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Page 1037 - Reserve Corps, shall be ordered to active service by the Secretary of War shall, from the time he shall be required by the terms of his order to obey the same, be subject to the laws and regulations for the government of the Army of the United States In so far as they are applicable to officers whose permanent retention in the military service is not contemplated.
Page 425 - Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended in recruiting seamen, ordinary seamen, or apprentice seamen, unless in case of minors a certificate of birth or a verified written statement by the parents, or either of them, or in case of their death a verified written statement by the legal guardian, be first furnished to the recruiting officer, showing applicant to be of age, required by naval regulations, which...
Page 553 - That for the purpose of further increasing the naval establishment of the United States, the President is hereby authorized to have constructed by contract...
Page 1036 - Survey, and Fish Commission, shall be performed by the members of said corps, and the corps shall be permanently attached to the Medical Department of the Navy, and shall be included in the effective strength of the Navy and be counted...
Page 1031 - Corps proposed by this bill would encourage the most desirable hospital stewards to reenlist, and the authorization of the grade of chief pharmacist would give pharmacists the opportunity, now enjoyed by boatswains, gunners, carpenters, and warrant machinists, of promotion to the lowest commissioned grade. The Bureau is of the opinion that a Hospital Corps as nearly permanent in organization as can be obtained is needed for the proper care of the sick and injured of the Navy, and that the proposed...
Page 1036 - The title of warrant machinist is hereby changed to machinist; and all machinists shall, after six. years from date of warrant, be commissioned chief machinists, to rank with, but after, ensign, and shall, on promotion, have the same pay and allowances as are allowed chief boatswains, chief gunners, chief carpenters, and chief sailmakers...
Page 1036 - Secretary, and to enlist, or cause to be enlisted, as many hospital stewards, hospital apprentices (first class), and hospital apprentices as in his judgment may be necessary, and to limit or fix the number, and to make such regulations as may be required for their enlistment and government. Enlisted men...
Page 1076 - Stanton, for a series of astronomical observations in the southern hemisphere, for the purpose of a new determination of the parallax of the planets, and consequently of their distance from the sun, by simultaneous observations on the planets Venus and Mars, made at places situated...
Page 1037 - SEC. 6. That the pay of privates of the Hospital Corps shall be eighteen dollars per month, with the increase on account of length of service as is now or may hereafter be allowed by law to other enlisted men. They shall be entitled to the same allowances as a corporal of the arm of service with which they may be on duty.
Page 1036 - Navy shall consist of chief pharmacists, pharmacists, chief baymen, baymen, first class, baymen, second class, and baymen apprentices. Second, that the number of chief pharmacists and pharmacists on the active list shall not exceed 50 in all; the...