SECTION I. WIDOWS OF NAVAL OFFICERS.

1977. Rates.-Widows of officers of the Royal Navy, and of the Royal Marines, subject to the regulations contained in this Chapter, may be allowed pensions, and their children compassionate allowances. A pamphlet setting forth the rates of these pensions and allowances may be obtained on application to the Secretary of the Admiralty, London, S.W.

1978. Conditions on which granted.-The pensions authorised by these regulations cannot be claimed as a right. They are granted as rewards for good and faithful service rendered by deceased officers : they will only be conferred on persons deserving the Public Bounty; the ordinary pension will not be granted to widows whose private incomes exceed the confidential scale which may from time to time be fixed by the Admiralty as the limit for each rank of officer; and the pensions are liable to be discontinued altogether, in case of any misconduct rendering the individuals receiving them unworthy of the Public Bounty.

2. Widows of Misconducted Officers.-The widows of naval officers placed on permanent half pay or on the retired or pension list, on or after the 2nd August 1910, on account of misconduct, after having completed not less than 20 years' service counting towards retirement or pension, may, at the discretion of the Admiralty, be granted pensions, provided that a deduction of not less than 10 per cent. shall have been made from the retired pay or pensions to which, but for their misconduct, these officers would have been entitled. In such cases the widow's pension will be reduced by half the percentage by which the husband's retired pay or pension has been reduced.

1979. Widows of Retired Officers.-Widows of retired officers, or others formerly in the Royal Navy, having been allowed to resign their commissions, who have been called out or have volunteered for service in case of war or emergency and have lost their lives from causes attributable to the Service, may be allowed pensions, and their children compassionate allowances on the special scale applicable to the rank held by the officer at the time of his death, notwithstanding that he may have married whilst on the retired list or after resignation of his commission, and subject to the provisions of the Commutation Acts of 1871 and 1882.

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1980. Applications.-All applications for pensions, and for compassionate allowances, must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, for the decision of the Board.

1981. Commencement.-The pensions of all widows shall commence from the day following that on which their husbands died, provided application be made by the widow within 12 months from the same ; otherwise from the time only of such application.

1982. When increased.-His Majesty's Orders in Council increasing rates of pension or compassionate allowances are not retrospective in their operation, and only affect the families of such officers as may be on the active list at the date of such Orders in Council or subsequently thereto.

1983. Pension not claimed.-If the claim of a widow to pension shall not be established before her death, the amount of pension to which she would have been entitled if living shall not be allowed to her representatives.

1984. When ineligible.- A widow shall not be eligible to be placed on the pension list in any of the following circumstances :

1. If her husband should have married after the age of 60 years, except commissioned warrant officers and warrant officers pensioned before Ist October 1875, in whose case the limit of age is .50.
2. If her husband, being capable of service, should have been excused at his own request from serving when called upon, provided he had been officially warned that ' his widow would thereby forfeit the pension.
3. If her husband should have been found guilty of any fraudulent misapplication of the public money.
4. If her husband should have been found guilty of bigamy, or should she have been living at the time of her husband's death in a disreputable state of separation.
5. If her husband should have died in the service of a foreign State, unless serving with the permission of the Admiralty.
6. If she should not have been married 12 months to the officer by whose right she claims the pension, unless the said officer were killed or drowned in an immediate act of duty. The Admiralty may however, grant the pension in cases of officers dying before the expiration of 1.2 months from the time of their marriage, but only if satisfactory evidence is produced to show that the marriage did not take place under any circumstances which would imply that there was any fraud in the transaction, or any improper intention of obtaining the pension for the widow ; and provided it be clearly shown That the officer was in good health when he married, and that the disease which occasioned his death was not brought on by any misconduct, or by any circumstances over which he had control.
7. If she should be in receipt of any other pension, provision or allowance from the Government on account of her husband's services in a naval or military capacity; but widows in receipt of pensions from the Civil List are not deprived of their naval pensions on account thereof, and widows who in consequence of second marriages may be eligible for either a navy or an army pension, may elect to receive that which is most advantageous to them.
8. If her private income should exceed the confidential scale fixed by the Admiralty as the limit for the rank last held by her husband:

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9. If the marriage should have taken place subsequent to the officer commuting his retired pay, or if the officer, after having commuted, should have removed his name from the List of the Navy, although the marriage may have taken place before such commutation. A proportionate reduction in the amount of the pension will be made on account of partial commutation.
10. If the marriage should have taken place after the officer was removed from the active list. This regulation is to be applicable only to officers who retired after 10th November 1886, and is not to apply to widows of retired officers or others called out or volunteering in case of war or emergency, who lose their lives from causes attributable to the Service. (See 1979.)
11. If her husband, being a medical officer, retire or withdraw upon a gratuity.

1985. Widows' income increasing.-The pensions of widows whose private incomes, after their pensions have been awarded, may increase beyond the limit fixed from time to time by the Admiralty for the rank last held by their husbands, shall be suspended so long as their private incomes exceed such limit, but may be restored again in the event of their private incomes decreasing within the limit.

1986. Husbands' length of service.-The widows of commissioned officers, except Chaplains, who shall have married after the 10th November 1886, are only entitled to the pensions of their respective classes in the event of their husbands having 10 complete years' seniority as commissioned officers on the active list, except the husband be killed in action or lose his life in the execution of his duty. Should, however, the officer have had five years' seniority on the active list, have been in good health when he married, and if it be clearly shown that the disease which occasioned his death was not brought on by any misconduct, or by any circumstances over which the officer himself had control, the Admiralty may award pensions in such cases as they think proper.

2. The restrictions as to service as commissioned officer on the active list will not apply to :

1. Officers retired before 10th November 1886, such officers being allowed to count their time as commissioned officers on the active, reserved, or retired lists, as qualifying for eligibility for pension to their widows.
2. Lieutenants, Engineer Lieutenants, and Carpenter Lieutenants promoted to that rank from commissioned warrant officers or warrant officers.

3. The widow of a commissioned warrant officer of three years' seniority who dies while on the active list after attaining the age for optional retirement is eligible at the discretion of the Admiralty for a pension on the scale laid down for the widows of junior Lieutenants.

4. The widows of other commissioned warrant officers, of Divisional Chief Officers of Coast Guard, or of Chief Officers of Royal Naval Reserve batteries are only entitled to the rate applicable to those ranks if their husbands have had one year's service in the rank, or if their death should have been attributable to the Service ; otherwise the rates applicable to warrant officers or to Chief Officers of Coast Guard stations will be awarded.

5. The widow of a warrant officer or of a Chief Officer of a Coast Guard station with less than one year's service (acting time, if any, included), and confirmed in the rank, is not eligible for a pension unless the officer's death is attributable to the Service.

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6. The widow of a Head Schoolmaster who has been killed in action, or who has died of wounds received in action within two years of such wounds having been received, or who has died from illness brought on by fatigue, privation, or exposure incident to active operations before an enemy, within two years of his having been first certified to be ill, or who shall have completed not less than one year's continuous service as warrant officer at the time of his death, shall be granted a pension, provided the marriage shall have taken place before the officer attained the age of 45 years, and the widow be certified as being left in necessitous circumstances, and subject to the conditions laid down for the pensions of other officers' widows, so far as they apply.

The foregoing provisions are not applicable to Head Schoolmasters pensioned on or after 10th January 1910.

1987. Re-marrying.-In all cases of a widow re-marrying her pension shall be suspended from the date of her re-marriage ; but, in the event of her again becoming a widow, her pension may be restored upon proof being adduced to the Admiralty that her private income does not exceed the limit fixed from time to time by the Admiralty for the rank last held by her husband, and that she is otherwise deserving the public bounty, but it will be again liable to suspension during future re-marriage.

