Naval Academy, see that title. Mail Clerks on Naval Vessels, see POSTAL SERVICE. Certified Check in Lieu of Bond for Performance of Contracts, see PUBLIC CON TRACTS. Retirement of Noncommissioned Officers, Petty Officers, and Enlisted Men, Act of March 2, 1907, see WAR DEPARTMENT AND MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT. An Act To extend the provisions of the Act of March third, nineteen hundred and one, to officers of the Navy and Marine Corps advanced at any time under the provisions of sections fifteen hundred and six and sixteen hundred and five for eminent and conspicuous conduct in battle. [Act of June 16, 1906, ch. 3338, 34 Stat. L. 296.] [Navy and marine corps — officers advanced for heroism, etc., to be carried as additional numbers on promotion.] That officers of the Navy and Marine Corps advanced in rank for eminent and conspicuous conduct in battle or extraordinary heroism, and who since such advancement have been or may hereafter be promoted, shall from the date of the passage of this Act be carried as additional numbers of each grade in which they serve. [34 Stat. L. 296.] The provision from the Act of March 3, 1901, see 5 Fed. Stat. Annot. 297. For R. S. sec. referred to in the title of this Act, is given in 1605, see 5 Fed. Stat. Annot. 346. 5 Fed. Stat. Annot. 298. For R. S. sec. 1508, An Act Providing for the retirement of petty officers and enlisted men of the Navy. [Act of June 22, 1906, ch. 3518, 34 Stat. L. 451.] [Petty officers and enlisted men service computed for retirement.] That in computing the necessary thirty years' time for the retirement of petty officers and enlisted men of the Navy, all service in the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps shall be credited. [34 Stat. L. 451.] An Act Making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seven, and for other purposes. [Act of June 29, 1906, ch. 3590, 34 Stat. L. 553.] * * That the Secretary [SEC. 1.] [Refund of enlistment bounty.] of the Navy may, in his discretion, require the whole or a part of the bounty allowed upon enlistment to be refunded in cases where men are discharged during the first year of enlistment, by request, for inaptitude, as undesirable, or for disability not incurred in line of duty. [34 Stat. L. 553.] * * * [Officers not above captain advanced one grade on retirement for civil war service-Marine Corps officers below brigadier-general advanced one grade on retirement for civil war service.] That any officer of the Navy not above the grade of captain who served with credit as an officer or as an enlisted man in the regular or volunteer forces during the civil war prior to April ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, otherwise than as a cadet, and whose name is borne on the official register of the Navy, and who has heretofore been, or may hereafter be, retired on account of wounds or disability incident to the service or on account of age or after forty years' service, may, in the discretion of the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, be placed on the retired list of the Navy with the rank and retired pay of one grade above that actually held by him at the time of retirement: Provided, That this Act shall not apply to any officer who received an advance of grade at or since the date of his retirement or who has been restored to the Navy and placed on the retired list by virtue of the provisions of a special Act of Congress. That any officer of the Marine Corps below the grade of brigadier-general who served with credit as an officer or as an enlisted man in the regular or volunteer forces during the civil war prior to April ninth, eighteen hundred and sixtyfive, otherwise than as a cadet, and whose name is borne on the official register of the Marine Corps, and who has heretofore been, or may hereafter be, retired on account of wounds or disability incident to the service, or on account of age or after forty years' service, may, in the discretion of the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, be placed on the retired list of the Marine Corps with the rank and retired pay of one grade above that actually held by him at the time of retirement: Provided, That this Act shall not apply to any officer who received an advance of grade since the date of his retirement or who has been restored to the Marine Corps and placed on the retired list by virtue of the provisions of a special Act of Congress. [34 Stat. L. 554.] This paragraph is referred to and construed in a provision contained in the Naval Appropriation Act of March 3, 1909, ch. 255, 35 Stat. L. 753, given infrà, p. 397. [Diminished pay for shore duty repealed.] That the provision contained in section thirteen of an Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, entitled "An Act to reorganize and increase the efficiency of the personnel of the Navy and Marine Corps of the United States," reading as follows: "Provided, That such officers when on shore shall receive the allowances, but fifteen per centum less pay than when on sea duty; but this provision shall not apply to warrant officers commissioned under section twelve of this Act," be, and the same is hereby, repealed. [34 Stat. L. 554.] Section 13 of the Act of March 3, 1899, is given in 5 Fed. Stat. Annot. 