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London, England, 1856-10-01 00:00:00

COAST-GUARD SERTICE.

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GENERAL MEMORANDUM.
Admiralty, October Ist, 1856.
The organisation of the coast-guard force to be
I raised or employed under the provisions of the act 19
2 and 2O Victoria, chap. 13, for the protection of the
coast, and to form a reserve for manning her Majesty's
navy in case of war or emergency, as well as for the pro-
1L tection of the revenue ; and of the naval coast volun-
:! teers 1-2 hised under the act Victoria 16 and 17, chap. 73,
in comlOination with the coast guard will be as follows :
The whole coast of the United Kingdom will be di-
vided into eleven districts, each of which will be under
the charge of a captain in the navy, who will be ap-
pointed to the command of a guard ship, to be stationed
at some convenient port within the district.
On the books of such ships, all the naval officers and
such seamen of the Coast Guard employed in the respect
tive districts, as are fit for service at sea, will be borne.
The revenue cruisers and the gun-boats to be em-
ployed for the defence of the coast in each district will
be attached to the respective guard ships, as tenders,
and manned from their complements.
Men and boys will also be entered on board for gene-
ral service in the navy, and will be trained for service in
sea-going ships.
The captains of these ships will also have the com-
mand and take charge of the naval coast volunteers
within their districts.
Such officers and men of the present coast guard as,
on survey, may be found incapable of performing their
present duties, will be removed from the service, with
such allowances as they may be entitled to. Those who,
although unfit for service at sea are capable of perform-
, ing duty in the coast guard, will be retained with their
present pay and advantages, until they are provided for
by pension, superannuation, or otherwise.
There will be borne on the books of the districtguard.
ship :
I. The captain, who will have the command of
all the coast guard and naval coast volunteers within
the limits of the district.
He will receive the full pay of his rank, an allowance
for victualling when permitted to reside on shore, and
for travelling, horse hire, &c.
11. One commander for the service of the ship, and
at'l the inspecting commanders, lieutenants of divisions,
and chief officers of the coast-guard districts, being naval
officers, within the limits of the command of the captain
of the guard ship.
The ins pecting commanders and other officers will re-
ceive the full pay of their rank, and, when permitted to
reside on shore, allowances for victualling, travelling ex-
penses, and horse hire, as at present.
111. A surgeon, paymaster, and the requisite num-
bers of executive officers.
IV. 1. Such petty officers, seamen, marines, and boys
AS may be necessary for the service of the ship and her
tenders.

They will be paid and victualled as men of their re-
spective ratings in the royal navy.
2. The seamen fit for service at sea employed on
shore in the Coast Guard within the district.
They will be rated in the first instance as boatmen,
and may be promoted, if deserving, to be commissioned
boatmen, and from commissioned boatmen to be chief
boatmen.

Boatmen will receive thepay of A.B. continuous service.
Commissioned boatmen that of leading seamen con-
tinuous service.
Chief boatmen that of Ist Class petty officers conti-
nuous service.
They will be allowed ls. 4d. per day in lieu of their
p rovisions, and lodgings will be provided for themselves
and families free of rent.
All the men will have the benefit of medicalattendance.
Payment of wages, and allowance in lieu of provisions
will be made monthly.
When a chief boatman shall have charge, and is per-
forming the duty of a chief officer of a station, he will
receive, as heretofore, ls. per diem in addition to his
pay as chief boatman.
In the event of war or emergency, any men whose
services may be required will be sent to serve on board
any of her Majesty's ships for such time as circum-
sthtaenycems
amyaybereenntrlendeciensstahe necessary, with
guard,
erA3ay or of suchtowbich
ratings as they may be qualified to fill, and may hold.
They will be victualled as seamen of the fleet.
In such cases, their families, during good behaviour,
will be allowed to remain in their lodgings, so long as
the men are in the service.
These men will be subject in all respects to the same
laws, regulations, and discipline, and enjoy all the same
privileges and advantages, including good-conduct
badges, pay, pensions, &c., as other seamen, serving in
the fleet, and time served by them in the coast guard
will count for pensions as time served afloat.
Men pensioned from the coast guard will be in the
same position in all respects as other naval pensioners.
These regulations will only apply to such officers and
men as may be entered in the guard ships to be com-
missioned in the coast-guard districts, and from the date
of their being borne on the books of those ships.
3. Such men and boys as may be entered for general
service on board the guard ships—
' They will be in the same position as men and boys en-
tered at the ports, and will be sent off to sea-going
ships as opportunities offer.
4. And temporarily such Naval Coast Volunteers as
may be called into service under the provisions of the
act of 1853, for the time that they are so called out.
Men of the Naval Coast Volunteer Service will in
future be under the commaud of the captain and officers
of the guard ship of the coast-guard districts, and will
be trained to the use of guns, &c., at the coast-guard
batteries, in the guard ship, or in her tenders; and they
will be entered in such districts respectively, under the
provisions of the act, 16 and 17 Vic., chap. 73, with the
same liabilities, privileges, and pay, as are therein specified.
By command of their Lordships.
THOS. PHINN.

