is discharged from the service, his staff returns, with a transcript of his sentence, shall be forwarded to the Commandant.

(6) A marine may be discharged from a ship on a foreign station at the expiration of his term of enlistment, by order of the senior officer present, but only upon executing an agreement in writing to waive all claims to consular aid and to transportation to place of enlistment. In such case, the staff returns will be sent to the Commandant, together with the written agreement of the marine, a sufficient time in advance to enable his accounts to be settled and the discharge to be given him when his enlistment expires.

(7) Marines may obtain their discharge by purchase, but such discharge is not an absolute and unconditional right; it is a privilege which may be granted by the Navy Department.

(8) Applications for discharge by purchase will be made to the Commandant, through the proper channels, to be referred by him to the Secretary of the Navy, but will not be considered unless based upon valid reasons, which must be fully set forth by the applicant, and verified, if practicable, by the commanding officer.

(9) Applicants for discharge by purchase on foreign stations must state in their applications that they waive all claims to transportation and consular aid.

(10) No marine can purchase his discharge while he is in debt to the Government, or until he has served at least one year of his enlistment, and he will not be allowed to purchase his discharge a second time.

(11) For privates, drummers, and trumpeters, the price of discharge will be. In the first enlistment, one hundred dollars, during the thirteenth month, and one dollar and fifty cents additional during each month thereafter until the expiration of two years from the date of enlistment. The maximum price reached during the twenty-fourth month will be reduced three dollars per month during the third year, and four dollars per month during the fourth year; and the minimum price reached during the forty-eighth month will remain the same until the expiration of the enlistment.

(12) In the first reenlistment, fifty dollars during the thirteenth month, and three dollars additional during each month thereafter until the expiration of two years from the date of reenlistment. The maximum price reached during the twenty-fourth month will be reduced two dollars and fifty cents per month during the third and fourth years; and the minimum price reached during the fortyeighth month will remain the same until the expiration of the reenlistment. In the second reenlistment, forty dollars during the thirteenth month, which sum will be increased and decreased thereafter as prescribed above for the first reenlistment.

(13) For noncommissioned officers and musicians of the band, the price of discharge will be that prescribed for privates, drummers, and trumpeters, with the following amounts added thereto: For corporals and third-class musicians, five dollars; for sergeants and second-class musicians, ten dollars, and for the noncommissioned staff, first sergeants, gunnery sergeants, and first-class musicians, fifteen dollars.

(14) After fifteen years' service, marines may be discharged upon settlement of accounts if the interests of the service permit.

(15) Marines serving in a second or third enlistment, but who are not receiving the benefits of reenlistment pay, will be treated as though serving in their first enlistment.

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By purchase.

Applications.

Stragglers and deserters.

Medals honor.

of

Good-conduct

medals.

Medals to be

worn.

Marksmanship

badges.

Classification

(16) No discharge by purchase shall be delivered unless the amount due for such purchase (giving credits for detained pay and undrawn clothing, which will be entered on the final statements of account by the paymaster of the Corps) is paid to the soldier's immediate commanding officer, who will at once forward such amount to the paymaster of the Corps to be turned into the Treasury of the United States.

(17) Marines who obtain their discharge by purchase shall not receive the travel allowance prescribed in section 1290, R. S., and they shall be debarred from again enlisting in the Marine Corps for four months from the date of discharge.

(18) Applications for discharge, whether by purchase or not, must be addressed to the Commandant and forwarded through the proper channels.

990. (1) The staff returns of a deserter shall be forwarded to the Commandant of the Corps.

(2) When a deserter or straggler is apprehended or surrenders himself at a barracks, the commanding officer shall immediately report the fact, through the proper channels, to the Commandant of the Corps.

(3) When a deserter or straggler is apprehended or surrenders himself on board ship, the commanding officer shall immediately report the fact, through the proper channels, to the Commandant of the Corps.

SECTION 5.-REWARDS AND PRIVILEGES.

991. Any enlisted man of the Marine Corps may receive a medal of honor, as provided in article 916, for an act of extraordinary heroism and gallantry performed in the line of his profession during the civil war.

992. (1) Any marine holding an excellent discharge who was recommended for a good-conduct medal by the commanding officer of the ship or barracks from which discharged, shall, upon reenlistment, and upon the recommendation of a board of three officers appointed by the Commandant of the Corps, receive a good-conduct medal.

(2) Any marine who has received one medal, will, if subsequently awarded another, be given a bar of appropriate design, which shall be worn above the medal on the same ribbon.

