REGULATIONS
FOR THE
NAVY OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES.
The following Regulations for the Navy of the Confederate States
are published, by direction of the President, for the government of all
concerned. They will accordingly be strictly obeyed, and nothing
contrary to them will be enjoined or permitted in any portion of the
naval forces of the Confederate States by the officers thereof.
1862.
NAVY DEPARTMENT,
Richmond, April 29th, 1862.
S. R. MALLORY,
Secretary of the Navy.
RICHMOND:
macfaklane & fergcsson, printers.
1862.
INDEX.
PAGE,
Chapter 1. Rates of vessels of the navy and complements .1
Chapter 2. Rank and command. . 4
Chapter 3. General regulations ^ 10
Chapter 4. Appointments and promotions... . 22
Chapter 5. Military honors and ceremonies 32
Chapter 6. The commander-in-chief of a fleet or squadron 49
Chapter 7. Commanders of squadrons and divisions of fleet 57
Chapter 8. Section 1st. Commanders of vessels ....s. 60
" 2d. do. preservation of.the ship 67
" 3d. do. do. of the men 73
" 4th. do. do. of the stores 79
Chapter 9. Commander of a steam vessel 83
Chapter 10. Executive officer. * - 90
Chapter 11. Section 1st. Lieutenants . 95
" 2d. Watch officers 96
Chapter 12. Master ,.100
Chapter 13. Passed Midshipmen... 109
Chapter 14. Midshipmen .' 110
Chapter 15. Section 1st. Boatswain, gunner, carpenter, and safl-
maker Ill
Section 2d. Boatswain 113
" 3d. Gunner 114
" 4th. Carpenter 115
5th. Sailmaker 117
Chapter 16. Chief engineer. 113
Chapter 17. Fleet Surgeon 122
Chapter 18. Surgeon.... _ ... ;*— - 124
Chapter 19. Passed and other assistant surgeons 129
Chapter 20. Paymaster ..130
iV INDEX.
Chapter 21. Chaplain 139
Chapter 22. Master-at-arms... .■ — ... 140
Chapter 23. Yeoman ^.... 141
Chapter 24. Petty .officers and persons of inferior ratings 144
Chapter 25. Marines.—Marines in vessels . ......145
Chapter 26. Officer of orders and detail 151
Chapter 27. General mnster-book 152
Chapter 28. Pay and allowances 154
Chapter 29. Furloughs and leaves of absence. 160
Chapter 30. Recruiting service * 162
Chapter 31. Honorable discharges 167
Chapter 32. Receiving vessels 170
Chapter 33. Surveys 175
Chapter 34. Correspondence and reports 180
Chapter 35. Approval of requisitions and accounts 184
Chapter 36. Officers' apartments, sleeping births and messes.. ..1S7
Chapter 37. The commanding officer of a station 190
Chapter 38. Navy yards—commanding officer 193
Chapter 39. do. second in command .203
Chapter 40. do. lieutenants 204
Chapter 41. do. naval constructor 205
Chapter 42. do. chief engineer. :..208
Chapter 43. do. master workmen 211
1 Chapter 44. do. paymaster 214
Chapter 45. do. navy storekeeper 215
Chapter 46. do. clerk of the yard 220
Chapter 47. do. marines in navy yards 221
Chapter 48. Convoys 225
. Chapter 49. Prizes and prize money.. 227
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CHAPTER I.
RATES OF VESSELS OF THE NAVY.
Article 1.
The rates and classification of vessels of the Navy shall be as
follows :
1st. Vessels having complements of, or over five hundred persons.
2d. Vessels, the established complement of which exceed two
hundred and are less than five hundred persons.
3d. Vessels, the established complement of which are not less
than seventy-five, and not more than two hundred persons.
4th. All other vessels having established complements not ex¬
ceeding seventy-five persons.
Article 2.
Appropriate commands for captains, commanders, and lieutenants.
The appropriate commands for captains are vessels of the first
and second rates; for commanders, vessels of the third rate ; and
for lieutenants, vessels of the fourth rate. Commands will be as¬
signed accordingly, unless^ special circumstances should, in the
opinion of the department, require a different arrangement.
Article 3.
Table of complements to be established by the Secretary of the Navy.
The table of complements, as established from time to time by
the Navy Department, shall regulate the number and class of of¬
ficers, seamen, and others who shall constitute the complement of
each class of vessel.
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Article 4.
When more officers are appointed than specified in complement table, to be
borne as supernumeraries.
When the department shall think proper to order a greater num¬
ber of officers to any vessel than the number specified in the table
of complements, they are to be borne as supernumeraries for duty
Article 5.
Supernumeraries on board flag-ships.
The vessel in which the commander-in-chief of a fleet or squad¬
ron shall be embarked may bear as supernumeraries, by his order,
one secretary, one cockswain, one officer's steward, one officer's
cook, one seaman, and two ordinary seamen, and if not command¬
ing in chief, the same persons, excepting the ordinary seamen ; and
when a captain of the fleet is allowed, he and one cockswain, and
one seaman in addition, may be borne as supernumeraries, by order
of the commander-in-chief.
Article 6.
How a deficiency of seamen is to be supplied. Ship not to be detained if
she has nine-tenths of her complement of petty officers, fyc.
In case pf deficiency of "seamen," a vessel wffich maybe other¬
wise ready for service, is not to be detained if such deficiency shall
not exceed one-fourth the number of seamen allowed in the table of
complements, provided the deficiency can be supplied by an ade¬
quate number of "ordinary seamen;" nor shall a vessel, when un¬
der orders for service and otherwise ready, be detained if the whole
number of petty officers and persons of inferior ratings on board
shall be equal to nine-tenths of the whole number of such persons
which may be allowed in the table of complements.
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ARTICLE 7.
Commanders of vessels may supply deficiency .of petty officers.
Unless otherwise special'y directed, the commander of a vessel
which shall.leave the Confederate States with a deficiency of petty
officers or persons of inferior ratings, as compared with the estab¬
lished complements for such vessel, may supply such deficiencies
by promoting qualified persons of inferior ratings, or by regular en¬
listments for such time, not exceeding three years, as may be deemed
best for the ]*ublic interests. Blank shipping articles will be sup¬
plied to all vessels by the commandant of the navy yard or station
from which they may sail.
Article 8:
Vessels not embraced'in table of complements.
Vessels which, are not embraced in the table of complements
will have their rates and complements established by special order
of the Secretary of the Navy.
Article 9.»
Distressed seamen.
Commanders of squadrons or of single ships on foreign stations >
may receive on board their vessels distressed seamen of the Con*
federate States, as supernum^faries, for pay, rations, and clothing,
the latter to be charged to their pay, without reference to the es¬
tablished complements of the ships.
Article 10.
They "are to be amenable to laivs, <§-c., of the navy.
Persons so received shall be amenable, in all respects, to the laws
and regulations for the government of the navy.
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Article 11.
Supernumerary officers shall take rank and do duty, unless.
An officer ordered to a ship as a supernumerary shall take rank
and do duty as if belonging to the complement of the ship, unless
otherwise ordered.
Article 12.
Officers as passengers not entitled to quarters.
An officer ordered for passage only, will not be enytled to quar¬
ters to the prejudice of an officer of the regular complement; and
in case of battle may serve as a volunteer, in such position as the
commander may choose to assign'him.
CHAPTER II.
RANK AND COMMAND.
Article 1.
Personnel of the navy.
The personnel of the navy shall consist of the following grades:
Commission officers.
Warrant officers.
Appointed officers.
Petty officers.
Seamen.
Second class firenjen.
Ordinary seamen.
Coalheavers.
Landsmen.
Boys.
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Article 2.
General military command.
Of the commission and warrant officers, the following only shall
exercise general military command, and in the order in frliich they
are placed:
Captain.
Commander.
Lieutenant.
Master.
Second master in the line of promotion.
Passed midshipman.
Midshipman.
Boatswain.
Gunner.
Master's mate, if warranted.
Article 3.
Officers restricted in their right to command.
The other commission and warrant officers shall be restricted in
their right to command to their own respective corps, unless spe^
cially extended. They are as follows :
Surgeon.
Paymaster.
Chief engineer.
Assistant surgeon.
First assistant engineer.
Second assistant engineer.
Third assistant engineer.
Carpenter.
Sailmaker.
Article 4.
Rank and command of commission and warrant officers.
The commission officers in each grade shall take rank, and when
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on duty shall be entitled to command according to the date of their
respective commissions, and warrant officers according to*the dates
of their warrants, and when either shall be of the same date, then
according to their position on the Navy Register.
Article 5.
Officers appointed to act in higher grades.
Officers who may be duly appointed to act in a grade superior to
their own shall be entitled, whilst so acting, to exercise command
and take precedence according to the grade in which they may be
acting ; officers so acting shall take rank with each other as in their
regular grades.
Article 6.
Command in cases of riot or quarrel.
Any commission or warrant officer shall have authority to exer¬
cise command over any other officer, or petty officer, or person of
inferior rating, in case of riot or quarrel. And any .person who
shall in such case refuse to obey the order of such commission or
warrant officer, sl^ll be punished at the discretion of a court mar¬
tial.
Article 7.
Appointed officers.
The appointed officers are the following:
Secretary to the commander of a squadron.
Clerk to a commanding officer.
Clerk to a paymaster.
Article 8.
Petty officers and their relative rank.
The petty officers of the navy are the following, and they shall
take rank according to the following enumeration :
Master's mate, not warranted.
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* Master-at-arms.
*Yeoman.
•Schoolmaster.
•Surgeon's steward.
*Sliip's steward.
•Ship's corporal.
*Armorer.
*Cooper.
•Ship's eook.
Boatswain'? mate.
Gunner's mate.
•Carpenter's mate.
^'Sail maker's mate.
Cockswain to the commander of a squadron.
Quartermaster.
Quarter gunner.
Cockswain.
Captain of forecastle.
Captain of maintop.
Captain of foretop.
Captain ©f afterguard.
Captain of hold.
Captain of mizzentop.
*First class fireman.
•Painter.
*Master of band.
•Steward to commander of a squadron.
*Armorer's mate.
•Cabin steward.
•Ward-room staward.
*Cabtn cook.
•Ward-room cook.
Those petty officers marked with an asterisk (*) shall in no case
succeed to command.
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article 9.
Precedence of petty officers with each other.
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The precedence of petty officers of the same grade with each
other shall be established according to their order on the muster
book of the ship in which they are embarked.
Article 10.
Order of precedence between officers of the navy.
Paymasters, surgeons, and chief engineers of more than twelve
years' standing will rank with«commanders.
Paymasters, surgeons, and chief engineers of less than twelve
years! standing with lieutenants.
Assistant paymasters, passed assistant surgeons and first assistant
engineers, next after lieutenants and with masters.
Article 11.
Precedence of assistant paymasters.
Assistant paymasters shall for five years-after their appointment
have precedence with masters, and after that with lieutenants,
counting from the expiration of the five years.
Article 12.
Precedence of passed assistant surgeons and professors.
Passed assistant surgeons and professors of mathematics shall
have precedence with masters.
Article 13.
Precedence of assistant surgeons and first assistant engineers.
Assistant surgeons, first assistant engineers, and secretaries to
commanders of squadrons, shall have precedence with passed mid¬
shipmen.
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Article 14.
Precedence of second and third assistant engineers and clerks.
Second and third assistant engineers, and clerks to commanding
officers and paymasters, shall have precedence with midshipmen.
Article 15.
Precedence of secretaries and clerks ivith each other.
Secretaries to commanders of squadrons, and clerks to comman¬
ders of vessels, shall have precedence with each other, respectively)
according to the rank of the officer to whom they may be allowed.
Article 16.
Precedence by date of commission or warrant.
When precedence is to be established by date of commission,
warrant, or other reference to time, in any grade, and cases shall
arise where there are two or more persons having the same date)
they shall have precedence with each other according.to the order
in which they may stand upon the Navy Register.
Article 17.
Officer entitled to exercise general military command in command of a
vessel, or on-detached duty, shall command all other officers on same duty.
When any officer authorized to exercise general military com¬
mand shall bo in command of a vessel on any detached duty in
which officers not so authorized may be embarked, or- to which
they may be attached for duty, or by order, such officer, whatever
shall be his rank, shall be entitled to exercise command, and shall
take precedence over the other officers while so embarked or at¬
tached.
Article 18.
Precedence of officers on boards, surveys, SfC.
Whenever officers of the navy shall be directed to act together
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upon boards, councils, surveys, or other duty where their joint
views or opinions are to be expressed, the officer entitled to prece"
dence shall preside, except in cases of councils of war or military
commissions, when the presiding officer shall be one entitled to ex*
ercise general military command.
Article 19.
Messes, senior officers, §c., to preside.
In all messes of officers the senior officer entitled to general mil¬
itary command shall preside.
Article 20.
Command of officers of medical, pay, and engineer corps.
Officers of the medical, pay, and engineer corps shall have rank
in their own respective corps according to grade and date of com¬
mission or warrant in their grades, and shall have authority to ex¬
ercise command accordingly, in matters relating to duties in tlipir
own corps, but not in any other corps, except as hereinbefore pro¬
vided, conforming to the police regulations of the vessel in which
they may be embarked.
CHAPTER III.
GENERAL REGULATIONS.
Article 1.
Constant attention to duty enjoined on all.
All persons .in the navy are to be constant in their attention .to
their duties, never absenting themselves therefrom without the con¬
sent of their immediate commanding officer, nor remaining out of
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the vessels to which they may belong during the night, after the
watch is set, without express permission to that effect from the
commander of the vessel, or from the commander-in-chief of the
fleet or squadron:
Article 2.
Officers to conduct themselves with respect to their superiors. t
All persons of the navy shall conduct themselves, with respect to
their superiors, and show every proper attention to those under
their orders, having due regard to their situation ; and all officers
are required to set an example of morality, subordination,*and at¬
tention to duty.
Article 3.
If an inferior feels himself aggrieved.
If an officer shall consider himself oppressed by his superior, or
observe any misconduct in him, he is not, on that account, to fail in
his respect to him ; but he is to represent, through the proper chan¬
nel, such oppression or misconduct to the captain of the vessel, or
commander of the yard, to the commander-in-chief of the fleet or
squadron, or to the Secretary of the J^avy, in the manner prescribed
for official correspondence.
Article 4.
If any person knows of any fraud.
If any person belonging to the navv shall know of any fraud, col¬
lusion, or improper conduct in any agent, contractor, or other person
employed in matters connected with the naval service, he shall re¬
port the same in writing, through the prescribed channel, to the
proper officer, or to the Navy Department. But he must in all cases
specify tlye particular acts of misconduct or collusion, and state the
means of proving the same ; and he will be held strictly accounta¬
ble for any frivolous or vexatious charges he may exhibit.
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Article 5.
If an officer shall receive an order contrary to his instructions.
If an officer shall receive an order from his superior contrary to
any particular order of any other superior, or to the instructions or
general orders from the department, he shall respectfully represent
{in-writing when practicable) such contrariety to the superior of¬
ficer from whom he shall Itave received the last order; and if, after
such representation, the superior officer shall still insist upon the
execution of his order, the officer is to cbey him, and report the
circumstances to the officer from whom he received the original
order, if practicable.
Article 6.
If an officer is diverted from any. du^y.
Every officer who shall divert another from any service upon
which he maybe Ordered by a common superior, or require him to act
contrary to the orders of such common superior, or interfere with
those under his command, must show to the department, or to the
officer under whose order he may be acting, that the public interests
required it
Article 7.
Orders countermanding other orders to be given in writing.
All orders countermanding a written order from a common supe¬
rior shall be given in writing, when practicable.
Article 8.
No person to exchange with another for the performance of any duly.
No person in the navy shall, without having obtained authority
from his superior or commanding officer, exchange with another
for the performance of a duty with which he is charged.
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Article 9.
When a commander of a fleet or single veseel meets with his superior.
When any officer in command of a fleet, squadron, or single ship
shall meet with his superior or senior officer, also in command, he
shall wait on him, show him his orders or instructions, and consider
himself under his command while he is in his presencei But if the
superior shall give him an order at all at variance with his intended
course, and if he shall have sealed or secret orders, he shall at once
make it known to such superior officer, who will not then interfere
with his command, unless it he absolutely necessary for the public
service; and in that case his original instructions are to be fulfilled
as soon thereafter as practicable, and a» full report made to the au-
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thority by which they were issued.
Article 10.
No deviation allowed in armament or equipment.
No deviatiorHs to be made from the directions which the Navy
Department may issue in relation to the construction, repair, ar¬
rangement, armament, and equipment of vessels, without its previ¬
ous sanction, except in cases of absolute necessity occurring out of
the Confederate States; and in such cases the alteration, and the
effects produced by it, and the expense attending it, are to be re¬
ported to the department as soon thereafter as practicable.
Article 11.
To avoid unnecessary expenditures.
Every officer is strictly enjoined to avoid all unnecessary expen¬
ditures of public moneys or stores ; and, as far as may be in his
power, to prevent the same in others, and to encourage the strictest
economy that may be consistent with the interests of the service;
and all persons in the navy will be answerable for any wasteful or
improper expense which they may direct or authorize.
Article 12.
No public stores to be appropria.ed to private use.
No article of public stores is ever to be appropriated to the private
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use of any person not in distress, without the consent of the Navy
Department, or by order of the senior officer present in command,
who shall give the earliest information to the department of the
circumstances, and shall be careful .to take the best security which
the nature of the case will admit, so that the articles or 'their value
may be refunded to the Confederate State.
Article 13.
Mechanics on hoard ships on foreign stations allowed to repair merchant
vessels.
"Mechanics on board ships on foreign stations may be allowed to
repair vessels belonging to the merchant service of the Confederate
States in cases where a refusal to do so would of necessity impose
injurious delays, or greatly increase the expenses upon the merchant
"vessel. In such cases the mechanics may receive such compensa¬
tion as the owner, consignee, or master of such merchant vessel
shall chose to give, and their commander shall c<S*fsider fair anif
proper.
•Article 14.
No officer to receive compensation.
No officer in the navy, in like cases, shall either claim or receive
any compensation whatever.
Article 15.
Gratuitous assistance to be given, when.
In all casps of distress gratuitous assistance is to be given, as
heretofore, to the fullest extent.practicable.
Article 16,
No person in the navy to be interested in procuring supplies.
All persons employed in the navy, or for naval purposes, are
strictly prohibited from haying any interest in purchases or con¬
tracts for supplies of any kind fof the navy, or in any works apper-
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taining to it; neither shall they receive any emolument or gratuity
of any kind from any -contractor or otljer person furnishing sup¬
plies, either directly or indirectly, nor act as agent or attorney for
any contractor on account of purchases, contracts, or works for the
navy or for naval purposes.
Article 17.
Tattoos to be beaten and colors to be hoisted, when.
When the sun sets at or after six o'clock, the tattoo shall he beat
at nine o'clock in the evening, and the colors be hoisted at eight
o'clock in the morning; and when it sets before six o'clock, the
tattoo shall be beat at eight o'clock in the evening, and the colors
shall be hoisted at nine o'clock in the morning.
Article 18.
Lights and fires to be extinguished, when.
All fires and lights, except those necessary for the service of the
vessel, or especially allowed by the commanding officer, shall he
extinguished at tattoo, excepting the lights used by the commission
officers, which shall be extinguished aLL n p. m., and those used by
warrant officers, which shall be extinguished at nine p. m., unless
otherwise directed or allowed in special cases by the commanding
officer of the vessel.
Article 19.
When criminal process is issued by civil authority.
In the execution of criminal process issued by civil authorities,
officers are to furnish active assistance within their commands
when legally required.
Article 20.
No person to be discharged without order, from whom.
No commander of a vessel of the navy whilst absent from the
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Confederate States is ever to discharge from the naval service any
pStty officer, seaman, ordinary seaman, landsman, marine, fireman,
coal heaver, or boy, except by order of the Secretary of the Navy,
or the sentence of a court martial, or as provided for in Article 21
and whenever men are so discharged a report of all the circum
stances attending the same must be made to the department, am
information at once given to the nearest consu^of* the Confederate
States, that he may regulate his conduct towards the person dis¬
charged with a full knowledge of the fatjts.
Article 21.
Enlisted men whose terms of service have expired while on a foreign
station may be discharged.
Petty officers, seamen, ordinary seamen, landsmen, marines, fire¬
men, coal heavers, and boys, whose terms of service may expire
on a foreign station, may be discharged by order of the senior officer
present, at their request, if the interests of the public service will
admit of it.
Article. 22.
When pefsons are found unfit'for service.
Whenever, in the opinion of the commander of a vessel of the
navy, any person of her crew is unfit for service, he shall report
the same to the senior officer in command, whose duty ft shall be^
to order a survey to be held , upon such person by one or more
medical officers, three if practicable, who shalbexamine^ the person
and report upon his condition, and, if found "unfit for service,''
shall state as far as practicable the nature and origin of his dis
ability; the report of the survey to be transmitted in duplicate to
the .Secretary of the Navy, or to the commander-in-chief of the
fleet or squadron for decision.
Article 23.
Enlisted persons may be discharged, ivhen.
Pei«ons enlisted for the naval service, and serving on board ves-
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sels within the Confederate States, may be discharged from service
by order of the commander of the vessel or of the station, for either
of the following reasons: expiration of service, or unfitness for
service from causes ascertained by survey to have •existed prior to
enlistment.
Article 24.
No person to be transferred from one vessel to another in the Confederate
^tales, unless.
No oommander of a vessel of the navy, when in the Confederate
States, is ever to transfer any. person belonging to his vessel to any
other vessel or station, unless by authority of the Secretary of the
Navy; nor shall transfers of officers from one vessel to another
vessel of the same squadron be made on foreign service, unless
the interests of the public .service imperatively require it.
Article 25.
Accounts of persons transferred.
When any person shall be transferred from one vessel, navy
yard, or station, to any other vessel, navy yard, or station, or to any
prize, the commander of the vessel, navy yard; or station, from
which such person may be sent shall take care that he is accom¬
panied by a correct statement of his account duly signed by the
paymaster and himself.
Article: 26.
Gambling and drunkenness prohibited.
Gambling and drunkenness is strictly prohibited on board the
vessels of the navy and in the navy yards.
Article 27.
Officers incurring debts upon a foreign station.
Should any officer of the navy so far forget what is due to his
own honor, and to the honor of the service of which he is a mem-
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ber, as to i/icur debts upon a foreign statipn which the pay then
due to him, or'his other immediate resources will not enable hiin
to discharge; or iT he should leave any foreign port without first
paying evety debt which he may have incurred, and it should come
to the knowledge Of the captain or commander of the vessel, it
shall be the duty of such captain or commanding officer to make
report of the facts and circumstances to'the commander of the
squadron if on a foreign station, 'or to the Secretary of the Navy if
within the Confederate States, that a court martial may be ordered,
or such other course adopted as the ci^imstances of the case and
the honor of the service may require.
Article 28.
Officers to advise the department of their address.
Officers of the navy not on duty will keep the department at all
times advised of their address.
Article 29.
On being detached, to advise the department of address and change of
v residence.
Officers on being detached from duty, will immediately inform
the department of their intended place of residence"; and notice
must be given of any contemplated change before such change
shall have been made. "
Article 30.
To acknowledge receipt of orders.
Officers will promptly acknowledge the receipt of orders, and
inform the department immediately .on their having reported in
obedience to them.
Article 31.
Officers travelling, &c., to communicate Useful information to the gov¬
ernment.
Officers on foreign service, or travelling in foreign countries,
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shall communicate to the commander-in-chief of the squadron, or
to the Secretary of the Navy, any information they may acquire
that will be useful to the government of the Confederate States.
Article ^2.
When two or more vessels meet.
When two or more vessels, whether belonging to the same
squadron or not, shall meet, the motions of the ship commanded by
the senior officer shall be fallowed by the others.
Article 33.
Boats to carry national flag.
In foreign poTts, and in communicating with foreign vessels,
every boat will carry the national ensign, unless otherwise ordered
by the commanding officer.
Article 34.
All important orders to officer of the deck at night to be given in writing.
All important orders to the officer of the deck, for the duties of
the vessel during the night, whether given by the captain or by the
executive officer must be in writing.
Article 35.
Every officer of the navy is enjoined to discourage duelling.
Every officer of the navy is enjoined to discourage duelling, and
should he have reason to believe that a duel is likely to occur, in
which naval officers are to be participants, it shall be his dutypall
other means failing, to r'eport it to his commanding officer.
Article 36.
t-
If an officer is promoted while in Command.
If any officer shall, while in command of a vessel on foreign ser-
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vice; be promoted to a higher rank, he is not on that account
to be removed from his command or position, until instructions
shall be received from the Secretary of the-Navy.
Article 37.
Money, plate, jewels, or other treasure, may be.
Money, plate, jewels, or other treasure, may be, and if the
property of citizens of the Confederate States, if in jeopardy, shall)
on demand, be received on board any. vessel of the Confederate
Navy, on freight or for safe keeping) but no per centage shall be
received from the shippers, or owners of said treasure.
Article 38.
Combinations of officers or others prohibited.
Combinations of officers or others for the purposes of remon¬
strating against the orders of a superior, or complaining of the
details of duty or of service, are strictly forbidden. If an indi¬
vidual believes that he has cause to complain or remonstrate, he
may do so either in writing or personally ; but any combination of
two or more in such complaint or remonstrance is to be considered
insubordinate and factious, and may be punished at the discretion
of a court martial. No person is to delay obedience to an order for
the purpose of lemonstrating or complaining.
Article 39.
Demand for the delivery of a deserter.
If a deserter from any vessel of the Confederate States shall
tali£ refuge on board a foreign vessel of war, the senior officer
present shall make a formal demand for his delivery; but if the
demand shall be refused, he shall not resort to "force whatever may
be his strength, but shall report the circumstances to his govern¬
ment.
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_ Article 40.
Parties of twenty or upwards to be commanded by a lieutenant or master.
Every part} detailed for duty out of the ship, or shore, or else,
where, shall, when the party consists of twenty men or more, be
commanded by an officer not below the rank of lieutenant 01
master.
Article 41.
Officens' duties are not limited to, those prescribed in these regulations,
but are promptly to obey all orders.
Notwithstanding th%re are particular duties prescribed for dif¬
ferent officers by jhese regulations, yet it is not intended to limit
their duties to those specified, but they are promptly to obey all
orders which they may rec^v'e front their 'commanding officers,
who are required to take care tfiat ervery officer performs his ^uties
and oBieys all legal orders in a proper manner.
Article
Offenders to be reported.
Any officer who may fitness or be cognizant of any crime or
misdemeanor on the part of any person in the navy, is to report
the same to the proper authority, not secretly, but informing the
person reported of his having done so in obedience to the law.
Article 43.
Sheath-knives forbidden.
The use of sheath-knives on board ship is strictly forbidden.
Jack-knives shall be worn with lanyards and in fobs.
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CHAPTER W.
APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS.
Articls 1.
Appointment of a person not holding a commission or warrant to per¬
form the duty of a commission or warrant officer. ' Officer on leave or
furlough.
No officer whatever shall, when within the jurisdiction of the
Confederate States, unless authorized by the Secretary of the Navy,
appoint any person not holding a commission or warrant in the
navy to perform the duties of a commissioned or warrant officer>
nor give to any commissioned or warrant officer an acting appoint¬
ment for any higher grade than tliatj^r. which he may be commis¬
sioned or warranted. Nor shall he at any time order any officer into
service or upon duty who is on leave of absence or furlough, or
make any change in the distribution or arrangement of officers as
established by the Secretary of the Navy, except in cases of emer¬
gency; and in such cases he shall report his acts to the department
without delay.
Article 2.
When vessels may proceed to sea with smaller numbers than those desig¬
nated in the table of complements.
If the Secretary of the Navy shall deem it expedient to direet
any vessel to proceed on service with a smaller number of officers
than is designated in the table of complements for vessels, no act¬
ing appointment is to be made or order given to supply any such
deficiency without his previous authority or sanction ; nor shall any
commander of a vessel which may be separated from the com¬
mander of the "fleet or squadron to which such vessel belongs'
make any acting appointment, or give any order to fill vacancies
whiclv existed and could have been reported to the commander of
the fleet or squadron before such separation occurred.
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Article 3.
Acting appointment, when and how to he made.
When a vacancy shall occur in the complements of commission
or warrant officers, as above explained and limited, in any vessel
without the jurisdiction of the Confederate States, and which can¬
not be supplied from the supernumerary officers of the same rank in
other vessels of the fleet or squadron, the commander-in-chief of
the fleet or squadron may, if the vacancies shall have been occa¬
sioned by death, or b'y order or authority from the Secretary of the
Navy, give a written acting appointment to some other commission
or warrant officer who* may be subject to his orders to fill such
vacancy, until such appointment be revoked by the commander-in-
chief of the fleet or squadron for, the time being, or by order of the
Secretary of the Navy.
Article 4.
Acting appointments to be reported to the department, with reasons for
the same.
All officers who may have occasion to make acting appointments,
or to give orders to fill vacancies, shall conform to these regulations
as respects qualifications, whenever it shall be Practicable; they
shall give the earliest information to the department of all such
orders or appointments which may be made by them, with the
reasons for the same, and forward a complete list of all such orders
or appointments to the Secretary of the Navy immediately on their
arrival in the Confederate States.
Article 5.
An officer who has received an appointment to.act in a higher gr'ade than
his commission, not to be reduced.
When an officer on foreign service shall have received an ap¬
pointment to act in a higher grade tha*i that of his commission or
warrant, and shall have served in such grade, he shall not be
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reduced to his previous grade except by sentence of a court mar¬
tial, but shall be retained as a supernumerary, or sent to the Con¬
federate States, antl his appointment? shall cease from the date of
his order to return to the Confederate States.
Article 6.
Vacancies by sickness, absence, fyc., how to be filled.
* »
When a vacancy shall have been occasioned by leave granted to
any officer to return to the Confederate States from the commander
of a squadron or vessel, in consequence of* ill health or for other
cause, or any rank or class of officers present and fit for duty, shall
be temporarily reduced below the complement and the number
which may be deemed necessary for the proper performance of the
duties of the vessel, in consequence of the continued indisposition
of officers, or their absence in prizes or upon other public service,
the commander-in-chief of the fleet or squadron, or the senior
offifter present, may direct other officers of the vessel or squadron,
by a written order, to perform the duties of sdch absent or sick
officers until their return or restoration to health, or until the further
orders of the commander of the fleet or squadron, or of the Secre¬
tary of Navy, be received.
Article 7.
Boatswains, gunners, carpenters, and sailmakers, may be selected; when
and hoiv.
Vacancies in the situations of boatswains, gunners, carpenters,
and sailmakers may be filled by selection frorg the petty officers, or
other persons not warranted, by order of the officers authorized by
these regulations to give such order.
Article $.
Officers receiving acting appointments to wear irnform and annex official
signature.
When an officer shall receive an acting appointment from the
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Secretary of the Navy, or from the commander-in-chief of the fleet,
or other commanding officer, in conformity with these regulations,
such officer may assume the uniform and annex his acting rank to
his official signature; but when he shall perform the duties of a
higher station by order, he is not to change his uniform or official
designation. - But in both cases he will be entitled to the compen¬
sation of the grade of the officer whose duties he may be directed
to perform.
Article 9.
Commanders-in-chief without the Confederate Slates may appoint boards
to examine candidates"for higher appointments.
Comnianders-in-chief, without the jurisdiction of the Confederate
States, may direct three captains, commanders, or other proper
officers as the case may require, to examine candidates for higher
appointments, when it shall be necessary for selecting persons who
have not been examined to fill vacancies; and the Oertificates of
qualification shall be immediately forwarded to the Secretary of
the Navy.
Article 10.
Commanders of vessels in certain cases to fill vacancies.
If an officer shall succeed to the command of a vessel without
the jurisdiction of the Confederate States in consequence of the
death or captivity of the commander, he may give the necessary
orders to supply vacancies to act until he brings the vessel into
port, meets with a superior-officeron duty, or receives the instruc¬
tions of his commander-in-chief or of the Secretary of the Navy.
Article 11.
Commanders to rate petty officers from crew, except.
When a crew shall be transferred from a receiving vessel to a
vessel of the navy intended for sea service, the officer who may
be ordered to her command shall select and rate from such crew
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the different petty officers allowed by the complement table to ves¬
sels of the class to which she belongs, excepting the ship's steward
and surgeon's steward. The former will be rated on the nomi¬
nation of the paymaster, and the latter on the nomination of the
surgeon or senior medical officer attached to the vessel, if approved
by the commanding officer.
Article 12.
Petty officer so rated to be transferred in no higher grade than that in
which he shipped.
No petty officer so rated shall be transferred ^3 such to any other
station or hospital, and ki no highe'r grade than that in which l:e
was received on board such vessel.
Article 13.
Commanders may change the rates of petty officers.
A captain or other commanding officer of a vessel may change
the rates of petty officers and others of'inferior ratings allowed to
the vessel under his command, having due regard to the law and
to their conduct and qualifications, reporting quarterly to the com¬
manding officer of the squadron to which he belongs all the alter¬
ations which he may have made in such ratings since his last report.
Article 14.
Officers entitled to a secretary or clerk may appoint and discharge the
same.
Every officer entitled to a secretary may appoint and discharge
the samq,; and every commanding officer may "appoint and dis¬
charge his own clerk.
Article 15.
Paymasters may appoint and discharge their clerks with captain's assent.
Paymasters entitled to clerks may appoint them or re.quest their
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discharge, and the captain will .assent to such appointment and dis¬
charge, unless he has good reason for refusing it, which he will
state in writing.
Article 16.
Ages prescribed for secretaries and clerks, and rules for their appointment.
No person shall be appointed secretary who is under twenty-one
years of age, nor-a clerk under eighteen years of age ; and no secre¬
tary or clerk shqjl be entered upon the myister-book of any vessel,
or be entitled to any pay, until he shall have accepted his appoint¬
ment by ld^ter in duplicate, and is ready for duty, and in such ac¬
ceptance shall expressly bind himself to be subject to the laws and
instructions for the government of the navy, so long as he shall hold
such appointment^ one of which letters of acceptance shall, in all
cases, be immediately transmitted to the department by the officer,
making the appointment, and the other be preserved by^iim.
