Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-07
NAVY OFFERS AN
UNUSUAL CHANCE
Greater Opportunities and Bet
ter Pay Than in Any
Branch of Service.
PROMOTIONS ARE FREQUENT
Starting at Bottom, Young
Man Can Advance at
Rapid Intervals.

The United States navy offers noro
| opportunities TO the enlisted man and
gives better pay both for active serv-
Ice and In retirement than any other
branch OF the armed forces OF tho
government
Starting at the very beginning it -
possible for young man by work and
study to have continuous and trequens
advancement with increase Of pay. 20
his base pay there is always extra pay
for special duties and with each en-
listment his pay is also Increased A.
| ar instance OF this, a young man en-
listing in the navy receives now tho
following pay: Apprentice seamen.
S22.60 a month; seamen, second class,
$500 a month. and seamen, $3S.4v q
month. From this post he may be-
come petty officer, receiving a pi..
eut war pay OF SAL for third class,
si6.50 for second class and $50 for
| flrst class. Rising to a chief petcy
officer, his present war pay Is from
s6l to $S3, depending on his class "a
skilled work.
Life Position.
The next higher grade ~ that Of
warrant officer which Is IA life pos,.
ton. attainable only by promotion
= "
warrant officer liz $500 to S2.400 9
year. depending upon length OF serv-
Ice with benefits OF retirement at 81
years OF age on three-quarters pay,
or at any time before "a for disability
Incurred in line OF duty. The warrant
officers grade Is composed of pva,s-
wains gunners, carpenters, macniS-
ISIS sallmakers. pharmacists and pay
clerks
Warrant officers have n still higher
step III that they are commissioned as
chief warrant officers In their various
grades, with rank Of ensign, after six
years OF service as boatswain, gunner,
carpenter. machinist. pharmacist or
pay clerk After six years further
service from date OF commission they
receive the pay and allowance OF a
Lieutenant junior grade in the navy.
end after twelve years service from
date OF commission they receive tho
pay and allowance OF lieutenant in
the navy.
The advancement which Is open to
ambitious young mdn who enlist IN
the navy is not limited to the grade
of warrant officer. There are several
a, enues open for promotion to COM
n'ission. 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 examination for
appointment as ensign; this examina-
ton Is held every year, appointments
being limited to 12 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 acad-
emy.
Chance for Promotion.
Pay clerks and chief pay clerks
under 35 years Of age may take the
r examination for appointment as assist
n ant paymaster in the navy. This ex-
= animation is usually held each year
l and Is competitive.
The law provides for the appoint
- ment each year of one hundred en-
listed men to the naval academy. the
requirements being that the applicant
= must pass competitive examination.
: must be under 20 years Of age at the
, time OF appointment, and must have
been in the navy at least one yeai q,
date of entrance to the naval academy.
Examinations for entrance to the
2 naval academy are conducted on board
all ships and stations wherever there
are applicants. In order to give young
men a chance to prepare for this ex-
animation. classes are formed at all
the training stations (and on board
ships. with special instructors, and
: the free use OF the necessary text
books. The candidates who have tho
| highest standing on the examination,
o and have successfully passed the
n physical examination, enter the naval
p academy on August is, and are ad-
mitted on exactly the same terms as
y midshipmen who are nominated by
d members OF congress and. upon gradu-
Q alton. receive commissions In the navy.
4 Annual Retainer.
A Retiring from the service as chief
O petty officers of any class may enter
a the reserve force where he receives
an annual retainer. Should he be
g called into active service he Is then
v paid in addition to his retainer, the
q base pay of the regular navy for active
n duty and IL on recruiting duty he will
receive 81 a day or $50 a month for
q subsistence. The following schedule
d will show what men will receive after
i retirement into the reserves. After
:. four years Of service he will receive
r s62.50 a year II he goes into the re-
o serve force four months after his dis
Il charge. II he waits over that time
8 his retainer will be $50.
q After eight years service. the re-
q tainer Is 500. II after four months Of
z discharge. and s72 after that.
o For IL years service $125 yearly re-
o tainer II after four months Of dis.
n charge and 500 after that.
?, Reaching l6 years OF active service,
o a chief petty officer on going into tho
reserve will receive third OF the
1, base pay plus all permanent additions,
d amounting TO $40 to S25, and averag-
o ing monthly income OF SAC. II he
o has served 30 years this amount will
n aggregate S66 monthly.
X II called back into the regular
y service this man will then receive the
n the regular pay Of his class plus his
=, retainer pay and II on recruiting duty
n 50 a day for subsistence.
d For instance, chief petty officer
h drawing a regular pay Of $96 monthly
Ir would receive s45 retainer and 500
o subsistence allowance, making a total
d Of $202.
: II this man had retired after 20
& years and was called back. he could
draw s65 retainer. sos regular and
$50 subsistence, making total Of
a s220. which is more than a junior
$. lleutenant's pay and nearly equal to
10 that of q full lieutenant or captain