The national Republican., 1861-08-07


the service of the United States may, upon bis
own application to the President Of the United
States, be placed upon the list Of retired officers
Of the navy, and shall receive the pay and emol.
uments allowed by this act. %
Sec. %. And De IL further enacted, That if
any officer of the navy shall have become, or
shall hereafter become, incapable Of performing
the duties Of his office, he shall be placed upon
the retired list and Withdrawn from active
service and command and from the line of pro-
motion, with the following pay and emoluments,
namely:
Captains in the navy, thirteen hundred dol.
lars; .. .ra IE. "
Commanders in the navy, eleven hundred
dollars; .. = - a...r a.. gis-.....
Leutenants in the navy, one thousand dol.
lars; .,Ha.E
Surgeons ranking with captains, thirteen hun.
dred dollars; yr
Surgeons ranking with commanders, eleven
hundred dollars; .s''
Surgeons ranking with lieutenants, one thou.
Paymas,ers ranking with captains, thirteen
hundred dollars;
Paymasters ranking with commanders, eleven
hundred dollars;
Paymasters ranking with ieutenants, one
thousand dollars;
Chief engineers, one thousand dollars;
FIRST assistant engiueeers, seven hundred
1ollars;
Srcond assistant engineers, Eve hundred
ollars;
Third assistant engineers, four hundred dol
Iars;
Masters, four hundred dollars;
Passed midshipmen, three hundred and City
dollars; and with four rations per day to each
of the above named officers Of the navy, to be
commuted at thirty cents, each ration, and
without any o,her pay or allowances. Captains,
commanders, and lieutenants now on the retired
list Of the navy shall receive the same com.
pensstion, and no greater is allowed 10 retired
Hcers Of the same rank by the provisions Of
this act. The next officer in rank shall be pro-
NOTED to the place Of the retired officer, accord.
ing to the estab ished rules Of the service. And
the same rule Of promotion shall be applied sue.
| cessively to the vacancies consequent upon the
retirement Of an officer.
| Sec. 20. And be it further enacted, That
| whenever any officer OF the navy, on being
| ordered to perform the duties appropriate to
his commission, shall report himself unable to
comply with such order, or whenever, in the
judgment Of the President of the United
States, an officer of the navy shall be in any
way incapaetated from performing the duties OF
his Office, the President at his discretion, shall
direct the Secretary of the Navy to refer the
case of such officer to a board Of not more
than nine, and not less than five commissioned
officers two tifths Of whom shall be members
ofthe Medical Bureau Of the Navy; the board,
except those taken from the Medic Il Bureau,
to be composed, if possible, las far as may be-
of his seniors in rank. The determination Of
the board in each case shall, with a record oil
its proceedings, be transmitted to the Secretary
Of the Navy, to be laid before the Presiden,
for his approval or disapproval, and orders in
the case. The board, whenever it finds an
officer incapacitated for active service, will re.
port whether, in its judgment, the incapacity
result from long and faithful service, from
wounds or injury received in the line of duty,
| from sickness or exposure therein, or from
any other incident OF service. If so, aud the
President approve Of such judgment, the disa.
bled officer shall thereupon be placed upon
the list Of retired officers, according TO the pro-
visions Of this act but if such disability in.
competency proceeded from other causes, and
the President concur in opinion with the board,
the officer may be retired upon furlough pay,
or he shall be wholly retired from the service,
with one years pay, at the discretion of the
President; and in this last case bis name shall
be wholly omitted from the Navy Register.
The members of the board shall, in every case,
be sworn to an honest and impartial discharge
of their duties, and no officer Of the navy shall
be retired, either partially or wholly, from the
service, without having had a fair aud full
hearing before the board, if he shall demand it.
Sec. "a. And be it further enacted That the
retired officers shall be entitled to wear the uni.
form of their respective grades, shall continue
to be borne upon the Navy Register shall be
subject to the rules aud articles governing the
navy, and to trial by general court.martial.
Sec. rs. And be 1t further enacted, That re.
tired officers of the army, navy, and marine
corps may be assigned to such duties as the
President may deem them capable Of perform.
ing, and such as the exgencies of the public
service may require.
ApproUed, august 3, 1861.
PUBLIo-No. 80.
AN ACT to prohibit the sale of sniritnous