ÆäÀÌÁö À̹ÌÁö
PDF
ePub

18.

[ocr errors]

No officer out of uniform shall be saluted with guns or received with a marine guard.

19.

Officers not in uniform.

Officers not to

Officers of and below the rank of Captain are not to be saluted, and will not be received with a marine guard, except when in actual command afloat. be saluted,

SECTION IV.-Salutes generally-Navy official courtesy.

1.

No salute is ever to exceed twenty-one guns; all salutes must be fired be- Salutes genertween sunrise and sunset, and the national colors must always be displayed ally.

at the time. On the occasion of a visit by any person entitled to one salute, such salute shall be fired on his leaving a vessel, or on his arrival at a navy. yard or station.

2.

Salutes on Sun

If a vessel on Sunday join a Commanding Officer who is entitled to a salute, it is not to be fired until the following morning, immediately after hoist- day. ing the colors.

3.

Forts, castles, or cities of the United States are not to be saluted by any vessel of war of the United States.

4.

Vessels mounting less than ten guns shall not fire a salute that may require the reloading of the guns, unless it may be necessary to fire a return salute, in order to avoid giving offense to a foreign nation, or to foreign official personages. No surveying vessel, store-ship, or transport is to fire or return a salute.

5.

Forts and cities not to be.

Vessels less than ten guns.

Salute flag but

A vessel mounting ten or more guns, ordered to join a fleet or squadron, shall, on meeting the Commander-in-Chief, salute his flag, and shall not once. again salute it while under his command, except he shall make a visit of inspection to such vessel.

6.

When fleets, squadrons, or divisions meet, none but the officers command- Fleets, &c., ing them are to salute.

7.

meeting.

No salute shall be fired in the presence of a senior without his permission, Permission of except it be one to such senior.

8.

senior.

In saluting any personage, whether civil, naval, or military, the ensign Personal salutes. of his nation is not to be exhibited, if its display will involve a return of the salute. Such salutes shall be regarded as personal, and their return shall not be expected. The same functionary shall not be saluted by the same vessel, at the same place, oftener than once in twelve months, except when it may be necessary in cases of foreign officials, or of naval or military officers who may have been advanced in rank.

9

Vessels of the United States shall salute flag-ships of other nations in amity Foreign

flag

with us, on meeting them at sea, in our own or in foreign ports, when com- ships gun for gun. manded by an officer superior in rank to the officer of the United States, on

being assured of receiving gun for gun in return.

10.

Navy-yards to Commandants of navy-yards, or of a naval station, will return national return certain sa- salutes fired by foreign vessels of war, if there is neither ship nor fort to answer them.

lutes.

Foreigh officers visiting.

Officers embark

ing for passage.

Salutes to for

11.

When naval, military, or civil officers of a foreign nation visit a vessel of the Navy, or a navy-yard, or naval station, they shall be received with the salutes and honors herein provided for persons of similar rank in the service of the United States.

12.

Whenever any person for whom a salute has been provided in the preceding articles shall embark on board a vessel of the Navy for passage, he shall be entitled to the same salute as if he were visiting such vessel, and also to the same salute on disembarking.

13.

Should it occur that any foreign official of high rank or distinction, whose eign officials not reception has not been provided for in the foregoing paragraphs, should visit any vessel or naval station of the United States, he may be received with the salutes and honors assigned to him by his own country.

provided for.

Honors to be first

the port.

14.

Vessels of the Navy are not to salute any functionary of the United States paid to the flag of in a foreign port, until the proper honors have been paid to the flag of the nation to which the port belongs, unless such honors have been declined. The sails shall be furled, and hammocks or clothes, if up, piped down whenever a salute is fired.

Arrival in foreign port.

ping.

15.

On the arrival of a vessel of the United States in a foreign port, her Commander will inform himself as to the salutes and ceremonies usually observed between the authorities and ships of war, as provided for under head of Commanders-in-Chief, and will proceed accordingly.

16.

Saluting ship- In all salutes or return salutes to shipping, in addition to displaying the national flag of the flag officer saluted, the jib is to be hoisted at the first and hauled down at the last gun.

[blocks in formation]

17.

