Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-12-03

OF the time they nc Az nave al serSea themselves,
rs is rev provided for the r,fifsAls service.
and that they he liable 70 trial by court. uhrual
even IL pot arressed until after thsir -. N cf
enHstnen RI bss expired.
o. The naval ecFvioe the age OF enlisted rerson :,
sworn 10 st the tine OF erlisfment. shsii be
held TO be their true sge, snd that persons who
eye, shsIi not De discharged ey sry process Of
court, eiIheT Ststs or FEDERAL
The act approved rrii ~. 1855. appsopri-
b'ed five thousand sotisrs for testing tn use
81 petroleum as a fuel under marine boilers.
An elaborate series OF experiments nss been
u ade 81 the New York sns Boston navy
yards, and & very fun synopsis OF tie infor-
maucn gathered rs gIvtu IN the report o tue
chief Of the Puresu ef Steam fngine-rinE.
The conclusion arrived At Is thzt con vent
sEce. cCmfert. health and safety arc against
the use OF petroleum in steam vessels. ana nat
tie only advantage thus tar shown - a not
very Important reduction IN bulk ana weight
OF fuel carried.
The naval pension FUND has been increased
durng tnesy ear one million two b. EdIed End
nfty tbou- ard dollars. making the aggregate
al the present time thirteen million dollars.
This amount having sccrued 20 the Uni'ed
STATES frCn the sale OF prizss. the public faifh
~ pledged that it .sshall be aud rema am forever
fund for The payment of pensions % the on
GERS, seamen and mariDes who may BE- emit
IL
thai il the fund shall be more than sufficient
the surplus snail be applied to the making of
further provision for sne comfort OF disabled
officers, seamen and, marines. To partially
comply with this requirement, the act Of
NJ arCh ,, 1867, provides Tor giving q cas- pen
sion In lieu OF = home at the Naval Asy lum %
thoee who have been twenty years In the ser
vice, and authorizes relief for a specified time
TO those vhs have been disabled after ten
years enlistment. The benefit OF this act has
thus far been given TO but seven persons, and
49, 49, 49, NJ
creased, IL 10 probable that = portion only of
the surplus will I've used in this way. Ii is
recommended, thereiors, that the pension laws
applicable 10 the navy be revised, and such an
increase in the rates of pension be authorized
the fund will warrant The entire princl-
pal of the fuBd was earned by the officers and
men OF the navy during the recent war, and A.
Is eminently proper that its benefits should be
enjoyed by those whom the war has deprived
OF other support. as coniem plated by the
statute. In this revision provision should
also be made for pensions for the admiral
vice admiral, rear admiral, commodore, and
other grades, both of the line and stan. now
wholly omitted. Ii NAV also be well to con-
slider whether the family Of a person dying
in the navy after a specified time Of service
should not derive some benefit from this sur
plus fund, even though the death should not
have occurred in the strict slime of duty"
EXPENsEs AND KsTINATBs.
The available resources OF the department for
the fiscal year ending June 30,
l-67, were. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 1,9t},b3 4
Leaving = balance at the COM
menoemeDt Of the present fiscal
year Of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 6,9lUOia 81
The ApproprIa uons for the current
year amount to.................. I6.555,7O5 p
Making the total available re-
sources for the tscal year ending
June 10. le6s....................I TO-, to- - s
There was carried 80 the surplus
fund OF tie treasury, on the 3Jtb
September. 1857. st tie request
OF ne department...-........... $500. 600 o.
Leaving available for tie current
f. al year ...................... p, 4S5 77E CO
Ths estimates for the fiscal year ending June
-, l-Ca. are follows:
Pay CT Officers and mes Of the
navy. slO65c go 90
Improvements ard repaIrsin navy
yards. ...-........... IoIiI.C}s o.
yards. ...................... 4i3,7?e =
Coal, hemp, AID equipment OF yes-
sels. ................... .......... 3,ooo,o,5 0.
Navigation, Naval Academy, o.
ssryatcTy, &c-..- CO. -
. Ordnance, magazines, &C.. 2-3i2,33S j
y nstTuctCu sBd repair Of ives
sells ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. s,C0o,o0U o.
Steam machinery, tools, &C.. i,io0,OOl "a
Provisions ard clcthiDg......... 5,iOOOuJ 90
Hospitals aEe naval laboratory. lii,UV0 co
Contingent expenses. 1.SB2,i10 20
Support OF marine corps.......... LGA,gsS q
Tolal. ....................... si7 ,313.IS3 "a