WEALTH. DEBT AND TAXATION IN NEW YORK STATE. 1913. 1914. 1915. 1916. 1917. 1918. 9,113,614 $10,121,277,458 9,228,440 11.022,985,914 9,343,266 11,128,498,055 9,458,092 11,385,137,127 9,572,918 12,070,420,887 9.687,744 11.790,628,803 9,827,024 12.091.437,643 9,966,304 12,520.819,811 10,105,584 12,758,021,954 None.. $57,230,660 $37,905.876) $38,332,015 .60 1.00 $6,072,766 79,730,660 36,138,376 88.119,377 109,702,660 50,492,863 44,858,059 55,521,777 50,011,422 159.200,660 50,907,945 53.828.583 20,519,715 186,400,660 42,141,009 57,842,600 None... 52,725,240 1.08 13,058,752 236,309.660 APPROPRIATIONS BY NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATURES. 61.593.111 60.881.297 76,034,631 73.392,123 80,458,634 78,941.313 115,678,480 94,100.072 NEW YORK STATE REVENUES FROM EXCISE AND INHERITANCE TAXES. 1908 figures cover only five months, because the excise year was changed so as to begin Oct. 1 instead of May 1. Figures for 1917 and later cover years ended June 30. CONVICTIONS FOR CRIME IN NEW YORK STATE. the Prop., Prop. Other. Total. Third toxi- de- Lar- Va- Tax Total. Con Person Viol. No Vi Law. vict'ns. As'ult, In- Mis- Petit CONVICTIONS FOR HOMICIDE AND EXECUTIONS IN NEW YORK STATE. 3,408 19,069 22,648 ceny. grants. 4,865 6.459 7,390 6,594 7,966 5,330 5,314 1,384 56,120 62,166 493 52,609 59,266 116 51,907 59,243 762 60,572 68,338 728 71.610 80,690 1,280 72,382 82,540 1,375 69.392 76,619 6,402 4,304 6,338 2,494 5,558 2,348 1,398 PARDONS, COMMUTATIONS, RESTORATIONS, RESPITES IN CAPITAL CASES. Year. Pard.Com Rest Resp. Year. Pard.Com | Rest. Resp. Military and Naval Affairs. HIGHEST RANKING OFFICERS IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY. (The list is as of Nov. 1, 1926, and includes both staff and line. Retirement age is sixty-four years.) CHIEF OF STAFF. Major Gen. Charles P. Summerall, 1867, 1888, 1920. Born Appt. R'k. MAJOR GENERALS. Born Appt. R'k. John L.. Hines....1868, 1887, 1921 Wm. 8. Graves...1865, 1884, 1925 Born Appt. Rk. Born Appt. Ek Kenzie W. Walker. 1870, 1888, 1925 M. W. Ireland....1867, 1891, 1918 Edgar Jadwin....1865, 1886, 1926 Clar. C. Williams..1869, 1890, 1918 C. McK. Saltzman.1871, 1892, 1924 Amos A. Fries....1873, 1894, 1925 Frank McIntyre..1865, 1882, 1917 Herbert B. Crosby.1871, 1889, 1926 William J. Snow..1868, 1886, 1920 Andrew Hero jr...1868, 1887, 1926 Robert H. Allen..1870, 1895, 1925 Mason M. Patrick.1863, 1882, 1921 Born App Rt. M. J. Lenihan....1865, 1883, 1925 L. R. Holbrook...1875, 1892, 1925 Merch B. Stewart. 1875, 1892, 1925 Joseph D. Leitch..1864, 1884, 1926 H. G. Learnard...1867, 1886, 1926 Wm. P. Jackson..1868, 1887, 1926 H. O. Williams...1866, 1887, 1926 Lutz Wahl... ..1869, 1887, 1924 Harry F. Rethers..1870, 1896, 1926 Moses G. Zalinski.1863, 1889, 1925 Arthur W.Yates...1865, 1891, 1926 Walter D. McCaw.1863, 1884, 1919 Jas. M. Kennedy..1865, 1893, 1926 Herbert Deakyne.. 1867, 1886, 1926 C. L. H. Ruggles.. 1869, 1886, 1923 John W. Joyes....1870, 1890, 1923 James E. Fechet. .1877, 1900, 1925 Wm. E. Gillmore..1876, 1901, 1926 Frank P. Lahm...1877, 1897, 1926 PAY IN THE ARMY AND MARINE CORPS. Base pay of enlisted men ranges from $21 to $126 a month. Base pay of warrant officers varies from $148 to $185 a month, according to grade and service. Base pay of commissioned officers below the grade of Brigadier General ranges from $1,500 to $4,000. Hough, 1871-1887; Hailey H. Christy, 1870-1887; REAR ADMIRALS (Staff). REAR ADMIRALS IN THE AMERICAN NAVY. (In the order of seniority, as of Nov. 1, 1926. First year is that of birth, second, that of appointment to the navy. The retirement age is sixty-four years.) Clarence S. Williams, 1863-1880; John D. Mc-| 1869-1886; Arthur L. Willard, 1870-1887; Henry H. Donald, 1863-1880; Hilary P. Jones, 1863-1880; Charles P. Plunket, 1864-1879; Roger