Year: 1866

Navy. r.ts


Be it enacted by the Senate and House OF he
presentatives of the United States OF America IN
EonUress assembled That whenever the name OF
any naval officer now in the service, or VINO may
hereafter be in the service OF the OnlIeu o.ases'
shoII have been borne on the Naval Register Tor
tvive wears or shall be OF the age OF slXty-two
ysars he shall be retired from active service, and
his name entered on the retired list OF omcers OF
the grade to which ne pelongeo aI Ine Iiile vi


SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the
President of the United States be- aud he is here
by, authorized to assign any officer Who may be
retired under the preceding section OF TINS act TO
shore duty and such officer thus assigned shall
receive the full shore pay OF this grade while SO


SEC. s. And be it further enacted, That the
President of the United States by, and with the
advice and consent of the Senate, shall have the
authority to detail from the retired list OF the ma
Wv for the command of squadrons and single ships
such officers as he may believe that the good OF
the service requires to be thus placed in COM
mand; and such officers may, If upon the recon-
mendation of the President of the United States
they shall receive vote OF thanks OF congress
for their services and gallantry in action against
an enemy, be restored to the active list and not
otherwise. ~, !,
President of the United States shall have the au
tbority to select any officer from the grades OF
captain or commander in the navy and assign
him to the command of squadron with the rank
and title of flag officer" and any officer thus
assigned shall have the same obedience from the
commanders of ships in his squadron holding
commissions of older GATE Inal HIS luaG ue
would be entitled to receive were his commission
the oldest; and to receive, when so employed,
the nav to which he would have been entitled II
he were on the active list of the navy.


SEC s. And be it further enacted, That all
officers retired under the provisions of this act
shall receive the retired pay OF their respective
grades as fixed by law.


SEC. g. And be it further enacted, That pro-
motions shall be made in place of the officers re-
tired under the provisions of this bill as Is now
provided by law.


SEC. Z. And be it further enacted, That the
Secretary of the Navy be, and is hereby, autho-
rized to cause two hundred medals OF honor
TO be prepared, with suitable emblematic de-
vices, which shall be bestowed upon such petty
officers seamen, landsmen, and marines as shall
most distinguish themselves by their gallantry in
action and other seamanlike qualities during the
present war, and that the sum OF one thousand
dollars be- and the same is hereby, appropriated
out of any money in the Treasury, for the pur-
pose of carving this section into effect.


SEC s. And be it further enacted, That the
hours of labor in the navy yards of the United
States shall be the same in the private ship
yaIds at or nearest to the post where such navy
ward is established, and the wages TO be paid to
all employees in such yards shall be, as near as
may be, the average price paid to employees of
the same grade in private ship yards or work
shops in or nearest to the same vicinity, to I've
determined by the commandant of the navy
yard.