Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-08-03
efAe House Of Repre- cnta,ires.
TREASURY DEPARTMENTS, }
EIuih .Audiiok's Office oSLL Ann loon Z

oiR In reply 10 the resolution OF the House of Rep
fesena'ves, calling Tor statement Of the regular nav
emoment', and allowances of every officer and a,en,
IN The naval service, together with statements Of tho m
regular sni contingent allowances made In the yesr.
1873 ana 1872 the amounts received hv persons recpiy
ing salaries from the Government and the amounts mid
10 on es on leave OF absence, waiting orie or on ur.
Tough, and TO Surgeons At shore stations paseI on the
AN day OF February 1880 AID by you referred /, me-
have the honor to submit tables marked TO ioclu
siYe Much labor aud difficulty have been encountered
IN aecer'aning tho origin aud progress. OF each rspsr
and Irregular siowsncr. The exsnina,i n of IN. law
CT The correspondence in this office an! OF about twen
W volumes OF the correspondence in office he
gwen me much in'orina ion but to answer tin ~ ,ou
h OF u'e House perfectly 40 I'D Require the additional
research of several months
Iao's embrace. thu regular allowances of each
grahe oil officers in the Navy proper. Their origin
ann proyres as lar IA sscertainsd. a. follows VIZ:
Cdpton commanding squodron on separate ser.
race s ray End raions afe pre- scrhed by the act nj
con reoI"aIy lI9o The present allowances, in lieu
o cabin furniture, originated in letter from the ere
,srv oil ne Navy TO the Fourth Au or dated 2S,h NAV
1877 lie was, some year. snre allow ID couuission
oil IL per cent on bills drawn for the support Of hi.
SQUADRON; ANIL more recently, 50 900 par wear in lien
oil commission, Ihis allowance directed to he d.-
continued in 1896 though few similar allow auces have
he IN since made.
CAPTAIN Of cHne of battle ship War pay and emol
emrh'' deiend on the same authority as The proceed.
ing
Cdptaia ofa vsssel Of 20 guns and upwards, Same.
eNcep, that no allowance preScbed on account of
rh n'ture' tit 10 not now the prsct;ce to order
der VI VI"
Captain commanding a Nary Yard-The act of
21h March, 1904 provides thai the nav az e,noIu
men, OF the Commandment oC tn. NV Y,,a a, W.
ngtoH shall be the same those of Captain command
ng squadron on separate s@rvire. He claim d house
'eh no qiiT-r' being provided Tor him Ia 1897 the
question was referred to the Attorney General whose
opinion favored the claim On the 9th June 1897 IN.
secretary OF me Navy directed that $50 dollars .houlj
oe allowed Nun from the time OF hi. appointment Wood
was also allowed; bu, what quantity have no. b..n
ab'e TO ascertain There IL law, 8, far az know
witch makes any allowance whatever 10 Captsio oi
n hsr ~
tain', ordered upon that duty have with l.w excep
TOM, been alio .ed The pay aud rations the
Commandant Of the Washington Yard upon ma o,bgr
authority thar orders OF The Secretary of the NAVY
Their other allowances have also been similar
. "a the Ia OF June. 1921, the allowances Of the
Commandants ct the Yards a Portsmouth NJ n
Charles,owu Mass. Brooklyo, n. Y. Phna liphia. pa
ami Gospori, Va. were fixed at IS cords OF wool S65
per anBun for ndles, servants dollars DER no IA
anu one Tauon per day. each making 2i dollars d. r
monh for servants AMI raons, 800 DO iars psr
ior house-Fent, except the Philadelphia Yard lii:
rent.
