a
U. S. FIGHTING FORCES GET
LION YEARLY.
BIL-
Monthly Payroll Now Totals Nearly
One Hundred Million Dollars.
(From the Committee on Public Informa-
tion).
Washington.—The actual payroll of
the fighting forces of
States is now nearly
month.
This sum is
the United
$100,000,000 per
disbursed by the pay
officers of the army and navy in the
forms of checks or currency or by the
Treasury Department in
family allotments
the form of
as compensation
for services rendered according to the
scale of pay prescribed by law for the
uniformed defenders of the nation.
This figure
ly allowances’
does not include “fami-
which are paid by the
Government toward the support of
the families of enlisted men under
specific conditions, nor does it consid-
er any of the special compensatory
features of the Military and
Naval
Insurance Act, under which $176,150,-
000 was appropriated.
For the purpose of
public accurately as
pay in the navy the
informing the
to the system of
following author-
ized statement has been issued by the
Committee on Public Information.
$17,000,000 NAVY'S MONTHLY PAYROLL.
In December approximately $17,-
000,000 was disbursed as monthly
compensation for
the services of the
seme 300,000 officers and men who
constitute the uniformed force of the
United States navy.
This was the regular Government
pay and did not
that might have
“war risk act”
include any amount
been paid under the
as family allowances
or other compensation provided for
under the terms of that act.
Payments
to officers and enlisted
men are made twice each month—to
officers on the
to. enlisted men on
Tt is optional to each
15th and last days and
the 5th and 20th.
man whether
his payment is in cash or by check on
the Treasurer of the United States.
On foreign stations
payments are
made in the currency of the country
the ship is visiting at
ment, the money
the time of pay-
being issued and
charged at its official or customs
house equivalent in United States
currency.
Family allotments of men of the
navy are
paid by the navy disbursing
officer, calling for the writing of some
100,000 checks per month, payable to
relatives in al
1 parts of the country.
Assignments of pay are made out in
duplicate on cards on board ship or
at the station at
serving, one copy
which the grantor is
being retained for
vecord and the other forwarded to the
navy disbursing officer for payment.
PAY
OF COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
All commissioned officers of the ac-
tive list
pay
and length of service.
of the navy receive the same
and allowances according to rank
Officers of the
medical pay and construction corps,
pro-
civil engineers and
mathematics
chaplains,
fessors of
have the rela-
tive ranks of the various grades of the
line, the annual pay of each grade be-
ing as follows:
Admiral (in command of fleet)..... £10,000
9,000
Vice Admiral
of fleet)
Rear Admiral (upper half) .
Rear Admiral (lower half) ..
Commodore ....
Captain
Commander
Lieutenant
(second in command
Ensign
To each commissioned officer below
the rank of rear admiral is allowed 10
per cent. of his yearly base pay
for
each five years of service in the army,
navy and marine
ceeding in all 40 per
al provision is made
pay of a captain
cent.
corps, but not ex-
Addition-
by law that the
shall not exceed
$5000, a commander $4500 and a lieu-
tenant commander $4000 per annum.
An officer on sea duty
duty beyond the
the United States
or on shore
continental limits of
receives while so
serving 10 per cent. additional of his
p
Government quarters are
ay.
An officer on shore duty where no
furnished is
paid $12 per month for each of the
number of rooms
entitles him, that is:
to which his rank
Rear Admiral (upper half)....... 9 rooms
Rear Admiral (lower half)....... 8 rooms
GApEaIn .....ccevenvr:eispransener 7 rooms
Commander ............ceeenneces 6 rooms
Lieutenant Commander .......... 5 rooms
Lieutenant ......oeeeeessaeesrvecs 4 rooms
Lieutenant (junior grade) ....... 3 rooms
Ensign, warrant officer and nurse 2 rooms
AVIATORS GET ALLOWANCES.