1988. Re-married Widow again becoming eligible.-If a widow should, in consequence of re-marriage with a naval or marine officer, become again eligible for a pension from naval funds, she may either revert to her first pension, or be granted the pension for which her second marriage rendered her eligible, whichever is most to her advantage.

1989. Widows of Chaplains.-The widow of a Chaplain shall not receive a pension unless her husband's name shall have been on the List at the time of his death, nor unless she shall have been married during or prior to her husband's service in the Navy, nor unless her husband shall have served one year on full pay subsequent to their marriage and shall have completed three years' full pay service.

But should he have completed 10 years' service on full pay, a pension may be granted, although no portion of such service shall have been subsequent to their marriage, provided the widow be otherwise eligible, and provided, as regards officers retired after 10th November 1886, that the marriage shall have taken place before the officer left the active list.

1990. Widows of Paymasters-in-Chief.-The widows of Paymasters-in-Chief who attain that rank on retirement will be awarded the same rate of pension as widows of Paymasters-in-Chief on the active list.

The same rate may also be awarded to the widows of Fleet Paymasters who are still on the active list, provided that at the time of their death they have reached the age for optional retirement, and were eligible by service for, and would in the ordinary course have been granted, the rank of Paymaster-in-Chief, on retirement.

1991. Widows of Reserved and Retired Officers.-The widows of officers on the reserved and retired lists are only eligible for the pension applicable to the rank and seniority of their husbands at the date when they were last on the active list, except in the case of (i) Captains who were advanced to the rank of Flag Officer whilst on the retired list and who were retired or married before the 10th November 1886, whose widows are pensioned as the widows of Flag Officers, and (ii) Commissioned warrant officers retired after 1st April 1896 (10th January 1910 in the case of Chief Schoolmasters) with the

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substantive, honorary or relative rank of Lieutenant, Carpenter Lieutenant, or Engineer Lieutenant, whose widows are pensioned on the same scale as the widows of junior Lieutenants.

SECTION II. WIDOWS OF MARINE OFFICERS.

1992. General Rules.-The general rules for the grant of pensions to the widows of naval officers are applicable to the cases of widows of marine officers, except where otherwise stated in these Regulations.

1993. Officers retired after 29th June 1882.-The widows of marine officers retired after 29th ,June 1882, will be pensioned under the rules governing the award of pensions to widows of officers of His Majesty's Army.

1994. Officers with Brevet or Honorary Rank.-The widows of marine officers who held brevet or honorary rank on the active list shall be granted the pension applicable to that rank. The widows of marine officers who were given an honorary rank on or after retirement, shall only be entitled to the pension applicable to the substantive rank of the officer when last on the active list.

1995. Widows of Marine Officers promoted from the ranks.-In the case of a marine warrant officer with previous army service in warrant rank, such service being too short to allow of the grant of the widow's pension from Army funds, his marine service will be allowed to count towards rendering his widow eligible for a pension from Naval funds.

2. In computing the period on the list of commissioned officers necessary to render widows eligible for pensions, in the case of marine officers who have been promoted from the ranks, three years in the ranks shall be allowed to reckon as two years in commission towards such qualifying period; and if under this rule the time be still insufficient, the Admiralty, at their discretion, may award a pension notwithstanding, provided the actual service in all ranks amounts to the period required in the cases of other officers.

SECTION III WIDOWS AND CHILDREN OF OFFICERS KILLED IN ACTION.

1996. Gratuities to Widows and Orphans.-Under the following regulations, gratuities shall be allowed as His Majesty's Royal Bounty to the widows and orphans of such of the officers mentioned in Articles 1990 and 1979 as may be slain in the King's Service in fight with an enemy, with pirates or smugglers, or in encounters with the ships of friends by mistake, or in quelling disturbances on shore or afloat ; and persons dying of their wounds within, two years shall be considered as persons slain, viz. :---

1. To a widow, a gratuity equal to a year's full pay of the rank which her husband held at the time of his death.
2. To each orphan (who shall not be married, nor be of the age of 21 at the time of the father's death), one-third of the gratuity to the widow ; posthumous children shall be considered as orphans.