(3) Good-conduct medals are given in recognition of good behavior and faithful service, and no person shall be deprived of them, or of the advantages attached to them, except by the sentence of a general court-martial.

(4) Medals and bars shall be furnished by the quartermaster and issued by the Commandant of the Corps.

993. (1) Allmedals shall, when practicable, be presented by the commanding officer at a parade, and shall be worn on the occasions prescribed in article 212.

(2) The commanding officer may prohibit the wearing of medals by any person undergoing punishment.

994. Badges for marksmanship may be bestowed upon the enlisted men by the Commandant of the Corps, under such rules as may be established with the approval of the Secretary of the Navy.

995. (1) Enlisted men of the Marine Corps, serving on shore, of enlisted men shall be arranged by their commanding officer in the order of good conduct, in four classes, namely: first, second, third, and fourth.

on shore.

(2) When such classification is first made, preference shall be given to men with good records and of long standing in the service, and such changes in classification shall, from time to time, be made as may be warranted by the conduct of the men.

(3) First-class conduct men shall be granted every privilege consistent with discipline and the demands of duty. From them shall be formed a special class of men upon whom full reliance may be placed.

(4) For men in lower classes such restrictions shall be established by the commanding officer as he may deem proper.

996. Enlisted men of the Marine Corps serving at navy yards or barracks shall be paid monthly.

Paid monthly

on shore.

Classification

money afloat.

997. (1) Enlisted men of the Marine Corps serving afloat shall be classified in conduct and shall be allowed to draw money monthly, and monthly as provided in articles 922 and 923, retaining to their credit one month's pay.

(2) In regulating the allowance of monthly money to a marine on board ship, the money value of his average monthly allowance of clothing shall be reckoned as a part of his pay for such purpose.

998. Enlisted men of the Marine Corps are entitled to retirement under the laws and regulations provided for the Army.

Retirement.

SECTION 6.-SERVICE AT NAVY YARDS AND BARRACKS. 999. The marine detachment serving at a naval station shall be subject to the orders of the commandant thereof. No part of the commandant of

detachment shall be relieved or withdrawn without an order of the Commandant of the Corps, approved by the Secretary of the Navy, except as provided in article 1025.

Authority of

station.

commanding of

1000. (1) The commanding officer of marines at a navy yard or Authority of barracks is vested by law with the same authority for the purpose ficer of detachof enforcing discipline among the officers and men under his com- ment. mand as that which rests, for similar purposes, in the commander

of a vessel.

(2) He shall be responsible for the discipline and efficiency of his Responsibility. command.

Police and gov

1001. He shall have under his direction the government and police of the marines when in barracks, his regulations for which ernment of mamust conform to the general regulations of the station.

1002. He shall report to the commandant, daily, the number and disposition of the force under his command, a list of punishments inflicted, and the names of men dropped from the rolls or apprehended, or who have surrendered as deserters or stragglers within the preceding twenty-four hours.

1003. He shall cause such sentinels to be posted as may be directed by the commandant of the station.

1004. He shall, every morning, unless the commandant of the station reserves this duty to himself, issue and transmit the countersign for the ensuing night, in writing and under seal, to the commandant and to such other officers, and such only, as the commandant may designate.

rines in barracks.

Daily reports.

Posting senti

nels.

Countersign.

Instruction of

1005. (1) The commanding officer of marines is responsible for the instruction of his command. He shall assemble the officers for command. theoretical instruction as often as he may deem necessary, and when he is unable to attend to this duty in person, it shall devolve upon

Exercises.

Weekly inspection.

the officer next in rank. The theoretical instruction of officers shall embrace all regulations relating to their duties as officers; all movements in the tactics; signaling; the manual exercise of machine guns, rapid-fire guns, and great guns, and all other prescribed drills. (2) He shall cause the noncommissioned officers of his command to be thoroughly instructed in the prescribed drills for infantry and field artillery, in signaling, in rifle firing, and in all other drills authorized from time to time.

1006. (1) He shall cause the officers and enlisted men of the command to be exercised each week, if practicable, in the school of the battalion; at machine guns, rapid-fire guns, and great guns. They shall also be frequently exercised at signaling; in pulling boats, and at target practice.

(2) He may, for the purpose of instruction, at his discretion, and under his personal supervision only, place subordinate officers, without regard to rank, temporarily in charge of the battalion at battalion drill.

(3) Monthly reports of all drills and exercises shall be made through the commandant of the station to the adjutant and inspector of the Corps.

