Show AN HONORARIUM FROM UNCLE SAM SAni A THOUGHTFUL i little bill has been introduced in Congress b by Representative Representative Rep Rep- Norman J. J Gould of ot New NewYork York It provides that all officers and men in the military services durIng during during dur dur- ing the war with Germany and Austria Austria Austria Aus Aus- tria shall when honorably discharged ed or mustered out receive two months' months extra full tull duty pay if they have served outside the continental limits of the United States and one months month's extra full duty pay if it they have served within the continental limits of the of-the the United States This will give the boys a a. little lUtle chance to look Jook around and locate themselves when they get home What with subtractions subtractions subtractions sub sub- tractions from Irom base pay for allotments allotments allotments allot allot- ments Insurance and m many ny incidentals incidentals the soldier has little or nothing In his pocket at the end of the month Indeed Ring King Lardner's hero hero J Jack ck found after making the necessary monthly deductions from his pay he owed the Goulds Gould's bill establishes no precedent as a provision of a similar nature was made by Act of March 3 1899 to veterans of the Spanish War War a f fact ct which might have been overlooked but for the New Yorkers Yorker's discerning eye Surely the country will not begrudge begrudge be be- grudge rudge the payment of this honorarium um to its defenders even though it may involve perhaps 4 |