Note.—From and after July 1, 1870, the spirit ration is totally abolished, and in lieu thereof the navy ration, under the appropriation of provisions for the navy, is 30 cents per day.
No officer on the retired list of the navy shall be employed on active duty except in time of war; and those officers on the retired list, and those hereafter retired, who were, or who may be, retired after 40 years' service, or on attaining the age of 62 years, in conformity with section 1 of the act of December, 1861, and its amendments dated June 25, 1864, or those who were or may be retired from incapacity resulting from long and faithful service, from wounds or injuries received in the the of duty, from sickness or exposure therein, shall, after the passage of this act, be entitled to 75 per centum of the present sea pay of the grade or rank which they held at the time of their retirement. The rear-admirals provided for in the act of June 5, 1872, shall be considered as having been retired as rear-admirals. [Act 3d March, 1873.]
CLASSIFICATION AND PAY OF PETTY OFFICERS, ENLISTED MEN, ETC. Chief Petty Officers
Seaman Branch Monthly Pay
|Chief Masters-at-Arms||$65 |Chief Boatswains' Mates||50 |
Artificer Branch Monthly Pay |Chief Machinists||$70 |Chief Carpenters' Mates||50 |Chief Electricians||50
Special Branch||Monthly Pay Chief Yeomen||$60 Hospital Stewards||60 Bandmasters||52
Chief Gunners' Mates||50 Chief Gun Captains||50 Chief Quartermasters||50
Petty Officers, First Class Masters-at-Arms, first class||$40
Machinists, first class||$55
First Musicians||$36
Yeomean, first class||40
Boatswains' Mates, first class||40 Boilermakers||60 |- |Coppersmiths||50 |Gunners' Mates, first class||40
|Blacksmiths||50 |Plumbers and Fitters||45
|Gun Captains, first class||40 Sailmakers' Mates, first class||40
Quartermasters,
first class||40
Carpenters' Mates,
first class .
Water Tenders
Electricians, first
class .
40
40
40
40
Petty Officers, Second Class
|Masters-at-Arms, second class||$35 |Machinists, second class||$40 |Yeomen, second class||$35 |- |Boatswains' Mates, second class||35 |Oilers||37 |- |Gunners' Mates, second class||35 |Carpenters' Mates, second class||35 |- |Gun Captains, second class||35 |Printers||35 |- |Quartermasters, second class|35 |Electricians, second class||35 |- |Petty Officers, Third Class |- |Masters-at-Arms, third class ||$30 |Carpenters' Mates, third class||$30 |Yeomen, third class||$30 |- |Cockswains||30 |Painters||80 |Hospital Apprentices, first class||30 |- |Gunners' Mates, third class||30 |Quartermasters, third class||30 | |}
