Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1917 — ENLISTED MAN’S PAY TO BE DOUBLED [ARTICLE]

ENLISTED MAN’S PAY TO BE DOUBLED

Both House and Seru.-te Accept Proposal to Raise Pay of Enlisted Men From sls to S3O. Washington, May 1. —The house set a iecord today for quick action on major passing to final reading with a single brief session _an omnibus emergency war .bill carrying nearly three billion dollars. It will be passed tomorrow, probably with only a few votes against it. No opposition .was voiced during the discussion today and the only important dianige was in the adoption of an amendment doubling the pay of enlisted men in the army. Out of a .total of $2,827,653,653 carried by the bill, $2,320,591,907 is for the military establishment. For the navy $503,399,673 is provided end the remainder goes to the other departments for misceKlaneoiue purposes, including expenses due to the war. The military appropriation, which is in addition to the regular annual army and fortifications bill, and tire $3,000,000,000 proposed as necessary for organizing a war arm J, includes estimates of $231,000,000 for clothing and camp and garrison equippage; $130,000,000 for ordnance stores; $39,000,000 for automatic machine guns; $3,750,000 for civilian training camps; $609,000/100 for coast and' insular fortifications and $4,320,000 for fortifying the Panama canal. More than $125,000,000 was added by the amendment increasing the pay of enlisted men from sls bo S3O a month; a proposal already accepted by both senate and house as part of the army draft bill, but transferred bo the appropriations measure today to facilitate final enactment. It brings up to more than $325,000,000 the total appropriation in the bill for army ipay. In the aggregate more than a half billion is carried for the navy. Oope and Emil Hanltey, sons of Judge G. W. Hanley, have made application so rthe officers reserve corps. Cope is attending school at Vanderbilt University at Nashville, Tenn., but will leave in a few days for the east, it is understood, for some training camp. Emil will go to Fort Harrison about May 15. There are quite a number of Rensselaer 'boys who have made application for the officers reserve. Hundreds more are wanted and it is understood that there will he-but little difficulty in Joeing accepted in this -state. The United States army needs thousands of officers and anyone showing more than -usual -military apbitdde -stands a good chance of landing a commissioned office.