The Coast Guard: Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the House of Representatives, Sixty-fifth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 6979. April 18, 1918U.S. Government Printing Office, 1918 - 34 pages |
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$12 per room 45 cents additional grade age limit appointed Army and Navy base pay battalions BERTHOLF Capt CHAIRMAN chief engineers chief petty officer civilian instructor clothing allowance Coast Guard Academy Coast Guard act Coast Guard officers Coast Guard Service commissioned officers constructor for engineering corresponding grades cost court court-martial cutters DEWALT DOREMUS entitled ESCH expense give Government grade of service grade or rating HAMILTON honorable discharge increased James Jones Jersey longevity pay matter midshipmen months Naval Academy Naval Committee Navy Department necessary number of cadets officers and enlisted old Life-Saving Service operating original enlistment outfit PARKER pay and allowances peace practically present President promotion rate of pay received an honorable reenlistment regulations Revenue-Cutter Service second class second lieutenant Secretary section 9 sentence serve ship shore duty statute STINESS surfman take rank term of enlistment THETUS W third lieutenant United vessels warrant officers
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Page 33 - Guard, which shall constitute a part of the military forces of the United States and which shall operate under the Treasury Department in time of peace and operate as a part of the Navy, subject to the orders of the Secretary of the Navy, in time of war or when the President shall so direct.
Page 13 - That hereafter no officer or enlisted man in active service who shall be absent from duty on account of disease resulting from his own intemperate use of drugs or alcoholic liquors or other misconduct shall receive pay for the period of such absence, the time so absent and the cause thereof to be ascertained under such procedure and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War...
Page 5 - ... warrant officers, petty officers, and other enlisted men, all of said offices, respectively, corresponding to the present offices of the Revenue-Cutter Service, which are transferred to the Coast Guard, and all the present incumbents, officers, and enlisted men, are also transferred to corresponding positions in the Coast Guard ; a general superintendent, assistant general superintendent, district superintendents, keepers, and surfmen, which offices and positions shall!
Page 15 - Secretary of the Treasury, may be commissioned a constructor for engineering duty in said Service with the rank, pav, and emoluments now provided by law for a chief engineer: Provided, That the vacancy created in the list of chief engineers by such transfer shall not be filled by promotion or otherwise, but the number of chief engineers now authorized by law shall be reduced...
Page 33 - The Coast Guard shall constitute a part of the military forces of the United States and shall operate under the Treasury Department in time of peace and operate as a part of the Navy, subject to the orders of the Secretary of the Navy, in time of war or when the President shall so direct.
Page 6 - ... PERSONAL SERVICES Mr. WIGGLESWORTH. It seems to me you have a pretty substantial staff of 164 people, particularly if you are doing much of the work on a contract basis. Mr. JAMIESON. A few of the pamphlets are prepared on a contract basis, but by far the bulk of the work is done by regular staff members. In this connection I would like to point out that there is a fairly substantial reduction in the staff. Mr. WIGGLESWORTH. How much is it? You are reducing by 19 men? Mr. HISLE. On a permanent...
Page 14 - That an enlistment shall not be regarded as complete until the enlisted man shall have made good any time in excess of one day lost on account of sickness or disease resulting from his own Intemperate use of drugs or alcoholic liquors, or other misconduct.
Page 15 - Treasury, may be commissioned a constructor for engineering duty in said service with the rank, pav, and emoluments now provided by law for a chief engineer: Provided, That the vacancy created in the list of chief engineers by such transfer shall not be filled by promotion or otherwise, but the number of chief engineers now authorized by law shall be reduced by one, and that no additional expense shall be incurred by reason of commissioning such chief engineer a constructor.
Page 17 - May 26, 1906, authorizes the Secretary to fix and determine enlistments in the Coast Guard for a period of not to exceed three years. Under that authority the Secretary has fixed the enlistment in the Coast Guard for a term of one year. Section 11 of the act of 1908, April 16, provides: That an enlisted man upon his first entering the Revenue-Cutter Service (Coast Guard) shall have credited to his account the sum of $45, upon each subsequent enlistment the sum of $20 for uniform clothing, and such...
Page 30 - ... service on an equality with the Army and Navy service, strictly speaking, so far as the pension and retirement pay is concerned ? Capt. BERTHOLF. Not altogether. Mr. DEWALT. Is there a distinction in your favor or against you? Capt. BERTHOLF. Against us. Mr. DEWALT. In what regard ? Capt. BERTHOLF. We have the same pay as the corresponding grades of the Army. The Navy gets the same base pay, but a naval officer on sea duty gets 10 per cent in addition. Our officers are now serving on naval ships...