Commanding 1697. Commanding officers of shore stations, other than working officers of shore yards, shall be governed by the provisions of this chapter so far as than navy yards. applicable.

stations other

Personality.

SECTION 2.-CAPTAIN OF YARD.

1698. (1) There shall be attached to each navy yard as captain of the yard a line officer not restricted by law to the performance of engineering duties, who shall be the aid or executive of the commandant.

Represents Bu- (2) He is the representative at the yard of the Bureau of Yards reau of Yards and and Docks, and where there is no civil engineer he shall be charged with the special duties of the latter.

Docks.

General duties.

(3) He shall have direct charge of the police and the enforcement of police regulations; of the fire department, landings, and all means of transportation, including yard tugs, locomotive engines, horses, and ox teams; and of the crews of the tugs, the teamsters, stable men, and all employees on the rolls for clearing up and cleaning the yard.

Fires a nd (4) He shall have control of the fires and lights in the workshops, lights in work and shall satisfy himself after working hours that there is no danger shops. from fire during the night.

Inspection of (5) He shall inspect daily the condition of the engines and all apfire department. paratus for subduing fires, informing the commandant at once of any deficiencies; and shall at least once a month report in writing their actual condition.

Executive du

ties.

Journal.

Absence.

(6) He shall have immediate charge of the walks and grounds and of moving and mooring vessels in ordinary, and all work under maintenance and of repairs not specially excepted by article 1713, paragraph 2; shall visit and observe all parts of the navy yard and its establishments; and shall make such reports as will enable the commandant to be fully informed as to the working of the various parts of the station under his command.

(7) A regular journal shall be kept under his direction, which he shall sign and submit monthly to the commandant for his approval. In it shall be entered the reporting for duty or detachment of officers, the arrival, departure, commissioning or placing out of commission of ships of the Navy, the arrival and departure of vessels with stores of any kind for the yard, the number of mechanics and others employed, the hour of docking or undocking any vessel, and the other principal transactions of the yard, together with a daily meteorological record.

(8) He shall have charge of all vessels in ordinary, and shall make a weekly written report of their condition to the commandant.

(9) Before a vessel is placed out of commission, he shall, in company with her captain, inspect her, and if satisfied with her condition, shall give a receipt for her to the captain when the ensign is hauled down. This receipt will state the condition of the vessel as to cleanliness in all departments.

(10) He shall have an exact account kept of all material and labor expended upon each object, from which shall be prepared a monthly report to the bureau of all expenditures. This report shall be accompanied by a written detailed report of work done and progress made upon each object for which money has been allotted.

(11) He shall certify pay rolls of men under his control.

1699. (1) In the absence of the captain of the yard his duties shall be performed by the line officer next in rank not restricted by

law to the performance of engineering duties, actually on duty at the yard proper.

(2) A navy yard or station having two or more such line officers attached to it shall never be left without one actually present.

aids.

1700. Line officers of lower rank may be attached to the yards Additional as subordinate aids to the commandant, for the purpose of assisting the captain of the yard, and for general experience and observation in the duties of their profession.

SECTION 3.--OFFICERS IN CHARGE OF DEPARTMENTS.

ployees.

1701. (1) Officers in charge of departments at a navy yard shall, Control of under the direction of the commandant, supervise and control all work and of emwork pertaining to their respective bureaus, and have the general superintendence, charge, direction, and mustering of all persons employed by them.

(2) They shall, when doing work for another department, send Work for anevery morning through the commandant to the head of such depart- other department a report of the number and class of men employed, with their rates of pay.

ment.

(3) They shall furnish to the commandant a daily report of labor Reports. on blank forms prescribed, and make such returns of expenditures for labor and material as may be required by their respective bureaus.

Supplies and

(4) They shall make requisition upon the general storekeeper for supplies and material as required, and shall keep him advised, in material. advance, as to the probable needs of their several departments. (See Chap. XXVI, Supplies on Shore.)

(5) All requisitions on the general storekeeper, for materials or Requisitions. articles for use in any department, shall be made as provided in article 1296.

