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Regulations & Instructions - 1808
Relating to His majesty's service at sea.
Section XI - Chapter V
Of Pensions to Superannuated Officers.
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| Article I |
| WARRANT Officers serving in the Navy, who by age and long service shall be worn out, or rendered incapable of discharging their duty, shall be superannuated, and maintained during the rest of their lives, under the following regulations: |
Superannuation to Warrant Officers |
| Article II |
| Gunners, Boatswains, Carpenters, Pursers and Cooks, (whose employments are constant) must have served full fifteen years before they shall be entitled to apply for superannuation; and shall then, if their claims are admitted, receive an annual pension equal to their pay in the Ship of the highest rate they have served in. |
Gunners, Boatswains, Carpenters, Pursers, and Cooks shall have served fifteen years. |
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| Article III |
| Every Officer, applying to be superannuated, shall be examined by the Physicians in the Commission of Sick and Wounded in conjunction with the Master, Wardens and Assistants of the Royal College of Surgeons in London, who are to inspect into, and make judgment of, the state of his body or mind, and of his unfitness to serve His Majesty, and to make report thereof under their hands to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. |
Officers applying for superannuation to be examined by the Commissioners of sick and wounded, and Royal College |
| Article IV |
| His Majesty is pleased to reserve to himself the consideration of the merits and pretensions of Commission Officers who shall be worn out or disabled in his service, as their case shall be represented to him by the Lord High Admiral, or Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and to settle such allowances or pensions upon them, as His Majesty shall think fit. |
His Majesty reserves to himself the consideration of the merits and pretensions of commission Officers. |
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