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WARRANTS, REGULATIONS, ETC. 2184
Victoria Cross — eontd.
Seventhly. — It is ordained that the decoration may be conferred on the, spot
where the act to be rewarded by the grant of such decoration has been performed,
under the following circumstances : —
I. When the fleet or army, in which such act has been performed, is ■ under the
eye and command of an admiral or .general officer commanding the forces. , ,
II. Where the naval or military force is under the eye and command of aL
admiral or commodore commanding a squadron or detached naval fprce, or.,
of a general commanding a corps, or division or brigade on a distinct and,
detached service, when such admiral, commodore, or general officer shall
have the power of conferring the decoration on the spot, subject to con,-,
firmation by Us.
Eighthly. — It is ordained, where such act shall not have been performed JH sight .
of a Commanding officer as aforesaid, then the claimant for the honour shall prove the
act to the satisfaction of the captain, or officer commanding his ship, or to the officer,
commanding the regiment to which the claimant belongs, and such captain or such
commanding officer shall report the same through the usual channel to the admiral or
commodore commanding the force employed on the service, or to the officer com-
manding the forces in the field, who shall call for such description and attestation of
the act as he may think requisite, and on approval shall recommend the grant of the
decoration.
Ninthly. — It is ordained that every person selected for the Cross, under Rule
Seven, shall be publicly decorated before the naval or military force or body to which
he belongs, and with which the act of bravery for which he is to be rewarded shall
have bo en performed, and his name shall be recorded in a General Order, together
with the cause of his especial distinction.
Tenthly. — It is ordained that every person selected under Rule Eight shall receive
his decoration as soon as possible, and his name shall likewise appear in a General
Order as above required, such General Order to be issued by the naval or military
commander of the forces employed on the service.
Eleventhly. — It is ordained that the General Orders above referred to shall from
time to time be transmitted to Our Secretary of State for War, to be laid before Us,
and shall be by him registered.
Twelfthly. — It is ordained that as cases may arise not falling within the rules
above specified, or in which a claim, though well founded, may not have been
established on the spot, We will, on the joint submission of Our Secretary of State
for War, and of Our commander-in-chief of Our army, or on that of Our Lord High
Admiral or Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty in the case of the navy, confer the
decoration, but never without conclusive proof of the performance of the act of
bravery for which the claim is made.
Thirteeuthly. — It is ordained that, in the event of a gallant and daring act having
been performed by a squadron, ship's company, a detached body of seamen and marines,
not under fifty in number, or by a brigade, regiment, troop, or company, in which the
admiral, general, or other officer commanding such forces, may deem that all are
equally brave and distinguished, and that no special selection can be made by them,
then in such case the admiral, general, or other officer commanding may direct that
for any such body of seamen and marines, or for every troop or company of soldiers,
one officer shall be selected by the officers engaged for the decoration; and in like
manner one petty officer or non-commissioned officer shall be selected by the petty
officers and non-commissioned officers engaged ; and two seamen or private soldiers or
marines shall be selected by the seamen, or private soldiers, or marines engaged
respectively for the decoration ; and the names of those selected shall be transmitted
by the senior offioer in command of the naval force, brigade, regiment, troop, or
company, to the admiral or general officer commanding, who shall in due manner
confer the decoration as if the acts were done under his own eye.
Fourteenthly. — It is ordained that every warrant officer, petty officer, seaman,
or marine, or non-commissioned officer or soldier, who shall have received the Cross,
shall, from the date of the act by which the decoration has been gained, be entitled to
a special pension of Ten Pounds a year, and each additional Bar conferred under Rule