When vessels

1702. (1) At navy yards where vessels are being built, or fitted out for first commission, the heads of the departments of equip- are being built ment, ordnance, steam engineering, and supplies and accounts shall or fitted out. furnish the commandant of the yard as soon as practicable after the first of each month with a list of the actual finished weights of all articles, including machinery and appurtenances thereto, battery or ammunition, spare machinery, tools, outfit, stores, or other articles of any kind that are under the cognizance of their respective bureaus, that have been placed during the preceding month on board each vessel under construction, together with the total amount of such weight up to date. Copies of the above reports shall be furnished the head of the department of construction and repair and he shall prepare from them a general monthly report giving the total amount of weight placed on board the vessel during the month, and the total amount up to date.

(2) In the case of extensive repairs to the hull, machinery, or armament of a naval vessel, monthly reports of weights removed and added shall be made in a similar manner to that directed above for vessels under construction, and the naval constructor shall prepare a monthly summary of all weights of every kind added or removed, for transmission to the Bureau of Construction and Repair.

1703. Pay rolls of civil employees shall be prepared under the direction of the head of department, to be examined and approved

Pay rolls.

Definition.

Senior engineer officer.

Steam gener

ators.

Steam machinery afloat.

Vessels to be laid up. Supervision of

chinery of ships in commission.

by him, and certified to by the chief clerk. They shall be sent to the commandant for approval, and by him transmitted to the pay officer.

SECTION 4.-ENGINEER OFFICERS.

1704. The engineering duties of a navy yard or station shall be performed by officers of the line detailed therefor, and during such detail they shall be known as the engineer officers of the yard.

1705. (1) The senior engineer officer of a navy yard shall be in charge of the department of steam engineering and shall, under the direction of the commandant, superintend the construction and repair of the steam and other machinery pertaining to that depart

ment.

(2) He shall inspect quarterly all steam generators at the station and report to the commandant their condition and the steam pressure to which they may safely be subjected, and he shall make at all times such suggestions as, in his opinion, will add to their safety and efficiency. When changes or repairs to a generator are recommended by him, the commandant shall forward his recommendations to the bureau to which such generator belongs.

(3) He shall, under the direction of the commandant, have charge of and be responsible for the condition and preservation of all steam machinery, boilers, and appurtenances under cognizance of the Bureau of Steam Engineering afloat at the station, except of vessels in commission; and he shall exercise control over all persons employed in connection with such machinery in matters relating to its preservation and good order.

(4) When a ship is to be laid up, he shall take charge of her machinery at the time her senior engineer is detached.

1706. When a ship in commission is to be repaired, he shall repairs on ma- make requisition for the labor necessary, and before beginning any repairs shall confer with the commanding officer of the ship, who will afford him every facility for the prompt and economical execution of the work.

Reports.

General duties.

1707. (1) He shall prepare and sign all reports and accounts in his department that are required to be made by the commandant to the Navy Department or any of its bureaus.

(2) He shall submit to the commandant weekly a report of the engines and boilers that have been repaired and the condition of the work to date.

SECTION 5.-MEDICAL OFFICERS.

1708. (1) The senior medical officer and his assistants on duty at a navy yard shall give their professional attention to officers and Attendance on other persons belonging to the Navy and Marine Corps who are on officers' families. duty at the yard; and to all families residing within the limits of such yard or station.

Employees in

work.

(2) When wounds or injuries are received by mechanics or laborjured while at ers while at work in the yard, the medical officer shall supply whatever may be necessary in rendering professional assistance. Such cases, if serious, shall be recorded and indexed in a book provided for that purpose, and if the injuries were received in the line of duty the case shall be reported to the commandant.

Daily sick report.

(3) The senior medical officer shall make a daily report to the commandant of all persons in the naval service attached to the yard

who should be excused from duty on account of sickness, and shall furnish to the commanding officer of marines a copy of so much of said report as pertains to the marines.

(4) He shall examine recruits who may offer to enlist in the To examine reMarine Corps at the yard, and all candidates for appointment in cruits and candithe Navy who may present themselves under proper authority.

dates.

(5) Medical officers shall examine all applicants for pensions Applicants for under the provisions of sections 4756 and 4757 of the Revised Stat- pensions. utes and give the required certificate on the blanks issued by the Department.

Junior medical

1709. Passed assistant and assistant surgeons attached to a navy yard or other shore station shall be guided by the regulations pre- officers at shore scribed for medical officers of the same grade when at sea.

SECTION 6.-PAY OFFICERS.

stations.

Duties.

