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MISCELLANEOUS CIRCULARS, <fec.
REGULATIONS FOR OFFICERS ON RETIRED LIST
VOLUNTARILY RE-EMPLOYED IN PEACE
(Order-in-Council, 4th July, 1895.)
1. Retired Naval Officers, when voluntarily re-
employed will not count their service for increase of
retired pay, but will receive in addition to the full
pay and allowances of their rank on the retired list a
bonus of 15 per cent, for every pound of the full pay
of their rank (exclusive of allowances) earned by
them.*
2. Equipment allowances will be granted at the
following rates provided that no Officer receive any
allowance if he was retired within three years from
the date of his re-employment and that no allowance
be repeated to the same Officer within a period of
five years : —
£ s. d.
To all Officers below the rank of Lieutenant 9
To Lieutenants or Officers of corresponding
rank 12 10
To Commanders or Officers of correspond-
ing rank 14 10
To Captains or Officers of Corresponding
rank 16 10
3. These rules apply solely to Officers who may be
voluntarily re-employed in time of peace and do not
affect Officers who may be called into Active Service
in time of war or emergency
4. In the event of the death of an Officer re-
employed under these regulations, from causes
attributable to the service, pension and compassion-
ate allowance will be granted to his widow and
children on the special scale applicable to the rank
held by the Officer at the time of his death, irrespect-
ively of whether his marriage took place when on the
active or retired list, always subject to the operation
of the Commutation Acts of 1871 and 1882, under
which a proportionate reduction must be made in
the amounts of the pension or compassionate allow-
ances awarded to a widow married or children born
after the Officer has wholly or partiallv commuted
his retired pay.— (O.-in-C. 10th August, 1903 .
5. Commanders and Lieutenants employed as
Agents for Coaling.— See Order in Council 5th August
1*92 and subsequent Orders in Council.
6. Retired Officers employed as members of Com-
mittees, or on special duties under the Admiralty—
(see Article lAsi King's Regulations and Admiralty
Instructions)
* hi the canes of Officers who have commuted their retired pay, or who received Gratuities on discharge,
deduction- wilt be. mode from their full pay equal to the amount of retired pay commuted or to the annual
value of the Gratuity.
REGULATIONS FOR OFFICERS ON RESERVED OR RE-
TIRED LISTS WHEN CALLED OUT OR UNDER TRAINING.
(Orders-in-Council, 8th March, 1895, 12th November, 1900,
16th May, 1904, 5th March, 1910, and 5th July, 1911.)
1. Whenever His Majesty may be pleased by His
Order in Council, to call officers from the reserved
or retired lists into active service in case of war or
emergency, such officers shall be, in all respects,
entitled to the pay and emoluments of their corres-
ponding ranks on the active list, their retired pay
being suspended. Officers promoted on. or sub-
sequently i,o retirement, will receive the rate of Full
Pay of the higher rank, and • bose not po promoted
the rate they were receiving when last in receipt of
full pay.
2. Officers on the Retired or Pension Lists of the
Navy, when called out for service in time of war or
emergency will receive a bonus of twenty-five per
cent, for every pound of the full pay of their rank
earned by them, exclusive of allowances.
3. In the case of Officers who have commuted
their retired Day or who rece'ved gramities on dis
eharee, deductions will be made from their full pay
equal to ihe amount of retired pay commuted, or to
the annual value of the gratui'y.
4. In the cases of the recall to active service of
Lieutenants, Carpenter Lieutenants, or Engineer
Lieutenants, who were given such rank on being
pensioned from the List of Commissioned Warrant
Officers they will receive the rates of pay and allow-
ances of the rank last held by them on the Active
List, together with a bonus of 25 per cent, for every
pound of the full pay earned by them, exclusive of
allowances.
5. All steps in rank given on or after retirement
while conferring the title, uniform, and other advan
tages, of the higher rank, will not give the right of
command amongst naval officers which is always to
be governed by the date of commission in the rank
held on the active list at the date of retirement.
6. Officers called from the Reserved, Retired, or
Pension Lists during war or emergency may be dealt
with as regards promotion and honorary retired rank
under the regulations which are in force at the time
for Officers of the same class on the active list.
7. Allowances for Equipment to Officers on the
Reserved or Retired Lists if employed in case of
war or emergency - —
Flag Officers, Commodores and Officers of the £
same relative rank .. 60
Captains, Commanders, and Officers of the
same relative rank 50
Lieutenants, and Officers of the same relative
rank 40
Sub-lieutenants, and Officers of the same re-
lative rank 30
Warrant and Subordinate Officers 20
8. Retired Officers who may be selected to fill
appointments in time of emergeneywill undergo such
courses of instruction as may be necessary to qualify
them for the duties of the posts they will be required
to take up. While undergoing such courses they
will receive in lieu of their retired pay, the rate of
full pay 1 without command money), and allowances
of their corresponding ranks on the Active List,
unless the retired pay exceeds the full pay, in which
case they are to receive their retired pay. In the
cases of Officers who have commuted their retired
pay or who received gratuities on discharge, deduc-
tions will be made from their full pay equal to
the amount of retired pay commuted, orto the annua]
value of the gratuity. Such periods of training will
not reckon as time for increase of retired pay.
9. In the event of the death of an Officer re-
employed under these regulations, from causes
attributable to the service, pension and compassion-
ate allowances will be granted to his widow and
children on the special scale applicable to the rank
held by the Officer at the time of his death, irres-
pectively of whether his marriage took place when
on the active or retired list, always subject to the
operation of the Commutation Acts of 1871 and 1882,
under which a proportionate reduction must be
made in the amounts of the pension or compassion-
ate allowances awarded to a widow married or
children born after the Officer has wholly or partially
commuted his retired pay.— (O.-in-C, 10th August
1908.)