Officers of the navy
appointed stu-
dent naval aviators and while detail-
ed for duty involving actual flying in
aircraft receive the pay and allow-
ance of their rank plus 35 per cent.
increase thereof,
and those officers
who have qualified as naval aviators
shall while so
detailed receive the pay
and allowances of their rank plus 50
per cent. thereof.
Boatswains, gunners, pay
‘machinists, carpenters,
clerks,
sailmakers
and pharmacists are known as war-
rant officers and are paid
as follows:
Term of On Waiting
service At sea shore orders
First three years..... $1 $1125 $878
Second three years... 1625 1250 1000
Third three years.... 1750 1625 1125
Fourth three years... 2000 1750 1250
After twelve years.... 2250 2000 1500
Warrant officers on shore duty re-
ceive the same allowance for quarters
and heat and light as an ensign
Warrant officers while
attached to
a sea-going ship are paid a ration al-
lowance of forty cents per day.
All officers in the regular navy are
required to provide
forms and to pay for
ashore and afloat.
The following tables show
rating during the present
vided by the Act of May
CHIEF PETTY OFFICERS
their own uni-
subsistence both
the
classification and the base pay of each
war as pro-
22, 1917:
Present monthly
Rating war pay
Chief master-at-arms ...........ece. $77.
Chief boatswain’s mate 61
Chief gunner’s mate .. 61
Chief turret captain .... 72
Chief quartermaster ................ 61
Chief machinist’s mate ... 83
Chief electrician ........ + 12
Chief carpenter’s mate .. . 1 6F
Chief water tender ...... . 6%
Chief yeOMAN ......oeeeeence : >
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Chief pharmacist’s mate
Bandmaster
Chief printer
Chief commissary steward .
PETTY OFFICERS’ PAY.
Ss
Any of the above named chief pet-
ty officers who has served as such for
one year with credit is given what is
known as a “permanent appointment,”
which increases his base pay to $83 |
per month.
PETTY OFFICERS, FIRST CLASS.
Master-at-arms .....eeecore ...$52.00
Boatswain’s mates ...... ... 52.00
Gunners’ mates ........- .. 52.00
Turret captains .......c.ceceeeeeecess 61.00
Quartermasters ......coeeceecereets 52.00
Boilermakers .........seesrserererres 77.50
Machinists’ mates ....... . 66.50
Coppersmiths ..... . 66.50
Shipfitters . 66.50
Electricians ......ceoesocrermmereeneees 61.00
Blacksmiths ......coeseceeenvreerenes 61.00
Plumbers and fitters 55.50
Sailmakers’ mates . 52.00
Carpenters’ mates . 52.00
Water tenders .....-. . 52.00
Painters .........e- . 52.00
StOTEKeePerS .....ccesserserersrsesees 52.00
Pharmacists’ mates 52.00
VEOMMEN .sxnsrssrrrsrrrsssrneas . 52.00
First musicians ......c..e. 47.60
Commissary stewards . 72.00
Ships’ cooks ..... . 66.50
TOKOFS «cesses essrsvrivemmnsranisnses 55.50 |
PUINUOTS +. -7-cs-ssrvrserersnssnnons 52.00
Masters-at-arms
Boatswain's mates
Gunners’ mates
Quartermasters .........-
Machinist's mates
Electricians
Shipfitters
Ollers ......vs:»
Carpenters’ mates
Printers
Painters
Storekeepers
Yeomen ........-
Ships’ cooks
Pharmacists’
mates
Masters-at-arms
Coxswains ........eeveee
Gunners’ mates
Quartermasters
Klectricians
Carpenters’ mates
Painters
Storekeepers
Yeomen
Pharmacists’ mates
Seamen gunners
Seamen
Firemen, first class
Shipwrights
Masicians,
Bakers, second class
Hospital apprentice, first
Seamen
Firemen
Musicians
Buglers
Ships’ cooks,
Hospital apprentice .....
SEAMEN, THIRI
Apprentice seamen
Firemen, third class
Landsmen
Cabin stewards
PETTY OFFICERS, SECOND CLA
PETTY OFFICERS, THIRD CLASS.
