Show r SHOULD BE ABOLISHED The proposition to abolish the tho grade of lieutenant general in the regular army will doubtless commend itself to many people There is a g general fool lug Ing that this hIgh position should be used only as a reward for specially dis distinguished service Army officers should not be promoted to it merely through seniorIty In rank to hold the place a afew afew few months or a few days and then re retire retire tire on the pay of a lieutenant general From the standpoint or of the officers themselves the position is a very snug one The pay of a retired lieutenant general Is a year that of a ma major maJor jor general The difference of 2 alone would be considered a very h handsome Income b by a large majOrity of the heads of American households for the large Jarge majority receive consid considerably less money than 2625 a year An end ond should be put too to the numerous promotions for retirement purposes only Mr Roosevelt has been particularly fond of retiring brigadIer generals as major generals and colonels as brigadIer generals merely in order to give gle thorn them a 8 larger Income from the government In order that some ap predation may be had of the Ad Advantage advantage vantage this gives gies the officer it may be said a retired brig brigadier adler adier general genera gets a colonel from 6 66 to accordIng to length of service a lieutenant colonel from 2250 iO to a major from 1875 to from 1320 to first lieutenants from 1257 to second lieutenants from 1115 to 1575 The law makes a curious distinction between mounted and cap talus and lieutenants In retirement The mounted officers draw more pay payIn payIn In retirement than the ones onos though just w wy Y the government should pay toward the keep of a horse for an officer who ho Is not no in inactive inactive active service Is not exactly clear The distinction Is proper enough for those who are serving In the army when It is necessary for lor them to keep keel horses this look like a horse on the government as the slang phrase goes |