Transfer of

(2) When any petty officer or enlisted person is sent from a ship to a United States naval hospital, at home or abroad, his accounts and other papers shall be sent to the receiving ship or naval station nearest the hospital. Such transfer shall be considered as creating a vacancy except when, in a home port, a request to the contrary has been noted on the weekly report of vacancies.

(3) When such transfer is made to a hospital not a naval hospital, his accounts and other papers shall be retained on board, and such transfer shall not be considered as creating a vacancy, until the ship to which he has been detached sails from the vicinity of the hospital. When a man is thus left he shall be furnished with his accounts and a copy of his enlistment record, and the original of his enlistment record shall be sent to the Bureau of Navigation.

(4) If a man is in a hospital, not a naval hospital, when his ship is about to depart, and there is no prospect of the immediate arrival of another United States vessel in the port, he shall be ordered upon his recovery to report, preferably by telegraph, to the Bureau of Navigation for instructions. He shall be given sufficient money, from that which he has due him, to defray his necessary expenses, and he shall be instructed to keep a written account thereof upon which to base a claim for reimbursement. He shall request the surgeon in charge to furnish him with a certificate of the dates of admission to and discharge from the hospital.

(5) When he has not sufficient money due him, the United States consul, if there be one, and, if none, then the surgeon in charge of the hospital, shall be requested to take charge of him, and upon his recovery to ask instructions, preferably by telegraph, of the Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department, as to what disposition shall be made of him, in which case the Bureau of Navigation will provide the necessary funds.

(6) The pay of an enlisted man, when at a hospital in the United States, ceases when his term of enlistment expires; he may be retained for treatment. When at a hospital on a foreign station, his pay continues until he is regularly discharged from the service, even after his term of enlistment has expired.

(7) Persons transferred to the naval hospital at Philadelphia shall be directed to report to the governor of the Naval Home.

872. When prisoners are sent to a penitentiary in accordance prisoners sent to with a sentence of court-martial, their accounts shall be forwarded a penitentiary. to the receiving ship nearest the place of confinement, accompanied by a letter of advice.

Men trans

873. (1) The rating and pay of enlisted persons who may be ferred not to be transferred for discharge upon expiration of enlistment or on account of having a short time to serve, shall not be changed by such transfer.

disrated.

Transfer pa

pers.

(2) The transfer of a petty officer holding an acting appointment from one cruising ship to another, to a receiving ship, or to a hospital for treatment, shall not involve reduction in rating.

(3) The acting appointment of a petty officer detailed for instruction on shore as a seaman gunner, must be revoked before such transfer.

874. (1) In every case of transfer of a man from one ship or station to another, the following papers shall be transmitted:

(a) Enlistment record, with all entries to date of transfer, signed by the captain and the medical officer.

(b) Clothing list.

(c) Transfer accounts.

(2) When sent to a naval hospital, a conduct report shall accompany the hospital ticket, and one shall be returned with the man when discharged.

without

their accounts.

875. When men are transferred to a command without their ac- Men transcounts and other transfer papers, the commanding officer shall, if ferred necessary to obtain the accounts and papers, report the fact without delay to the Bureau of Navigation, giving the names and ratings of the men and such other information as can be obtained.

SECTION 7.-DISCHARGES.

876. (1) Enlisted persons in the naval service of the United States When entitled are entitled to their discharges only upon the expiration of their to discharge. terms of enlistment.

(2) They shall not be discharged before the completion of their terms of enlistment except for cause or by purchase.

877. Any person serving in the Navy may, when within the United States, be discharged by the written order of the senior offi- within the Unitcer present for either of the following reasons, but not otherwise, except by authority of the Navy Department:

Discharges

ed States.

(a) Upon the expiration of his term of service, whether enlisted within or without the United States.

(b) By sentence of a general court-martial.

Discharges

the United States.

878. (1) No person shall be discharged outside of the United States unless by order of the Navy Department, or in accordance without with the sentence of a general court-martial, with the following exceptions:

(a) Upon the expiration of the term of enlistment of a man enlisted within the United States, whose detention on board is not essential to the public interests, he may be discharged upon his own written request, by order of the senior officer present; provided said request states that the applicant waives all claim for transportation at public expense and all consular aid.