Welles, 18621880; William R. Shoemaker, 1863-1880; Edward W. Eberle, 1864-1881; Robert E. Coontz, 1864-1881: Philip Andrews, 1866-1882: Josiah S. McKean, 1864-1889; Newton A. McCully, 1867-1883; Andrew T. Long, 1866-1883; Thomas Washington, 18651883; Guy H. Burrage, 1867-1882; Ashley H. Robertson, 1867-1884; Samuel S. Robison, 1867-1884: Charles F. Hughes, 1866-1384; Henry A. Wiley, 1867-1885; Mark L. Bristol, 1868-1883; Richard H. Jackson, 1866-1890; Benjamin T. Hutchison, 18681885; Thomas P. Magruder, 1867-1885; Sumner E. W. Kittelle, 1867-1885; William V. Pratt, 18691885; Louis McC. Nulton, 1869-1885; Louis R. de Stelguer, 1867-1885; William W. Phelps, 1860-1885; William C. Cole, 1868-1885; Jehu V. Chase, 18691886: George R. Marvell, 1860-1885; Henry J. Zeigemeier, 1869-1886; Montgomery M. Taylor, 1869-1886; Carl T. Vogelgesang, 1860-1386; Charles B. McVay, 1868-1886; John H. Dayton, 1869-1886: William D. MacDougall, 1868-1885; Lucius A. Bostwick, 1869-1886; William A Moffett, 1369-1886: Harry H. Rousseau, 1870-1898; Frederick R. Julian S. Latimer, 1868-1886: Frank H. Schofield, Harris, 1875-1903: Luther E. Gregory, 1879-1898. PAY IN THE NAVY, Pay of enlisted men ranges from $21 to $157.50 a month, according to grade and length of service. Sea pay of warrant officers varies from 3153 to $189 a month, according to length in service. Cary T. 1867-1889: Grayson, 1878-1904; Edward R. Stitt, Charles J. Peoples, 1876-1900; Thomas S. Jewett. 1866-1892: Thomas H. Hicks, 1869-1892; Charles Morris, 1874-1898. Construction Corps. Base pay of commissioned officers below the grade of Rear Admiral ranges from $1,500 to $6,000. according to length of service. JOINT BOARD OF THE ARMY AND NAVY. Chief of Staff, Army, Major Gen. Charles P. Sum- Operations. Admiral E. W. Eberle: Asst. Chief of merall: Deputy Chief of Staff, Army, Major Gen. Fo Naval Operations, Rear Admiral Thomas J. Senn Conner; Asst. Chief of Staff. War Plans Division, Director, War Plans Division, Office of Naval OperaArmy, Major Gen. Harry A. Smith; Chief of Naval tions, Rear Admiral Frank H. Schofield. THE AERONAUTICAL BOARD OF THE ARMY AND NAVY. Members of the Board (all ex-officio). The Chief of Air Corps, Army, Major Gen. Mason M. Patrick, A. C. The Chief of Training and War Plans Division, Office of Chief of Air Corps, Army, Major H. C. Pratt, A. C. Representative of War Plans Division, General Staff, Army, Col. Edward R. Stone, G. S. The Chief of Bureau of Aeronautics, Naty, Rear Admiral William A. Moffett. The Chief of Planning Division, Bureau of Acronautics, Navy, Commander Newton H. White jr. Representative of War Plans Division, Office of Naval Operations, Navy, Commander John H. Newton. Secretary, Mr. Jarvis Butler, THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES. The army of the United States consists of the | tions for the year ending June 30, 1927, stipulates Regular Army, the National Guard while in the that the total authorized number of enlisted men, service of the United States, and the Organized not including Philippine Scouts, shall be 125,000, Reserves, including the Officers' Reserve Corps average enlisted strength of only 115,000 men, not the funds are apparently sufficient to maintain an and the Enlisted Reserve Corps. including 7,100 Philippine Scouts. The Regular Army consists of the Infantry, the Cavalry, the Field Artillery, the Coast Artillery Corps, the Air Service, the Corps of Engineers, the Signal Corps, which are designated the combatant arms of the line of the army, the General Staff Corps, the Adjutant General's Department, the Inspector General's Department, the Judge Advocate General's Department, the Quartermaster Corps, the Finance Department, the Medical De partment, the Ordnance Department, the Chemical Warfare Service, the