3. He will, before the end of each fiscal year, submit to the Commandant a report of the vessels that have been built, repaired, and for which work has been done, giving the original estimate and the actual expenditure. 4. He will make such suggestions to the Commandant, in the line of his profession, as he may consider for the interest of the service. 5. Yearly report. Will make suggestions. Report of em He will inform the Commandant of the names and ratings of those necessary to employ in the various departments under his control, and will recom- ployés and— mend their respective wages; when the services of any are no longer required, he will report to the Commandant the persons that may be dispensed with, and he will report any irregularity, incompetence, neglect, or misconduct of persons under his direction. 6. &c. Daily returns of The inspection and measurement of all material used on work under his Measurement of charge, and the storage and preservation of the same, will be under his super- material, storage, vision. He will prevent the use or conversion of any material until such account is taken of it as will secure a correct expenditure, and he will cause daily returns to be made of all material which may have been used or converted, and to what object applied, in order that requisitions may be made material used. to cover the expenditure. He will have such records and registers of tim ber kept as will conform to the instructions of the Bureau. All condemned material will be expended as such, and be included in the semi-monthly requisitions accordingly, as if expended in any other manner. 7. Examination of He will examine and certify to the correctness of all bills for material and supplies for work under his charge; will examine and certify as to the cor- bills, pay-rolls, &c. rectness of the pay-roll for labor; will have made and sign all reports in his department that are required to be made by the Commandant of the yard to the Bureau of Construction and Repair, the Commandant causing him to be furnished with the costs and expenditures necessary for this purpose. 8. All requisitions for material or articles in his department are to be made Requisitions. by the foremen employed under his direction, and, when countersigned by him, are to be submitted for the approval of the Commandant. No material is to be used till it is duly inspected, approved, and received. 9. He will be responsible for all waste and improper use of material by those under his general superintendence. 10. Responsible for waste. Account of ma He will have an exact account kept of all material and labor expended on each and every object, and report to the Commandant semi-monthly the op- terial and labor, erations on the same, distinguishing the number and classes of the men employed and the kind and quantities of material used on each. 11. and report. Examination of He will carefully examine, at least once a month, all the vessels which may be on the stocks or in ordinary, to see that they are effectually guarded vessels. against change of form or decay, and make a written report to the Commandant. Will have charge of all medical stores. 12. Assistant Naval Constructor. The Assistant Naval Constructor will act under the supervision and direction of the Naval Constructor, and in the absence of the latter will perform his duties. SECTION X.-Medical Officers. The senior Medical Officer on duty at a navy-yard will have charge of all inedicines, medical stores, instruments, and other articles provided by the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery for use at the yard, for vessels fitting out, or received from vessels arriving. 2. Professional ser- He will give his professional attention to all officers and other persons vices to those on belonging to the Navy and Marine Corps who are on duty at the yard. duty. When Medical Officers are called upon to attend the families of officers their Regarding fami- services must be considered voluntary and at the discretion of the Medical Officer, excepting at stations where medical assistance cannot be readily procured. lies. Persons injured 3. When wounds or injuries are received by mechanics or laborers while at while at work in work in the yard, he will expend whatever may be necessary in rendering his professional assistance. yard. Report of sick. Examination of recruits. Officers admit 4. He will report daily to the Commandant the names of all persons attached to the yard who should be excused from duty on account of sickness, and he will furnish the officer in command of the Marine guard with the names of the marines who may be unfit for duty. 5. He will examine recruits who may offer to enlist in the Marine Corps at the yard, and all candidates for appointment in the Navy who may present themselves under proper authority. SECTION XI.-Naval Hospitals, and Medical Officers in charge of Hospitals. 