The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-01-31
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vd.d Tina. tHo requirements of This
section us to Jho ratios of speed shall
U. deemed tH Doe complied with if said
rates nro developed during o. uuI off
four hours continuous stDaming nl sea-
in ordinary Weather iu water of suH-
Glen. depth to make the test fair
and just ono and Do The vessels are
maintained FOO condition t0 develop
such speed 40 amy time while at sea-
n ordinary weather. This trial shall
Doe made under The direction and -uu-
crNsian uf board of naval officers
which tine Secretary of the Navy shall
aIu1in, upon the application of the
owner ur owners of the vessel t0 Doe
Oh. provisions of the first nine sections
of this act are hereby made applicable
m all respects to the services provided
for n this section Provided however,
that the specific rates of compensation
described I'm section five of this Act
shall not apply TO the services pro-
yidei for iu this section and that all
ordinary repair or ovcrhauling Of
steamship employed and paid for car
ryius mails under this section shall be
made iu the United States, except i'm
cases where drydocking is necessary
and no American dry dock of sufficient
capacity shall De within distance of
five hundred miles of the location of
said ship when the repairs shall be
needed.
Section 2 That Congress reserves
the right to alter, amend, or repeal
this Act i'm whole or in part whenever
I'm its judgment the public interest shall
SO require without, hoewver, inn
pairing IN any wise the obligation of
any specific contract then in force
which shall have been entered into UNI
der the provisions Of this Act.
Section 3. That there shall be en-
rolled, i'm such manner and under such
requirements as the Secretary of the
Navy may prescribe, from the Of
ficers and men now and hereafter en-
ployed in the merchant marine and
fisheries of the United States, includ-
ing the coastwise trade of the Atlantic
and Pacific, and the Great Lakes, such
officers petty officers, and men as
may be capable Of rendering service as
members Of a Naval Reserve, for duty
in time Of war, and who are willing to
undertake such service to be classified
i'm grades and ratings according to their
capacity as shown at time of enroll
ment. No man shall be thus enrolled
who is not a citizen of the United
States by either birth or naturalization.
These members of the Naval Reserve
shall be enrolled for a period of four
oh,
be subject to render service on call of
the President in time Of war. They
shall also possess such qualifications,
receive such instruction, and be sub
ject to such regulations as the Secre-
tary of the Navy may prescribe. The
Secretary Of the Treasury is hereby
authorized and directed, upon proper
audit by the Auditor of the Navy De-
partment, to pay out of any money
to be annually appropriated therefor
upon estimates to be annually submit
ed to Congress in the Book of Esti-
mates to such officer. petty officer, or
man thus enrolled and employed in
the merchant marine or fisheEies, in
Guiding the coastwise trade of the At
lantic and Pacific and the Great Lakes
tainer as follows: For each officer of
the line or Engineer Corps having the
rank of lieutenant in the Naval Re-
serve, one hundred and ten dollars; for
each officer of the line or Engineer
Corps having the rank of lieutenant
Gunior grade) in the Naval Reserve,
ninety dollars; for each officer Of the
line or Engineer Corps having the rank
of ensign in the Naval Reserve, eighty
dollars; for each man with a rating
of chief petty officer seventy dollars;
for each man with a rating of petty
officer, first class, sixty dollars; foreach
man with a rating of petty officer,
second class, forty-eight dollars; for
each man with rating of petty officer
officer, first class sixty dollars; for each
seaman, first claiss, thirty-siX dollars;
for each seaman, second class, thirty
dollars; for each seaman third class,
twenty-four dollars. Such retainer
shall be paid at the end of each year
Of service on certificate by the Secre-
tary of the Navy that the member of
the Naval Reserve has complied with
the regulations and has served for at
least six months of the preceding
twelve months on vessels of the United
States in the merchant marine or
fisheries. The total number of officers,
petty officers and men enrolled in the
Naval Reserve shall not at any time
exceed ten thousand
Section A. That this Act shall take
effect on July first, nineteen hundred
and seven.