Sec. 1403.

ACT MARCH 3, 1899, c. 413, § 10.

Naval constructors and assistant naval constructors; rank, promotion, and number.

The number of naval constructors and assistant naval constructors is increased to 75 by a provision of Act March 3, 1903, c. 1010, set forth above.

Sec. 1405.

Warrant officers, number and appointment of.

The appointment of twelve ensigns, in each calendar year, from the boatswains, gunners, and warrant machinists of the Navy, is authorized by a provision of Act March 3, 1903, c. 1010, set forth above.

Sec. 1413.

Civil engineers and storekeepers at navy-yards.

Besides the 21 civil engineers authorized by Act March 3, 1899, c. 413, § 7, Comp. St. 1901, p. 983, 6 additional are authorized by a provision of Act July 1, 1902, c. 1368, and 1 additional civil engineer, in all 28, and 12 assistant civil engineers are authorized by a provision of Act March 3, 1903, c. 1010, set forth above.

Sec. 1417.

Elisted men, number of.

Besides the increase in the number of enlisted men in the Navy authorized by provisions of a permanent nature, set forth following this section in Comp. St. 1901, pp. 1006, 1007, the annual appropriation acts provide for a greater number in each year. The appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, was for 25,500 men and 2,500 apprentices, Act July 1, 1902, c. 1368, 32 Stat. 662, and 3,000 additional men are authorized by a provision of the similar act for the next following year, set forth below.

ACT MARCH 3, 1903, c. 1010.

Additional enlisted men.

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Pay of the Navy. Pay of petty officers, seamen, landsmen, and apprentices, including men in the engineers' force, and men detailed for duty with Naval Militia, and for the Fish Commission, twenty-eight thousand five hundred men, the three thousand additional men herein authorized may be recruited upon the passage of this act, and two thousand five hundred apprentices under training at training stations and on board training ships, at the pay prescribed by law,

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Act March 3, 1903, c. 1010, 32 Stat. 1177.

This is a provision of the Navy appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, cited above. The authority to recruit the additional men provided for may be regarded as giving permanent operation to the provision.

ACT AUG. 5, 1882, c. 391, § 1.

Title and appointment of naval cadets.

The title "naval cadet" is changed to "midshipman," by a provision of Act July 1, 1902, c. 1368, set forth below.

The number of midshipmen is increased, and further provisions are made relating to their appointment, admission, etc., by provisions of Act July 1, 1902, c. 1368, and Act March 3, 1903, c. 1010, set forth below.

ACT JULY 1, 1902, c. 1368.

Title "naval cadet" changed to "midshipman"; additional midshipmen. The title "naval cadet" is hereby changed to "midshipman."

That until the year nineteen hundred and fourteen, in addition to the naval cadets now authorized by law (the title having been changed by this Act to midshipmen), the President shall appoint five midshipmen, and there shall be appointed from the States at large, upon the recommendation of Senators, two midshipmen for each State.

Act July 1, 1902, c. 1368, 32 Stat. 686.

These are provisions of the Navy appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, cited above. Further provisions for the appointment of additional midshipmen for a limited period, contained in the similar act for the year next following, are set forth below.

ACT MARCH 3, 1903, c. 1010.

Additional midshipmen; appointment; hazing; midshipman from Porto Rico; ages of candidates for admission.

There shall be allowed at the Naval Academy two midshipmen for each Senator, Representative, and Delegate in Congress, two for the District of Columbia, and five each year at large: Provided, That the additional Congressional appointments authorized by this Act shall be made at such times as may be determined by the Secretary of the Navy, who shall equitably distribute the increase among the several States, Districts, and Territories, so that ultimately, if practicable, each Senator, Representative, and Delegate may recommend for appointment during each Congress one midshipman. Provided further, That members of the Fifty-seventh Congress who will not be members of the Fifty-eighth Congress, and in whose Districts or States appointments have not been made or vacancies filled in the Fifty-seventh Congress, may immediately upon the passage of this Act make the additional appointments herein provided for.

The Secretary of the Navy shall as soon as practicable after the fifth day of March in each year notify in writing each Senator, Representative, and Delegate in Congress of any vacancy which may be. regarded as existing in the State, District, or Territory which he rep

resents, and the nomination of a candidate to fill such vacancy shall be made upon the recommendation of the Senator, Representative, or Delegate. Such recommendation shall be made by the first day of June of that year, and if not so made the Secretary of the Navy shall fill the vacancy by the appointment of an actual resident of the State, District, or Territory in which the vacancy exists, who shall have been for at least two years immediately preceding his appointment an actual bona fide resident of the State, District, or Territory in which the vacancy exists and shall have the qualifications otherwise prescribed by law: And provided further, That the Superintendent of the Naval Academy shall make such rules, to be approved by the Secretary of the Navy, as will effectually prevent the practice of hazing; and any cadet found guilty of participating in or encouraging or countenancing such practice shall be summarily expelled from the Academy, and shall not thereafter be reappointed to the Corps of Cadets or be eligible for appointment as a commissioned officer in the Army or Navy or Marine Corps until two years after the graduation of the class of which he was a member.

That the provisions of this Act for the increase of appointments of midshipmen to the Naval Academy shall continue in force until the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred and thirteen; and thereafter one midshipman, as now provided by law, shall be appointed for each Senator, Representative, and Delegate in Congress.