Article 17.
Boatswains, gunners, carpenters, and sailmakers may receive warrants,
when.
No person is to receive an appointment as boatswain, gunner,
carpenter, or sailmaker, until he shall have passed such examina¬
tion as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy to ascer¬
tain his qualifications; nor will a warrant be given to him until he
shall have performed at least one year's 9ea service in the navy,
and shall produce testimonials of good conduct from the command¬
ing officer under whom he shall have serfed..
Article 18.
Age of second masters and masters'1 mates, and rules for their appoint¬
ment.
Should second masters or masters' mates be hereafter appointed
from civil life, no one will receive such appointment except from
the Secretary ©f the Navy, nor unless l$£ shall he over twenty years
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of age, and have passed such examination, by a board of navy
officers, in seamanship, navigation and "mathematics, as the Secre¬
tary of the Navy may direct, and shall produce satisfactory testi¬
monials of general good character and conduct.
Article 19.
Second masters or masters' mates not to be warranted until they have
seen one year's sea service.
Second masters or masters' mates will not reeeive warrants until
they shall have acted as such for at least one year ft vessels of the ,
-navy at sea, and shall produce satisfactory testimonial^ of good
character and conduct from their commanders.
Article 20.
' Admission, continuance and examination of midshipmen. -
The admission, continuance and examination of midshipmen for
promotion, shall be according to such rules as are or may be estab¬
lished by the Navy Department, in connexion with the Naval
Academy.
Article* 21.
Chaplains. Qualifications required for their appointment. „
•
No person will be appointed a chaplain in the navy who shall not
be a regularly ordained,or licensed clergyman of unimpeached
moral character, rfor when he is more than thirty year§ of age.
Article 22.
Assistant paymasters. Qualifications required for their appointment.
Assistant paymasters will not be appointed except between
twenty-one and thirty years of age, .nor until they shall have been
examined by three paymasters and found fully competent to keep a
set of ship's books, and produce satisfactory testimonials of good
moral character.
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Article 23.
Commanding officer of a squadron may appoint a fleet surgeon when a
vacancy occurs.
The commanding officer of a squadron, in case of a vacancy
occurring on a foreign station, may order the 'senior surgeon of the
squadron to perform the duties of surgeon of the fleet, unless from
disability or other good cause it be found necessary to select one of
the same or of lower grade.
Article 24.
No person to be appointed in the engineer ceaps without testimonials.
No person will be appointed in the ehgineer corps of the navy
unless he shall produce satisfactory testimonials of good moral
character and«correet habits.
Article 25.
Candidates for promotion in the engineer corps must produce testimonials.
Candidates for promotion in said corps must produce, in addition,
similar testimonials from the commanding officers and the senior
engineer or engineers with wlfom they may have served ; and all'
candidates, whether for admission or promotion, must pass such
examinations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy.
Article 26.
Qualifications required for the appointment and promotions of engineers.
Third assistants must, in addition to the foregoing conditions,
ha*ve served at least two years in the management of steam engines
of the navy in actual service; second assistants must hatTe so.
seryed at least three years; the first assistants must have so served
at least two years, unless in cases of nece'ssity; and in such ex¬
treme cases the same qualifications and restrictions as- respects
examinations, conduct, character, health, and length of service
with steam engines%in vessel of some kind, will be required for the
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several grades. No person shall in such extreme cases he so ap¬
pointed under the age of twenty-one years; nor a second assistant
who shall be over twenty-five years of age; nor first assistant over
thirty years of age; nor any chief engineer over thirty-five years of age.
Article 27.
Engineers', which shall be preferred when qualifications are equal.
When other qualifications are equal, candidates who possess
superior skill and practical knowledge of the fabrication and repair
of the different parts of*steam engines and their dependencies, will
have preference over others.
Article 28.
'Definition of sea service.
The time which an officer may be doing duty afloat, except on
receiving ships, will be considered as sea service within the mean¬
ing of these regulations.
Article 29.
Boards of officers for examination to give certificates.
Boards of officers who may be appointed by the Secretary of the
Navy to examice persons for appointment or promotion, shall grant
certificates to such as in their opinion prove themselves qualified,
and .shall number such certificates according to the relative quali¬
fications of the different individuals who present themselves at the
same time, or \£ho belong to the same class, giving number one to
the best qualified, and the other numbers m regular order.
Article 30.
Officers who may be prevented from being present at a first examination,
how to proceed.
Any officer, other than a midshipman, who may be prevented by
the action of his superior officers from attending an examination to
which he may be entitled by law or these regulations, and sliali
present himseTf at the first opportunity in his power and pass a
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satisfactory examination, shall have a position assigned to him in
the class to which he belonged,"as if he had been examined in due
course.
Article 31.
In case of an officer failing to pass a first examination, his class and
position if he passes a second examination.
In case an officer shall fail to pass an examination, and an op¬
portunity shall, for any special reason, be granted him to present
himself a second^time, the board by which lie may be examined
shall designate the class and position in which they recommend
him to be placed, which shall be subject to the final decision of the
Secretary of the Navy.
Article 32.
Officers found unqualified on second examination to be dropped.
Any officer who shall not be found qualified for promotion upon
a second examination shall be dropped from the navy list.
Article 33.
Officers appointed to shore stations to continue two years, unless.
Officers appointed to navy yards and other duties on shore, or to
receiving ships, will, as a general rule, be continued on those duties
for two years, but subject to exceptions which the wants of other
branches of the service may require.
Article 34.
A lieutenant allowed to a commander-in-chief as aid.
Every captain who shall be appointed to the command of a fleet or
squadron, may be allowed a lieutenant, in addition to the comple¬
ment of the vessel, as an " aid" to assist him in performing his duties.
Article 35.
Limits of a command to be specified.
Whenever an officer shall be appointed to the command-in-cliief
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pf a fleet or squadron, the geographical limits of his command will
be particularly specified in his instructions. '
Article 36.
No person to receive an original appointment unless physically qualified.
No person shall receive an original comrriission, warrant or ap¬
pointment in the naval service of the ConfederateStates, or in the
marine corps, unless he be found physically qualified, on exami¬
nation by one or more naval surgeons.
CHAPTER V.
MILITARY HONORS AND CEREMONIES.
Article 1.
Military honors to *he Pi esident.
When the President of the Confederate States shall visit a vessel
of the navy, he shall be received upon the deck by all the officers,
in full uniform; the yards shall be manned; the fuH guard shall
be paraded, and shall present arms; the music shall give three
ruffles of the drun»and play a march, and-a salute of twenty-one
guns shall be fired, And the same honors shall Be paid when he
leaves the ship.
Article 2.
National ensign to be hoisted at- the main during the presence of the
President on board.
The presence of the President of the Confederate States on board
of any vessel of the navy wjll be indicated by the display of the
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Confederate ensign at the main; and during the time of such dis¬
play, the flag ot pendant indicating the command of any other offi¬
cer will be struck. When the President is known to be on board
of any vessel or boat which passes by or near any vessel of the
navy authorized to fire salutes, he shall be saluted with twenty-one
guns, and the yards shall be manned.
Article 3.
Military honors to the Vice President.
When the Vice President of the Confederate States shall visit a
vessel of the navy, the'same honors shall be paid as are directed
in article one, except that the salute shall consist of nineteen
guns.
Article 4.
Same to an ex-President.
When an ex-President shall visit a vessel-of-war of the Confede¬
rate States, he shall be received with the same honors as those pre¬
scribed for the President, «except the display of the Confederate
ensign at the main, and manning the yards.
Article 5.
Same ta an ex- Vice President.
An ex-Vice President the same as the Vice President, except
manning the yards.
Article 6.
Same to a foreign sovereign.
A foreign sovereign, or the chief magistrate of any foreign State^
on visiting a vessel of the Confederate States, shall be received with
the honors and ceremonies prescribed for the ^President of the
Confederate States, the band playing-tlie national march of the person
saluted, and the flag of the nation being displayed at the main.
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Article 1.
Honors to Cabinet Officers, Judges of the Supreme Court, and Governors
of States.
. When the Secretary of the Navy, or other member of the cabinet,
. or Justice of the Supreme Court, ot the Governor of any one of the
Confederate States, shall visit a vessel of the navy, the same honors'
shall be paid as are prescribed in Article 1, except that but one
salute is to be given, to consist of seventeen guns, and to be fired
on leaving the ship.
Article 8.
Honors to flag-officers.
A flag-officer, being the commander-in-chief of a squadron, shall
be received on deck by al| the officers in uniform; an officer's"
guard shall be paraded and present arms, and the drum shall give
two ruffles. If commanding a squadron or division, - but not in
chief, he shall be received in the same manner, except that-the
drum shall give one rufile. *
Article 9.
Military honors to captains.
• Captains on duty and in uniform with epaulets, shall, when they
visit a vessel of the navy commanded by an officer of the same or
of inferior rank, be received on deck by the commander of the ves -
sel visited, by the officer second in command. arftl by the officers of
the watch. A sergeant's guard will be paraded* and present
arms.
Article 10.
Military honors to commanders.
Commanders oa duty as such, and in uniform with swoads, shall,
when they visit a vessel of the navy, commanded bf an officer of-
the same or inferior rank, be received on deck by the commander
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of the vessel visited, by the officer second in command, and by tlie
officers of the watch. A corporal's guard will be paraded and
present arms.
Article 11.
Same to lieutenants commanding.
Lieutenants in command of .vessels rated six guns or over shall'
be received, when on duty and in uniform with swords, as com
manders, with the exception of the guard.
Article 12.
■Officers may dispense with guards.
Any officer entitled to a guard may dispense with it at his plea¬
sure.
Article 13.
Commissi n officers below rank of commander.
All commission officers below the rank of commander shall be
received by the officer of the watch, excepting in the case provided
for in article 11.
Article 14.
Warrant officers, how to be received.
Warrant officers shall be received a warrant officer of the
watch.
Article 15.
Salutes for flag-officers.
The salute for a flag officer, when commander-in-chief of a squad¬
ron, shall be thirteen guns, and when commanding a squadron or
division but not commanding in chief, shall be eleven guns.
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Article 16.
No officer of the navy other than a flag-officer to be saluted, except.
No officer of the navy other than a flag -officer is to be sainted;
but salutes to a superior by captains commanding single vessels
shall be returned with nine guns, salutes by a commander, with
seven guns, and when given by a lieutenant commanding, with five
guns.
Article 17.
Salute when an officer assumes commands/ a fleet.
When an officer shall, be appointed to the command of any fleet,
division or squadron, he shall, on assuming the command and hoist¬
ing his flag, receive the salute to which he may be entitled^from all
the vessels present which belong to his fleet, squadron, or division, ex¬
cept when in presence of a senior officer, in which case the officer, on
hoisting his flag, shall salute the senior officer, who alone shall rj"
turn the salute.
Article 18.
-Salute, when a vessel first joins or meetsM squadron.
A vessel when first joining or meeting a squadron, qr which may
rejoin after a separation of not less than twelve months, shall sa¬
lute the commander-in-chief, if he is present.
Article 19.
No salute to be filed in the presence of a superior, except.
No salute shall ever be fired in the presence of a senior without
his permission, previously obtained, except a salute given to such
senior officer.
Article 20.
Salutes when squadrons, §r., meet.
When fleets, squadrons, or divisions meet, the commanding offi¬
cers only shall salute*
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Article 21.
When more than one vessel salutes an officer.
In nil cases where more than one vessel shall salute an officer
the officer saluted shall wait until they, have all ceased firing, and.
then fire the number of guns to which he is entitled as,a salute.
Article 22.
Officers of the army or marine corps, hoiv to be received.
If officers of the army or marine corps shall visit any vessel 6f
the navy in uniform, those having the rank by commission, other
than brevet of major general, shall be received as commanders-in-
chief of squadrons; brigadier generals as commanders of divisions
or of squadrons when not commanding in chief; colbnels and lieu¬
tenant colonels as captains*; majors as commanders; captains.as
lieutenants; first lieutenants as masters, and second lieutenants.as
passed midshipmen : Provided. That if a grade is created betwe.en
those of commander and lieutenant, then lieutenant colonels shall
be received as commanders, and majors as the officers of the grade
created.
Article 23.
When colors are to be hoisted, on.
On the anniversary of the declaration of 'independence of the
Confederate States the colors shall be hoisted at sunrise; at the
same time all vessels in commisiion shall,-when in port, be dressed
with flags, and so cotitinue until the colors are hauled down at
sunset, if the state of the weather and other circumstances "will
permit
Article 24.
No national flag except the Confederate, to be used in dressing ship.
No national flag except that^of the Confederate States shall be
used in dressing ship.
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/ Article 25.
Salutes on the 22d of February, Ifc.
On the anniversary of the declaration of independence of the
Confederate States, and on the twenty-second day of February, the
anniversary of the birth of Washington, a salute of twenty-one'
guns shall be fired at meridian from vessels in commission and
navy yards.
Article 26.
Commanders of vessels in foreign ports to give notice to authorities of
any anniversary it is intended to celebrate.
The commanding officers of vessels of the Confederate States,
when in foreign ports, shall give timely information to the public
authorities on shore, and to the commanding officers of foreign ves-
sels-of-war, of any anniversary or other event which it is intended
to celebrate ; and should the public authorities or foreign vessels
fire salutes in honor of the occasion, the salutes are not to be re¬
turned,, unles# the failure to do so would give offence, but a message
of acknowledgment and thanks shall be promptly sent to the pub¬
lic authorities, and all others who may have publicly.displayed any
mark of honor or respect on the occasion.
Article 27.
• Salutes to diplomatic corps.
The salutes for persons.of diplomatic rank shall be as follows:
Ambas:adors, Papal nuncios, or legates,.... s .. 17 guns.
Enjoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary, 15 guns.
Ministers resident, .... 13 guns.
Charg€ d'affaires and commissioners, ". .. 11 guns.
Consuls general and vice-consuls general, 0 guns.
Consuls, : 7 guns-
Vice-consuls and other commefcial agents holding Tegular
appointments,... , ...' 5 guris*.
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When"foreign diplomatic persons visit vessels of the Confede¬
rate States, the ensign of the nation to which they belong will be
hoisted at the fore during tire firing of the salute, but this must not
be done iii case of visits of diplomatic persons of the Confederate
States ; and the salutes prescribed in this .article shall not be given
more than once to the same official by the same vessel at the same
time at shorter intervals than twelve months, except in cases .of
foreign officials, and then only On occasions of particular cere¬
mony.
Article 28.
Forts, <§-<?., of the Confederate States, not to be saluted.
Forts, cities, or castles of the Confederate States are not to be
saluted by any Confederate States vessel-of-war.
Article 29.
Salutes from foreign'vessels to be returned, how.
When any foreign vessel-of-war of a nation in amity with the
Confederate States shall arrive in a port of the Confederate States
where there is a vessel of the navy or a navy yard, the command¬
ing officer shall send a proper officer on board to offer the usual
civilities an^l any assistance which the foreign vessel may require;
but he is not to visitlhim first, nor salute the vessel, but shall return
a salute, if one shall be given, gun for gun.
Article 30.
" Commanders, on visiting foreign ports, to make first visit.
The commanding officer of any fleet, squadron, #or vessel will,
after anchoring in any foreign port, make the first visit to the com¬
manding naval office! of the sta'tion to which the porf belongs, and
to the authorities of the place : Provided, The usual offers of civili¬
ties shall have been first made to him by tTie commanding officer of
the naval force.
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Article 31.
Vessels of the Confederate States may salute a foreign place, ivhen.
Vessels of the-Confederate States may, on .their arrival in a for¬
eign port, salute the place, upon receiving an assurance that the
salute shall be returned gun for gun. The sails shall be furled
when a port or place is saluted.
Article 32.
Vessels of the Confederate States may salute a foreign-ve'ssel.
Vessels of the Confederate States' may salute vessels of war of
other nations in foreign ports when commanded by officers wearing
broud pendants or of superior rank, on receiving an assurance of a
'return, gun for gun. If at anchor, the topsails shall be loosed when
a vessel is saluted.
Article 33.
Confederate States vessels may hoist fags of other nations and fire
salutes, when.
Vessels of the Confederate States m^y fire salutes, and wear the
ensign of the country saluted at one o"f the mast-heads, when in
foreign Torts, upon the celebration of any national anniversary of
the country to which the port belongs, or when the national anni¬
versary of another country in amity with* the Confederate States
shall be celebrated by the tiessels of war of such country which
may be lying in the same port.
Article 34.
Honors to foreign naval or military officers visiting Confederate States
vessels.
When naval or military officers of a foreign nation shali visit a
vessel of the Confederate States, they may. be received with the
same honors as are herein prescribed as salutes or returns to sa-
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lutes for officers of the Confederate States of the same rank; if of
higher rank, according to the rule of their own service.
Article 35.
A Confederate States vessel in a foreign port shall aonform to the estab¬
lished usages of the place.
On the arrival of any Confederate States vessel in any foreign
port, the commanding officer shall ascertain, through the Confede1
rate States consul or otherwise, what salutes and ceremonies have
been usually given and observed by other vessels-of-war visiting
the port, also the civil* and military regulations of the port, and
shall govern himself accordingly.
Article 36.
Foreigners of distinction may be salutcdk
Foreigners of distinction, not being naval officers in command,
ma% when they shall visit vessels of the Confederate States, be sa¬
luted with a number of guns corresponding with their rank,- upon
leaving the vessels.
Article 37.
Vessels of the Confederate States njou?iting less than ten guns not to fire
a salute with a greater number, unless.
No vessel of the.Confederate States mounting less than ten guns
shall lire, as a salute or a return to>a salute a greater number of
guns lhan she mounts, excepting when it may be necessary to sa¬
lute or return a salute to a foreign port or vessel and there is no
opportunity to make this rule known.
Article 38.
Vessels prohibited from firing salutes, unless.
No vessel of the'navj^ mounting live guns or less, no storeship or
transport, shall fire a salute on any occasion, nor return a salute,
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unless the declining to do so would give offence, in which case th<
return salute is to be limited to the guns mounted ; and no survey
ing vessel is ever to fire or return a salute.
Article 39.
* Confederate States vessels not to Imver their sails or ensigns, unless.
Vessels of war of the Confederate States are never to lower theii
•sails or ensigns as a salute to any foreign ship or ships, unless such
foreign ships shall at the same time, lower their sails or ensigns tc
the vessels of the Confederate States.
" Article -40.
Funeral honqrs to a President or ex-President of the Confederate
States.
The funeral honors to be"paid upon the death of a President, or
an ex-President of the Confederate States, will be those prescribed
by special orders from the Secretary of the Navy.
Article 41.
Funeral honors to the commander-in-chief of a fleet, squadron, or
division.
When the commander of a fleeT, squadron, division, or vessel,
shall die during his commanij, the ensign and pendants of all the
vessels present wljich have been under their respective commands
shall, when at sea, be hoisted half-mast during the performance of
the funeral service ; and, when in port, from the time of his decease
until sunset of the day in which the funeraP service is performed.
At sea when the body shall be committed to the deep, and in port
when it leaves the vessel to proceed on shore, the vessel in which
he shall have been embarked shall fire as many guns, at intervals
of a minute, as shall be equal to the number designated as the sa¬
lute or return salute for officers pPhis rank and command.
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Article 42.
Funeral honors to other commission officers, masters, and secretaries to
flag-officers.
When a, commission officer, other than those enumerated in Arti¬
cle 41, or a master, «or a secretary to a corirmander-in-cbief, shall
die in actual service, the ensign of the vessel to which he belonged
shall be worn at half-mast during the performance of the funeral
service when at sea ; and in port till sunset of the day of the
funeral. When the body is committed t© the deep, or to the grave
on shore, the full marine guard shall fire three volleys.
Article 43.
Funeral honors to warrant officers.
..For warrant officers the ensign shall be worn at half-mast during
the performance of the funeral service, and a sergeant's guard of
fourteen men shall fire three volleys.
Article 44.
Funeral honors to petty officers and persons of inferior ratings.
For petty officers, seamen, and persons of inferior rating, the en,
"sigirshall be worn'at half-mast during the performance of the fune¬
ral service: and a corporal's guard of ten men for pe.tty officers,
and of eight for seamen and persons* of inferior rating, shall fire
three volleys.
Article 45.
Funeral honors to members of the marine corps.
The funeral honors to he rendered to officers, non-commissioned
officers, and privates of the marine corps, shall be regulated by their
assimilated rank. *
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Article 46.
Funeral honors to others of the navy who may die on board.
Whenever any other person belonging to the navy shall die on
board a vessel of the navy, the ensign shall be worn at half-mast
during the performance of the funeral service.
Article 47.
Funeral honors not to be paid to officers not on duty, except to senior
captains, except.
When any officer in the navy,'not on duty, other than the senior
captain shall die, public funeral honors will not be paid, except by
order of the Secretary of the Navy, nor in any case at any'other
place than the place of his decease, unless otherwise specially
directed.
Article 48.
Military honors to be paid between sunrise and sunset.
No military honors shall be paid except between the rising and
setting of the sun.
Article 49.
Commanders of squadrons will call on ministers and charge <f affaires ;
captains on them and consuls general, §c.
Commanding officers of squadrons and of single vessels visiting
a port where there is a representative of the Confetterate States of
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rank nflt less than chargS d'affaires, will call upon him in person
Captains of single vessels will, under Similar circumstances, call
upon such and consuls general; and commanders and lieutenants
commanding vessels, upon the foregoing and on'consuls.
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Article 50.
Ceremonies to be observed by officers in boats.
Boats not heavily laden will, on meeting or passing other boats,
observe the following marks of respect: "
1st. To a boat bearing a flag or broad pendant, boats carrying
narrow pendants will lie on their oars; all other boats will toss their
oars.
2d. To a boat bearing the narrow pendant of a captain of a fri¬
gate, all boats will lie on their oars.
3d. Officers in boats meeting or passing their own* immediate
commander with a pendant on his boat, will salute him by lying
on their oars.
4th. All officers in boats will touch their hats to each other when
. passing, and boats saluted will return the salute by tossing the bow
oars.
5th. The same marks of respect are to be paid tp boats carrying
foreign officers as to our own.
Article 51.
Ceremonies to be observed at the gangway..
The ceremonies to be observed at the gangway on officers leaving
or coming on board shall be regulated by the assignment of quar¬
ters, as cabin officers, wardroom officers, and steerage or forward of- .
ficers, as follows:
1st. A commander-in-chief of a squadro* shall be attended by
the boatswain and eight side boys.
2d. A commander of a squadron not commandi g jn chief, by
the boatswain and six side boys.
3d. Other cabin officers by the boatswain and four side boys.
4th. Wardroom officers by a boatswain's mate and two side boys.
5th. Steerage and forward officers by two side boys.
6th. A commander, when doing duty as executive officer, if
messing in the wardtoom, shall be considered as a wardroom of
fleer.
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7th. The sentinel At the gangway will present £rms to-cabin
officers,.and carry arms to wardroom officers.
8th. Officers who may be invited to mess in the cajpin, will not
on that account rec^ve ^iy higher honors or ceremonies than those
accorded to officers of their proper apartments.
9th. In going into or leaving boats on duty, the executive officer
will always have the precedence, and other officers will go accord¬
ing to precedence.
Article 52.
Ceremonies at the gangway may he dispensed with.
These ceremonies maybe dispensed with for others than foreign of¬
ficers after tattoo, and only one light be shown by the quartermas'
ter of the watch.
Article 53.
When the commanders of squadrons or single vessels are absent at night-
When the commanding officer of a squadron or of a single vessel is
absent from his ship, and "is expected to return to her during the
night, a light shall be hoisted at llie peak, and for the commander
of a squadron the top-light shall also be sjjown.
Article 54.
Starboard gangway for the use of commistion and warrant officers.
As a general rule, in port, the sthrboard gangway is to be reserved
for the use of commission and warrant officers and visitors.' When
boats are about to leave or to approach it, and more than one are
near at the same time, those wjth 'junior or inferior officers are to
give precedence to those with senior or superior officers.
Article 55.
Ladders used by commission and warrpnt officers.
The after hatchway ladder of ships of the line and frigates is to
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be used by cabin and wardroom officers; the hatchway ladder next
forward of it by other officers.
Article 56.
All officers to salute when they meet.
All inferiors,-in passing a superior, or when they addfess himon
duty, shall touch their hats, and superiors are strictly enjoined to
return such salutes. The fact that an officer is not on duty or in
uniform shall not be regarded as an excuse for any act of disre"
spect o* omission of naval courtesy.on the pa'rt of an officer to a
superior whose rank is known; and no personal feelings are to be
allowed to interfere with reciprocal courtesy, or pleaded as an ex¬
cuse for its neglect.
Article 57.
Officers coming on quarter deck ta salute.
Every officer, on coming on the quarter deck, either from a boat or
from below, is to salute by touching his hat, which salute shall be
returned by the officer of the deck.
Article 58.
Officers to sh.ow tespect to foreign officers.
Officers are never to omit any mark of respect which may be due
to the rank of foreign officers.
Article 59.
No officer under rank of captain to hoist a broad pendant.
No officer under the rank of captain shall be entitled to wear a
jroad pendant; nor shall any captain hoist one without the direc-
;ion of the Secretary of'the Navy.
Article 60.
Captains entitled to broad pendants.
When a captain shall be authorized to hoist a broad pendant he
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shall be entitled to wear jt until ordered to strike it by the Secretary
of the Navy, except when he shall be in the presence of a senior
captain wearing a narrow pendant
Article 61.
When two or more captains meet.
When two or more captains entitled to wear broad pendants shall
meet, the senior in rank shall wear a blue pendant; the second in
rank shall wear a red pendant, and those junior shall wear white
pendants.
Article 62.
A captain may shift his broad pendant from one vessel to another of his
fleet, £c.
A captain entitled to wear a broad pendant may, if circumstances
require it, shift his pgndant to any of the vessels of his fleet, squad¬
ron, or division, assigning, by the first opportunity, to the Secretary
of the Navy, or the commander-in-chief, his reasons for tfoing so.
Article 63.
Pendant of the commander of a squadron not to be worn by any vessel,,
unless.
The pendant of the commander of a squadron shall not •be worn
by any vessel at sea, unless the officer entitled to it shall be em¬
barked in her, nor upon any vessel in a port in the Confederate
States when the officer entitled to it is absent from the port; and
such officer is to direct it to be struck when he leaves such port
with an intention to remain more than twenty-four hours; and
during such absence the senior officer present shall issue necessary
orders according to such directions as may have been given to him
by the commander of the squadron.
Article 64.
During the absence of commander-in-chief in a foreign port, his pendant
to be worn by vessel commanded by officer next in rank, except.
When the commander of a squadron shall, in a foreign port'.
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leave his command with intention to be absent as aforesaid, his
pendant shall not be struck, but shall be worn by the ship com¬
manded by tire officer next in rank to him, if such officer ig se¬
nior to the captain of the fleet or to his principal aid; but if
either of those officers should be the senior present, the pendant
will not be shifted, and such officer will command in the absence
of the 'commander of the squadron, according to such directions
as he may have received from him.
Article 65.
National adversaries falling on a Sunday.
When "a national anniversary, for which a salute shall be flred,
shall fall on a Sunday, the salute and the other ceremonies shall be
observed on the succeeding day, and in no case shall a salute be
fited on Sunday unless the failure to do so would give offence ; b,ut
salutes may be returned on that day.
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Article 66.
Vessel joining a commanding officer on Sunday may salute on 'Monday.
If a vessel shall join a commanding officer who is entitled to a
salute on Sunday, it shall be flred on Monday immediately after
hoisting the colors.
CHAPTER VI.
THE CQMMANDER-IN-GHIEF GE A FLEET OR SQUADRON.
Article J.
Shall inform himself of the condition of his command.
When an officer shall be appointed to the command-in-cbief of a
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fleet or squadron, be shall, as- early as possible, inform himself of
the state and condition of the vessels, and the qualifications and
.characters of the commanding and other officers placed under his
command, so that he may be able to select for any special service
the officer best qualified to perform it.
Article 2.
He will use every exertion to equip his fleet expeditiously.
He will use every exertion to equip the fleet or squadron as ex¬
peditiously as possible, and make weekly reports to the Navy De¬
partment of his progress or the cause of any unusual delay.
Article 3.
His command to be kept in perfect condition for service.
He will at all times keep^the fleet or squadron in the most per¬
fect condition for service that may be practicable.
Article 4.
Reports to be made immediately before sailing.
Immediately before sailing for foreign service, he will cause re¬
ports to be »made to the proper-bureaus of the length of time for
which the fleet is provided with provisions and stores; and he
must, thereafter, give them such information as will enable them to
forward supplies in time to prevent the necessity of disadvantage¬
ous purchases -abroad.
Article 5.
To be frugal in expenditure of stores and provisions.
As many circumstances may arise to prevent or delay the.arrival
of provisions and stores upon foreign stations, the commander-in-
chief will strictly enjoin upon all commanding officers of vessels
to take the greatest care of stores, to practice the utmost economy
in their expenditure, not to apply for'survey until articles are re¬
ported unfit for use, and ^to convert those which may be unfit for
one purpose to any other for which they will answer.
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Article 0.
To make nb alterations without the consent of the Secretary of the Navy.
He shall not order or authorize any alteration in vessels without
the previous consent of the Secretary of the Navy, unless in cases
of pressing emergency, of which he shall give the department the
earliest information.
Article 7.
To direct frequent examinations of hospitals,
file shall direct frequent examinations of the hospitals and hos¬
pital ships, and will require' from the examining (Officers written re¬
ports of their state and condition, and ca'use every"attention to be
paid to the comfort pf the sick.
Article 8.
All requisitions for supplies to be approved, by whom.
All requisitions for supplies for vessels must receive his approval
before the articles will be furnished, unless the vessels should be
separated so as to render it impracticable; and in such cases the
requisitions must.be approved by the senior officer present, and
copies transmitted to the commander-in-chief by the earliest oppor¬
tunity.
Article 9.
Approving officer must satisfy himself that articles and quantity are re_
. quired.
The officer approving a requisition must, in all cases, satisfy him?,
self that the articles and quantity required are necessary for the
public service and conformable to such allowances as are or may
be established.
Article 10.
Copies of bills to be fnnuarded to proper bureau.
A copy of every bill for purchases made abroad must be forward-
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ed quarterly to the proper bureau, with a statement (jf the reasons
which rendered the purchase necessary.
Article 11.
When there is no regular agent he may employ one, and lo prefer consul.
When there is no regular agent established, he may employ one,
or adopt such other measures for the purpose of 'procuring supplies
as he may deem most advantageous for the Confederate States, giv¬
ing the preference to a consul of the Confederate States, if one re¬
sides at the place.
Article 12.
To exercise vessels under his command whenever circumstances permit.
He will exercise the vessels of the fleet or squadron whenever
circumstances will admit, in performing the various evolutions that
are essential to ..order and safety, and particularly those which it
may be necessary-©j useful to adopt in presence of an enemy.
Article 13.
To cause boats to be inspected when armed and manned.
He will cause the boats of the squadron to be frequently assem¬
bled and inspected when manned and armed, and exercised in
fleet sailing, in the evolutions for landing or embarking from the
shore, and for boarding the vessels of an enemy.
Article 14."
To inspect the vessels tinder his command.
He shall inspect the vessels under his command once a quarter
when practicable, and at other times as frequently as he may deem
necessary ; and he will see that all proper attention is paid to
order, discipline, efficiency and cleanliness; to tlielaws and regula¬
tions, and to the instructions from the Navy Department; and shall
be1 careful that the ship in which be himself sails shall be a proper
example to others.
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Article 15.
To be attentive to conduct of officers and men in battle.
He shall be attentive, in battle, to observe the conduct of those
under his command, that he may be able, if necessary, to correct
their errors and prevent ill effects from any accident or neglect,
ami.to make correct reports of their conduct.
Article 16.
May transfer or suspend officers under his command, and, report to-de-
partment.
Should he find cause to traflsfe.r or suspend any officer under his
command, he shall, in such case, transmit to the Secretary of the
Navy, by the earliest conveyance, his reasons for the same.
Article 17.
He will issue general orders regulating leave of absence.
He shall issue general orders regulating the extent of leave of ab¬
sence which may be granted to officers and men to visit the shore
by the commanding officers of vessels ; but no officer shall be al¬
lowed to be absent on leave from the vessel to wfiich he belongs,
when in squadron,1 more than forty-eight hours without the written
permission or authority of the-comrnander-in-cliief.
Article 18.
He will make semi-annual reports to the Secretary of the Navy.
He shall make to the Secretary of the Navy semi-annual reports
of the professional skill and attainments of all commanding officers
of vessels under his command, and also of the order and efficiency
in which they keep their vessels ; and if an unfavorable report is
made, the officer shall be furnished with a copy thereof.
Quarterly reports.
He shall also make quarterly reports of the number and rates of
their crews and the expiration of their service.
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Article 19.
He will correspond regularly and frequently with the department.
He shall correspond regularly and frequently with the Secretary
of the Navy, keeping him informed of his proceedings and of the
state and condition and probable wants of the vessels under his
command, and of all other important information within his know¬
ledge relative to the service on which he may be employed, or to
any foreign naval force employed upon the station,or in its vicinity,
sending duplicates, and, if necessary, triplicates, when on foreign
service.
Article SrO.
He will forward monthly returns of state and condition of fleet.
■ He shall forward, by all convenient opportunities, to the Secre¬
tary of the Navy, monthly returns of the condition, distribution, and
employment of the vessels of the squadron.
Article 21.
He will keep copies of all orders and letters.
He shall keep, in the most intelligible form, copies of all orders
given or received by him, and of all his official correspondence j
and art the end of every cruise he will transmit to the Secretary of
the Navy a list of all the numbers of his correspondence with the
department, and shall furnish duplicates of all such as the Secretary
shall inform him have not been received. Every letter to the de¬
partment must be endorsed with its date and number, and the num."
ber of enclosures it contains, and each enclosure must be marked
with the date and number of the letter to which it belongs.
Article 22.
To forward plans or suggestions for improvements.
He will forward to the Navy Department - any suggestions or
plans for the improvement of public works in navy yards, or in the
construction, equipment, or arrangement of vessels-of-war, or upon
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any subject connected with the navy, which he may deem import¬
ant to the interests of the Confederate States, accompanying the
same with plans and estimates*of tluiir cost when practicable.
