Section 1564, Revised Statutes:

[Any person performing the duties of paymaster, acting assistant paymaster, or assistant paymaster, in a ship at sea, or on a foreign station, or on the Pacific coast of the United States, by appointment of the senior officer present in case of vacancy of such office, in accordance with the provisions of section thirteen hundred and eighty-one, and not otherwise, shall be entitled to receive the pay of such grade while so acting.]

Section 1600, Revised Statutes:

[All marine officers shall be credited with the length of time they may have been employed as officers or enlisted men in the volunteer service of the United States.

Section 4750, Revised Statutes:

[The Secretary of the Navy shall be trustee of the Navy pension fund.] Section 4752, Revised Statutes:

[All money accruing or which has already accrued to the United States from sale of prizes shall be and remain forever a fund for the payment of pensions to the officers, seamen, and marines who may be entitled to receive the same; and if such fund be insufficient for the purpose, the public faith is pledged to make up the deficiency; but if it should be more than sufficient, the surplus shall be applied to the making of further provision for the comfort of the disabled officers, seamen, and marines.]

Section 4753, Revised Statutes:

[The Secretary of the Navy, as trustee of the naval pension fund, is directed to cause to be invested in the registered securities of the United States, on the first day of January and the first day of July of each year, so much of such fund then in the Treasury of the United States as may not be required for the payment of naval pensions for the then current fiscal year; and upon the requisition of the Secretary, so much of the fund as may not be required for such payment of pensions accruing during the current fiscal year shall be held in the Treasury on the days above named in each year, subject to his order, for the purpose of such immediate investment; and the interest payable in coin upon the securities in which the fund may be invested, shall be so paid, when due, to the order of the Secretary of the Navy, and he is authorized and directed to exchange the amount of such interest when paid in coin, for so much of the legal currency of the United States as may be obtained therefor at the current rates of premium on gold, and to deposit the interest so converted in the Treasury to the credit of the naval pension fund; but nothing herein contained shall be construed to interfere with the payment of naval pensions under the supervision of the Secretary of the Interior, as regulated by law.]

Section 4754, Revised Statutes:

[The interest on the naval pension fund shall hereafter be at the rate of three per centum per annum in lawful money.]

Section 4755, Revised Statutes:

[The Navy pensions shall be paid from the Navy pension fund, but no payments shall be made therefrom except upon appropriations authorized by Con

gress.

Paragraph 22 of the act of September 28, 1850 (9 Stat. 515):

[And the pay of the superintendent of the naval school at Annapolis shall be at the rate allowed to an officer of his rank, when in service at sea.]

Joint Resolution No. 25 of March 3, 1863 (12 Stat. 825):

[That the pay of the officer of the navy assigned to the command of the navy yard at Mare Island, California, shall be the sea pay of his grade.]

That part of the act of June 30, 1876, under the heading "Bureau of Construction and Repair" (19 Stat. 69, 70):

[And no increase of the force at any navy yard shall be made at any time within sixty days next before any election to take place for President of the United States, or Member of Congress, except when the Secretary of the Navy shall certify that the needs of the public service make such increase necessary at that time which certificate shall be immediately published when made.] Paragraph 6 of the act of May 4, 1878 (20 Stat. 50):

[That on and after the first day of July, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, there shall be no appointments made from civil life of secretaries or clerks to the admiral, or vice admiral, when on sea service, commanders of squadrons, or of clerks to commanders of vessels; and an officer not above the grade of lieutenant shall be detailed to perform the duties of secretary to the admiral or vice admiral, when on sea service, and one not above the grade of master to perform the duties of clerk to a rear admiral, or commander, and one not above the grade of ensign to perform the duties of clerk to a captain, commander, or lieutenant commander when afloat: Provided, That the secretaries and clerks in service on the first day of July, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, on vessels abroad, shall continue as such until such vessel shall return to the United States on the termination of its cruise.]