officers of the Bureau of Insular Affairs, the officers and enlisted men under the jurisdiction of the Militia Bureau, the chaplains, the professors and cadets of the United States Military Academy, the present milltary storekeeper, detached officers, detached enlisted men, unassigned recruits, the officers and enlisted men of the retired list, and such other officers and enlisted men as are now or may hereafter be provided for. Although the Act of Congress making appropria The National Guard consists of the regularly enlisted militia between the ages of 18 and 45 years and of commissioned officers between the ages of 21 and 64 years, of the several States, Territories and the District of Columbia. The organization thereof in general is the same as that prescribed for the Regular Army. The National Guard may be called as such into the service of the United States, and when so called is subject to the laws and regulations governing the Regular Army as far as applicable. When Congress has authorized the use of troops in excess of those of the Regular Army, the members of the National Guard may be drafted into the Federal service to serve therein for the period of the war or emergency, unless sooner discharged. The strength of the National Guard on June 30, 1926, was 174,969. The Organized Reserves constitute a war force to meet any major emergency requiring the use of troops in excess of those of the Regular Army and the National Guard. MILITARY DEPARTMENTS AND CORPS AREAS, U. S. ARMY. Eighth Corps Area. First. Ft. Sam Houston, Tex.. Wash., Ore., Idaho, Mont., Wyo., Utah., Nev., Cal., Alask. Quarry H'ts,Balboa H'ts Canal Zone. Tientsin, China.. Boston... COAST Second.. Ft. Totten, N. Y.. Third.. Ft. Monroe, Va. Fourth.. Atlanta, Ga... Ninth. Panama.. JU. S. troops in China. ARTILLERY DISTRICTS. Harbor defenses of Boston, L. I. Sound, Narragansett Bay, New Harbor defenses of the Delaware, Eastern N. Y., Sandy Hook, Harbor defenses of Baltimore, Chesapeake Bay, and the Poto- Harbor defenses of Charleston, Key West and Pensacola. San Diego, and San Francisco. Hawallan. TACTICAL islands and keys adjacent, was attached to the The active tactical divisions, with their head- | field Barracks, H. T.; Panama Canal Division, Ft. quarters, are as follows: First, Ft. Hamilton, Amador, C. Z.; Philippine Division, Ft. Wm. N. Y. Second, Ft. Sam Houston, Tex.; Third, McKinley, P. I.; First Cavalry Division, Ft. Bliss. Camp Lewis, Wash.: Hawattan Division, Scho-Tex. GENERAL ARMY HOSPITALS. The General Hospitals of the army are located | Francisco: Manila; Honolulu; Takoma Park at at Hot Springs, any rated Washington, L.; and El Paso, Teo ENLISTED STRENGTH OF THE ACTIVE ARMY-BY BRANCH. Altogether 18.474 reserve officers were enrolled in the Army correspondence courses. Regular Army-Throughout the year all units of the Regular Army receive peace-time training at their home stations or in summer training camps. In addition to its self-training one of the p incipal missions of the Regular Army now consists in train-academic courses. ing civilian adjuncts of the Army of the United States. National Guard-The National Guard is trained throughout the year. In addition to the regular armory drills at their home stations by all units of the Guard. practically all organizations attend summer training camps for a period of two weeks. 