When on active duty at places where no public quarters are available, officers are entitled to commutation of quarters at the following monthly rates: General, $132 for 11 rooms; lieutenant general, $120 for 10 rooms; major general, $108 for 9 rooms; brigadier general, $96 for 8 rooms; colonel, $84 for 7 rooms; lieutenant colonel, $72 for 6 rooms; major, $60 for 5 rooms; captain, $48 for 4 rooms; first lieutenant, $36 for 3 rooms; second lieutenant, $24 for 2 rooms. Under an act approved April 16, 1918, officers on duty in the field whose families are not occupying public quarters are, during the emergency, entitled to commutation of quarters at the above rates. At places where no public quarters are available, when specifically authorized by the Secretary of War, enlisted men are entitled to commutation of quarters at the rate of $15 per month. COMMUTATION OF HEAT AND LIGHT. When entitled to commutation of quarters, officers are entitled to monthly commutation of heat and light as shown in changes No. 81 to paragraphs 1036 and 1057, Army Regulations (copy attached), dependent upon the month of the year, the zone in which the quarters are located, and for the number of rooms actually occupied, not in excess of the number of rooms authorized for the grade as shown above. Enlisted men when entitled to commutation of quarters are entitled to commutation of heat and light for the number of rooms occupied, not in excess -of two. MARCH 18, 1920. OFFICE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE. 1036. (Changed by C. A. R. No. 28, W. D., 1915). Change the table in the third subparagraph to read as follows: Rooms. December, January, Feb- March, November. April, May, October. June 1 to Zone Zone Zone Zone Zone Zone Zone Zone Zone Zone Zone 1. 2. 3, 4. 5, 6. 7, 11, Zone Zone 12. 13. 8, 9, 10, 0° 20° 20° 30° 30° 40° 40° 60° 10° 25° 25° 35° 35° 45° 45° 65° 35° 40° 40° 50° 50°-70° 45° 55° 55° 75° 12.10 11.70 8.50 11.40 8.50 17.10 16.20 19.65 18.15 16.35 15.75 15.30 8.50 14.40 8.50 21.00 19.40 23.80 22.20 19.80 19.00 18.40 8.50 17.60 8.50 20.05 22.50 27.25 25.50 23.00 22.25 21.25 8.50 20.50 8.50 22.00 25.20 30.60 28.50 26.10 21.90 24.90 24.30 9.00 23.10 35.00 32.90 29.75 27.65 33.95 31.50 28.70 24.15 27.30 26.95 9.45 25.55 38.40 36.00 32.40 29.60 37.20 34.40 31.20 26.40 29.20 28.80 9.60 27.60 41.85 39.15 35.10 31.50 40.50 37.35 33.75 28.35 31.05 30.60 9.90 29.70 37.50 33.00 43.50 40.00 36.50 30.50 32.50 32.00 10.00 31.50 10.00 40.15 34.65 45.65 42.90 38.50 32.45 34.10 33.55 10.45 33.00 10.45 9.00 9.45 9.60 9.90 1 (C. A. R. No. 81, Oct. 1, 1918.) [246.82, A. G. O.] 1044. (Changed by C. A. R. Nos. 53 and 54, W. D., 1917, and Nos. 73 and 74, W. D., 1918.) (1) Insert the following above the first item in the table: General as quarters 11 rooms. (2) Change the nineteenth item in the first column to read as follows: Noncommissioned officers above the grade of color sergeant, paragraph 9; color sergeants and firemen, Coast Artillery Corps, each (3) Change the first subparagraph following the table to read as follows: Enlisted men below the grade of color sergeant, paragraph 9, may be assigned to separate public quarters whenever the same are available after those noncommissioned officers of higher grades have been accommodated and when the conditions of service appear to the commanding officer to warrant such assignment. (C. A. R. No. 81, Oct. 1, 1918.) [246.82, A. G. O.] 1057. (Changed by C. A. R. No. 28, W. D., 1915.) Change the table in subparagraph 3 to read as follows: Rooms April to October to September, March, inclusive, inclusive, per month. per month. Rooms. April to October to September, March. inclusive, inclusive, per month. per month. 