Officers.
Naval cadets and engineer students, while at college, are allowed £5 (50 yen) a month to cover all expenses.
Midshipmen, during their year at sea, receive £3 a month.
Sub-lieutenants get from £3 5s. to £4 a month, plus a sea allowance of £1 a month and the £1 mess allowance. Altogether they draw about £70 a year, the equivalent of £200 a year in England; while, if serving abroad, their sea allowance is nearly trebled. It is said to be practically impossible for sub-lieutenants to live on their pay. A first-class sub-lieutenant draws £5 a month as ordinary pay.
Lieutenants and Equivalent Ranks.
Lieutenants draw £8 a month, plus a sea allowance of from £1 to £8 per month, according to the station. Exclusive of mess allowance, a Japanese lieutenant in England gets a little under £200 a year—more or less the same as a British naval lieutenant.
Flag, gunnery, and torpedo lieutenants draw some additional pay for these duties. Unlike British specialists, all specialist lieutenants are watch-keepers in the Japanese service.
Lieutenant-Commanders.
A lieutenant-commander is paid £10 a month, while his sea allowance varies from £2 to £12, according to the service on which he is engaged. Destroyers are lieutenant-commanders commands, and those who are captains of destroyers draw more accordingly than those serving in big ships as senior lieutenants.
Commanders.
Commanders are paid £15 a month. Sea pay ranges from £2 10s. to £10—the maximum in a big ship; but if captain of a gunboat, a commander’s sea pay may rise to £15.
Captains.
The pay of a captain is £22 a month. Sea pay runs from £3 to £16. He may also draw additions for entertaining expenses.
Rear-Admirals.
Rear-Admirals draw £29 a month, and the extra sea pay may run to £23, plus entertaining allowances.
Vice-Admirals.
Vice-admirals draw £35 per month ordinary and £30 extra sea pay. In Japan this is equivalent to over £2000 a year in comparison with life on the English scale.
Admirals.
The pay of admirals is fixed at £52 per month and £30 sea allowance.
In addition to these sources of pay, all officers on the active list in the senior ranks are eligible for extra pay—a species of good-service pensions. Meritorious conduct and medals are qualifications.
Engineers, doctors, and paymasters draw identical pay with the corresponding naval ranks, and extra pay for special duties.
Constructors are on the same footing.
The equivalents in the different branches are:—
| Military. | Engineer. | Doctor. | Paymaster. | Constructor. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cadet. | Cadet. | Clerk | ||
| Midshipman | Assist.-Engineer | Assist.-Surgeon | Assist.-Paymaster | |
| (junior) | (junior) | (junior) | ||
| Sub-lieutenant | Assist.-Engineer | Assist.-Surgeon | Assist.-Paymaster | Assist.-Constructor |
| (senior) | (senior) | (senior) | ||
| Lieutenant | Engineer | Surgeon | Paymaster | Constructor |
| Lieut.-Commander | ||||
| Commander | Staff-Engineer | Staff-Surgeon Staff | Staff-Paymaster | |
| Captain | Fleet-Engineer | Fleet-Surgeon Fleet | Fleet-Paymaster | Chief-Constructor |
| Inspector of | Deputy Inspector | Paymaster-in-Chief | Inspector | |
| Machinery | of Hospitals | |||
| Rear-Admiral | Chief Inspector | Inspector of | Paymaster-General | |
| Vice-Admiral | of Machinery | Hospitals and | ||
| Fleets | ||||
| Inspector of | Inspector-General | |||
| Machinery | ||||
| General | ||||
| Admiral |