Mr. Shakespeare announced the new arrangement for marriage allowances for naval officers—except the medical branch—and, with other concessions, for warrant officers and commissioned officers from warrant rank.
The allowance. which would be paid fo married officers at the age of 30 unto the rank of Captain in the Navy and Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Marines would be effected, the Minister said. by a small: reduction in the full pay of all officers, with few exceptions. and would be scaled with additions for children, In an illustrative case of a married officer with one child, he
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