Article 23.
When about to return home he will leave all surplus provisions.
When a vessel of a squadron is to return to the Confederate
States, he shall withdraw all provisions and stores not necessary
for her passage home," if required for the vessels which remain, and
take care to transfer to her invalids and all persons whose terms of
service have expired, or are about to expire, unless the public in¬
terests should require their detention.
Article 24.
Not to resign his command without consent of the Secretary of the Navy
except.
He shall not resign his command without the previous consent of
the Secretary of the Navy, unless a medical survey shall certify that
the state of his health renders it absolutely necessary.
Article 25.
When he resigns he will surrender all orders, copies, fyc.
When he shall, for any cause, resign or transfer his command,
he shall deliver to his successor accurate copies of all unexecuted
instructions and orders, taking receipts for the same, together with
all information relating to the squadron or the service which may¬
be useful to him.
Article 26.
Should he be killed in battle} his pendant to be kept flying.
Should he be killed in battle, his flag or pendant shall be kept
flying while, the enemy remains in sight, and the officer next in
rank shall be immediately informed thereof, and will take com¬
mand of the fleet or squadron.
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Article 27.
If obliged to leave his station on account of ill health, the officer next in
command*to succeed.
Should he die or leave his station in consequence of ill health be¬
fore permission can be received from the Secretary of the Navy,
the officer of the squadron next in rank shall succeed to the com¬
mand, and exercise the powers of commander-in-chief, and, if a
captain, shall retain them until otherwise ordered by the Secretary
of the Navy; but if a "commander or inferior officer, he may be su¬
perseded by order of any captain with, whom he may meet in com¬
mand of a squadron or vessel.
Article 28. ,
Officers succeeding to command to relinqifish it as soon as a successor ar¬
rives.
Any officer who shall have succeeded to the command-in-chief
of a fleet under the cirumstances named in article 27, shall discon¬
tinue to exercise the powers and authority of commander-in-chief
so soon as he shall receive official information of the arrival within
the limits of the station of an officer who has been duly appointed
to the command-in-chief upon the station, without waiting to meet
with, or to receive an order directly from, such commander-in-chief.
Article 29.
To examine and compare internal regulations of vessels'.
He will examine and carefully compare the internal regulations
for general police, prepared by the commanders of vessels, (see ar"
ticle 8, section 1, chapter 9,) in o der to secure uniformity in the
time and manner of executing the duties of the several vessels of
the squadron.
Article 30.
He shall direct course to be steered.
He will direct the course to be steered by all vessels present
under his command.
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Article 31.
TVhen he takes immediate command of vessel.
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If, from any ciroumstance, he shall deem proper to take the im¬
mediate command of the ship in 'which he sails, he will cause the
fact to be entered on the log.
CHAPTER VII.
COMMANDERS OE SQUADRONS AND DIVISIONS OF FLEETS.
Article 1.
They are responsible to commander-in-chief.
The commanders of squadrons under a commander-in-chief will
be held responsible to him for the efficiency, discipline, and
management of the vessels under their immediate command.
Article 2.
Repot ts, returns, and requisitions, to whom and how made.
All reports, returns, and requisitions from vessels belonging to
squadrons or divisions of a fleet must be made to their respective
commanding officers, and by the commanders of divisions or ships-
to commanders of squadrons, and receive their approval or remarks
before they are transmitted to the captain of the fleet or to the com¬
mander-in-chief.
Article 3.
Commanders of squadrons or divisions may correct mistakes or the negli¬
gence of ships in another squadj-on, fyc.
The commander of one squadron or division may correct, by sig-
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nal or otherwise, any mistake or negligence of ships in another
squadron or division, when it is probable they cannot be distinctly
seen by the commander of the squadron or division to which they
belong, or whenever, being in the presence of an enemy, the officer
commanding that squadron or division does not himself immedi¬
ately correct such negligence or mistake; and in battle he shall
carefully observe the conduct of all ships which may be near to
him, that, if required, he may report on it.
Article 4.
If he sees a vessel avoiding battle he may take the measures the case re¬
quires.
If a commander of a squadron or division should, during battle,
perceive any vessel of a squadron or division commanded by an
officer of inferior rank or junior to himself evidently avoiding bat-
. tie, or not doing his duty, he shall make proper signals to him, or
take such other measures as the case may require, and give the
earliest information of his proceedings to the commander-in-chief.
Article 5.
To inspect vessels before goiny to sea and on returning to port.
Commanders of squadrons and divisions shall, when practicable) •
inspect the vessels under their command immediately before going
to sea and after their return into port, and at other times, when it
can be done, as often as once a quarter, or whenever the comman-
*der-in-chief may direct; and shall make reports in writing to him
■ of the state of their efficiency,-preparation for battle, and discipline,
in such form as is or may be prescribed by the department.
Article 6.
To make all necessary signals when the commander-in-chief does not
manoeuvre the fleet in detail.
Whenevei the commander-in-chief shall not declare his inten- •
tion of manoeuvring the fleet in detail, it shall be the duty of the
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CO ".".manders of squadrons and divisions to" make all the signals
Which may be necessary to regulate the movements of their squad¬
rons or divisions, so as to. carry into execution any general evolu¬
tion, or to preserve any prescribed position that may have been or¬
dered by the commander-iivchief.
Article 7.
Reports, after battle, of the conduct of officers.
They will, after battle, call upon the captains for written reports
of the Conduct of the officers, and the state and condition of the ves¬
sels under their command,- and will forward such reports, with full
remarks of their own, to the commander-in-chief through the pre¬
scribed channel.
Article 8.
Orders to the commander of the vessel in which commander of division is
■ embarked.
The captain or commanding officer of a vessel in which the com¬
mander-in-chief of a squadron, or the commander of a squadron or*
division, but not commanding in chief, shall be embarked, will be
particularly careful to conform strictly to all orders he may receive
from such superior officer respecting the management of the vessel,
the sail to be carried, and all matters which may'regulate or in¬
fluence the movements of the vessels of tjie squadron; and such
superior officer will communicate all his orders which may relate
to the vessel in which he rs embarked immediately to the com¬
manding officer of such vessel, Unless the urgency of the case
should require an order to be j^iven directly to the officer of the
deck, in which case the commanding officer of the vessel is to be
immediately notified.
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CHAPTER VIIL
SECTION 1.
COMMANDERS OF. VESSELS.
Article 1.
Examination of vessel when appointed to command.
When an officer sliall be appointed to the command of a vessel,
lie shall join her forthwith, examine her throughout, and ascertain
her state and condition.
Article 2.
Report to commanding officer of navy yard defects or deficiencies.
If the vessel be still under the charge of the commanding officer
of a navy yard, he will be attentive to her repair and equipment,
^and will report to the commanding officer of the navy yard any de¬
fects or deficiencies which, in his opinion, require further ..atten¬
tion.
Article. 3.
He will be particular in examination and reports when vessel is trans¬
ferred to his charge.
He will he particular in his examination and reports at the time
when it may be proposed to transfer the vessel entirely to his
charge, so as to prevent any subs^|pient complaints in relation to
neglects or deficiencies in the repairs or equipments.
Article 4.
He will exercise no authority over the vessel until she is delivered to him.
He will exercise no authority or control over the repairs or equip¬
ments of the vessel be'fore she is delivered into his charge, nor over
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the officers and mechanics of the navy y#.rd, unless with the assent
or direction of the commanding officer of the yard.
Artici.e'5.
Examination and formal transfer of the vessel.
When a vessel is ready to be transferred from the navy yard to
the officer appointed*to command her, the commanding officer of
the yard and the said officer will together make a personal exami¬
nation of the vessel ; after which, the transfer will be formally
made in the presence of as many of the officers and crew as can
be assembled, aijd the appointment of the officer to the command
read, and the vessel placed in commission by hoisting her ensign
and pendant.
"Article 6.
The act. for the government of the navy will be read.
After a vessel is placed in commission, the commander will take
the earliest opportunity to cause to be read to the officers and crew,
or as many of them as can be assembled at muster, the 1st section
of the act for the government of the navy.
Article 7.
He will be held responsible after assuming the command.
After assuming the command he will be held responsible for the
whole conduct and good government of the officers and others be¬
longing to the vessel, according to the laws and regulations for the
government of the navy, .and must himself set ^in example of re¬
spect and obedience to his superiors, and of unremitting attention
to his duties.
Article 8.
A statement of the vessel's condition ami qualities will be furnished him.
When appointed to the command of a vessel, he shall be fur.
nished with a statement, as in form No. 3 of the App.endix, of her
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condition and her presumed or ascertained qualities, by the com¬
mandant of the navy yard, or by the previous commander, if the
vessel be already in commission,
Article .9.
Shall station officers and crew as soon as possible, exercise them frequent-
ly, and have station bills made out and hung up.
He shall, as soon as possible, have the officers and crew at their
quarters, and at the various stations for the performance of their
different duties, and shall exercise them as frequently as other du^
ties will permit before going to sea; and shall cause the quarter)
watch, fire, and other station bills to be fairly made out, and hung
in some conspicuous place, where all persons on board may have
access to them.
Article 10.
He will clear for action when approaching a vessel-of-war at sea.
When approaching any vessel-of-war at sea, whose friendly
character is not fully ascertained, and whose comparative apparent
force is not greatly inferior, he shall take care that the vessel under
his command is so far cleared for action as to guard against any
possible danger from surprise.
Article 11.
In preparing vessels for action, to follow instructions of Bureau of
Ordnance.
In all matters connected with the preparation of his vessel for
battle, and the exercise of his crew at quarters, he shall follow
carefully such instructions as have been or may be issued by the
Bureau of Ordnance and approved by the Secretary of the Navy.
Article 12.
He shall not exceed the established number of men in each rating, except•
The number of men in any rating which may be established
shall in no case be exceeded, except to make good a deficiency in
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some superior rating, or by the express order of the Secretary of
the Navy, or the commander-in-chief of a squadron on foreign ser¬
vice.
Article 13.
Quarterly returns of the state of the crew.
He shall make quarterly returns to his immediate commander of
"the state of his crew, according to form No. 4, in Appendix.
Article 14.
Men not to part with their clothing, except.
The men shall'not be allowed to sell, exchange, or in any man¬
ner dispose of clothing or necessaries, without special permission.
Article 15.
Encouragement for good behavior.
He will give due encouragement to such persons as may distin¬
guish themselves by meritorious behavior.
Article 16.
Reports of punishments.
He-shall make reports, quarterly, according to such form as may
be prescribed, to the commander of the fleet, squadron, or division,
to be by liim transmitted, through the proper channel, to the Secre¬
tary of the Navy, of all punishments which shall have'been in¬
flicted on board the vessel under his command, stating the offence
and the nature and degree or extent of the punishment, with such
explanatory remarks as he may think'proper, as per form. No. 4.
Article 17. t
Monthly reports in the Confederate States and hi monthly reports on a
foreign station.
When in the ports of the-Confederate States he shall transmit,
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through the proper channels, to the Secretary of the Navy, monthly
reports, in such forms as may be prescribed, of all persons who
have been received on board, or who may have died, been dis¬
charged, or deserted from the vessel under his command within
that period. When on a foreign station similar reports shall be
made monthly to the commander-in-chief of the fle9t or squadron,
to be forwarded to the Navy Department.—(See forms 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and
10.)
Article 18.
On being transferred from one vessel to another he may take certain ■per¬
sons with him.
Whenever a commander is removed front one vessel to another,
he may take with him his- clerk, coxswain, one officers' steward, one
officers' cook, and one person of inferior rating.
Article 19.
Books and papers thai he will deliver to his successor.
He shall deliver to the officer appointed to -succeed him in com¬
mand all signaj. books and the originals or attested copies of all
unexecuted orders which he may have received, for which h» must
take receipts in duplicate, sending one copy, through the proper
channel, to the Navy Department.
Article 20.
He will leave his successor a muster book and expense book.
He will leave with his successor in command a complete muster
book and expense book, duly audited and signed by him, to thejime
of his resigning his command.
Article 91.
He will leave his successor a report of the qualities of his vessel.
He shall leave with his successor a report of the qualities of the
vessel according to such forms as may be prescribed, together with
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every other information which lie may deem serviceable to her
commander, and lie will forward a similar report to the Navy De¬
partment whenever he is removed from or resigns the command of
a vessel.—(See form No. 3.)
Article 22.
Women not to be taken to sea, except.
Women are not to be taken to sea from the Confederate States in
any vessel of the navy without permission from the Secretary of
the Navy; nor when on foreign service, without the-express per_
mission of the commander-in-chief of the fleet or squadron, or of
the senior officer present, and then only to make a passage from
one port to another.
ARTfCLE 23.
To visit no post not designated in his instructions.
He is not to go into any port but such as may be designated or
permitted by his instructions, unless from necessity, and then to
make no unnecessary stay.
Article 2.4. .
He wilLgive convoy to vessels of the Confederate States, and to others en¬
titled to protection.
In time of war, or apppearance thereof, he shall give convoy to
vessels of the Confederate States, or others -entitled to his protec¬
tion, when it can be dpne without deviation from his orders, or im¬
proper detention of the vessel under his command.
Article 25.
Boys of the ship to be instructed.
He shall, when practicable, cause some competent person among
the petty officers, or persons of inferior rating, to instruct the boys
of the ship in reading, writing, and arithmetic.
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Article 26.
Apprentices are not to serve as waiters, but are to be instructed.
He will not permit any boy, who shall have been shipped to serve
until he is twenty-one years of age, to act-as a waiter upon any per¬
son, unless in case of absolute necessity, but shall take great pains
to have him so instructed in the duties Of the service as to best
qualify him for becoming a good seaman and petty officer.
Article 27.
Instruction to ordinary seamen and landsmen.
He shall cause the ordinary seamen and landsmen to be instructed
in steering, heaving the lead, knotting and splicing, and in rowing;
in the use of the palm and needle, and generally in other duties,
such as bending and reefing sails, &c., that they may become quali¬
fied for the rating of seamen.
Article 28.
Report of all passengers.
He shall make a report to the commanderin-chief of the squad¬
ron, or to the Secretary of the Navy, if cruising alone, of all pas¬
sengers carried in the vessel under his command, assigning his rea¬
sons for having them on board.
Article 29.
Bill of health.
Before leaving port he will take care that the ship is provided
with a bill of health, to be exhibited, if required, to the health of¬
ficer at any foreign port that he may visit.
Article 30.
Spare spars' sails, fyc., to be tried in their places before going to sea.
He will ascertain, by having them tried in their places, that the
spare sparfl^ sails, tiller, and other spare articles of importance, are
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of the proper size and ready for use, and will not allow them to be
stowed for sea until they have been so tried.
Article 31.
Divine service.
When the state of the weather and other circumstances will per¬
mit, if there is a chaplain on board, and in case there is no chap¬
lain, if there is any other proper person on board who will volun¬
tarily perform that duty, he will see that divine service is perform¬
ed in "a solemn, orderly, and reverent manner," and will take
care that no duty but such as is absolutely necessary be carried on
during Sunday, arid more* particularly during the hours of service,
choosing such hour for the service as will insure it against inter¬
ruption, or dispensing with it altogether if there is an imperious ne¬
cessity for work.
SECTION 2.
PRESERVATION OF THE SHIP.
Article 1.
One of the three, or one of two senior officers to he at all limes on board.
Leaves of absence restricted.
He shall not allow the vessel under his command to be left with¬
out one of the three, and in roadsteads and exposed situations one
of the two senier officers, including himself; nor shall he grant
leave of absence to any officer at any time when it will retard the
public service, or render it necessary to place the watch in com¬
mand of an officer inferior in rank to that required by the general
instructions.
Article 2.
Lieutenants to .be watch officers in all vessels except.
Lieutenants are to be considered commanding officers of. ^ie
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watch in all vessels except brigs, schooners, or smaller vessels, in
which officers not below the rank of passed midshipmen may be
employed as the regu'ar watch officers, if there should not be lieu¬
tenants enough for that duty.
Article 3.
No officer other than those named in two preceding articles to have charge
of ivatch, unless.
The deck or watch is never to be left in charge of an officer of low¬
er rank than those designated in the preceding articles as the regu¬
lar commanding officers of the watch, unless the number' of such
officers who may be attached to the vessel and fit for duty shall be
less than four; when, if he shall deem it safe and expedient, the
commander of such vessel may direct other officers to take charge
of a watch, so that the number for that duty shall not exceed four.
Article 4.
Crew to be allowed to go on shore.
He will take suitable occasions to indulge the petty officers and -
men with leave to visit the shore when it can be.done without in¬
jury to the public service, and in foreign ports with the permission
of the municipal or proper authorities.
Article 5.
Cables to be bent; when approaching land.
On approaching land or anchorage of any kind^he shall be care,
ful to have the cables bent in due time.
Article 6.
Hand-leads to be used when ship is in less than twenty-one fathoms.
When standing towards the land or shoals, he shall have the
hand-leads used whenever the ship is in twenty fathoms water, or
lejss.
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Article 7.
Report to be made in case the vessel gets on shore.
In the event of the vessel under his command getting on shore,
he is, in addition to stating the circumstances in the log-book, to re¬
port, by the first opportunity, the same to bis commanding officer,
if he Should be under one; if not, to the Navy Department, stating
the time she lay on the ground, and the supposed injury she may
have received.
Article 8.
Precautions when ship comes to an anchor.
Upon all occasions of anchoring he is, if possible, to select a safe
berth, and have the depth of the water and the quality^ of the
ground examined for at least three cables' length round his vessel'
in places that are not well known, or where he is a stranger, and
have such bearings and angles noted- in the log-book as shall ena¬
ble him to recover an anchor, in case it should be necessary to Cut
or slip a cable.
Article 9.
Chain cables to be guarded against corrosion, and inspected.
He will cause the chain cables to be carefully guarded against
corrosion, add have them inspected once a quarter.
Article 10.
Lightning conductors.
He shall take care that the lightning conductors are at all times
ready for service.
Article 11.
Meteorological, barometrical, and symyicsomctrical observations to be
taken and recorded.
He shall see that the meteorological observations are taken and
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recorded as per form in log-book; and on indications of the ap¬
proach of gales or hurricanes he shall cause hourly or more frequent
observations of the barometer«and sympiesometer to be made, and
every change in the force and direction of the wind recorded.
Article 12.
He will guard against fire.
He must be particularly careful to guard against accident from
fire.
Article 13.
Reading in bed by candle or lamp light forbidden ; smoking restricted to
certain parts of the ship.
'No person shall be permitted to read in bed by the light of a
lamp or candle; and no smoking must be permitted except at or
forward of the galley, or, in a steamer, in such places as the com¬
mander may appoint, or in the cabin of the commander of the
squadron or commander of the vessel, who shall be responsible for
any accident that may arise from it; fior must any friction matches
or similar composition be allowed on board any vessel.
Article 14.
Precautions when spirit-room is opened.
The spirit-room is never to be opened, nor spirits to be drqjttmoff,
except in day time, unless in cases of extreme necessity, and at
such times every precaution is to be observed; and it is nevertobe
•opened except in the presence of an officer.
Article 15.
Lights not to be taken into spirit-room.
Lights must never be taken into the spirit-room to draw off
spirits.
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Article 16.
No spirituous liquors to be taken on board without his permission.
No spirituous liquors or any inflamatory matter, shall be taken on
board of any vessel -without the permission of the commanding
officer.
Article 17.
Precautions when powder is taken on board.
Lights and fires are to be extinguished, and all other proper pre¬
cautions taken to guard against accidents, when it is necessary to
receive, discharge, or remove powder, or to,©pen the magazine.
Article 18.
The magazine never to be opened without his consent.
The magazine is never to be opened without the knowledge and
consent of the commanding officer for the time being.
Article 19.
The vessel is to be kept well caulked.
The vessel is to be kept well caulked, particularly about the
bitts, water-ways, and other parts liable to be strair ed. This work
•is to be done as far as practicable by the carpenters'and caulkers of
the vessel.
.Article 20.
In case of shipwreck, he will save all he can, particularly certain
books and papers.
In cases of shipwreck, or any other disaster whereby the ship
may be lost, the commander, with the officers and men, shall stay
by her as long as possibie, and save all they can. He shall par¬
ticularly endeavor to save the muster, pay, and receipt signal books,
and other valuable papers.
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Article 21.
He will carefully preserve or destroy signals, secrect orde> s, fyc.
He shall take special cave to destroy, or carefully preserve, all
signals, secret orders or instructions, to prevent their falling into im¬
proper hands.
Article 22.
He will preserve strict discipline, and prevent irregularities.
He will use use every effort to preserve discipline, and prevent
any.irregularities which might give just cause of offence to the in¬
habitants of the country-' where they may be.
Article 23.
In case of shipwreck, he, and his officers and crew, will return to his
station or to the Confederate States.
He shall, in case of shipwreck without the Confederate States,
lose no time in returning to the fleet or squa'dron to which he may
belong; or, if acting alone, to the Confederate States, with his of¬
ficers and crew; to effect which he may dispose of the property
saved, or draw bills, as he may deem most advantageous to the pub¬
lic interests.
Article 24.
If shipwrecked within Confederate States he will repair to nearest navy
yard or station, and report.
If shipwrecked within the Confederate States, he shall,repair to
the nearest navy yard or station, and in all cases make the earliest
possible report to the Navy Department.
Article 25.
He will, in case of capture, destroy all signals or other papers.
Should the commanding officer of a vessel be compelled to strike
his flag, he is to take special care' to destroy all signals, or other
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papers, the possession of which by an enemy might be injurious to
the Confederate States; and lie will keep them so prepared, with
weights attached to them, that they will sink immediately by being
thrown overboard.
Article 26.
Lights, when and where to he carried.
He shall cause a light to be carried on the bowsprit end, or some
other conspicuous place forward, at all times in the night at sea,
and in harbors when there is any danger of collision.
SECTION 3.
PRESERVATION OF THE MEN.
Article 1.
Cleanliness, dryness, and pure air. Wet clothes and bedding not to be
taken below.
As cleanliness, dryness, and pure air are essentially conducive to
health, he is to use his utmost endeavors to insure ihem to the ship's
company. He shall not suffer the men to sleep in wet clothes or bed¬
ding, or to take them below the gun-deck when it can be avoided.
Article 2.
Inspection of the vessel.
He will personally inspect the vessel every day, if circumstances
will admit, on which occasions he shall be accompanied by the
executive officer, and shall satisfy himself that nothing has been
neglected for the efficiency of the vessel or the health of the crew.
Article 3.
The decks to be frequently cleansed and dried.
He. shall cause the decks to be frequently washed, or otherwise
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cleansed, having proper rerefence to the state of the weather, tak¬
ing care to have the decks where the men sleep as thoroughly dried
as possible before they are permitted," to take their meals or their
bedding below.
Article 4.
Bedding and clothing to be aired and cleansed.
He shall cause the bedding and clothing of the crew to be opened*
dried, and cleansed as often as once a fortnight, and oftener in
warm climates, when the weather will permit.
Article 5.
The men not to sleep where exposed to night dews.
He shall not allow men to sleep about the deck in situations
where they will be exposed to night dews or rains.
Article 6.
The men shall bathe and wash.
He shall cause"the men to bathe or wash themselves frequently
when the weather is warm.
Article 7.
Attention to be paid to the suitable clothing of the men.
He shall pay great attention to the suitable clothing of the men,,
obliging them to niake such changes as in the opinion of the medi¬
cal officers and himself will be most conducive to health, accord¬
ing to the changes of climate to which they may be subjected.
Article 8.
Boats' crews to have their breakfasts before leaving vessels, fyc.
He shall take care that the boats' crews have their breakfasts
before leaving the vessel, and their othei meals at the usual
times, except special duties shall prevent it,
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Article 9.
. Boats not to be detained on shore after watch is set, unless.
He shall not allow the boats to be detained on shore for-officers
after the setting of the watch, unless the officers are upon duty.
Article 10.
Prevent all unnecessary exposure of men.
He shall prevent all unnecessary exposure of those under his
command which may tend to produce disease.
Article 11.
He will guard against improper use of fruit.
He shall adopt suitable precautions to prevent the use of im¬
proper quantities of fruits, or of other articles which may endanger
the health of the crew.
Article 12.
He will order such issues of clothing as may be required.
He will order in writing such quantities of clothing, and small
stpres, and such only, as may be required for the health and com¬
fort of the men, to be issued b3 the paymaster; but when the men
are indebted to the Confederate States, he will limit the quantity
to mere necessaries.
Article 13.
Water not to be drank until it is clear of impurities.
He will not allow water to be drank by the men until the mud
and other impurities it may contain shall have had time to settle.
Article 14.
Men not to be placed on an allowance of less than one gallon of water,
except.
The men shall not be placed on-a daily allowance of less than
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one gallon of water unless the commander should deem the interest
of the service absolutely to require it.
Article 15.
Issues of fresh 'meat and vegetables.
When in port, he may cause fresh meat and vegetables to be
issued to the crew, not exceeding four days in the week, unless the
surgeon may think a more frequent issue necessary .to their health.
Article 16.
Induce the discontinuance of spirit ration, provided.
He shall endeavor to induce the men to Relinquish the spirit part
of their ration, provided they will relinquish it for not less than
three months, or for the remainder of the cruise; and may witlr1
hold it from all persons who may be guilty of drunkenness.
Article 17.
Attention to the comfort of the sick and wounded.
He will cause every attention to be paid to the comfort of the
sick and wounded by the surgeon and others, and take care that
proper persons be appointed to attend upon them.
Article IS.
Sick reports, fyc.
He will require 4Yom the surgeon a daily report of the state of
the sick, and whenever he may think proper his opinion of the
best means of preserving or restoring health.
Article 19.
Men sent to hospital.
When men are sent to the hospital, (which is not to be done
without the sanction of the superior officer in commund of the
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station, except in cases not admitting of delay,) they are, if practi¬
cable, to be accompanied by a medical officer, ynth a statement.of
the case, who is to see that the clothing and bedding of the men
are carefully delivered to the proper officer of the hospital, with a
complete list of the same.
Article 20.
Men sent to hospital in Confederate States from a vessel in commission to
be borne on ship's books.
Men who may be sent to -a hospital in the Confederate States
* •
from a vessel in commission, are to be borne on the books of the
•«
vessel from which they are sent, as a part of her' complement,?
until the vessel shall proceed to sea or be paid off, unless they shall
sooner be discharged, or transferred from the vessel by competent
authority.
Article 21.
Before a vessel sails application must be made for men in hospital.
Application must be made, when practicable, before a vessel
sails, for all men who have been sent to the hospital, and all such
as are, in the opinion of the surgeons of the ship and hospital, in a
state to join the vessel are to b,e returned on board, with their cloth¬
ing and bedding.
. Article 22.
Clothing furnisfied to persons in hospital.
If any clothing or other articles have been furnished to persons
whilst at a hospital with which they ought to be charged, the
articles and their cost are to be particularly stated, returned to the
vessel upon the back of the clothes lists which were sent to the hos¬
pital with them, duly certified by the proper officer of the hospital,
and charged against the pay of the persons who received the same.
Article 23.
Accounts of persons left in hospital.
Before proceeding to sea, he shall take care that the accounts of
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all persons who maybe left in the hospital shall be transferred to
the paymaster of the station.
Article 24.
Precaution not to board a vessel that would subject to quarantine.
He shall direct officers who may be sent to board a vessel to ascer¬
tain, before boarding, if' the state of such vessel would expose per¬
sons visiting her to quarantine; and the officers shall not, except
in cases of emergency, allow any such communication as would
subject to quarantine, without orders from his commander.
Article 25.
Yellow flag to be hoisted when vessel is subject to quarantine.
Should any vessel of the navy have had any communication, or
visited any port, or have any disease on board which would subject
her to quarantine, it shall be the duty of the commander to have a
yellow flag hoisted to warn others against any improper communi¬
cation with her.
Article 26.
Life buoys to be kept ready for service.
He shall take particular care that the life buoys are at all times
ready to be dropped, and at sea and in strong tide-ways in port,
shall have men stationed by them. He shall cause them to be
examined every evening by the gunrfhr, and their condition reported
to tl^e executive officer.
Article 27.
Quarter-boats to be kept in readiness for lowering.
He shall take care that the quarter-boats are kept in condition to
be immediately lowered, with a crew for each in each watch, in
charge of a petty officer.
Artigle 28.
Lives of men not to be exposed unnecessarily.
He shall not unnecessarily expose the lives of the men by setting
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them to do work outside the ship at sea, such as painting or scrub¬
bing ship, &c.
Article 29.
If course directed to be steered when sailing in squadron is leading into
danger, he will give notice.
IF, while sailing in squadron, he shall find that the course directed
to be steered is leading the ship under his command or any other
ship into danger, he will give notice to the commander-in-chief and
to the ship endangered. -
SECTION 4.
PRESERVATION OF THE STORES.
Article 1.
Inventories to be furnished and accounts to be kept.
The commander of a vessel, when she is first equipped, shall-be
furnished by the commandant of the yard with inventories of all the
articles belonging to the different departments; and he is thereafter
to cause accurate accounts to be kept of all expenses incurred for
the vessel in the different departments, and shall make quarterly
returns to the commander of the division, squadron, or fleet, accord¬
ing to such forms as may be prescribed, to be by him transmitted
to the Navy Department, so that the annual expenses of each vessel
may be correctly ascertained. (See form No. 12:)
Article 2.
Account of stores when the ship is paid off or placed in ordinary..
When the ship is paid off, or placed in ordinary, he shall require
from the yeoman and other officers charged with stores an abstract
statement of the receipts and expenditures of stores during each
fiscal year, and the total quantity during the cruise; and shall,
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under this abstract, enter the quantities remaining on hand, as
shown by his general abstract expense book. If the remaining
stores shall be landed, or can be surveyed before he leaves the ship,
the quantities actually landed, or found to be on hand by survey,
shall also be stated under the quantities as shown by the abstract
book; and if any differences shall be found to exist, he shall have
inquiry made as to the cause, and note the result upon the report,
and forward the same to the Navy Department. If the commander
should be detached and the ship delivered over before the stores
are landed or surveyed, he will sign and transmit to the command¬
ing officer of the navy yard the required abstract of receipts and
expenditures during the cruise, and quantities on hand, as shown
by the expense books kept by him.
Article 3.
He will examine returns, requisitions, and accounts.
He shall examine all the returns of expenditures, all requisitiohs
for supplies, all accounts rendered against the vessel, and, on being
Satisfied of their correctness, shall approve the same.
Article 4.
In making or approving requisitions he is not. to exceed allowances.
In making or approving requisitions for stores of any kind he will,
unless otherwise specially authorized, only require or approve for
the articles which may be necessary to complete such quantities as
are or may be established as the allowance for the vessel, or speci¬
ally authorized ; and the requisition must state that it is scr made.
Article 5.
Economy and care in expenditures.
He shall use the utmost economy and care in everything which
relates to the expenses of the vessel or of the public service; and
shall require from all those under his command a rigid compliance
with the regulations for the receipt, conversion, and expenditure of
stores of every description.
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Article 6,
In case a cable be cut, slipped-, or parted.
Should a cable be cut, slipped, or parted, the commander of the
vessel, or, if he cannot, the senior officer present, shall use every
exertion to recover it; but should neither have an opportunity, such
information must be forwarded to the Navy Department, or the
nearest public agent of the Confederate States, as may besfenable
them to have it done.
Article 7.
Disposition of stores when a vessel is placed in ordinary.
When a vessel is ordered to be placed in ordinary, he shall, un¬
less otherwise directed, after a survey shall be made upon the dif¬
ferent articles, cause all her stores to be tallied and properly marked
and safely delivered to the proper officers of the navy yard.
Article 8.
Disposition of empty barrels or packages.
When any barrels or packages in which provisions or other
articles have been received on board shaH have been emptied, they
shall, if they cannot be returned to the navy yarcf, either be con¬
verted to some public use in the vessel or be sold, and the amount
received for the same shall be paid to the paymaster, and reported
and accounted for by him in the same manner as other public
moneys; and all articles so,sold and the amounts paid to the pay¬
master shall be entered in the log-book.
Article 9.
Disposition of '•slush" money.
All slush" which may not be required for the use of the vessel
shall be sold and the proceeds paid over to the paymaster, who
shall receive, expend, and account for the same, under the direction
of the captain, for the following purpose, viz: for premiums to the
captains of guns who shall lire most accurately at a target when
exercising with ball; to men making the best shots with small
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arms; Tor musical instruments and music; for furnishing rough
clothing for the cook and his assistants and-the captain of the hold,
and for dress clothing for side and messenger boys whose pay may
he inadequate to meet the expense. -
Article 10.
He will not land stores unless ordered, and will re-ship them unless other¬
wise directed.
He shall not land any articles of outfits or stores with which the
vessel may be supplied, unless the commander-in-chief of the
squadron should so"order ; and he shall, before he leaves a foreign
station, take onboard any articles so landed, unless otherwise directed.
Article 11.
Ships'1 company to be mustered before going to sea. Muster roll to be
kept and forwarded to the Secretary of the Navy.
He will cause the ship's company to be mustered just before pro¬
ceeding to sea, and thereafter as often at least as once a fortnight;
and he is strictly to observe the law which requires him to cause an
accurate list or muster roll of all the persons belonging to the vessel
under his command to be kept, and that it embraces all the infor¬
mation directed by the law, and that such list or muster roll is for¬
warded to the Secretary of the Navy immediately before the ship
proceeds to sea, after first receiving Uer crew, and at the prescribed
intervals thereafter.
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CHAPTER IX.
COMMANDER OP A STEAM VESSEL.
Article 1.
To use diligence to acquaint himself with the construction of engines.
When an officer shall be appointed to tfie command of a steam
vessel he is, in addition to the duties required from captains of
sailing vessels, to use all possible diligence to make himself ac¬
quainted with the principles and construction ef the engines; the
uses and effects of the various parts of the niEfehinery ; the period
at which the engines were constructed, and of any extensive re¬
pairs which they may have undergone; the time when the last re¬
pairs were made, and when the vessel last received new boilers.
Article 2.
To ascertain the usual daily consumption of coals.
