Corps of Masters Commandant-33 in number. Supposing that two of the corps shall be promoted every year to captains, and that the average age of the members is forty years, then their promotions would take place, and they would arrive at fifteen years' standing as captains, and their respective ages would be, as shown by the following table: Memorandum for the Hon. C. Dorsey, of the Naval Committee of the House of Representatives. There are 13 masters commandant who have been in commission under 3 years. 13 over 3 and under 6 years. 6 over 6 years. 6 over 9 and under 12 years. None over 12 years. None over 15 years. 43 lieutenants who have been in commission under 3 years. 58 over 3 and under 6 years. 58 over 6 and under 9 years. 14 over 9 and under 12 years. 58 over 12 and under 15 years. 24 over 15 years. 166 midshipmen who have been in commission under 3 years. 157 over 3 years and under 6. *95 over 6 and under 9 years. None over 9 and under 12 years. NAVY DEPARTMENT, 8th February, 1831. • Among these are included 54 passed midshipmen. PAY and EMOLUMENTS of the following grades of Officers of the Army, at the periods stated, as fixed by law. NOTE.Subsistence was calculated at the contract price previous to the year 1808: for want of information on that point, twenty cents, the present commutation, is assumed for each period. Officers are required to keep their servants and horses, to entitle them to the allowance. Double rations are allowed to officers when commanding separate posts, and are to be added to the above in such cases. Fuel and quarters are allowed by regulations, and are paid through the quartermaster's department, and are not included in the above, 1831. STATEMENT, showing the pay and rations, allowed at various periods, to Captains, Masters Commandant, and Sum total. $75 6 $1,338 100 8 75 60 $1,784 100 8 $1,930 1,338 75 6 1,447 50 1,085 60 1,176 25 NOTE.-In 1814, the President was authorized, at his discretion, to increase the Navy pay 25 per cent; this increase was The present value of the Navy ration is 25 cents; from 1799 to 1812 it was only 20 cents; hence the difference in the aggregate pay of 1799 and that of 1831. Captains in command of squadrons are by law allowed double rations. |