1. When officers are admitted into a Naval Hospital they are entitled to reted to hospitals. main under treatment and to have all the advantages of such hospital until cured, unless in the case of chronic disorders, which, after a sufficient period, shall appear to the Medical Officer in charge as not susceptible of cure; in such cases he will make a report to the Commanding Officer of the station and request a medical survey thereon. If the survey recommends a continuance of treatment, the officer or officers surveyed will remain until a subsequent survey or surveys shall recommend a discharge. When a medical survey, duly approved, shall recommend the discharge of an officer, it shall be at the option of such officer, if disabled or decrepit, to be transferred to the Naval Asylum. A copy of all the papers in such cases will be forwarded by the Commanding Officer to the Secretary of the Navy. Sick, wounded, 2. The fact that an officer has been treated within a Naval Hospital for four or disabled officers months, or for a longer period, is not to be considered as a bar to his readmission to the same, or to any other hospital. Sick, wounded, or disabled officers are entitled to the benefits of naval medical and surgical attendance, entitled to naval medical attend ance. either within or without a naval hospital or asylum, so long as they remain sick, wounded, or disabled. 3. 155 An officer of the Navy, seaman, or marine admitted into a hospital for An officer to be treatment shall be charged for his maintenance the value of one ration per charged for maintenance per day, day, to be deducted from their pay and credited to the Naval Hospital the value of one Fund by the Pay Officer on whose books the account of the officer, seaman, ration. or marine is borne. 4. The Medical Officer in charge shall, when patients are left in a hospital, after the sailing of the vessel from which they were sent, as soon as any are in a situation to justify their removal, report to the Commanding Officer of the station, making a particular statement of the facts and circumstances connected with each case. 5. Patients from a vessel remaining in hospital after her sailing. Clothing, &c., If any clothing or other articles be furnished to men while in a hospital, a statement, with their cost, is to be made upon the back of the clothes-lists furnished to men while in hospital. which accompanied them, duly certified by the proper officer of the hospital. All regulations for a hospital must be submitted to the Secretary of the Navy. 6. Passed and other Assistant Surgeons attached to a navy-yard or hospital will be guided by the regulations prescribed for Medical Officers of the same grade attached to vessels for sea-service. SECTION XII.-Pay Officers attached to Navy-Yards, and Pay Officers in charge Passed and Assistant Surgeons at navy-yards and hospitals. of stores. enlisted persons, The Pay Officer of a navy-yard will pay all officers and enlisted persons To pay officers, attached to it, and to the vessels in ordinary, and, if so ordered, those belong, mechanics, and laing to receiving-vessels, and such officers as have their accounts transferred borers. to the station for pay. He will pay all mechanics and laborers employed under the direction of the Commandant, upon pay-rolls certified and approved, after he shall have satisfied himself of their correctness. 2. In paying the men, they are to be divided into convenient gangs, not Arrangement exceeding one hundred each, and conducted to the Pay Office by the foremen for paying; abor quartermen in the order of their names on the rolls. The names of absen- sentees, &c. tees will be called a second time after the gang has been paid, and all those who do not answer then, except in cases of sickness, shall not be paid until the next pay-day. The foremen or quartermen will be held responsible for the proper deportment of the men. 3. He shall make requisitions monthly, under the direction and with the Requisitions for approval of the Commandant, for the amount of money deemed necessary, money. such requisitions to be registered and certified to by the first clerk of the Commandant. 4. He will keep distinct accounts of moneys received and expended under different appropriations, and never apply them to any other objects than those for which they were drawn, except by special written authority from the Secretary of the Navy. Moneys under different appropri ations. 5. Statement of re He will forward to the Navy Department, every two weeks, a summary ceipts and expend-statement showing his receipts and expenditures, with the balances then on hand, under each head of appropriation; also, an estimate of the amount required, under each head, for the succeeding month. itures. Assistant Paymaster. Pay Officer in charge of stores. stores." 6. Wherever there is an Assistant Paymaster on duty as an assistant to the Pay Officer he will be considered in the place of a clerk or writer, and the clerical force will be reduced accordingly. 7. Pay Officers when in charge of stores in a navy-yard are to receive and inspect all stores offered, by authority, for delivery under contract, and pre pare for issue all such as strictly conform to the conditions of the contract and to the samples, where they have been provided; receive stores from ships returned from sea, and keep and issue them; but articles of clothing and small-stores which have been injured by use will not thus be received. 