2. In the calculation of these gratuities, the officer's command money and other full pay allowances, except table money, shall be included.

1997. Daughters in special circumstances.-In the case of an officer killed in action, or dying from wounds received in action within two years, and not leaving a widow, but leaving a daughter or daughters only, an annual allowance equal to the ordinary rate of widow's pension may be granted in special circumstances instead of the compassionate allowance, to such daughter or daughters collectively. Such allowances may be continued until the daughter,

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or the last survivor of them, in case there be more than one, may become disqualified by marriage or otherwise.

SECTION IV. CHILDREN OF OFFICERS - COMPASSIONATE ALLOWANCES.

1998. Eligibility for.-Allowances on the compassionate list to the legitimate children of deceased commissioned officers and commissioned warrant officers may be given in those cases in which the rank of the officer would render his widow eligible to be placed on the pension list, provided it be shown that the children have no other allowance, pension, or provision, from the Government, except in the case of boys under the age of 18 who may be serving as subordinate officers in the Navy, and that their pecuniary circumstances and those of their family are so limited that they actually require assistance from the compassionate fund.

2. Scale, and for Motherless Children.-The scale of compassionate allowances for children of officers may be obtained on application to the Secretary of the Admiralty, London, S.W. Motherless children who are not in receipt or more than 301. a year from other sources may be granted allowances within a maximum of double the ordinary rates.

3. When a medical officer retires or withdraw, on a gratuity, his children will have no claim to compassionate allowance.

1999. When ineligible.-All persons alluded to in Article 2000, who are in receipt of 301. a year from other sources, or whose mothers have been refused pensions on account of private income, are considered ineligible for compassionate allowances in ordinary circumstances. In the case of motherless children, however, the private income limit is 451.

2000. Continuance of the Allowance.-The allowances granted to the sons of officers may be continued until they attain the age of 18, or are otherwise provided for; and those to the daughters may be continued until they marry or attain the age of 21, whichever shall first happen, and no longer. In very special cases, however, if it shall be shown that sons or daughters are afflicted with any mental or bodily infirmity rendering them incapable of making any exertion for their own support, and that they are still in distressed circumstances, the allowances may be continued, or, should any break of continuity have occurred, they may be revived, provided that the infirmity commenced, in the case of sons, before the age of 18, and in the case of daughters, before the age of 21.

2. These allowances may also be awarded in those special cases where the sons and daughters of officers, who were not in receipt of allowances when under age are rendered incapable of making adequate exertion for their own support through infirmity dating from a period before the father's death, and before the sons or daughters reached the age at which, in ordinary circumstances, compassionate allowances would cease.

2001. Education of Children.-Children who are being educated at the expense of Greenwich Hospital may be granted the minimum compassionate allowances applicable to their father's rank, provided real poverty be proved to exist.

2002. Widows re-marrying.-In the event of a widow re-marrying, her children by the first marriage are still eligible for compassionate allowances, provided they be otherwise qualified to receive them.

2003. When payable.-Compassionate allowances are granted for the year commencing 1st January, but are not payable till after the following 1st April.

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2004. If Fathers had commuted.-Children who were born after their fathers commuted their retired pay are not eligible to be placed on the compassionate lists. A proportionate reduction in the amount of the compassionate allowance will be made on account of partial commutation.

2005. Aggregate amount of Allowances.-The aggregate amount of the allowances to the family of any officer shall not exceed, in ordinary cases, the amount of the half pay of his rank and seniority at the time of his death. In the case of an officer whose death is attributable to the Service, the aggregate amount of the allowances to his family shall not exceed 1001. a year more than the amount of the half pay of his rank and seniority at the time of his death.

