Coast Guard Warrant Officers: Hearings ... Seventy-third Congress, Second Session ...

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Page 17 - ... the Coast 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 17 - Act declared the Coast Guard a part of the military forces of the United States, a naval element.
Page 1 - Commissioned warrant officers on the active list with creditable records shall, after six years' commissioned service, receive the pay of the second period, and after twelve years' commissioned service, receive the pay of the third period: Provided. That a commissioned warrant officer promoted from the grade of warrant officer shall suffer no reduction of pay by reason of such promotion. Army field clerks and field clerks, Quartermaster Corps, shall have the allowances for subsistence and rental...
Page 17 - While the question of national defense now more than ever before is brought into prominence, it is well to consider the advantages of tlie Coast Guard from a strictly military standpoint. "The added efficiency which wil be given to the Life Saving Service under the terms of this bill will make available in the Coast Guard, for immediate service in connection with the defense of our seacoasts, a corps of approximately 4,100 trained...

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