§ SIR JOHN HAYasked the Secretary to the Admiralty, to state, having reference to the notification calling on Naval Pensioners to serve, Whether the C. S. pay of the rating in which they are borne and actually doing duty, means that a man who has been a petty officer, but is now to be employed in a lower grade, will be borne and paid in a lower rank than that which he held when retired on pension, or whether, even if he is employed in a lower rank, he will still receive the pay to which he was formerly entitled; and, is an outfit to be given to pensioners who may return to service?
§ MR. CAINE (for Sir THOMAS BRASSEY)If a man is employed in a lower rating than that he held at the time he was pensioned, he would receive the pay of the lower rating in addition to his pension. So far as is practicable, these men will occupy ratings not inferior to those they formerly held; but it is, of course, impossible to guarantee such ratings. Naval pensioners will, on re-entry, be granted a gratuity of £2 10s. for clothing and £1 for bedding. This is a new arrangement, and a considerable advantage to the pensioners.