1710. (1) The pay officer of a shore station shall pay all officers and enlisted persons attached to it and to the vessels in ordinary, and, if so ordered, those belonging to receiving ships; also such officers as have their accounts transferred to the station for pay. (2) He shall pay all mechanics and laborers employed at the Pay of mechanstation, upon certified pay rolls approved by the commandant, after ics and laborers. he shall have satisfied himself of their correctness.

(3) The duties of general storekeepers and purchasing pay officers are laid down in Chapters XXVI to XXX, inclusive.

SECTION 7.-NAVAL CONSTRUCTORS.

1711. (1) The naval constructor at a navy yard shall have general superintendence and charge of the construction and repair of all ships. He shall conform to the instructions he may receive from the commandant for such construction and repair, being furnished with copies of orders and contracts relating thereto. If, in the course of the repair of any vessel, defects should be discovered that were not previously known, which will be likely to increase the expense or delay the work, he shall immediately report the same to the commandant for further instructions, suggesting such modifications as will be likely to diminish the expense or increase the utility of the work.

Storekeepers and purchasing agents.

General duties.

Suggestions to

(2) He shall make to the commandant such suggestions in the line of his profession as he may consider for the interest of the commandant. service.

Vessels in ordi

(3) He shall cause to be thoroughly examined, at least twice a month, all ships in ordinary or upon which work may have been nary. suspended, to see that they are careful y guarded against deterioration or decay in all matters under the cognizance of the Bureau of Construction and Repair, and shall report the results of such examination to the captain of the yard, with his recommendations in the premises.

(4) He shall be responsible for waste and improper use of material by those under his general superintendence.

Responsibility for waste of material.

Checks on ex

(5) He shall use all possible care to prevent the use or conversion of any material, until such account is taken of it as will secure a penditure of macorrect expenditure.

terial.

1712. (1) He shall prepare and sign all reports and accounts in his department that are required to be made by the commandant to the Navy Department or any of its bureaus.

Reports.

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General duties.

Responsibility.

(2) He shall submit weekly to the commandant a report of vessels building or repairing, on which work has been done, giving the condition of the work to date.

SECTION 8.-CIVIL ENGINEER.

1713. (1) The civil engineer attached to a navy yard shall be regarded as an assistant of the captain of the yard in all duties pertaining to the Bureau of Yards and Docks, except as hereinafter specified. All correspondence of the civil engineer with the commandant shall go through the captain of the yard.

(2) He shall have control of all civil engineering work, including such repairs and improvements as would ordinarily require the services of a civil engineer, and shall be held responsible for the proper performance of the same.

Preparation of (3) He shall make the plans, drawings, and estimates for all such plans and esti- projected improvements, repairs, and other technical works in the line of his profession at the yard.

mates.

Schedules of materials.

Contract work.

Suggestions to commandant.

Reports and pay rolls.

Qualifications.

Contributions

poses.

(4) When directed to construct works for which estimates have been made, he shall prepare all necessary schedules of materials to be used in their construction.

(5) Should the Navy Department decide that any civil engineering work shall be done by contract, either wholly or in part, the civil engineer shall superintend the work, make estimates, as the work progresses, of the proportion completed, and certify and sign all bills, if the work is done in accordance with the terms of the contract.

(6) He shall make to the commandant such suggestions in the line of his profession and duty as he may consider for the interest of the service.

1714. (1) He shall have prepared and sign all reports of the work under his special charge.

(2) He shall have an exact account kept of all materials and labor expended upon each object under his control, from which shall be prepared a monthly report to the bureau of all expenditures. This report shall be accompanied by a written report of the progress made upon each object for which money has been appropriated. (3) He shall certify pay rolls of men under his control.

SECTION 9.-EMPLOYMENT OF LABOR AT NAVY YARDS. 1715. Labor shall be employed in the several navy yards by the proper officers in charge with reference to skill and efficiency, and without regard to other considerations. (Sec. 1544, R. S.)

1716. No officer or employee of the Government shall require or for political pur- request any workingman in any navy yard to contribute or pay any money for political purposes, nor shall any workingman be removed or discharged for political opinion; and any officer or employee of the Government who shall offend against the provisions of this section shall be dismissed from the service of the United States. (Sec. 1546, R. S.)

Honorably discharged men.

1717. Persons honorably discharged from the military or naval service by reason of disability resulting from wounds or sickness incurred in the line of duty, shall be preferred for appointments to civil offices, provided they are found to possess the business capacity necessary for the proper discharge of the duties of such offices. (Sec. 1754, R. S.)