That hereafter there shall be at the Naval Academy one midshipman from Porto Rico, who shall be a native of said island, and whose appointment shall be made by the President on the recommendation of the governor of Porto Rico.

That after January first, nineteen hundred and four, all candidates for admission to the Naval Academy at the time of their examination must be between the ages of sixteen and twenty years.

Act March 3, 1903, c. 1010, 32 Stat. 1197.

These are provisions of the Navy appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, cited above. Previous provisions as to the number of naval cadets, now designated midshipmen, were contained in Rev. St. § 1513, Comp. St. p. 1043, and in the Navy appropriation act for the preceding year, set forth above.

Previous provisions for the nomination of candidates to fill vacancies in the Academy, similar to some extent to those of this section, are contained in Rev. St. § 1514, Comp. St. 1901, p. 1043.

Previous provisions as to the ages of candidates for admission, and other qualifications required, are contained in Rev. St. § 1517, and Act March 2, 1889, c. 396, § 2, set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 1044.

Previous provisions for the prevention and punishment of hazing at the Academy are contained in Act June 23, 1874, c. 453, set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 1045.

Sec. 1513.

Number of [naval cadets].

Additional appointments of midshipmen for a limited period are authorized by provisions of Act July 1, 1902, c. 1368, and Act March 3, 1903. c. 1010, set forth above.

Sec. 1514.

Nomination of candidates.

Similar provisions for the nomination of candidates by Senators as well as Representatives and Delegates in Congress, to fill vacancies in the Academy, and requiring the recommendation to be made by the 1st day of June, instead of the 1st day of July, as required by this section, are contained in Act March 3, 1903, c. 1010, set forth above, and to that extent may be regarded as superseding the provisions of this section.

Sec. 1517.

Qualifications.

Candidates for admission to the Academy are required to be, at the time of examination, between the ages of 16 and 20 years, by a provision of Act March 3, 1903, c. 1010, set forth above.

ACT MARCH 2, 1889, c. 396, § 2.

[Superseded. Act March 3, 1903, c. 1010.]

The provision of this act fixing the minimum and maximum age of admission of cadets to the Academy, set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 1044, is superseded by the requirement that candidates for admission, after January 1, 1904, shall be between the ages of 16 and 20 years, contained in Act March 3, 1903, c. 1010, set forth above.

Sec. 1519.

ACT JUNE 23, 1874, c. 453.

Hazing.

The making of rules to prevent hazing at the Academy, and the expulsion of any cadet found guilty of participating, etc., therein, are required by a provision of Act March 3, 1903, c. 1010, set forth above.

CHAPTER SIX.

Vessels and Navy-Yards [and Naval Stations]. Sec. 1538.

Repairs on hull and spars.

The provision of the recent appropriation acts, mentioned in the note under this section in Comp. St. 1901, p. 1057, limiting the amount to be applied to repairs of any wooden ship to ten per cent. of the estimated cost of a new ship, is repeated in the Navy appropriation acts for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1903, and June 30, 1904, Act July 1, 1902, c. 1368, 32 Stat. 682, and Act March 3, 1903, c. 1010, 32 Stat. 1193.

Sec. 1546.

ACT AUG. 7, 1882, c. 433, § 1.

Naval training station; establishment.

Provisions for the selection of a site on the Great Lakes for an ad

ditional naval training station are contained in the Navy appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, Act July 1, 1902, c. 1368, 32 Stat. 665.

Sec. 1556.

General rule.

CHAPTER EIGHT.

Pay, Emoluments, and Allowances.

Payments to civilian employés appointed by the Navy Department at naval stations in the island possessions, until specific appropriation is made for their pay, is authorized by a provision of Act July 1, 1902, c. 1368, set forth below.

The official salary of naval officers appointed or employed under the Isthmian Canal Act, Act June 28, 1902, c. 1302, set forth post, under Title LXIII, "Rivers and Harbors," subchapter "Isthmian Canal," is required to be deducted from the salary or compensation authorized by said act by section 7 thereof.

ACT JULY 1, 1902, c. 1368.

Civilian employés at naval stations in island possessions.

* * That the accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized and directed to allow, in the settlement of the accounts of disbursing officers involved, payments made under the appropriation "Emergency fund" to civilian employees appointed by the Navy Department for duty in and serving at naval stations maintained in the island possessions during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, and until such time as Congress shall make specific appropriation for the pay of such employees.

Act July 1, 1902, c. 1368, 32 Stat. 663.

This is a proviso annexed to the appropriation, under the heading "Emergency Fund," in the Navy appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, cited above.

A further provision of the same act, relating to travel pay of such civilian employés, is set forth below.

Sec. 1566.

ACT MARCH 3, 1901, c. 852.

Expenses for travel repeated between two or more places.

The provision of this act set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 1078, is repeated in the similar appropriation act for the year next following, with the addition of the word "hereafter," as set forth below.

ACT JULY 1, 1902, c. 1368.

Expenses for travel repeated between two or more places.

* * That hereafter in cases where orders are given to officers of the Navy or Marine Corps for travel to be performed repeatedly between two or more places in such vicinity as in the discretion of the