The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-09-26
FINE OPENINGS
IN NAVY OFFER
TO LOCAL BOYS
Apprentices, Seamen and Other
Classes for Those Not
Drafted.

gives better pay both for active ser
vice and In retirement than any other
branch of the armed forces of the gov
eminent.
Starting at the very beginning it is
possible for young man by work
and study to have continuous and fire.
quent advancement with increase of
pay. To his base pay there is always
extra pay for special duties ana with
each enlistment his pay is also in
creased. AS an intance of this, a young
man eulisting in the navy receives
now the following pay: Apprentice
seamen $3.50 a month, Seamen sec
ond class $3.50 a month, and Seamen
$3.50 a month. From this post he
may become petty officer receiving
a present war pay of $41.00 for third
class, $46.50 for second class. and
$500 for first class. Rising to chief
petty officer, his present war pay is
from $4,000 to $500 depending on
his class of skilled work.
The next higher grade is that of
warrant officer which is life posi-
ton, attainable only by promotion
from enlisted grades. The pay of a
warrant officer is $1,000 to $4,000 a
year, depending upon length of SER
vice with benefits of retirement at 81
years Of age on three-quarters pay or
at any time before "a for disability in
CURED in line of duty. The warrant
officers grade is composed of boat
SWANS, gunners, carpenters, machin-
lists, sailmakers, pharmacists and pay
clerks.
Warrant officers have a. still higher
step in that they are commissioned as
Chief Warrant Offices in their vari-
Gus grades, with rank of Ensign, after
six years of service as boatswain, gum
ner, carpenter, nachinist, pharmacist,
or pay clerk. After six years further
service from date of commission they
receive the pay and allowances of a
Lieutenant junior grade in the Navy;
and after twelve years service from
date of commission they receive the
pay and allowances of a Lieutenant in
the Navy.
The advancement which is open to
am bilious 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
missions; 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 35 years
of age, may enter the examinations
AOE appointments DIS GASISHs LIflS O4a
animation is held every year, appoint
ments being limited 10 II annually. A
man who wins a commission in this
manner is entitled 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 un-
der 35 years of age may take the ex-
animation for appointment as assis-
tant paymaster, in the Navy. This ex-
animation 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 requirements
being that the applicant must pass a
competitive examination, must be. un-
der 20 years of age at the time Of ap-
pointment, and must have been in the
navy at least one year at date Of en-
trance to the naval academy. Exam
nations for entrance to the naval aca-
denny are conducted on board all ships
and stations wherever there are appli-
cants. In order to give young men
chance to prepare for this examina-
ton, classes are formed at all the
training stations (and on board ships) J,
with special instructors, and the free
use of the necessary textbooks. The
candidates who have the highest
standing on the examination, and have
successfully passed the physical exam
ination, enter the naval academy on
August 18th, and are admitted on ex-
actly the same terms as midshipme
who are nominated by members OF
congress and, upon graduation, re-
ceive commissions in the navy.
;of
Petty officers of any. class may enter
the reserve force where he receives an
annual retainer. Should he be called
into active service he is then paid in
addition to his retainer the base pay
of the regular navy for active duty
and If on recruiting duty he will re-
ceive $500 day or $1,000 a month
for subsistence. The following sche-
dule will show what man will re-
ceive after retirement into the re-
serves. After four years of service he
will receive $3.50 year if he goes in
to the reserve force four months after
his discharge. If he waits over that
time his retainer will be $50.
| After eight years service, the re-
tainer is $50 If after four months of
discharge, and $72 after that.
For IL years service $125 yearly re-
tainer if after four months of dis
charge and 500 after that.
Reaching 16 years Of active service,
a chief petty officer on going into the
| reserve will receive one-ttird Of the
base pay plus all permanent additions,
amounting to $40 to $24, and averag-
ing a monthly income Of $46. If he
has served 20 years this amount will
aggregate $65 monthly.
If called back into the regular ser
vice this man will then receive the re-
gular pay of his class plus his retain
er pay and If on recruiting duty 81 a
day for subsistence.
For instance, a chief petty officer
drawing regular pay OF $96 monthly
would receive $45 retainer and $69
subsistence allowance, making total
Of 1902
If this man had retired after 20
years and was called back. he could
draw s65 retainer, s1o5 regular and
$50 subsistence, making total OF
1920, which is more than junior lieu
tenants pay and nearly equal to thai
of full lieutenant or a captain in the
army.
Recruiting officers at g. Cannon
street state that they will be able t.
1send big batch away on Monday mex
and wifi consider any man not already
summoned for examination in the Ma
tional army.