Evening Star Newspaper, August 21, 1931, Page 11

i m msm{ ].ENTS’NumBers Too Great for Country to Afford Tm, $taff Works Out Problems at Camp Ritchie as Date of | Return Nears. @escial Dispateh to The Star. CAMP RITOHIE CASCADE, Md, August 21.—Officers and_non-commis- sioned officers of the staff of the 20th | w were busy all day yesterdsy their commind staff exercise, & 24- | hour problem worked out indoors be- the constant downpour of of e 260th Artillery Corps (anti-air- craft) lem Ritchie in the morn- for , where they remained !'.l% to participate in exercises there. ey were in close touch with headquarters by telephone and radio. The artillery will return to Washing- ton by their own transportation. Only Four D. C. Units at Camp. Only four units of the District Na- tional Cluard are now at Camp Ritchie. | ‘The. are the Headquarters Detach- ment, 20th Division; the Military Police Company, the State Staff Detachment, 20th Division, and Company A of the | 3724 Infantry. The other troops are from Maryland and Virginia: Maj. Gen. Anton Stephen has as guests at camp Brig. Gen. J. Craig Mc- Lanahan, commanding the 54th Brigade, and four of the 's officers. These officers also are participating in the staff-problem work. Brig. Gen. Waller, commanding the 91st Brigade, is also in camp taking part in the exercise. He commanded the Virginia National | ‘Guard troops at their recent encamp- ment at Virginia Beach. ‘Will Retarn Sunday. ‘The Air Service and Anti-Aircraft Artillery staged a demonstration last night which was viewed by several thousand . That was the last spectacle of the encampment period. | Only two days remain for the Dis- trict troops, who will entrain at Cas- cade Sunday morning. They will be off at the armory in Washington about 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. The Virginia troops will leave for home to- morTow, FINDS VALLEY IN SEA Geodetic Survey Discovers Deep | Gorge off Coast. of a deep undersea indent the outer- fEiiEy £S5, il i etic | commissioned THE EVENING NO CHANCE OF BONUS AWARD FOR BRITISH WAR VETERANS Such Payments, and No Special Demand Is Made by Ex.-Soltlie'rs. (This ig the fifth in @ series of seven daily articles ielling what _the United States, Great Britain and France have done. for their war veterans and what they” contemplate doino.) BY H. J. J. SARGINT. Special Dispatch to The Star, LONDON, August 20.—Great Britain's annual outlay on war pensions is, as has been seen, a steadily dtmlnl.shlnp sum. In the current financial year, ending next March, an expenditure of about $250,000,000 is expected. Year by year the cost will grow less until it reaches zero with the death of the ulti- mate war widow. ‘That date, of course, is still far away, but the other classes of pensioners tend to diminish rapidly. The war invalids are all disabled, wholly or in part, an a large proportion possess anything but first-class lives, from the actuarial point of view. Children are growing up, par- ents and older dependents dying. ‘Ten years hence, unless war comes again, the ministry of pensions can dis- charge its obligations with half the an- nual sum it now requires from the tax- payer. In this country there is no question of future spontaneous bonuses or gratuities to ex-service men as marks of national gratitude. In view of the state of the country’s finances, it is safe to predict no such question will ever arise. Nor will there be indiscrim- inate grant of pensions to ail men or the widows of<all men who joined the | colors, either as volunteers or con- ognize this, and the ex-service men themselves make no special demands. This does not mean Great Britain | dislikes paying pensions. On the con: trary, with her old-uge pensions of $2.50 a week, for which the only quali- fications are poverty and 70 years, she can claim to be the mast liberal dis- ?enur of pensions among the nations. t is possible that when circumstances permit the old-age pensions will be- gme payable at 65, but no more will done. Canada, which has no old-age pen- sion tem, is kinder to the veteran than the mother country is. Ex-soldiers |of the Canadian Army who served in the World War can claim a pension at 60. Gratuities When War Ended. At the end of the war gratuities of varying amounts were granted in Eng- 1and to all ranks on demobilization. Pri- vates received $25 and noh-commis. sioned officers from $30 to $75, accord- ing to grade. T amounts were m i general $1,850 to a lieutenant gei down-~ ward. Second lieutenants received $175, lieutenants $200, captains $225, majors $300, leutenant colonels $375, colonels $1,000. These gratuities were all officers, including those remain- in the army. cripts. Great Britain cannot afford to treat | her veterans that way. All parties rec- | Some of the leading figures in the war received large sums in the form of parliamentary grants. Lord Haig, for instance, received $500,000, and his se- nior generals got from $25,000 to $100.