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Coast Guard to have certain Privileges as Persons serving in the Fleet.
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VII. All Officers and Men employed in the Coast Guard, and borne on the Books of any Ship or Ships belonging to Her Majesty’s Fleet, shall have the same Privileges of making Allotments of Wages, and of making Remittances, and otherwise have the Benefit of and be subject to the Provisions of the Laws relating to the Pay of Her Majesty’s Navy, in like Manner as Officers and Men of their respective Ratings in Her Majesty’s Navy, and the Laws concerning the Discharge of Seamen serving on board Her Majesty’s Ships, and becoming entitled to be discharged, (except as altered or affected by this Act,) shall be applicable to the Discharge of any of such Officers and Men becoming entitled to be discharged; and Time served in the Coast Guard shall be reckoned and count for the Purposes of Pensions to such Men, as if such Men had served the same Time as Men in Full Pay and actual Service in Her Majesty’s Fleet.
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