Confirmation of telegrams. Telegrams to senior officer desire to report the intended departure of vessels other to the contrary is received, telegrams of arrival and departure will (5) All telegrams by cable or otherwise from officers shall be immediately confirmed by letter, quoting the text of the message and giving such additional information in relation to the subject as may be deemed essential. (6) Officers shall indorse upon official telegrams sent by them be indorsed within the United States, the words "official business," and shall report any charge made in excess of the rates established by the Postmaster General for the current fiscal year. "Official business. Telegrams not to be sent when mail will answer. Private telegrams. Telegrams to (7) The telegraph will not be used when communication by mail will answer the purpose. (8) Telegrams strictly personal, or for the convenience or in the interest of the sender, shall not be transmitted at Government expense. (9) Cable messages or telegrams, which convey orders requiring be acknowl- the movements of vessels, or instructions which call for investigaedged. tion or report, must be acknowledged immediately by cable or telegraph. Night messages. Addresses. (10) Night messages will be used whenever a message is not of sufficient importance to demand immediate transmission. (11) The following cable and telegraphic addresses will be used by all persons connected with the Navy: For the Secretary of the Navy. For the Assistant Secretary of the Navy. For the Bureau of Construction and Repair For the Bureau of Steam Engineering- For the Naval Attaché, U. S. Embassy, London, Eng- For the Naval Attaché, U. S. Embassy, Paris, France. many. For the Naval Attaché, U. S. Embassy, St. Peters- For the Naval Attaché, U. S. Legation, Tokio, Japan Secnav., Washington, D. C. Alusna, Paris, France. Alusna, St. Petersburg, Russia. Alusna, Tokio, Japan. For the Secretary of the Navy For the Assistant Secretary of the Navy. For the Chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair. For the Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery For the Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks For the Superintendent of the Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. For the Commandant of the Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H. For the Commandant of the Navy Yard, Boston, Mass. For the Commandant of the Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N. Y. For the Commandant of the Navy Yard, League Island, Pa. For the Commandant of the Navy Yard, Washington, D. C. For the Commandant of the Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va. For the Commandant of the Navy Yard, Pensacola, Fla. For the Commandant of the Navy Yard, Mare Island, Cal. For the Commandant of the Naval Training Station, Newport, R. I. For the Commandant of the Naval Training Station, San Francisco, Cal. For the Commandant of the Naval Station, New London, Conn. For the Commandant of the Naval Station, Port Royal, S. C. For the Officer in charge Naval Station, Key West, Fla. For the Commandant of the Naval Station, Bremerton, Wash. For the President of the War College, Newport, R. L. For the Navy Pay Office, Boston, Mass. Secretary Navy, Washington, D. C. Surgeon General, Navy Department, Washington, D. C. D. C. Docks, Navy Department, Washington, D. C. Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H. Navy Yard, Boston, Mass. Navy Yard, League Island, Pa. Navy Yard, Washington, D. C. Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Va. Navy Yard, Mare Island, Cal. Training Station, Newport, R. I. Yerba Buena, San Francisco, Cal. Naval Station, New London, Conn. Naval Station, Port Royal, S. C. Naval Station, Bremerton, Wash. War College, Newport, R. I. CHAPTER XXXVI. LEAVE OF ABSENCE AND LIBERTY. 1674. Permission to leave the United States will be granted only Permission to by the Secretary of the Navy. leave the United States. Officers in chief the United 1675. The commander in chief of a squadron within the United States, or the commandant of a navy yard or station, shall not absent command within himself from his command for a longer period than one week in States. any successive two months, except by permission of the Secretary of the Navy. cer present. 1676. (1) (a) The Secretary of the Navy only, can grant leave Leave for more of absence to officers of the Navy for a longer period than seven days. than seven days. (b) The senior officer present, whether he be in command afloat Leave granted or on shore, is authorized to grant leave of absence not exceeding by the senior offiseven days, to the officers and enlisted men serving afloat, except to those serving in the receiving and other station ships. During the temporary absence not exceeding twenty-four hours of the "senior officer present," this authority continues in the officer who represents him and performs his duties. Leave granted (c) The commandant of a navy yard or station is authorized to grant leave of absence not exceeding seven days, to the officers and by commandant. enlisted men attached to the yard or station, and to those serving in the receiving and other station ships; and in his absence this authority continues in the officer who succeeds him and performs his duties. Leave granted (d) The captain of a ship, with the permission of the senior officer present, may, in any port in which pratique has been obtained, by captain. grant leave of absence not exceeding twenty-four hours, to the officers of his ship, and of forty-eight hours to the enlisted men. (2) Leave to go beyond the immediate vicinity of the station or port shall not be granted to any person attached to a ship under sailing orders. Not granted when under sailing orders. To be reported (3) Leave of absence granted to officers under paragraph 1, (b) and (c) of this article shall be immediately reported to the Navy to Department. Department. Leave on ness. ac 1677. (1) No commanding officer of a ship, squadron, or naval station shall grart permission to any person under his command to count of sickleave his station, or to return from abroad to the United States, on account of ill health, except upon the recommendation of a board of medical survey. (2) Requests for leave or for detachment on account of ill health, when forwarded to the Navy Department, must be accompanied by the report of a medical survey. (3) Officers on sick leave in consequence of medical survey shall report the state of their health to the Department every fifteen days. Restrictions of leave. Applications for permission to leave the ship. Leave to enlisted men. (4) When an officer not on duty applies for leave or for an extension of leave, on account of ill health, a medical board of survey shall be held, if practicable, and a report made to the Department; or, if that be impracticable, he shall forward the certificate of a reputable physician, stating that he is unable to perform duty, the nature of the disease, and its probable duration. 1678. (1) The executive officer and the officer who succeeds him in his absence (see art. 519, par. 2) shall not be out of the ship at the same time except on duty, or, under special circumstances, by the captain's previous permission. (2) When there are two or more officers detailed for engineering duties attached to a ship, one must always be on board ready for duty, except, under special circumstances, by the captain's previous permission. (3) If there are only two line officers attached to a ship, one must always be on board. (4) When there are two or more medical, pay, or marine officers attached to a ship, one must always be on board ready for duty, except under special circumstances by the captain's previous permission. (5) Not more than one-half of the officers and crew shall be granted leave at the same time; and liberty parties shall be so selected as to leave on board an organized force that will be effective for any emergency. 1679. The executive officer, and all officers of the ship senior to him in rank, will make application for and report their return from leave to the captain. Officers of the ship junior in rank to the executive officer will make application for, and report their return from leave to him. 1680. (1) Leave of absence or liberty shall not be granted to enlisted men by any other than the commanding officer of the ship. (2) Leave shall not be granted to enlisted men who are in debt to the Government, unless the full amount of such indebtedness be deposited with the pay officer. V |