That part of the fifth paragraph of the act of March 3, 1883 (22 Stat. 473):

[And all officers of the Navy shall be credited with the actual time they may have served as officers or enlisted men in the regular or volunteer Army or Navy, or both, and shall receive all the benefits of such actual service in all respects in the same manner as if all said service had been continuous and in the regular Navy in the lowest grade having graduated pay held by such officer since last entering the service: Provided, That nothing in this clause shall be so construed as to authorize any change in the dates of commission or in the relative rank of such officer: Provided further, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to give any additional pay to any such officer during the time of his service in the volunteer Army or Navy.]

Section 2 of the act of August 3, 1886 (24 Stat. 215), as amended: [That in the construction of all naval vessels the steel material shall be of domestic manufacture, and of the quality and characteristics best adapted to the various purposes for which it may be used, in accordance with specifications approved by the Secretary of the Navy.]

Section 5 of the act of June 29, 1888 (25 Stat. 210):

SEC. 5. That a line officer of the Navy shall be designated by the President of the United States as supervisor of the harbor, to act under the direction of the Secretary of the Army in enforcing the provisions of this act, and in detecting offenders against the same. This officer [shall receive the sea pay of his grade, and] shall have personal charge and supervision under the Secretary of the Army, and shall direct the patrol boats and other means to detect and bring to punishment offenders against the provisions of this act.

The second paragraph under the heading "Pay of the Navy" of the act of March 3, 1901 (31 Stat. 1108):

[That the advancement in rank of officers of the Navy and Marine Corps, whensoever made, for service rendered during the war with Spain, pursuant, respectively, to the provisions of sections fifteen hundred and six and sixteen hundred and five of the Revised Statutes, shall not interfere with the regular promotion of officers otherwise entitled to promotion, but officers so advanced, by reason of war service, shall, after they are promoted to higher grades, be carried thereafter as additional to the numbers of each grade to which they may at any time be promoted; and each such officer shall hereafter be promoted in due course, contemporaneously with and to take rank next after the officer immediately above him; and all advancements made by reason of war service shall be appropriately so designated upon the official Navy list: Provided, however, That no promotion shall be made to fill a vacancy occasioned by the promotion, retirement, death,

resignation, or dismissal of any officer who, at the time of such promotion, retirement, death, resignation, or dismissal, is an additional member of his grade under the foregoing provisions.]

That part of the first sentence after the subheading "Bureau of Supplies and Accounts" of the act of March 18, 1904 (33 Stat. 121). [a civilian assistant, who shall perform the duties of chief clerk, and in case of the death, resignation, sickness, or absence of both the Paymaster General of the Navy or his assistant, now provided for by law, unless otherwise directed by the President, as provided by section one hundred and seventy-nine,_Revised Statutes, such civilian assistant shall become the acting chief of the Bureau.]

That part of the fourth paragraph under the subheading "Increase of the Navy, equipment," of the act of May 13, 1908 (35 Stat. 159): [and monitors now owned by the United States or hereafter built may be named as the President may direct.]

The second paragraph under the subheading "Contingent, Navy" of the act of March 4, 1911 (36 Stat. 1267):

[That officers on the active list of the line of the United States Navy who, under authority of law, now perform engineering duty on shore only are hereby made additional to the numbers in the grades in which they are now serving, and shall be carried as additional to the numbers of each grade to which they may hereafter be promoted: Provided, That said officers shall be entitled to all the benefits of retirement under existing or future laws equally with other officers of like rank and service.]

The second paragraph under the subheading "Contingent, Navy," of the act of March 3, 1915 (38 Stat. 930):

[Hereafter officers who now perform engineering duty on shore only and officers of the Construction Corps shall be eligible for any shore duty compatible_with their rank and grade to which the Secretary of the Navy may assign them.]

The ninth paragraph under the subheading "Improvement of Construction Plants" of the act of March 3, 1915 (38 Stat. 945):

[Officers of the line of the Navy who have had not less than three years' service in the grade of ensign and have taken or are taking satisfactorily a postgraduate course in naval architecture under orders from the Secretary of the Navy shall be eligible for transfer to the grade of assistant naval constructors: Provided: That there shall not be more than five such transfers in any one calendar year and that the total increase in the number of naval constructors and assistant naval constructors by reason of such transfers shall not exceed twenty-four.]