SECTION V. MOTHERS AND SISTERS OF OFFICERS.

2006. Mother of an Officer killed.-When an officer is killed in action, or killed or drowned on duty, or dies of wounds or injuries received on duty within two years after being injured, and leaves no widow nor legitimate child, but leaves a mother who is a widow in distressed circumstances, and who was dependent upon him, the mother shall receive a pension equal to the ordinary rate of widow's pension attached to the rank which her son held at the time of his death ; but if such mother shall herself be in the receipt of a pension as an officer's widow, or shall have any other provision of any kind from the public, in that case no allowance will be made to her on account of her son, unless she give up the other pension or allowance ; and the pension given to a mother on account of her son will be forfeited on re-marriage, and will not be restored in the event of her again becoming a widow.

2007. Sisters.-Sisters of officers are not eligible for any allowance, unless in very special and extraordinary circumstances. The allowance will not exceed that which would be given to a mother, and will not be given in any case unless the officer shall have been killed in action, or killed or drowned on duty, or shall die of wounds or injuries received on duty within two years after being injured, and shall have left no widow, legitimate child, or mother, nor unless the sister shall be an orphan, having no surviving brother, and shall have been dependent for support upon the officer killed. Every pension so granted will cease when the person receiving it shall marry, or be in any other manner sufficiently provided for.

2008. Special cases.-If there should be no ordinary rate of pension attached to the rank of the officer, such pension may be granted as the Admiralty may see fit, in the cases of both mothers and sisters in the circumstances stated Yin Articles 2006 and 2007.

.SECTION VI. EDUCATION OF THE CHILDREN OF OFFICERS AND MEN.

2009. Grants towards.-Sons and daughters of deceased or distressed commissioned officers and commissioned warrant officers of the Royal Navy or Royal Marines, and of Chief Officers and Senior Mates of Coast Guard cruisers, may be awarded grants from the funds of Greenwich Hospital, in aid of their education and maintenance in such schools as shall be approved by the Admiralty, subject to the following restrictions :-

1. The number of grants in force shall not, at any one time, exceed 75.
2. The amount of a grant shall not in any case exceed 201. a year.

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precedence, giving special consideration to length of service at sea and the circumstances of the family :

3. Applications will not be received until the candidates have arrived at 10 years of age.

4. A grant may remain in force for a period not exceeding five years, provided conduct and progress be satisfactory, but will in no case be continued beyond the age of 18 years.

V Full particulars and forms of application may be obtained from the Director of Greenwich Hospital, Admiralty.

2010. Rotely Bequest.-A small number of grants of �20 a year each may be awarded from funds provided by the Rotely bequest in aid of the education of sons of naval or marine officers of a rank not inferior to ward-room rank. Candidates must not be under 10 years of age.

2. The grants may remain in force for a period not exceeding five years, provided conduct and progress be satisfactory, and will in no case be continued beyond the age of 18 years.

Particulars and forms of application may be obtained from the Director of Greenwich Hospital, Admiralty.

2011. Boys eligible.-The complement of the school will not exceed 1,000 boys, sons of :

1. Warrant officers, Second Mates of Coast Guard cruisers, non-commissioned officers, petty officers, and men of the Royal Navy and Marines.
2. Men of the Royal Naval Reserve.
3. Other seafaring persons and men drowned on lifeboat service.

2. Selection.-Claims for admission to the school will be referred to a committee of selection appointed by the Admiralty, who will adjudge them in the following order of precedence, special consideration being given to the length, nature and merit of the father's services :

Class 1.-Orphans. Both parents dead.

Class 2.-Orphans. Father killed or drowned on duty in the service of the Crown, or on lifeboat service, or having died from the effects of injury or disease caused by extraordinary exposure or exertion on service within two years after being first certified to be ill. Mother living.