- 000. Lord Jellicoe and other naval com- manders were similarly honored. Of the total recipients of pensions in respect to war Services, 873,000, con- | siderably more than half the whole number, are wives (or widows), dren, parents or other depende men 'killed or disabled in the war. The widow of a private receives $5 a week if under 40 and without children. If she ehil- of | is more than 40, or has children, her personal sallowance is $6.50. For her children under 16 she is allowed, for the first, $2.50 a_week, for the second, $1.85, and for others $1.50. The same q | scale’is allowed wives and children of wholly disabled men. An allowance of $3 a week is made those in charge of veterans' children who have lost both parents, for the maintenance of the | children. For illegitimate children the allowance is $2 a week. Parents of & man lost in the war, if they were dependent upon him or would, had he lived, have become dependent on him, may claim a pension not to exceed $4.50 a week. According to the latest available return there are 471,340 such pensions granted parents “and other de- pendents,” in the great majority par- ents. Officers’ widows whose husbands were killed in active service or died from wounds or injuries received in war -»c-?-é:'fi::”'fi'mm iy L DR. CLAUDE S. SEMONES Eyesight Specialist Phone National 0721 “Dota’ ane @ Bl W Get Up - Feeling Fine Doctors say nine out of ten physi- cal ailments are from const- pation. When you awake in the morning feeling depressed and out of sorts, your system.is, no doubt, clog~ ged with poisonous impurities. 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It is better Ice Cream than Jacob Fussell could possibly have made in his day; but made through loyalty to his precepts. ! s better Ice Cream than Is made where commercialism has takest gentiment out. OU’LL readily detect the difference —in richness, in flavor, in texture —in taste appeal and appetite sat- isfaction—for Fussells Real Cream Ice Cream is what Jacob Fussell bequeathed us to make—a REAL FOOD, nourish- ing, body building—energy and life in a delicious form everybody likes and every one can eat SAFELY. It is the public’s recognition of the su- preme quality of Fussells Ice Cream that made the expansion of this plant impera- tive, We've doubled our facilities, still maintaining our standard. We have added such modern manuficturing im- provements as the new Miller high-speed freezers, which alone can give that inimi- table smoothness to the thick, rich cream. Every hygienic precaution is previded. No human hand comes in contact with Fussell Cream at any stage of manufac- ture and distribution, Your pure food dealer gives you your favorite Fussell flavor in a factory-sealed package; or dispenses it at his fountain from an electrically cooled cabinet. Eat FUSSELLS REAL CREAM ICE GREAM because you find it enjoyable; but re- member it is A REAL FOOD OF THE HIGHEST DIET- ARY VALUE, Fussell-Young Ice Cream Company % West 2306-7-8-9. STAR, WASHINGTON of a fleld mar- D. C, FRIDAY, pensions, shal, if more than 40, or haying chil- | The dren, receives a pension of uoo:x.by of generals receive $3, generals $2,500, $2,000, of ler gel 600, of éolonels $1,200, of lieutenant colonels $1,080, of majors $900, of cap- tains $700, of lieutenants and second lieutenants $700. These are maximums to widows more than 40 or' ving & child. As with privates, a de- iction varying from $50 to $100 1is made if the widow is under 40 or child- In addition to whatever pension 1s | sllowed non-recurring cash gratuities | w the widows of officers whose | occur as a result of war service, These vary from $15,000 in the case of & full general to $500 for a second lieu- tenant. All military pensions and gratuities | paild dependents are permissive. In all the royal warrants treating with pen- sions it s provided that the officer, en- listed man or other beneficiary