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WARRANTS, REGULATIONS,' ETC. 218
Victoria Cross — contd.
decoration shall be conferred on the native officers, non-cornniissioned officers and
men of Our Indian Army who may be qualified to receive the same, in accordance
with tbe rules and ordinances made, ordained and established for tbe government
thereof by the said recited Warrant, and We do by these Presents, for Us, Our Heirs
and Successors, ordain and appoint that it shall be competent for the native officers,
non-commissioned officers and men of Our Indian Army to obtain the said decoration
in the manner set forth in the rules and ordinances referred to, or in accordance with
any further rules and ordinances which may hereafter be made and promulgated by
Us, Our Heirs and Successors, for the government of the said decoration.
And We do further, for Us, our Heirs and Successors, ordain and appoint that
in place of the special pension conferred by the fourteenth rule of the said recited
Warrant, every native officer who shall have received the Cross shall from the date
of the act by which such decoration has been gained be entitled to a special pension
of five hundred and twenty-five rupees a )ear, and each additional bar conferred
under the fourth rule on such native officer shall carry with it an additional pension
of one hundred andfifty rupees a year. In the case of a warrant or non-commissioned
officer or soldier the special pension shall be one hundred and fifty rupees, with
seventy-five rupees additional for each additional bar. On the death of a recipient of
the Cross these pensions shall be continued to his widow until her death or re-marriage.
Given at Our Court at St. James's, this 21st day of October, in the second year
of Our Eeign, and in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and
eleven.
By His Majesty's Command,
HALDANE OF OLOAN.
THE STATUTES OF THE DISTINGUISHED
SERVICE ORDER.
VICTORIA R. I.
| 'VICTORIA, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, Empress of India, to all to whom
these presents shall come, Greeting.
Whereas We have taken into Our Royal consideration that the means of
adequately rewarding the distinguished services of officers in Our naval and military
services, who have been honourably mentioned in Despatches, are limited ; now for the
purpose of attaining an end so desirable as that of rewarding individual instances of
meritorious or distinguished service in war, We have instituted and created and by
these presents, for Us, Our heirs and successors, \o institute and create a new naval
and military order of distinction, to be designated as hereinafter described, which We
are desirous should be highly prized by the officers of Ournaval and military services,
and We are graciously pleased to make, ordain and establish the following rules and
ordinances for the government of tbe same, which shall henceforth be inviolably
observed and kept : —
Firstly. — It is ordained that this order shall henceforth be styied and designated
the " Distinguished Service Order."
Secondly. — It is ordained that the order shall consist of the Sovereign, and of
such members or companions as We, Our heirs or successors, shall appoint.
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