Evening star., 1899-03-09
Some Benefits Coming From the
Naval Personnel Bill.
FUTURE GIVEN The ENLISTED MEN
They Will Be Rewarded for Long
and Good Service
PETTY OFFICERS PAY

The benefits of the naval personnel bill,
which is now the law of the land, are not
confined to commissioned officers of the
service 1t is almost as great boon to the
enlisted men, for it not only ameliorates
their condition in, many essential particu-
lars, but gives them an assured future, the
lack of which has been one of their main
causes of complaint in the past. Under the
present law deserving sailor men can reach
a commission and by good behavior and
continuous service are entitled to a place
on the retired list, with three-quarters pay
until death.
Naturally the most important feature of
the new law is the amaIgamatien of the
line officers and the engineers. The opera
ton of this plan for the solution of a most
troublesome problem will be watched with
great interest by all friends of the navy.
The first section Of the bill provides that
the officers constituting the Engineer Corps
OF the navy be. and are hereby, transferred
to the line of the navy.
All engineer officers thus transferred who
are below the grade of commander, and eX-
tending down to, but not including, the first
engineer, who entered the Naval Academy
as a cadet midshipman, will still perform at
sea and on shore the duty of an engineer.
III, however, any of these wish to take up
the duties of a line officer, they may within
six months make an application for this as
slgnment, and, providing they can pass the
examination, their request will be granted
Engineer officers of and above the grade of
duty only.
One Hundred Machinfsts Wanted.
For the more practical duty of handling
the machinery of the ships force of 100
warranted machinists is authorized. These
places are open first to all machinists by
trade OF good record in the naval service
Ii a sufhcient number of properly qualified
men cannot be found in the navy, then it
VIII pe necessary to go outside. In such
event an maehinsts in civil life of good
character and ability, not above thirty five
years of age, are eligible for examination
and appointment to fill the vacancies
Ihe successful ones become warrant Off
GERS, ranking with boatsWains gunners and
carpenters, and, starting with a salary of
Sl,2O0 year, are advanced after twenty
years of service to 81 800 a year. They
also have all the privileges of retirement on
three-quarters of their highest pay when
they are sixty-two years old
The term of enlistment is four years
with four months leave of absence on
full pay at the end of the term The pay is
increased in each rating by the sum of 81 81;
upon every re-enlstment The pay OF petty
officers and enlisted men of the navy is as
follows:
Pay of Petty Officers.
Chief petty officers-Masters- alarms S65:
boatswains' mates, $50: gunners' mates
s5o gun captains, $50; quartermasters $50;
machinists, $50; carpenters mates $50;
electricians. $50; yeomen, $50; hospital stew
ards, $50; baadmasters, $52
Petty officers, first class-Masters-a
arms, $40: boatswains' mates. $40; gunners
mates. $40; gun captains. $40: quartermas-
ters, $40: machinists, $50; boermakers. $50;
coppersmiths, $50; painters, $40: black
smiths, $50; plumbers and filters, $i5; sail
makers mates, $40; carpenters mates. $40;
water tenders, $40: electricians, $40; first
musicians $36; yeomen $40.
Petty officers, second class-Masters-at
h1.t
mates. SO; gun captains, S35: quarterrnas
ters. $35 maci1inists, $40; oilers. s31: car
penters' mates, $50: printers, s35; electric
ians $50: yeomen, 80. .l,
Petty officers, third claSS-MasterS-at
arms, $50; coxswains %, $50; guuners
mates, $50; quartermasters, $50; carpen-
ters' mates, $50; painters. $40; yeomen, $50;
hospital apprentices, first class, $3.50.
Pay of seamen.
Seamen, first ciass-Seamen gunners, s26;
seamen s24; apprentices, first class, S21:
firemen, first class. s35; musicians. first
class, $32.
Seamen, second class-Ordinary seamen,
SD; apprentices second class, s15: firemen.
second class, $50; shipwrights, s25; sal
makers SO; musicians, second class, $50;
buglers, $50; hospital apprentices, $40.
Seamen, third class-La ndsmen SIG; ap-
prentices, third class, 50; coal passers. So.
Messmen branch-Stewards to command
erS-in-chief, $40; cooks to commanders-in-
chief, $40; stewards to commandants $45;
cooks to commandants, $40: cabin stewards
&I; cabin cooks, $32 ward room stewards
S3I: ward room cooks $32; steerage stew
ards, Sd; steerage cooks, SD: warrant Off
GERS stewards, $24; warrant officers cooks,
$40; ships cooks, first class. $35; ships
cooks. second class, $50: ships cooks third
class, so; ships cooks, fourth class, $40;
mess attendants, SIG.
Twenty cents per month is deducted from
the pay of each officer, seaman and marine
in the navy, to be applied to the fund for
naval hospitals.
Every petty officer and enlisted man after
thirty years service will be placed on the
retired list with 70 per cent of the pay and
allowances of his rating at the date of re-
tirement Service during the civil war or
the Spanish war either as a volunteer or
regular in army. navy or marine corps is
counted as double time in computing the
thirty years necessary to the privileges of
the retired list. 1t is provided, however,
that applicants for retirement shall be at
least fifty years old, unless physically dis
qualified for active service.
ARMY NOMINATIONS AJSn