Gratuities from contractors. 228. No person employed in the Navy or under the Navy Department shall take or receive, directly or indirectly, any emolument or gratuity from any contractor or other person furnishing supplies, or act as agent or attorney for such person. (Secs. 1781, 1782, R. S.) Officers shall 229. An officer of the Navy, either on the active or retired list, not act as attor who acts as agent or attorney to prosecute a claim against the neys against the United States. United States is liable to the penalty of a fine or imprisonment, or both. (Sec. 5498, R. S.) Certificates of officers. Dealings with enlisted men. Applications for orders, 230. Officers shall not give certificates to persons with whom they have had official dealings, or to inventors whose works they may have examined. 231. Officers shall not borrow money nor accept deposits from, nor have any pecuniary dealings with, enlisted men, except as provided in article 1331, for deposits with the pay officer. 232. (1) Applications for orders to duty, or for the revocation or modification of orders, shall be made by the officer himself in an official form and through official channels and shall state the precise reason for making the application. (2) Officers are forbidden to write personal letters to the Secretary of the Navy concerning orders to duty, or the revocation or modification of orders. Details, trans- (3) Appointments, details, transfers, and assignments shall be fers, etc., how made on the basis of official records in the Department to the exmade. clusion of other sources of influence or information. If an officer seeks recommendation or support other than those named above, that fact shall debar him from obtaining the particular assignment which he thereby attempts to secure, and the circumstances shall be noted on his official record. Address of officers. Usual resi dence of officers. Officers returning from sea by order of a superior. An officer under arrest or suspension. Exchange of and absence from duty. 233. Every officer, whether active or retired, not on duty, shall report his address to the Bureau of Navigation on June 1 and December 1 of each year; the report made as of the latter date must reach the bureau by December 20. 234. (1) Every officer of the Navy or the Marine Corps shall keep the Bureau of Navigation or the Adjutant and Inspector of the Marine Corps, respectively, informed of his usual residence and of the address of his wife or next of kin. When ordered to his home he shall, upon the receipt of the order, certify upon it his place of residence, which must in all cases correspond to that which he has previously reported to the Bureau of Navigation, or Headquarters of the Marine Corps. (2) No officer, active or retired, shall change his usual residence without permission of the Bureau of Navigation. (3) Every officer of the Navy or Marine Corps visiting Washington shall, within twenty-four hours after his arrival, register bis name and city address at the Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department, or Headquarters, Marine Corps, respectively. 235. An officer returning from sea under orders from or by permission of a superior shall, immediately upon arrival in the United States, report by letter to the Bureau of Navigation, enclosing his address and a copy of the order or permission. 236. An officer under arrest or suspension shall not leave the State or Territory of which he is a resident, nor visit the Navy Department, without authority from the Secretary of the Navy. 237. An officer shall not, without authority from his captain or other superior, absent himself from his duty or exchange duty with another. (Art. 1532.) 238. (1) All orders from commanding officers or others to their subordinates, involving travel, must be in writing, and must state specifically what duty is to be performed. (2) All such orders to enlisted men of the Navy or Marine Corps must state on their face the cause or necessity therefor. (3) Officers shall not perform travel on government duty, unless said travel has been authorized by proper authority, except in cases of emergency, and when there is not time to communicate with the Department by telegraph. Orders involv ing travel. Boat service not detached 239. Officers in boats engaged in the ordinary duty of the ship and not absent on an expedition or separated from the ship shall duty. not regard themselves as on detached duty or assume the authority of such duty. 240. Nothing in article 239 shall be construed as relieving the Senior line ofsenior line officer in a boat from the responsibility for its safety ficer in boat. and management under all circumstances. accounts. 241. Commanding and other officers shall afford facilities for Inspection of the officers specified in article 1379 to inspect the accounts of pay officers. 242. No service shall be regarded as sea service except such as shall be performed at sea under the orders of a Department and in vessels employed by authority of law. (Sec. 1571, R. S.) Sea service. 243. If any officer of the Navy accepts or holds an appointment Appointment in the diplomatic or consular service of the Government, he will in diplomatic or consular service. be considered as having resigned his place in the Navy, and it shall be filled as a vacancy. (Sec. 1440, R. S.) Publication of official docu Influencing legislation. 244. All persons belonging to the Navy, or employed under the Navy Department, are forbidden to publish, or to cause or permit ments and actto be published, directly or indirectly, or to communicate by inter- ing as correviews, private letters or otherwise, except as required by their spondent forofficial duties, any information in regard to the foreign policy of bidden. the United States, or concerning the acts or measures of any department of the Government, or of any officer acting thereunder, or any comments or criticism thereon, or any official instructions, reports, or letters upon any subject whatever; or to furnish copies of the same to any person without the permission of the Navy Department. No person belonging to the Navy or employed under the Navy Department shall act as the correspondent of a newspaper, discuss in the public prints matters pertaining to the personnel of the naval service, or attempt to influence legislation in respect to the Navy, without the express authority and approval of the Department. (Art. 225.) Nothing in this article is to be construed as prohibiting officers from forwarding to the Department, through official channels, well-considered comment with suggestions tending to promote the efficiency of the service. 