(b) Men who have enlisted outside the United States, upon the expiration of their terms of enlistment, or upon the recommendation of a board of survey.

In Atlantic or

(c) Men whose discharge by purchase has been authorized. (2) Whenever a man who enlisted within the United States is discharged in a foreign port, or a man who enlisted in an Atlantic Pacific port. port is discharged in a Pacific port of the United States, or a man who enlisted in a Pacific port is discharged in an Atlantic port of the United States, in accordance with his written request, in which he waives all claim to transportation to the United States, or to the Pacific or Atlantic coasts of the United States, the original of such request must be forwarded to the Bureau of Navigation and a duplicate thereof must be entered in full, after the last quarterly entry, on the enlistment record of the man, which duplicate must be signed by the applicant in the presence of a commissioned officer of the Navy, who must also sign this record as witness to such signature. (3) All other written requests of enlisted men regarding discharge while absent from the United States, or from the coasts of the

United States where they may have enlisted, in which claims to transportation at Government expense may be waived, must, if granted, be entered on the enlistment record in the same manner. 879. Enlisted men who are apprehended or who surrender themserters to serve selves as deserters or stragglers from the Navy, shall not be entitled to discharge until they have served out the period of their unauthorized absence.

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880. Yeomen shall not be discharged until the stores under their charge shall have been examined and satisfactorily accounted for.

881. (1) A man enlisted in the United States who is discharged in a home port by reason of expiration of enlistment or recommendation of a medical board of survey, shall be furnished subsistence and transportation to the Atlantic or Pacific coast, according to whether he enlisted on the Atlantic or Pacific coast.

(2) If he enlisted in the United States and is condemned while abroad, he shall be transferred to the United States for discharge. (3) If he enlisted abroad, he is not entitled to any transportation or subsistence.

882. (1) Any person in the Navy, who upon the expiration of a tled to honorable three or four years' term of enlistment, is recommended by his capdischarge. tain for a testimonial for fidelity, obedience, and ability during his term of service, and who is a desirable person to retain, shall receive an honorable discharge.

Persons enti

(2) When deciding upon the claim of an enlisted man to an honorable discharge, the captain must give due weight to the recommendations of all other captains under whom the man may have served during his current enlistment, as shown by his enlistment record.

(3) If a man, otherwise entitled to an honorable discharge, is discharged before the expiration of enlistment, upon the recommendation of a medical board of survey, for injuries or disabilities received in the line of duty, he shall be given an honorable discharge. 883. The following persons are entitled to an ordinary discharge

tled to an ordi- only: nary discharge.

Dishonorable

(a) All who are not recommended by the captain for a testimonial for fidelity, obedience, and ability during their term of service.

(b) All who are discharged before the expiration of their term of enlistment at their own request, or for their own convenience, except where the discharge is specially authorized with the same benefits as for complete enlistment.

884. (1) A dishonorable discharge can be given only by sentence

or bad-conduct of a general court-martial. discharge.

(2) A bad-conduct discharge can be given only by sentence of a general or summary court-martial. Discharge by sentence of a summary court-martial can not be given effect in a foreign port, nor in a United States port except after approval by the Navy Department.

(3) When a dishonorable or bad-conduct discharge is given, an ordinary discharge form shall be used, and the words "dishonorable discharge by sentence of a general court-martial," or "discharged for bad conduct by sentence of a general (or summary) court-martial" shall be written across the face and signed by the captain.

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885. When any enlisted person is dishonorably discharged, dis- Reports of uncharged for bad conduct, incompetency, inaptitude, or as an unde- desirable sirable person for the naval service, or deserts, a report thereof, with his complete descriptive list, must be sent to all receiving ships and naval recruiting rendezvous.

Form of dis

886. (1) Whenever any enlisted man, not holding a continuousservice certificate, is discharged from the naval service, either the charge. form of honorable or that of ordinary discharge shall be used.

(2) When an ordinary discharge is given, the captain shall indorse across its face, over his signature, whether or not the man is recommended for reenlistment.

(3) If the person discharged holds a continuous-service certificate, neither form of discharge will be necessary, but the appropriate column of the certificate shall be filled out, and the character of the discharge, such as 'honorable," "ordinary, "bad conduct," or 'dishonorable" shall be designated therein; if either of the last two, a brief statement of the cause shall be made in an indorsement.