He is carefully to inform himself of the usual daily consumption
of fuel, and to obtain all other information which may increase his
knowledge of the history and capabilities, and the most economical
and efficient use of the engines and their appendages.
Article 3.
To guard against spontaneous combustion.
To prevent accidents by spontaneous combustion, he is to order
the. greatest care to be observed that the coals are not taken on ■
board when wet, and that when on boar'd they be kept as dry as
possible. When a fresh supply is received, he is to direct that
those remaining in the coal bunkers be, as far as practicable, so
stowed as to be used first. •
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Article 4.
Cleanliness and ventilation to be secured.
As cleanliness and complete ventilatioft are of the greatest im¬
portance, he is to take care that every possible means be taken to
insure that the air may circulate freely, and, if possible, that room
be left for a man to get down upon the kelson to clear the timbers
of all offensive matters which may accumulate.
Article 5.
Bejore leaving port to take on board all spare gear and to land none.
He is, before leaving the port where the vessel was fitted, to take
on board all the spa^e gear belonging te the engines attd machine¬
ry; and he is to land no part of it at any port where he may touch,
without the written authority of the commanding officer of the sta¬
tion, or of the camfnander of the squadron t« which he belongs.
Article 6.
He will allow firemen time to remove incrustations and deposits.
He is to allow the necessary time for the firemen to remove the
incrustation and deposits which may have formed in the flues,
chimneys, and boilers, as frequently as may be necessary or
proper.
Article 7.
To make repeated trials of the best means of using steam, of the amount
of coals required, lyc.
Immediately on going to sea, he is, by careful and repeated trials,
•under various circumstances of weather and roughness of sea, to
ascertain the best means df using steam to secure the greatest aver¬
age speed relatively to the coal cousumed, and also the attainment
of any given distance, with the most economical expenditure of
coals in either case; and also what amount of coals may be re-
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quired to steam, , under ordinary circumstances, to any given port,
upon the supposition that the steam is worked without being cut
off, or when cut off) at one quarter, one third, one half, or three-
quarters of the stroke of the piston.
Article 8.
He is not to use steam., except.
He is not, on any occasion, to use steam, except when he canno^
under sail, perform the service in which lie is engaged without ma¬
terial delay, or the safety of the ship imperatively requires it.
Article 9.
To report the number of hours the vessel was under steam.
Whenever he joins his commanding officer after separation, or
when he arrives at any port where there is a superior officer in
command, he shall report the number of hours the vessel was
under steam and under sail, and the circumstances which rendered
• the use of steam necessary, and he will be held accountable for any
unnecessary expenditure of coal.
Article 10.
Precautions when f^steam vessel is met.
When steam vessels meet on different courses, (under steam,)
which must unavoidably or necessarily cross so near that, by con¬
tinuing their courses there would be a risk of collision, each is to
put her helm to port, so as to pass the other on the port side.
Article 11.
Precautions when passing a steam vessel.
When passing another steam vessel in the same direction, and
in a narrow channel, he must, if there is room, always leave the
vessel he is passing on the port hand.
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Article 12.
Precautions when meeting a sailing Vessel.
With regard to sailing vessels, he is to bear in mind that ships
on a wind are directed to keep tl^ir wind on the starboard tack,
and he will therefore be careful so to act as to keep out of their
way.
Article 13.
Lanterns to be kept in good order.
He shall take care that the proper la'nternS", to prevent collision
at sea, be kept in good order, and always lighted at night.
Article 14.
Examination of engines, fyc., when the steamer arrives in port.
Upon the-arrival of a steamer in port, the senior officer present
will direct an examination of the engines, boilers, and their depen¬
dencies, by the senior engineers, and a report made of the defects,
and whether they are such as cannot be made good by the engi¬
neers and artificers on board.
Artici# 15.
Proposed alterations not to be entered in list of defects.
No proposed alterations or additions to the machinery are to be
inserted in the lists of defects, as on those points separate special
applications must be made to the propemutliorities.
Article 16.
Boilers to be filed with fresh ivatcr before going to sea.
When practicable he shall, before going to sea, cause the boilers
to be filled with fresh water.
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Article 17.
Repairs of engines to be made by engineers.
When repairs or cleaning are required for the engines or boilers,
they are to be made, as far as practicable, by the engineers, fire¬
men and coal heavers of the vessel.
Article 18.
Force-pumps to be kept in order.
The force-pumps, hose and all other means for extinguishing
fires must always be kept in order and ready for immediate use,
and so reported at the end of each watch, by the senior engineer
on duty ; and the utmost care must be taken, at all times, in the
stowage of stores, the use of lights and fires, and the adoption of
other precautionary measures to prevent danger from fire.
Article 19.
Bilge-pumps not to be used on ordinary occasionl.
The donkey-pumps are not to be used on ordinary occasions, but
are to be kept in good order, ready for use, and worked only suffi¬
ciently often to secure their efficiency at all times.
Article 20.
Steam-log.
A steam-log is always to be kept when the vessel is moved by
steam, which log is to be signed in the column of "Remarks," by
the senior engineer of the watch at the expiration of each watch,
and at noon of^eacli day by the senior engineer of the vessel.
Article 21.
Steam-log to be handed to commander.
The steam-log is to be handed to the commander of the vessel
by the senior engineer on board; and it shall be the duty of the
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§aid commander to examine the same, and, when satisfied of its
correctness, to sign "it at the end of every calendar month, or
oftener, should the vessel in the meantime arrive at or anchor in
any port.
Article 22.
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Steam-log to be transmitted to the Navy Department.
The commander of the vessel must transmit to the Navy Depart¬
ment, by the first safe opportunity after the close of the months of
March, June. September, and December, a fair copy of the steam-
log book for the preceding quarter, and, whenever a steamer is
placed in ordinary, for the period which has not been previously
transmitted.
Article 23.
Steam engineers to conform to orders,
He will require the steam engineers, when embark ?d, to con¬
form to the orders of- the' officer of the watch for the time being ;
but they are not, except in cases of great emergency, to be ordered
to perform other duties than those immediately connected with the
preservation, repair, management or supplying of the engines and
their dependencies.
Article 24.
Engineers to be arranged in watches.
He-will cause the engineers, firemen and coal-heavers to be ar¬
ranged in watches, and when on watch they are to be under the
immediate direction of the senior engineer of the watch, and are
not to be ordered on other duties than those connected with the en¬
gines, boilers and their dependencies, except in cases of emergency,
and then the engineer on duty is to be informed that he may adopt
all necessary precautions.
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Article 25.
Senior engineer to prepare and submit station bills.
He will cause the senior engineer to prepare and submit for, his
approval station bills, showing the specific duties of the respective
engineers, firemen, and coal-heavers in their watches, for attending
to and for cleaning the different parts of the engines and their de.
pendencies ; and require him to give particular attention that the
prescribed duties are performed in a proper manner, and, in case
of misconduct or neglect, to report offenders-to the officer of the
watch, to the executive officer, or to the commander of the vessel,
as the caso may require.
Article 26.
Senior engineer to make daily inspection of the engines.
He will direct the senior engineer on board to examine daily the
engines and their dependencies, and all parts of the vessel which
are occupied by them, or by stores for their use, and make immedi¬
ate report, should any defect or danger be discovered ; to give timely
notice to the commander of the vessel- of the probable wants of
his department, and, whenever articles are received for it, to care¬
fully examine if they are of proper quality, and report any which,
in his opinion, maybe objectionable.
Article 27.
Oat meal to be supplied for firemen and coabheaverS:
A supply of oat meal shall be put on board of steamers for the
use of the firemen and coal-heavers, to be issued \vithout charge to
them, in such quantities and at such times as the commanding offi¬
cer of the ship may direct.
Article 28.
Air below to be rarified when fires have not been lighted for a considera¬
ble period.
Where from any cause the fires of the engines may not have
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been lighted for a considerable period, he will, to rarify the air be¬
low, cause the fires to be temporarily started, or well ignited char¬
coal in hand furnaces to be distributed in appropriate places, in the
care of trusty persons.
CHAPTER X.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.
Article 1.
Who shall be executive officer.
The officer entitled to exercise general military command next in
rank to the commander of the vessel, is to be considered the
executive officer.
Article 2.
He shall have general superintendence.
He shall, under the direction of the commander, have the super¬
intendence of the general duties to be performed, and of the police,
to such .extent as the commander may authorize or prescribe.
Article 3.
He shall have quarter, watch, and station bills made out.
He shall take care that the quarter, watch, and station bills are
made out and kept complete, according to the orders which he may
receive from the commander, and that copies of them, and of the
internal regulations, are so disposed that all persons may readily
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. Article 4.
He will examine ship daily.
He shall examine the ship daily, and report to the commander
when she is ready for his inspection.
Article 5.
He shall require reports from the master, boatswain, gunner, carpenter,
and sailmake'r.
He shall require from the master, boatswain, gunner, carpenter,
and sailmaker, reports of the state of the vessel in their respective
departments, at the setting of the watch in the evening, and at eight
o'clock in the morning.
Article (3
He shall report the condition of the vessel in the evening.
He shall at the setting of the watch in the evening, report the
condition of the vessel to the commander, and receive any orders
he may have for him.
Article 7.
Have control of expenditures of stores.
He shall, under the direction of the commander, control the ex¬
penditure of all stores, (surgeon's, paymaster's, marine officer's, and
engineer's excepted,) and examine weekly the reports of receipts
and expenditures; and upon being satisfied of their correctness,
will approve the reports and hand them to the commander.
Article 8.
He will require vigilance and conformity to orders.
He shall require vigilance from the officers of_the deck; and
that they and all other officers perform their duties in strict con-
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formity with any orders that may be given for securing uniformity in
the mode of carrying them into execution.
Article 9.
He shall have charge of the deck, when.
He shall have charge of the deck when the ship is getting under
way or coming to anchor, or when all hands are called for any spe¬
cial exercise, or to perform particular duties, unless the commander
shall otherwise direct.
Article 10.
He shall report defects or deficiencies.
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He shall immediately report to the commander any defect oi de¬
ficiency which he may discover, and that may in any manner en¬
danger the safety or impair the efficiency of the vessel.
Article 11.
Shall have charge of cistern and store-room keys.
He shall have charge of the keys of the cistern and of the store¬
room.
Article 12.
Never to absent himself from the vessel, except.
He shall never absent himself from the vessel without the pre¬
vious approbation of his commanding officer.
Article 13.
Not required to keep watch, unless.
He shall not be required to keep a watch unless the number of
officers on board and fit for duty, who are authorized to take charge
of a watch, shall be less than three.
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Article 14.
He may advise the office) s of the deck, when.
When the captain is not oil deck, he may advise the officer of
the deck in the working and management of the ship; and if, in
his judgment, circumstances should make it necessary, he may
take charge of the deck. But thd presence of the captain or of
the executive officer on deck is not to be considered as relieving
the officer of the watch from any of his responsibility.
Article 15.
He shall inform himself of the capacity of each man on board.
He shall take pains to inform himself of the capacity of each
man on board, and of the stations they may have pre viously filled'
that he may station them to the best advantage.
Article 16.
His duty in case of fire.
In case of fire, or any other calamity which may place the ship
in danger, he is to exert himself to maintain order; and if it should
become necessary to abandon the vessel, he is, wnder the direction
of the captain; to see that the sick and wounded are first cared
for
Article 17.
Shall attend when magazine is opened.
He shall personally attend whenever the magazine is opened for
receiving or moving powder, and see that all the prescribed pre¬
cautions against accidents are observed.
Article 18.
Must know when persons leave or return to the ship.
No person is to leave or return to the ship without his know¬
ledge.
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Article 19.
To act when the captain is absent.
In the absence of the captain he is to act in his stead, but is not
to alter or change any of his regulations.
Article 20.
To correct abuses and report violations of laws.
He is to correct, as far as his power extends, all abuses ; and if
he observes or has knowledge of any violation of the laws or reg¬
ulations for the government of the navy on the part of any person,
he*is not to exercise any discretion in the matter, but to make im¬
mediate report to his commander.
Article 21.
When a boat leaves the ship at sea, to be provided with a compass.
If it shall be necessary to send a boat from the ship at sea,she
shall be careful that she is provided with a compass.
Article 22.
Quarter boats—how to be prepared for sending from ship at sea.
He shall keep a breaker of water on board of each quarter boat
at sea, and have a supply of provisions at hand sufficient for the
support of the crew for one week, which will be placed in the
boat whenever there is a probability of separation from the ship
by fog or otherwise.
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CHAPTER XI.
SECTION 1.
LIEUTENANTS.
, Article 1.
To be attentive to duty and obedient to orders.
A lieutenant is to be attentive to his duties, and to obey with
promptitude the orders which he may receive from his superiors.
Article 2.
To conform to the practice and words of command of the executive officer.
He shall conform as nearly as possible to the practice and words
of command of the executive officer in the performance of his du¬
ties, when there is no particular regulation upon the subject.
Article 3.
Shall carry an order bonk when called on board flag ship to receive or.
ders.
When called on board the ship of the commander of the fleet or
squadron by signal, or when he shall be sent ®n board to receive
orders, he is to take with him an order book, and insert therein the
orders which he may receive.
Article 4.
To be attentive to the men of his division.
He is to be particularly attentive to the men belonging to his
division at quarters, and give personal attention to the examination
of their clothing at the stated periods which the captain may direet,
and report to him upon their wants.
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Article 5.
To have charge of a boat.
He sliall have charge of one of the boats to be designated by the
executive officer, and shall be responsible that it is kept properly
equipped for service of all kinds.
SECTION 2
WATCH OFFICERS.
Article 1.
His duties when in charge of the watch.
When an officer has charge of the watch, he is not to leave'the
deck until regularly relieved. He is«to see that the officers and men
■are alert and attentive to their duty; that every precaution is taken
to prevent accidents; that the ship is properly steered, the sails
properly set and trimmed, and the log regularly hove; the proper
lookouts placed, and all necessary remarks duly entered upon the
log-slate, which he shall examine and sign at the expiration of his
watch.
Article 2.
He will sign the log book.
After the occurrences of the day .shall have been copied into the
logbook, he will sign the remarks of the different watches when
he had charge of the deck. -
Article 3.
Shall give information to the captain.
Ho shall inform the captain of all strange sails that are seen, the
making* of land, .a.11 appearances of danger, all signals that are
made, all changes in the sails or movements "of the ship of the
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commander of the fleet or squadron, and of all other circumstances
which may alter the relative position of the vessels of the fleet o
squadron, or prevent the ship from steering the course ordered.
Article 4.
He is not to change the ship's course, nor to alter sails, except.
He is never to change the course ordered, nor increase or dimin¬
ish the sails of the vessel, without authority of the captain, except
to avoid some imminent danger, in which case he will give him
immediate information.
Article 5,
To direct an officer to look out for signals.
He is to direct some careful officer to look out for signals, particu¬
larly from the commander of the fleet or squadron; but he is not to
hoist the answering pendant until he is certain that he sees the sig¬
nal distinctly, and understands its signification.
Article 0.
To make no signals, except.
He is not to make any signal without orders from his commander,
unless to warn vessels of some danger; but he will see that every¬
thing is in readiness to make them, by day or by night.
Article 7.
He will inform his relief of all unexecuted orders.
He is to be very particular to inform the officer who relieves him
of all orders and signals which remain to be executed, of the posi¬
tion of the commander of the fleet or squadron, and give him all
such other information as may be necessary or serviceable to him
in keeping the vessel in her proper station, or for her safety.
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Article 8.
His duty when boats are alongside the ship.
No boat is to be allowed to leave the ship or come alongside
without the knowledge of the officer of the watch. When boats or
tenders come alongside with provisions, water, or stores of any
kind, he is to see them cleared without delay, and that all articles
which may be ordered to be sent out of the vessel are carefully
and properly put on board the vessel or boats which are directed to
receive them.
Article 9.
No boat to remain alongside without a boatkeeper.
He is to allow no boat to remain alongside without a boatkeeper,
and two or more, if the weather should make it necessary.
Article 10.
To take account of stores received on board and sent from vessel.
He shall take care that a strict and accurate account is taken of
a'l stores received on board or sent from the vessel during his
watch, and see that those which are received are delivered in
charge of the proper officer, and that the number or quantity re¬
ceived or sent from the vessel is correctly entered upon the log
slate.
Article 11.
Crews of boats to be properly clothed; men belonging to boats cannot ex¬
change.
When boats leave the ship, he shall be particular to see that they
have their proper crews, suitably clothed, and that no man not be¬
longing to a boat shall take the place of one who does, without the
authority of the executive officer.
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Article 12.
Not to enter into conversation.
He is not to enter into conversation with any one, except on busi¬
ness relating to his immediate duties.
Article 13.
When a strange sail is seen at night during war.
If, during war, a strange vessel be seen in the night, he is to send
an officer to inform the captain, and to make such immediate pre¬
paration for action as circumstances may admit.
Article 14.
Uniform of the officer of the watch.
While he is in charge of the deck in portduringthe day,he shall be
in uniform; and at night, or in bad weather, or in climates where
such dress would be oppressive, he shall wear some distinctive
marks of his rank.
Article 15.
Officers and others coming to or leaving the ship shall receive proper respect.
He shall see that all officers or others coming on board or leaving
the ship shall receive the marks of respect to which they are en¬
titled.
Article 16.
When offences are committed by day or night.
If any offence is committed by any petty officer or person of infe¬
rior rating during bis watch, he is, during the day, to report the of¬
fender at once to the executive officer; if during the night, he may
order him to be confined, and make his report in the morning.
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Article 17.
He will preserve decorum on the quarter-deck.
He will be responsible for the preservation of decorum on the
quarter-deck , suppressing all lovyl talking, and preventing lounging
about the ports ; and generally any violation on deck of the orders
for the police of the ship.
CHAPTER XII.
MASTER.
Article 1.
He will superintend the stoivage, fyc., of the vessel.
The master, or the officer appointed to perform his duties, will, if
ordered to a vessel before her stowage is commenced, superintend,
under the direction of the commanding officer of the yard, or com¬
mander of the vessel, as circumstances may require, the stowing of
the ballast, water, provisions, and all other articles, in the hold and
spirit room.
Article 2.
Oldest provisions to be so stowed as to be first issued.
In stowing provisions he shall take care that fhe oldest be stowed
so that they may be first issued ; breaking out and restowing those
already on board, if necessary for that purpose, unless otherwise di¬
rected.
Article 3.
Entries to be made in log book in regard to stowage.
When the stowage of the hold shall be completed, an entry must
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be made in the log book, specifying particularly the quantity and
arrangement of the ballast, the number, size, and disposition of the
tanks and casks, and of the quantity and stowage of provisions and
other stores.
Article 4.
Plans of the stowage of the hold to be made.
Accurate plans must be made of the stowage of the hold, show
ing the disposition of all the articles, which must be inserted in the
first page of the log book ; and if any material change should after¬
wards be made in the stowage, the change must be noted, and new
plans be inserted in the log book.
Article 5..
Plans of stowage to be furnished commander of vessel.
If the stowage of the hold is made under the direction of the
commandant of the yard, the commander of the vessel is to be fur¬
nished with the plans and descriptions.
Article 6.
Plans of stowage to be furnished commandant of yard.
If made,at a navy yard, but under the direction of the command¬
ing officer of the vessel, he will furnish the commanding officer of
the yard with them, that they may be inserted in the diary of the
yard.
Article 7.
He will visit hold and cable tiers frequently.
The master is to visit the hold daily, and cable tiers and chain
lockers very frequently, and see that they are kept in as good order
as circumstances will admit.
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Article 8.
He shall have charge of hold and spirit room keys.
He is to have charge of the keys of the hold and spirit room, and
shall only deliver them to a commission or warrant officer.
Article 9.
He will see that the cables are secured and protected from injury.
He is, under the direction of the commanding or executive of¬
ficer, to see that the cables are at all times properly secured and
protected from injuries ; that the tiers are kept clear; and that all
necessary arrangements are made for anchoring, mooring, unmoor¬
ing, or getting under way with the greatest facility and dispatch.
Article 10.
He will examine chain cables, <S|-c.
He will, when directed, examine the chain cables, and particu¬
larly the shackles and shackle-pins, to see that they can be readily-
removed, in case it should be necessary to ship the cable*, or shift
parts from one cable to another.
Article 11.
He will see that the rigging, fyc., is in good order.
He is, in the same manner, to see that the standing and running
rigging and the sails of the vessel are at all times in good order,
protected from injury, and ready for service, and to report all such
as may require alteration or repairs; and he will always attend in
person to setting up the rigging.
Article 12.
He will prevent waste of fuel and water, and report expenditure of each.
He is to be particularly careful to prevenf any waste or improper
expenditure of fuel and water ; and he is to report daily, when at
■ea, to the captain the quantity of each, except the fuel in change
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of the engineer, expended in the last twenty-four hours, and the
quantity remaining on hand.
Article 13.
His duty when approaching land or shoals.
"When the vessel shall be approaching any land or shoals, or en¬
tering any port or harbor, he shall be very attentive to the sound¬
ings ; and he shall at all times inform the commander of any dan¬
ger to wliieh he may think the vessel exposed, whether under the
charge of a pilot or not.
Article 14.
He will examine charts and note errors.
He shall examine the charts of all coasts which the vessel may
visit, and note upon them any errors which he may discover, and
inform the commanding officer of the same, who shall transmit
them to the Navy Department.
Article 15.
He will examine compasses, time glasses, fyc.
He shall frequently examine the compasses, time glasses, log and
lead lines, and keep them in proper order for service.
Article 16.
He will report ship's place at meridian, and bearing of nearest headland.
He shall ascertain, and report daily to the commanding officer,
the ship's place at meridian, and at any other time which the com¬
manding officer may direct the variation of the compass, and the
bearing and distance of the nearest headland, or of any danger that
may be near.
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Article 17.
He will have charge of all nautical books, charts, flags, fyc.
He is to have charge of, and must account for, all nautical books,
instruments, charts, national flags and signals.
Article 18.
He will have charge of the keeping of the log-book ; his duties in refer¬
ence to the same.
He shall have charge of keeping the ship's log-book, and shall see
that all particulars are duly entered in it, according to such forms
as are or may be prescribed ; and he shall, immediately after such
entries, send it to the watch officers, that they may sign their names
at the end of the remarks in their respective watches, while the
circumstances are fresh in their memories ; and he shall take it to
the commanding officer for his inspection immediately after noon
of each day.
Article 19.
Log-book. Entries to be made therein.
There shall be entered on the log-slate and log-book, with minute
exactness, the following particulars :
1. The name and rank or rating of all persons who may join or
be discharged from the vessel, the names of all passengers, with
times of coming on board and leaving, the direction of the wind,
state of the weather, courses steered, and distances sailed; the time
when any particular evolution, exercise, or other service was per¬
formed ; the signal number of all signals made ; the time when
by what vessel, and to what vessel they were made ; nature and
extent of public punishments inflicted, with the name and crime
of the offender; the result of all observations made to find the
ship's place, and all dangers discovered in navigation.
2. The groundings of the ship, and the loss of or serious injury to
boats, spars, sails, rigging, and stores of any kind, with the circurn-
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stances under which they happened, and the extent of the injury
received.
3. A particular account of all packages of stores received, with
their marks, contents, or quantities, and the department for which
they were received.
4. A particular account of all stores condemned by survey, or
converted to any other purpose than that for which they were origi¬
nally intended.
5. A particular account of all stores lent or otherwise sent out of
the vessel, and by what authority it was done.
6. All the marks and numbers of every cask or bale which, on
being opened, is found to contain less than is specified by the in¬
voice or than it ought to contain, with the deficiency found.
7. Every alteration made in the allowance of provisions, and by
whose order.
8. The employment of any hired vessel, her dimensions in ton¬
nage, the name of the master or owner,- the number of her crew,
bow or for what purpose employed, by whose order, and the rea¬
sons for her employment.
9. The draught of water of the vessel, when light, as furnished
from the navy yard, and always before going to sea, and upon ar¬
riving in port, fore and aft; and the height of the forward part of
the forward port-sills, after part of after port-sills, and of the mid¬
ship port-sills from the water; and the rake of the respective masts
in every ten feet, with reference to the water-line at the time.
Article 20.
After the log is signed, no alteration is to he made, except.
After the log has been signed by the officers of the watches, no
alteration shall be made therein except to correct some error or sup¬
ply some omission, and then only with the approbation of the com¬
manding officer, and the recollection of the officer who had charge
of the watch in which the alteration or addition is proposed, who
will sign the same, if satisfied of its correctness.
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Article 21.
A fair copy of the log-hook will be transmitted to the Navy Department.
The master shall deliver to the commanding officer of the vessel,
signed by himself, and, after careful comparison, certified to be cor¬
rect, a fair copy of the log-book, every six months, to be transmitted
by the first safe opportunity to the Navy Department.
Article 22.
Log-hook, how disposed of.
The original log-book shall be kept by the vessel until she is paid
off, when it shall be placed in charge of the commanding officer of
the yard, and by hint transmitted to the Navy Department.
Article 23.
Remark-hook.—Particulars relating to navigation, which Tie will
note.—Latitude.—Longitude.— Variation of compass.—High
water.—Tides.— Winds.— Wet and dry seasons—Hurricane
seasons.— Temperature of chronometer room.—Latitude and
longitude of places.—To obtain lunar distances.—He will note
the variation of the compass.—Local attraction to he determined.
—He will ascertain particulars respecting currents and tides.—
He will describe appearance of foreign coasts and landmarks.—
He will sound and survey, and project the results.—To note inac¬
curacies in charts.—Captain to examine remark-book.—A copy
thereof and of all charts, plans, and views, to be forwarded to
the department. .
Besides the log-book, he is to keep a remark-book, in which all
the hydrographical information he can obtain is tp be carefully in¬
serted, as well as a description of the instruments he may employ
in any of the observations hereafter mentioned.
He is to determine as accurately as he can the various particu¬
lars relating to navigation of every place which the vessel may
visit, entering the results in his remark-book, under the following
heads:
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1. Latitude.
2. Longitude.
3. Variation of the compass.
4. Time of high water, immediately following new and full
moon.
5. Rise and fall of the tides at springs and neaps.
6. Prevailing winds.
7. Periods of the year at which the wet and dry seasons prevail,
if any.
8. Seasons at v/hich hurricanes prevail.
9. The temperature of the chronometer room at the time obser¬
vations are taken.
The particular spot at the place visited, to which the latitude and
longitude refer, is to be carefully noted ; also the number and na¬
ture of the observations, and the means by which they were made,
whether the artifical or sea horizon was used; and with reference
to the longitude, if obtained with chronometers by means of meri¬
dian distances from another place, he is to state the number em¬
ployed, their general character, the age of the rates used, or the in¬
terval since which they were last rated, with the longitude he has
assumed of the place measured from.
He is not to lose any opportunity of obtaining lunar distances,
both with the view of determining the longitude the ship maybe in
at sea, as well as serving as a salutary comparison with his chro¬
nometers, either at sea or in harbor.
He is to observe the variation of the compass by amplitudes or
azimuths, at least once every day, whether at sea or in port, except¬
ing only when refitting in harbor. The azimuth compass is to be
always placed, when practicable, in the same precise situation
amidships, marking the point where each of the tripod legs stands;
and he is to take care that the direction of the ship's head at the
time of observation shall be recorded as well as the difference be¬
tween the standard or azimuth and the steering compasses, by which
precaution alone can the real course of the ship be regulated. These
variations are to be daily inserted in columns at the end of his re¬
mark-book, along with the ship's place and the direction of her
head at the time of observation.
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The local attraction is to be determined before the ship leaves
the Confederate States as well as after any material change of lati¬
tude, and is then to be tabulated by him for every point of the cbm-
pass, so that the corrections on each course may be readily applied
in working the ship's reckoning.
In all places he is to ascertain the direction and velocity of the
currents, the set and strength of the tides, with the limits of their
rise and fall, and the time of high water of the tide which imme¬
diately follows the periods of the new and full moons. He is to
describe as particularly as he can the appearances of foreign
coasts, pointing out the remarkable objects by which they may be
distinguished, so as to render a stranger certain of recognizing his
land fall.
He is to apply to the captain, whenever the service will admit of
it, for boats to sound and survey any shoals or harbors which have
not been correctly laid down in the charts, and the results are to be
projected on a large and intelligible scale.
In his remark-book he is eaiefully to note all inaccuracies in any
of the charts supplied to the ship.
He is frequently to present this remark-book to the captain for
examination ; and on the first of January, in every year, he is to
deliver to him a correct copy of it, accompanied by all the charts,
plans, and" views of the coasts and head lands, which he has made
during die past year; all which the captain will transmit by the
first safe opportunity to his commander-in-chief to be forwarded to
the department.
Article 24.
He will not keep watch, unless.
He shall not be required to keep watch, except in cases of ne¬
cessity, and then only by order of the commander of the vessel. '
Article 25.
All vessels to be furnished with a' skeleton chart.
Every vessel before sailing shall be furnished with a skeleton
chart embracing her probable cruising ground, on which shall be
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laid down her track and daily run during the whole time of her ab¬
sence; which chart shall be transmuted to the Navy Department
at the end of the cruise.
Article 26.
In case of removal or suspension he will deliver log-hook to his successor.
Should the master be removed or suspended, he shall sign the
log-book and deliver it to his successor, taking his receipt for the
same, and for all other articles under his charge, and shall deliver
to his commander a fair copy of the remark-book, made up to the
day of his removal or suspension.
CHAPTER XIII.
PASSED MIDSHIPMEN.
Article 1.
Attention, zeal, and diligence, enjoined.
Passed midshipmen will be attentive and zealous in the dis¬
charge of their various duties, and diligently carry into effect the
several orders they may receive from their superiors.
Article 2.
To require punctuality in those under them.
They are to require all subordinate officers and those under
them to perform their duties with punctuality.
Article 3.
Journal.
They shall keep journals in which shall be inserted important
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occurrences on board and all observations made by them, their re¬
marks relative to ports or anchorages, and everything worthy of re¬
cord, or that may be useful to navigators, and are to show this
journal to the commander whenever he may require them to do so.
Article 4.
They are to he preferred for more responsible duties.
They are to be preferred to midshipmen who have not passed
their examination for the more responsible duties; but they are
nevertheless to perform whatever duties pertaining to that class of
officers maybe assigned to them.
CHAPTER XIY.
MIDSHIPMEN.
Article 1.
They shall keep themselves provided with uniforms and instruments.
Midshipmen shall keep themselves provided with complete full
and undress uniforms, with all equipments, a sextant or octant,
Bowditch's or some other approved treatise upon navigation, some
approved treatise on marine surveying, and blank journals.
Article 2.
They will ascertain daily the position of the ship.
They are daily to ascertain the position of the ship when at sea,
by observations, when practicable, and send the same to their com¬
manding officer.
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Article 3.
They will keep journals.
They are to keep journals in such form as may be prescribed,
which they will present to the commanding officer for inspection
on the first day of every month ; and they will at all times embrace
every opportunity of acquiring useful information which may be
applicable to their profession as seamen and officers.
Article 4.
They are not to absent themselves from the ship, except.
They are not to have permission to absent themselves from the
ship unless their journals are kept up, and they have copies of the
watch, quarter, and station bills, and of the separate quarter bills
for their divisions made out for use, and shall give proper attention
to their duties.
OHAPTEK XY.
BOATSWAIN, GUNNER, CARPENTER, AND SAILMAKER.
SECTION 1.
Article 1.
They and the yeomen will examine all articles and stores for their
departments and report.
They must, with the yeoman, carefully examine all the articles
belonging to, and all stores received for, their respective depart¬
ments. and see that they are of good quality, that they agree in
quantity with the invoice or bill sent with them, and that they are_
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in good order; and must make immediate report to the command¬
ing or executive officer, or officer of the watch, of any defect or
deficiency which they may discover.
Article 2.
Their responsibility in regard to articles not in actual use.
They are to be responsible for all articles not in actual use in
their respective departments which are not in the immediate charge of
the yeoman, and are to carefully examine all articles which are in
use, and report if any additional means are required for their proper
preservation.
Article 3.
They shall conform to dimensions of articles as prescribed.
They shall conform strictly to the length, dimensions, or quantity
of articles which may be prescribed by general regulations, in all
their expenditures, unless expressly ordered to vary from them,
which order they must preserve as a voucher.
Article 4.
Surveys upon stores injured, <Sfc.
They shall request a survey upon all Stores which may be injured,
or become unfit for service, in their respective departments; and such
as the surveying officers condemn shall be expended, preserving a
copy of the survey as a voucher ; but if the survey shall direct ar¬
ticles to be converted to some other use, they shall be charged ac¬
cordingly, and expended in the same manner as any other stores.
Article 5.
They will be watchful and report neglect or misconduct in the yeoman.
They shall be particularly watchful, and make immediate report
to the commanding or executive officer of any neglect or miscon?
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duct which they may discover in the yeoman or person having
charge of their stores.
Article 6.
Their duties when a ship is about to be dismantled.
When a ship is about to be dismantled, they are to be careful
that all the articles belonging to their respective departments are
properly secured and tallied, with their name and quantity, whether
"serviceable," "requiring repairs," or "unserviceable," and that
all precautions are taken to prevent their being in any manner in¬
jured. They will only receive credit according to the receipt given
for them by the navy storekeeper or other person into whose charge
they may be delivered, or according to the report of the surveying
officers, duly appointed; and they will attend the survey whjch
may be made to ascertain the quantity of stores so returned by
tkem, and will be called upon to account for any deficiency that
may be found to exist.
Article 7.
Reports to executive officer.
The boatswain, gunner, carpenter, and sailmaker are to report
daily at 8, a. m., and at 8, p. m., to the executive officer the state
of all things in their respective departments.
SECTION 2.
BOATSWAIN.
Article 1.
Attendance upon deck.
He is to be frequently upon deck in the day, and at all times, both
by day and night, when any duty shall require all hands being em¬
ployed. He is, with his mates, to see that the men go quickly
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upon deck when called, and that when there they perform their
duty with alacrity.
Article 2.
To examine rigging.
He is, every day, before 8, a. m., and as much oftener as may be
desirable, according to the service the ship is employed on, to ex¬
amine the state of the rigging, to ascertain whether any part be
chafed or likely to give way, and to report to the officer of the
watch the state in which he finds it. He is, at all times, to be
careful that the anchors, booms, and boats be properly secured ;
and he is to be very attentive to have ready at all times a sufficient
number of mats, plats, nippers, points, and gaskets, that no delay
or inconvenience may be experienced when they are wanted.