Class 3.- Orphans. Father dead. Mother living.

Class 4.- Orphans. Mother dead. Father living.

Class 5.- Sons of men now serving. Both parents living.

Class 6.- Sons of life pensioners and of men entitled to the benefits of Greenwich hospital. Both parents living.

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Class 7.- Cases which may be considered exceptional, and not coning within the foregoing classes.

3. Physical Qualification.-Boys are eligible for admission between 11 and 14 years of age, and .must be physically fit for sea service according to the following standard :

They will undergo a stringent examination by a naval medical officer on entry, and they must be able to read and write an easy sentence, and possess a knowledge of the four simple rules of arithmetic (Standard 3, Code of Regulations of the Board of Education).

An agreement signed by the boy and his parents or guardians must be entered into that he shall engage for continuous and general service in the Royal Navy from the age of 18, in addition to whatever period may be necessary until he shall have attained that age, if found physically and educationally fit and up to the prescribed standard on his discharge from the school.

4. Applications will not be received until the candidates are 10� years of age.

5. Special Surveys.-Surveys will be held by a naval medical officer:

1. At 14, on boys entered into the school before 12Y 11 years of age.
2. At 15 years of age, on all boys.

Those who may be found below the standard, or who are otherwise physically unfit for sea service at these special surveys, will be discharged, otherwise they will be retained until 15� years of age and entered for continuous service in the Royal Navy, if then found physically and educationally fit for sea service and up to the prescribed standard. If not required, or found ineligible for the Royal Navy, they may be entered in the mercantile marine and enrolled in the Royal Naval Reserve.

6. Sections of School.-The school is divided into two sections, the Upper Nautical School and the Nautical School. Fifty boys between the ages of 13� and 14� will be selected from the Nautical School by competitive examination for the Upper Nautical School, of whom 20 may be candidates for Boy Artificers, Dockyard Apprentices, and Computers ; the remaining 30 to be boys who will join the Royal Navy as bluejacket boys. Boys in this school will give their whole time to school work, but the bluejacket candidates will during their last three months, spend half time in school and the remainder at seamanship instruction.

7. The education of the boys in the Nautical School will be generally in accordance with the scheme of the Board of Education for elementary schools, alternating with practical seamanship and other industrial occupations designed to prepare them for a seafaring life. There will be a special class for boys who elect to join the. Royal Navy as bluejacket boys, called the " Advanced class." These boys will receive a higher education than that usually given in the Nautical School, and during their last three months will spend half time in school and the remainder at seamanship instruction.

This class is limited to 45, and boys are selected by competitive examinations between the ages of 13� and 14�.

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8. Swimming.-A thorough knowledge of the art of swimming being one of the requirements for entry into the Royal Navy, all boys in the school will be taught to swim and periodically examined as to their proficiency.

Full particulars and forms of application may be obtained on application to the Director of Greenwich Hospital, Admiralty.

2012. Admission of Boys into Orphanages, &c.-Sons of deceased or incapacitated warrant officers, Second Mates of Coast Guard cruisers non-commissioned officers, petty officers, and men of the Royal Navy and Marines (and of men of the Royal Naval Reserve killed or drowned in the service of the Crown) may be educated and maintained in schools at the expense of Greenwich Hospital, subject to the expenditure in any one year being restricted to �4,000.

2. Selection.-Claims for admission will be referred to a committee of selection appointed by the Admiralty who will adjudge them in the following order of precedence, consideration being given to the length, nature, and merit of the father's services :

Class 1.-Orphans. Both parents dead.

Class 2.-- Orphans. Father killed or drowned on duty in the service of the Crown, or having died front the effects of injury or disease caused by extraordinary exposure or exertion on service within two years after being first certified to be ill ; mother unable to look after children.

Class 3.- Exceptional cases not included in the foregoing classes.

3. Boys are not eligible for admission until eight years of age, except in cases considered to be special and exceptional.

