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FIFTH
Congress, Session III, Volume 1, Chapter 10.
An Act fixing the pay of the Captains and
Commanders of ships and vessels of War of the
Section 1. Be it
enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That all the vessels in the service of the
United States, mounting twenty guns and upwards, be commanded by Captains;
those not exceeding eighteen guns (except gallies which are to be commanded as
heretofore provided by law,) by master or lieutenants, according to the size of
the vessel, to be regulated by the President of the United States.
Sec. 2. And be
it further enacted, That the pay of captains commanding ships of thirty‑two
guns and upwards, be one hundred dollars per month, and eight rations per day;
of captains commanding ships of twenty and under thirty‑two guns, seventy‑five
dollars per month, and six rations per day; of a master commandant, sixty
dollars per month, and five rations per day; and of lieutenants, fifty dollars
per month, and four rations per day.
Sec. 3. And be
it further enacted, That whenever any officer, as aforesaid, shall be
employed in the command of a squadron, on separate service, the allowance of
rations to such commanding officer shall be doubled during the continuance of
such command, and no longer, except in the case of the commanding officer of
the navy, whose, allowance, while in service, shall always be at the rate of
sixteen rations per day.
Approved, February 25, 1799. |