Article 3.
Preparation for battle.
When the ship is preparing for battle, he is to be very particular
in seeing that everything necessary for repairing the rigging is in
its proper place, that the men stationed to that service may know
where to find immediately whatever may be wanted.
SECTION 3.
GUNNER.
Article 1.
Charge of anchor and life buoys.
Besides the duties assigned to the gunner in the " Ordnance Reg¬
ulations, he is to have charge of the anchor buoys and life buoys,
to see that they are at all times in good order, and the latter ready
to be dropped into the water at a moment's warning.
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Article 2.
Charge of lower rigging and main yard rigging.
He will have charge of the main lower rigging and the rigging
on the main yard, and will report their condition at the prescribed
hours to the executive officer.
Article 3.
Charge of small arms.
He is to see that the muskets and other small arms are kept
clean, in good order, and proper repair.
Article 4.
Report of expenditure of powder, fyc.
He is to report to the master, for entry in the log-book, after an
action, or after an exercise in which powder and shot, or either, is
used, the quantity of each expended, and is to sign the entry in at¬
testation of its correctness.
SECTION 4.
CARPENTER.
Article 1.
Masts and yards to be examined daily.
When the vessel is at sea, he is every day, before 8, a. m., and as
much oftener as may be desirable, according to the service the ship
is employed on, to examine into the state of the masts and yards,
and to report to the officer of the watch when he discovers any of
them to be sprung, or in any way defective
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Article 2.
Pumps to be kept in good order.
He is to be particularly careful in keeping the pumps in good
order, always having at hand whatever may be necessary to repair
them.
Article 3.
Boats, ladders, and gratings.
He is to keep the boats, ladders, and gratings in as good condition
as possible, always repairing every damage they may sustain as
soon as he discovers it.
Article 4.
Shot plugs for stopping shot holes.
He is to keep always ready, for immediate use, shot plugs and
every other article necessary for stopping shot holes and repairing
other damage in battle.
Article 5.
List of defects to be prepared on going into port.
When the ship is going into port, he is to prepare as correct an
account as pos:ible, of the defects of the hull, masts, and yards of
the ship, and the repairs she may stand in need of.
Article 6.
Caulking of ship's sides and decks.
He is to have a caulker's gang, and see that the sides and decks
of the ship are frequently examined, and, if necessary, caulked,
particularly in those parts where the seams are most likely to be
opened by the working of the ship.
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SECTION 5.
SAILMAKER.
Article 1.
To examine sails when received on board.
He is to examine the sails carefully when they are received on
board, and to report to the executive officer if he discovers any de¬
fect in them.
Article 2.
To see that sails are dry.
He is to examine very carefully whether they be perfectly dry
when they aie put into the sail room.
Article 3.
To keep sails tallied and stoived away.
He is to keep all the sails correctly tallied, and so stowed in the
sail room as to enable him to find easily any that may be wanted.
Article 4.
To inspect the sails.
He is to inspect frequently the sails in the sail room, to see that
they are not injured by leaks or vermin.
Article 5.
When sails are landed.
When sails are landed he is to see that they are dry, properly
made up, and tallied.
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CHAPTER XVI.
CHIEF ENGINEER.
Article 1.
He will make himself acquainted with engines and appurtenances, and
see that they are in proper order.
The chief engineer, on being appointed to a ship, will make him¬
self acquainted with all the parts of the machinery, boilers, coal
bunkers, and store rooms; he will examine carefully to see that all
parts of the machinery and everything appertaining to it is in
proper order, and report to the commanding officer anything that is
defective.
Article 2.
He will cause the assistant engineers to acquaint themselves with all parts
of the engine.
He will cause the assistant engineers, on their joining the vessel,
to become familiar with all the cocks, valves, pipes, and the dif¬
ferent parts of the machinery and boilers, more particularly those
which come immediately under their supervision.
Article 3.
He will see that his stores are sufficient and well stored away.
He will see that he has the requisite amount of stores, of good
quality, on board, and that they are stored away in good condition.
Article 4.
He will make out station bills for the engineer department.
He will make out the watch, station, quarter, fire, and cleaning
bills for the engineer department, assigning to each person his
proper station and duty, and submit the same to the captain of the
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vessel for his approval and signature; which bills shall then be
hung up in some conspicuous place, where all persons in the de¬
partment may refer to them.
Article 5.
Reports that he will make.
He will report to the captain any accident or defect that may
occur to the machinery, boilers, or their dependencies, and at
meridian of each day report the quantity of coals consumed, the
revolutions made by the engines, and the average revolutions per
minute for the last twenty-four hours; also, the quantity of coal
remaining on hand, and if at any time in his judgment the ma¬
chinery is driven too hard, or undue strain put upon any of its
parts by stress of weather, motion, or position of the vessel, he will
report the same to the captain, noting such report and^the causes
for it in the steam-log.
Article 6.
Account of expenditure of coals, stores, Sj-c.
He will keep a strict account of and be responsible for the ex¬
penditure of the coals, stores, duplicate pieces, and all articles in
the engineer department which come under his control. He will
examine each day's log and expenditure, and approve them by his
signature.
Article 7.
He will have the control of the men in his department.
He will have the general control of the men in his department,
subject to the order of the commander and the internal regulations
of the vessel.
Article 8.
He will control their going on shore.
He will regulate, under the control of the commander, the permis¬
sion of the men belonging to his department to go on shore.
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Article 9.
He will inspect his department daily, and see that all persons in it do
their duty.
He will inspect in person, at least once in twenty-four hours, all
parts of his department so far as can be done, and will see that all
persons attend to their duties properly that the water in the boilers
is carried to the proper density, and that the coals and other stores
are used to the best possible advantage.
Article 10.
He will encourage the assistant engineers to improve themselves.
He shall offer every facility and encourage in every possible way
his assistant engineers to improve themselves in their profession ;
and at tire end of a cruise, or on their leaving the ship, will give
each a letter, stating his deportment and character, and his quali¬
fications as an engineer.
Article 11.
Examination of the quantity of coal in bunkers.
He will examine the bunkers each time the ship arrives in port,
or oftener, to see if the amount of coals corresponds with the log,
and if any discrepancy appears, he will report the same immedi¬
ately to the captain, and note it in the log.
Article 12.
He will commence cleaning and repairing on discontinuance of steaming.
On the arrival of the ship in port, or on the discontinuance of
steaming at sea, he will at once commence cleaning and repairing,
with the assistant engineers, firemen, and coalheavers.
Article 13.
Engineer watches.
He will cause an engineer watch to be kept constantly in the
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engine room when the ship is in commission, and not less-than two
watches of engineers, when there are more than two engineers,
must at all times be on board.
Article 14.
Duty in reference to steam-log.
The engineer of the watch will be Sareful to. note hourly, on the
steam-log, all the information which the columns in it require, and
to place in the column of "remarks" full information of the statj^
of the weather and sea, and all accidents to, or defects in, the
engines or their dependencies, the quantity of the coal, or other
circumstances .which may be useful for determining the powers
and qualities of the vessel and the engines, under the various cir¬
cumstances to which they may be exposed. He will carefully note
in it the draught of water of the vessel, and immersion, of the
bucket-boards, just before going to sea and on arriving in port, and
frequently when receiving coal and other stores.
Article 15.
One engineer to be always On duty in engine room.
The chief engineer and two assistants next in rank to him are
never to be out of the ship at the same time, and one engineer is
at all times to be on dqfy in the engine-room.
Article 16.
Firemen are to be instructed.
The firemen are to be instructed, as far as it may be practicable,
to qualify them for managing the engines and dependencies with
safety, in case accident or other causes should prevent the attend¬
ance of the engineer.
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CHAPTER XVII.
FLEET SURGEON.
Article 1.
Duties of a fleet surgeon.
The fleet surgeon is to have a general supervision over all medical
officers of the squadron to which he may be attached, and he will
report to the commander-in-chief any neglect of duty that may come
under his notice. He is charged with receiving and forwarding
(through the prescribed channel) all communications and reports
from medical officers for the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, and
with the examination and approval of all requisitions and bills for
the medical department, and procuring supplies from the depots or
naval storekeepers abroad, and with purchasing them when the
required supplies cannot be otherwise obtained.
Article 2.
To co-operate with the Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.
The fleet surgeon is expected to co-operate with the Chief of the
Buweau of Medicine and Surgery, by close attention to the duties of
his own office and to those placed under his supervision, and to
secure proper economy and promptness and punctuality in making
and forwarding reports and returns.
Article 3.
Prevention of disease.
He will suggest to the commander-in-chief, for his consideration,
proper measures for preventing or checking disease, or for pro¬
moting the comfort of the sick or wounded.
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Article 4.
He will specify vessels whose crews are least fit for active service.
He will, when required by the commander-in-chief, specify those
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vessels which may appear, from the, state of the health of the crews,
least fit for active service, or,requiring change of climate or diet.
Article 5.
Person^ unfit for the cruise, an/^deteriorated articles to be reported.
He will report to the commanding officer such officers and persons
of inferior ratings as he may deem unfit for the cruise, with a view to
a survey on them; and when out of the Confederate States, such
articles as in his opinion have deteriorated, and with the approval of
the commanding officer he will detail the medical officers for surveys.
Article 6.
Journal of daily practice.
He Will keep a journal of daily practice, according to such form
as may be prescribed by the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; in¬
spect the like journals of the other surgeons of the fleet, Rnd make
such suggestions to the surgeon in charge as he may deem proper.
Article 7.
Note-book.
He'will keep a note-book in addition to his journal,'in such form
as the Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery may prescribe,
in which" he will record such matters of interest as may come
under his notice in relation to climate, diseases, medical statistics,-
and any other professional matter.
Article 8..
Disposition of journal and note-book.
His journal and note-book, with those of the other surgeons, will
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be transmitted to the department at such periods as the Secretary
of the Navy may direct through the prescribed channels.
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CHAPTER XVIII.
SURGEON.
Article 1.
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He will take charge of all medicines, fyc.
A surgeon will, on joining* a vessel, navy yard, or hospital, for
duty, take charge of and receipt for all medicines, surgical instru¬
ments, and hospital stores.
Article 2.
He will conform to regulations and allowances of medicines.
He will conform to the regulations, and to such allowances of
medicines, instruments, and stores as may be established by the
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, when making requisitions, unless,
there should be some special cause for varying from them, when
such cause must be stated upon the requisition.
Article 3.
Account of receipts and expenditures.
He will keep a regular account of receipts p.nd expenditures in
his department, according to such forms as may be prescribed by
the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, and when on sea duty will
make quarterly reports of hospital stores expended and on hand to
his commanding officer.
Article 4.
He ivill be allowed a store-room.
He will be allowed, to his excltisive'use, a convenient store-room
for the preservation of articles in his charge.
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Article 5.
He will be attentive to cleanliness and supply of medicines.
He will be attentive to the cleanliness of the sick, their bedding
and the sick bay, and will take special care that,the sick are sup¬
plied at proper times with the me'dicihe and food their condition
may require.
Article 6.
Daily report to commanding officer.
He will report to the commanding officer, daily, the names and
condition of the sick, according to such forms as may be prescribed;
and will, at the same time, suggest any measures he may deem im¬
portant for the health of the crew.
Article 7.
Binnacle list.
He will cause to be deposited daily, in the binnacle, a list of the
officers and other persons whose condition requires that they should
be excused from duty, or whose allowance of spirits is temporarily
stopped.
Article 8.
Infectious diseases.
He will take all possible precautions to prevent the introduction
or progress of any infectious disease, and make immediate report to
the commander of any probable danger from, or the appearance of,
any such disease.
Article 9.
Examination of the men when, they join the vessel.
He Is carefully to examine the crew as soon as practicable after
joining the ship, for the purpose of reporting to the commanding
officer any necessity that may exist for vaccination, which, if pos¬
sible, is to be performed before the sailing of the vessel.
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Article 10.
Persons to assist in preparing food for the sick.
He will, upon application to the commanding officer, be allowed
proper persons to assist in the preparation of articles for the nour¬
ishment of the sick, and to perform other services for their com¬
fort.
Article 11.
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To be prepared to relieve wounded.
He is at all times to have in readiness everything necessary for
the relief of the wounded.
Article 12.
Tourniquets to be distributed prior to an engagement.
On the probability of an engagement, he will cause a sufficient
number of tourniquets to be distributed to the officers, in different
parts of the ship, and see that all persons stationed with him, and
such others as may be designated,- are instructed in the»proper
mode of using them.
Akticle 13.
Sick sent to hospital.
When practicable, sick persons who may be sent to a hospital,
or hospital vessel, are to be accompanied by a medical officer, and
the surgeon will send with them a statement of their diseases or
injuries, with a synopsis of treatment, according to such forms as
may be prescribed by the Bureau of Medicine^ and Surgery.
Article 14.
Examination of articles in bumboats..
He will cause the boarts attending the ship with articles of food
for sale, to be examined, and if any contain articles the use of which
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would, in his opinion, be injurious to the crew, he will represent
the same to the commanding officer#
Article- 15.
Journal of daily practice.
He will keep a journal of his daily practice according to such
form as maybe prescribed by the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.
The journal to be subject, if required, to the inspection of the sur¬
geon of the fleet, and to be forwarded, as" directed for correspon¬
dence and other reports, for rdeposit with the chief of the Bureau
of Medicine and Surgery, through the proper channels.
Article 16.
Note Book.
He shall, in addition to a journal of daily practice, keep a note
book similar to that prescribed in article 7 of chapter XVII., and
forward it as provided for in article 8 of the same chapter.
. Article 17.
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Return of the. articles in his charge when the ship is placed in ordinary.
When the ship is placed in ordinary he will return into the pro-
per*store all articles remaining in his charge, and will be held
strictly accountable for any deficiency or injury that may not be
satisfactorily accounted for.
Article 18.
Reports and surveys on persons who receive wounds that may entitle
them to pensions.
Whenever any person on board shall receive any wound or inju-
ry*which may probably entitle him to make application for a pen¬
sion, the surgeon shall report the same'to the eommander, in wri-
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ting, before the person, be removed or discharged from the vessel,
that a proper survey may be #eld, and certificate issued, according
to such form as may be prescribed by the Pension Office.
Article 19.
Persons left in hospital.
When petty officers or persons of inferior rating are left in a hos¬
pital after the sailing of the vessel from which they were sent, the
surgeon of the hospital must report to the commander^f the station
whenever any of them are in a situation to justify their removal,
that they may be sent to some other vessel or discharged.
Article 20.
Reports on persons in hospital who are convalescent.
If any petty officer or person of inferior rating shall not have so
far recovered as to justify his removal from the hospital when his
time of service shall have expired, or if the injuries or disease of
any person sent to the hospital Will, in the opinion of the^surgeon,
prove incurable or produce long-continued inability to perform
duty, the surgeon must immediately. report such cases to the com¬
mander of the station, making a particular statement of all the
facts and circumstances connected with each case within his know¬
ledge, that they may be transmitted to the Secretary of the Navy
for his decision.
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CHAPTER XIX.
PASSER AND OTHER ASSISTANT SURGEONS.
Article 1.
.They shall see that medicines are properly prepared.
Assistant surgeons, whether passed or otherwise, and when no
assistant surgeon, the surgeon shall attend personally tovsee that
medicines are properly prepared.and labelled for distribution to
the sick.
Article 2.
They shall perform the duties assigned to them, and conform to orders.
They shall perform all the professional duties which may be* re¬
quired from them, and conform to the instructions which may be
given by the surgeon of the vessel, navy yard, or hospital, to which
they may be attached; and will be unremitting in their atteQtiotis
to the comfort and cleanliness of the sick, and exact from those
under their direction a rigid performance of their duties.
Article 3.
The oldest past or other assistant surgeon will perform the duties of
surgeon.
In the absence of the surgeon, the passed or other assistant sur¬
geon oldest in commission, is to perform all the duties of the sur
geom.
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CHAPTER X%.
PAYMASTER.
Article 1.
He will make requisitions.
The paymaster will make requisitions for money, and for such
articles of provisions, clothing, and small stores as maybe needed;
but such requisitions are at all times tp be subject to the approval
of the commanding officer of the vessel, and the revision and ap¬
proval of the senior officer present in command.
Article 2.
Approval of requisitions.
Where a paymaster shall present a requisition for money for the
approval of his commanding officer, or such commanding officer
shall direct a paymaster to prepare a requisition for his approval,
the paymaster shall present a statement of the amount of public
money then in his possession ; and the commanding officer shall
not direct or approve a requisition for a larger sum than may ap¬
pear to be necessary for the public interests, in addition'to such
unexpended balance as may then be reported in the hands of \he
paymaster.
Article 3.
He will furnish the approving officer with a written statement of amount
in his hands.
If the requisition of a paymaster shall require the approval of
any officer superior to his immediate commanding officer, ft is
hereby made the difty of such superior officer to require of- the
commanding officer of the vessel or navy yard to which the pay¬
master "belongs, to furnish such superior officer"with a written state¬
ment of the amount of money reported to be in the hands of the
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paymaster, and to specify the particular objects for which the
money then required may be intended or wanted, and the amount
under each head of appropriation.
Article 4.
When he has received or paid over public moneys ivithout previous
sanction.
In all cases where a paymaster shall have received, or shall have
been duly authorized or directed to p^y over any public money
without the previous knowledge or sanction of his immediate com¬
manding officer, it shall be the duty of such paymaster to report
forthwith to his commanding officer the amount of such receipt or
payment, and the authority under which it was received or paid.
Article 5.
No money in his charge is to be paid away without authority therefor.
No money which may be placed in charge of a paymaster by
order of, ©r authority from, his commanding or other superior offi¬
cer, or of the Treasury or Navy Department, is to be used or paid
away by him without the sanction or approval of his immediate
commanding officer, or the commander of the squadron or station
to which he belongs, or of the Auditor, or Comptroller of the Trea¬
sury, or of the Secretary of the Navy.
Article 6.
Suitable store-rooms to be prepared for his stores.
Suitable and sufficient store-rooms shall be prepared for the safe¬
keeping of thq clothing and small stores in^he paymaster's depart¬
ment before they are received on board jf>and said rooms shall not
be diverted to any other use qr purpose, nor shall any other articles
than those in charge of,and receipted Tor by the paymaster, be put
in them, except by the written order of the commanding officer,
which shall state the reasons- The keys of such «rooms will be
kept by the paymaster, or under his responsibility.
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Article 7. . .
No paymaster's stores to be sent from the vessel v.Hthout an order.
Provisions, or any other articles, for which \he paymaster is re¬
sponsible, are not to be sent out of the vessel without an order in
writing to him from the commanding officer, that proper account
and receipts may be taken.
Article 8.
No articles stowed in spirit room or hold to be stowed elsewhere, unless.
No articles in the paymaster's department which may be stowed
in the spirit room or hold, are to be removed for stowage in other
places without the knowledge of the * paymaster and the order of
the commanding officer.
Article* 9.
He shall report articles of improper quality.
The paymaster shall report to the commanding officer any arti¬
cles which may be received in his department that he may think
of improper quality, deficient in quantity, or requiring additional
means for their preservation.
Article 10.
When an officer joins his ship, he will furnish the paymaster with a
copy of his orders. .
Every officer, on joining a ship, navy yard, or station, shall fur¬
nish the paymaster with t^copy of his orders, with a certificate at¬
tached stating the day he left his domicil to obey the order, and, the
day he reportedjfor duty, that, he may be properly entered on the
muster and payroll, the paymaster being required to produce such
others, or copies thereof, and certificates, on the settlement of his
accounts at the Treasury Department.
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Article 11.
He shall be informed of all resignations, dismissals, tyc.
, The paymaster shall be duly informed by his commanding officer
of the resignation, dismissal, discharge, transfer, desertion, death, or
change in the rating or pay of any person who is or may be borne
upon the muster-roll of the ship.
Article 12.
The paymaster is to be notified when any person is to be discharged\ fyc.
When a person is to be discharged, or transferred from one s~hip
or station to another, due notice is to be given to the paymaster, so
that time may be had for the settlement and approval of such per¬
son's account.
Article 13.
He will be furnished with a list of thenames and the number of the messes
of the men.
When men are received on board, the paymaster shall be fur¬
nished by the executive officer with a list of thenames and the
number of the messes among which they may be distributed. Messes'
will not be reconstructed oftener than once a month, and the pay¬
master is to be furnished with a list of any changes in time to
enable him to regulate the distribution of provision.
Article 14.
Accounts of men transferred.
The accounts of men transferred will be made out, in conformity
to the regulations of the Treasury Department, on pay-rolls, in du¬
plicate, if numerous, or in transfer accounts in triplicate, if few, as
may be most convenient; and-the said pay-rolls or transfer accounts
must accompany the men. These rolls or accounts, duly approved,
are to be sent by the paymaster making the transfer directly to the
paymaster-of the vessel, navy yard, or station, to which the transfer
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is made; and the paymaster who receives them, after comparing
the rolls and transfer accounts so sent to him, will receipt one copy
and return it to the paymaster who made the transfer, as a voucher
for the settlement of his accounts.
Article lb.
He may nominate ship's steward.
The paymaster may nominate the ship's steward, subject to the
approbation of his commanding officer.
Article 16.
Iron chests, fyc., shall be furnished him.
Iron chests and other conveniences shall be furnished fdrthe safe¬
keeping of the public money, books, and papers of account.
" Article 1t.
Bills or accounts.
»
One copy of all bills or accounts is to be.left with the officer who
approves the same, to be transmitted to the department; but dupli¬
cates er triplicates of all such bills or accounts, after their approval .
by the proper officers and payment by the paymaster, are to be left
in the possession of the paymaster making the payment, as they
are necessary vouchers for the8 settlement of his accounts and for
the safety of his sureties.
Article 18.
Issues of money, clothing, and small stores.
The paymaster will only issue clothing small stores and money
to petty, officers and persons of inferior ratings in such '■quan¬
tities and at such times as shall be directed in writing by the com¬
manding officer; and all issues which shall be made shall be receipted
for or certified to at the time, in the presence of a commission or
warrant officer, and the receipts be witnessed or certified by him.
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Monthly issues of clothing, will be made upon clothes or division
lists, made out in a neat and careful manner by the officers of the
different divisions, and of small stores on mess bills, made out by
the different messes, which are to be approved by the commanding
officer.
Article 19.
When he purchases clothing on a foreign station.
Whenever it shall be absolutely necessary upon foreign stations
to purchase clothing, the articles shall be as nearly as possible of
the same kind and quality as those furnished by the Confederate
States; and no more shall be purchased than shall be sufficient to
meet the existing exigency.
Article 20.
When articles shall be packed, in bales, packages, or casks, they shall be
opened- in the presence of an officer.
When articles shall be furnished packed in bales, packages, o^,
casks, for preservation, "which cannot be opened without injury,
they need not be opened to ascertain their contents, but the pay¬
master will receipt for them according to their marks. And when¬
ever they shall be opened, it shall be in the presence of an officer,
and their contents then compared with the invoice, and, if found
to vary from it, a survey shall be held to authenticate the facts.
& Article 21.
. Articles condemned by survey.
Articles of clothing which shall be found damaged by regular
survey, may be valued by the surveying officers-, and issudd in the
same manner as other clothing, at the reduced prices fixed by the
surveying officers. Clothing which shall be condemned by survey
as unfit for use, shall not be thrown overboard without a written or¬
der from the senior officei in command of the place, but. must be
turned into some public store.
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Article 22.
No change to be made in allowance ,of provisions, except.
There shall be no changeinthe daily allowance of provisions, ex¬
cept by the written older of the commanding officer.
Article 23.
No one to draw more than his allowance of ration.
No person shall be allowed to draw more than the established
allowance of any particular part of the ration, nor to have any
preference in the distribution of the rations.
Article 24.
Persons may relinquish spirit part of ration, provided.
Every person entitled to a ration may relinquish the spirit part of
it for a period of not less than three months, unless sooner detached.
And persons not having three months to serve, may relinquish it
for the unexpired portion of their time. And the commander of a
squadron or of a single ship, acting independently, may direct the
paymaster to pay the established value.of the same in money to
the men at such times as the law directs. ■
Article 25.
Rations that messes may relinquish.
The messes of the ship's company may, with the.approbation of
the commanding officer, relinquish one complete ration in any mess
of eight, and two in messes of more, than eight and not less than
fourteen persons, fpr not less than three months, unless sooner de¬
tached, or unless their terms of service should expire in less than
three months; and they may receive the established value in
money from the paymaster when in port, at such times (not oftener
than once a month) as the commander of the squadron, or the com¬
mander of a vessel, acting independently, may direct.
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Article 26.
Persons in debt to^be paid no money, except."
No money shall be paid.to any person in debt to the Confederate
States, except for stopped spirits or rations.
Article 27.
He shall not pay to administrators, unless.
No paymaster shall pay over to any administrator or executor any
balance of wages which may be due to.any person deceased with¬
out orders from the proper accounting officers of the treasury.
. Article 28.
Reports of expenditures.
The Paymaster shall make monthly reports to his commanding
officer of all expenditure qf provisions, and quarterly reports-of the
expenditures_of money, clothing, and- small stores in his depart¬
ment, and of the quantity of each kind remaining on board, and
the length of time for which there is a supply.
Article 29.
Bills of exchange.
Bills, of eifchange must be drawn and negotiated in conformity
with such instructions as the Secretary of the Navy may give upon
the subject.
Article 30.
Quarterly reports of expiration of men's service.
He shall report quarterly, or oftener if required, to the command¬
ing bfficer of the vessel, the expiration of service of the men which
will occur in- each subsequent month in each rating, giving the
number only jrueach rating.—(See form No. 13.) .
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Article 31.
He shall take charge of dead men's effects.
He shall take charge of the clothes and effects of all deceased
persons belonging to tfye vessel, and of all persons who may desert
or be reported as absent without leave. When directed by the com-
landing officer of the vessel, he shall sell at public auction the
clothes and effects of persons marked "R" on the ship's books, or
who shall have died indebted to the Confederate States. He shall
sell, m like manner, the clothes, and effects of those Who may die
not indebted to the Confederate States, or preserve them for their
legal representatives, as the commanding officer may direct, having
due regard to the interests and circumstancesiof the parties.
Article 32.
His books and accounts to be kept as directed*
He shall keep his books and accounts, and make reports and re¬
turns in relation to them to the Auditor of* the Treasury, and to
the Chief of the office of Provisions and Cl<fthing, as they may re¬
spectively direct or require.
Article 33.
Officers may draw portion of rations under pertain circumstances.
On foreign service, when the stores on hand will admit of it
being done without an undue reduction of any articlqf officer's mes¬
ses may be permitted to draw from the public stores, at contract
prices, such articles as bear exorbitant prices in the 'tnarket where
they may* be, provided such article is for their own use on board
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CHAPTER XXI.
CHAPLAIN.
Article 1.
Respect to the chaplain.
All officers are required to treat the chaplain with the respect
due to his holy office, and to afford him every proper facility for the
discharge of his sacred duties.
Article 2.
He will be attentive to the performance of his duties.
He is to be attentive to. perform with due solemnity the duties of
the Lord's Day, that thfe ship's company may be impressed with
devotion, and he will carefully adapt his discourses tp the capacity
of the majority of his hearers, that his instructions may be intelli¬
gible and beneficial to them. .
Article 3.
To perform divine service when required.
He will perform divine and funeral service when required to do
so by his commanding officer.
Article 4.
He will be attentive to the requests of persons requiring his attendance.
He shall be very attentive to the requests of all sick persons
who may desire his attendance, and shall, although not requested*
visit all such as may be dangerously ill, and offer such consolations as
they may r^cpiire.
Article 5.
Religious instruction of boys, fyc.
He is to instruct in the principles of the Christian religion the
boys and such other persons as the captain may put under his care.
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Article 6.
Instruction of the boys in the elementary branches of education.
He will apply to the captain to direct some intelligent and well-
disposed person of the crew to instruct, under his directions, the
boys of the ship in reading, writing, and the first rules of arithmetic,
and will examine the boys often, and will report to the captain
those whom he may find diligent and well-disposed, that they may
be rewarded.
Article 7.
Chaplain's reports.
He will make the commander of the ship a report on the first of
January, April, July and October, of the duties performed by him
in the previous three months, and a condensed report at the end of
the cruise.
CHAPTER XXII.
MASTER-AT-ARMS.
Article 1.
° He will see orders about lights, fyc., enforced, and report,improprieties.
The master-at-arms is to see the orders respecting lights and fires
duly executed, and report improprieties conftnitted by the men below.
Article 2.
He will examine all Craft alongside.
He or the ship's corporal, is to examine all lighters, craft, and
boats that come to the Vessel, and see that no improper articles are
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broijght on board or taken from the ship, and that none of the crew
leave in them without pyoper authority.
Article 3.
He will report prisoners.
He shall report daily, in writing, to the commanding ofljper, the
name and offence of every person confined, by whose order, and
the number of days he has been confined.
Article 4.
Charge of clothing.
He shall take charge £>f the clothing and effects of deserters,
dead men, and. liberty men, and proper means and facilities aSSH be
afforded him for the taking care of them.
Article 5.
Ship's corporal to' he subordinate to him.
The ship's corporal is to be subofclinate to, and to assist the
masyer-at-arms; and when there is Ro 'master-at-arms, he is to per¬
form the duties of master-at-arms.
CHAPTER XXIII.
YEOMAN.
Article 1.
He will receipt and be responsible for stores.
The yeomen shall receipt and be responsible for all stores in the
boatswain's, carpenter's, and sail-maker's departments, and for all
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stores in the gtinner's department, ammunition and-armament ex.
cepted;*
Article 2.
He will take precautions, against fire, fyc.
He shfell see that all the regulations respecting lights in the store¬
room are strictly observed, and that every-precaution is taken to
guard against fire or other accidents; and must never suffer any
wines, spirituous liquors, or private storesof any kind to be kept in
the store-room without written orders to that effect from the com"-
mander.
Article 3.
The accounts he shall keep shall be according to forms prescribed.
He shall keep regular accounts, according to the forms Which are
or may be prescribed, of all receipts, expenditures, conversions, or
transfers of stores in the respective departments, specifying the
time and plage, and the pgrson from whom the articles were
received, and to whom asd fog what purpose they were delivered,
and, if converted to other purposes than those for which they Vfere
received, by whose order.
Article 4.
His accounts shall be presented weekly to the executive officer.
He shall present his accounts of receipts and expenditures weekly
to the executive officer of the vessel for his examination,who shall,
if he finds them correct, certify the same, and hand them to the
commander; then enter complete, except in his expense books.
Article 5.
His abstract expense books shall be presented to commanding officer.
He shall exhibit his abstract expense books to the commanding
officer withiifthe first week of each month, that he may cause the
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same to be compared with his own. and if found correct, the com¬
mander shall approve the same, as a voucher for the yeoman's
accounts.
Article 6.
His duties when a vessel is paid off or placed in ordinary.
He shall, when a ship is to be paid off or placed in ordinary, pre¬
sent to the commander his expense books, to be returned into the
navy store, and an abstract statement of the total quantities of the
respective articles which may have been received and expended
in each year during the cruise, and which may then remain «n
hand, or have been returned into store, as shown by his expense
books; and the commander shall forward the same to the proper
bureaus of the Navj Department, and shall state whether the
quantities reported by the yeoman's expense books correspond with
the quantities actually on hand or returned into store, as ascertained
by survey; and if there should be any difference, he will note the
same, and, if in his power, will state the probable cause of such
difference.
Article 7.
One-quarter of his salary to be retained, except.
Unless ordered by the Secretary of the Navy, the yeoman shall
not receive more than three-fourths of his pay until the stores in
tiis charge shall have been examined and found correct.
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CHAPTER XXIV,
PETTY OFFICERS AND PERSONS OF INFERIOR RATINGS.
Article 1.
Badge to be worn for honorable discharges.
Every petty officer or person of inferior rating who shqll receive
an " honorable discharge," will wear upon the left sleeve of the
jacket or frock, above the elbow, a foul anchor, two and a half
inches in length, to be white if worn on blue, or blue if worn on
white, to be called the " honorable discharge badge and for every-
additional honorable discharge, a star half an inch in diameter will
be added to the badge.
Article 2.
Boys in messes to be berthed by themselves.
The boys will be distributed amongst the messes, but shall be
berthed by themselves, under the charge of the schoolmaster or
one of the petty officers.
Article 3.
Education of boys.
Boys shall receive every encouragement to learn the duties of
seamen and to improve themselves in the elementary branches of .
education.
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CHAPTER XXV.
MARINES.
MARINES WHEN IN VESSELS.
Article 1.
When a vessel is put in commission a guard to he sent on board.
When a vessel is to be put in commission the Secretary of the
Navy will give the necessary instructions to the commandant of
the marines to have the proper number of officers and marines pre¬
pared to go on board.
Article 2.
Commanding marine officer to be notified when the vessel is ready for their
reception.
When a vessel is ready for the reception of the marines, the com¬
manding officer of the station will notify the commanding marine
offic*er, whose duty it shall be to have sent to the designated place
of embarkation the detachment which may have been previously
ordered for such vessel.
Article 3.
They are to be entered separately on the ship's books.
When marines ai*e received on board a vessel thfey are to be
entered separately on her books as part of the complement, or as
supernumeraries, as the case may require, and are to be, in all
respects, upon the same footing as the seamen with regard to pro¬
visions and shdrt allowances.
Article 4.
Senior marine officer will report daily in writing.
The senior marine officer shall report daily, in writing, to the
commander of the vessel the st-^.te of the guard.
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Article 5.
Locker for uniforms, fyc.
A convenient locker shall be built, with shelves and pins arranged
as a fixture on the berth deck, for the marines, where they may
keep their uniform caps, pompoons, belts, &c.
Article 6.
Not to be diverted from appropriate duties, except.
They are not to be diverted from their appropriate duties, or called
upon to coal ship or work as mechanics, except in case of emergency.
Article 7.
A musket-rack to be constructed.