SEAMEN, FIRST CLASS.
first class ....
Ships’ cooks, third class .
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fourth class ........... 35
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Cooks to commanders-in-
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Cabin COOKS........oooeveees . 55.50
Wardroom stewards ..........eocecce 61.00 |
Wardroom cooks eR DRO
Steerage Stewards ...........cceececs 46.50 |
Steerage COOKS .....covseeruevencnress 41.00 |
Warrant officers’ stewards ......... .. 46.50
Mess attendants, first class (UG. 8. i
CILIZONY acanrenssesvnsaiionnniossee ay 41.00 |
Mess attendants, second class (U. S. |
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CIEIZONY ens vnretcrvaeannass snssey 38.40 |
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U. 8S. citizen) ei. l. BT00
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TU. 8. GUZEN) cv ssiirevrnrsaivuns very 32.60 |
in the
amounts are also pal
ive re-enlistment
discharge
$5.50 for
seaman gunner; $2.20
steward or cook who
of the United States;
months’ pay if he re
able discharge
first enlistment
articles subsequently
sued at cost price.
on detached duty are
in lieu of subsistence.
to their homes and all
en-route or are paid
from place
homes. On board each
vy and at each statio
maintained
Enlisted men are
years’ i
they received at date
and cash in lieu
sistence. Officers and
val reserve force and t
receive the same pay
first called into active
each enlisted man.
—Pennsylvania
the States in the
I have eaten a bale
Of spinach and kale,
Of moistened bran
I am taking a snack
And I'm glad, you be
At last to get
get along beautifully.”
. .
she never disagrees wi
each good conduct medal a man holds.
GRATUITY FOR RE-ENLISTMENT.
A man receives a gratuity of four
four months and presents an honor-
from his last enlist-
ment. Each enlisted man receives on
an outfit of clothing
and small stores free of charge.
Enlisted men are
subsisted by the Government.
ed are either furnished transportation
mile for the total number of miles
of discharge to their
a commissary store,
which may be purchased at cost price
such articles as are usually sold in
civilian stores and shops.
Officers on the retired list receive
three-fourths of their active duty pay.
retired after thirty
service and are paid three-
fourths of total pay and allowances
of quarters and sub-
val volunteers while on active duty
as those of same rank and length of
service in the regular navy.
of war or national emergency a uni-
= | form gratuity of $150
officer of the naval reserve
ranks fourth among
production of hay.
When the Day is Done
And I've never raised a row.
I have swallowed a can
And I feel like a brindle cow.
From the old haystack
In the evening shadows gray.
To the end of the meatless day.
. —Washington Star.
A Diplomatist.
“My wife and I never argue, so we
“How do you manage
“When anything goes wrong I al-
ways figure that it was my
In addition to the pay as provided | thigh, with
above tables the following |half-soling for the tip.
d monthly to
fai
if a graduate
holds a certifi-
of a petty officers’ school; $5.50 to 2!
|
cate of qualification and is a citizen
83 cents for
|
-enlists: within
Any
drawn are is-
Men
furnished cash
Men discharg-
expenses while
four cents per
ship of the na-
n on shore is
at
of retirement,
men of the na-
he national na-
and allowances
* 52.00 | the heavy ones
{a more
y When
service in time
is allowed each
and $60
t,
ty”
fault and
th me.”
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.
DAILY THOUGHT
It is self-evident that if every individu-
al would make himself a better individu-
al the nation would take care of itself.—
The Thoroughbreds.
As a fitting accompaniment to the
short Eton jacket, says the Dry Goods
Economist, a crepe de chine blouse
has put in its appearance. This is
made with tucked bosom, which is re-
vealed by the jacket, and tucked turn-
over collar and cuffs, edged with a
frill. The wide collar and cuffs are
of the style known as “Buster
Brown.” This style blouse is also
shown in organdy and voile.