Paragraphs 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18, 21, and 23 under the heading "Naval Flying Corps" of the act of August 29, 1916 (39 Stat. 582, 583, 584, 585, and 586):

[The Naval Flying Corps shall be composed of one hundred and fifty officers and three hundred and fifty enlisted men, detailed, appointed, commissioned, enlisted, and distributed in the various grades, ranks, and ratings of the Navy and Marine Corps as hereafter provided. The said number of officers, student flyers, and enlisted men shall be in addition to the total number of officers and enlisted men which is now or may hereafter be provided by law for the other branches of the naval service.]

[The officers detailed and the enlisted men of the Naval Flying Corps shall receive the same pay and allowances that are now provided by law for officers and enlisted men of the same grade or rank and rating in the Navy and Marine Corps detailed to duty with aircraft involving actual flying.]

[The Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to appoint annually in the line of the Navy and the Marine Corps for a period of two years following the passage of this Act, in order of merit as determined by such competitive examinations as he may prescribe, fifteen acting ensigns or acting second lieutenants for the performance of aeronautic duties only. Persons so appointed must be citizens of the United States, and may be appointed from warrant officers or enlisted men of the naval service or from civil life, and must, at the time of ap

pointment, be not less than eighteen or more than twenty-four years of age: Provided, That no person shall be so appointed until he has been found physically qualified by a board of medical officers of the Navy for the performance of the duties required: Provided further, That the number of such appointments to the line of the Navy and of the Marine Corps shall be in the proportion decided for the regular services. Such appointments shall be for a probationary period of three years and may be revoked at any time by the Secretary of the Navy.] [Such acting ensigns and acting second lieutenants shall be detailed to duty in the Naval Flying Corps in aircraft involving actual flying.]

[Such acting ensigns of the Navy and acting second lieutenants of the Marine Corps shall, upon completion of the probationary period of three years, be appointed acting lieutenants of the junior grade, or acting first lieutenants, respectively, by the Secretary of the Navy for the performance of aeronautic duties only, after satisfactorily passing such examinations as he may prescribe, and after having been recommended for promotion by the examining board and found physically qualified by a board of medical officers of the Navy. Such appointments shall be for a probationary period of four years and may be revoked at any time by the Secretary of the Navy.]

[Such acting lieutenants (junior grade) and acting first lieutenants may elect to qualify for aeronautic duty only or to qualify for all the duties of officers of the same grade in the Navy and in the Marine Corps, respectively Those

officers who elect to qualify for aeronautic duty only shall be detailed to duty in the Naval Flying Corps involving actual flying in aircraft. Those officers who elect to qualify for the regular duties of their grade shall be detailed to duty in the regular service for at least two years to allow them to prepare for such qualification.]

[Such acting lieutenants (junior grade) and acting first lieutenants who have elected to qualify for aeronautic duty only shall, upon completion of the probationary period of four years, be commissioned in the grade of lieutenant of the line of the Navy or captain of the Marine Corps for aeronautic duties only, after satisfactorily passing such competitive examination as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy to determine their moral, physical, and professional qualifications for such commissions and the order of rank in which they shall be commissioned. Such lieutenants for aeronautic duty only shall be borne on the list as extra numbers, taking rank with and next after officers of the same date of commission.]

[Such acting lieutenants (junior grade) and acting first lieutenants who have elected to qualify for the regular duties of the line of the Navy and of the Marine Corps, respectively, shall, upon completion of the probationary period of four years, two years of which shall have been on such regular duties, be commissioned in the grade of the line of the Navy or Marine Corps according to his length of service, after passing satisfactorily such competitive examinations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy to determine their moral, physical, and professional qualifications for such commissions and to determine the order of rank in which they shall be commissioned. Such officers of the line of the Navy and Marine Corps will be borne upon the lists of their respective corps as extra numbers, taking rank with and next after officers of the regular services of the same date of commissions.]