322. [Pay, etc., of chaplains rank-restriction.] That all chaplains now in the Navy above the grade of lieutenant shall receive the pay and allowances of lieutenant-commander in the Navy according to length of service under the provisions of law for that rank, and all chaplains now in the Navy in the grade of lieutenant shall receive their present sea pay when on shore duty: Provided, That naval chaplains hereafter appointed shall have the rank, pay, and allowances of lieutenant (junior grade) in the Navy until they shall have completed seven years of service, when they shall have the rank, pay, and allowances of lieutenant in the Navy; and lieutenants shall be promoted, whenever vacancies occur, to the grade of lieutenant-commander, which shall consist of five numbers, and when so promoted shall receive the rank, pay, and allowances of lieutenant-commander in the Navy: Provided further, That nothing herein contained shall be held or construed to increase the number of chaplains as now authorized by law or to reduce the rank or pay of any now serving. [34 Stat. L. 554.] Pay of chaplains not to exceed that of lieutenant-commanders, see provision from Act of May 13, 1908, ch. 166, 35 Stat. L. 127, infra, p. 390. [Allowances to civil engineers and professors of mathematics.] That from and after the passage of this Act the allowances of civil engineers and professors of mathematics in the Navy shall be the same as are or may be provided by or in pursuance of law for naval constructors, and the allowances of assistant civil engineers the same as for assistant naval constructors. [34 Stat. L. 555.] * * * [Allowance to civil employees in island possessions.] That the accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized and directed to allow, in the settlement of accounts of disbursing officers involved, payments made under the appropriation "Contingent, Navy," to civilian employees appointed by the Navy Department for duty in and serving at naval stations maintained in the island possessions during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seven. [34 Stat. L. 555.] [Office of judge-advocate-general-solicitor's salary.] The Solicitor in the office of the Judge-Advocate-General of the Navy shall hereafter receive an annual salary of four thousand dollars during the service of the present incumbent. [34 Stat. L. 555.] * * * [Refund of cost of outfits on enlistment.] That hereafter the Secretary of the Navy may, in his discretion, require the whole or a part of the cost of outfits allowed upon enlistment to be refunded in cases where men are discharged during the first six months of enlistment for any cause other than disability incurred in line of duty. [34 Stat. L. 556.] * * * That for [Employing beneficiaries in and about naval home.] the performance of such additional services in and about the Naval Home as may be necessary, the Secretary of the Navy is authorized to employ, on the recommendation of the governor, beneficiaries in said home, whose compensation shall be fixed by the Secretary and paid from the appropriation for the support of the home. [34 Stat. L. 557.] Like provisions are contained in the Naval Appropriation Act of May 13, 1908, ch. 166, 35 Stat. L. 132, and the Act of March 3, 1909, ch. 255, 35 Stat. L. 758. [Navy rations- change in allowance * allowance of coffee, etc., night watches.] * substitutions in rations extra That sections fifteen hundred and eighty and fifteen hundred and eighty-one, Revised Statutes, bc amended to read as follows: Sec. 1580. The navy ration shall consist of the following daily allowance of provisions to each person: One pound and a quarter of salt or smoked meat, with three ounces of dried or six ounces of canned or preserved fruit, and three gills of beans or pease, or twelve ounces of flour; or one pound of preserved meat, with three ounces of dried or six ounces of canned or preserved fruit and eight ounces of rice or twelve ounces of canned vegetables, or six ounces of desiccated vegetables; together with one pound of biscuit, two ounces of butter, four ounces of sugar, two ounces of coffee or cocoa, or one-half ounce of tea and one ounce of condensed milk or evaporated cream; and a weekly allowance of one-quarter pound of macaroni, four ounces of cheese, four ounces of tomatoes, one-half pint of vinegar or sauce, one-quarter pint of pickles, onequarter pint of molasses, four ounces of salt, one-half ounce of pepper, oneeighth ounce of spices, and one-half ounce of dry mustard. Seven pounds of lard, or a suitable substitute, shall be allowed for every hundred pounds of flour issued as bread, and such quantities of yeast and flavoring extracts as may be necessary. "Sec. 1581. The following substitution for the components of the ration may be made when deemed necessary by the senior officer present in command: 'For one and one-quarter pounds of salt or smoked meat or one pound of preserved meat, one and three-quarter pounds of fresh meat or fresh fish, or eight eggs; in lieu of the articles usually issued with salt, smoked or preserved meat, one and three-quarter pounds of fresh vegetables; for one pound of biscuit, one and one-quarter pounds of soft bread or eighteen ounces of flour; for three gills of beans or pease, twelve ounces of flour or eight ounces of rice or other starch food, or twelve ounces of canned vegetables; for one pound of condensed milk or evaporated cream, one quart of fresh milk; for three ounces of dried or six ounces of canned or preserved fruit, nine ounces of fresh fruit; and for twelve ounces of flour or eight ounces of rice or other starch food, or twelve ounces of canned vegetables, three gills of beans or pease; in lieu of the weekly allowance of one-quarter pound of macaroni, four ounces of cheese, one-half pint of vinegar or sauce, one-quarter pint of pickles, one-quarter pint of molasses, and one-eighth ounce of spices, three pounds of sugar, or one and a half pounds of condensed milk, or one pound of coffee, or one and a half pounds of canned fruit, or four pounds of fresh vegetables, or four pounds of flour. An extra allowance of one ounce of coffee or cocoa, two ounces of sugar, four ounces of hard bread or its equivalent, and four ounces of preserved meat or its equivalent shall be allowed to enlisted men of the engineer and dynamo force who stand night watches between eight o'clock postmeridian and eight o'clock antemeridian, under steam.'" [34 Stat. L. 570.] ་ For R. S. secs. 1580, 1581, see 5 Fed. Stat. Annot. 