York City,
it is pointed out, receives 5000, the
assistant superintendent $l2,500, dis
trict superintendents and high school
principals, $500 to $4,000, with pro-
portionate salaries down to grade school
| teachers, who have q salary range from
| 81 500 to 1854.
An idea of the salaries paid by pri-
vate corporations may be obtained, 1t
is explained, from recent Investigations
| that show presidents and chairmen Of
| boards of directors averaging $22, 725,
vice presidents, $13,168, down to the
| trust officer group, receiving an average
of S4887, which is the lowest group
comparable to Army and Navy officers.
In 1908, when the present Army and
Navy schedules were adopted, the pay
of officers, while smaller, was COM
parable to the pay of the civilian groups
which have been mentioned. But 1t Is
declared that the competition in civilian
life, which has caused salaries to keep
pace with the rising cost Of living, has
resulted in leaving the service salaries
far behind.
Believe Public Misinformed.
The officers of the six services do not
believe that the American people fully
realize the position in which they are
placed because of the failure of Con-
rress to revise the 22-year-old pay
schedule. They say there Is for exam
pie, q widespread but erroneous impress
sion that the Government provides uni
forms. equipment and even food for off,
GERS and their families. Not only is this
impression wholly false, they point out,
the fact being that the officer must
provide his own uniforms, equipment
and ali his living expenses from his
Il
his profession these expenses are much
higher than in civil life.
More than any other class of men,
they contend, Army and Navy officers
are called upon to act as representatives
| of the Nation They have duties of a
social nature, involving expenses which
| do not fall to the lot of the average
man in civil life. They are subject to
! FREQUENT changes of station, involving
| heavy expenses for themselves and their
| families and to periods of service in
1 foreign possessions.
In view of all these facts, as set forth
by the officers in the six services, they
hope that Congress, after a study of
the situation, will find it to be "in the
| public interest to adopt such rates of
compensation for these services as will,
without being excessive" enable the
officers and the enlisted men Ito give
| their very best thoughts and efforts to
their work and to the attainment of a
proficiency that will affect directly the
| welfare of the Nation"
It is this presentation of the case
or rather, the presentation of which this
| is a brief summary-which President
Hoover sent to the Bureau Of Efficiency
for comment.