Useful Suggestions.—Celery leaves
may be dried, pulverized and bottled
to use as seasoning.
Beans, milk, peas, cheese and pea-
nuts are substitutes for meat, in food
value.
If a glass jar refuses to open, set
it cap down in an inch or two of hot
water.
Tomatoes which are not fully ripe
on the vines may be set in the sun to
finish.
The lighter salads are appetizers;
should be regarded as
central dishes.
New gas mantles if immersed in
vinegar and hung up to dry will give
brilliant light and last longer.
If fish is allowed to stand in water
the flesh will become soft.
Rice omelet, with hot tomato sauce
poured over it, is delicious.
The filling of roast fowl will be
richer if moistened with white stock.
Parsley roots may be lifted and set
in a frame to serve as a garnish in
winter time.
When bacon is good and sweet, the
lean is firm and bright, and the fat
quite white.
If eggs and grated cheese are add-
ed to some of the simple soups one
has an excellent substitute for meat.
For a scrap basket there is nothing
so nice as a bit of tapestry. And you
make the box for your basket your-
And the edges, after the tapestry has
been glued on, are finished with tar-
nished gold braid. The inside is lined
with paper.
of desk
blotting
You may make all sorts
things—the corners of the
pad may be tapestried; the calendar
frame may be covered; one of those
rack box affairs for paper and envel-
opes is quite possible of achievement
— and first hand they are most expen-
sive luxuries, as mortals and fairies
know full well.
A new novelty in knitted goods is a
legging for evening use. Many a girl
has regretted when she slips into her
thin silk stockings and dainty slippers
for the dance that they are not warm-
er for the inevitable period of chill
that must proceed and follow her on
her way to and from her distination.
Rubbers are too clumsy in appear-
but this knitted legging fits
right into the need. It is of white or
colored material, reaching well up the
a piece of light leather
As this is to
be worn with high heels, there is a
each enlisted man who is qualified to : T-shaped opening at the heel, about
receive them: $1.50 for each success- two
inches across and 23 inches deep,
for four years with- | that its th ded end of th
in four months of date of honorable ont permits the ToUnae rust 0
from previous enlistment;
first re-enlistment and $3.30 ily
for each subsequent re-enlistment, if | allowing
citizen of the United States and com- | ing at the heel.
pleted previous enlistment; $2.20 i
to protrude when the legging is
Leggings of this kind can be eas-
made from an ordinary pattern,
for the half-sole and open-
on.
Activities of Women.—A New York
department store employs 25 women
elevator runners.
Female operatives in the
collar industry of Derby,
are demanding a war bonus.
Women in Germany are doing the
work formerly done by horses, that of
being harnessed to 2 plow.
Girl workers in the English muni-
tion factories turn out some wor
faster than it is done by men workers
in this country.
Mrs. Helen Ring Robinson, the first
woman Senator in the United States,
is now a member of the commission
on training camp activities.
To prevent poison entering their
skin, girl munition workers in Eng-
land varnish their nose and hands
each day before starting out.
Eemployment has been found for
1,421,000 women in England since the
war began and there are mow 4,766,-
000 employed in various trades; 670,-
000 are working in munitions and
620,000 on other government work
such as manufacturing clothes and
food for the troops. Shi
Mrs. E. H. Harriman has.endowed
her Eugenic Record establishment at
Cold Spring Harbor, L. I., with a fund
yielding $12,000 a year.
shirt and
England,
Massage is Important.—The rea-
sons for a massage are of the best
and should loom important enough on
the feminine horizon to induce every
woman to take this ounce of preven-
tion which does so much to prevent a
rough skin.
The ravages of age and weather are
offset by the strengthening of the
| tissues and muscles and the stimulat-
ing of the surface circulation by the
manipulation of the flesh.
Massage should not be done more
often than once a week and then gen-
tly and never roughly.
The rotary motion of the fingers is
the one which smoothes and strength-
ens the muscles without stretching
them.
