Chief boats ners, chief car are of the same date, then according to the order in which their names are borne upon the Official Navy Register as kept in the Navy Department. They take precedence next after naval cadets and ahead of all mates. (2) After ten years from date of warrant, respectively, boatwains, chief gun swains, gunners, carpenters, and sailmakers, if duly qualified, are penters, and commissioned chief boatswains, chief gunners, chief carpenters, chief sailmas. and chief sailmakers, to rank with but after ensigns. On the active list of the Navy they take precedence after ensigns, and of each other according to the dates of their commissions, and in case the commissions of two or more of them are of the same date, then according to the order in which their names are borne upon the Official Navy Register as kept in the Navy Department. Such commissions give no additional right to quarters on board ship or to command. Mates Clerks. Petty men. officers (3) Chief boatswains, chief gunners, chief carpenters, chief sailmakers, and warrant officers shall have, under their superiors, all necessary authority for the due performance of their duties, and they shall be obeyed accordingly. (4) Chief boatswains, chief gunners, boatswains, and gunners are classed as line officers of the Navy; chief carpenters, chief sailmakers, carpenters, sailmakers, pharmacists, and warrant machinists, as staff officers. (5) Such chief boatswains, chief gunners, chief carpenters, and chief sailmakers as are, or may be, retired with the rank of lieutenant (junior grade), take precedence next after officers having the rank of lieutenant (junior grade), and of each other in the order in which each attains to such rank; and in case the seniority of two or more of them is of the same date, then according to the order in which their names are borne upon the Official Navy Register as kept in the Navy Department. (6) Such boatswains, gunners, carpenters, and sailmakers as are retired with the rank of the next higher grade, shall take precedence with other officers of the Navy next after ensigns, and of each other in the order in which each attains to such rank, and in case the seniority of two or more of them is of the same date, then according to the order in which their names are borne upon the Official Navy Register as kept in the Navy Department. (7) Chief boatswains, chief gunners, chief carpenters, chief sailmakers, and warrant officers, who are retired without advancement in rank shall take precedence as when on the active list. 28. Mates are rated, by authority of the Secretary of the Navy, from seamen and ordinary seaman who have enlisted in the naval service for not less than two years. Mates have no relative rank, but they shall take precedence of all petty officers, noncommissioned officers of the Marine Corps, and enlisted men, and in their own grade according to the dates of their appointments. They shall, under their superiors, have all necessary authority for the due performance of their duties, and they shall be obeyed accordingly. 29. Clerks to pay officers are appointed for a limited period. They are subject in all respects to the same laws and regulations that govern other persons in the naval service. 30. Petty officers, musicians, and other enlisted men in the Navy, and enlisted and noncommissioned officers, musicians, and privates in the Marine Corps, shall take precedence according to the following tabular classification; the precedence of two or more holding the same rate shall be determined by the date of their rates; if of the same date, then their precedence shall be determined by their commanding officer. At general muster the names of petty officers shall be called in the order of their precedence. Petty officers shall be entitled to obedience in the execution of the duties of their office from persons of inferior ratings. In general. Admiral. Rear admiral. Captain. Commander. Lieutenant commander. Lieutenant. SECTION 2.-DETAIL OF COMMAND AND DUTY. 31. Officers of the Navy shall perform such duty as may be assigned to them by the Navy Department. 32. The Admiral may command a fleet, or perform such other duty as may be assigned to him by the Navy Department. 33. A rear admiral may command a fleet, a squadron or a naval station. Such rear admirals as are by law restricted to the performance of engineering duties shall be assigned accordingly, and to shore duty only. 34. A captain may command a division of a squadron, be chief of staff to a flag officer, command a naval station, or a ship of the first or second rate, or perform such shore duty as may be assigned him. Such captains as are by law restricted to the performance of engineering duties shall be assigned accordingly, and to shore duty only. 35. A commander may command a division of a squadron, a naval station, a ship of the third rate or a ship not rated; act as chief of staff to an officer commanding a squadron or a division of a squadron ; or perform such shore duty as may be assigned him. Such commanders as are by law restricted to the performance of engineering duties shall be assigned accordingly, and to shore duty only. 36. A lieutenant commander may command a ship of the fourth rate, or a ship not rated, and may in a ship commanded by an officer of a superior grade, serve as executive officer or navigator or senior engineer officer. He shall perform such shore duty as may be assigned him. Such lieutenant commanders as are by law restricted to the performance of engineering duties shall be assigned accordingly, either at sea or on shore. 37. A lieutenant may command a torpedo destroyer, torpedo boat, tug, tender, or ship not rated. In a ship commanded by an officer of superior rank, he may serve as executive officer, or navigator, or senior engineer officer, or watch officer (deck or engine room), or flag lieutenant to a flag officer, or secretary to the admiral while on sea service. He shall perform such shore duty as may be assigned him. Such lieutenants as are by law restricted to the performance of engineering duties shall be assigned accordingly, either at sea or on shore. 38. A lieutenant (junior grade) may command a torpedo boat, Lieutenant tug, tender, or ship not rated. In a ship commanded by an officer of (junior grade). superior rank, he may serve as executive officer, or navigator, or senior engineer officer, or watch officer (deck or engine room), or flag lieutenant, or clerk to the commander of a squadron. He shall perform such shore duty as may be assigned him. 39. An ensign may command a torpedo boat, tug, or ship not rated. In a ship commanded by an officer of superior rank he may serve as executive officer, or navigator, or senior engineer officer, or watch officer (deck or engine room), or aid, or clerk to the commander of a squadron, or to the captain of a ship. He shall perform such shore duty as may be assigned him. Ensign. 