Admiralty Order in Council No. 19

9 August 1898.

N.

Whereas Your Majesty was graciously pleased by Your Order in Council of the 29th June 1895, to sanction the entry of One hundred Officers of the Mercantile Marine as Sub-lieutenants and Lieutenants, on a Supplementary List of the Royal Navy, to meet the requirements of Your Majesty's Fleet :

And whereas, in view of the demands on the Lieutenants� List, the decrease in the numbers of Officers of the old Navigating Class, and the difficulty experienced in providing a sufficient number of Executive Officers to meet the growing requirements of Your Majesty's Navy, it has again become necessary to obtain additional Officers who have some experience, and are capable of at once learning the work of Executive Officers :

We beg leave to recommend that Your Majesty may be graciously pleased, by Your Order in Council, to sanction the entry of an additional Fifty Officers of the Mercantile Marine as Sub-Lieutenants and Lieutenants, on a Supplementary List of the Royal Navy, on the same conditions as regards age, pay, half -pay, retirement, &c., as were sanctioned by Your Majesty's Order in Council above mentioned.

The Lords Commissioners of Your Majesty's Treasury have signified their concurrence in this proposal.

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