PENSIONS 



i drawing 6.000,000, of which 2,500.000 

 t.. tin- mil and 3,500,000 to the military 



ARMV PENSIONS are temporarily granted to 

 officer* of the amiy Mvrrelv wounded in action at 

 the following rates, and if the wound entails the 

 IOM of an rye <>r limb, nr an equivalent injury, the 

 pension mav he made permanent : Field-marshal, 

 general, or lieutenant-general commanding in-chief, 

 a upecial rate: lieutenant general, 400 a year; 

 major. general or brigadier, 350; colonel or lieu- 

 tenant colonel. i:t<>: major, 200; captain, 100; 

 in-ill. -11.1111 iiiul second -lieu tenant, 70. These pen- 

 sion- may ! held together with retired pay (see 

 KETIIUCMKNT). If an injury* f similar character 

 U received on duty. but nut in action, a general 

 officer receives a s|ieciiil rate of |>ension ; a colonel 

 or In-lit. 'iLiMt colonel. t'i'it) ii \-ar ; a major, 150; 

 a captain, 75 : and a lieutenant or second-lieu- 

 tenant. t.vi. IVn-ioriH are also granted to the 

 wnlow. of officers dying in tin- ser\ ice. at rates 

 varying from 4" a year in the lowest rank to 120 

 ill the highest. subject ti nil increase iif .~iO per cent. 

 if tin* officer is killed in action. Compassionate 

 allowance (10 to 20, according to rank) is 

 granted to their son- if under eighteen, and to their 

 daughter, if under twenty-one, increased by 25 |>er 

 rent, if the father is killed in action. On re- 

 marriage a widow forfeits her pension, lint on 

 again becoming a widow it may lie restored if she 

 i left in need. If the mother nr sisters of an officer 

 kill.--! in nction were dependent II|KIII him. com- 

 passionate allowances may he granted to them. 



H'nmiHl uffirtrt, after more than twenty years' 

 service, may receive a pensinn varying from 3s. 6<I. 

 u> .V a day, according to length of service, their 

 widowH 20. and their children 5 a year, with 

 certain limitations. 



Norn fommiiiioned affirm and mliliert, whether 

 Kurupean or native*, are classed for pension accord- 

 ing to rank and service in that rank, the highest 

 daily rate U-ing 2s. 9d. and the lowest 6d. No 

 ~il.li.-r of le* than fourteen years' service is entitled 

 to a pension, except for injuries sustained in action 

 or on duty, wh.-n ihe rates vary from 6d. to 3s. a 

 day, according to rank, service, extent of the 

 injury, and iilhcr consideration)!, and the ]N-nsion 

 is not made permanent until a medical IMWU.I has 

 pronounced the injury to lie a permanent disability. 

 A cpccial IMMIMIIII. in lulditioii to any other, of 10 

 a year i granted to every soldier who has gained 

 tin- Victoria Cnm, ami an addition of "> is granted 

 lor each further act of bravery. Medals, with 

 annuities not exceeding 20. are granted to soldiers 

 above the rank of c<ir|Kiral who have performed 

 uuhed or meritorious service*, and aru 

 stated by the commander in chief. These annui 

 ties an- in addition to pension 



No* PIS-I,,V, w.-ic hist instituted in the 

 M of William ami Mary: thus,, for oflieei may 

 ! MMMMtollewi : (MMM| sen ice iionsimi- 

 Wteb Hm>pitl pensioaa, pensions for wounds, and 

 linary petwion to which an ofli.-cr may IN- 

 enUUml nn r..tirrmpnt, now km.wn a. retire.1 pay. 

 No onVwbmUlled to a retiring |>.iision until he 

 b> forty yearn of age; should he retire earlier be 

 ivecivm mrr.-l> thr hnlf pay of hi. rank. The 

 amount .if the reliml |iay dopenils IIIMHI an ollin-r's 

 rank, length of wrviee. and aire. The maximum 

 : n wlndral In MO a year, for whi.-h 

 year*' Ma-enrice an n HHMllMd officer 



brnaWI* ; he may in addition hold a PHH! 

