mand in pres 83. If a flag officer assumes command in the presence of another A flag officer flag officer his senior, the flag of the former shall not be saluted, but assuming comhe shall salute the flag of his senior, which salute shall be returned ence of another according to the scale prescribed in article 77. If a flag officer flag officer. assumes command in the presence of another flag officer his junior, then the salute provided for in article 78 shall be fired, and in addition he shall be saluted by the junior flag officer and by him only. This salute shall be returned according to the scale prescribed in article 77. A flag officer or re 84. (1) When a flag officer leaves or returns to his flagship, the marines shall be paraded and ruffles and flourishes given; he shall leaving his be accompanied to the gangway or received by the captain, the offi- turning to flagship. cer of the deck, the officers of his personal staff, and the junior officers of the watch. (See arts. 91 and 99.) (2) When a flag officer is about to leave his flagship officially during the day, a blue pennant shall be hoisted under his own flag, to indicate to the ships in company that guards are to be paraded; the pennant shall be hauled down when he shoves off. when 85. When a flag officer embarked in a ship or boat with his flag Saluting a flag flying, passes near a ship of war, a guard of marines shall be paraded officer in a conspicuous position, ruffles and flourishes given, and officers passing. and men present in sight shall salute. The same ceremonies shall be observed by a ship passing the flag of a flag officer. This rule is not to be observed while performing tactical evolutions. A flag officer 86. (1) If a flag officer is absent from his flagship at night with the intention of returning, his absence shall be indicated by four absent at night. lights displayed at the peak for an admiral, and three lights for a rear admiral. (2) All flagships when in port, or when at sea in company with Masthead light other ships, shall carry a light at the mizzen masthead from sunset for flagships. to sunrise. 87. When a flag officer assumes or relinquishes command of a naval station he shall receive the same honors, so far as practicable, as prescribed in articles 78 and 79. A flag officer assumes or relinquishes command of a naval station. Flag officer sa him. 88. When a ship of the Navy, other than a flagship, falls in with a flag officer afloat, he shall be saluted as provided in article 77, and luted by ships not again saluted by this ship during his command, unless on the falling in with occasion of promotion or a visit of inspection. If two or more ships in company fall in for the first time with a flag officer, other than the one under whom they are serving, only the senior of the ships in company shall salute. 89. If a fleet or squadron falls in with another fleet or squadron, Flag officers or if one flagship falls in with another, the flag officers in chief com- saluted when mand will exchange salutes; the junior fleet or squadron commander meeting. first saluting the senior, the number of guns fired to be in accordance with article 77. These salutes shall not be repeated by the same commanders unless one or the other is in the meantime promoted. 90. When a major general or brigadier general of the United States Army or Marine Corps visits officially a ship of the Navy he shall be received and saluted in the same manner as prescribed in article 81, except that the major general commanding the Army shall be saluted with fifteen guns and three ruffles and flourishes. Military officers visiting ships of the Navy. Officers to be 91. No officer of the Navy, except flag officers, commodores, or officers holding the rank of commodore, and no officer of the Army saluted. Commodore. A captain leaves or returns to his ship. A captain vis of the Navy. or Marine Corps, except those mentioned in article 90, shall be saluted with cannon. No officer in plain clothes shall be saluted with cannon or have a guard paraded in his honor. 92. The same ceremonies shall be observed in the case of a commodore commanding a naval station as in that of a flag officer, with the exceptions noted in article 77. 93. When the captain of a ship leaves or goes on board of the vessel under his command, he shall be attended at the side by the officer who in his absence succeeds to the command; if of or above the grade of lieutenant commander, a sergeant's guard of marines shall be paraded in his honor. 94. When any captain of a ship visits officially another ship of its another ship the Navy, he shall be attended at his reception and departure by the commanding officer, and, if of or above the grade of lieutenant commander, a sergeant's guard of marines shall be paraded in his honor. Field officers in 95. When an officer of the Army or Marine Corps commanding a command visit military post or station, of or above the grade of major and not ing ships of the above the grade of colonel, visits officially any ship of the Navy, he shall receive the same honors as prescribed in article 94. Navy. SECTION 4.-HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS IN GENERAL. Officer of the 96. The officer of the deck will attend at the gangway on the deck attends at arrival or departure of any commissioned officer or distinguished the gangway. Piping the side. Side boys. Side honors visitor. 97. (1) On the occasion of the official reception or departure of a civil, diplomatic, or consular official, or of any commissioned officer of the Navy, Army, or Marine Corps, the side shall be piped. The side shall not be piped for shore boats, but officers in them, if in uniform, may be so saluted on reaching or leaving the deck. (2) Piping the side for officers not wearing side arms, may, by order of the captain, be dispensed with, without distinction of rank or grade, on board of the ships to which they are attached. 