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It is ordained, that the Decoration may
on the spot where the act to be rewarded of such Decoration has been performed, llowing circunstances :--
the Fleet or Army in which such act has een performed is under the eye and com- and of an Admiral or General Officer ommanding the Forces.
the Naval or Military force is under the ye and command of an Admiral or Com- nodore commanding a squadron or detached
aval force, or of a General commanding a orps, or division, or brigade on a distinct nd detached service, when such Admiral, 'ommodore, or General Officer shall have he power of conferring the Decoration on he spot, subject to confirmation by Us.
It is ordained, where such act shall not erformed in sight of a Commanding Officer 1, then the claimant for the honour shall
act to the satisfaction of the Captain or manding his ship, or to the Officer com- e regiment to which the claimant belongs, Captain or such Commanding Officer shall
same through the usual channel to the r Commodore commanding the force en-
the service, or to the Officer commanding n the field, who shall call for such descrip-
testation of the act as he may think requisite,
proval shall recommend the grant of the
It is ordained, ibat every person selected ross, under rule seven, shall be publicly before the Naval or Military force or body to belongs, and with which the act of bravery
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for which he is to be rewarded shall have been performed, and his name shall be recorded in a General Order, together with the cause of his especial distinction.
Tenthly. It is ordained, that every person selected under rule eight shall receive his Decoration as soon as possible, and his name shall likewise appear in a General Order as above required, such General Order to be issued by the Naval or Military Commander of the Forces employed on the service.
Eleventhly. It is ordained, that the General Orders above referred to shall from time to time be transmitted to Our Secretary of State for War, to be laid before Us, and shall be by him registered.
Twelfthly. It is ordained, that as cases may arise not falling within the rules above specified, or in which a claim, though well founded, may not have been established on the spot, We will, on the joint submission of Our Secretary of State for War and of Our Commander-in-Chief of Our Army, or on that of Our Lord High Admiral or Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty in the case of the Navy, confer the Decoration, but never without conclusive proof of the performance of the act of bravery for which the claim is made.
Thirteenthly. It is ordained, that in the event of a gallant and daring act having been performed by a squadron, ship's company, a detached body of Seamen and Marines, not under fifty in number, or by a brigade, regiment, troop, or company, in which the Admiral, General, or other Officer commanding such forces, may deem that all are equally brave and dis- tinguished, and that no special selection can be made by them; then in such case the Admiral, General, or other Officer commanding, may direct, that for any such body of Seamen or Marines, or for every troop or company of Soldiers, one Officer shall be selected by
the Officers engaged for the Decoration; and in like manner one Petty Officer or Non-Commissioned Officer shall be selected by the Petty Officers and Non- commissioned Officers engaged; and two Seamen or Private Soldiers or Marines shall be selected by the Seamen, or Private Soldiers, or Marines, engaged respectively, for the Decoration; and the names of those selected shall be transmitted by the Senior Officer
in command of the Naval force, brigade, regiment, troop, or company, to the Admiral or General Officer commanding, who shall in due manner confer the Decoration as if the acts were done under his
own eye.
Fourteenthly. It is ordained, that every Warrant Officer, Petty Officer, Seaman, or Marine, or Non- commissioned Officer or Soldier, who shall have received the Cross, shall, from the date of the act by which the Decoration has been gained, be entitled to a Special Pension of Ten Pounds a year, and each
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he is to be rewarded shall have been and his name shall be recorded in a er, together with the cause of his especial
It is ordained, that every person selected ight shall receive his Decoration as soon as his name shall likewise appear in a er as above required, such General Order by the Naval or Military Commander of mployed on the service.
y.
It is ordained, that the General Orders
ed to shall from time to time be transmitted
stary of State for War, to be laid before Us,
by him registered.
:. It is ordainel, that us cases may arise
within the rules above specified, or in aim, though well founded, may not have ished on the spot, We will, on the joint of Our Secretary of State for War and of ander-in-Chief of Our Army, or on that
High Admiral or Lords Commissioners airalty in the case of the Navy, confer the but never without conclusive proof of the
e of the act of bravery for which the claim
thly. It is ordaines, that in the event of a daring act having been performed by a ship's company, a detached body of Seamen es, not under fifty in number, or by a giment, troop, or company, in which the leneral, or other Officer commanding such y deem that all are equally brave and dis- and that no special selection can be made then in such case the Admiral, General, or cer commanding, may direct, that for any
of Seamen or Marines, or for every troop or of Soldiers, one Officer shall be selected by rs engaged for the Decoration; and in like ne Petty Officer or Non-Commissioned Officer selected by the Petty Officers and Non-
oned Officers engaged; and two Seamen or oldiers or Marines shall be selected by the or Private Soldiers, or Marines, engaged ely, for the Decoration; and the names of cted shall be transmitted by the Senior Officer and of the Naval force, brigade, regiment, company, to the Admiral or General Officer ling, who shall in due manner confer the
n as if the acts were
done under his
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enthly. It is ordained, that every Warrant Petty Officer, Seaman, or Marine, or Non- ioned Officer or Soldier, who shall have the Cross, shall, from the date of the act by he Decoration has been gained, be entitled to
al Pension of Ten Pounds a year, and each
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