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He will report to the Bureau of Construction and Repair the time when he Will report to receives a vessel for repair; when the repairs are commenced, and the time Bureau of Conwhen her repairs are completed.

21.

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When a vessel in ordinary is to be equipped for service, the equipments Equipment shall be made under the direction of the Commanding Officer of the yard, vessels to be under conformable to general regulations, or to such orders as he may receive the direction of the from the Secretary of the Navy.

22.

Commandants of yards will post, for at least three months, in the most conspicuous place within the limits of their command, a copy of each general order and circular received.

23.

Commandant.

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A vessel ordered

When a vessel is to be laid up or put out of commission, the orders detaching the officers will not be delivered until the stores of the vessel have been out of commission. landed, her crew transferred or paid off, and the vessel ready to be turned over, and all regulations fully complied with.

24.

Commandants of navy-yards and stations will promptly report to the De- Report arrival partment the departure of vessels from, or their arrival within, the limits of and departure of their command, stating the destination or the quarter from which they come, and the name of the Commanding Officers.

25.

vessels.

Furnish inven

The Commander of a vessel, when she is first equipped, shall be furnished by the Commandant of the yard with inventories of all the articles belonging tory of stores. to the different departments.

26.

When ships are building or repairing at navy-yards, proper scuttles, man- Will see that holes, and limber-planks will be so arranged that easy access may be had to there is proper acthe spaces below the fire-room floor, the magazine-floor, chain-lockers, and cess to the bilges, and bilges thortank-floors, and floors of the forward and after holds; and previous to the oughly cleaned bestowage of any articles, chains, or magazine-stores, the Commandant will fore stowage. require those, and all other spaces where chips, shavings, or dirt can accumulate, to be thoroughly examined and carefully cleaned.

When ships are refitted for sea, with or without repairs, the same examination and cleaning out of chips and dirt will be made and reported.

The Captain of the yard, Naval Constructor, and Chief Engineer will be Board to report constituted a board to see that this order is faithfully complied with in all on cleanness of cases, and so reported by them to the Department, according to the following form:

We, the undersigned, certify that we have made the examinations required by the regulations, and find the U. S. S. thoroughly cleaned before

bilges, &c.

stowage.

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When ships are built or repaired outside of the navy-yards, it will be made a part of the contract that the above conditions are to be complied with.

Ships built, &c., outside the yard.

27.

Commanding Of.

When a vessel is stowed and equipped, he will furnish the officer who is ficer of a vessel to to command her with the drawings and plans required, and with lists of all stores and provisions which have been put on board in the respective departments, with their cost, and with the draught of water when the vessel is light and at other times.

be furnished with plans, &c.

Shipping-articles,

nished.

28.

Each vessel of the Navy shall be furnished, by the Commanding Officer of &c., to be fur- the navy-yard from which she departs on a cruise, with a sufficient number of printed copies of the prescribed shipping-articles, and with seventy-five printed forms of the descriptive list, for every two hundred men composing her crew.

In building or

29.

When he is directed to build, equip, or repair any vessel, or to construct repair, account to any building, or to make any improvement in the yard, he will direct an be opened against the building or account to be opened against such vessel, building, or improvement, debitvessel, &c. ing it with the number of days' work, and the cost of labor performed by each class of mechanics and laborers, and the quantity and cost of the different materials used, detailed reports of which are to be forwarded to the proper Bureau when the objects are completed.

If requisition is

not in store.

30.

When requisitions are made for articles which are not in store, he will made for articles direct the officer in charge of the department in which they are wanted to make requisitions for them upon the Bureau, in the case of open purchases, or upon the contractor when the required article is deliverable under contract, and will approve and forward them. All bills of open purchase will accompany the articles, which must be approved by the Commandant previous to their expenditure.

Bill-book.

Officers station

31.

He will have kept a bill-book, in which book all bills for articles which may be delivered in the yard are to be copied and be approved by him, keeping each appropriation and object distinct. He will keep marginal duplicates of all requisitions which he may approve.

32.

The Navy officers stationed in navy-yards are to have the charge of masted at yards to ing, rigging, stowing, arming, equipping, dismasting, mooring, and moving all vessels.

have charge, &c.

