Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-01
NAVY IS BEST
PAYING SERVICE
Offers More Opportunities
and Better Facilities That
Any Other Branch

The United States Navy offers
more opportunities to the enlisted
man and gives better pay both for
active service and in retirement than
any other branch of the armed forces
of the government.
Starting at the very beginning it
is possible for young man by work
and study to have continuous and
frequent advancement with increase
OF pay. To his base pay there Is al
ways extra pay for special duties
and with each enlistment his pay is
also incresaed. AS an instance of
this, a young man enlisting in the
navy receives now the following pay:
Apprentice seamen, $3.50 month;
seamen, h second class. $500 a
month, and Seamen, S3S.40 a month.
From this post he may become Il
petty officer receiving a present war
pay of SAL for third class, $46.50 for
second class and $50 for first class.
Rising to a chief petty officer, his
present war pay is from SCI to $50.
depending on his class of skilled
work.
The next higher grade is that of
warrant officer. which is Il life pu-
sition, attainable only by promotion
from enlisted grades. The pay of Il
warrant officer is 1900 to $2,400 q
year, depending upon length of serv-
ice with benefits of retirement at "a
years of age on three-quarterS pay
or at any time before GA for disabil-
ity incurred in line of duty. The
warrant officers grade is composed
of boatswains, gunners, carpenters,
machinists, sailmakers, pharmacists
and pay clerks.
Warrant officers have a still higher
CT nT n q m iGGin a1
as chief warrant officers in their va
rious grades, with rank of ensign,
after six years of service as boat
swain, gunner, carpenter, machinist,
pharmacist or pay clerk. After six
years service from date of commits
commission they receive the pay and
allowances of a lieutenant junior
grade in the navy; and after twelve
years service fromdate of commits
sion they receive the pay and allow
ances of a lieutenant in the navy.
The advancement which is open to
ambitious young men who enlist in
the navy is not limited to the grade
of warrant officer. There are several
avenues open for promotion to COM
mission; for example:
A boatSwain, gunner or machiniSt,
or a chief boatswain, chief gunner
or chief machinist, who has been in
his grade four years and is under
thirty-five years of age, may enter
the examination for appointment as
ensign; this examination is held ev-
cry year, appointments being limited
to twelve annually. A man who wins
a commission in this manner is en-
titled to the same pay, privileges,
honors and opportunities for further
advancement as are open for officers
who are graduates of the Naval
Academy.
Pay clerks and chief pay clerks
under 35 years of age may take the
examination for appointment as as
sistant paymaster in the navy. This
examination is usually held each
year and is competitive.
The law provides for the appoint
ment each year of 100 enlisted men
to the Naval Academy, the require
ments being that the applicant must
pass a competitive examination, must
be under 20 years of age at the time
of appointment, and must have been
IN the navy at least one year at date
Of entrance of the Naval Academy.
for entrance to the |
Naval Academy are conducted on
board all ships and stations wher-
ever there are applicants. In order |
TO give young men a chance to pre- |
pare for this examination, classes |
are formed at all the training sta
lions (and on board ships), with spe-
The necessary text books. The can
1idates who have the highest stand
ng on the examination, and have