A musket-rack shall be constructed against the cabin bulk-head, or
other appropriate place, with a canvas screen to protect the mus¬
kets from the salt air and spray while at sea, where the arms will
be in the most suitable place in case ef any' emergency.
Article 8.
They may be furnished with slop clothing.
They may be furnished by the paymaster with slop clothing and
small stores when the commanding marine officer shall certify that
they require them, and the commander of the vessel approves the
issue.
Article 9.
Commanding marine officer to have charge of arms.
The commanding marine officer is to have charge of, and he will
be accountable for, the arms, accoutrements, and clothing belong¬
ing to the marines, and he will be careful* to have the whole pre¬
served in the best possible manner. He will report any injury that
njay result to them from the neglect or misconduct of any person,
that the amount may be recovered from him.
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Article 10.
Officer to be allowed a store-room.
The marine officer will he allowed the exclusive use of a store¬
room, for the preservation of the clothing, accoutrements, and other
articles belonging to the marines.
Article 11.
Detachments will be accompanied by one commissioned officer.
A detachment of marines, on joining a vessel-of-war for sea ser¬
vice, will always be accompanied by at least one of the commis¬
sioned officers who are attached to it.
Article 12.
They are to be frequently exercised.
They are to be frequently exercised by their own officers. A
suitable place on deck will be assigned for that purpose, upon the
application of the senior marine officer, when the other duties of
the ship and the weather will, in the opinion of the commanding
officer, permit.
Article 13,
Marines serving at great guns.
As occasions may arise when it may become necessary to employ
marines at the great guns, they shall be instructed as full gun's
crews by their own officers, and may also be assigned as parts of
ordinary gun's crews under other officers of divisions. But the com¬
manding officer will be careful not so to assign marines, except in
eases of necessity.
Article 14.
When not on guard they are subject to orders of sea officers.
When not on guard, or on duty as sentinels, they are to be subject
to the orders of the sea officers, in the same manner as the seamen.
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Article 15.
General and special orders.
All " general orders" to sentinels shall pass through the marine
officer. The sentinels on the spar-deok may receive "special or¬
ders" from the officer of the deck when an emergency may require it.
Article 16.
Reports of misbehavior to whom made.
Any misbehavior of the marines on guard duty, or on duty as
sentinels, is to be reported to the officer of the deck, and by him
reported to the senior marine officer on board, who will leport the
same to the commanding officer of the vessel for his decisionv
Article 17.
No officer of inferior relative rank shall give orders to a marine officer.
No officer of the navy of inferior relative rank shall give orders
to a marine officer unless such navy officer be at the time in com¬
mand of the ship.
Article 18.
Detachments of marines and sailors, who shall command.
When detachments of sailors and marines are landed from a
squadron or ship, the senior officer in rank shall command.
Article 19.
Precedence at courts martial, fyc.
At courts martial, courts of inquiry, boards of officers, and upon
all occasions of ceremony, the relative lineal rank between the
officers of the navy and the marine corps shall be the same as now-
is, or may hereafter be established between the army and navy.
Article 20.
Commanding marine officer to attend to the comfort, fyc., of his men.
The commanding marine officer will be particularly attentive to
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the comfort and cleanliness of his men, as well as their soIdier-like#
appearance and efficiency. He will inspect the clothing at least
once a month, and report to the commanding officer of the ship in
case of any loss or abuse.
Article 21.
He will have charge of arm chest.
The commanding marine officer shall have charge of the arm
chest intended for the use of the detachment.
Article 22.
Repairs of arms and, accoutrements.
If repairs of the arms and accoutrements become necessary, the
marine officer will apply to the commanding or executive officer of
the ship for such assistance as can be afforded.
Article 23.
Non-commissioned officers may be reduced and promoted.
The marine officer, with the approval of the commander of the
ship, may reduce non-commissioned officers and make promotions
to supply vacancies.
Article 24.
Accounts that senior marine officer shall keep, and disposal thereof.
Such accounts are to be kept by the senior marine officer as may
he directed or required by the commandant of the marine corps;
and such reports and returns as he may require are to be forwarded
through the senior marine officer, as directed in chapter on " Cor¬
respondence and Reports."
Article 25.
One officer shall be on board at all times, except.
When there shall be more than one marine officer attached to a
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vessel, one shall at all times be on board for duty, unless upon very
particular occasions, to be judged of by the commanding officer of
the vessel.
Article 26.
They shall remain on board until the vessel is turned over to officers of the
yard.
On the return of a vessel from a foreign station, the marine officer,
with the guard, shall remain on board until all the officers, seamen,
&c., are detached, and the ship regularly turned over to the officers
of the navy yard where they may arrive.
Article 27.
Liberty on shore.
He will regulate, under the control of the commander of the
vessel, the permission of the marines to go on shore.
Article 28.
A citizen receiving an appointment, fyc.
A citizen receiving an appointment in the marine corps, will be
required to appear before a board of officers instituted by the
Secretary of the Navy, for examination into his physical ability,
moral character, attainments, and general fitness for the service,
and he will only be deemed eligible for a commission upon the
favorable report of the board.
Article 29.
No person from civil life shall be, fyc.
No person from civil life shall be appointed a 2nd lieutenant ol
marines, who may be over twenty-five years of age.
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CHAPTER XXYI.
OFFICER OF ORDERS AND DETAIL.
Article 1.
He will keep a register of the service of officers.
The officer in charge of orders and detail will prepare and keep
up a register of all officers of the navy, showing the time that each
officer has served, and in what grades, the time in each grade, the
station on which the service was performed, the class of vessel,
and the nature of the service.
Article 2.
He will submit to Secretary of the Navy a list of officers for a vessel
preparing for sea.
"When a vessel is ordered to be prepared for service, the detail
officer shall submit to the Secretary of the NaVy a list of officers
for her, according to the complement table.
Article 3.
He will equalize the service of officers.
He will be careful in making his detail to equalize, as much as
may be consistent with the requirements of the public interests,
the service officers on different stations and in the several classes
of vessels.
Article 4.
Record that he shall keep—Applications—Declining service—Returning
before completion of service—Charges or complaints—Leaving a ser¬
vice before its completion—Facts or information useful to the Depart¬
ment.
He will keep an exact record of the services of each officer of
the navy, showing:
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1st. His applications for service.
2nd. If at any time he shall have declined service, his assigned
reasons for doing so.
3rd. If he shall have returned from foreign service before the
completion of a cruise, his reasons therefor.
4th. If charges have been preferred, or complaints at any time
made against him, the disposition made of sucli charges or com¬
plaints, and the results. »
5th. If, having commenced any service, either in the Confederate
States or abroad, he shall leave said service before its completion,
the manner of and reasons for his so doing.
6th. Any other facts which will aid the department in forming a
correct opinion of the availability of the officer.
CHAPTER XXVII.
GENERAL MUSTER-BOOK.
Article 1.
Muster-book.
Every person on board any Confederate States vessel-of-war,
who receives either 'wages or provisions, must be entered in the
general muster-book by name and grade.
Article 2.
Marks opposite names in the muster-book.
The single letter "D" is to be placed against the name of every-
person who has been detached Or transferred by order, or who has
been discharged from the service; the two letters "D D" are to be
placed against the name of every person who may die whilst at-
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tached to or borne on the muster-book of the vessel; and the letter
" R" when any person shall have been convicted of desertion, or
when it shall have been decided by other competent authority that
he has run or deserted from the vessel.
Article 3.
How entries are to be made.
The entry in each list of the muster-book must be distinguished
by a number in the fifst column, to be exclusively appropriated to
it, and which must never be applied to any other entry in the same
list; but to each new entry a new number must be given.
Article 4.
Navy Department will prescribe form of muster-book.
The muster-book shall be kept in such form as the Navy De¬
partment shall prescribe.
Article 5.
Desertion.
Any person belonging to the naval service who shall be arrested
or seized in the act of attempting to leave without permission, the
ship, navy yard, or boat to which he may be attached, shall be con¬
sidered a deserter and so noted.
Article 6.
Desertion.
Any person belonging to the naval service who shall leave the
ship, navy yard, or boat, to which he may be attached, without per¬
mission to do so, and shall not return within twenty-four hours, and
shall fail to give reasons satisfactory to the commanding officer for
such absence, may be deemed a deserter and so noted.
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Article 7.
Desertion.
Any person belonging to the naval service, who shall have leave
to be absent from the ship, or navy yard to which he may be at¬
tached for a specified time, and shall not return on or before the
expiration of that time, and shall fail to give reason satisfactory to
the commanding officer for such failure, may be deemed a de¬
serter.
CHAPTER XXYIII.
PAY AND ALLOWANCES.
Article X-
Travelling expenses.
Travelling expenses, when incurred by an officer in obedience to
any order, or in conformity with any rule or regulation of the navy,
will be paid at the rate of ten cents a mile upon the mail route, or,
when there is no mail route, then by the shortest route usually
travelled, except when the officer proceeds in a public vessel or
conveyance, or they are incurred to make an exchange of situation
at the request of the officer. The amount which would be due
when an order shall be obeyed will be advanced by the navy agent
or paymaster upon a fdreign station upon the order of the com¬
manding officer of the station.
Article 2.
Passage of an officer with recruits on board a vessel.
When,an officer shall be ordered to proceed with recruits from
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one station to another in a vessel, his passage on board the vessel
shall be agreed for and paid by the navy agent.
Article 3.
Passage money of an officer ordered to join a vessel on a foreign
station.
The usual and necessary passage money actually paid by officers
When proceeding, by order, to join vessels upon a foreign station, or
when returning from foreign service under orders, or upon^sick
ticket granted in conformity with these regulations, when they can¬
not return in a public vessel, may, if they have not been previously
advanced, be paid by the paymaster of the vessel to which the offi¬
cer maybe attached on his joining the station, or by the navy agent
at the port at which he may arrive when returning from a foreign
station, upon the production of bills and receipts for passage money
by sea, and bills for payments made for ordinary land travel in for¬
eign countries, certified by him upon his honor, and approved by
the commander of the station or squadron where the payment'is to
be made.
Article 4.
Duty pay of commission and warrant officers.
The duty pay of commission or warrant officers shall commence
when he reports for duty under an order, and will terminate when
the officer shall have ceased to perform duty under that order.
Article 5.
Jin officer sick on duty at a place where there is no medical officer of
the navy.
If any officer of the navy shall be sick while on duty at any place
where there is no medical officer of the navy, and shall find it ne¬
cessary to call in a physician, the bill for medical attendance and
medicine shall be paid, provided said bill shall not exceed the
usual charges for similar services at said place.
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Article 6
Officers returning from a joreign station as passengers, under orders,
or sick.
Officers returning from foreign service as passengers, under orders,
or on sick leave, in conformity with the regulations, shall receive
sea duty pay until their arrival within the Confederate States.
Article 7.
10fficers who claim pay under an order or acting appointment.
Officers claiming pay under any order or acting appointment,
must furnish to the disbursing officer from whom the payment is
claimed the original order, or a copy of such order, or appointment,
certified by himself to be correct; and must state on such order, or
copy, the time when he acknowledged the receipt of such order or
appointment, and when he obeyed the order or entered upon his
dutieg under the appointment.
Article 8.
When the pay of secretaries and clerks shall commence.
Secretaries and clerks will only be paid from the actual com¬
mencement and during the actual continuance of their service,
without regard to any previous date of appointment or acceptance
of orders; and the actual commencement and termination of the
service of secretaries and clerks must be certified by the officers to
■w hom they may be allowed, as a voucher, to enable them to be en¬
tered on the muster-books and to receive the final payment of their
accounts.
Article 9.
When an officer not attached to a vessel or station claims pay of a
paymaster.
When an officer not attached to anyvessel or station presents a
claim for pay to a paymaster, he must certify his rank, and, if era-.
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ployed, the nature of the service, and, if not employed, whether
waiting orders, on leave of absence, or on furlough; and such ap¬
plication is to be made to the paymaster of the station nearest his
residence.
Article 10.
Officers applying for pay to the Auditor, who are not regularly paid
by him.
Officers applying to the Auditor for their pay, who are' not
regularly paid by that officer, must produce statements of their ac¬
counts, signed by the paymaster who last paid them, whenever it
shall be practicable, or their own certificate, stating by whom and
to what date they were last paid.
Article 11.
Officers in debt to the Confederate States may receive one ration or its
value.
Although officers indebted to the Confederate States can receive
no part of their pay, they may, when employed on sea duty, receive
one ration, or its value.
Article .12.
A library may be allowed to vessels in commission and navy yards.
There may be allowed to vessels in commission and to navy yards,
to constitute a library for the use of the officers, such books as are,
or may hereafter be, specially designated by the Secretary of the
Navy; and the Secretary of the Navy may make an allowance, at
his discretion, for books for the use of the petty officers and per¬
sons of inferior ratings on board of vessels going on long or distant
cruises.
Article 13.
Funeral expenses of persons dying in actual service.
The necessary and proper funeral expenses of all persons who
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shall die while in actual service in the Confederate States will be
paid, when sanctioned by the Navy Department, or by the com¬
mander-in-chief of the squadron when on foreign service.
Article 14.
The pay of persons who are examined and promoted shall commence
with that of others 8f their date.
When an officer, on his return from foreign service, shall be ex¬
amined and found qualified, and receive promotion, he shall re¬
ceive the pay of his new commission or warrant from the time at
which it would have commenced if he had been examined with
others of his date.
Article 15.
Allotment of pay.
No person shall be permitted to allot a greater part of his pay
than will leave for his own use at least six dollars a month, and in
no case for an amount exceeding one-half his pay, except by spe¬
cial authority of the Secretary of the Navy, and no allotment is to
be authorized excepting to a parent, wife, near relative, or a guar¬
dian.
- Article 16.
When allotments shall commence, and how long they may continue.
An allotment must not be made to commence until the time when
the person making it will probably be out of debt to the Confede¬
rate States. When made by a person performing duty in the Con¬
federate States, it must not be made for a longer time than one
year. When made by a person upon, or ordered to a foreign sta¬
tion, it may be made for not exceeding the term the person is bound
to serve, if less than three years. Should the person be employed
on foreign service for a longer period, the allotment may be re-
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Article 17.
Allotments to be made in duplicate, to be approved, fyc.
All allotments must be made in duplicate, be approved by the
commander of the vessel or station, be witnessed and registered
by the paymaster and forwarded to the Auditor of the Trea¬
sury, through the proper channel, except in the case of officers, to
whom one copy will be delivered.
Article 18.
No allotment or power to receive pay to be irrevocable.
No allotment, or power of attorney, to receive any part of the
pay of a person belonging to the navy, is to be made irrevocable,
as the whole pay of such person may become essential to his sup¬
port.
Article 19.
No allotment to be made by an officer unless on duty and absent from
his family.
No allotment or pay is ever to be made or continued by ar. offi¬
cer, except when he is on duty and absent from his family.
Article 20.
Travelling allowance not allowed to an officer ivho is relieved from
orders at his own request.
When an officer shall be ordered to a vessel preparing for foreign
service, and shall have^reported for duty in such vessel, if he slrall
be relieved from such orders at his own request or for his pwn
mere convenience, he shall not be allowed travelling expenses
under said order, and if the allowance for said travel has been
paid, it shall be checked from his pay, or otherwise refunded to the
Confederate States.
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CHAPTER XXIX.
FURLOUGHS AND LEAVES ©F ABSENCE.
Article 1.
No officer to leave the Confederate States unless with permission of the
Secretary of the Navy.
Permission to leave the Confederate States can only be granted by
the Secretary of the Navy; and no officer is ever to leave the Con¬
federate States under any leave of absence, unless such leave
shall expressly authorize it.
Article 2.
Within the Confederate States the Secretary of the Navy alone can grant
leave for more than a iveek, except.
Within the Confederate States, leave of absence- for a longer
time than one week will only be granted by the Secretary of the
Navy, except in cases of great emergency, which must be immediate¬
ly reported to him.
Article 3.
Commanding officers within the Confederate States can grant leave of ah.
sence of not over a week, provided.
Commanding officers acting under the immediate orders of the
Secretary of the Navy may, within the Confederate States, grantleave
of absence to persons under their command fbr not exceeding one
week: provided it can be done without delaying the equipment of
the vessel to which they may belong, or producing other injury to
the public service ; and that no leave is granted to any officer be¬
longing to a vessel under sailing orders.
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Article 4.
Commander-in-chief or of navy yaids or stations not to leave their com-
mands for more than a week, except. .
Commanders-in-chief of squadrons and commanders of navy-
yards or stations in the Confederate States shall not leave the limits
of their command for a longer period than one week in any succes¬
sive two months, without the permission of the Secretary of the
Navy.
Article 5.
Commanders of fleets or squadrons abroad may grant leave to return to
the Confederate States.
Commanders-in-chief of fleets or squadrons abroad may, grant
permission for officers to leave the squadron for the purpose of re¬
turning to the Confederate States, when it shall be duly certified
that it is absolutely necessary on account of their health; but in no
other case, unless previously authorized by the Secretary, of the
Navy.
Article 6.
Furlough.
Officers can only be placed on furlough by the Secretary of the
Navy, or by sentence of a court martial.
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CHAPTER XXX.
RECRUITING SERVICE.
Article 1.
Junior officers to act as assistants and not as substitutes, except.
The junior officers who may be ordered upon this duty are in¬
tended as assistants to the commanding officer, and not to act as his
substitutes, except in cases where he is unable to attend by reason
of sickness, or when absent on leave with the sanction of the de¬
partment. Under all other circumstances he will be expected to
attend daily at the rendezvous, and to personally question the per¬
sons offering to enlist, examine into their qualifications, and deter¬
mine himself whether they may enter or not, and in what capacity
or rating.
Article 2.
Jlge, stature, and qualifications of recruits.
Recruiting officers shall enter no boy under fourteen years of age,
nor unless he be at least four feet eight inches in height; nor any
person whatever under twenty-one years of age, without the con¬
sent of his parent or guardian, if any such may be found; nor any
landsman over twenty-five years of age, unless he shall have a
knowledge of some mechanical trade which will be useful on board
a vessel; nor any landsman having such mechanical trade, unless
he is under thirty-five years of age. No person is to be entered as
ordinary seaman unless he shall have served one year afloat; nor
as a seaman unless he shall have served two years afloat, and
passed satisfactory examinations.
Article 3.
Persons not to be entered as petty officers, except.
Recruiting officers are. not to enter persons as petty officers, unless
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.Article 4.
Free colored persons not to be entered without permission.
Free blacks or free colored persons are not to be entered, except
with the approbation of the commander of the station, or by special
prder from the department.
Article 5.
Officer in command of rendezvous aud medical officer shall concw in
opinion.
No person shall be entered for service in the navy, unless the
officer in command of the rendezvous and the medical officer in at¬
tendance, shall concur in opinion as to his fitness for the service.
Article 6.
If a recruit receive an injury aftet enlistment and before he appears on
board the receiving ship.
If, between the time of a person's being entered at the rendez¬
vous, and his appearance on board the receiving or other ship, he
shall receive an injury, which in the opinion of the inspecting
and medical officer of the receiving or other ship, unfits him for the
Service, he shall not be received.
Article 7.
When persons are entered for particular ratings with complaints or in¬
juries.
If persons should be entered tor particular ratings as petty officers
with complaints or injuries which, in the opinion of the medical
officer and the commander of the station, may not interfere with
the proper performance of their duties in those ratings, their condi¬
tion must be fully described and carefully noted on all the descrip¬
tive lists containing their names, that no improper claims for pen¬
sions may be subsequently allowed.
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Article 8.
T he law regulating enlistments to be printed on shipping articles and
both to be read to recruit.
The law for the time being which authorizes and regulates the
enlistment of persons for the navy, must be printed at the head or
on the back of the shipping articles, and recruiting officers shall
cause the articles and the law authorizing enlistment to be read to
every person before such person signs them.
Article 9.
No intoxicated person to sign shipping articles. No felon to be enlisted.
Recruiting officers shall not allow any one to sign the shipping
articles when intoxicated; nor shall they enter any person known
to have been convicted of a felony.
Article 10.
Advances of pay and bounty.
Recruiting officers shall make no advance of pay nor feive any
bounty, except by express orders from the Secretary of the Navy,
or of the officer under whose orders they may be placed; and in all
cases of making advances, the amount advanced to petty officers,
if any such enlistment should be authorized, shall not exceed
the amount authorized for seamen, and good security is to be taken
for the same until the person receiving it shall have been duly re"
ceived and mustered on board the receiving vessel, or some other
vessel of the Confederate States.
Article 11.
Advance money, when it may be paid.
Recruiting officers shall not pay over any advance money or
bounty, except to the person entitled to receive the same, nor until
he shall be examined and found lit for service; and they are, if
possible, to induce the men to repair on boatd with their effects, or
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to receive the amount of their advance in clothing or other neces¬
saries from the vessel; in which case the recruiting officer is to give
the necessary information to the commanding officer of the vessel,
and will be excused from taking security .when an advance is so
made.
Article 12.
Persons who receive advance shall supply themselves with clothing.
The recruiting officer shall take care that each person who re¬
ceives advance or bounty, furnishes himself with suitable clothing
of the navy pattern to the amount of two-thirds his advance, and
that the articles are sdnt on board with him.
Article 13.
Recruits brought on board receiving ship, shall not be received if so in¬
toxicated as to require constraint.
When persons who have entered at the rendezvous, are brought
on board the receiving vessel, care shall be taken that they are in a
proper state, and if any person when brought on board shall be so
much intoxicated as to require restraint, he shall not be received
until he becomes sober.
Article 14.
Receipts that the recruiting officers must produce.
Recruiting officers must produce receipts for the amounts ad¬
vanced from the persons to whom they make advances or pay
bounty; a receipt for each individual from the commanding officer
of the vessel on board which he may be sent, and a certificate from
the paymaster of such vessel that he has received lists showing
thei? rating, the date of entry, the time of service and the amounts
advanced to the individuals respectively, before they can receive-
credit for the advances made.
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Article 15.
Amount to which recruiting officers are restricted.
Recruiting officers shall not receive, without the sanction of the
commanding officer of the station, more than one thousand dollars
at any one time, which they may obtain by requisitions upon the
navy agent, when duly approved by the senior officer in command
of the station, who shall not approve such requisition, however,
until satisfied that the amount asked is required for the public ser¬
vice.
Article 16.
Recruiting officers shall report weekly.
The recruiting officer must report weekly to the Secretary of the
Navy and the commander of the station the number of persons he
may have enlisted, and the amount of money remaining in his
hands, in such form as may be prescribed. (See form prescribed.)
Article 17.
Vessels of the navy to have shipping articles; cases in which persons
may repair on board without passing through the rendezvous.
Each vessel of the navy shall be furnished with a set of shipping
articles, and in cases where persons are desirous to repair on board
without passing through the rendezvous, they may, by order of the
commanding officer of the station, be so entered, who may order
an advance not exceeding two months' pay; but such persons shall
be subject to the same examinationby the commander of the ship and
one of the medical officers as would be made at the rendezvous,
and shall be subject to transfer for general service.
Article 18.
In case of doubt as to age, oath to be taken.
In all cases of doubt as to the full age of persons offering tliem-
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selves for enlistment, it will be the duty of the recruiting officer to
require them to make oath before a justice of the peace, or some
other person lawfully authorized to administer oaths, that they are
of the full age of twenty-one years, and note the same in the des¬
criptive lists.
CHAPTER XXXI.
.HONORABLE DISCHARGES.
Article 1.
Honorable discharges as testimonials of fidelity and obedience to be
granted.
It shall be the duty of the commanding officer of any vessel in
the navy, on returning from a cruise, to grant an honorable dis¬
charge to such of the seamen, ordinary seamen, landsmen, boys,
firemen and coal-heavers who enlisted for three years, as in his
opinion are, on being discharged, entitled to it, as a testimonial of
fidelity and obedience, and to forward, immediately on his arrival
in port, to the Secretary of the Navy a list of their names. To aid
him in this duty he may associate with him two lieutenants, one of
which shall be the senior lieutenant of the ship.
Article 2.
Commander will report names of crew entitled to honorable discharges.
The commander will, immediately on his arrival in port, at the
termination of a cruise, forward to the Secretary of the Navy the
names of those of the crew of the vessel under his command who
have been found, as provided for in article I, to be entitled to
honorable discharges.
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Article 3.
A person who receives an honorable discharge will be allowed three
months' pay on re-enlistment.
When any seamen, ordinary seaman, landsman, boy, fireman or
coal-heaver, who, having received an honorable discharge from the
navy, (the form of'which will be prescribed by the Navy Depart¬
ment,) shall within three months from the date thereof present
said honorable discharge at any naval rendezvous, or account in a
satisfactory manner for its loss, answer the description of such
discharge and be ph/siea'ljr qualified, he shall be re-enlisted for
three years, and, upon his transfer to a receiving ship, will be enti¬
tled to receive three months' pay, equal to that to which he would
ha^ been entitled if he had been employed in actual service in
the rate specified in the honorable discharge. (See form prescribed.)-
Article 4.
The three months' pay under an honorable discharge to be considered
"Honorable Discharge Money."
The three months' pay to which a seaman, ordinary seaman,
landsman, boy, fireman or coal-heaver, is entitled who shall enlist
for three years, within three months after his honorable discharge,
shall be considered "Honorable Discharge Money," and so denomi¬
nated. It will not, however, be paid in one sum at the time of re-
enlistment, but shall be reserved for payment during the term of the
re-enlistment, at such times and in such sums as the Secretary of the
Navy may direct.
Article 5.
Loss of honorable discharge.
If the honorable discharge should have been lost, reference can
be made to the files of the department for corroboration that the
person presenting himself did receive an honorable discharge, and
for a descriptive list of his person.
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Article 6.
Endorsement on honorable discharge on re-enlistment.
The recruiting officer will write on the face of-the honorable
discharge, over his official signature, the date of re-enlistment.
After the reception on board the receiving ship of the person^e-
enlisted, the commanding officer also will write on the fttce of
the honorable discharge, over his official signature, that the three
months' pay has been credited or paid in part to him, with the date
of such credit or payment, and the amount thereof.
Article 7.
Advance of pay.
To those re-enlisting under an honorable discharge, the authorized
advance oi pay will also be made.
Article 8.
Person holding an honorable discharge physically disqualified.
Should the person holding an honourable discharge prove physi¬
cally disqualified, it will be so written 6y the recruiting officer on
the face of the discharge, and such discharge will not entitle the
holder to be received under it.
Article 9.
Reference to be made to re-enlistments under honorable discharges on re¬
turns of enlistments.
On the returns made to the Navy Departmnet of enlisted men
from rendezvous and receiving ships,ggpecial reference will be
made to those men whq have re-enlisted under an honorable dis¬
charge, and from what vessel they received their discharge.
Article 10.
Discharge of a yeoman.
A yeoman is not to be discharged until his accounts have been
examined and found correct, as required in article 7, chapter XXV]
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If found correct, the commandant of the yard will then grant the
honorable discharge, if the yoeman is entitled to it in the opinion of
•the commanding officer of the vessel to which he belonged.
Article 11.
Honorable discharges to invalids sent to the Confederate States from a
foreign station.
When invalids are sent to the' Confederate States from a foreign sta¬
tion, the commanding officer of the vessel to which they belonged
will transmit a list of their names to the department, stating the
general character of each, and designating such as, in his opinion,
are entitled to the honorable discharge, in order that the comman¬
dant of the station at which they may arrive in the Confederate
States may be directed to grant the said discharge to those deserv¬
ing it. A duplicate of the list is to be sent also to the commandant
of the station where they are to arrive.
Article 12.
Men discharged at their own request not entitled to honorable discharge.
When any seaman, ordinary seaman, landsman, or-boy shall be
discharged at his own request, or for his own convenience, before
the expiration of his term of enlistment, he. shall hot be entitled to
the honorable discharge.
CHAPTER XXXII.
RECEIVING VESSELS.
Article 1.
Commander of receiving vessel shall take charge of recruits.—
The paymaster io receipt for them.—If considered unfit for ser.
vice, they are.to he re-examined and report made to the Secretary
of the Navy.
The commander of a vessel which may be used for the recep-
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tion of recruits, until they shall be transferred to some sea going
vessel, shall take charge of all such recruits as may be sent to
the vessel; and if, upon their examination, they shall be consid¬
ered fit for service, he shall direct the paymaster to receipt for
them, and to certify that he has charged to them, respectively, the
amounts which, by the accounts sent by the recruiting officer, may
have been advanced to them ; or, if received from another vessel
or station, by the paymaster of such vessel or station. If any of
the recruits should be considered unfit for service, the fact must be
reported to the commander of the station, who will order a survey
by three commissioned officers, of which "at least one must be a
medical officer, and, if practicable, senior to the medical officer of
the rendezvous where the recruit was shipped ; and in case they
should find him unfit for service, they will particularly specify the
causes of his disability in their report, a copy of which' must be
transmitted by the commander of the station to the Secretary of the
Navy for his decision. (See form prescribed.)
Article 2.
Descriptive list to be made out.
When "the men shallhave been received on board and hav«
passe^ the" required examination, a particular description of each
shall be taken,"in which shall be specified the rendezvous where
entered, when entered, expiration of service, their age, place of
birth, complexion, height, color, rating, trade, and particular marks;
and if they should. have any marks of" wounus or injuries which
' might form a ground for application for pensions, they must be par"
ticularly noted, as a check against fraudulent applications. These
descriptive lists, must be entered in a book to be kept in the vessel;
a copy must be Transmitted to the Secretary of the Navy semi-an¬
nually—first July and first January.
Article 3.
Transfer of recruits.
Whenever recruits are transferred to any other vessel, their trans-
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fer and tho vessel to which they are transferred must be noted in
the descriptive list, as well as in the muster books, and complete
descriptive lists must be sent with them, accompanied by a state¬
ment of their apparent qualifications,'and, if it can be ascertained,
whether any, and who, have been petty officers in the service. All
these books and lists must be signed by the paymaster, and ap¬
proved by the commanding officer of the receiving vessel in proof
of their accuracy.
Article 4.
Clothing to be examined, marked, and a list made oti.t.
The commander will take care that the clothing and bedding of
all recruits are carefully examined and marked, and that lists of the
same are taken when they are first received on board, and all other
measures taken for their preservation and safe keeping.
Article 5.
Recruits shall receive no advance of clothing, Stores, or money, except.
While men are on board the receiviag vessel, they shall receive
no supplies of clothing or small stores so'long £.s they are indebted
to the Confederate Statesj except upon the written order of the com¬
manding officer; and the paymaster who maybe- directed to fur¬
nish such articles must preserve such order as a voucher, in case
the person to whom they are made should die or desert before he
its ou of debt to the Confederate States.
Article 6.
Recruits to be exercised and instructed.
Receiving vessels shall be sufficiently equipped to furnish the
means of exercising the recruits who may be on board, and the
commanding officer will, under the direction of the commanding
officer of the station, have them exercised with the men forming
th^ permanent crew of the vessel as'frequently as their other^du-
ties will permit, at the cannon and small arms, reefing and furling
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sails, pulling in boats, and in all such other duties as may best pre*
pare them for service on board vessels-of-war at sea or in port.
Particular attention is to be paid to the instruction the boys and
the young landsmen and ordinary seamen, so as to give them all
the opportunities of improvement which circumstances will per¬
mit.
Article 7,
Desertions to be prevented.
The commander of the receiving vessel is to adopt all p,roper
precautions to prevent desertions, and is not to allow any recruit to
go on shore on liberty without the consent of the commanding offi¬
cer of the station.
Article 8.
Recruits riot to be rated as petty officers.
No recruit is to be rated a petty officer whilst he is on board a re?
ceiving vessel, as that authority is to be exercised by the command¬
ing officer of the sea going vessel to which he may be transferred.
Article 9.
Recruits not to be employed on other duties than those connected ivith the
equipment of vessels.
The recruits on board a receiving vessel are not to be employed
upon duties unconnected with that vessel, except by the order or
sanction of the commander of the station ; and when employed in
aid of the force in navy yards for rigging or equipping vessels, or
for any other service, he will see that they are placed under the di¬
rection of proper navy officers. Unless for some special service,
he will not authorize the employment of the recruits in a navy yard
upon other duties than such as are immediately connected with the
equipment of vessels, or-the preparation of their outfits and stores
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Article 10.
When transfershre made to a sea going vessel, et due proportion of each
class of recruits to be selected.
When'tW commanding officer of a receiving vessel is directed,, to
transfer men to a sea going vessel, if there be more than a sufficient
number of any class on board to comply with jhe order, he is to
make an impartial selection, preferring those who have been longest
shipped, and sending a fair proportion of such as may be supposed
qualified for petty officers, of useful mechanics, and persons of for¬
eign birth, and blacks and colored persons ; but not more than one-
twentieth of a vessel's complement-shall consist of blacks or per¬
sons of color, unless by written order of the commander of the sta¬
tion. (See form prescribed.)
Article 11.
In case of complaint of commander of a sea going vessel, a survey of
the men transferred to be made.
In case of complaint or dissatisfaction as to the character or con \
dition of the draft 'on the part of the commander of the vessel to
which men are transferred from a receiving vessel, it shall be the
duty of the commander of the station to order a survey, on which
he ^vill decide the case as soon as practicable; but no men are to
be* returned and exchanged except for good causes and by his writ-,
ten order, in which the reasons for the^same will be expressed.
Article 12.
Commander of the receiving vessel to select draft for sea going vessel.
When men are to be drafted from the receiving vessel to a sea
going vessel, the selection shall be made by the commander of the
receiving vessel, and no officer, whatever may be his rank, shall be
permitted to visit the receiving vessel and make selections for the
vessel wbich he is to command.
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Article, T3.
Transportation of recruits from one station to another.
&
The senior officer in command of the station will give the neces¬
sary instructions to the navy agent to procure proper transportation
for such men as he may be directed to send «to any other place,
when he has no public vessel at his disposal for that purpose, and
will send proper"officers to take charge of them, informing the Sec¬
retary of the Navy of every draught so sent, and their number, the
rate and amount of passage money, and the names of the officers
under whcfse charge they were placed. *
Article 14.
Officers attached to a receiving vessel to live on board and conform to gen¬
eral regulations for other vessels in commission, except.
