CO129-335 - Governor Nathan - 1906 [8-10] — Page 496

Setts or Lex F. M. S. after staumation (70C the system had her introduced into the latter service. All her Officers have been appointed in the destinch understanding that Uten ane liable to be transferred from the F. M. S. to the S.S. or Vice Versa. Therefore, when a vacancy occurs in either service, the Officers of the Class next but one to that of the vacancy are considered, whether they are in the F.M.S. or S.S.

In 489, Captain Young certainly did not intend to unfly the standing of an officer originally appointed as a Cadet merely on the ground that he was aspirated as a Junior Officer, since this is not the practice. Those Junior Officers who were originally appointed to the service of the F.M.S. individually prior to Federation are considered on an equal footing with those of the S.S.

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