Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1854-10-28

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following circular is now being issued by the
Acting Fourth Auditor of the Treasury, A. J.
O'Bannon, ESQ.,: -
The act making appropriations for the naval
service, approved August 9th, 1854. provides
'thatthe non commission ed officers, musicians,
and privates of the United States Marine
Corps shall be entitled to and receive the
same pay and bounty for re-enisting as are
now, 0. nay hereafter be allowed to the non
commissioned officers, musicians, and privates
IN the infantry of the arny.'-f10 Stat, 5s6)
This extends the provisions OF Gan act to
increase the pay Of the rank and file of the
army, I'd to encourage enlistments," approved
August 4th, 1854 90 Stat, 575,) in respect to
pay, and Of the 29th section Of the act of July
9TH, 1888, as to bounty three months extra
pay) for re-enlisting to the non-commissioned
officers, musicians, and privates of the Marine
Corps, from the date of the act, viz August
5th, 1854.
l. The pay of the en-eommissioned officers,
musicians, and privates of the Marine CORPS
q, therefore, increased at the rate of four
Iollars per month. The retention of one dol.
lar per month, however, from the pay of the
musicians and privates of the Marine Corps,
directed by the act of I'd March, 1888, and ex
tended to the whole term of their enlistme mt
by the 9Th section of the act of March Sd,
2. Every non.commissioned officer, musician.
and private of the Marine Corps, who having
been honorably discharged from the service of
the United States, shall, within one month
thereafter, re-enlist, is entitled to two dollars
per month in addition to the ordinary paw of
his grade, for the first period of five years after
the expiration of his previous enlistment, and
a further sum of one dollar per month for
each successive period of five years. 80 long as
a q in ho Mo-
Corps.
3. Every marine who was in service at the
date of the passage of the act, who had served
one or more enlistments, and been hOnOrabIy
discharged, is entitled to the above additional
pay provided for a second enlistment, viz
two dollars per month for the first five years
from the date of the act.
A. Every marine, honorably discharged be.
fore the passage of the act, but who re-entered
service within one month after his discharge,
and subsequently to the date of the act, is en-
tilted, from the date of such re-entry, to two
dollars per month in addition to the ordinary
pay Of his grade
b. Every able bodied non commissioned Off
Ger, or private soldiers of the Marine CORPS,
who has re-enlisted since the 9Th of August.
1854, or who may hereafter re-ealist into the
Corps "within two months before or one month
after the expiration of his term of service. is
entitled to receive three months extra pay as
provided for like grades in the Army by the
18th section of the act approved July 9Th,
1885 Stat, 260.
The ''three months extra pay'' (bounty) thus
,liowed together with the increase Of 81 per
nontt) is Included in the ordinary pay of the
tads in which the marine may be serving
when discharged
6. The allowance to marines at work on for.
t.hcatlonS, In surveys, in cutting roads, and
other constant labor, Of not less than ten days,
authorized by the act approved March I'd,
1919, entitled AN act to reg alate the nav of
the Army when employed on fatigue duty is
increased twenty-fv cents per day for men
employed as laborers and Transfers and forty
cents per day when employed as mechanics
at all stations east Of the Rocky mountains,
and thirty-fve cents per day, respectively,
when the men are employed at stations west
of those mountains. The allowance of "whisky
or SPIRITS or communication therefor, is dis
continued from and after August 5th 1854.
Z. The necessary data to enable the Paw
master Pursers to calculate the additional paw
and bounty should be entered upon the Trans
fer and Pay Rolls The dates Of the several
re. enlistments, and whether the marine had
been honorably discharged, should be entered
opposite the name in each case, or the eertii-
cate of the Adjutant and Inspector, to that
effect, should accompany the Pay Rolls
Ano Si1tlc dt CaVIt 1872 oome or the papers
are laughing at recent circular, (of Score
tary Guthrie, We belieye,) which oxempts
from duty &C fish of all kinds, and all other
creatures living in the water" which thew
compare to the expression, q" all the world and
the rest of mankind. '-Baltimors Sun.
1t happens that the expressions of the Trea
sury Departments Circular in question, of
which the press are making so merry, are but
literal quotations from the Reciprocity Treaty,
and are, therefore, eminently appropriate as
used, however strange they may sound to jour-
nalists so unfit for their business, as that they
absolutely do not seem to know that Other
creatures beside fish, I" i've in the waters"
The IAN Ifanciseo Custom House. The
last California arrivals bring information that
the foundations of The new Custom House at
San Francisco were laid, ready for the stone
work. Thev are represented to be by long
odds the Ii st stable foundations ever pre-
pared for building in the new State.
The United States Steamship San Jacinto
was to have left Southampton. England, on
the 18th instant, to continue her voyage
The Current Operations Of the Treasury
Experimentation yesterday, tho 9th of Oct,
aers wore of Treasury Warrants entered on
tho books of the Department
For the redemption of stock...... $2O,71l "a
For the payment of Treasury debts "a $50 so
For tho Customs ................ $500 sc
Covered into the Treasury from
Lands. .................... 2,242 O5
Covered into the Treasury frem
miscellaneous sources ........ IS 81
For tho War Department. $4,000 90
For re-paying for the War Depart
mont ....................... so 90
For the Navy Department 5000. 1874 90
For tho Interior Department. 49,. 1897 OIL
For repayiug in the Interior De-
partment, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. II 497 01