The commander and other officers attached to the vessel desig¬
nated to receive recruits are to conform to the general regulations
for other vessels in commission in all matters not specially provided
for in this chapter, and are to live on board, unless specially ex¬
empted by the Secretary of the Navy, in the same manner as
though under orders for sea service, and they will be considered as
entitled to sea pay; but employment in these vessels will not be
considered as " sea service " in regulating the promotion or ap¬
pointment of the officer.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
SURVEYS.
Article 1.
The person whom it shall be proper to employ to inspect or survey.
When an inspection or survey of articles is to be hePd to deter-
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mine whether they ought to b4e received under any contract or pur¬
chase, great care is to be*taken that such officers or other persons
are.selected as will fcest secure^the government against imposition
or loss. Although the^master workmen of the different classes of
mechanics ought always to be among the,officers for inspecting
materials intended'to be used under their directions, and their own
reports may, in ordinary cases, be deemed sufficient, yet, when they
are themselves in doubt, or their decision is questioned, or-the com.
manding officer should ffom any cause consider it expedient, he
■ will have the inspection made by a greater number_of, persons, and
by such as he may deem {post competent.
Article 2.
Applications for surveys to be made in writing, by whom and,how made.
All- applications for surveys upon articles supposed to be defec¬
tive or unfit for use, or deficient iti qu^ptity, must be made in writ-'
ing by the person having charge of the same to his immediate com¬
manding officer, and af he deems such survey necessary, he will,If
servinj^in a fleet, approve and transmit the same to the command¬
ing officer of the division or squadron to which he belongs,*who is
to order such survey to be taken, unless the commander-in-chief
shall have otherwise directed. But when officers are not in com¬
pany with the commander of a division or squadron, the applica¬
tions are to be transmitted to the senior officer present.
Article 3.
Two commission officers will be selected to survey articles reported defec¬
tive.
Officers who may order surveys upon articles reported as defec¬
tive, or requiring repairs, will, when practicable, select at least two
commission officers for that duty, and of a rank proportioned -to the
importance of the survey to be'held, so that the Confederate States
may not be exposed to loss from the inexperience of the surveying
officers; and, when it can be done, the officers shall be selected
from otliewessels than those to which the articles may belong.
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Article 4.
Surveying officers may call for information upon the subject under inves¬
tigation.
Surveying officers may call lipon the person having charge of the
articles to be surveyed, or upon any other person, for information
which may assist them in making correct statements upon the sub-
- jsct thejamay have been directed to investigate ; and if any person
shall endeavor to deceive th§ surveying officers by knowingly giv¬
ing false statements, or if the surveying officers shall discover, or
find reason to suspect any fraud, they shall notice.it particularly in
their report.
Article 5.
How the report of surveying officers shall be made.
The report of officers directed to survey articles represented to
be unfit for service, must specify by "whose order the survey was
held, each particular article surveyed, the state in which found,
and the most proper disposition to be made of it; and if the articles
are found to be damaged or of improper quality, theirreport must fur¬
ther state, if possible, by whom they were furnished, and whether
the damage or injury was or was not owing to the misconduct or
neglect of any particular person or persons.
Article 6.
When surveying office) s receive information in relation to articles under
survey from the person who has charge of them.
When efficers are ordered to ascertain the quality of articles,
they are nottotake the account of them from the officer who<has
charge of them, unless it shall be impracticable to make a personal
examination, or they shall be directed to take the account from him
by the person ordering the examiration; and when- the quality of
articles shall be so taken, it must be particularly noted in theirre¬
port, with the reasons why it was so taken, and they shall state if
any, and what, articles are found to be defective,
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Article 7.
Survey to ascertain the quantity of .articles.
When a survey is held to ascertain the quantity of articles, and
they are found deficient, one report of the survey, duly signed, and
made upon the back of or.attached to the order, is to be furnished
to the officer who requested the survey ; another to the commander
of the vessel; and a third transmitted to the proper buretiu of tRe
Navy Department.
Article 8.
• Stores or provisions are not to be thrown overboard, unless.
No stores or provisions are to be thrown overboard, unless they
are entirely useless, and except th.e surveying officers shall, in their
report, represent them as being, in their own opinion and that of
the surgeon, prejudicial to the health of the ship's company, in
which case the commandei1 of the vessel shall cause them to be
thrown overboard as soon as the report of survey is duly approved
or confirmed, and the certificate of one of the surveying officers to
that effect is to be attached, but all other articles are to be converted
to some other use, or turned into store.
Article 9.
Survey and report to be made when an officer in charge of money
or articles shall die, &c.
If any officer of the navy having charge of money, provisions, or
other stores belonging to the Confederate States shall die, be sus¬
pended, removed, or otherwise separated from his vessel* or station,
so«ns te render it necessary to appoint another person to perform his
duties, it shall be immediately reported by his commander to the
senior officer present in command, who shall order in writing a
survey to be held by proper officers, and, when practicable, in pre¬
sence of the officer who is to succeed to the, charge of the arti¬
cles aforesaid; and the surveying officers shall make out a state¬
ment in writing of the amount, quantity, or number, state, and con-
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dition of such articles, in quadruplicate, and sign the same, and
transmit them in a report to the officer ordering the survey, one copy
to be retained by him, and three sent to the officer appointed to
takg charge of the money and stores, two of which he will receipt
and hand over to the officer relieved ofcto the representative of the
officer if deceased, one to be retained by him and the other to be
forwarded to the Navy Department.
article 10.
Survey on an officer whose health requires that he shall leave a sta- .
tion.
Whenever it shall be represented that the ill health of an officer
requires that he should leave any foreign station, ^ie commander-
in-chief, before acting in his case, shall direct a. survey to be held
upon him by three medical officers, if so many can be obtained,
but if so many are not available, then' the commanding officer shall
be authorized to take such action as the senior medical officer^may
certify to be necessary, as well for the public inte'rests as for "the re.
covery of the officer or "other disposition of the case.
Article 11.
Officer ordered on a survey"to use attention, fidelity, and impartiality.
All officers ordered upon surveys are strictly required to perform
that duty with" the utmost attention and fidelity, and to make their
reports with the strictest impartiality, so that, should they be called
upon, they may be able conscientiously to make oath of their cor.
_ rectness.
Article 12.
-Copies of surveys, how forwarded.
Copies of all surveys which may have been held upon officers or
others, with an abstract of the same, shall be forwarded by the com.
manding officers of fleets, squadrons, or navy yards, to the Secretary
of the Navy, and of all other surveys to the propeT bureaus Of the
Navy Department quarterly.
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Article 13,
Quantities to be stated at length, and not in figures. 6
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The quantities of articles must be ■written, and not in figures, in
all reports of survey.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
correspondence and reports.
Article 1.
Communications {hat arc to he addressed to the Secretary of the
Navy.
All letters which relate to the appointment, promotion, or con¬
duct of officers, thje construction, equipment, repair,- employment of
vessels, and the execution of duties under immediate orders from
.the Secretary of the Navy, are to be addressed'" to the Secretary
of the Navy."
Article 2.
Communications Jo be addressed to the different bureaus of the Navy
Department..
Communications relating to armaments, ordnance, and ordinance
stores, nautical instruments, charts, and books, are to be addressed
to the "Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography ;" those relating to
docks, wharves, and buildings in navy yards, or at other naval es¬
tablishments on shore, or the employment and pay of mechanics)
are to be made to the " Bureau of Yards and Docks;" those relating-
to provisions, clothing, and,.small stores, to the "Bureau of Provis¬
ions and Clothing and those relating to'medical supplies -and sub¬
jects, or to the treatment of the sick and wounded, are to be made
to the "Bureau of Medicine and Surgery."
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Article 3.
When the same communication is made to the Secretary of the Navy and
to a bureau, the writer shall so state.
Should the same communication be made to the Secretary of the
Navy arid any Bureau, the person forwarding such duplicates shall
state the same in, his communication.
Article 4.
In cases of doubt .communications will be addressed to the Secretary of
the Navy.
When doubts exist as to the proper address of communications,
they are?to be directed "to the Secretary of the Navy."
Article 5.
How communications, reports, or requests are to be made and transmitted.
All communications, reports, or requests connected with tlie pub.
lie service, which shall be made by officers and others belonging to
the navy, when acting under the orders of other officers, shall (un¬
less otherwise specially directed in these regulations or by the Sec¬
retary of the Navy) be sent open, under cover, to their immediate
commanding officer ; and, if they are intended-for or require trans¬
mission to his superior officer or the Navy Department, such com¬
manding officer shall forward the same,, accompanied by such-re¬
marks as he may deem proper, to his immediate commanding offi.
cer, if any there be, to be acted on by him or transmitted to the
Navy Department, as the case may require, unless the public inter¬
ests would be hazarded by the delay of transmission in this man.
ner, in which case the communications may be direct. But dupli¬
cates must'be forwarded to the proper commanding officer, and in¬
formation given to him of the deviation from this regulation by the
earliest opportunity.
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Article 6.
Official rank must be annexed to signature.
Officers, in signing reports, certificates, returns, official letters, or
documents of any kind, must annex to_ their names their official
rank.
Article 7.
0
The operations of the vessel, fyc., not to be commented upon in private
correspondence.
Officers are prohibited from commenting, in their private corres-
dence, upon the operations of the vessel "or squadron to which they*
may be attached, or from giving, in time of war, any information
of their destination or intended operations, lest such commiinica1
tions may be published to the injury of the public service.
\rticle 8.
Copies of Tetters to be kept and official documents filed
Officers must enter, in proper books, copies of all the official letf
ters they may write, and carefully file and preserve all other official
documents.
Article 9.
Receipt of orders, fyc., to be acknowledged.
The receipt of all orders or instructions must be immediately ac¬
knowledged.
.Article 10.
Official communications not to be published.
Official instructions and official communications must not be pub
lished without the permission of the Secretary of .the Navy.
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Article 11.
»
Size of the paper-on which official communications are to be made.
All official communications must be written on paper of die size
lodged at the different navy yards as samples for "official paper,"
and have a margin of at "least one and a half* inch wide, so
that they may be bound up. And all such communications to the
department must be enclosed in blank envelopes; every letter
'must be endorsed with its date and number, and the number of en-
f
closures it contains; and each enclosure must be marked \Vith the
• date and number of the letter to which it belongs; and the para¬
graphs of letters must be numbered.
Article 12.
Letter books, SfC., to be kept at navy yards and stations.
Letter books, containing copies of all orders given, or official let¬
ters written, and the originals of all letters received on public ser¬
vice, at the different navy yards and at other shore stations, by the
commanding officer thereof, must be left at those yards and stations
and carefully preserved as records. The commanding officers may,
if they think proper, take copies, lor their own use, of all orders or
letters which they may receive or write.
Article 13.
Reports in relation to official conduct of officers to be communicated to
them, unless.
Commanding officers shall observe great care in forwarding rep¬
resentations to the department in relation to the official conduct of
ihose under their command, and shall in all cases, when it will no1
be clearly injurious to the public service, inform the officer com¬
plained of or reported of the nature of the representations in rela¬
tion to him.
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CHAPTEifc XXXV.
APPROVAL OP REQUISITIONS AND ACCOUNTS.
Article 1.
Definition of the approval of a requisition, and such approval will have
the force of an order.
The approval of a requisition foi money or other articles is'to be
considered as a certificate on the part of the approving officer that,
in his opinion, the articles named in the requisition are necessary
for the public service; and the approval of such requisiti(in by the
officer whose approval will authorize the procurement or delivery
of such articles, according to these regulations, or instructions from
the Njjvy Department, is to have the force and Responsibility of "hn
order.
Article 2.
Purchases by an agent of the Navy Department.
Purchases made for the navy *by any agent of the JNavy Depart¬
ment, upon requisitions or orders addressed to hfm, are to be made
after due inquiry and comparison-by such agent on the most favora¬
ble terms for the government, and upon prices agreed upon before
the purchase is made ; and,'if required, he shalL certify the same
upon the billg rendered for the artiqles.
Article 3.
Duties of the officer who shall receipt for articles purchased by an
agent.
Where articles are delivered by or under the direction of an
agent who purchased the same, the officer who is to take charge of
and receipt for them, shall examine the bills rendered; and if, in
his opinion, any of the articles are charged above the fair.market
price, he shall report the same to the officer under whose approval
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th3y were required before receipting for them, that such approving
officer may institute inquiries and take such other measures as the
case may require.
Article 4.
No receipt to be given until inspecting officers have approved^the
articles.
Where inspections are requireif to determine the quality ef arti.
cles, or their conformity with contracts or agreements, no receipts
are to be given for them until the inspecting officers shall have
certified their satisfaction with the articles delivered.
Article 5.
The approval of a commanding officer to a muster-book is a certificate
6f its correctness.
The approval or signature of a commanding officer of a vessel
to a muster-book or muster-roll is to be considered as his certificate
of the correctness of all the entries made therein, in relation to the
date of enlistment, ratings, terms and expiration of service; and
he will be particularly careful to examine all such books or rolls,
that full conffdenc? may be placed in such as are thus signed or
approved.
Article 6.
Approval of a fpmmanding officer is a certificate of correctness of certain
parts of a roll or account.
The approval of a commanding officer to a "quarterly muster
and pay-roll," or to a "transfer roll," or " account" given to or sent
-with men transferred, is to be considered as his certificate of the
correctness of those parts which are a transcript from tllfe general
muster-book, relating to the dates of enlistment, ratings, terms and
expiration of service, but not to the correctness of those parts rela¬
ting to their accounts, which are upon the responsibility of the pay¬
master, and to be certified by his signature to the said transfer rolls
or accounts.
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Article 7.
The approval of an officer to a bill for articles purchased, or services
rendered.
The-approval of an officer to a bill for articles purchased, or ser¬
vice.®:,rendered; is to be received as a certificate that the purchase
or service was duly authorized; that the articles have been re¬
ceived by a-responsible officer of«the government, or that the ser¬
vice has been performed ; that they conform to,the contract, or are
otherwise satisfactory as regards the performance of the duty and
the quality and price of the articles; but not for the correctness of
the calculations determining the amounts charged. >
article 8.
Approval of an officer that will authorize the payment of money.
The approval of an officer, whose approval, by the instructions of
the Treasury or Navy Department, will authorize the payment of
money, is to have the force and to be given under the responsibility
of air, order for such payment, and is always to be accompanied by
the" rank of the officer and the date of the approval.
Article 9.
An officer relinquishing a command will see that all bills are settled, <§rc.
On a change of command on a foreign station, the officer who re¬
linquishes the command will take care that all bijls for articles,
the requisitions for which have been approved by him, are settled
before he relinquishes the command; but if from any circumstances
this can not be done, the officer who approved the requisitions will
be responsible for the correctness of the purchases, though the bills
may be authorized to be paid b/his Successor.
Article 10.
Commanders of fleets or single ships to approve bills before leaving
port. '
The commander of a fleet or a single ship, when acting aldne,
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•shall, before leaving a port at which he may have received supplies,
notify the persons who lrfay have furnished the same to attend at
some specified time and place with their accounts, so that none may
be left without receiving his inspection and approval, should they
be correct.
Article 11. .
Accounts to bear date of approval.
All accounts must bear the date of approval; and the sum for
which the account is approved must be written in words at
length.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
officers' apartments, sleeping berths, and messes.
Article 1.
Choice of cabins.
The commanding officer of a- squadron, 'Mien embarked.in any
vessel carrying his flag or pendant, shall be entitled to a choice of
cabins when there are more than one. When there shall be no
commanding officer of a squadron on board a vessel with a poop-
cabin, the latter shall be occupied by the commander of the vessel,
and the ward-room and steerage officers, in such case, shall be re¬
spectively entitled to occupy as mess-rooms the cabins of the next
superior class, which may be vacated by such change.
Article 2.
Apartments of the commander of a squadron and. a captain on board a
frigate without a poop.
The captain of a frigate haying no poop cabin shall be entitled
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to the port state room and to one-third of the forward cabin, divided
by a fore and-aft bulkhead. And if a commander of a squadron
shall be embarked in such vessel, he shall be entitled to the other
parts of the cabin, if the division shall be desired by«him ; but if
no such commander of a squadron shall be so embarked, then the'
captain shall have the use of the whole of Such cabin, except there
shall be a commander on board for duty, in which case the com¬
mander shall-be entitled to the port state room for a sleeping room,
unless otherwise provided for in these regulations.
Article 3.
Any difficulty in arranging apartments will be referred to the Secretary
of the Navy.
In frigates having a poop cabin, where no commander of a squad¬
ron is embarked therein, and in other vessels where no decision
shall have been previously made by competent authority, if any
difficulty should occur in arranging the apartments for the com¬
manding officers of such vessels, it shall be finally determined by
the Secretary of the Navy when in the Confederate States, and by
the commander-in-chief of a squadron, if on foreign service.
Article 4.
Sleeping apartments of ward room, steerage, and other warrant
officers—Lieutenant embarked as aid to commander of a squad-
ron—Choice of rooms between lieutenants of marines not in
command of guard, and assistant surgeons.
The sleeping apartments for the ward room, steerage and
warrant officers, will be regulated by the approval of the Secretary
of the Navy, and the occupation of these by the respective officers
shall be arranged as follows: The lieutenants shall occupy the
state rooms in the ward room on the starboard side,-according to
rank, the senior lieutenant taking the forward room. The rooms on
the port side, and such on the starboard side as may not be required
for the lieutenants, shall be occupied in the following order : mas-
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ters, paymasters, surgeons, captains of marines, chaplains, first
lieutenants of marines, passed assistant surgeons, second lieutenants
of marines, assistant surgeons, secretaries to commanders of squad¬
rons, and professors of mathematics; provided, that when a lieu¬
tenants embarked as aid to the commander of a squadron, he
shall be arranged with other lieutenants of the havy, according to
his rank, unless other special arrangements have been made for his
accommodation; provided further, that when a first or second lieu¬
tenant of marines shall not be in command of the guard, choice of
rooms between the first lieutenant of marines and passed assistan-t
surgeon, and the second lieutenant of marines and the assistant
surgeon, shall be according to date of commission.
Article 5.
Room for chief engineer.
A room shall be provided for the chief engineer in the most ap¬
propriate place for the execution of his duties.
Article 6.
Choice of apartments of s'eerage officers.
Officers or persons forming the steerage mess shall have priority
of choice, according to the order in which they have precedence,
and in case of disagreement, the commanding officer shall decide ;
but any changes may be made by mutual agreement between
them.
Article 7,.
Apartments of supernumerary officers.
No officer who is ordered to a ship as a supernumerary shall dis¬
place any officer of the regular complement from his accommoda¬
tions.
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Article 8.
Officers will mess in the apartments 'assigned them.
Officers are required to mess in their proper apartments as as¬
signed by the department.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF A STATION.
Article 1.
Geographical limits of command to be prescribed.
Whenever an officer shall be appointed to the command of a sta¬
tion in the Confederate States, the geographical limits of the com*
mand will be defined by the Secretary of the Navy.
Article 2.
All reports and requisitions to be made to him.
All vessels of the Confederate States in commission, which shall
arrive or be stationed within the limits of his command, shall make
their reports and submit ajl requisitions to him for examination and
approval, and shall obey his orders,'unless they shall be Commanded
by superior officers, or shall be under the orders and in the presence
of his' superior officer.
'Article 3.
He will conform to the regulation# prescribed for commanders of fleets
for procuring supplies, If c.
The commanding officer of a station will conform to all the reg¬
ulations prescribed for cgmmanders-in-cliief of fleets or squadrons
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respecting the procuring and disbursement of stores and the discip¬
line of the service, unless otherwise specially directed.
Article 4.
He will exercise no authority over navy yards, except.
The commanding officer of a station in the Confederate States
shall exercise no authority or control over the commanding officer
of a navy yard or other shore establishment, or over the vessels and
persons which may have been placed in charge of such command¬
ing officer of a navy yard, or under his orders, without the express
permission or order of the Secretary of the Navy, except in cases
of great emergency, where there is not time to refer to the depart¬
ment for orders; and in such cases he will make immediate report
of his doings, to the.department.
Article 5.
He will inspect vessels not commanded by his seniors.
It shall be his duty carefully to inspect, with the commander of
the vessel, (and the inspector of ordnance, when one shall be so
directed,) all vessels in commission at the port where he may be,
and which are not commanded by bi£ superior or senior officer, a
short time before they proceed to sea, or when about to be paid off,
and report to the Secretary of the Navy the state of their prepay
tion for battle, of their discipline, and their general condition and
efficiency for service, in such form as may be prescribed by the
Navy Department.
Article 6.
When the vessel to be inspected is under the orders of a superior, how to
proceed.
Whenever the vessel to be inspected shall be'under the orders
and in the presence of a superior or senior officer, such superior or
senior officer shall, with the_commanding officer of the station, (and
the inspector of .ordnance, when -so directed,) make and report
such inspection.
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Article 7.
Inspecting officer of ship to ascertain if any alterations have been ■
. made.
The inspecting officers shall, when vessels have just returned
from sea, ascertain and report if any alterations have been made in
the vessel, her armanent. equipment, or arrangement, during the
cruise ; and if so, the extent, and by whose orders, or by what au¬
thority.
Article 8.
Receiving vessel and recruiting service under his command.
The receiving vessel and the recruiting service will be under the
command of the commanding officer of the station.
Article 9.
Commanding officer of a navy yard and of a station when temporarily
absent.
When the commanding officer of a navy yard is also command¬
ing officer of a station, and shall be temporarily absent, either on
leave or on duty, the commander of the receiving ship or of the re¬
cruiting service, if superior or senior to the second in command of
the yard, will be considered as commander of the station during
such absence, and will be governed by the regulations for the com¬
manding officer of a station; and all letters and communications
having reference to the duties of the station that may be received
by the officer in temporary command of theyard will be translerred
to said temporary commander of the station, and he will himself
act upon all relating to the duties of the yard without reference to
said temporary commander of the station.
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CHAPTER XXXVIII.
NAVY YARDS. '
COMMANDING OFFICER.,
Article 1.
, He will exercise entire eontrol and be responsible for public property.
* *
The commanding officer shall, under the direction of the Secre¬
tary. of the Navy and heads of bureaus, exercise entire control
over every department in the navy yard, and will be considered re¬
sponsible for the due preservation of all buildings and stores con¬
tained therein, and of all vessels in ordinary or repairing, and fcr
the judicious application of all labor.
jj|pTICLE -2. -a
rit-
His duties in regard to the employmentpf mechanics" ,thei
He wilL,cause the mechanics and others employed in the yard
be mustered c-onformabJv to the, instructions whicji have been or
'* &
may be given on the subject. He- fJvill be particularly careful that
none but effective men are employed, and no more than are requisitet
and' that they are obtained on the most favorable terms to the Con¬
federate States which may be consistent with the instructions he
may receive from" the Navy Department.
Article 3.
Working hours; rates of wages.
The hours for commencing and discontinuing worit in the navy
yards, and the rates of wages to mechanics and laborers, shall be.
regulated by the Navy Department, and made to conform, as much
"as may be consistent with the public interests, to the hours and
rates in the private establishments in the immediate vicinity.
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Article 4.
Approval of rolls and bills.
• He is to approve all pay-rolls for labor, and bills for supplies fur¬
nished, upon being satisfied of their correctness and with the
prices charged. •
Article 5.
He shall see that all perform their duties and that reports are duly mad
He shall see that all officers, and other persons employed in the
yard, perform their duties in a proper manner, and that all reports
and returns are made within the time and in the manner which
may be directed by the Navy Department.
Article 6.
Lights and fires to Se^e^inguished.
WI,
16 will cause all lights and fires on board vessels under his con-
g o*
ol to be extinguished as early in the evening as is directed to be
a'
done on board vessels in commission; and he wi,ll establish proper
egulations to guard against accident from fire in the vessels under
his charge and in the dwellings and other buildings within the
yard.
Article 7.
Fire engines to be kept in order. Organization of a fire department.
He will see that the fire engines are at all times in good order,
and wil,l organize a fire department in the yard, and appoint proper
fire companies, including hook and ladder, from the navy officers
and the master and other workmen, excepting those who belong to
.or are members of fire companies \Vithout and in the vicinity of
the yard; and once in every month, before the time of breaking off
work in the afternoon, the fire cornpanies shall exercise one hour,
or until the time to break off work arrives.
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Article 8,
Refusal of a workman to perform duty in a fire company good cause for
removal.
The refusal of any master or other workman in the yard to per¬
form duty in the fire companies of the yard shall,'unless he ffelongs
to afire company without and in the immediate vicinity of the yard,
be considered good cause for his immediate dismissalfrom the gov¬
ernment employ; or when, on any alarm of fire in the yard, any
such person" dpes not appear at his post, unless lie can give satisfac¬
tory reason for his absence, he shall be considered equally liable to
dismissal. All absentees at the exercise of the fire companies are
to be reported to the commandant.
Article 9.
Frequent examination of engines and apparatus. A person to be placed
in eh arge.
The person appointed to the direct the fire department will fre.
quently exefmine the engines and all apparatus for subduing fires, and
report at once any deficiencies, and once a month, at least, in writ¬
ing, their actual condition. The chief engineer of the yard, or other
proper person, will be appointed by the commandant to take charge
of and keep in order the engines, hose, and fire buckets, and will
report to the officer in command of the fire department any defi-
eiences, that they may be immediately remedied.
Article 10.
Fire alarm.
An alarm of fire in yard will lie given by the ringing of the
yard and ship's bells, and the firing of a gun if it can be readily
done; and the same alarm may be-given for fires adjacent to or
near the yard which may expose it to danger.
Article 11.
Fire apparatus to be used to extinguish fire near the yard.
When he shall deem it prudent and advisable, he will direct the
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Are engines and other apparatus to be sent to extinguish fires near
to tl^e yard; but they are to be kept under the control of their own
officers, and must return to the yard immediately, if so directed by
the commanding officer.
Article 12.
Reports to be approved by commanding officer.
All reports or returns hiade to the Navy Department by officers
attached to the yard, or to vessels in ordinary, must be approved by
the commanding officer, as an evidence of his having'satisfied him¬
self of their correctness.
Article 13.
Ab alterations in the arrangements of tt.e yard to be made, except.
He is not to authorize or allow any alteration in the prescribed
arrangements-or plans of tlffe yard, nor the purchase of any surplus
stores, nor the sale of any article, unless specially directed or author¬
ized by the Navy Department.
Article 14.
Slaves not to be employed, except.
No slaves are to be employed in navy yards without the previous
sanction of the Navy Department.
Article 15.
Password and countersign.
The password for the night, and the countersign, when he shall
deem proper, may be issued by the commanding officer of the yard
to such persons only as he maji direct to be intrusted with them.
Article 16.
Police regulations.
He shall draw up regulations for the police of the yard, and trans¬
mit them to th» Navy Department for alteration or approval.
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Article 17.
Journal.
A regular journal shall be kept by the master* under the direction
of the commanding officer, in which shall be entered the time when
any vessel is received for repairs or put in commission, the number
of mechanics and others employed, the arrival and departure of all
vessels-of-war and of vessels with stores of any kind for the yard,
the time when any vessel is taken into or removed from the dock,
the state of the wind, the weather as well as' the barometer and
thermometer, and the other principle transactions of the yard.
Article 18.
He shall exercise no authority over vessels in commission, except.
He shall exercise no authority over, nor in any mannen interfere
with, vessels in commission, when they are sot placed^ under his
direction, unless in cases of urgent necessity; and should such
cases occur he shall give immediate information to the Secretary of
the Navy.
Article 19.
When a vessel is placed in ordinary.
When a vessel is directed to be placed in ordinary, or given into
his charge for repair, he will cause her to be properly moored or
otherwise secured, in which he is to be assisted by the officers
and crew of the vessel, unless otherwise directed by the depart¬
ment or the senior officer iit command upon the station.
Article 20.
Commander of vessel to point out deficiencies.
Although the control of the commander of a vessel is to ceasp
when the vessel is placed in charge of the commanding officer of a
yard for repairs or equipment, it is hereby made the duty of such
commander to point out to the commandant of the yard any deifects
or deficiencies which he may have discovered.
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Article 21.
Officers and others of a vessel undergoing repairs shall assist in equipping
her.
Whenever the commander or other officers belonging to a vessel
under repairs at a navy yard shall be directed to report to the com¬
manding officer of the yard, such officers, and any other person be¬
longing to the vessel, may be employed, in sfowing or equipping
her, or in preparing her equipments, whenever it can be done to
advantage.
Article 22.
Crew of a vessel undergoing repairs to be removed to some other vessel or
quarters.
Whema vessel in commission shall be placed in a proper situation
to receive any repairs that may have been ordered, her officers and
crew may, if it is deemed necessary, be removed to some other ves¬
sel or quarters until her repairs shall be completed; and strict care
must be taken that such vessel or quarters, and all articles belong¬
ing to them, are at all times kept perfectly clean and in good order
by the persons using them for the time being,
Article 23.
Vessels in commission not to be repaired without permission, except.
No vessel in commission shall be repaired at a navy yard without
the previous sanction of the Navy Department, except in cases of
emergency; and in all such urgent cases surveying officers shall be
duly appointed, and a copy of the report of survey shall be forward¬
ed to the Navy Department without delay.
Article 24.
He will report to Bureau of Construction.
He shall report to the Bureau of Construction the time when he
receives a vessel for repair, when the repairs are commenced, and
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the time when she is returned into the charge of the commander,
or when her repairs are completed.
Article 25.
Equipment of a vessel for service to be under his 'direction.
When a vessel in ordinary is to be equipped for service, the
equipments shall be made under the directions of the commanding
officer of the yard, conformably to general regulations, or to such
orders as he may receive from the proper bureau, or the Secretary
of the Navy,
Article 26.
He will• see that the commander of the vessel has plans of stowage.
When a vessel shall be stowed and equipped under his direction,
he shall take care that the officer who is appointed to take com¬
mand shall be furnished with plans showing the stowage of the
ballast, water, and provisions/and with lists of all the stores and
provisions which may,have been put on board of her in the re¬
spective departments, and their cost, with the draught of water
when the vessel is light and at other times.
•
Article 27.
Account to be opened against a vessel ordered to be built, repaired, or
equipped.
When he shall be directed to build, repair, or equip any vessel,
or to construct any building, or to make any improvement in the
navy yard, he will direct an account to be opened agdinst such ves¬
sel, building, or improvement, debiting it with the number of days5
work, and the cost of labor performed by each class of mechanics
and laborers, and the quantity and cost of the different'materials
used; detailed reports of which are to be forwarded to the proper
bureau when the objects are completed.
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Article 28.
Requisitions.
When lequisitions duly approved are made upon the storekeeper
fo,r articles which are not in store, he will direct the storekeeper to
make requisitions for such as he may deem necessary upon the
navy agent, and will .approve and forward them, that the articles
may be promptly furnished.
Article 29.
He shall keep a bill book.
He will keep a bill book, in which shall be copied all bills for ar¬
ticles which may be delivered for any special object in the yard,
and be approved by him, keeping each appropriation and object
distinct from every other. He shall keep marginal duplicates of
all requisitions upon the storekeeper which he may approve. He
shall cause his clerks to examine the entries in^he storekeeper's
returns, and compare them with the bill books and marginal dupli¬
cate requisitions, and certify that they are correctly entered, before
he approves the store-keeper's returns of receipts and expenditures.
Article 30.
Navy officers to have charge of rigging, arming and equippnig, dismant¬
ling, Sf-c , ah vessels at the yard.
The officers of the navy employed in navy yards are^o have the
charge of masting, rigging, stowing, arming, equipping, dismasting
and mooring a]l vessels at the yard ; and all persons employed for
those purposes are to be under their general superintendence and
direction, as may be ordered by the commandant of the yard.
Article 31.
Distribution of workmen employed in the yard.
He will direct the constructor to furnish the clerk of the yard
daily with lists of the distribution of the workmen employed under
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his superintendence; the chief and-civil engineers, the same in re¬
ference to those employed under their direction; add the master
workmen not under the constructor, chief or civil engineer, will re¬
port in the same manner as to those employed under them.
Article 32.
Scrutiny of articles passing in and out of the yard.
A prudent scrunity must be exercised over all articles and pack
ages passing in or out of the yard ; arid when articles or packages
shall be suspected as improper to be pas%ed, they are to be stopped
and" examined, and if found to be of improper character, to be
detained and reported to.the commanding officer.
Article 33.
Mechanics and others to conform, to regulations.
Mechanics and all others will consider it as one condition o^their
employment that they conform to the established regulations of the
yard.
Article 34.
No'smoking allowed in the yard", except.
No smoking will be allowed in the yard, except in the officers'
quarters and their enclosures, and the quarters of the ordinary men-
Article 35.
Entering gates to be closed at sunset.
The entering gates of all yards will be closed at sunset, and no
visitors allowed after that time, unless to the officers attached to the
yard, or persons on board the vessels alongside^ the yard.
Article 36.
No alterations to be made in the equipment of a vessel, except.
No alterations must be made in the arrangements of the hull, the
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dimensions or arrangements of the masts, spars, boats, or otner
equipments of any vessel which may be ordered for repair or
equipment, without the previous sanction of the department!
but if, in the opinion of the commanding officer of the yard, any
changes can be made to improve the qualities of a vessel, or in¬
crease the accommodation of her crew, he will make timely re¬
ports of the same to the proper bureau, with the reasons for recom¬
mending the alterations, and an estimate of the probable increase
of expense which such alterations would occasion.
Article 37.
Reference to article 2, section 4, chapter IX. in regard to ship's stores.
When a ship is transferred to the command of the commandant
of a yard, at the termination of a cruise, he will be governed in re¬
gard to her stores by the provisions of article 2, section 4, chapter
IX.
Article 38/
Two senior officers to be at all times in the yard.
When the commandant, commander, and two'lieutenants reside
within a navy yard, the yard is never to be left without the presence
of two of said officers.
Article 39.
One officer'to be at all times in the yard.
If there are fewer than four of said officers, and not less than
two of them residing in the yard, one shall at all times be in the
yard.
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CHAPTER XXXIX.
NAYY YARDS.
SECOND IN COMMAND.
Article 1.
He will perform the duties assigned to him by his commanding officer.
During absence of commandant he will take command. Not to alter
regulations.
