1910. 1911 1912. 1913. 1914 1915 1916 1917. 1918. 1919. 1920. 1921 1922. 1923. 1925. 1926.. heritance. YEAR. Excise. heritance. 1897 $12 268 341 1898 12,640,708 1997,210 1908. 8,044,537 6,605,891 1918. 1899 12,643,594 2,194,612 1909 18,005,494 6,962,615 1919. 1900 12,622,958 4,334,803 1910. 18,102,822 8,213,557 1920. 1901 12 467,674 4,084,607 1911 18,319,880 8,157.344 1921. 1902 12,511,369 3,303,555 1912 18,210,084 12,153,189 1922 1903 17,741,257 4,665.736 1913 18.142,558 12,724.237 1923. 1904 17,879,636 5,428.052 1914 18,109,271 11,162,478 1924 1905 18,197,906 4,627,051 1915. 17.766.783 8,263,894 1925. 1906. 18,719,324 4,713.311 1916. 21.068.145 5,984,018 1926.. $20,747,509 $15,077,631 22,616 443 11,433,400 5,487,449 13,339,583 2,039,613 21.259,641 233.718 18.135,507 21,452 15,385,042 6,016 17,786,389 827 19,369,394 626 23,584,767 2 22,222,748 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. (Data, for years ending Oct. 31, compiled by the Secretary of State, Albany.) CONVICTIONS FOR HOMICIDE AND EXECUTIONS IN NEW YORK STATE. Murd. Murd. | Mansl. Mansl. Total | Elec Year. Ist Deg 2d Deg 1st Deg 2d Deg Murd. Murd Mansl. Mansl. 3,873 27,929 25,231 7,390 3,609 26,248 26,685 7,966 3,196 30,203 23,974 2,943 31,254 22,073 1,989 19,316 18,592 2,494 1,773 15,347 20,114 5,558 2,348 1,503 5,287 20,884 4,644 1,398 1,681 10,291 26,791 4,166 3,631 1,703 10,900 25,180 3,508. 2,406 1,906 15,601 37,703 3,446 2,512 1,982 17,269 39,648 3,907 3,639 2,062 15,670 43,111 3,820 3,623 PARDONS, COMMUTATIONS, RESTORATIONS, RESPITES IN Year. Pard. Com. Rest. Resp. Year. Pard. Com. Rest 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. Born Appt. R'k. Born Appt. R'k. John L. Hines...1868, 1887, 1921 Wm. S. Graves. Born Appt. R'k. Born Appt. R'k. DwightE.Aultman 1872, 1890, 1921 John M. Jenkins.. 1863, 1883, 1923 Henry D. Todd jr. 1866, 1886, 1921 Thos. H. Slavens. 1863, 1883, 1923 Albert J. Bowley. 1875, 1893, 1921 C. J. Symmonds.. 1866, 1886, 1923 Robert Alexander. 1863, 1886, 1921 La Roy S. Upton..1869, 1887, 1923 Robert E. Callan.. 1874, 1892, 1921 S. D. Rockenbach. 1869, 1891, 1924 Jos. C. Castner. 1869, 1891, 1921 Frank Parker. 1872, 1890, 1924 G. V. H. Moseley. 1874, 1895, 1921 La Roy Eltinge... 1872, 1891, 1924 Paul B. Malone... 1872, 1890, 1922 Ewing E. Booth. 1870, 1901, 1924 RichmondP.Davis. 1866, 1883, 1922 Campbell King...1871, 1898, 1924 Briant H. Wells... 1871, 1890, 1922 William W. Harts. 1866, 1885, 1924 Edward L. King.. 1873, 1892, 1922 Edgar T, Collins.. 1873, 1893, 1924 Harold B. Fiske... 1871, 1893, 1922 Geo. S. Simonds.. 1874, 1895, 1924 Frank R. McCoy..1874, 1893, 1922 T. Q. Donaldson.. 1864, 1883, 1925 Halstead Dorey... 1874, 1893, 1922 Alf. W. Bjornstad. 1874, 1901, 1925 Hugh A. Drum...1879, 1898, 1922 F. M. Caldwell... 1866, 1886, 1925 S. Heintzelman.. 1876, 1895, 1922 Henry C. Smither.1873, 1893, 1925 Edward B. Winans. 1869, 1887, 1922 Paul A. Wolf.....1868, 1886, 1925 M. H. Barnum...1863, 1882, 1923 Chas, D. Rhodes.. 1865, 1885, 1925 George L. Irwin...1868, 1885, 1923 W.M.Cruikshank..1870, 1889, 1925 Born AppeR't. M. J. Lepihan....1865, 1883, 1925 PAY IN THE ARMY AND MARINE CORPS. Base pay of enlisted men ranges from $21 to $126 | to $185 a month, according to grade and service. a month. Base pay of commissioned officers below the grade Base pay of warrant officers varies from $148! of Brigadier General ranges from $1,500 to $4,000. 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. Hough, 1871-1887; Hailey H. Christy, 1870-1887; REAR ADMIRALS (Staff). 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, 1368-1883; Richard H. Jackson, 1866-1890; Benjamin F. 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. Zeigometer, 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; Julian S. Latimer, 1868-1886; Frank H. Schofield, Harris, 1875-1903: Luther E. Gregory, 1879-1898. Cary T. Grayson, 1878-1904; Edward R. Stitt. 1867-1889; Albert McD. McCormick, 1866-1888; Charles H. T. Lowndes, 1866-1889. Supply Corps. Charles J. Peoples, 1876-1900; Thomas S. Jewett. 1866-1892: Thomas H. Hicks, 1869-1892; Charles Morris, 1874-1898. Construction Corps. Cioll Engineer Corps. Harry H. Rousseau, 1870-1898; Frederick R. 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. 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. Mes 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, Army, Major Gen. Harry A. Smith; Chief of Naval THE AERONAUTICAL BOARD Members of the Board (all ex-officio). Director, War Plans Division, Office of Naval Opera- The Chief of Bureau of Aeronautics, Nary, Rear THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES. The army of the United States consists of the Regular Army, the National Guard while in the service of the United States, and the Organized Reserves, including the Officers' Reserve Corps and the Enlisted Reserve Corps. 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 military 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. tions for the year ending June 30, 1927, stipulates that the total authorized number of enlisted men, not including Philippine Scouts, shall be 125,000, the funds are apparently sufficient to maintain an average enlisted strength of only 115,000 men, not including 7,100 Philippine Scouts. 