may re- celve the scheduled amounts provided the death or disablement on war sgrv- ice, on account of which the pension is paid, was not due to misconduct cr| gross contributory negligence. There is | & right to refuse pensions to widows, ‘wives and other dependents if the min- istry decides they are not fit persons to receive public assistance, either from | the irregularity of their lives or because | they are sufficlently provided for in other ways. Pension Never Withdrawn. In general it may be said a pension once granted is never withdrawn. .Of the total of officers and men recelving , nearly - 500,000, only 8,000 | earned pensions by service before the | ‘World War. | ‘The ministry of pensions employed | it is the intention of all parties and classes it shall dwindle to the vanish- ing point, unless another war comes. This is not because the grudge the rs the benefits enjoy, which admittedly in_ most cases are none too generous. No one wants to eprive them of their due, but English- en do not look upon war pensions as wards of patriotism or valor. They ate paid to those who cannot their needs by their own efforts. No party will ever seek to win the votes of the millions of ex-service men by promise of public money. (Copyright, 1931 by ihe North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) (Tomorrow—TFrance’s care of veter- ans.) PUGRSSEEE NAVY DESERTIONS CUT Depression Is Credited With Re- ducing Absence Without Leave. The depression has had s salutary effect upon naval desertions, the Navy Department revealed yesterday in re- leasing figures showing that for the fiscal year 1930 there wer 393 who de- serted; but for the fiscal year 1931 which closed on June 30, only 45 de cided to quit. MAURIC AUGUST 21, 0. | American Diamond Lines, Inc., 1931, THREE OCEAN MAIL CONTRACTS AWARDED Given Award for New York to Rotterdam and Antwerp. By the Associated Press, ‘The Post Office Department & nounced yesterday award of an addi- tional ocean mail route contract to the American Diamond Lines, Inc, New York, between New York and other North Atlantic ports and Rotterdam | and Annunhn The department also announced it had contracted with the Waterman Steamship Corporation, Mobile, Ala., for a route from Mobile or other east Gulf | | ports to Great Britain and other North- ern A third contract, the department said, has been awarded to the Gulf Pacific | RATS i « « « when they eat Stearns’ Electric Used for 53 years; U. S. Govt. buys | it; Boards of Health recommend it. Sold everywhere . . . 35¢ and $1.00. Kill Them Today the Easlest Way Paste. Guaranteed or money back. |\ ‘Mail 'Unem. Ltd, San !'nn'chuo, for a route 'ween BSeattle, ‘ash,, and Tampico, Mexico. il ki BUS REQUEST DENIED Blue Ridge Terminal Must Remain at 12th and Avenue. ‘The Public Utilities Commission hu! denied the request of the Blue Ridge | = ——— Bus' Lines for a change of terminal | from Twelfth street and Pennsylvania avenue to 1336 New York avenue. The action was taken due to recent reports that the Blue Ridge would | combine with another bus lin Back to Pre-War Prices $ 1 .50 Baltimore Saturdays and Sundays $ l 25 Good refurnice until Sunday nizht W, B. & A. 12th st. and New York ave. n.w. AIRPORT POOL Leading the Great Parade of Hits in : [/} Paramount is celebrating 20 years of leadership with the greatest pictures in its history. Watch this news- paper for announcements of AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY,” The MARX BROTHERS im “MONKEY BUSINESS,” “HUCKLEBERRY FINN,” “24 Hours”® “A FAREWELL TO ARMS,” "LIVES OF A BENGAL LANCER.” And such great stars as HAROLD LLOYD, GEORCE BANCROFT, MARLENE DIETRICH, RUTH CHATTERTON and others in the greatest pictures of their careers! ‘THE SMILING LIEUTENANT With CLAUDETTE COLBERT, CHARLIE RUGGLES, MIRIAM HOPKINS. Music of all the things you’d like to have gay Maurice say and do and there you have “The Smiling Lieutenant.” New York went erazy over it for weeks and weeks and you will too. It’s refreshing as a breeze —light, gay, maybe a bit daring and cer- tainly full of surprises. The cast couldn’t be improved on and you know you can always expect something different in a picture di- rected by Lubitsch. By all means, see it. by OSCAR STRAUS You’ll go out of the theatre feeling happy as a lark, a sparkle in your eyes, a song in’ your heart. “If it's a Paramount Picture it's the best show in town!” AN ERNST PRODUCTION CHEVALIER