It will be distributed by him quarterly to officers upon duty, on shore, who are entitled to receive a specified quantity per annum each officer to receive, at the same time, all that he is entitled to for the current quarter. Officers attached to vessels about to proceed on a cruise, shall be furnished in like manner, and at the same rate, with stationary for the whole cruise; such portion thereof as may remain, after deducting the quarterly allowance before specified, to pass to their successors in command, in case such officers shall die, resign, or be superseded; or to be returned to the quartermaster, in case the cruise shall terminate within a shorter period than that at first prescribed.

Each officer will be charged upon the books of the quartermaster with the stationary received by him, and credited with the quantity returned or transferred to his successor in command; all of which will be included in the accounts of the quartermaster with the United States.

The allowance of stationary will be as follows:

To the commandant of the corps, as much as may be necessary in the discharge of his public duties:

To the commanding officer of a post or detachment, twenty quires of paper per annum :

To the adjutant and inspector, paymaster and quartermaster, such blank books and blanks as may be prescribed by the commandant of the corps, and such other stationary as may be necessary in the performance of their duties, and sanctioned by the Secretary of the Navy.

All officers not enumerated above may, when on duty, be allowed six quires of paper per annum.

A proportion of other stationary will be allowed, at the rate of twenty-four quills, half an ounce of wafers, one paper of ink-powder, four ounces of sealing-wax, half a quire of cartridge-paper, and one piece of tape, to every six quires of writing paper.

The term stationary must be construed strictly to embrace such articles only as are above named.

The quartermaster will furnish such authorized stationary as may be necessary for the use of the courts martial, and courts of inquiry, convened by competent authority, on requisitions signed by the judge advocate, or recorder, as the case may be, and countersigned

by the president of the court. All stationary, not used by the court for which it was drawn, must be returned by the judge advocate, or recorder, to the quartermaster.

The books and other stationary necessary for military boards, ordered by the Secretary of the Navy, shall be furnished upon the same principles, and accounted for in the same manner, as for courts martial.

Incidental Allowances.

Per diem to judge advocates, (see section 21 of the act of March 16, 1802.)

Per diem to officers for travelling, and sitting on general courts martial, (see section 22 of the 2d March, 1802.)

Per diem to non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, employed on fortifications, in surveys, in cutting roads, and other constant labor, of not less than ten days, (see act of March 2, 1819.)

Officers are entitled to reimbursement for the postage actually paid by them for letters and packages on public service connected with their official duties, on producing satisfactory evidence of the amount paid, and certifying that the postage accrued on official letters.

CHAPTER III.

ACCOUNTABILITY OF CLOTHING, ARMS, ACCOUTREMENTS, AND OTHER STORES. ARTICLE 119.

1. Officers charged with clothing for posts, or guards of ships, may receive in advance, if for a post, one year's clothing; and if for the guard of a ship, a sufficiency for the length of the cruise.

2. On receiving clothing, arms, accoutrements, or other stores, it shall be the duty of the person to whom they are sent, within twenty-four hours after their receipt, to have them examined in the presence of one commissioned officer and two non-commissioned officers, in order that duplicate receipts may be forthwith transmitted to the individual who may have sent such clothing, arms, accoutrements, or other stores.

3. Accounts current will be kept by officers having charge of clothing, arms, or accoutrements, crediting the quartermaster's department with all articles received, and charging it with all issues made.

4. Every officer charged with clothing for a post, or guard, shall open, in a book to be kept exclusively for that purpose, an account against each individual of his command, wherein shall be charged all clothing issued, exhibiting the date of the issue, the name of the officer by whom it shall be made, and the articles issued.

5. Accounts will be kept of all issues. No extra issues of public clothing will be made on account of pay.

6. Officers will take duplicate receipts, upon receipt-rolls, (see Form No. 1,) for all issues of clothing made: one set to be transmitted as vouchers to his account current, the other to be retained in his own possession, until notified by the quartermaster of the settlement of his accounts.

7. Officers will be particular in stating, under the head of remarks, on the receipt-roll, the date of the death, desertion, or apprehension, of any individual to whom they have issued clothing during the quarter.

8. All regular issues will be made quarterly, and all receipt-rolls, accompanied by an account current, (see Form No. 2,) will be forwarded, at the end of each quarter of the year, to the quartermaster's office. Officers on sea-service, who may not have it in their power to transmit their accounts quarterly, will be expected to have them made out at the end of each quarter, and forward them whenever an opportunity occurs.