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. Although the Act of Congress making appropria- Jurisdiction. Me., N. H., Vt., Mass., R. I., Conn., part of Long Island. Pa., Md., Va., D. C. N. C., S. C., Ga., Fla., Ala., Tenn., Miss., La. Ill., Mich., Wis., The post of Jefferson Bks., Mo., and Arcadia Ark., Mo., except the post of Jefferson Bks., Mo., and Arcadia Tex., Okla., Col., N. Mex., Ariz. Wash., Ore., Idaho, Mont., Wyo., Utah., Nev., Cal., Alask. Philippine Islands. Pan, Canal Dept... Quarry H'ts, Balboa H'ts Canal Zone. U. S. Army forces in China. (Tientsin, China. COAST Fourth. Atlanta, Ga.. Ninth. Presidio of San cisco, Cal. Panama.. Hawalian. 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 mac. Harbor defenses of Charleston, Key West and Pensacola. Ft. Amador, Canal Zone Harbor defenses of Balboa and Cristobal. Effective Sept. 1, 1920, the six military depart-islands and keys adjacent, was attached to the Second Corps Area, and the Territory of Alaska to the Ninth Corps Area. Sept. 1, 1920, there was attached to the Ninth Corps Area that part of the State of Arizona west of the 114th meridian and south of the 33d parallel. Aug. 1, 1922, Jefferson Barracks, Mo., was attached to the Sixth Corps Area. The territorial limits of the coast artillery districts within the continental limits of the United States are those of the corps areas bearing the same numerical designations. ments within the continental limits of the United States were discontinued and the continental area divided into nine corps areas. The military departments and corps areas include the coast artillery districts, coast defenses, forts and camps within their limits. In October, 1920, there was attached to the First Corps Area such part of the State of New York as lies east of west longitude 72° 30'; Sept. 1, 1920, the island of Porto Rico, with the TACTICAL The active tactical divisions, with their headquarters, are as follows: First, Ft. Hamilton, Amador, C. Z.; Phlippine Division, Ft. Wm. N. Y.; Second, Ft. Sam Houston, Tex.; Third, McKinley, P. I.; First Cavalry Division, Ft. Bliss. Camp Lewis, Wash.: Hawatian Division, Scho-Tex. DIVISIONS. field Barracks, H. T.: Panama Canal Division, Ft, GENERAL ARMY HOSPITALS. The General Hospitals of the army are located | Francisco: Manila; Honolulu; Takoma Park at at Hot Springs, Ark. (also navy); Denver; San Washington, D. C., and El Paso, Tex. ENLISTED STRENGTH OF THE ACTIVE ARMY-BY BRANCH. undergoing treatment for physical reconstruction. was 12,143. In addition to the commissioned and enlisted personnel of the Army, there were 1,327 warrant officers on active duty on June 30, 1926. The authorized-strength figures include officers of one emergency (World War non-regular) officer the Philippine Scouts. Total actual commissioned strength on June 30, 1926, including 98 Philippine Scouts officers, 153 retired and 210 Reserve officers on active duty, and TRAINING Regular Army-Throughout the year all units of the Regular Army recelve peace-time training at their home stations or in summer training camps. In addition to its self-training one of the pincipal missions of the Regular Army now consists in training 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 recetved training at schools and other Installations for longer periods than fifteen days. ACTIVITIES. Altogether 18,474 reserve officers were enrolled in the Army correspondence courses. Reserve Officers' Training Corps-Young men attending certain schools and colleges receive milltary training during a considerable portion of their academic courses. 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 summer 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 throughout the United States forty-nine camps for the training of the youth of the Nation. Young men between the ages of seventeen and twenty-two attended these camps and there received the rudiments 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 18 a material step toward a commission in the Officers Reserve Corps. In the summer of 1926, 33,998 young men were trained in forty camps. THE AIR SERVICE. AIR CORPS FLYING FIELDS. Bolling Field, Anacostia, D. C. Mitchel Field, Long Island, New York. Rockwell Field, Coronado, Calif. Selfridge Field, Mount Clemens, Mich. Wheeler Field, Schofield Barracks, Honolulu. Fort Sam Houston, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Phillips Field, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. 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; (1926 $14,700,000; (1927) $15,050,000. NAVAL AIR STATIONS. The U. S. Naval Air Stations are at Pensacols. Fla.: Hampton Roads, Va.: Anacostia, Washington, D. C.; San Diego, Cal.: Lakehurst, N. J.; Coco 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 appropristions 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) 314,647.174: (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. UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS. commissioned officers of the Marine Corps, and from civil life. John A. Lejeune, Major General Commandant. I uates of the Naval Academy, from worthy nonHeadquarters, 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 discase, 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 emergenny Commissioned officers are appointed from grad-declared by the President. |