Never use a harsh texture towel up-
on the face. Dry it by patting it gen-
tly with a soft bath towel. -
After a thorough massage an ice
treatment will invigorate and harden
the skin. :
And this ice or cold water treat-
ment, cruel as it may sound in this ze-
ro weather, will insure the skin
against the ill effects of the chill
breezes and do much toward inducing
a natural color to the cheeks.
French Toast.—Add three-quarters
cup of milk to one egg slightly beat-
en, with one tablespoonful sugar and
a few grains of salt. Dip slices of
stale bread in the mixture and fry in
biter until well browned on both
sides. 3
FARM NOTES.
—Pennsylvania ranks seventh in
winter wheat and eleventh in all
wheat production.
—The profit-making trio in the dai-
ry farm’s equipment are the cream
separator, the silo and the manure
spreader.
—It is just as essential to know
how to keep a cow at her best as itis
to know how to build her up to her
full capacity.
— Final production figures again
show Pennsylvania as the banner
buckwheat State of the country with
New York a close second.
Jt is estimated that the dry bean
acreage in the State was 13,000 acres
and the production 104,000 bushels of
beans as compared with 54,000 bush-
els in 1916.
—_Of the total production of 65,260,-
885 bushels of corn in Pennsylvania,
the estimates show 20 per cent. white
corn, 62 per cent. yellow corn and 18
per cent. mixed corn.
—The ewes that have not recuper-
ated and become strong and hearty
by mating time would better be left
out of the breeding calculations for
the season, for they are sure to drop
late lambs that will be uneven and
thriftless and a disappointment.
—Do not forget that house plants
need a bath and fresh air just the
same as folks. During the winter sea-
son the house air is apt to become too
dry and the surface of the leaves and
stems of the plants coated with dust.
A good hand sprayer with which to
give the plants a bath every few days
and opening of doors to allow plenty
of fresh air occasionally will do much
to keep the house plants in thrifty
condition.
in calves are
milk that is ex-
that is moderate
—Bowel troubles
sometimes caused by
cessively rich. Milk
or low in butter fat is usually better
for young calves. Indigestion in old-
er calves is. usually due to unclean
milk or feed, unclean vessels, close
confinement in dark, unsanitary stalls
and irregular or excessive feeding.
In some cases it appears to be due
mainly to sheer weakness and inabil-
ity to digest.
— Cows greatly simplify the mar-
keting problem. The hay, grain, soil-
ing crops, silage and grazing Crops
the cows eat may be marketed in such
finished products as milk, cream, but-
ter, cheese, with the by-product, skim-
med milk, to be fed to pigs, calves or
lambs. Thus the markets are seldom
“glutted” with these finished products
and the cost of handling and trans-
portation may be reduced to a mini-
mum. Cows are indeed valuable as
producers on farms.
— Ducks may be fed on the rations
recommended for fowls and chickens,
but better results are usually secured
by feeding more green and vegetable
feeds and a larger proportion of mash.
Eggs from Pekin ducks are used
largely for hatching, and the profit
is secured in producing green duck-
lings (ducks fattened and marketed
at the age of 8 to 12 weeks); there-
fore these ducks are fed a mainte-
nance ration after they stop laying
in the summer until about December
1, when a laying ration is given and
the amount of mash increased. In-
dian Runner ducks have been intro-
duced as producers of commercial
eggs, so they should be fed laying ra-
tions throughout the year if kept for
egg production.
—AIll skim milk should be used—
none wasted. It should furnish the
maximum of food to human beings
and does this better when used direct,
as cottage cheese, prepared butter-
milk, or other by-products, than
when fed to animals and converted in-
to meat. Surplus skim milk, of
course may be used economically to
feed hogs, yet 100 pounds of it, which
will produce 15 pounds of cheese, pro-
duce only 4-8 pounds of dressed pork
if fed with corn. Skim milk if
made into cottage cheese, furnishes
nearly seven times as much protein
and nearly as much energy as the
dressed pork it would produce. Of
course the most nourishment is ob-
tained when skim milk is used direct,
either for drinking or cooking. As
far as possible, therefore, skim milk
should be used for human food and
only the excess fed to live stock.
