The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-01-05


I allowing rations aud travelling expenses %
officers; and their travelling expenses in
foreign countle shall BE considered to In
clude such expenses Of tIanSpcrtation Of
baggage as were necessarily incurred; but
40 charge ,foF transportation Of baggage 10
conuectionwith tavefin United States shall
be allowed. And from aud aftert the thir.
tieth day Of June. eighteen hundred and
seventy, 80 much Of the fourth section Of
the act approved July fourteen, eighteen
hundred aud sixty-tyo, making appFos
priations for the naval service for the year
ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and
sixty three, and for other purposes" as
allows TO persons in the naval service five
! cents per day, 10 lieu Of tho spirit ration.
is hereby repealed; and from and after
that day thirty cents shall in oil cases be
deemed the Communication price Of the navy
ration.
SEQ s. And bet further enacted, That
from aud after the thirtieth day Of June,
eighteen hundred and seventy, the pay Of
all officers Of the navy now on or hereafter
placed on the retired list shall. when not
on active duty, be equal to one half Of the
highest pay prescribed BY this act for OIL
GERS on the active list whose grade CORES.
ponds to the grade held by such retired
officers respectively at the time ofsuch re-
tirement, and no officer. heretofore or here
after promoted upon the retired list. shall.
10 consequence Of such promotion, be en-
titled to any increase Of pay. And retired
third assistant engineers shall continue to
receive the same rate Of pay they have re-
ceiyed up to the time Of the passage Of this
act; aud the grade Of third assistant engin-
Ger on the active list is hereby abolished.
SEC. 8. And bet further e,p1ctea, That
no officer Of the navy shall, because Of mis-
conduct, be placed an tho retired list but
be shall be brought to trial by court.mar-
tial for such misconduct; nor shall any
lieutenant, commander, lieutonnnt, master,
ensign, hidshipman. passed assistant SUR
geon, passed assistant paynaster, first as
sistant engineer, assistant surgeon, assist
ant paymaster. or second assistant engi
Ger be placed on the retired list, except on
account at physical or mental disability.
SEC 7. And bc Il further enacted, That
the pay ofany officer Of the navy, upon
his original entry into the service, except
where he is required to give an official
bond, shall commence upon the date Of his
acceptance Of his appointment; but where
he is required to give such bond bis pay
shall commence upon the date of the APP
prevail Of his bond by the proper authority;
that hereafter the increased pay of a pro-
noted officer shall commence from the date
he is to take rank as stated III his commission;
but il an officer OF class subject to examina.
ton before promotion shall be absent on duty.
and ~ reason ofsWch absence, or Of othercause
not involving fault on his part, shall not be
examined at the time required by law or regu-
lation, and shall afterwards be examined and
found qualified, the increased rate oil pay
| to which his promotion would have enti-
tied himishall commence from the date when
he would have been entitled 10 it h; d he been
examined and found qualified at the time so
required by law or regulation; and this rule
shall apply to any cases rof-this description
which may have heretofore occurred And 10
every such case the period Of service Of the
party, in the grade to which he was promoted,
shall, in reference to the rate Of his pay, be
considered To have commenced from the date
when he was 80 entitled to take rank.
SEQ, s. And be It further enacted,
That any officer Of the navy on the active list
below the grade Of commander. who. upon ex.
animation for promotion, shall not be found
professionally qualified; shall be suspended
from promotion for ono year, with correspond.
ing loss Of date, when he shall be re examined,
and in case Of his failure upon such reexamin!
alton. he shall be dropped from the service.
SEQ. 8. And Je ii further enacted,
That no promotion to the grade Of lieutenant.
commander on the active list shall be made
until the number in said grade is reduced be.
low eighty; and thereafter eighty shall be the
humber allowed by law on said list, and when
the number Of lieutenant commanders shall
have been reduced. section FIVE Of the "Act to.
define the number and regulate the appcint.l
ment Of officers in the navy, and for other puf..
poses, approved July twenty-five, eighteen.
hundred and sixty six, shall stand repealed.
And as the number Of lieutenant.commandar
is reduced the number Of lieutenants shall be
increased. until the number in the grade Of
lieutenants on the active list shallbe two hun.
dred aud eighty which shall thereafter be the
number Of lieutenants allowed by law on said
list
SEQ. 10. And Be It further enacted.
That the number Of masters and ensigns On
the active llst authorized by law is thereby fixed
and established Mt one hundred Ii each grade:
and ,ensigns shallheFeafter be sleefage otficera
unless assigned to duty as watch aud diyis.
I ion officers; but this shall not be- con struel AZ