8. Definition of The term stores," as applicable to articles belonging to the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, is to be understood as meaning provisions, clothing, small-stores, candles, Paymaster's stationery and blanks, and Paymas ter's Yeoman's stores. То guard 9. They are to exercise a constant supervision over the stores in their custody, against deteriora- protect them against deterioration by every means in their power, and are not to issue clothing that does not conform to the uniform. They will be governed by the regulations for officers in charge of stores at navy-yards. tion of stores. Duties and ac spectors. SECTION XIII.—Inspectors at Navy-Yards and Naval Stations. 1. Inspectors will be held to a strict accountability for the reception of any countability of in- inferior articles. Under the direction of the appropriate Bureau, they will provide their offices with facilities for testing the purity and quality of all articles which are offered for reception; where more accurate determinations are required, the proper Bureau will authorize scientific analysis. Every Inspector will keep a book, which shall be an official register of his examinations of articles offered for delivery; it will contain the names of the contractors or vendors, the articles passed or rejected, with the dates of passage or rejection, and the daily indorsement of the Inspector. The rejected articles will be placed by themselves, and the Commandant will cause them to be removed from the yard within forty-eight hours, or report to the proper Bureau when such immediate removal is impracticable. On the last day of every month Inspectors will make an abstract report of all their transactions to the respective Bureaus. Every article of supply for the Navy must be thoroughly inspected before reception, and every officer charged with this duty will make out and forward his reports in accordance with these instructions. Requisition for stores. SECTION XIV.-Purchasing-Agents. 1. All requisitions for stores must be approved by the Commandant of the yard or station, and those for articles not under contract will be made upon the Purchasing-Agent, who will procure them, and be responsible that they are obtained at the lowest market-price and of the best quality, subject to inspection at the yard before being received. If articles are to be selected, the person to do so will call upon the Purchasing Agent for instructions, and when the articles are obtained the Commandant will satisfy himself of the correctness of the bills before approving them. This order will not apply to articles specially ordered by the Department or its Bureaus. Requisitions for stores contracted for will be made on the contractor directly. 2. Open purchases will not be made unless the requisition has the approval Open purchase of the proper Bureau. 3. requiresthe approval of a Bureau. pur sition for Whenever necessary to purchase articles contracted for in open market, Form of requi in consequence of the failure of the contractor to furnish them, the requisition will be made on the Purchasing-Agent, and will state upon its face: "There ket, a contractor is required to be purchased, in open market, for immediate use, to supply failing to furnish. deficiencies under the contract of," (here state the contractor's name,) the following articles, which must conform in quality "dated as near to the contract as practicable." The bills must be certified by the 4. dated He will procure all freight or transportation of articles not provided for by Procuring transthe Bureaus, on the requisitions of the Commandant of the yard or station, portation. and will be responsible for the efficient means as well as the proper rate of freight or transportation. When necessary to send drafts of men from one station to another, he will, upon the order of the Commandant, or senior officer present, furnish means of transportation. 5. He will certify on all bills for purchases, and for freight and transportation procured by him, that the prices are the lowest market-rates. 6. Will certify 10 prices. Attention to bills If he sends articles from one place to another, particular attention must be paid to make them deliverable by the charter-party, bill of lading, or other of lading, &c. agreement, at the precise place where they may be required, and a particular rate of freight be inserted. The number of lay-days and the amount of daily demurrage, after they shall have expired, must be explicitly stated in the charter-party and bill of lading. 7. Deposits to be Pay Officers at shore-stations will keep their deposits with the nearest assistant treasurer, except those stationed at Washington, who will keep kept at— their deposits with the Treasurer of the United States. 8. They shall have no private interest, directly or indirectly, in the supply Will have no of any article which they procure for the Navy. They will not give certifi- private interest in the supply of articates to persons with whom they have had dealings, or to inventors whose cles. works they may have examined. 9. They are to make no sale of articles, nor any purchases, nor incur any public expense without the sanction of the Commandant of the navy-yard or station, of the Navy Department, or of one of its Bureaus. |