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Perth Amboy Evening News
Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey
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Washington, Sept. 24 - Comptroller General McCarl decides that retired General Pershing receives full active-duty pay for life under congressional act appointing him General of the Armies, confirming army opinion.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 24.-General Pershing, as a retired army officer, will receive the same pay and allowances that were his in active service, under a decision handed down today by Comptroller General McCarl.
The decision confirmed one by Major General Bethel, judge advocate general of the army, which held that the act of congress appointing Pershing general of the armies provided full pay for life.
General Bethel submitted his opinion to Secretary Weeks, who to make sure of the interpretation of the law, referred the question to the comptroller general.
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Sept. 24
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general pershing will receive the same pay and allowances that were his in active service, full pay for life.
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General Pershing, as a retired army officer, will receive the same pay and allowances that were his in active service, under a decision handed down today by Comptroller General McCarl. The decision confirmed one by Major General Bethel, judge advocate general of the army, which held that the act of congress appointing Pershing general of the armies provided full pay for life. General Bethel submitted his opinion to Secretary Weeks, who to make sure of the interpretation of the law, referred the question to the comptroller general.