516 THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 179. 1867. Rank,pay, of admiral, who shall be the ranking officer of the navy; and the sixth 23d *‘“°;°*“°‘;.° section of the act last named is hereby so amended that the secretary of
ry° the admiral shall be entitled to the rank, sea pay and allowances of 4;
lieutenant in the navy, such pay and allowances to date from the accept— ance of his appointment, deducting any pay already received by him under said appointment. { Cadet engi- Sec. 2. And be it jicrtlzcr enacted, That so much 0 the “Act to
- {°°’s¥ ’fS*’i°· authorize the Secretary of the Navy to provide for the education of naval
,;,?gi;:ta?nz€,°al_ constructors and steam engineers, and For other purp0ses," approved July ificaqiopsdwhen four, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, as provxdes that cadet engineers, ”*‘*’°‘" ° "°' when appointed shall be under eivhteen years of ave and shall have a. • s> . <> 2 mT;s4, eh. 252, been employed at least two years m the actual fabrication of steam ma- 2} ?· *;__ 398 chinery, is hereby repealed. -°§,§Q;gsp(;t-Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the officers of the volunteer vo1u_¤reer naval naval service who are, or may be, transferred to the regular navy, or “”"‘“ “a“s‘ marine corps, shall be credited with the sea service performed by them as fBI“I'€(l to l`€gl.'ll3.\' · . navym mgm, volunteer officers, and shall receive all the benefits of such duty m the FOTPS f}> be cred- same manner as if they had been during such service in the regular navy
- °£S;$;;h°" or marine corps; and all marine officers shall be credited with the length
Marine ofdcei-s. of time they may have béen emédoyed as officers or enlisted men in the volunteer service of the nited tates. NSt<>{§<€<*p¤r M Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the storekeeper at the naval bfxato l;`;1(;ny’ academy shall hercafter be detailed from the paymasters’ corps of the natailed; vy, and he shall have authority, with the approval of the Secretary of the
glggrgor Navy, to procure clothing and other necessaries for the midslxipmen, in the
midShi{§, in€¤_' same manner as supplies are now furnished the navy, to be issued under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy. Summary Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the fourth section of the “Act ggulgzlfggggrs to provide a more efiicient discipline for the navy,” approved March ,mFPJ,0,,S 0; second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, be, and hereby is, so amended infcrrcr wings. that the authority therein given to the commander of any vessel in the %,iT;};_%;(Z}‘· plpvy to coinveneb snplnmary cou:;;;-rnart;erl,fsl12ill require ttl1e approve; of e procee mgs y e comman r-1n-c ne , w en presen in por , an , in his absence, that of the senior officer present, in all cases before oarrvinv S°“t°¤°°· the sentence into execution; and in all cases where the sentence involve; loss of pay, that part of such sentence shall be subject to the approval or disapproval of the Secretary of the Navy. Di¤¤bl¤d per- Sec. 6. And be itfuriher enacted, That, to carry out the provisions of the zggséavgg ;T1° eleventh section of the “Act For the better government of the navy of the listed persons in United States," approved July seventeen, eighteen hundred and sixty- g’:B“;‘(;_Y:’}g‘;”‘ two, directing the surplus income from the naval pension fund to “ be aptwcmy §,)€m.s, to plied to the making of further provision for the comfort of disabled offirecicivc frormnnag cers, seamen, and marines," there shall be paid out of said fund to every Kilfpsfimr gb person who, from age or iufirmity, is disabled from sea. service, but who mg when dis- has served as an enlisted person in the navy or marine corps for the ¤h;g§;d·ch 204 period of twenty years, and not been discharged for misconduct, in lieu of §u_ ’ ‘ ’bcing provided with a home in the naval asylum, Philadelphia, if he Vol. xii. p. 607. shall so elect, a sum equal to one half the pay of his rating at the time he w15)‘;";;*%cbY was discharged, to be paid to him quarterly, under the direction of the paid. commissioner of pensions ; and applications for such pension shall be mede to the Secretary of the Navy, who, upon being satisfied that the applicant comes within the provisions of this act, shall certify the same to the commissioner of pensions, and said certificate shall be his warrant for making payment as herein authorized. And provided further, That Su¤b_ persons any disabled person who has served in the navy or marine corps as an ”° “""“8 M enlisted man for a period not less than ten years, and not been disnot less than ten . . yggrg, gw, may charged for mxsconduct, may apply to the Secretary of the Navy for md tqrrzgygr fiid_ from the snrplus meome of the naval pension fund; and the Secretary of mms of QN;}"` the Navy IS autbornzed to convene a board of not less than three naval pension fund.