[Acting lieutenants (junior grade) of the line of the Navy for aeronautic duties only and acting first lieutenants of the Marine Corps for aeronautic duty only who have completed the probationary period of four years may, upon examination for commissions to the next higher grade, if recommended by the board of examination, be transferred to the Naval Reserve Flying Corps and commissioned in the same grade or the next higher grade as may be recommended in accordance with their qualifications as determined by the examination: Provided, That at any time during such probationary period any such officer can, upon his own request, if his record warrants it, be transferred to the Naval Reserve Flying Corps and commissioned in the acting grade he then holds. Any officer of the Naval Flying Corps holding an appointment of student flyer or acting ensign, second lieutenant, lieutenant (junior grade), or first lieutenant, who, upon examination for promotion, is found not qualified shall,. if not recommended by the examining board for transfer to the Naval Reserve Flying Corps. be honorably discharged from the naval service.]

[Officers commissioned for aeronautic duty only shall be eligible for advancement to the higher grades, not above captain in the Navy or colonel in the Marine Corps, in the same manner as other officers whose employment is not so restricted, except that they shall be eligible to promotion without restriction as

to sea duty, and their professional examinations shall be restricted to the duty to which personally assigned: Provided, That any such officer must serve at least three years in any grade before being eligible to promotion to the next higher grade.]

[Nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to prevent the detail of officers and enlisted men of other branches of the Navy as student aviators or student airmen in such numbers as the needs of the service may require.]

[Such officers and enlisted men, while detailed as student aviators and student airmen involving actually flying in aircraft, shall receive the same pay and allowances that are now provided by law for officers and enlisted men of the same grade or rank and rating in the Navy detailed for duty with aircraft.]

[Nothing in this or any other Act shall be so construed as to prevent the temporary detail of officers and enlisted men of any branch of the Navy for duty with aircraft.]

[The enlisted personnel of the Naval Flying Corps shall be distributed by the Secretary of the Navy in the various ratings as now obtain in the Navy in so far as such ratings are applicable to duties connected with aircraft.]

[The Secretary of the Navy shall establish regulations governing the term of enlistment, the qualifications, and advancement of the enlisted men of the Flying Corps.]

The last full paragraph, as amended, under the heading "Naval Militia and National Naval Volunteers," of the act of August 29, 1916 (39 Stat. 600):

[That the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to sell at cost and issue lubricating oil and fuel to vessels of the Volunteer Patrol Squadrons duly enrolled in the several naval districts; and that during maneuvers or practice drills when any of the vessels of said Patrol Boat Squadrons shall be acting singly or as squadrons under the direct command or control of an officer or officers of the United States Navy, fuel shall be supplied to them free of charge.]

That part of the third paragraph under the subheading "Increase of the Navy, ammunition," of the act of August 29, 1916 (39 Stat. 617, 618):

[That each and every employee of the navy yards, gun factories, naval stations, and arsenals of the United States Government is hereby granted thirty days' leave of absence each year, without forfeiture of pay during such leave: Provided further, That it shall be lawful to allow pro rata leave only to those serving twelve consecutive months or more: And provided further, That in all cases the heads of divisions shall have discretion as to the time when the leave can best be allowed: And provided further, That not more than thirty days' leave with pay shall be allowed any such employee in one year: Provided further, That this provision shall not be construed to deprive employees of any sick leave or legal holidays to which they may now be entitled under existing law.]

That part of the first paragraph under the heading "Pay, miscellaneous" of the act of July 1, 1918 (40 Stat. 705):

[Provided, That hereafter the Secretary of the Navy is authorized to consider, ascertain, adjust, determine, and pay the amounts due on all claims for damages to and loss of private property of inhabitants of any European country not an enemy or ally of an enemy when the amount of the claim does not exceed the sum of $1,000, occasioned and caused by men in the naval service during the period of the present war, all payments in settlement of such claims to be made out of "Pay, miscellaneous".]

Paragraph 6 of section 3 (Personnel) of the act of June 24, 1926 (44 Stat. 767):

[That any officer of the Navy, line, or staff of the permanent rank or grade of commander or lieutenant commander, at the time of the passage of this Act who has specialized in aviation for such a period of time as to jeopardize his selection for promotion or advancement to the next higher grade or rank under existing provisions of law and whose service in aviation has been in the public interest shall be so notified by the Secretary of the Navy and at this own request be designated as an officer who will be carried as an additional number in the next higher grade