40. A naval cadet shall perform such duty afloat as may be as- Naval cadet. signed him, but shall not be detailed for duty as aid on the personal staff of an officer, or as clerk. chief command disabled. Succession. 41. (1) Should the flag officer commanding die, become incapaci- Flag officer in tated, or leave his station permanently before being relieved by a successor appointed by the Secretary of the Navy, the line officer next in rank in the fleet or squadron shall succeed to the command and discharge its duties until regularly relieved, in addition to his regular duties; and he shall have all the authority and responsibility of a flag officer in command as if assigned to that duty in terms, by the Navy Department. (2) An officer who succeeds to command as provided in this article acquires no increase of rank nor change in personal title. (3) During the temporary absence of a flag officer from his com- Absent. mand afloat, not exceeding twenty-four hours, he shall be represented by the chief of staff, or, in his absence, by the commanding officer of the flagship, who is authorized to carry out the established routine and make the necessary signals therefor. (4) In a port of the United States, on the occasion of the absence of a flag officer from his command afloat for a period exceeding twenty-four hours, his flag shall be hauled down, and the command, subject to any directions from the flag officer, shall devolve upon the senior line officer present, in the squadron, with the title of senior officer present. (5) In a foreign port, upon the occasion of the absence of a flag officer from his command afloat for a period exceeding twenty-four hours, the command, subject to any directions from the flag officer, shall devolve upon the senior line officer present in the squadron, with the title of senior officer present, and the flag officer's flag shall be hoisted over the ship in which the temporary commander is embarked, but without a salute. Flag officer in chief command 42. If the flag officer commanding be killed in battle, the officer next in rank on board the ship bearing his flag shall succeed pro- cheattle. visionally and until the senior officer in the fleet announces that he has taken command. It shall be the duty of the officer thus succeeding provisionally to report to such senior officer as soon as practicable, and by private signal, the death of the flag officer. The flag of the deceased shall be kept hoisted until the battle is decided. 43. Should the captain of a ship be rendered incapable of exer- Death or disacising command, the senior line officer attached to the vessel (exclu- bility of the capsive of those line officers restricted by law to the performance of tain of a ship. engineering duties) shall succeed to the command until relieved by Succession. orders from the flag officer commanding, or the Navy Department, even though there be officers on board higher in rank than himself. Authority of a a passenger. Passengers assigned to duty. 44. The captain of a ship not a flagship with a flag officer emflag officer when barked as passenger by due authority shall be subject to the orders of such senior officer. The latter, when so embarked, shall display his flag. Other officers embarked as passengers, senior to the captain, shall have no authority, but those junior to him, if not on the flag officer's staff, may be assigned to duty when the exigencies of the service shall render it necessary, of which necessity the captain shall be the sole judge. Passengers thus assigned shall have the same authority as though regularly attached to the ship, but shall not displace any officer belonging to the regular complement of the ship in his quarters. Authority perform duty. to Authority of 45. No officer can place himself on duty by virtue of his commission or warrant alone. 46. An officer duly appointed to act in any grade shall, while servacting appoint- ing under such appointment, be entitled to the same command, precedence, and honors as if he held a commission in that grade of the same date as his appointment. ments. Retired offi cers. Authority 47. An officer on the retired list of the Navy shall not be employed on active duty except in time of war; nor can he be detailed to command a squadron or single ship except by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. of 48. An officer of the Navy can not assume command of Army Navy and of forces on shore, nor can an officer of the Army assume command Army officers over any ship of the Navy, or over its officers or men afloat, except serving together. in either case by special authority for a particular service; but when officers of the Navy are on duty on shore with the Army they shall be entitled to the precedence of the rank in the Army to which their own corresponds, except command as aforesaid, and this precedence will regulate their right to quarters. Officers on 49. (1) Officers ordered to duty under the Light-House Board light-house duty. shall report by letter to the Secretary of the Treasury, and while on this service they shall obey the orders and directions of the Secretary of the Treasury and the Light-House Board. Officers on Commission. (2) While on duty under the Light-House Board, officers will be held directly responsible to the Secretary of the Navy for conformity to the rules and articles for the government of the Navy and the Navy Regulations, except only in so far as they may be inconsistent with the special service in which they are engaged. They will also be held responsible for the care of the persons, vessels, and public property that may be placed under their control. 50. (1) Officers ordered to duty under the Fish Commission shall duty under Fish report by letter to the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, and while on this service they shall obey the orders and directions of the Commissioner. In case of his absence or disability, his duties devolve by law upon an assistant, whom he has authority to designate and whose directions under such circumstances shall be obeyed. (2) While on duty under the Fish Commission, officers will be held directly responsible to the Secretary of the Navy for conformity to the rules and articles for the government of the Navy and the Navy Regulations, except only in so far as they may be inconsistent with the special service in which they are engaged. They will also be held responsible for the care of the persons, vessels, and public property that may be placed under their control. |