Time-clerks

lists.

33.

to He will direct the Constructor, Chief and Civil Engineers, to furnish the be furnished with time-clerks, daily, with lists of the distribution of the workmen employed under their superintendence; and the foremen not under the Constructor, Chief or Civil Engineer, will report in the same manner as to those employed under them.

Passes given by

34.

The head of each department at a navy-yard representing a Bureau will heads of Depart- be allowed, under the general instructions of the Commandant of the yard, to sign passes by which articles belonging to the Bureau represented by them may be passed out of the yard.

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He will impress upon mechanics and all others that it is the condition of to conform to reg- their employment that they conform to the established regulations of the

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lowed, excepting

He will not allow smoking in the yard, except in the officers' quarters, Smoking not altheir inclosures, and the quarters of the ordinary men.

37.

Gates closed at

He will cause the entering gates of the yard to be closed at sunset, and no visitors allowed after that time, unless to the officers attached to the yard, sunset. or to persons on board vessels alongside the yard.

38.

No alterations

sels or their equip

No alterations are to be made in the hull, the dimensions or arrangements of the masts, spars, boats, or other equipments of any vessel which may be to be made in vesordered for repair or equipment, without the previous sanction of the Department. ment; but if, in the opinion of the Commanding Officer of the yard, any change can be made to improve the qualities of a vessel, or increase the accommodatious of her crew, he will make reports to the proper Bureau, with the reasons for recommending the alterations, accompanied by an estimate of the probable increase of expense.

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When a vessel is transferred to the Commandant of a yard at the expi- A vessel transration of a cruise, he will have all the stores and outfits in the several depart- ferred at the expiration ments duly surveyed and delivered into the charge of the proper officers, cruise. using every precaution to prevent losses in the transfer from the ship to the store houses, and he will require all officers in charge of stores to superintend their removal.

SECTION III.-Captain of Navy-Yard.

1.

There shall be attached to each navy-yard a Captain of the yard, who Captain to be will be senior to all the other Line-Officers, and who, in the absence of the seniorLine-Officer Commandant, will act in his place.

next to Commandant.

2.

He shall have special charge

Of the police and the enforcement of police regulations.

Of all the fires and lights in the workshops, and, after working-hours, he will

satisfy himself that there is no danger of fire through the night.

Of keeping the walks and grounds clean and in good condition.

Of the berthing, moving, and mooring vessels, and of the fire and other

tugs.

3.

He will have charge of

exer

pertaining to other

He will exercise no authority and issue no orders, by virtue of his rank, He will over the heads of the other departments, relative to the business or pertain- cise no authority, ing to the special duty of such departments. Should, however, any matter &c., in business come under his notice which, in his judgment, may appear to be contrary to Departments. the regulations of the Navy, or adverse to the interests of the service, he will immediately communicate the fact to the Commandant.

4.

The Captain of a yard will also be the head of the Department of Equip- He will be the ment in the yard, and will discharge the duties of such position, in addition Equipment - Offito his duties as Captain of the yard.

5.

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The Captain of the yard will direct the fire-department, and he will fre- He will direct quently examine the engines and all apparatus for subduing fires, report at the fire depart once any deficiencies, and once a month, at least, in writing, their actual condition. The carpenter, or other proper person, will take charge of and

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keep in order the engines, hose, and fire-buckets, and will report toORY officer in command of the fire-department any deficiencies.

6.

Scrutiny of ar- He will cause to be scrutinized all articles and packages passing into or ticles coming into out of the yard; all which may be suspected are to be stopped and exand going out of amined, when, if found to be of an improper character, they are to be detained, a yard. and a report made to the Commandant.

Passes.

If absent.

Senior Aid.

He will have no direct control.

Journal to be kept.

Other Line-Offi

cers.

7.

Each morning, all passes presented at the gate during the preceding day will be delivered to the Captain of the yard for inspection and report.

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Should the Captain of a yard be absent, his duties will be performed by the Line-Officer next in rank.

SECTION IV.-Senior Aid to Commandant and other Line-Officers.

