Every third year they are allowed to visit the United States
or foreign countries with an allowance of sixty days' half-pay travel
time in addition to the ten weeks' long vacation, and on completing
two years of service after return to the islands they are entitled to
their travelling expenses from place of residence in the United States
to Manila or from port of embarkation in a foreign country to Manila.
It is interesting to compare these provisions with the regulations
governing leave of absence in the British colonial service:--
(1) There is no distinction between sick leave and ordinary leave,
the leave of absence on account of sickness being charged against
the ordinary leave allowable.
(2) There are two classes of leave: vacation leave on full pay and
half-pay leave.
(3) The vacation leave amounts to three months every two years,
and must be taken during the two years, as it does not accumulate.
(4) The half-pay leave amounts to two months for each year of service,
but cannot be taken until after a period of six years' resident service
in the Colony, except in cases of serious indisposition supported by
medical certificate, or of "urgent private affairs," the nature of
which must be stated to the governor. In either case, the governor
and council must be satisfied that the indulgence is indispensable.
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