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ENTRY OF BOY ARTIFICERS.
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ENTRY OF BOYS (SEAMAN
CLASS).
GENERAL REGULATIONS FORTHE ENTRY
OF BOYS IN THE ROYAL NAVY.
Admiralty.
1. The age limits are at present 15J to 17 yoars.
2. Boys are only entered finally in the United
Kingdom, and by the following Officers :—
The Commodores of the Roya' Naval Barracks
Portsmouth, Chatham and Devonport,
Commanding Officers of Training Estab-
lishments.
8. Candidates are provisionally entered by
Officers of the 'Via tguard at any Coastguard Station
and by Recruiting Officers. Hoyal Na>yabd Koyal
Marines, at Loi dnn. hristol. Manchester, Newcastle,
Nottingham, Souttampton a' d Glasgow. They are
then sent on io the ne«rt,nt of the ships or establish-
ments referred to in paragraph 2, for ilnal ent:y.
4. Every candidate must satisfy the following con-
ditions :—
(a i He must be of good character.
(b> He must be of robust frame, intelligent, of per-
fectly sound and healthy constitution, free
from any physical defects or malformation,
and not subject to fits.
(c) He must be able (1) to read a short passage from
a Standard IV. Reading Book, or if not avail-
able, from a newspaper ; (2) to write a similar
passage of not more than six lines, slowly rtad
over and then dictated ; and (3) he must ha\e
a fair knowledge of ihe first four rules of arith-
metic.
(d) He must be within the prescribed age limits in
force at the time, (i'ee paragraph 1. )
This must be proved by the production of a certificate
of birth, or, when impossible to obtain a certificate, by
a declaration made before a magistrate by bis parent
or guardian.
(f) Every Boy under 17 years of age must obtain
the consent of his parent or guardian, or
nearest relative, to his entering the Navy and
engaging to serve until he shall have com-
pleted 12 years' continuous service from the
age of 18.
6. Candidates are not received from Prisons or
Reformatories.
8. Particulars can be obtained on application by
letter or otherwise to the Officers referred to in para
graphs 2 and 3, and papers containing information can
be obtained at any Post Office in the United Kingdom.
No Candidate will be accepted whoBe intelligence,
constitution, and physique are not exceptionally good.
The current standard of height and chest meaBure-
ment m\y be obtained on application to a Recruiting
Officer.
* Candidates from the London District are examined
on presenting themselves at the Admiralty Recruiting
Office, iO, Cockspur ateet, S.W.I.
ENTRY OF BOY ARTIFICERS.
REGULATIONS FOR THE ENTRY AND
TRAINING OF BOY ARTIFICERS IN HIS
MAJESTY'S NAVY.
Admiralty,
Nov., 1919.
ENTBY.
1. A limited number of Boy Artificers will be
entered annually in January and in July for training
for the rating of Engine Koom Artificer in the Royal
Navy. Candidates will be selected on the results of
examinations held annually in October for entry in
the following January (vitie paragraph 18i and In
April for entry in the following July (vide para-
graphs 6 and 16) Candidates must be the sons of
British born parents and must be between the ages
of 15 and 16 years on the —
*lst January for entry in January. *lst May for
entry in the July following.
2. Every Candidate entered must be In good health
and of sound constitution, and be free, as far as can
be ascertained, from any disease or defect that would
unfit him for the duties of an Artificer in the Royal
Navy. His hearing must be unimpaired, and he
must possess full normal vision as determined by
Snellen's tests, each eye being separately examined.
3. Candidates will be medically examined at the
Admiralty, 7, Whitehall Place, London, S.W.l, or at a
Naval Port or Establishment or Recruiting Office, or
on oneiof His Majesty's Ships, which will be selected
by the Admiralty as near as possible to their place of
residenco. All Candidates who at the time of their
Medical Examination cannot produce certificates to
the satisfaction of the Examining Officers that they
have been re-vaccinated, must be re-vaccinated before
they can be considered eligible for entry.
Consent of Parent on Entry.
4. A successful Candidate on entering as Boy
Artificer must produce the consont, in writing, of his
parent or guardian, or nearest relative, to his enter-
ing the Royal Navy and engaging to serve for 12
years' continuous service from the age of 18.
Systems oe Entby.
6. Candidates are admitted as follows:—
(a) By open competition ; or
(b) On the recommendation of certain Naval
Commanders-in-Chief, on account of Ser-
vice Claims ; or
(c) By competition, limited to candidates recom-
mended by Educational Authorities.
(a) Entry by Open Competition.
6. An open competitive examination is heldin April
each year (for entry in the July following), which is
conducted by the Civil Service Commissioners at the
same time and in the same manner as the examin-
ation for Dockyard Apprentices.
7. The vacancies for appointment as Apprentices
to the various trades in His Majesty's Dockyards
{vide the Regulations for Dockyard Apprentices) will
be partly filled by Candidates at this examination
who fail to obtain appointments as Boy Artificers,
provided they aro sufficiently high on the Examin-
ation List, and are eligiblo in all other respects. If
they wish to be considered Candidates for these
apprenticeships they must make the necessary
application before attending the examination. In the
manner provided by the Regulations for Dockyard
Apprentices.
8. The List of Candidates for appointments by open
competition is kept at the office of the Civil Service
Commissioners. All applications for the forms to be
filled up by persons who wish to compete must be
sent to the Secrotary, Civil Service Commission,
Burlington Gardens, London, W. 1, on or after the
1st January in each year, and care must be taken t hat
the Forms when filled up reach the Civil Service Com-
missioners on or before the 1st March following (or If
that date should fall upon a Sunday or public holi-
day, then on or before the first day thereafter, on
which their office is open), as no notice will be taken
of forms roceived after that date.
* A candidate born on let January or 1st May 1b eligible for entry only In the year In which the 15th
anniversary of his birth falls, and not In the year In which be attains the age of 18.