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FROM CAMP DODGECharles H. Pamp Sends Interesting 1 Information Concerning Expens- ers es at Big Soldier Camp FrforteH.thri-FiF]Charles H. Ramp, who is in the delt; Quartermaster’s Corps at Camp tor Dodge, as is also Roscoe Hacker, an- ne: other Lacon hoy, sends The Journal ha some interesting information concerning the expense of conducting the big E military camp where many Marshall county boys l ave been and are being trained for service in Uncle Sams delt; army. The information is contained st;in a clipping from “The Camp Dodo Sp er,” a weekly paper published at th* thlt; camp and is as follows: thIt costs Uncle Sam more than a co million dolars a month to provide co for the officers and enlisted men of inj the 88th Division. ticSince Camp Dodge was completed and has been populated by soldiers, it has cost just $7,457,766.60 for what the Quartermaster's Department calls “S. S. T.”—or service, supplies and 11] transportation. This includes the pay | T1 of officers and enlisted men which run ill on an average of more than $1,000,000 Si each month. 12The total disbursements by months wlt; by the quartermaster’s department | Coare as follows:September 20 to Oct. 31, $1,052.-367.93; November, $1,043,279.60; December, $750,812.41; January, $888,-734.82; February, $1,733,023.79; March $935,600.22; April, $1,053,947.83.The average monthly payroll for officers of the division is $330,000, and that of the enlisted personnel approximately $1,000,000.With the addition of the allowance for commutation of quarters to officers with families or dependent parents, the amount of money spent on this item will be increased materially.It means a great deal of work just to pay the bills incurred in running the camp and paying the salaries of the fighters of the Hunhusker Division.Capt. E. C. Mears, in charge of the finance department of the Quartermaster Corps, signs his name with pen and ink to checks and other vouchers approximately 8,000 times j C£ each month. All the other details of checking up accounts, making out the vouchers and keeping the reports for the office here and the department in Washington is being handled by a I ^ group of forty men. These have been 14 r picked for this work because of their previous experience and special ability j ^ for this sort of work. | ^And they have achieved a record in the finance office that many othei camps would like to beat. Not one month since the camp has been es- | ^ tablished has the payment of salaries to officers and men been delayed. Promptness characterizes the work of the men in the office and they stay by the job until they have caught up to the schedule.The other details, too, such as making out the pay vouchers, the deductions of the allotments for depend- j £ ents of soldiers and for insurance and the Liberty Loan must be handled each month by the finance office. Records of each man in the division are received and these deductions made, all of which takes time.“You see, we are organized just like a big bank with forty clerks and cashiers,” said Captain Mears, who under this system is the president of the bank. “The men in the office | a are either expert accountants, bank cashiers, or clerks, or have had experience in this line of work. One man in this office owns a bank, but is now in the army and is serving best in this office.”wercamGwdiO;vihiC;biCiaaI?ilt;ilt;l!t]t.V.Fs4-banr
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Lacon Home Journal
Lacon, Illinois, US
Thu, May 30, 1918
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