ARTICLE 71.

When marines are received on board, a vessel, they are to be entered separately on her books, by the purser, as a part of the complement, or as supernumeraries, as the case may require, and are to be, in all respects, upon the same footing as the seamen with regard to provisions and short allowance money.

ARTICLE 72.

The senior marine officer shall report daily in writing, to the commander of the vessel, the state of the marines who may be on board.

ARTICLE 73.

Marines may be furnished by the purser with slop clothing and small stores when the commanding marine officer shall certify that they require them, and the commander of the vessel grants his permission. The marine officer shall charge the amount of such supplies on the pay-rolls of the men, and settle with the purser. 1

ARTICLE 74.

善 42.093: 98 zit Marines are to be paid by the purser while they are on board vessels, upon pay-rolls duly certified by the commanding marine officer, and approved by the commander of the vessel; which payrolls, countersigned by the purser, shall be regularly transmitted, in the same manner as the pay-rolls for the rest of the crew, to the Secretary of the Navy, that the amount, if necessary, may be refunded to the appropriation for the pay of the navy.

ARTICLE 75.

Marines when sick or wounded on board vessels are to receive the same care and attention as the seamen, and when sent to sick quarters or hospitals, are to be in all respects under the same regulations. Their sick and clothing tickets are to be certified by the commanding marine officer,, and countersigned by the commander of the vessel.

ARTICLE 76.

No marine is to be discharged and entered as a seaman until his term of service as a marine shall have expired, without special authority from the Secretary of the Navy.

ARTICLE 77.

The uniform clothing of marines who may desert, or die on board vessels, or in hospitals, shall be preserved by the marine officer; and all other clothing and effects may be sold at auction, and the produce charged to the purchaser; and the marine officer will, by the first opportunity, transmit to the paymaster of the corps an inventory of the articles so sold, with the amount they produced, beyond what may be due for articles received from the vessel, signed by himself, and countersigned by the purser and the commander of the vessel, in order that such amount may be paid over to the hospital fund, or to his legal representative, as the case may require.

The commanding marine officer is to have charge of, and will be accountable for, the arms, accoutrements, and clothing belonging to the marines, and he will be careful to have the whole preserved in the best possible order. He will report any injury that may result to them from the neglect or misconduct of any person, that the amount may be recovered from him.

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ARTICLE 79.

The marine officer will be allowed the exclusive use of a store room, for the preservation of the clothing, accoutrements, and other articles belonging to the marines, when it can be conveniently granted.

ARTICLE 80.

When marines shall be detailed for guard duty, or employed as sentinels, they are to be considered as under the immediate direction of their own officers, who are to be responsible to the commanding officer of the ship, or the executive officer, and the officer of the watch, for their attention and good conduct, but all officers are required to report any misconduct or neglect of which marines, so employed, may be guilty.

ARTICLE 81.

Marines when not upon guard duty, nor employed as sentinels, are to be under the orders of the sea officers in the same manner as

any other portion of the ship's company, but they are not to be compelled to go aloft, nor punished for not showing an inclination to do so, although it is desirable that they shall receive every encouragement to acquire a knowledge of seamen's duty.

ARTICLE 82.

No sergeant or corporal is to be struck, except by sentence of a court martial, nor shall they be reduced to a lower rating, except by the order or approbation of the commander of the vessel.

ARTICLE 83.

No punishment shall be inflicted upon the marines without the order of the commander of the vessel.

The marines shall be exercised in the use of muskets and at t the cannon, when, in the opinion of the commanding officer of the vessel, it can be done with propriety..:

ARTICLE 85.

When there shall be two marine officers belonging to a vessel, they shall not both be absent at the same time, except on duty.

ARTICLE 86.

When marines shall be embarked in vessels where there is no commissioned officer, the clothing for the marines shall be in charge of the purser, who shall receipt for, and be accountable for the same, and for his risk and responsibility, he shall be entitled to receive, and be allowed in the settlement of his accounts, ten per cent. of the value of the clothing which he may issue to the marines, in conformity to the regulations for the supply of marine clothing....

ARTICLE 87.

Marines, sick or wounded, are to receive the same medical care and attention as seamen, and when it shall be necessary to send them out of the ship for cure, they are to be accompanied to the hospital by a proper officer, to see that they are conveyed with all the comfort that circumstances admit; while at the hospital, they are to be

in all respects under the same regulations as are established for the seamen. Sick tickets are to be sent with them similar to those sent with the seamen. The commanding marine officer will see that their bedding, clothing, and necessaries, properly labelled, are sent with them, an inventory of which is to be noted at the foot of the sick tickets, the same to be carefully preserved until the marines die, or run away, or be discharged. If discharged, they are to be delivered to their owners, and in cases of death or desertion, they are to be disposed of as dead men's effects are directed to be on board ship.

ARTICLE 88.

When a marine is returned to his ship from a hospital, the captain of the ship will direct the purser to charge against him the value of any clothing issued to him while at the hospital as reported by the superintendent, or by the hospital surgeon, who shall furnish an account thereof.

ARTICLE 89.

Whenever a marine is sent home from a foreign station, it shall be the duty of the purser to furnish him with a statement of his account duly approved, and also transmit a copy of the same to the paymaster of the marine corps; and when the marines are finally paid off, the purser shall transmit a copy of the pay-roll duly approved to the paymaster of the marine corps.

Arrests and punishments.

ARTICLE 90.

. Commissioned officers may be suspended from duty, and other persons belonging to the marine corps may be placed under guard, by any superior officer on duty in case of urgent necessity, but the officer who may thus order the suspension of an officer, or the confinement of others belonging to the marine corps, shall give immediate information to the commanding officer of the ship, station, navy yard, or post, to which the person suspended or confined may belong...

ARTICLE 91.

If the offence of any officer or other person shall, in the opinion of the commanding officer of the ship, navy yard, station, or post,

be deemed of sufficient importance for trial by court martial, he shall forward to the Secretary of the Navy, if the offence occurred in the United States, and to the commander of a squadron, if on a foreign station, through the proper channel, a statement of the offence, and the particulars connected therewith, in such detail, that charges and specifications may be properly prepared from it, with any explanatory statement which the party complained of may wish to offer, and a list of the witnesses which may be wanted by the Government or the accused.

ARTICLE 92.

If charges should be preferred, and a trial ordered, a copy of the charges and specifications are to be presented to the accused as early as practicable, and he is at the same time to be placed under arrest preparatory to trial.

ARTICLE 93.

Before a written statement shall have been forwarded to the person authorized to order a court martial, persons suspended or confined may be released by the officer ordering the suspension, or by superior authority, upon their responsibility for preserving discipline.

ARTICLE 94.

An officer cannot of right demand a trial either of himself or others. The officer, or authority competent to order a court, being the judge of the necessity or propriety. Nor has an officer who may have been placed in arrest any right to demand a trial, or to persist in considering himself under arrest, after he shall have been released by proper authority.

ARTICLE 95.

An officer under arrest will not wear a sword, or make a visit of etiquette to the commanding officer, or other superior officer, or call on them, unless sent for; and in case of business, he will make known his object in writing.