245. In time of war, or while international questions are pending, no person belonging to the Navy, or employed under the Navy Department, shall convey or disclose, by oral or written com- of war forbidmunications, publications, or any other means, except as may be den. required by his official duties, any information whatever concerning the naval or military establishment or forces, or concerning any person, thing, plan, or measure pertaining thereto, or any other information that may be of assistance to an actual or possible enemy. Information that will aid an enemy in time 246. (1) Reports on the fitness of officers shall be made, on Reports on the prescribed forms, to the Secretary of the Navy, on the last day of fitness of off cers. Care in makIng reports. Answers to queries. Reports from subordinates. Use of intoxicants. June and December in each year, and whenever officers are detached from service or transferred. These reports shall contain a record of all punishments, other than private reprimand, inflicted upon the officer, with the date and nature of the offense and the kind and degree of punishment. (2) A commander-in-chief shall report on the division commanders and on the members of his personal staff; ? division commander, on the captains of the ships of his division and on the members of his personal staff; the captain of a ship, on all officers under his command; the commandant of a shore station, on the members of his personal staff, on the captains of stationary ships, and on all other officers under his command and not attached to ships or to departments of the yard or the marine barracks; the chief of a bureau, president of a board, head of a department, and the commanding officer of marines at navy yards, or other head of special service, on all officers serving under them. (3) Officers are enjoined to prepare the required reports with great care and deliberation, bearing in mind their importance to the naval sevice and to the officers concerned. (4) Form A will be used for reports on officers in command afloat, Form B for reports on all other officers performing service afloat, and Form C for reports on all officers performing shore duty. The answers to all queries must be written by the officer signing the report. The answers to queries from 1 to 5 of Form A, from 1 to 6 of Form B, and from 1 to 4 of Form C, all inclusive, shall be either “ Excellent,' Very good," Good," Tolerable," or "Not good," and shall be based upon the record of the officer concerned for the period covered by the report. When the answer to said queries is "Tolerable,” Not good," or in any sense of an unfavorable nature, the reasons for such answer shall be clearly stated under the head of Remarks." A copy of all unfavorable portions of a report shall be furnished to the officer concerned, who shall be granted a reasonable time to prepare such written statement in regard to it as he may desire to make, which statement shall be couched in temperate language, shall relate only to the matters referred to in the report, and shall be endorsed and forwarded with the report. Should the officer concerned not desire to make a statement, he shall write a communication to that effect. (5) Captains of ships shall require from senior staff officers, and commandants of shore stations from heads of special service or departments, written reports on the professional fitness of their subordinates. Reports on the fitness of a pay clerk shall be made semiannually to the Bureau of Navigation, on a prescribed form, by the pay officer under whom he is serving, and shall be forwarded through the commanding officer, who shall report on the pay clerk's conduct. (6) Whenever a medical officer makes an entry in the medical journal that indicates the use by any officer of intoxicants or drugs that tend to disqualify him, physically, mentally, or morally, for service, he shall immediately submit a written statement of the fact, accompanied by a copy of the entry, to the officer charged by paragraph 2 of this article with the duty of making reports on fitness on the officer concerned; and the officer so charged with making such reports shall immediately proceed with reference to said entry in the manner provided in paragraph 4 above, respect ing unfavorable answers made by him to queries contained in the prescribed form of reports on fitness; and shall forward a copy of the same, the statement in regard thereto, if any be made, of the officer concerned, and such comments as he may deem proper, with his semiannual report to the Department. Nothing herein contained shall preclude the further investigations and proceedings prescribed in Chapter V, Section I, of these regulations. (7) Special reports of distinguished conduct in battle, conspicuous acts of valor or devotion in the line of duty, or extraordinary courage, ability, or resource shown in time of peril or great responsibility, shall be made at any time, as occasion arises. Serious misconduct or marked inefficiency shall also be made the subject of a special report. Letters commending or condemning an officer are forbidden, except as provided for in this paragraph, or as provided for warrant officers in articles 1601 and 1609. 247. Reports on midshipmen who have completed the four years' course shall be made at the end of each quarter on the special forms issued by the Bureau of Navigation. That part of article 246, paragraph 4, relating to unfavorable reports on officers shall apply to quarterly reports on midshipmen. 248. (1) Judges advocate of naval general courts-martial and courts of inquiry, and all commanders-in-chief of naval squadrons, commandants of navy yards and stations, officers commanding' vessels of the Navy, and recruiting officers of the Navy, and the adjutant and inspector, assistant adjutant and inspector, commanding officers, and recruiting officers of the Marine Corps, be, and the same are hereby, authorized to administer oaths for the purposes of the administration of naval justice and for other purposes of naval administration. (Act of March 3, 1901.) (Art. 1132.) Special re ports. Reports on midshipmen. Officers au thorized to administer oaths. Oaths on offi (2) When practicable, officers and men of the Navy and Marine cial documents Corps who may be required to subscribe under oath to any papers to be adminis relating to naval administration and the administration of naval tered by officers. justice, will do so in the presence of officers of the service authorized to administer oaths. 249. Officers commanding fleets, divisions, or ships shall carefully observe the "Instructions in Regard to Intelligence Duty." 250. Officers commanding fleets, divisions, or ships shall not permit women to reside on board of, or take passage in, any ship of the Navy in commission for sea service. 251. (1) Saturday afternoon shall, in general, be regarded on board ship as a half holiday. (2) Sunday shall be observed on board all ships and at naval stations in an orderly manner. All labor shall be reduced to the' requirements of necessary duty. The religious tendencies of officers and men shall be recognized and encouraged. 252. The religious institutions and customs of foreign countries visited by ships of the Navy must be respected. 253. Enlisted men of the Navy or Marine Corps shall not take or keep any malt or other alcoholic liquors or intoxicants on board ships of the Navy or within the limits of naval stations, marine barracks, or other commands; nor shall any be sold or given to them within such naval limits; nor shall any be issued to them except for medical purposes. (A. G. N., Art. 13.) 254. Members of the hospital corps shall not perform any military duties other than those pertaining to the medical department. Intelligence duty. Women on board ship. Saturday half holiday. The observ ance of Sunday. Foreign relig ious institutions. Malt and other liquors. Duty hospital corps restricted. |