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IKTBY OF BOY ARTIFICERS.
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9. Evidence of age and character will not be
required before examination, but successful candi-
dates will not be eligible for appointment unless they
satisfy the Admiralty on these points.
10. Successful Candidates will be required to pass
a Medical Examination as soon as possible after the
result of the Competitive examination is known.
11. The Examination held by the Civil Service
Commissioners takes place in London, Edinburgh,
and Glasgow, as well as at the several Dockyards, in
the month of April in each year. The exact date may
be ascertained by application to the Secretary, Civil
Service Commission, Burlington Gardens, London,
W. 1, on or after the 1st January in each year. A fee
of 2s. 6(i. will be required from each Candidate
attending the examination.
(&) Candidates with Service Claims.
15. A limited number of Candidates, not exceeding
20 annually, will be entered in July after passing a
qualifying examination in April in the subjects laid
down for competitive Candidates. Candidates will
be nominated by the Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty from the list of Candidates recommended
by the Admirals commanding the Home Ports
(including Queenstown) and Fleets, and Stations
abroad, the Admiral Commanding Coast Guard and
Reserves and the Adjutant General, Royal Marines.
16. These Candidates will be selected from the sons
of Commissioned Oflicers, Warrant Officers, Chief
Petty Officers, Petty Officers (N.S.) and 1st Class
Petty Officers (O.S.) of the Royal Navj'; Warrant
Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers, of or above
the rank of Sergeant, of the Royal Marines ; Estab
lished Writers of the Civil Establishments;
Drauchtsrnen and skilled Artisans of the Dockyards,
not below the rank of Chargeman.
17. Parents, if serving, should apply for a recommen
datlon for an appointment for their sons, through
the Captain of their Ship, who will transmit the
request to the Commander-in-Chief of the Station;
or, if not serving, they should apply to the Com-
mander-in-Chief at the nearest Home Port. Royal
Marines, if not serving afloat, should apply to the
Adjutant-General, Royal Marines. All applications
should be made in good time for consideration, in
order that the necessary particulars of the Candi-
dates recommended may reach the Admiralty by the
1st February.
In all cases a full statement of the father's services
must be given.
In exceptional circumstances men holding the
ranhs mentioned in par. 16 may apply for a recom-
mendation for boys to whom they stand in the p si-
tlcn of guardian. Before forwardino' any such
recommendation the COmmander-ln-Chlef should
obtain Independent and satisfactory evidence that
the boy has been brought up by his guardian for 6
years or more. This evidence should be forwarded
with the recommendation.
(c) Candidates recommended by Educational
Authorities,
18. A limited number of Candidates willbe entered
In January each year from a list of boys recommended
on account of their educational attainments and
general suitability by certain Educational Authori-
ties throughout the United Kingdom, provided they
are found physically fit for entry into the Royal Navy.
A lls't of the Authorities allowed to recommend
Candidates may be obtained from the Secretary of
the Admiralty, Whitehall, London, S.W. 1.
Candidates are expected to have educational at-
tainments at least equal to those of boys who enter
by open competition. They should have spent at
least one year in a School providing education of a
Secondary or Higher Grade Elementary type: but
if in any case an Educational Authority is fully
satisfied that the candidate, although he may not
satisfy the above condition, has the necessary
educational attainments as a result of attendance
at an Evening Continuation School offering higher
instruction, or otherwise, special application maybe
made to the Admiralty for this condition to be
waived.
Recommendations must reach the Admiralty not
later than 1st October each year, and no recommend-
ation received afterthat date will be considered.
19. These Candidates will be required to undergo
an examination which will be held locally on the
third Tuesday in October each year. The examina-
tion papers « ill be set by the Admiralty, and will be
the same for all Candidates, the arrangements for
liolding the examination being made by the Educa-
tional Authorities concerned.
Conditions of Sekvicb fndbb TEAmiNa.
20. On entry. Boy Artiiicers will be provided with a
free outfit, and will be placed on the books of the
Mechanical Training Establishment at Port.smouth
or Devonport, where they will be attached for train
ing. During their training Boy Artificers will be
berthed and victualled in these Establishments, and
will be subject in all respects to Naval Discipline.
Under certain conditions, and at the request of their
parents or guardians living in the immediate neigh-
bourhood, Boy Artificers will be allowed leave to stay
at their homes on alternate Saturdays and Sundays.
To Boys proceeding on leave, return tickets, cover-
ing the period of leave, are issued at reduced fares
by the railway authorities.
Allotment of Trades.
21. On compleii n of three months' training. Boy
Artificers are allotted to one of the three following
trades :(1) Fitter and Turner (2)Boilermaker and Smith
(combined) ; (3) Coppersmith and moulder (combined).
The number to be trained in each trade depends upon
the requirements of H.M. Service.
EcnOATION AND TRAINING.
2^. The duration of the Training will be about four
and a half years. During this period the boys undergo
a course of general and technical education, in addition
to workshop training. Boy Artificers who fail to make
satisfactory progrese or are guilty of persistent mis-
conduct, may be discharged at any time.
Part I.
28 During the first two years they will receive
instruction in Practical Mathematics, English, Ele-
mentary Science, Heat. &o., in which subjects they
will be examined at the end of the second year.
Those who qualify in this examination will then be
permitted to take the second part of the course.
Part II.
will comprise Applied Mechanics, Workshop Appliances,
Electricity, Marine Engines and Boilers, and Mechani-
cal Drawing
At tht! end of their course of training an examination
willbe held as to their fitness as workmen, and in
the subjects of the Second Part of the Course.
24. Boy Artificers who fail to pass in either Part I.
or Part II. will be discharged as a rule, unless special
circumstances should justify their retention, when
they will be re-examined after a further period of
training.
26. Those who qualify will bo rated Engine-Room
Artificers 6th Cla^s, and sent to seagoing ships for a
period of practical sea experience.
28. On completion of this training, they may be rated
Acting Engine-Room Artificers 4th Class, if recom-
mended by the Engineer Officer and approved by the
Captain of their Ship, after which they will follow on
t^e lines of other Engine-Boom Artificers of the
Royal Navy, as laid down in the King's Regulations.
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27. The following are the daily rates of pay allowed to
lioy Artificers, each rate being for seven days a week:—
First year - . 6d.
Second year 7<i.
Third year sd.
Over three years 9d'.
The advancement from one rate of pay to the next
above will be dependent on Good Conduct and Ability.
On being rated :—
Engine-Room Artificer, 5th Class . . 3s. Od.
Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class 59. 6d.
The pay and prospects of Engine-room Artificers, 4th
Class, entered under this system, will be the same as
for Engine Room Artificers entered direct from the
bhore.
Further details respecting the entry and training of
Boy Artificers in the Royal Navy are given in the
special regiilaticjns, published separately, which may be
obtained on application to fche 8«cretars to th&
Admiralty, "WliitebaUu laondon, 8..W. l.