(4) When any person holding a continuous-service certificate is discharged, who, in the opinion of his captain, is unworthy to be retained in the service, the words "Not recommended for reenlistment" shall be indorsed upon his certificate, with the reasons therefor.

(5) When an enlisted man is discharged while serving as coxswain to a commander in chief, coxswain of a boat propelled by machinery, seaman in charge of hold, landsman_assigned as jackof-the-dust or lamplighter, the fact is to be noted on his discharge. 887. Every discharge must contain the enlistment record, conduct record, descriptive list, and state of account.

Discharge to contain descriptive list, etc.

No honorable

at hand.

888. Should there be no honorable discharge forms at hand upon the expiration of the term of enlistment of any person who is enti- discharge forms tled to receive one, an ordinary discharge form may be used; the words "entitled to honorable discharge," however, must be written across the face and signed by the captain. The holder thereof may, by communicating with the Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department, exchange such a paper for an honorable discharge.

Benefits of

889. (1) If any enlisted man or apprentice, being honorably discharged, shall reenlist for four years within four months thereafter, honorable discharge. he shall, on presenting his honorable discharge or on accounting in a satisfactory manner for its loss, be entitled to pay during the said four months equal to that to which he would have been entitled if he had been employed in actual service.

Continuous

(2) Any man who has received an honorable discharge from his last term of enlistment, or who has received a recommendation for service. reenlistment upon the expiration of his last term of service of not less than three years, who reenlists for a term of four years within four months from the date of his discharge, shall receive an increase of one dollar and thirty-six cents per month to the pay prescribed for the rating in which he serves for each consecutive reenlistment. 890. (1) The continuous-service certificate must always state, Continuousin the proper column, whether the discharge is "honorable, ordinary,' "for bad conduct," or "dishonorable." If "honorable," it confers all the benefits of an honorable discharge, but if ordinary," the benefits of continuous service only.

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discharge.

(2) In the old form of "honorable-discharge and continuousservice certificates" the character of discharge will be written in the column headed " Date of discharge," immediately above the date.

Ratings for 891. A person holding a permanent or acting appointment at the expiration of his service shall be discharged in the rating shown by his appointment. Other persons, in the rating in which they are serving.

Details of dis

charge.

Discharge by purchase.

892. (1) The order of the captain to the executive officer to discharge a person may be verbal.

(2) The order to the pay officer to pay off a person and close his account must be in writing.

(3) The name and rating of the person discharged, cause of discharge, and any claim waived must be entered in the log.

893. (1) Discharge by purchase is not an absolute and unconditional right, but a privilege which may be granted by the Navy Department.

(2) No enlisted person will be allowed to purchase his discharge a second time.

(3) Applications for discharge will not be considered unless signed by the applicant, and must be based upon valid reasons fully set forth by the applicant and verified by the commanding officer, if practicable.

(4) An applicant for discharge, serving on board a United States vessel lying in any port of the United States, must apply to the Navy Department, through the proper channels. When not in a United States port, application must be made to the commander in chief, who will take such action as he may deem proper, provided the applicant, in his application, waives all claim to transportation or consular aid. Should the commander in chief decline to grant the discharge, application may then be made to the Navy Department, through the prescribed channels.

(5) No petty officer or other enlisted man may purchase his discharge while in debt to the Government, or until he has served at least three months of his enlistment. After he has served thirtythree months of a three years' enlistment, or forty-five months of a four years' enlistment, his application for discharge may be granted without cost and with the benefits of completed enlistment.

(6) Discharge by purchase thereby forfeits all benefits due to continuous service and honorable discharge.

(7) In addition to the purchase price of discharge, men who have received "honorable-discharge" money in consideration of reenlistment, shall be required to refund the same in the proportions as follows: Men enlisted for three years to refund three-fourths of the amount if the discharge is granted between the third and twelfth months, inclusive; one-half between the thirteenth and twentyfourth months, inclusive, and one-fourth between the twenty-fifth and thirty-third months, inclusive. Men enlisted for four years to refund the whole amount if the discharge is granted between the third and twelfth months, inclusive; three-fourths between the thirteenth and twenty-fourth months, inclusive; one-half between the twenty-fifth and thirty-sixth months, inclusive, and one-fourth between the thirty-seventh and forty-fifth months, inclusive.