Full particulars and forms of application may be obtained on application to the Director of Greenwich Hospital, Admiralty.

2013. Admission of Girls into Orphanages.-Daughters of warrant officers, of Second Mates of Coast Guard cruisers, and of non-commissioned officers, petty officers and men of the Royal Navy and Marines, may be educated and maintained in schools at the expense of Greenwich Hospital, subject to the following restrictions :

1. The number of girls to be educated and maintained at any one time shall not exceed 200.
2. The amount to be expended on the education and maintenance of any girl shall not exceed the rate of 201. a year.

2. Claims for admission will be referred to a committee of selection appointed by the Admiralty, who will adjudge them in the following order of precedence, consideration being given to the length, nature and merit of the father's services :

Class 1.- Orphans, both parents dead.

Class 2.- Daughters of fathers killed, drowned, or deceased in the service of the Crown, or having died from the effects of injury or disease caused by extraordinary exposure or exertion 'on service within two years after being certified to be ill, or while employed by His Majesty on board a merchant ship, or in action with an enemy, pirate, or rebel.

Class 3.- Those whose fathers, having served in the Royal Navy or Marines, are dead.

Class 4.- Those whose fathers are living and whose mothers are dead.

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Class 5.- Cases not specified in the above classes will be considered according to the services of the fathers and the state of distress of the children.

3. Girls are not eligible for admission until nine years of age except in cases considered to be special and exceptional.

Full particulars and forms of application may be obtained on application to the Director of Greenwich Hospital, Admiralty.

SECTION VII. PENSIONS, ALLOWANCES, AND GRATUITIES TO RELATIVES OF MEN KILLED ON DUTY.

2014. Widows and Children.-Under the 2nd Section of Act 46 & 47 Vict., cap. 32, pensions and allowances are granted by the Admiralty out of the funds of Greenwich Hospital to widows and children of :

1. Non-commissioned officers and petty officers and men of the Royal Navy and Marines killed or drowned in the service of the Crown, or on lifeboat service ;
2. Men of the Royal Naval Reserve forces killed or drowned in the service of the Crown.

2. These pensions and allowances are granted also to widows and children of non-commissioned officers, petty officers or men as aforesaid, who die from the effects of any injury or disease, when it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Admiralty:

1. That the injury or disease was caused by accident on duty in the service of the Crown, and that the man died therefrom within two years ; or
2. That the injury or disease was caused by extraordinary exposure or exertion on duty in the service of the Crown, and that it terminated fatally within two years of being first certified.

3. Pension or allowance will not be granted when death has been due to a man's own culpable action or negligence, or when the widow was not legally married to the man before the receipt of the injury or before the disease was contracted.

4. The pensions are supplemented from naval funds, and awards are made according to the following scale :

* In cases where a qualifying examination is required for advancement to petty officer rating, leading rates who have not passed this test are to be classified under (a), notwithstanding that in respect of service they are qualified for (b).

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Rates in excess of the foregoing scale may, at the discretion of the Admiralty, be awarded in cases needing special relief.

5. Re-marriage.-If a widow re-marry, her pension will cease, and she will be eligible to receive a gratuity equal to one year's pension in full discharge of all claims upon the public bounty. Allowances to children may be continued.

6. Tenure.-Pensions and allowances are tenable subject to good behaviour, and are granted at the discretion of the Admiralty. They cannot be claimed as a right. Any assignment, sale, or contract relating to a pension or allowance is void.

7. Total Orphans, &c.- If a mother die, or children be removed from a mother's control on account of her misconduct (see clause FS), the allowances in respect of the children may be paid at twice the normal rates (see clause 4) ; or provision may be made for the maintenance of the children in a benevolent institution.

8. Parish Relief.-If a widow be in receipt of parish relief, in respect either of herself or her family, the payment of the pension and allowance may be suspended. In no case will the pension or allowance be paid to the parish authorities.