 MWian ij MOa year. The maximum retired pay 

 ofviw admiral-, with twenty nine yean' service, b 

 725 a year; that of rear admiral'*., with twenty- 

 **** y****' 1>ry | c * f900; of captain^, uith 

 *****y JTMI*' ikt, 900 ; of ciiinmandem, 

 whh twenty -ooe ywn' errice, 400; and of lieu- 



tenant*, with nineteen years' :i(K. The 



retired puv of oflicers of other branches of lh.- 

 vice is calculated in the same way, on length of 

 service and age. The good-service pension-. 

 called, consi-t of ten of ,'{OO a year for admiral*. 

 which may he held after reiirement. and of i\\i-he 

 of 150 a year for captains ; these last are conferred 

 on captains on the active list, and are ielini|iiished 

 when their holders are promoted to rear admiral 

 or retire. Pensions for wounds are conferred on 

 officers and men; they range from small yearly 

 sums, according to rank of holder and nature t 

 wound, to a maximum of 200 a \ ear. 



All seamen and marines are emit led to a pension 

 after twenty-one years' service from the age of 

 eighteen, or from the date of enlist merit : this 

 pension ranges from HHl. n day to a maximum of 

 Is. ->d. a day, the increase depending upon the 

 number of good-conduct badges a man may have ; 

 of these he may have three, anil he receives an 

 additional Id. a day for each, and, if he holds a 

 good-conduct medal, an additional penny for that. 

 Petty officers, in addition to the rates of pension 

 awarded them as seamen, are allowed for each 

 year's service in the capacity of superior |>etty 

 officer !;">. 2d. a year, a- junior petty officer 7s. 7d. 

 There still remain the Greenwich Hospital iK-nsions, 

 which are held in addition to the ordinary pension- 

 The idea of establishing a hospital tor intinn and 

 disabled seamen originated with Mary, the consort 

 of William III., and Sir Christopher Wren a- 

 employed to build an additional wing to (ireenwich 

 Palace. The king granted i'-.tKHl a year towards it. 

 large suliscrintions were added by noble and wealthy 

 people, forfeited and unclaimed prize-money and 

 various grants were given, ami finally the forfeited 

 estates of the Earls of Derwentwater were added 

 to the endowment. The revenue of the hospital i* 

 now alsnit 167,000 a year. The Greenwich Hos- 

 pital pensions are divided as follows : Ten of i'l.Vi 

 a year for admirals, six of i'so a year for captain-, 

 twenty-three of 65 for commanders, and forty six 

 of 50 a year for lieutenants ; three of 80 and 

 seventeen of 50 a year for officers of the old navi- 

 gating branch, and fifty-seven varying from IOO 

 to MO a year for officers of the civilian branches l 

 the service. There are fifty-two of i'.'Ci and 25 a 

 year for warrant officers. The Greenwich, Hospital 

 pensions for the men are termed 'age' and 'special 

 pensions. They are given entirely at the discretion 

 of the Admiralty, and are not granted to any |MT- 

 son whose character whilst in or after leaving the 

 navv has not been good. A naval pensioner is 

 eligible for the age pension of 5d. a day on attain- 

 ing the age of fifty-live, if he has been in receipt of 

 his pensinn for live years; and for the increase of 

 Hiich age pension to 9d. a day at the age of sixty 

 five, if he has been in receipt of his naval pension 

 for ten yearn. Age pensions are given to naval 

 pensioners only, and the numlx'i of pensions in 

 force at anyone time is not to exceed 7500 : the 

 vacancies to be filled by those whose health renders 

 them < pletely inca|inlde of earning a living. 



SIM-CHI! |M-nsions are given at the discretion of 

 tin- Admiralty to men unable to contribute mate- 

 rially to their own support, and vary in amount 

 and duration according to each man's degree ni 

 disability and (lie otlier circumstances of his case: 

 the amount of t lie fund from which these iieiision- 

 ivi-n is limited to 22,000 a vcar. Thevaie 

 tenable in addition to naval ami age pensions : 

 thee j..-n-ions range from 6d. to Is. M. a day. 



Willows of officers of royal navy and marines an- 

 allowed pensions, and their children compassionate 

 allowances. These cannot IM? claimed as a right, 

 and, except in the case of |M-nsions conferred on 

 widow* of officers killed in action or living from 

 wounds or other special causes, are not granted to 



