ANOMALOUS SALARIES.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16204, 6 May 1918, Page 4

ANOMALOUS SALARIES.

IN THE DEFENCE FORCE. Anomalies in tho pay received by milii tary officcrs the subject of considerable .comment by the chairman of the Dcfence , Commission (Sir Robert Ander- , son), H-bor. Colonel Gibbon, C.G.S., was eiv-cWin-'^i," 06 0 ", He read a Ji s t feeing contrast lx-tw € en the uav una allowances of ofiiccrs in the Training b, mp3 RtntoH Hc " dq,lartt ' rs ' the ofgeial list Btated, expenses arc infinitely higher. Thto.al amounts of pay and allowances were ' " one in all cases. Tho list was fV'/i '? ir W » 3: ~pHj crS nt Headquarters : Tate £786 10s, Colonel Chaffey £786 in J l l * ut f nant - c °loncl Hunter (dental) i' 536 108, Lieutenant-Colonel Slecman £52fi 10s l^i or 7n Ar reV;S J 5 !, 1 . 10s ' Nutsiotd £01l 10s, Major Wallmgfoid £486 10s, Major Osborne-Lilly £18G 10s, Captain Brvan £386 10s, Captain Cross £36f. 10p, Captain Cosfigrovo £386 10s, Captain Gibbs £3SG 10s, Captam Rockstrow £355 17s 6d, Lieutenant ioc^ 13 19 lieutenants (area officers) £-57 10s each, 4 second lieutenants (area officers) £255 10s each. Officers in the Training Camps: Colonel Adams and Colonel Potter £855 2s 6d Colonel Macdonald £341 123 6d, LieutenantColonel Hursthouse (Dental), assistant to Lieutenant-Colonel Hunter) £720 10s, Lieu-tonant-Colonel Neave £741 12s 6d, Lieuten-ant-Colonel Cnmming £638 7& 6d, Major Sweetzer £E66 2s 6d, Major Newcomb £656 12s 6d, Major Lampen £641 12s 6d, Major Fraser £565 7s 6d, Major Banks £641 12s 6d, Captain Luckham £574 171b Gd, Captain Silcock £574 17s 6d, Captain Wood £551 15s, Captain Chea'ter £514 ss, Captain P-crdon £504 15s, Lieutenant Barlow £414 ss, Lieutenant A. G. Baker £403 2s 6d, Lieutenant McNair j £-103 15a. Lieutenant Baldwin £402 15s, I Lieutenant Bale £395 12s 6d, Lieutenant J Quillam £392; 26 second lieutenants, as- j eistant instructors, £300 15s each. I