Word: underpayments
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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Since the armistice, thousands of permanent officers in both branches of the service have been forced to resign by reason of underpay. We are glad to learn that Congress has at last seen the danger which lies in such a wholesale depletion of our armed establishment, and after a long delay has agreed to grant some relief. The present increase is scanty enough; but it is better than nothing. It is the first alteration in the scale of officers' pay for over fifteen years. Hitherto, a second lieutenant received only $1700 a year; and the higher grades have been almost...