1007. He shall have full-dress inspection on Monday of each week, and dress parade daily, when the weather and other circumstances permit, except on Saturday and Sunday.

Exercises, for- 1008. The exercise and formation of marines at parades, reviews, mation, camp inspections, escorts. guard mounting, funerals, and salutes, shall and garrison du be the same as those prescribed for the Navy. Duties of sentinels and internal regulations for camp and garrison duties shall be the same as those prescribed for the Army.

ties.

Weekly sani- 1009. He shall, in person, at least once in each week inspect the tary inspection. men's quarters, arms, and accouterments, and the guardroom, cells, prison, and grounds. He shall make a thorough examination, and assure himself that all military, police, and sanitary regulations in force are properly observed, and that all prisoners, including those in confinement under sentence of court-martial, are properly cared for.

Orderly room.

File of general orders.

Articles of

regulations.

1010. He shall, when practicable, assign a room in barracks, to be known as the "orderly room,” for the use of noncommissioned officers.

1011. He shall keep in his office a file of all orders and circulars relating to his command, and shall cause all general orders affecting the officers and enlisted men to be published at the first parade following the receipt of such orders.

1012. He shall cause the Articles for the Government of the War and police the Navy, or, when on duty with the Army, the Articles of War, and the police and other regulations of the command with which he is serving, to be read to his detachment at least once in each month. 1013. He shall not detail privates for duty as corporals, nor be detailed as corporals for duty as sergeants, for longer periods than one month corporals, nor prior to their examination for promotion.

Privates not to

corporals as ser

geants.

Promotions.

1014. (1) Sergeants may be appointed first sergeants by the Commandant of the Corps without examination.

(2) A reenlisted marine, who at the time of his discharge from the Marine Corps was a noncommissioned officer, may be warranted in

the noncommissioned rank he held at the time of his discharge by the Commandant of the Corps without examination.

(3) In all other cases of promotion of privates or noncommissioned officers serving at shore stations, the commanding marine officer shall recommend the person to be promoted to the commandant of the station, who shall convene a board to conduct the examination prescribed in article 1015 and report, with its recommendation, to the officer ordering the board; who, if he approves the recommendation, shall forward the report to the Commandant of the Corps. If the latter approves the promotion, he shall issue a warrant.

1015. The examination of privates to be corporals shall consist of reading, writing, and the simple rules of arithmetic, a knowledge of the duties of a corporal, and of the school of the soldier, the company, and the manual of guard duty; for corporals to be sergeants, the above with the addition of a knowledge of extendedorder drill, the duties of a sergeant, and the keeping of necessary accounts, making out muster rolls, and the various blanks and returns required to be rendered by a sergeant in charge of a detachment.

1016. (1) Noncommissioned officers serving on shore in the United States, shall not be reduced, except with the approval of the Commandant of the Corps, or by the sentence of a court-martial. (2) Applications for the reduction of noncommissioned officers serving at shore stations will be addressed to the Commandant of the Corps, and sent through the commandant of the station.

Examinations.

Reduction.

Granting lib

1017. Customary liberty to noncommissioned officers, musicians, and privates shall be granted by the commanding officer of marines. erty. 1018. The pay of any marine absent from his command with- Pay checked out leave, or after his leave has expired, shall be checked against when absent his account for the time he is so absent.

1019. (1) The punishment for offenses committed by persons belonging to the Marine Corps is to be inflicted in accordance with the provisions of the Articles for the Government of the Navy, and the limitations prescribed by articles 24 and 25 thereof must be strictly observed by the commanding officer of marines, and under no circumstances shall an offender be placed on guard, or required to perform extra guard duty, as a punishment.

(2) For the trial of offenses which the commanding officer of marines may deem deserving of greater punishment than he is authorized to inflict under the provisions of article 24, but not sufficient to require trial by general court-martial, he may order a summary court-martial, in pursuance of article 26.

(3) Offenses which, in his opinion, require the trial of the offender by a general court-martial shall be reported by him to the commandant of the station, who shall either dispose of the matter, or, if he concurs in the expediency of trying the offender by general court-martial, shall forward the papers in the case, with his recommendation thereon, to the Secretary of the Navy, through the Commandant of the Corps.

without leave.

Punishments.

Register of

1020. (1) The commanding officer of marines shall cause to be kept a register of all punishments inflicted by him, and transmit a punishments. monthly report thereof to the Commandant of the Corps.

(2) Punishments inflicted upon commissioned officers shall be Punish ments reported without delay to the commandant of the station and to of commissioned the Commandant of the Corps.

officers.