2. 3. 4. 5 6. Under the war-risk insurance act as amended the following monthly allowances are payable to families of enlisted men by the War Risk Insurance Bureau: Class A.—In the case of a man to his wife (including a former wife divorced) and to his child or children. (a) If there is a wife but no child, $15; (b) if there is a wife and 1 child, $25; (c) if there is a wife and 2 children, $32.50, with $5 per month additional for each child; (d) if there is no wife but 1 child, $5; (e) if there is no wife but 2 children, $12.50; (f) if there is no wife but 3 children, $20; (g) if there is no wife but 4 children, $30, with $5 per month additional for each child; (h) if there is a former wife divorced who has not remarried and to whom alimony has been decreed, $15. Class B.-In the case of a man or woman to a grandchild, a parent, brother, or sister: (a) If there is one parent, $10; (b) if there are two parents, $20 ; (c) if there is a grandchild, brother, sister, or additional parent, $5 for each. OFFICE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, March 18, 1920. INDEX. Page. Adams, Dr. T. S., economist, Internal Revenue Bureau, statement of____ Allowances to families of enlisted men, war-risk insurance. Balcom, James E., Washington, D. C., chairman publicity committee, Vet- 686, 687, 688 Barrus, Sheldon Monroe, of Kenaka Park, N. Y., letter__. 711 Bebergall, Fred F., department commander, American Legion of Califor- 538 Bell, Alden, of Culpeper, Va., statement of 672 765 Benham, Hon. John S., a Representative in Congress from Indiana, state- 519 Berg, Julius S., president Patients' Fifty-fifth League, Fort McHenry, Md., 705 Bettman, Gilbert, of Cincinnati, Ohio, statement of... 620 Bill suggested by legislative committee of the American Legion.... 594 619 Black, Raleigh M., president Private Soldiers' and Sailors' Legion, of 696 Bonds and notes of the United States outstanding March 1, 1920_. 476 Bowdoin, W. G., jr., of Baltimore, Md.. letter__ 742 Boyd, George W., of Washington, D. C., statement of.. 246 Brundage, Capt. B. F., of Anderson, Ind., letter_ 735 Bryan, Lieut. Col. Charles S., of New York City, letter_ 748 Burns, Capt. Walter W., of Greenport, N. Y., statement of.. 172 Butler, Bradford, president Fraternity Post No. 612, Brooklyn, N. Y., Colorado Springs Post, No. 5, American Legion, resolutions_ 415 Critchfield, Maj. A. B., United States Army, statement of 406 Daniels, Hon. Josephus, Secretary of the Navy, letter___. 773 Dawson, C. L., commander Department of North Dakota, American Le- 716 De Groff, Martin E., of Cleveland, Ohio, statement of__ 573 Deutzman, Lawrence Frederick, Crusaders Post 353, Veterans of Foreign 710 Ditchy, Jerome A., of Cleveland, Ohio, statement of 579 D'Olier, Franklin, national commander of the American Legion, state- 10 Esquith, L. L.. of New York City, letter_ 714 Executive committee Colorado Springs (Colo.) Post, No. 5, letter___ 731 774 173925-20-50 785 Page. Ferris, Hon. Scott, a Representative in Congress from Oklahoma, telegram_ 680 746 Fitz-Hugh, Alexander, State commander American Legion of Mississippi, 495 Frederick, Col. H. B., letter. 689 Fry, R. A., United States Public Health Service, letter_. 695 706 Gallivan. Hon. James A.. a Representative in Congress from Massa- 632 Gansser. A. H., of Detroit, Mich., letter. 706 Gerlach, Col. F. C., Wooster, Ohio, letter_. 