98. Side boys shall attend at the side when the side is piped, as follows: (a) For officials saluted with fifteen or more guns, eight. (b) For officials saluted with eleven or thirteen guns, six. (c) For other officers of and above the rank of commander, and for officials entitled to corresponding honors, four. (d) For other commissioned officers of the Navy or Marine Corps, and officials entitled to corresponding honors, two. 99. All honors, except as prescribed in article 96 and such as dispensed with. Social courtesy may demand, shall be dispensed with at the reception or departure of all officers under the following circumstances: (a) When they are in plain clothes. Sentries to salute. Use of gangways. Salutes to the quarter-deck. Personal sa lutes to officers of (b) When the departure or reception takes place after sunset and before 8 a. m. (c) During the meal hours of the crew, for officers of the United States Navy or Marine Corps. 100. Between 8 a. m. and sunset, the sentries at the gangways shall salute all officers in uniform when going or coming over the side. All sentries on the upper decks, or in view from outside, shall salute all commissioned officers passing them close aboard, in boats, or otherwise. 101. The starboard gangway will be used by all commissioned officers and their visitors; the port gangway will be used by all other persons. If the construction of the ship or other circumstance makes a change in this rule expedient, the change may be made in the discretion of the captain. 102. Every officer or man, upon reaching the quarter-deck, or upon leaving it to go over the side, shall salute the national ensign. This salute shall be returned by the officers of the watch at hand. 103. Any officer or man, in uniform or not, when meeting, passthe Navy, Army, ing, or addressing, either ashore or afloat, his commanding officer, Marine or an officer his senior in rank, whether in uniform or not, shall salute him. An officer saluted shall return the salute. When several officers are together in uniform, the senior only shall return the salute. Personal salutes and other marks of respect due their rank, shall always be extended to officers of the Army and Marine Corps. and Corps. Form of salute. 104. (1) The salute for all officers and men, when not under arms, whether in uniform or not, should be made with the hand farthest away, or with the disengaged hand, and should be rendered at six paces before passing, unless the nearest point reached be greater than six paces and not more than thirty paces, in which case salute at the point of passing. (2) The salute shall be as follows: (a) Raise the hand quickly until the forefinger touches the lower part of the headdress above the eye; thumb and fingers extended and joined; palm toward the face; forearm inclined at about 45 degrees; hand and wrist straight; glance toward the person saluted. (b) The salute being returned, or the officer passed, drop the hand quickly to the side. (3) When no headdress is worn, the salute shall consist in standing at attention and facing the officer saluted. 105. When any member of the crew is seated and not at work, Salutes by the he shall rise upon the approach of an officer and salute him. If crew on shipthe officer remains in the vicinity some time, the salute need not be board. repeated. Men actually engaged in work are not required to cease working and salute upon the approach of an officer unless addressed by him. Lights at the After gangway. 106. The side shall be sufficiently lighted to enable officers to go on board or take their departure without inconvenience. tattoo all lights but one, except in the case of the reception or departure of a foreign officer, may be dispensed with. Answering 107. (1) Except where there is a special countersign, boats shall vary their answer to a ship's hail, according to the senior officer "the hail." who may be in the boat, as follows: (a) Flag officer: "Flag." (b) Chief of Staff, if not in command: "Fleet." (c) Captain: The name of the ship under his command. (d) Other commissioned officers: "Aye, aye. (e) Other officers: "No, no. (f) Enlisted men and marines: "Hello." (g) Boats not intending to go alongside will answer: "Passing.' (2) Steamboats approaching a ship, when a flag or pennant is not displayed in the bow, shall sound the steam whistle as follows: Three short blasts for commanding officers or chief of staff; One short blast for all others. Salutes when 108. (1) Salutes shall be exchanged between boats meeting or passing each other, as by the annexed table. No junior will pass a in boats. senior without permission. (2) The junior will always salute first, and the senior will return the salute with the hand. (3) Officers of the Army and foreign officers in boats, shall always be saluted when recognized. (4) Officers in uniform, but without flag or pennant flying, or when in civilian's clothes, shall be saluted with the hand only. (5) Coxswains in charge of boats shall always rise and salute when officers enter or leave their boats. (6) Boat keepers and all other men in boats not underway, and not containing an officer shall, when boat awnings are not spread, stand and salute when an officer comes along side, leaves the side, or passes near them, and shall remain standing until the boat passes or reaches the ship's side. If boat awnings are spread, they shall salute with the hand without rising. (7) Men working on the ship's side do not salute, but continue their work. |