The Sun.
London, England, 1866-03-14 00:00:00

Promotion in the Navy.

The following copy of a scheme signed by Lord
C. Paget, proposed for increasing the flow of pro-
motion amongst certain classes of officers of the
royal navy, was issued yesterday :
" 1. Compulsory retirement to be extended to all
the executive list.

" 2. Admirals to be retired on attaining 70 years
of age, or when physically unfit for service.

" 3. Vice-admirals to be retired at 68, or when
physically unfit for service.
" 4. Rear-admirals to be retired at 65, or when
physically unfit for service.
" 5. Flag officers at present on the active list,
who may be retired under these regulations, will
retain all the privileges of rising in rank and pay
to which they are now entitled ; but no flay
officer, who has not hoisted his fldg, will be 'con-
sidered eligible for the appointment of vice and
rear admirals of the United Kingdom, or for promo-
tion to the rank of admiral of the fleet.
" 6. The active flag list to be reduced to 85 :—Ad-
mirals of the fleet and admirals, 21 (but not to be
more than three admirals of the fleet at one time) ;
vice admirals, 22 ; rear admirals, 42 ; total, 85. This
reduction to be made gradually, by only filling up
two out of every 'three vacancies caused by the
removal of flag officers who accept Greenwich
pensions, and by retirments from age, whether
optional or compulsory. Vacancies from all other
causes are to be filled up as they occur. Vacancies
on the list of officers on reserved half-pay in
receipt of service pensions, and the list of flag officers
of Greenwich Hospital, will not be filled up.
" 7. Flag officers, at present on the active list,
who have hoisted their flags, or have been employed
at the Admiralty, are to be allowed to retain their
places on the active list if they should prefer it ; but
they may be placed on the retired list at their own
request, with the consent of the Admiralty. Officers
coming on to the flag list after this date will be
subject to compulsory retirement at the age speci-
fied above, whether they may have served or not.
" 8. Captains to be retired at 60, or when phy-
sically unfit for service, on the terms of the order in
council of the 9th of July, 1864. Those at present
on the active list, who, before attaining the age of
GO, shall have served the necessary time to qualify
them for promotion to the active flag list, are to be
allowed to retain their places on the active list, if
they prefer it ; but no captain will be eligible for
promotion to the active flag list after GO years of
age, or if physically unfit for service.
" 9. Officers promoted to the rank of captain
after this date will be subject to compulsory retire-
ment on attaining 60 years of age, whether they
have served or not.

" 10. Captains of 60 years of age, who have
served the necessary time to qualify them
for pro-
motion to the active flag list, and who remain on
the captains' list until promoted to a rear admiral,
will be placed on the retired list, but will be allowed
to rise by seniority to the rank and pay of vice ad-
miral and admiral respectively. Captains who have
served their time, but who retire voluntarily before
reaching the top of the list, will not be entitled to
rise to higher pay, as flag officers, than 255. a day,
in accordance with the order in council of 9th July,
1864.
" 11. Captains who have not served their time for
active flag rank, and who have been unemployed for
ten years, to be retired on the terms of the order in
council of 9th July, 1864.
" 12. Captains to be allowed to retire on attain-
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13. The captains' list to be reduced gradually
to 250, by filling up only two out of every three
vacancies caused by age-retirements from that list,
whether optional or compulsory. Vacancies from
all other causes are to be filled up as they occur.
" 14. Commanders to be retired at 55, or when
physically unfit for service, and to be allowed to re-
tire at 50.2 with the consent of the Admiralty, on the
terms of-the order in council of July 9, 1861.

" Lieutenants to be retired at 55, or when phy-
sically unfit for service, and to be allowed to retire
at 15, with the consent of the Admiralty, on the
terms of the order in council of 9th July, 1864.
" 16. Time served by naval offteters in civil