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Show SAYS ARMY- 13 UNDERPAID? 0n. Dodga Advlsea Adoption of Nw Schedul tor Country's Defenders. Wftshlogton. The report of Frar-els Frar-els A. S. bodge, paymaster general of tho army, for the past fiscal ycai points out that Vhi enlisted men havo now every chance to put away money for their own savings by the deposit system. During the year the amount deposited by the men was $l,t31.()20. making tho total amount Blnco the establishment es-tablishment of tlio system 92C.20I.-26. (Jen. Dodge declares In his report that soldiers aro underpaid. den. Dudgo states that tho present taw ngalnst permanent appointments In tho staff corps and departmenta will result In course of time In all tho grades In tho pay department he Ing filled by offlcera detailed from tho, llno. Ho recommends that tho law bo amended so as to limit details to varanclcs occurring In tho grado ot , captain, for which captains" of tho lino should be solccledas now, and that all grades abovq captain should, bo made pormanes''appolntmcnt8 Tho amount expcirted.on account ol tho pay ot tho army durtliK-tbo-?CAiJ was $31,361,132. Tho last complote pay schedule for tho army was passed by congresi 'Si years ago.and the report contends that It Is not 8umu. for tho demands ot our times. Th- fact that tho army Is underpaid, 'he report adds, mulcts It Impossible to recruit out ot such classes aa might bo wished. That economy has beon tho watchword for tho army for 20 years. (Jen, Dodgo says, ts shown by the fact that whereas tho cost per capita for o(-floors o(-floors and men In 1875 was $992, It was during this year $987. |