408 Glass, Hon. Carter, Secretary of the Treasury, letter_ 768 Great Britain, soldier aid.. 637 Griffin. Hon. Anthony J., a Representative in Congress from the State 678 Group of disabled soldiers of Philadelphia, Pa., letter.. 720 Hale, Edward H.. chairman subcommittee of the legislative committee, 31 81 698 Hanley. Maj. James M.. of Mandan, N. Dak.. statement of.. 675 737 Harding, Hon. William P. G., governor of the Federal Reserve Board, 445 Harrison, Jim, of Little Rock, Ark., letter_ 762 Harwood, S. Dix, of Champaign, Ill., letter. 734 Hastings, Hon. W. W., a Representative in Congress from Oklahoma, Hickey, Capt. Daniel F. B., of Stamford, Conn., letters 698, 699 Hicks, Hon. Frederick C., a Representative in Congress from the State Houston, Hon. David F., Secretary of the Treasury, statement of.... 433 738 Inzer, John W., of Chattanooga, Tenn., letter. 758 747 Johnson, J. Fred, jr., of Florence Post, American Legion, Florence, Ala., 636 Johnson. Walter A., of Brooklyn, N. Y., letter. 714 Jones, Col. E. Lester, member of national executive committee, Ameri- 272 Jones, Frank F., president National Council United Veterans of the 753, 756 Jones, Richard Seegle, managing editor Stars and Stripes, Washington, 260 Keech, Frank B., of New York City, statement of 521 314 Kinkaid, Hon. Moses P., a Representative in Congress from Nebraska, 668 Knob, David P., ex-sergeant, Sixth Marines, of Yonkers, N. Y., letter_- 710 757 Lampert, Hon. Florian, a Representative in Congress from Wisconsin, 496 Leffingwell, Hon. R. C., Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, statement of Levering, James H., of Los Angeles, Calif., letter. 455 688 730 Levins, Edward A., adjutant Castor Post, No. 294, Veterans of Foreign Lewis, I. G., secretary San Pedro (Calif.) Chamber of Commerce, letter_ MacKay, Lieut. James, War Department, letter_. McFadden, Hon. Louis T., a Representative in Congress from Pennsyl- Page. 721 697 709 642 773 217 487 773 769 6 McKeown, Hon. Tom D., a Representative in Congress from Oklahoma, 404 Manning, John H., of Kinston, N. C., letter. 751 Martin, Henry B., of Washington, D. C., statement of__ 249 Mason, Hon. William E., a Representative in Congress from Illinois, 5 Maxwell, George H., director National Reclamation Association, state- 158, 185 Mayers, Theo. W., of Springfield, Mo., letter_ 709 266 Miller, Thomas W., chairman legislative committee, American Legion, 12 Miller, William A., commander Schley Post, No. 65, Veterans of Foreign 686 Mondell, Hon. Frank W., a Representative in Congress from Wyoming, Morgan, Hon. Dick T., a Representative in Congress from Oklahoma, 327 Morin, Hon. John M., a Representative in Congress from Pennsylvania, 636 Morgan, P. D., of Aberdeen, Wash., letter__ 727 Mudd, Hon. Sidney E., a Representative in Congress from Maryland, 676 Myrick, Herbert, of Springfield, Mass., letter. 743 Nolan, Hon. John I., a Representative in Congress from California, state- 538 Ormerod, Leonard, of Washington, D. C., statement of. 557 Owens, Clarence J., director general Southern Commercial Congress, state- 136 Packwood, Lawrence, of Chicago, Ill., letter. 70-4 Patterson, E. W., vice commander McKune Post, American Legion, Chel- 706 Pay and allowances, officers and enlisted men of the Army and Navy-- 775-784 694 Petition of- Albert Cornell and 77 others, of Cheyenne, Wyo__ 727 718 Merritt Post, No. 142, American Legion, Waverly, Ohio__ 718 Phillips, Harold W., representing the Society of the Fifth Division, state- 310 Phipps, Lawrence C., of Colorado, letter_ 731 Plume, S. Kellogg, of Waterbury, Conn., letter-- 733 Rabe, W. H., commander Post No. 241, American Legion, New Bremen, |