The officer who shall be attached to a navy yard as second in
command, shall be considered as the executive officej- of the yard,
and perform such duties as may be assigned to him by the officer
appointed to command the yard. During the absence of such com¬
manding officer, by order or upon leave, or whenever unable to
perform his duties, the officer next in command shall perform all
the duties assigned to the commanding officer of the yard; but he
shall not alter any of the regulations established for the yard.
Article 2.
He will regulate the police and correct abuses.
He shall, under the direction of the commandant, regulate the
police of the yard, horrent all abuses, and report to him such as are
important.
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CHAPTER XL.
NAVY YARDS.
LIEUTENANTS.
Article 1.
Responsibility of senior lieutenant.
The senior lieutenant, being responsible in a degree for the good
order and discifdine of the yard, is to observe a general superin¬
tendence over the same; he will correct, as far as in his power, all
irregularities that may come under his notice, and report such as
may require further notice to the executive officer.
Article 2;
Muster of the mechanics and laborers.
He is to be present at the muster of the mechanics and laborers,
to see that they answer properly to their names, and repair without
noise or delav to their respective places of employment.
Article 3.
Absence of senior lienlc .ant.
In.the absence of the senior lieutenant, the lieutenant next in
rank will attend to the duties prescribed for him.
Article 4.
Junior lieutenant to do duty of master.
If there should be no master to a rmvy yard, the juriioi lieutenant
will keep the journal of the yard in the prescribed form.
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CHAPTER XLI.
NAVY YARDS.
NAVAL CONSTRUCTOR.
Article 1.
Duties of the constructor.
The naval constructor will, under the direction of the command"
ant of the yard, have the general superintendence of building and
'repairing vessels, and the direction of all master and other work¬
men emplgyed, as well as the materials used on the hull, masts,
spars, boats and gun-carriages'of ships; and he will submit to the
commandant, in writing, the number of persons he may desire to
have employed on those objects for his approval; and he shall be
present at the muster of the mechanics at least twice in each month..
Article 2.
He will com form to instructions.
He will conform rigidly to such instructions as he may receive
from the commandant of the yard for the building and repairs of
ships, and communicate in writing to him any modifications which
will be likely to diminish the expense or increase the utility of such
works, and any suggestions in, the line of his profession or duty
which he may consider to be to the interest of the service.
Article, 3.
Discharge of workmen.
He will inform the commandant when there are more per¬
sons employed in any department under his superintendence than
are required, who will order such discharges as he may deefn proper.
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NAVY REGULATIONS.
Article 4.
He will prevent waste of timber; returns to be made.
He will take care that proper measures are adopted to prevent
any waste in the' use of timber or other materials, or the use or con¬
version of any timber or wood materials or metals, until such
account is taken, of them as shall secure a correct expenditure;
and that daily returns be made to the inspector and measurer of
timber of the particular timber or wood materials which may have
been used or converted, and to what particular object applied, so
that the inspector-may at all times be able to furnish the informa¬
tion necessary to make requisitions to cover the expenditure, and
to know the particular species or quantity remaining on hand.
Article 5.
When defects are discovered not previously known*
If, in the course of the repairs of any vessel, defects should be
discovered which were not previously known, and which will be
likely to materially increase the expense beyond that which had
been originally estimated, or delay the work, it shall be his duty to
make immediate report of the same to the commanding officer of
the yard for further instructions.
Article 6.
Examination of vessels upon the stocks and in ordinary.
He will carefully and thoroughly examine, at least once a month,
all the vessels which may be upon the stocks or in ordinary, to see
that they stant} securely and true, and that they are as effectually
guarded against any change of form, or decay, as circumstances
will admit, and make written report to the commandant of the
yard upon th'e subject.
Article 7.
Defective timber to be considered "refuse timber.'''
.Such timber as from latent defects shall be found unfit fof naval
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purposes shall be considered "refuse timber,'' and so entered in the
storekeeper's books; and such, as under similar circumstances, shall
be found unfit for any use as navy timber shall be designated "con¬
demned timber;'' and both shall be placed in situations appropri¬
ated for the reception of each kind, respectively. AH "condemned
timber" shall be expended as such, and shall be included in the
semi-monthly requisitions accordingly, as if expended in any other
manner.
Article 8.
Requisitions.
He shall direct proper requisitions to be made upon the navy
store, on tfie middle and last days of.each month, to cover the
expenditure of all timber and wood materials which may have-
been condemned or used during the preceding half month by the
different master workmen.
Article 9.
Retiirns. >
He will see that his clerk furnishes to the commanding officer of
the yard, on the first and sixteenth of each month, a return show¬
ing the total number of day^' work performed during the preceding
half month by each class of mechanics and laborers under his
superintendence, with a general statement of the labor performed
upon each object, according to such form as may be prescribed, that
the pay-rolls may be correctly made out by the clerk of the yard.
Article 10.
Docking a vessel.
In docking a ship he will, under the direction of the commandant,
lay the ways and make ay, needful preparation for receiving the
ship, and shall superintend the placing her on the ways, in which
he will receive all necessary assistance from the executive and
other officers of the yard; but the moving and hauling of the ship
shall be under the direction of. the executive officer of the yard.
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Article 11.
Undocking a ship.
'When the ship leaves the dock, she shall be under the charge of
the executive officer of the yard; and if the work on the hull is not
finished, the constructor will have superintendence of it until
finished^
CHAPTER XLII.
NAVY YARDS,.
CHIEF ENGINEER.
Article 1.
One shall be attached io each navy yard.
^Vhen it can be done with due regard to the other interests of the
service, there shall be a chief engineer of the navy attached to
each of the navy ytyds, who shall, under the direction of the com¬
mandant, have the superintendence of ihe construction and repairs
of the steam and other machinery.
Article 2.
Superintendence of workmen in work-shops, foundries, SfC.
He shall have the supervision, under the commandant, of the
master workmen and men employed in the machine and boiler
shops and foundries, and of all the material used in liis depart¬
ment, and be responsible for its preservation and proper use.
Article 3.
Statement of number of persons required in his department.
He will state in writing to the commandant the number of per-
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sons required in the various departments under his charge, and
when the services of any are no longer necessary, he will inform
the commandant of the number that .may be dispensed with.
Article 4.
He will offer suggestions loathe commandant.
He will make such suggestions to the commandant of the yard in
relation toorders received, or otherwise in the'lineof his profession or
duty, as he may consider advantageous to the interest of the service.
Article 5.
Selection of materials.
The inspection and measurement of all materials and of all
works under his charge will be under his supervision and control. -
Article 6#
Certification of bills, reports, fyc.
He will examine and certify to the correctness of all bills for
materials and supplies for works under his charge; will examine
as to the correctness of the pay-roll for labor and sign monthly and
semi-monthfy reports, in his department, that are required to be
made by the commandant of the yard to the Bureau of Yards and
Docks.
Article 7.
Requisition for materials.
All requisitions for materials or articles in-his department are to
be made by the master workmen employed under his direction,
countersigned by him, and sent for approval to the commandant of
the yard, who will allow such.-as he may deem necessary. No
articles or materials are to be purchased without previous requisi¬
tions, rior any to be used till they are duly inspected, approved, and
receipted for.
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Article 8.
Reports of master workmen.
Master workmen under him will report, at the middle and end of
each month, the expenditure of materials and labor upon the
several objects under their immediate superintendence.
Article 9.
RetpQnsibility for waste, fyc.
He will be responsible for all waste or improper use of materials
by those under his general superintendence.
Article 10.
Mechanics, fyc., on temporary-'duty in his department.
He will have the direction of sijch mechanics and laborers in
the yard as may be ordered for tenTporaj-y duty in his department,
charging their service /or tke particular work for which it was
required ; and will report any irregularity or misconduct of persons
under his direction.
Article 11.
b
Account of expenditure on each object.
He will keep an exact account of all materials and labor expended
upon each object, and report to th^ commandant, semi-monthly, the
operations on the same, distinguishing the number ant^elasses of the
men employed, and the kind and quantities of materials used on each.
Article 12.
Appropriations not to be exceeded.
He will be careful that the sterns expended and the liabilities
incurred shall not exceed the appropriation for any work, to which
end he will be furnished by the commandant with copies of appro¬
priations and contracts made, aqd of orders issued in relation to
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any of the works Under his control $ and he will be held responsible
for the execution of the works confided to him, according to the
plans approved by the bureau, and within the time and amount
estimated by him. On failing to do so, he will be required to
account satisfactorily therefor.
CHAPTER XLIII.
NAVY YARDS.
MASTER WORKMEN.
Article 1.
Inspection of stores.
TlJfe master workmen shall, either alone or with others who may
be employed in the navy yard, when they may be directed, inspect
stores that may be received into the yard in their respective depart¬
ments, and certify as to their quality.
Article 2.
Account of labor performed.
They shall be in the yard at the times of commencing work, and
keep in due form an account of the labor performed by each indi¬
vidual in their respective departments, upon different objects, and
hand copies of the same, daily, to the clerk of the commanding
officer and to the naval constructor, chief engineer, or civd engineer
under whom they may be employed, and, if not under their direc¬
tion, to the clerk of the yard.
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Article 3.
Control of those under them.
They shall have the immediate control of and b© vigilant to
insure constant diligence from all those who may be employed
under their special direction.
Article 4.
Surveys and conversions of materials.
They shall attend all surveys and conversions of materials in
their respective departments, and, if necessary, they may suggest
measures for their better preservation.
Article 5.
Selection and employment of operatives.
They will be allowed the selection of the operatives to be em¬
ployed in their respective branches of labor, subject to the appro¬
val of the chiefs of departments and the sanction of the com¬
mandant, and will be held accountable for the proper execution of
the work under their charge, and that none but efficient an9 com¬
petent men be employed.
Article 6.
Account of materials used.
They will hand to the clerk of the naval constructor, chief engi¬
neer, daily, an account of all the timber and timber materials which
may have been taken for use the preceding day by them, or by their
direction.
Article 7.
No article to be used without their knowledge.
No article whatever to be taken or used without the knowledge
of the proper master workman.
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ARTICLE) 8.
Personal attendance.
The master workmen must give their regular personal attend¬
ance, and are only to be paid, like all other persons who receive
daily, pay, for the time they actually attend to their duty in the
yard except when special exemptions^,shall be granted by the
approbation of the Navy Department.
Article 9.
Not to leave the yard without permission.
No master workman, or other person employed in a navy yard,
shall leave the yard during working hours without the permission
of the commandant or executive officer.
Article 10.
No person dismissed at one yard to be employed at another, except.
If any mechanic or other person employed in a navy yard, shall
be dismissed for,misconduct by proper authority, such person shall
not again be employed in any navy-yard, except by direction of the
Secretary of the Navy.
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CHAPTER XLIV.
NAYY YARDS.—PAYMASTER.
Article 1.
"He shall have charge of paying and victualling enlisted persons.
The paymaster#of a navy yard shall have charge of paying^and
victualling all enlisted persons belonging to the-navy attached to
the" yard and to vessels in ordinary at the yard, and, if so ordered,
of thos§ belonging to receiving vessels, and of such'officers as may
ha.ve their accounts transferred to him.
Article 2.
H* will pay mechanics and laborers.
He shall*pay all mechanics and laborers who may be employed
under the direction of the commandant, upon pay-rolls, (which
shall have been properly made out, certified and approved,) after
he shall have satisfied himself of the correctness of the calcula¬
tions.
Article 3.
Payments to be made in specie or in funds of e^pal value.
He will make all paymentsjn specie or in funds which shall be
of fully equal value with those which he may receive from the
government for public ruse.
Article 4.
Requisitions.
He shall make requisitions monthly, under the direction and
with the approval of the commanding officer, for such amount of
money as may be*deemed necessary for the public service in his
department.
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Article 5.
Manner in which his accounts shall be kept.
He shall keep distinct accounts of moneys received and ex¬
pended under the different appropriations, and never apply them
to any other objects than those for which they were drawn, except
by special written authority from the Secretary of the Navy.
CHAPTER XLY.
NAVY YARDS.—NAVY STOREKEEPER.
Article 1.
He shall have charge of all stores and materials.
The navy storekeeper shall take charge of all stores and mate¬
rials which may be received into the yard for the public service,
and be held responsible for the expenditure of the same, conforma¬
bly to the,general instructions of the service or to-the special
orders of the Navy Department.
Article 2.
He shall have charge of the keys of all store-rooms, f$C.
He will, under the direction of the commanding officer of the
yard, have, charge of the keys of all store houses and buildings
containing articles for which he is responsible.
■ Article 3.
Requisitions.
Whenever he may be directed by the commanding officer, he shall
make requisitions upon navy agents or contractors for all articles
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which may be wanted, and present the same t.o him for his appro¬
val. Such requisitions must always specify the appropriation, and,
when practicable, the particular object for which the articles are
required; and separate requisitions must be made under each ap¬
propriation for which articles may be wanted.
Article 4.
He shall not receipt for articles until invoices are furnished.
He shall not give a receipt for any articles delivered in the yard,
whether purchased by navy agents or delivered by contractors,
until he shall have been furnished with an invoice or bill stating
the particular articles, their cost and the object or appropiiation
for which they were purchased, nor until they shall have been cer¬
tified t# be of proper quality by the inspecting officers, unless di¬
rected by written order of the commanding officer.
Article "5.
Articles received in the yard shall be entered in his books.
All articles which may be received into the yard for public ser¬
vice, or which.may be p*laced in the storekeeper's charge by the
orders of the commanding officer, shall be immediately entered by
the stoaekeeper in Iris books under the respective appropriations to
which they belong.
Article 6.
No article to be dePh>ercd for any other object than that for which it was
received, except.
He shall not deliver articles for any other object or appropriation
than that for which they were originally received, except by a
written order of, or upon a requisition approved by the command¬
ing officer of the yard, which order or requisition he must produce
as the authority for such transfer or loan.
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Article 7.
He will issue articles only on written orders or requisitions, except.
He will issue 110 articles (timber, timber materials and coal ex¬
cepted) but by the previous written order of, or upon requisitions
duly approved by the commanding officer of the yard. These re¬
quisitions or orders must specify the appropriation and the object
for which the articles are wanted ; and when they are to be drawn
from an appropriation different from"that for which they are wanted
it must be distinctly stated on the face of the requisition. Requisi¬
tions for timber and coal must be made semi-monthly, to cover the
quantities which may have been used, condemned, or transferred
during the preceding half-month.
Article 8.
Articles to vessels in commission to be delivered upon requisitions.
He will deliver articles to vessels in commission, upon requisi¬
tions when signed by the commanding officer of the vessel, ap¬
proved by the senior officer present in command of such vessels,
and by the commanding officer of the yard, taking receipts, as di¬
rected in the next following article.
Article 9.
He will take receipts.
He will take receipts for all articles delivered, upon the requisi-,
tions themselves, and preserve them as vouchers for his expendi¬
tures; and also upon invoices prepared in triplicate, one of which
he will leave for the use and government of the officer receipting
for the same. He shall give credit to the proper objects, and charge
himself on his books with all surplus stores that may have been re¬
quired for any object and returned to him again as not having been
wanted.
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Article 10.
Examination of accounts rendered.
He shall examine all accounts rendered for supplies furnished
which shall have been duly certified to have passed inspection,
and, on being satisfied of their accuracy and the reasonableness of
the prices charged, shall receipt the same and send them immedi¬
ately to the commanding officer for approval; but if he shall be¬
lieve any article to be overcharged, or shall discover any defect or
deficiency, he shall call the attention of the commanding officer to
such charge, defect, or deficiency before receipting for the same.
Article 11.
After survey upon articles from a ship, shall receive them.
After survey shall have been held upon stores returned from a
ship, he shall receive them on store account, excepting such as shall
have been condemned. When articles recommended for repairs
are repaired he will credit the vessel with their original value, less
the cost of repairs. The articles so received may he issued to
other vessels by order of the commandant of the yard, when it can
be advantageously done, and these second-handed articles must be
entered and expended on separate lines from other articles.
Article 12.
He will notify commanding officer token stores are nearly expended.
He will notify the commanding officer whenever any article of
stores may be so nearly expended as to require replenishing, and
when any additional measures may be necessary for the proper pre¬
servation of articles in his charge.
Article 13.
Articles may be used when not of the dimensions, form, or quality speci¬
fied in requisition, except.
When there are any articles in store which may be used without
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impairing efficiency, though not of the precise dimensions, form,
or quality named in a requisition upon the navy storekeeper, they
are to be supplied in place of those required, to prevent the neces¬
sity of open purchases, unless otherwise specially directed by the
commandant of the yard.
Article 14.
He shall have charge of transportation of stores.
He shall be responsible for the shipment of all stores under his
charge from the yard at which he is stationed to other places, by
such conveyances as may be furnished by the navy agent, and con¬
formably to such orders as he may receive upon the subject. Par¬
ticular attention must be paid by him to have all the articles thus
to be transported delivered by the bills of lading at the precise place
to which they may have been ordered, and that they are in good
shipping order. The price, rate, or amount of freight to be paid
must be specifically inserted in all bills of lading, and not left to
the phrase, " according to usage."
Article 15.
Articles sent from the yard.
t
All articles sent from the navy yard must be accompanied by a
bill or invoice, stating the particular contents of each package, thq
cost of the separate articles, and the appropriation to which they
belong.
Article 16.-
His books, fyc.. to be kept as directed by the Navy Department.
He shall kag^his books and make his returns in such manner
and at suek times as maybe prescribed by the Navy Department.
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CHAPTER XLVI.
NAVY YARDS.—CLERK OF THE YARD.
Article 1.
His duties.
The clerk of the yard will receive his orders from the oomman-
dant or commanding officer in regard to the times and manner oi
mustering the workmen. He must be present, prepared, and com¬
mence the musters precisely at the times prescribed. He will
make out semi-montlj.ly pay-rolls, upon which workmen are to be
paid, and certify to their correctness, showing the names, classes,
number of days, amount of work performed by each, the rate of
pay as established by the commandant of the yard, amount due to
each, and the whole amount chargeable to each appropriation,
with remarks in the margin noting any extra work.
Article 2.
Copy of semi-monthly pay-roll to be prepared.
A monthly copy or transcript of the semi-monthly pay-roll is to
be made by him, and when approved is to be forwarded by the
commandant to the Navy Department.
Article 3.
An officer ivill keep a duplicate muster-roll.
An officer or other person will be appointed and be present and
keep a duplicate check muster-roll when the mer^tere mustered,
and compare it with the clerk's list; and if they should not agree^
an examination must be immediately made to ascertain the cause
and correct the error.
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CHAPTER XLYII.
NAVY YARDS.
MARINES IN NAVY YARDS.
Article 1.
Detachment subject to orders of commandant of yard.
The marine detachment serving within a navy yard is to be sub¬
ject to the orders of the commandant of the yard ; but no part of
the detachment shall be relieved or withdrawn therefrom except
by, order of the commandant of the marine corps, approved by the
Secretary of the Navy. All such orders shall pass through the
commandant of the yard.
Article 2.
Officer relieving the commanding marine officer t6 report to commandant
of yard.
When a marine officer is ordered to relieve another officer com¬
manding the marines within a navy yard, he shall on his arrival
report himself to the commandant of the yard. Marine officers
j'oining a navy yard will report to the commandant and command¬
ing marine officer.
Article 3.
Commanding officer to post sentinels and report disposition of the
force.
The commanding marine officer within a navy yard will cause to
be.posted such sentinels for the protection of the yard and vessels
in ordinary as may be directed by the commandant of the yard.
He will make to the commandant of the yard a daily report of the
amount and disposition of the force under his command, specifying
by name officers who may have joined in the previous twenty-four
hours.
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Article 4.
Countersign.
He will, unless the commandant shall think proper to issue it
himself, transmit every morning, in writing, and under seal, to the
commandant of the yard, and to such other officers and such only
as he may designate, the countersign for the ensuing night.
Article 5.
During the absence of the commandant of the yard.
In the absence of the commandant of the yard, no navy officer
temporarily in command shall give orders to a marine officer of su¬
perior relative lineal rank ; but such navy officer may give to the
marine officer of the day any orders in relation to the duties of the
guard.
Article 6.
Police and internal government of the marine barracks.
The police and internal government oi the marine barracks and
the instruction of the marines within a navy yard shall be under
the direction of the commanding marine officer, but must not con¬
flict with the genera] police regulations of the commandant of the
yard.
Article 7.
Non-commissioned officers may be reduced by commanding marine officer.
Non-commissioned officers serving within a navy yard or garrison,
may be reduced by the commanding marine officer, he reporting
the particulars of the case to the commandant of the corps; and
he may promote to fill vacancies, with the sanction of the com¬
mandant of the corps.
Article 8.
Leaves of absence.
Marine officers belonging to a navy yard desiring leave of ab-
NAVY REGULATIONS.
223
sence wild conform to the general rules of the navy on that subject.
The customary liberty to non-commissioned officers, music, and pri¬
vates may be granted at the discretion of the commanding marine
officer.
Article 9.
Official communications.
All official communications to and from officers and enlisted men
of the marine dorps serving at navy yards shall be forwarded
through their imiiiediate commanding officer; but if such commu¬
nications affect the commandant of the yard, or relate to any duties
of the yard, they shall be forwarded by the commanding marine of¬
ficer through the commandant of the yard.
Article 10.
Deficiencies in the cbmplements of marines in vessels may be supplied.
Deficiencies in the complements of marines in vessels on the eve
of sailing may, by order of the commandant of the yard, be sup¬
plied by the commanding marine officer, and the circumstances of
the case reported without delay to the commandant of the corps by
the commanding officer of marines, and by the commandant of the
navy yard to the Navy Department.
Article 11.
Offences by marines on post.
All offences or neglects which may be committed by marines as
sentinels; or in violation of orders given by the commandant of the
yard, must be reported to him. Other offences which may be com¬
mitted by marines, either in barrack enclosures or elsewhere, may
be punished by the commanding marine officer, as by law allowed,
or be reported to the commandant of the marine corps.
Article 12.
They will conform to regulations.
Marines, when stationed at or employed within a navy yard,' are
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to conform to all regulations which may be issued by tine comman¬
dant thereof for its government and security.
Article 13.
Interior police and government of marines in barracks.
The interior police and government of marines when in barracks
within or without a navy yard, and their military instruction, shall
be under the immediate direction of the commanding marine of¬
ficer.
Article 14.
Reviews and exercises.
The exercises and formation of marines at parades, reviews, in¬
spections, escorts, guard mountings and funerals, challenges of per¬
sons, police and regulations for camp and garrison duties, and sa¬
lutes, will be the same as those established, or which hereafter may
be established for the army.
Article 15.
Transfer of marines from one station to another.
Where marines are transferred from one station to another, it
shall be the duty of the officer transferring them to forward their
returns forthwith to the officer to whom they are transferred.
Article 16.
Officers to assist in preparing rolls.
It is the duty of officers serving with detachments to assist their
commander in making out rolls, reports, and returns; keeping the
book's of the detachment, attending to issues, and to everything
connected with the welfare of the command. And the comman¬
der will see that their assistance is rendered.
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225
Article 17.
Officer of the day. Inspection of meals.
The officer of the day will inspect the provisions daily issued to
the troops, and if not of good quality, will report the same to the
commanding officer.* He will also inspect the different meals, to see
that the rations are properly cooked and served.
Article IS.
Marines in garrison to wear prescribed uniform.
Officers and soldiers in garrison will wpar the prescribed uniform
of the corps.
Article 19.
Apprehension of a deserter.
When a deserter is apprehended, or surrenders himself, the offi¬
cer in" whose charge he is will immediately report the same to the
headquarters of the corps, and to the commanding officer of the
station or detachment from whence he deserted.
CHAPTER XLVIII.
CONVOYS.
Article 1.
Written directions and signals to be prepared.
The commanding officer of a vessel who shall be appointed to
convoy the trade of the Confederate States, shall give the necessary
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NAVY REGULATIONS.
printed or written directions and'signals to the master of each ves¬
sel which is to sail under his protection.
Article 2.
List of vessels under convoy.
- He shall take a list of the vessels under his convoy, specifying*
their names and descriptions, the places where bound and to which
they belong, the names of their masters, their owners or supercar¬
goes, if any, and transmit a copy of the same to the Secretary of
the Navy, with the date of their joining the convoy.
Article 3.
Contraband articles.
Before he shall take under his convoy any vessel bound to a bel¬
ligerent port, he shall require satisfactory proof that there are no
articles on board such vessel of a contraband nature ; and without"
such satisfactory evidence he shall not be bound to take suet ves"
sel under his convoy, or to give her any protection against the other
belligerent nation, unless specially directed.
Article 4.
Vigilance in defending from attack or surprise.
Every officer charged with a convoy must be very vigilant in de¬
fending it from attack or surprise, and must never weaken the con¬
voying force by detaching a part in chase beyond signal distance,
nor must he separate from the convoy, unless such separation shall
be the best means of preserving a convoy from an enemy.
Article 5.
Separattion to be prevented.
He shall adopt all jtossible measures to prevent the separation of
the convoy, and may direct such vessels to repeat his signals as he
may deem proper.
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227
Article 6.
Different convoys sailing at the same time.
Wlien different convoys shall sail at the same time, or shall meet
at sea, they shall sail together so long as their course shall be in
the same direction; but the different convoys shall be kept as dis¬
tinct from each other as circumstances will allow.
Article 7.
Delinquent vessels to be reported.
He will make report to the Secretary of the Navy of the name of
any vessel, and of the master, who shall disobey the instructions or
signals for the convoy, or leave the convoy without permission, or
otherwise misbehave, stating the particulars of his misconduct, so
that insurance offices may be informed of the same.
Article 8.'
Masters disobeying orders to be refused further protection.
~ Whenever the master of any vessel under convoy Shall wilfully'
or repeatedly neglect or refuse to conform to the.instructions or sig¬
nals of the commanding officer of the convoying force, the said
commanding officer may refuse him any further protection, and be
released from any further responsibility for the safety of the vessel.
CHAPTER XLIX.
PRIZES AND PRIZE MONEY.
Article 1.
Captor to preserve all papers, books, fyc., relating to prize, and transmit
them, to the judge of the district court where such prize may arrive.
The commanding officer of every ship or vessel of the Confede-
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rate States, who shall capture or seize upon any vessel, or any
goods, wares, or merchandize, as prize, shall carefully preserve all
the papers, books, and other writings found with the same, or which
may come into his possession, relating to the same, and transmit the
whole (signals and signification of signals excepted) unmutilated,
undefaced, or otherwise changed by him, to the judge of the district
court in which such captured vessel or other prize property may
arrive, on pain of suffering such punishment as a general court
martial may adjudge.
Article 2.
List of officers and crew of a vessel making a prize to be transmitted to
Navy Department.
The commanding officer, of every ship or vessel of the Confede¬
rate States making a capture of any kind whatever, shall transmit,
as early as practicable, to the Navy Department, and to the person
appointed to receive and pay the prize money, complete lists of the offi¬
cers and crew and others on board their vessel at the time entitled to
a share of the capture, setting forth the rank, quality, and rating of
each person at the time of the capture, and the class in which they
are entitled to receive prize money, certified by himself and the
paymaster of the vessel, on pain of being punished at the discretion
of a general court martial.
Article 3.
Nothing to be taken oat of a prize, but everything in her is to be
brought in.
No person in the navy shall take out of a prize, or vessel seized
as prize, any money, plate, goods, or any part of her cargo or rig.
ging, unless it be for the better preservation thereof, or necessary
for the use of any of the vessels of the Confederate States, or under
instructions from the Navy Department, before the same shall be
adjudged lawful prize by a competent court; but the whole, with,
out fraud, concealment, or embezzlement, shall be brought in and
judgment passed thereon, upon paih of every person offending herein
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229
forfeiting his share of the capture, and of suffering such further
punishment as a general court martial shall impose.
Article 4.
HI treatment of prisoners of war forbidden.
No person in the navy shall strip of their clothes, or pillage, or in
any manner treat with cruelty or unnecessary severity any person
or persons found on board a prize or captured vessel, on pain of dis¬
mission from the service, or such other punishment as a general
court martial shall adjudge.
APPENDIX.
No. 3.—Chapter IX, Article 10.
Report of the sailing and other qualities of the Confederate States
ascertained under various circumstances, and from
observations between the day of , 18—, and the
day of , 18—.
H£r light draught of water was stated to be—
Forward ~
Aft
The draught of water which was* estimated by
the constructor to be her best trim—
Forward
Aft
The draught of water found on trial to be her
best sailing trim, with three months' stores and
provisions on board—
Forward
Aft ■.
The rake of her masts in 10 feet—
Foremast
Mainmast
Mizzenmast
The necessary quantity of iron ballast for her. .
The quantity of water she stows in her main
holds —
In iron tanks
In casks
Feet.
Inches.
Inches.
Tons.
Gallons.
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No. 3.—Chapter IX, Article 10—Continued,
With three months' provisions and stores on
hoard—
Draught of water... forward.
„ . , x S Eoremost midship...
Height of Port-s.lls. jAftermost
With as much provision and stores as she can
conveniently 'stow—=
Draught of water... -j w arL*'
rr . , . . .... f Foremost midship...
Height of portsills. • "j ^
How many days of the following articles can
she conveniently stow for her complement of
men?—
Salted provisions
Bread
Spirits
Water
Fuel
Does she ride easy at her anchors ?
Character of the ship after a trial of
months.
Inclination of the ship—
Under close-reefed topsails and courses....
Under treble-reefed topsails add courses, ..
Under double-reefed topsails, top-gallant
sails, and courses
Under all sail, except royals
Under all sail, when just able to carry roy¬
als
How does she carry her lee ports from water,
(when deep)?
When carrying a press of sail by the wind.
(when light)?
Does she roll easy or uneasy in the trough of the
Feet.
Inches.
Degrees.
Feet.
Inches.
Does she pitch easy? '
Is she, generally speaking, an easy or uneasy
ship?
APPENDIX. 233
No. 3.—Chapter IX, Article 10—Continued,
Character of the ship after a trial of months
—Continued.
How does she in general carry lier helm by the
wind—
With all sails set ?
With treble-reefed topsails and courses ?
.How does she steer off the wind?
How does she stay?
How does she wear ?
Is she weatherly or leewardly, compared with
other ships, in moderate weather?
Is she weatherly or leewardly, compared with
other ships, in a gale?
She has run, per hour, by the log, with as much
wind as she could safely carry this sail to—
'Under whole or single
Close-hauled, with
smooth water..
Close-hauled, with
a head sea
Wind on the beam <
Wind on the quar¬
ter
topsails and top-gal¬
lant sails
Under double-reefed
topsails
Under double-reefed
top-sails and top-gal¬
lant sails
Under close-reefed top¬
sails and courses. . .
f Under close-reefed top¬
sails and courses....
Under treble-reefed top¬
sails
Under double-reefed
topsails and top-gal¬
lant sails .'.
In moderate weather un¬
able to carry royals
In moderate weather,
with all sail set.....
In a gale
Under double-reefed
top-sails, top-gallant
sails, and studding
Feet.
234 APPENDIX.
No. 3.—Chapter IX, Article 10—Continued.
Character of the ship after a trail of
•—Continued.
months
In moderate weather,
with royals and stud¬
ding sails
f In a gale
Before the wind.. < In moderate weather,
i with all sail set.....
Has the ship been ashore, or has she struck the
ground at any time during the period of this
report? -
If she has, mention the time and place, and the
date of the report of the circumstance, and to
whom made
Have any particular circumstances occurred
likely to affect the copper, such as getting
ashore"; and Jon what stations has the ship
been employed since last coppered?
What changes, if any, are recommended in her
stowage, masts and spars, or armament, to in
crease her efficiency for general service ?....
Dated the day of
18
FeSt.
Inches.
■, Captain.
APPENDIX. 235
No. 4.—Chap. IX, Sec. 1, Arts. 15 and 28.
Quarterly returns of 'punishments on hoard the Confederate States
• —
— up to —
00
rm
1
Names.
Rating.
Offence.
Punishment.
Remarks.
•
Note.—Lists of punishments must be sent in triplicate.
A. B., Captain.
No. 5.—Cha?. 9, Sec. 1, Art. 19.
Monthly return of enlistments on hoard the Confederate States
up to the —
— day of
, 18-.
Names.
Ratings.
When.
Where.
Where born.
Age.
Note.—The names should be alphabetically arranged with sur¬
name to the left. The report should be, in all respects full and accu¬
rate. Persons of the same name should be distinguished by infor¬
mation respecting their age, &c. (This note refers to all monthly
returns.)
C. D., Paymaster.
A. B. Captain.
236 APPENDIX.
No. 6. Chap. IX, Sec. 1, Art. 19.
Return of deserters who have given themselves up, or have been
apprehended, up to , 18—.
Names.
Rating.
When.
Date of enlistment.
Age.
(Place and date.)
A. B., Captain. C. D., Paymaster.
Note.—To be made weekly from receiving vessels and monthly
from other vessels.
No. 7. Cha^. IX, Sec. I, Art. 19.
Monthly returns of transfers from the Confederate States
up to , 18—.
Names.
Rating. 1
Where to.
Date of en¬
listment.
Amount due Irom
Confederate
States. m
A. B., Captain.
C. D., Paymaster.
APPENDIX.
.237
No. 8. Chap. IX, Sec. 1, Art. 19.
Return of discharges from the Confederate States — up to
, 18-.
Names.
Rating.
When.
Where.
Date of en
listment.
Cause.
-
•
(Place and date.)
C. D., Captain. A. B., Paymaster.
Note.—This return to be made weekly from receiving vessels,
and monthly from crther vessels.
238
APPENDIX.
No. 9. Chap. IX, Sec. 1," Art. 19.
Return of desertions from the Confederate States —
, 18-.
Names.
Rating.
When.
Where.
Date of en¬
listment.
Amount due
from or to the
Confederate
States.
(Place and date.)
A. B, Captain. c D^ paym„Ur
from xe"e"ios ve.ssels'!""' »"»"%
APPENDIX.
239
No. 10. Chap. IX, Sec. 1, Art. 19.
Return of deaths on hoard the Confederate States up
to —- 18—.
Names.
Rating.
Cause of.
When.
Date of en¬
listment.
Amount due
to or from the
Confederate
States.
•
(Date.)
A. B., Captain, C. D., Paymaster.
Note.—To be made tveekly by receiving vessels, and monthly
from other vessels.