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RETIRED PAY OF THE ROYAL NAVY. 2273
MAJOES, R.M.— HALF PAY LIST FOR.
(Order in Council of 6th Feb., 1917.)
A Half Pay list for Majors, R.M., has been established under the following conditions: —
" 1. The following may be specially selected for promotion to the rank of
Lieutenant-Colonel on half-pay, such promotion being a reward for good and dis-
tinguished service only : —
(a) Majors, on attaining the age for compulsory retirement.
(b) Majors, after two years' service as such, within such limits as may belaid dawn by
the Admiralty.
" 2. Majors so promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel on the Half-Pay List
shall not be absorbed in the Establishment of Lieutenant-Colonels unless in exceptional
cases for the ben -fit of the Service, and, except in such exceptional cases, they shall not
be eligible for promotion or retired pay under the Regulations applicable to those on the
Establishment.
".3. They will receive Half-Pay at the rate of lis. 8d. per day whilst unemployed,
and when employed they will receive either the pay and allowances ot a Lieutenant-
Colonel or the consolidated pay of the appointment thev hold.
" 4. They will be retained on the Half- Pay List until they attain the age of 54, when
tliey will be compulsorily retired.
"r>. They may be permitted to retire at any age a(: the discretion of the Admiralty.
'' 6. Retired Pay will be at the minimum rate of £300 per year at 48 years of age or
on completion of seven years as substantive Major, with an addition of «2J per year for
each year of employment as a Lieutenant Colonel. The maximum Retired Vay wll not
exceed £450 per year."
RFFKCT OF LOSS OF SENIORITY BY SENTENCE OF COURT-MABT(AL.
The sentence of a Court-Martial, placing an officer at the bottom of the list of bis rank
Involves the loss of previous time" of service in that rank; so also, when the sentence of a
Court-Martial takes away any seniority from an Officer, it thereby affects his Full, Half, and
Retired I'ay and gratuity iu oases where the s.ame depend upon seniority ; and it carries
witli it the loss of the benefit of the service, included in the seniority forfeited, in cases
where the Full, Half, and Retired Pay and gratuity, depend upon actual service.
t HALF AND RETIRED PAY DECLARATIONS.
Required from Officers of the Royal Navy and Marines claiming Half-pay and Retired-pay
personally or by Agent.
NAVY. Half-pay.
Establishment No. No. of Voucher.
'Christian Names are to be Inserted In lull. The Declaration Is to be executed on or after the 3l8t Marcb,
30th ,Iuue, 30th September, and 31st December.
I,* a in the Royal Navy, do solemnly and sincerely declare that 1
am entitled to Half-pay at the rate of per diem, from the to the
19 , that I have not accepted any employment disqualifying me for return to Full Pay in my
proper rank when railed upon, and that during any pari :>f that period I have not held any
other Place or Employment of Profit, Civil or Military, in any Department of His Majesty's
Service, nor in the Colonies or Possessions of His Majesty beyond the Seas, nor under any
other Government except (a) from which an abatement of £
has been made.
Declared and subscribed before me, at
this day of 19
The person authorised to attest ^
[see backl to sign hero, and I
describe fully the capacity in >
which he acts, giving his Orticlal I
Address, or Place of Business. J
The Claimant to sign 1
bis Name here. /
Near the Post Town ol
In the County of
(a) Describe the Employment, the date of its commencement, and the Annual Salary and Bmolnmenti
thereof. If an abatement is made Irom the Salary and Emoluments, the amount per annmn or tha
percentage is to be stated.
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