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Show MONTH'S EXTRA PAY FOR ARMY MEN ANDNURSES WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. Congress was urged today by Secretary Baker I in a letter to Chairman Dent of the I house military committee, to authorize the payment of a gratuity of one month's pay to all soldiers, army nurses and army field clerks. Later a bill was introduced by Mr. Dent containing con-taining these provisions: Men in the regular army would, receive re-ceive tho money aB soon as possible and others would receive the gratuity on discharge. |