ENTRY OF SEAMEN INTO TEE COAST
GUARD.

Circular No. 2-68.

Admiralty, October 1, 1856.
Seamen who have served seven years* with " man's
ratings" in any ship of her Majesty's navy, and not ex-
ceeding her 37 years* of age, are eligible, on their ship
being pail off, for service in the coast guard, upon their
receiving the necessary certificate of good conduct from
the commanding officer of such ship.
When a ship is ordered to be paid off the commanding
officer will send to the Admiralty a list of the men whom
he recommends for admission to the coast guard.
Continuous service men are eligible for the coast guard,
although they may not have completed the term of ser-
vice for which they entered.
Seamen gunners on board the gunnery training ships
may be recommended for the coast guard by the captains
of those ships, when they have completed the five years
service as seamen gunners, provided they are otherwise
qualified.
Men who have served seven years, with " man's rat-
ings," in a revenue cruiser, and not exceeding 37 years
of age, may be appointed to the coast guard on the re.
commendation of the Comptroller General.
The men so selected will be directel to join any dis-
trict where there may be vacancies, and will be placed
on the books of the coast-guard ship of that district, and
victualled on board until lodgings are provided for them
and they can be transferred to the shore.
They will be rated in the first instance as boatmen,
and may be promoted, if deserving, to be commissioned
boatmen, and from commissioned boatmen to be chief
boatmen.
Boatmen will receive the pay of A.B. continuous service.
Commissioned boatmen that of leading seamen con-
tinuous service.
Chief boatmen that of let class petty officers continu-
ous service,

Coastguard men doing duty on shore will be allowed
ls. 4d. per day in lieu of their provisions, and lodgings
will be provided for themselves and families free of rent.
The annual pay and allowance for provisions of men
serving ashore will therefore be as follows :

Allowance for
Pay. p
Boatmen £2B 17 11 .£26rovIsions.1sions.
4 8 £53 4 7
Commissioned Boatmen 31 18 9 26 4 8 56 5 5
Chief Boatmen 36 10 0. 26 4 8 60 16 8
Payment of wages and allowance in lieu of provisions
will be made monthly. They will also have the benefit
of medical attendance.
When a chief boatman shall have charge, and is per.
forming the duty of a chief officer of a station, he will
receive, as heretofore, ls. per diem in addition to his
pay as chief boatman.
The amount of reward for seizures, according to the
rank of those belonging to the station or vessel who are
present or on duty at the time of seizure, will be as
heretofore :

Chief officer Shares.2s
Chief boatman
Commissioned boatman
Boatman 6
Men belonging to the coast guard will be subject in
all respects to the same laws, regulations, and discipline,
and enjoy all the same privileges and advantages,
including good-conduct badges, pay, pensions, &c., as
other seamen, serving in the fleet, and time served in the
coast guard will count for pensions as time served afloat.
In the event of war or emergency, any men whose
services may be required, will be sent to serve on board
any of her Majesty's ships, for such time as circum.
stances may render necessary, with the pay to which
they may be entitled in the coast guard, or of such
ratings as they may be qualified to fill, and may hold.
They will be victualled as the seamen of the fleet.
In such cases the families of the wen employed on
shore will, during good behaviour, be allowed to remain
in their lodgings, so long as the men are in the service.
Men pensioned from the coast guard will be in the
same position in all respects as other naval pensioners.
These regulations will only apply to such officers and
men as may be entered in the guard ships to bo commis-
sioned in the coast guard districts, and from the date of
their being borne on the books of those ships.
' By command of their Lordships.
THOS. PHINN.
NOTE.—Such officers and men of the present Coast
Guard as, on survey, are found incapable of performing
their present duties, will be removed from the servioe, with
such allowances as they may bo entitled to. Those who,
although unfit for service at sea, are capable of performing
duty in the Coast Guard will be retained, with their pre-
sent pay and advantages, until they are provided for by:
pension, superannuation, or otherwise. Those naval
officers and seamen wild are fit for service at sea will be
entered and borne on the books of the district guard:shore
e,
and from the date of their being so entered will cm
under the above regulations.

* NOTE.—This period of service, qualifying for entry,
and the age of admission into the service of the Coast
Guard, may be altered from time to time by the Lords of
tho Admiralty.