—Use Pop-Corn—Three Ways.—
There is one good American food of
which we have an abundance and we
can use as much of it as we like—
corn. Use all kinds and in many
ways. Pop corn is one of the kinds
every one likes. It is a good food just
simply popped, and can also be made
into such a wholesome, inexpensive
sweet that it. should be widely used.
Here is the way to pop it and several
ways to use it.
Shell the corn if it is on the cob
and pop the dried corn in a covered
iron frying-pan or a regular popper,
shaking vigorously. If a wire popper
is used, do not pop the corn directly
over the flame or it will scorch. Shake
it quite high over the flames, or bet-
ter over coals or on top of the stove.
Take just enough corn to cover the
bottom of the popper. A cup of pop
corn makes about three quarts when
popped. :
Pop corn is good, of course, season-
ed with salt. A common way of serv-
ing is to mix with a very little melted
butter and then sprinkle with salt.
But have you ever tried it as a break-
fast food eaten with milk or cream ?
It makes a good cereal.
To make a sweet of pop corn boil
together 1 cup of corn syrup and 1
tablespoon of vinegar until a few
drops harden in water and pour it
over the freshly popped corn while it
is hot. As soon as it is cool enough
to handle, grease the hands and form
into balls. This amount of syrup cov-
ers 3 quarts of pop corn.
Chocolate pop corn is delicious.
Cook 1 cup of corn syrup for five
minutes. Add 2 ounces of chocolate
(two squares), and stir until melted.
Cook slowly until a soft ball is form-
ed in water. Beat until thick. Have
the popped corn in a greased dish.
Pour the syrup over it and form into
balls when cool enough to handle.
This amount covers 13% quarts of pop
corn.
Farmers’ Bulletin 553 tells how to
grow pop corn. Why not have a few
rows of pop corn in your garden next
spring ?
The Best
Clothes Service
SA CS —
For Man or Boy
at Fauble’s.
Prices Moderate and
Honest. Only depend-
able merchandise.
Your Money Back any
time for the asking.
FAUBLE’S.
Allegheny St. ss BELLEFONTE, PA.
c———
FINE GROCERIES
—
LL GOODS in our line are thirty to sixty days late this sea-
A son. Prices are somewhat, but not strongly above the lev-
el at this time last season. It is not safe to predict, but it
does seem that prices are just now “passing over the top” and may
be somewhat more reasonable in the near future.
We Have Received
New Evaporated Apricots at 25¢ and 30c a 1b. Fancy Peaches 20c
and 22c 1b. Very Fancy Evaporated Corn at 35¢c a lb. or 3 cans for
$1.00. Fancy Selected Sweet Potatoes 5¢ a 1b.—some grades at 3c
to 4c a Ib. Very Fancy Cranberries at 18c per quart or pound.
Almerin White Grapes, Celery, New Paper-shell Almonds, California
Walnuts, Finest Quality Cheese.
INCLUDE OYSTERS IN YOUR ORD
ERS
We i deliver fresh opened, solid measure at cost 'with other
goods. :
WE MAKE OUR OWN MINCE MEAT.
No item is cut our or cut short on account of cost—it is just THE
BEST WE CAN MAKE and is highly recommended by all those
who have tried it. If you have used it you already know—or try it
just now.
SECHLER & COMPANY, |
Bush House Block, 57-1 Bellefonte, Pa.
Insure the
Happiness of
Your Little Ones!
Any parent charged with neglect of his children naturally will be-
come indignant. Still there are some parents who, through carelessness,
neglect to provide for their welfare.
The little ones must be protected.
. There is no better protection than
a bank account. :
If You Haven't an Account Open One Today
For the Children’s Sake
THE CENTRE COUNTY BANK.
60-4 BELLEFONTE