The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-01-06

ences t the important testimony Ia.
ken, estimates OF the annual cost Of
the methods proposed to restore the
merchant marine, and an urgent ap-
peal for the passage. by the present
congress. of the bill presented with
the report.
The bill agreed pom is divided into
eleven sections. The first makes pro-
vision for creating a force of naval
volunteers capable of rendering ser
vice in time of war. 1t provides that
the secretary of the navy and the sec
rotary of and labor should
cause to be made an enrolment Of
officers and men, now and hereafter
employed in the merchant marine
and deep sea fisheries of the United
States, who shall receive an annual
follows:
For a master or chief engineer
of a vessel of the United States of
five thousand gross tonnage or over.
one hundred dollars; for G. mas
ter or chief engineer of a vessel of
the United States on one Thousand
gross tons or over but Of less thar
five thousand gross tons. eighty-fve
dollars; for a master or chief en-
gineer of a vessel of the United
States under one thousand gross tons
seventy dollars; for each mate or as
sistant engineer of a vessel of the
United STAGES of five thousand gross
tons or over. seventy dollars; for
each mate or assistant engineer of a
vessel of the United States of one
thousand gross ions or over. but of
less than five thousand gross tons,
ffty-five dollars; for each mate or
assistant engineer of a vessel of the
United States under one thousand
gross tons, forty dollars. for al
seaman. twenty-five dollars; for
each boy, fifteen dollars
The eco section, prescribing
the conditions under which vessels
engaged in the foreign trade shall
be eligible to receive the s~ubventions
is as follows:
That in the interest of h nation
al defense and for the performance
of h public services hereinafter
specified, after July LIST, 1896, the
Secretary of the Treasury is hereby
authorized and directed to pay, sub
iect to the provisions of this act, out
of any money in the treasury not 9th
erwise appropriated, to the owner CT
owners of any vessel hereafter built
and registered in the United States
or now duly registered by a citizen
or citizens of the United States Gin
Guiding as such citizens n corpora
ton created under the laws OF the
United States or any of the states
provided; that is to say. (a) the sum
of five dollars per gross registered
ton for each vessel which has been
engaged in foreign rad by sea or
the deep-sea fisheries for a period of
twelve months, including time neces-
sarily consumed in making annual or
extraordinary repairs; (b) the sum of
four dollars per gross registered ton
for each vessel which has been engag
ed in the foreign trade by sea or the
deep-sea fisheries for a period of nine
months or over, but less than twelve
months. including time necessarily
consumed in making extraordinary
repairs; (c) the sum of two dollars
and fifty cents per gross registered
ton for each vessel which has bee
engaged in the foreign trade by e
or the deep-sea fisheries for a period
of six months or over, but less thar
nine months. including time necessa-
rily consumed in making extraordina-
ry repairs; Provided, That if, for rea-
sons satisfactory to the Secretary of
Commerce and Labor, a vessel is
idle for more than one month when
not undergoing repairs or receiving
or d~ischarging cargo the s~ubvention
shall be reduced pro rata"
Provision is made in the third sec
ton that vessels receiving the sub
vention may be taken by the United
States. at a fair compensation, for
national defense or any public pur-
pose. 1t provides also:
That when the Postmaster General
requires. the vessels shall carry the
mails free of charge.
That one-sixth of the crews shall
be citizens of the United States.
That a vessel employed in the
foreign trade shall maintain during
the period so employed at least class
Al if a steam vessel, and at least
class A1k if a sail vessel. as such
classes are now established by either
the Record of American and Foreign
Shipping or the United States Stand
ard Owners. Builders, n Underwr;-
ters' Association. or equivalent class