335, 336. See later amendment of R. S. sec. 1581 by Act of March 2, 1907, ch. 2512, infra, p. 000. [Marine corps - deposit of savings - credit to appropriation for pay of marine corps.] * * * That hereafter enlisted men of the Marine Corps shall be entitled to deposit their savings with the United States, through any paymaster, in the same manner and under the same conditions as is now or may hereafter be provided for the enlisted men of the Navy: Provided, however, That the sums so deposited shall pass to the credit of the appropriation for pay of the Marine Corps. [34 Stat. L. 579.] * [Act of Feb. 26, 1907, ch. 1635.] [SEC. 1.] [Technical services of draftsmen, etc. - how paid for report to Congress.] ** The services of draftsmen and such other technical services as the Secretary of the Navy may deem necessary may be employed only in the Bureaus of Ordnance, Equipment, Construction and Repair, and Steam Engineering to carry into effect the various appropriations for "Increase of the Navy," to be paid from such appropriations: Provided, That the expenditures on this account for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eight shall not exceed one hundred and twenty thousand dollars; a statement of the persons employed hereunder, their duties, and the compensation paid to each shall be made to Congress each year in the annual estimates. [34 Stat. L. 972.] This is from the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Appropriation Act of Feb. 22, 1907, ch. 1635. * * * The services of skilled draftsmen and such other technical services as the Secretary of the Navy may deem necessary may be employed only in the Bureau of Yards and Docks to carry into effect the various appropriations for "public works" to be paid from such appropriations: Provided, That the expenditures on this account for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eight shall not exceed thirty thousand dollars; a statement of the persons employed hereunder, their duties, and the compensation paid to each shall be made to Congress each year in the annual estimates. [34 Stat. L. 972.] This is from the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Appropriation Act of Feb. 22, 1907, ch. 1635. Act of May 13, 1908. An Act Making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, [Act of March 2, 1907, ch. 2512, 34 Stat. L. 1176,] [SEC. 1.] [Naval rations- change in allowance unexpended balances reappropriated.] * * * That section fifteen hundred and eighty-one of the Revised Statutes, as amended by Act of June twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and six, be, and it is hereby, further amended by adding thereto a paragraph as follows: "Any article comprised in the Navy ration may be issued in excess of the authorized quantity, provided there be an under issue of the same value in some other article or articles: And provided, further, That the unexpended balances under appropriations Provisions, Navy,' for the fiscal years ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and five and nineteen hundred and six, are hereby reappropriated for 'Provisions, Navy,' for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight." [34 Stat. L. 1193.] R. S. sec. 1581 is given in 5 Fed. Stat. Annot, 336. Act of June 29, 1906, ch. 3590, supra, p. 388. * * See amendment of this section by [Purchases in open market.] supplies and the procurement of services for all branches of the naval service That hereafter the purchase of may be made in open market in the manner common among business men, without formal contract or bond, when the aggregate of the amount required does not exceed five hundred dollars, and when, in the opinion of the proper administrative officers, such limitation of amount is not designed to evade purchase under formal contract or bond, and equally or more advantageous terms can thereby be secured. [34 Stat. L. 1193.] * * [Reports on proposed repairs, etc., on vessels.] tary of the Navy shall hereafter report to Congress, at the commencement of * That the Secreeach regular session, the number of vessels and their names upon which any repairs or changes are proposed which in any case shall amount to more than two hundred thousand dollars, the extent of such proposed repairs or changes, and the amounts estimated to be needed for the same in each vessel; and expenditures for such repairs or changes so limited shall be made only after appropriations in detail are provided for by Congress. [34 Stat. L. 1195.] * * [Marines detailed as cooks-pay.] Marine Corps] regularly detailed and serving as cooks, shall receive, in addiThat hereafter privates [in tion to the pay otherwise allowed by law, the following: First-class cooks, ten dollars per month; second-class cooks, eight dollars; third-class cooks, seven dollars; and fourth-class cooks, five dollars. [34 Stat. L. 1200.] An Act Making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nine, and for other purposes. [Act of May 13, 1908, ch. 166, 35 Stat. L. 127.] [SEC. 1.] [Pay of navy.] * * * Hereafter all commissioned officers of the active list of the Navy shall receive the same pay and allowances according to rank and length of service, and the annual pay of each grade shall be as follows: For Admiral, thirteen thousand five hundred dollars; rear-admiral, first nine, eight thousand dollars; rear-admiral, second nine, or commodore, six thousand dollars; captain, four thousand dollars; commander, three thousand five hundred dollars; lieutenant-commander, three thousand dollars; lieutenant, 390 |