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Show I ill 5 WILL ENCOURAGE S( ! SAAHP-SHMTIE . Man Behind tho Gun Is to Be I , Given Additional Recognition. i : L WAR DEPARTMENT ISSUES i . AN APPRECIATED ORDER Enlisted Men Who Qualify as I Gunners Are to Secure ; ; More Pay. I A rocont order from tho "War Department Depart-ment entltlos cnliBted mon who qualify as gunnera In tho artillery corps 10 J2 por month for first class and $1 per month for second clas In addition to tholr pny, for n porlod of throo years i from dato of qualification, provided that , during that period they havo not boon j out of tho artillery scrvlco for more than I throo months. 1 H If discharged boforo tho oxplratlon of i throo years from dato of qualification and J " ro-onllstod within thrco mouths, tho ! Interval between discharge and ro-onllst-, ment will bo countod an part of tho thrcc-yoar period for which they are. cn-; cn-; titled to gunnoro' pay. Graduation of Increase EnlUied men qualified as expert rlflo-i rlflo-i men aro ontltlcd to $3 per month; thoao qualified as sharp-shooters to $2 per month and thoao qualified as marksmen I to $1 per month, In addition to their pay, (i! from the date of qualification to tho close f, of tho next succeeding regular practlco It season, provldod that during that time, f they continue to bo members of an or-f or-f ganlzatlon within three months from dato (! of discharge. !' As to Qualification. Ii, If a soldier having qualified as an ex- I port rifleman falls In the next succeeding r regular praotico Beason to qualify as such, ho 13 entitled to tho classification and pay of a charp-shootor until tho closo f of tho next succeeding regular practlco season following such failure to qualify. Similarly, If a soldlor who Is classified :,' , as a sharp-shooter falls In tho next buc- , ceeding regular practloe season to ro- ; qualify as ouch, ho is entiled to the clas- 8lflcatlon and pay of a marksman until tho closo of the next succeeding regular practice season following such failure to qualify, j Failure to Koqualify. If a marksman falls to requallfy as such his additional pay win ccaso at the close ! of the regular practice soason next suc ceeding that In which ho quallflod. If a soldier, through tho exigencies of the service, is not given an opportunity In the noxt succeeding regular practice season sea-son to requallfy for a classification already al-ready attained, ho will be entitled to tho pay of such classification until the closo of the next regular practice season In which opportunity to requallfy is given, to him. Publication of Orders. ! The fact of qualification will bo pub lished in department orders, which will show the dato of actual qualification from , which tho soldier Is entitled to Increased pay and tho first muster and pay rolls will glvo the number, dato and source of tho order. Hold-over classification will bo similarly published in department orders. or-ders. When a soldier ceases to bo entitled to the additional pay herein provided for, or such additional pay is reduced through , falluro to roquallfy, tho fact will be i noted on tho muster and pay rolls. |