shore life. If he continues to serve in the Navy, there are numerous opportunities for shore service at navy yards and in the instruction of recruits at shore stations. At the expiration of ten years' service, the enlisted man is entitled to a pension if he is unable to serve further because of physical disabilities, and if he is recommended for such pension by a board of officers. After the expiration of twenty years' service, he is entitled, either to a pension, on leaving the service, of one-half the pay of his last rating, or, at his option, to a home for the rest of his life at the Naval Home in Philadelphia. On the completion of thirty years' service, he may be retired on three-quarters of the pay of his last rating.

engine-room, the pay being $50 to $70 per month, with rations and additional amounts for re-enlistments, etc. The rating of chief machinist, for example, paying $70, besides rations equivalent to $9; quarters, etc., equivalent to $5; and $1.36 per month for additional enlistment, makes a total of pay equivalent to over $85 per month, or $21 and some cents per week, which is higher by several dollars per week than the average wages of skilled mechanics ashore.

Pension

on Retirement

The above statement

is a summary of what any young man who will apply himself to the duties of the Navy may hope to attain after ten years' service. If he does not go further, he has secured a respectable position for as long as he may care to retain it, and with the certainty that when he gives up a seafaring life, the training and discipline he has undergone will make him a sought-for employee in

Warrant Positions

For the young man of good habits and character who will give some thought to the theoretical side of his calling, and

will apply himself in spare time to study which will fit him to pass a reasonable examination, it is by no means a difficult matter to secure a warrant position ranking next below that of the lowest grade of commissioned officer. The requirements are that the applicant shall be less than thirty or thirty-five years of age, the age-limit differing for the various branches; he must have had seven years' sea service, one year of which must have been as a chief or first-class petty officer. If he is able to pass an examination in the duties he will be required to perform, he is given an acting appointment as

Commissions Obtainable For the exceptional young man, there is an opportunity for securing a full commission in the Navy. Twelve boatswains, gunners, or

warrant machinists

gunner, boatswain, carpenter, or machinist; and on completion of a year of satisfactory service, is given a permanent warrant. Beginning at $1,200 a year full sea pay, a warrant officer receives an increase of $100 yearly for each five years until his fourth five years, when he receives $1,600; and, after twenty years' service, receives

may be given commissions as Ensigns in any one year. To become an Ensign, a warrant officer must be less than thirtyfive years of age, must have been a warrant officer for six years, must be recommended by his commanding officer, and must pass à satisfactory examination. Nine warrant officers-seven from the seaman branch, and two warrant ma