1.

There shall be attached to each navy-yard an officer, not above the rank of Commander, who shall be called Senior Aid to the Commandant, who will act as his principal aid in regard to the duties of the yard.

2.

He shall have no direct authority or control of the affairs of the yard by virtue of his own rank or position, but it will be his duty to convey to the heads of the departments of the yard such orders as the Commandant desires to transmit verbally; and it shall also be his duty to visit and observe all parts of the navy-yard and its establishments, and to make such reports as will enable the Commandant to be fully informed as to the harmonious working of the various parts of the station under his command.

3.

A regular journal will be kept under his direction, which he will sign daily and submit monthly to the Commandant for his approval. In it shall be entered the time when all officers report for duty at, or shall be detached from, the yard, when any vessel is received for repairs or put in commission, the number of mechanics and others employed, the arrival and departure of all vessels of war and of vessels with stores of any kind for the yard, the time when any vessel is taken into or removed from the dock, the state of the wind and weather, as well as the barometer and thermometer, and the other principal transactions of the yard.

4.

Other Line-Officers, of inferior rank, may be attached to the yards, as subordinate aids to the Commandant, for the purpose of assisting the Senior Aid, and for general experience and observation in the duties of their profession, but they, like the Senior Aid, will have no authority, except as aids and assistants to the Commandant, as above set forth.

SECTION V.-Officers in charge of stores.
1.

Responsibility of Officers in charge of stores will be responsible for their proper care and officers in charge expenditure in conformity with their instructions; and they will make the returns prescribed by the Bureaus under which they are serving.

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They will, under the direction of the Commanding Officer of the yard, Will have charge have charge of the keys of all store-houses and buildings containing arti- of keys. cles for which they are responsible. The keys must never be taken out of the yard, and when not in use must be kept in the designated place.

3.

Will make requi

Whenever directed by the Commanding Officer, they will make requisi tion upon the Bureau or contractors for all articles wanted, and present the sitions. same to him for his approval. Such requisitions must specify the appropriation and class, and, when practicable, the particular object for which the articles are required, and, if at open purchase, the estimated cost; separate requisitions must be made under each appropriation for which articles are wanted.

4.

Articles not to

until

They will not give a receipt for any articles delivered in the yard until furnished with an invoice or bill stating the particular articles, their cost, and be receipted for, the object or appropriation for which they were purchased; nor until the articles shall have been certified to be of proper quality by the inspecting officers, unless otherwise directed by a written order from the Commandant.

5.

under their appro

All articles which may be received into the yard for public service, or Articles to be which may be placed in their charge by the order of the Commandant, shall entered on books be immediately entered on their books under the respective appropriations priation. to which they belong.

6.

Articles not to

be delivered except under their

They shall not deliver articles for any other object or appropriation than that for which they were originally received, except by a written order of or upon a requisition approved by the Commandant, which order or requisition appropriation. they must preserve as the authority for such transfer.

7.

livered other than

They will issue no articles (timber, timber materials, and coal excepted) No articles exbut by the written order of, or upon requisitions duly approved by, the cept to be deCommandant. These requisitions or orders must specify the appropriation, on requisition apand the object for which the articles are wanted; and when they are to be proved by the drawn from an appropriation other than that for which they are wanted, it Commandant. must be distinctly stated on the face of the requisition. Requisitions for timber, timber materials, and coal can be made semi-monthly, to cover the quantities which may have been used, condemned, or transferred during the preceding half month.

8.

Articles deliver

commission.

They will deliver, articles to vessels in commission upon requisitions, when signed by the Commanding Officer of the vessel, approved by the senior offi- ed to vessels in cer present in command of such vessels and by the Commandant of the yard, and Chief of Bureau. Should a requisition be in excess of the allowance he will report it to the Commandant.

9.

They will take receipts upon the requisitions themselves for all articles delivered, and preserve them as vouchers, and also upon invoices prepared in triplicate, one of which they will leave for the use and government of the officer receipting for the same. They will give credit to the proper objects, and charge themselves on the books with all surplus stores that may have been required for any object and returned to them again as not wanted.

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