9. Officers shall not take upon themselves to issue to soldiers, gratuitously, any article to replace those lost by accident; the compensation of the soldier being deemed to look to, and cover all, the casualties of service...

10. Whenever marines are transferred, it shall be the duty of the officer niaking the transfer to furnish the officer or non-commissioned officer, under whose command they shall be placed, with a statement of their clothing accounts, showing the kind and number of each article which each individual has received; the account to be immediately entered into the clothing-book of the officer receiving them.

11. Whenever marines are transferred from a vessel, the officer commanding them will, at the same time, deliver to the officer to whom the transfer is to be made, or to the assistant quartermaster of the post, (if there be one,) all the public property he may have

remaining on hand; duplicate receipts for which will be obtained. So soon as the transfer is completed, the officer making it will transmit to the quartermaster's department his account current, up to the date, supported by proper vouchers, in order to a settlement of his accounts.

12. Officers are not to undertake to settle the clothing accounts of men to be discharged: the final settlement of such accounts will be made at the quartermaster's office.

13. Whenever a soldier is to be discharged from the service, the officer applying for his discharge will transmit to the quartermaster an account of all the clothing which appears charged against him on his books, stating particularly, in a separate entry, the kind and number of the articles embraced in the account, which have been issued since his last quarterly returns were transmitted to the department, (see Form No. 3;) and in case of the death or desertion of a soldier, the commanding officer of the post to which he may belong will forward a similar account to the quartermaster, without delay.

14. Officers commanding posts, or guards, will take charge of, and transmit to the quartermaster's office, through the proper channel, quarterly returns of all clothing left by deserters.

15. Whenever clothing or other stores shall become damaged, or unfit for issue, in the hands of an officer, a board, to be composed of three officers, when practicable, shall be instituted to examine and report thereon. The board shall confine its report to the actual condition of the supplies submitted to its inspection, and to the assessment of the amount of damages sustained, which shall be inserted in the report. The amount of damage will be charged to the officer in whose hands the supplies became damaged, unless he shall show, to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Navy, by the certificate of one or more commissioned officers, setting forth the circumstances of the case, that due care and attention were given to the preservation of such supplies, and that the damage did not result from his neglect.

16. Clothing and other stores thus condemned for damage, to which officers may be liable, shall be transmitted to the quartermaster of the corps; and should the officer transferring them consider the amount of damages assessed by the board more than actually sustained, he may require that the articles be immediately sold by the quartermaster, at public auction; in which case, he will be

charged with the difference between the original cost and the net. proceeds of the sale. In like manner, should the quartermaster consider the damage assessed as not sufficient, it shall be his duty to dispose of the articles in the same way, after giving reasonable notice of his intention to the officer concerned.

17. Officers relieving each other, in charge of clothing at posts or of guards, will reject all damaged clothing, or other supplies, until the articles have undergone the required survey. The officer in whose hands the damaged articles are formally detected, will be held accountable to the Government.

18. Officers will transmit to the quartermaster's office quarterly returns of all arms and accoutrements, received for their respective commands. They will issue the same to the soldiers under their command, which distribution will be entered in a book, kept for that purpose; the officer to hold the soldiers accountable for the arms and accoutrements so distributed.

19. In cases where arms and accoutrements are lost or damaged by neglect, whilst in possession of a soldier, the amount of the loss or damage will be reported, if serving on shore, to the quartermaster; if at sea, to the purser of the ship; in order that a proper stoppage may be made from the pay of the delinquent.

20. Officers, serving in the United States, are prohibited from making any purchases of clothing, arms, or accoutrements. Neither on foreign stations shall officers make such purchases, unless they become indispensably necessary for immediate use, and by the express sanction of the commander of the vessel and of the squadron, if time will permit; in which case, the quartermaster is to be informed, as early as practicable, of the articles purchased, and the circumstances which rendered their purchase necessary.

21. Should officers, charged with clothing, arms, or accoutrements, fail to render the prescribed returns therefor within twenty days after the expiration of a quarter, when they have had opportunities for so doing, a settlement shall be made of their accounts, and the value of the supplies with which they shall be charged will be reported to the proper officer of the Treasury.

22. All returns and vouchers, rendered to the quartermaster's office, will be accompanied by a letter of advice, and transmitted, under cover, to the Secretary of the Navy.