Executive Order 533

by President of the United States

To provide adequate compensation for trained men, the pay now prescribed by Executive order for each rating in the Navy is hereby increased $5 per month during the second period of service and a further sum of $3 per month during each and every subsequent period of service: Provided, That only enlisted men who are citizens of the United States, and whose second and subsequent periods of service each follow next after service in the Navy that was terminated by reason of expiration of enlistment, shall receive the benefits of the increased pay named herein: Provided further, That in the cases of men who are or were finally discharged from the Navy by reason of expiration of enlistment, the first enlistment on or after the date of this order shall be considered the second period of service which shall carry with it the increased pay provided by this order; except that men discharged on recommendations of boards of medical survey, shall, if they reenter the service, be given credit for any previous periods of service in the Navy which were terminated by reason of expiration of enlistment.

Chief petty officers detailed as instructors of apprentice seamen at naval stations who qualify as instructors by examination shall receive hereafter in addition to their pay the sum of $10 per month while so detailed, such pay to be considered extra pay for special duty.

Apprentice seamen detailed as apprentice chief petty officers, apprentice petty officers, first, second, or third class, in connection with the instruction of apprentice seamen at naval stations, shall receive hereafter in addition to their pay the sum of $2.50, $2, $1.50, and $1 each per month, respectively, while so detailed, such pay to be considered extra pay for special duty.

Theodore Roosevelt.

The White House,

November 27, 1906.