Show ARMY DESERTIONS AND ID COST OF LIVING 1 Washington on Dee Dec 25 According to tho the annual report ot oC Major G General jut tho adjutant general the actual s strength ro of oe the entire military establishment sta lI l on on October l 1 15 last was wan S m men including nl Including officers but hut not Including men of or the tho ho hospital pHal corps so that the tho establishment was 1871 men short hort of or Its authorized strength Tho The deficiency on th tuG tho- e cpr cpr- r- r responding date elate the preceding year was men During time the last fiscal year thore hare yore 4 22 desertions 56 6 percent per percent cent of oC the tue arm army as n against 74 jt per pcr percent percent cent during tho the preceding year ear In discussing the thio bill hill to ho be Introduced Introduced intro Intro- at tho the coming session o of oC congress con con- gross gress providing for a 1 in the pay of tho officers and men mel melIn inthe in inthe the tho mm army and nav navy Rear Bear Admiral V. W. T. T Burwell comm commandant of r tho the sound sO yard said that ho lie can cnn not live as well on oil his salary now as a a. rear admiral l as Ii ho could 23 25 fi years rI ago age O on his h's pa pay nay as a n lIeuten lieutenant nt lie IIo said salti fur fur- ther tier Thirty years ago L O as a L lI lieutenant I lived much better bolter kept a 11 horse and carriage and ancl lund had more available read ready monc motley money th than n I have havo now on moro more than titan double the pay owing owIng- to the advance arI in iii the cost CORl of or JI living hiving That's how the tho older officers are arc affected As s to tho the younger officers the pa pay of a lieutenant lieuten ant will not go o as far tar as would that of or a a. ml midshipman 25 years ago go Tho rhe cost of oC ln JI living and the relative compensation compensation com coin hi lit other lines JInes of ot effort have Increased out ont o ot of all nH proportion to th the advance In In the tho pa pay In the na navy Potty Petty officers required to lo bo 10 first first class class mechanics mechanics me me- got ot little more tha than th tho time pay of civilian laborers r Is and It Is a C fact that In many ninny Instances thC they are re paid lo loss s than tho tile mechanics leg working under tinder t them |