Ga The 3Oth May, 1924, the Secretary directed fla,
oo doars per iioail l6 ions per day. 65 dollars p.r
annun Tor candles, 80 cords OF w0od ai servants a,
do'Icrs per month, AID ration per day. shoul b. al
low. d TO NE Commantants Of the Yards al WA.hi0goo
ir,,hla1elphla, Portsmouth. Norfolk, New York aud
CharieS'own Mass. To the Commandant of lie Phils-
dolphin Yard the allowance OF GOO collars for house
rent mas been continued The same allowances ~, IN
% a's 3r honse-ren' have since been extended 10
the y ard at Pensacola At Bal imore and Cbase.,on
> {. the Commandants receive the same allow, Goa
except that thy have but rations md 500 dIIrs fo
houst-ren Wheie furnished wi Ii houses 10 house
rent is allowed. ~ ~
In every case, ratons have been allowed for each SER
want IN addition to his monthly pay the commu,aion
price OF 20 cents each.
Captain coating orders or ON Ieaye oF obseno.
IL Is but Indirectly that any pay whatever is given by
Jaw, 10 captain under these circumstances The act
OIL list April, 1906, declares, that Captains Masters
Commandant Licu;enants and Midshpmen. .sshaII re
ceiye no more than their half monthly paw du,iuc tho
time when they shall not be under orders for actual SER
vice. -
On the lst March, 1919, the Secretary of the Nav
addressed to the Fourth Auditor letter to the following
effect viz.
You are authorized 10 allow all officers OF the Ma
Wy OF the United States who are not on furouub fun nav
and rations" f''
Such allowances have been made ever since For
INC purpose presume, OF emitting all the officers of
me Navy TO full pay under This executive regulation
the Secretary OF the Navy, in 1924 issued orders d
rec'hg them to hold themselves in readiness for active
services and on the 2lst of May addressed letter TO
the Fourth Auditor TO the following effect, viz:
o AVOID diiicultes for the future, TO do Justice TO
tue officers, and place them in proper situation for the
publc service, have issued orders TO them tooJ ben
rank" " '''Si'
Thus. all the officers Of the Navy were taken out Of
the Puryiew of the act Of 1906 construed to be Gun
der orders for actual service and entitled TO full paw
and raiions F'
Captain o. f,trlough-By tho act of Isoe bo 70.
ceives only half pay; but there have OF late years becn
very few cases OF furoush AL is resolved into leave OF
absence ana waiting orders, Ter the substantial reasons
''""'J enumerated tn1Sed, mere but
logbs oa the register for 1890 while there are about
900 waiting orders, ON leave Of ABSENCE or under OK
animation. %
master Connidpddnt in e0m,nrti of q sIooD ofl
Wd-ilis pay and rations feed by the act of 25h
February, 1893. The Allowance in lieu of cabin fur
n'ure originated in the MS the Captain's
JIGSfer C0wmdnfaBf tCdiiiHg orders an ON Iso,r
absence He is brought within the provisions Of the
act OF 1879, in the same that Captains under 81
milar circumstances are.
fiostcr C0nim1ndant eonrtqr ing on shore His |
pay and ra'ons are hxcd by construction Of thc Same
act Ills house-ront, fuel WOOD candles and servants
are made IN the same manner and DEPEND upon the /
same authority as those made TO Captains at the Navv
Yards F ~ wv -'"'y |
-. ;nas,er Contmandom on frlougt--fc is put upon
nan pay under the act Of 1906.
|Hoster ComDidnd0nt rccruitine.--IIe is rIaccd on
me lootng OF Master Commandint commanding ON
shoie by the letter of the Secretary Of The Navy to The
Fourth AUDITOR dated December 3D. 1921
Lictondufs IN communicable pay ai.d rations ,verc
ixed at 30 dollars per month and rations per d,v b,
The act OF 1799 and Increased 10 dollars pcr month ad
ono ration by the act Of 'h May. 1929 His IoNsnce
IN lieu Of cabin furniture is xgd in the same n,anne as
the Captains. "
Lieutenant not in command but attached 10 n abip
on tsaJe Q GoSsnce, or rafting orders- HE nav and
rauon' arc Fixed, by tho &c. Of ish Ap,h 1915 AZ l0