11,159 officers and 140,184 enlisted men of the National Guard attended eighty-six such training camps during the summer of 1925. Organized Reserves-Active duty training for officers of the Organized Reserves is usually conducted at Regular Army garrisons, the officers of a regiment, or other appropriate unit, being trained together for a period of fifteen days. Of the 104,115 officers in the Reserve Corps, 14,888 received active duty training for fifteen days and 707 received training at schools and other Installations for longer periods than fifteen days. Reserve Officers' Training Corps-Young me attending certain schools and colleges receive milltary training during a considerable portion of their At least once during his course in college each young man who is a member of the R. O. T. C. is given six weeks' training at a sutamer training camp. During the last year approximately 115,000 were trained in schools and colleges and 6.500 received their six weeks' training at summer training camps. Citizens' Military Training Camps-During the summer of 1926 there were established through out the United States forty-nine camps for the train ing of the youth of the Nation. Young men between the ages of seventeen and twenty-two attended these camps and there received the rudimenta of military training, a course of physical development and instruction in citizenship. The complete course in these camps extends over a period of four years, occupying one month per year. Graduation from four of these camps is a material step toward a commission in the Officers Reserve Corps. In the summer of 1926, 33,908 young men were trained in forty camps. THE AIR SERVICE. AIR CORPS FLYING FIELDS. Bolling Field, Anacostia, D. C. Clark Field, Camp Stotsenburg, P. I. Luke Field, Honolulu, Hawaii. Lunken Airport, Cincinnati, Ohio. Marshall Field, Fort Riley, Kan. Maxwell Field, Montgomery, Ala. Mitchel Field, Long Island, New York. Rockwell Field, Coronado, Calif. Selfridge Field, Mount Clemens, Mich. Vancouver Barracks, Vancouver Barracks, Wash. Wheeler Field, Schofield Barracks, Honolulu. Fort Sam Houston, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. ARMY AIR CORPS APPROPRIATIONS. The amounts for years ended June 30, are: (1921) $33,000,000: (1922) $19,200,000: (1923) $12,700,000; (1924) $12,426,000: (1925) $13,435,000; (1936) $14,700,000: (1927) $15,050,000. NAVAL AIR STATIONS. The U. S. Naval Air Stations are at Pensacola, Fla.; Hampton Roads, Va.; Anacostia, Washington, D. C.; San Diego, Cal.; Lakehurst, N. J.; Com Solo, Panama Canal Zone; Pearl Harbor, Honolulu. Hawall. The Marine Corps Flying Fields are at Quantico. Va.: Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Guam. Pacific Ocean. NAVAL AVIATION APPROPRIATIONS. The amounts of the Naval Aviation appropriations for the fiscal years since 1916 are: (1917) $3,500,000: (1918) $61,133.000; (1919) $220,383,119 (1920) $25,000,000: (1921) $20,000,000; (1922) $13.413.431: (1923) $14.683,950: (1924) $14,647,174: (1925) $15,150,000: (1926) $14,790,000 for aviation navy, and $3,000,000 for aircraft for carriers: (1927) $19,065,288 for aviation; $3,300,000 for aircraft carriers. uates of the Naval Academy, from worthy noncommissioned officers of the Marine Corps, and from civil life. UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS. John A. Lejeune, Major General Commandant. | Headquarters, Navy Building, 18th and B Streets, N. W., Washington, D. C. The authorized strength of the corps is (Oct. 19, 1926): 1,095 officers, 154 warrant officers and 27,400 enlisted men. The losses due to the World War were: Killed In action, 1,450; died of wounds, 1,007; died of disease, 304; accidentally killed, 28; died of other causes, 18; total, 2,807. Wounded, 7,714. Total casualties, 10,521. Information regarding pay, allowances, etc.; may be obtained from the U. S. Marine Corpe Washington, D. C. Enlistments are made at all marine barracks, posts and recruiting stations. The Marine Corps Reserve is a component part of the Marine Corps and consists of citizens who obligate themselves to serve in the Marine Corps in time of war or during a national emergency Commissioned officers are appointed from grad-declared by the President. |