9. Declaration.-Widows will be required to make a declaration quarterly, or whenever it may be considered necessary, before a duly authorised person, as to their continued widowhood, and of any particulars required in reference to their families.

10. Duration of Allowances.-Boys above 14. and girls above 16 will, as a rule, be ineligible for allowances.

11. If the claim of a widow to a pension be not established before her death, the amount of the pension to which she would have been entitled if living will not be allowed to her representatives.

12. These regulations apply only from 1st July 1903.

13. Gratuities to Widows.-Widows of petty officers and seamen of the Royal Navy and non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Marines specified in clauses 1 and 2, at the discretion of the Admiralty, may be allowed a gratuity equal to one year's full pay according to the rating of their late husbands at the time of death, exclusive of any badges or other extra or additional pay, in lieu of the pensions to which they might be eligible under these regulations.

Note: Widows of Coast Guard men entitled to civil pensions are excepted from these regulations.

2015. Parents or other Relatives.-In the event of men specified in clauses 1 and 2 of Article 2014, not leaving widows or children, but leaving parents or other relatives dependent upon them, gratuities not exceeding one year's full wages may be given at the discretion of the Admiralty to such parents or relatives, provided the total expenditure in such gratuities shall not exceed in any one year the sum of 5001.

2016. Widows of Men Killed, &c., in War.-Pensions and allowances may be granted by the Admiralty to widows and children of petty officers and men of the Royal Navy and Naval Reserve and non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Marines, who are killed or drowned, or who die from wounds or injuries received, or disease contracted, during warlike operations.

2. These pensions and allowances will be granted only in cases where men have, during warlike operations

1. Been killed or drowned; or
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3. Contracted or developed disease which terminated fatally within two years of removal from duty on account of such disease.

The pensions and allowances will not be granted to the widows or children of men who were killed or drowned, or who died, before the 11th October 1899.

3. Pension or allowance will not be granted when death has been due to a man's own culpable action or negligence, or when the widow was not legally married. to the man before the receipt of the wound or injury, or before the disease was contracted.

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* In cases where a qualifying examination is required for advancement to petty officer rating, leading rates who have not passed this test are to be classified under (a), notwithstanding that in respect of service they are qualified for (b).

5. Re-marriage.-If a widow re-marries, her pension will cease, and she will be eligible to receive a gratuity equal to one year's pension in full discharge of all claims upon the public bounty. The allowances to the children may be continued.

6. Tenure.-Pension and allowances are tenable subject to good behaviour, and are granted at the discretion of the Admiralty. They cannot be claimed as a right. Any assignment, sale, or contract relating to a pension or allowance is void.

7. Total Orphans, &c.-If the mother dies, or the children are removed from the mother's control on account of her misconduct (see clause 6), the allowances in respect of the children :nay be paid at twice the normal rates (see clause 4) ; or provision may be made for the maintenance of the children in a benevolent institution, subject to the concurrence of the Lords Commissioners of tile Treasury.

8. Parish Relief.-If parish relief is afforded in respect either of the widow or her children, the pension and allowances may, under such conditions as shall from time to time be laid down, be applied in whole or in part towards satisfying the claims of the parish authorities.

9. Declaration.-The widow will be required to make a declaration quarterly, or whenever it may be considered necessary, before a duly authorised person, as to her continued widowhood, and of any particulars required in reference to her family.

10. Duration of Allowances.-Boys above 14 and girls above 16 will, in ordinary circumstances, be ineligible for allowances. If, however, it is shown to the satisfaction of the Admiralty that, owing to mental or physical infirmity, the boy or girl is unable to maintain himself or herself, the allowance may be granted up to an age not exceeding 21.

11. If the claim of a widow to a. pension be not established before her death, through her own neglect or omission, the amount of the pension to which she would have been entitled, if living, will not be allowed to her representatives.

12. These regulations apply only from 1st July 1901.

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