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PENSIONS TO RELATIVES OF OFFICERS.
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1'ENSLONS AND GRATUITIES TO THE RELATIVES OF OFFICERS.
1. Widows of Officers of the Royal Navy, and the
Royal Marines, may be allowed Pensions, and their
Children Compassionate Allowances, at the rates
specified in the attached table, and subject to the
following regulations :
2. All applications for Pensions, and for Compas-
sionate Allowances, must be addressed to the Secre
tary of the Admiralty lor the decision of the Board.
3. The Pensions of all Widows shall commence from
the day following that on which their husbands died,
provided application be made by the Widow within
Twelve Months from the same, otherwise from the
timo only of such application.
4. His Majesy's Orders in Council increasing rates
of Pension, or Compassionate Allowances, are not
retrospective in their operation, and only affect the
families of such officers as may be on the Active List
at the date of such Orders in Council, or subsequently
thereto.
5. If the claim of a Widow to Pension shall not be
established before her death, the amount of pension
to which she would have been entitled if living shall
not be allowed to her representatives.
6. The Pensions authorised by these Regulations
cannot be claimed as a Right:— they are granted as
rewards for good and faithful service rendered by de-
ceased Officers ; — they will only be conferred on per-
sons deserving the Public Bounty ;— the ordinary
Pension will not be granted to Widows whose private
incomes may exceed the confidential scale which may
from time to time be fixed by the Admiralty as the
limit for each Rank of Officer, — and the Pensions are
liable to be discontinued altogether, in case of any
misconduct rendering the individuals receiving them
unworthy of the Public Bounty.
The Widows of N aval Officers placed on permanent
Half Pay or on the Retired or Pension List, on or
after the 2nd August, 1910, on account of misconduct,
after having completed not less than 20 years count-
ing towards retirement or pension, may at the dis-
cretion of the Admiralty be granted pensions, pro-
vided that a deduction of not less than 10 per cent,
shall have been made from the Retired Pay or Pen-
sions to which, but for their misconduct, these
Officers would have been entitled. In such cases the
Widow's Pension will be reduced by half the percen-
tage by which the husband's Retired Payor Pension
has been reduced.
Widows of retired Officers, or others formerly in the
Royal Navy, having been allowed to resign their Com-
missions, who have been called out or have volun-
teered for service in case of war or emergency and
have lost their lives from causes attributable to the
Service, may be allowed pensions, and their Children
Compassionate Allowances on the special scale ap-
plicable to the rank held by the Officer at the time of
his death, notwithstanding that he may have married
whilst on the Retired List or after resignation of
his Commission, and subject to the provisions of the
Commutation Acts of 1871 and 1882.
7. A Widow shall not be eligible to be placed on the
Pension List under any of the_following circum-
stances :—
i. If her husband married after the age of 60 years,
except Commissioned Warrant Officers, and Warrant
Officers pensioned before 1st October, 1875, in whose
case the limit of age is 50.
ii. If her husband, being capable of service, had, at
his own solicitation, been excused from serving, when
called upon, provided that he was officially warned
that his Widow would thereby forfeit the Pension.
iii. If her husband had been guilty of any fraudu-
lent misapplication of tho public money.
iv. If her husband had been guilty of Bigamy ; or i f
she had been living at the time of her husband'n
death in a disreputable stato of separation.
v. If her husband died in the service of a Foreign
state, unless serving with the permission of the
Admiralty.
vi. If she had not been married Twelve Mouths to
the Officer by whose right she claims the Pension,
unless the said Officer was killed or drowned in an
immediate act of duty. The Admiralty may. h ->wever.
grant the Pension in cases of Officers dying before
the expiration of Twelve Months from the time of
their marriage, but only if satisfactory evidence is
produced to show that the marriage did not take
place under any circumstances which would imply
that there was any fraud in the transaction, or any
improper intention of obtaining the Pension for the
Widow and provided it be clearly shewn that the
Officer was in good health when he married, and that
the disease which occasioned his death was not
brought on by any misconduct, or by any circum-
stances over which he had control.
vii. If she shall receive any other Pension, Pro-
vision, or Allowance from the Government on account
of her husband's services in a Naval or Military
capacity ; but Widows in receipt of Pensions from
the Civil List are not deprived of their Naval Pensions
on account thereof, and Widows who, in consequence
of second marriage, may be eligible for either a Navy
or an Army Tension, may elect to receive that which
is most advantageous to them.
viii. If her private income exceeds the confidential
scale fixed by the Admiralty as the limit for the rank
last held by her husband ; observing that the Widows
of Commanders retired with the rank of Captain,
Lieutenant Commandei s or Lieutenants retired with
the rank of Commander, and so on, may enjoy the
private income applicable to the higher rank without
forfeiting their Pensions thereby.
ix. If the marriage took place subsequent to the
Officer commuting his Retired Pay, or if the Officer,
after having commuted, removed his name from the
List of the Navy, although the marriage may have
taken place before such commutation.
Note. — Widows of Officers married after partial
commutation will only be granted a proportion of the
pension for which they would otherwise have been
eligible.
x. If marriage took place after the Officer Was
removed from the Active List. This regulation to
be only applicable to Officers who retired after loth
November 1886, and is not to apply to Widows of
Retired Officers or others called out or volunteering
in case of war or emergency, who lose their lives from
causes attributable to the Service.
xi. If her husband, being a Medical Officer, should
retire or withdraw upon a gratuity.
s. The pensions of Widows whose private incomes
may, after their pensions have been awarded, in-
crease beyond the limit fixed from time to time by
the Admiralty for the rank last held by their hus-
bands, shall be suspended as long as their private
incomes exceed such limit ; but may be restored
again in the event of their private incomes decreas-
ing within the limit
9. The Widows of Commissioned Officers (except
Chaplains) who shall have married after the loth
November 1886, are only entitled to the Pensions of
their respective classes, in the event of their hus-
bands having 10 complete years' seniority as Com-
missioned Officers on the Active List, except the
Husband be killed in action, or lose his life in the
execution of his duty. If, however, the Officer had
five years' seniority on the Active List, was in good
health when he married, and it be clearly shewn that
the disease which occasioned his death was not
brought on by any misconduct, or by any circum-
stances over which the Officer himself had control,
the Admiralty may award Pensions in such cases as
they think proper.
The restrictions as to service as Commissioned
Officer on the Active List will not apply to:— (a)
Officers retired before the 10th November 1886, such i
Officers being allowed to count their time as Com-
missioned Officers on the Active, Reserved, or Re-
tired Lists as qualifying for eligibility for pension
to their widows.
(6) Lieutenants, Engineer Lieutenants and Carpen"
ter Lieutenants promoted to that rank from Com'
missioned Warrant Officers nr Warrant Officers.