The Commander of a fleet or squadron, on arriving at a foreign port, is to call in person and pay the first visit to the diplomatic functionaries of the United States thereat, whose rank is of and above that of Chargé d'Affaires ; and the Commander of a vessel of the Navy, on so arriving, is to so call and first visit the functionaries of our Government thereat, whose rank is of and above that of Consul-General. The Commander of a fleet or squadron, on so arriving, is to send a suitable officer to visit the consular officer, and tender to him a passage to the flag-ship; and the Commander of a vessel of the Navy, on so arriving, is to send an officer, who is to visit the consular officer, and if he be of the rank of Consul-General, to inform him of the presence of the ship, and of the Commander's intention to visit him, unless the latter should find it convenient to make the visit at that time; if of lower rank than Consul-General, to offer him a passage to the ship.

18.

Whenever a vessel of the Navy of the United States enters a foreign port, she will, after saluting the national flag of that port, and after the usual civilities have been extended by the naval vessels of other nations anchored in

the port, salute the distinctive flags of such vessels if of superior or equal rank with that borne by the vessel of the United States, commencing with that of the nationality of the port visited, if such be flying, and continuing with other nationalities according to the rank of their distinctive flags, displaying the national flag of the flag-officer saluted at the fore.

19.

To board ships

In all cases the senior officer of the United States already in port, without regard to his rank, will always send promptly a suitable officer to offer ci- and offer civilities. vilities to a vessel of war recently arrived. Should the officer last arrived be Order of visits of the same grade or inferior in grade to the one already in port, the first and salutes. visit is to be made by the one last arrived, but the salute, in accordance with his rank, is to be extended by the one first in the port. if the last arrived is of equal or superior grade, and if of superior grade the first visit is to be paid by the inferior.

20.

Arrival of a for

eign vessel in a

When a foreign vessel of war of a nation in amity with the United States arrives in a port of the United States, or in a foreign port where one or more port of United vessels of the United States are anchored, the senior officer in command States or a foreign will send an officer without delay to make the usual offer of civilities and port where there are United States. assistance; and should the distinctive flag of the vessel arrived be superior vessels. to that worn by the senior officer of the United States present, it shall be saluted in accordance with its rank after the national salute has been made by the vessel arriving and has been returned.

21.

In all ports where there are naval stations, after the customary civilities Commanding Officer to call on the have been offered by the Commanding Officer of the station to a vessel of commandant of the United States arriving in the port, the Commanding Officer shall send a the shore station. suitable officer to acknowledge such civilities, and request that the time be specified for his reception by the Commanding Officer of the station.

22.

The Commanding Officer of a naval station, after the usual offer of civili- Commanding Ofties, is always to receive the first visit, without regard to rank.

23.

ficer of a naval station.

No vessel of the Navy is to lower her sails or dip her colors to any vessel, Lowering sails unless in return for such compliment paid to them.

24.

Cheers shall never be given as a compliment to any officer, on joining a vessel, while attached to her, or on being detached from her.

25.

When a guard of Marines is not paraded, the side may be tended for an Admiral or Vice-Admiral, by the Boatswain with eight side-boys; for a RearAdmiral or Commodore, by the Boatswain with six side-boys; for a Captain, Commander, junior officers, and those of the Staff Corps relatively ranking with them, as prescribed in the following paragraphs:

and dipping colors.

Cheers.

Side may be tended by boatswain, &c.

Commander of

When the Commander of a vessel of war, below the rank of Commodore, shall leave such vessel, he shall be accompanied to the gangway by the Line vessel on leaving Officer next in rank to himself, and by the officers of the watch. The Boat- the vessel. swain with four side-boys may attend the side for Captains and Commanders;

a Boatswain's Mate with two side-boys for Commanding Officers of lower grades. The same observances may take place on the return of such Commanding Officers. If absent at night with the intention of returning, one light shall be hoisted at the peak.

Absent at night.

Commanding Of

27.

When Commanding Officers visit or depart from vessels of the Navy, they ficers visiting or shall be received at the gangway on arriving, and be accompanied there on departing.

Captains and

leaving, by the Commander of the vessel. The Boatswain with four sideboys may attend the side for Captains and Commanders and for all Officers ranking with them, a Boatswain's Mate with two side-boys for Commanding Officers of lower grades.

28.

Captains and Commanders, when in command afloat, on occasions requircommanders in ing full-dress uniform, may be received with a Sergeant's guard of Marines.

full dress.

Reception of of

ficers.

Officers of Army

29.

The Officer of the Deck will receive at the gangway on arrival, and attend there on the departure, of all Commissioned Officers. Warrant Officers will receive and attend Warrant Officers. A Boatswain's Mate and two sideboys may attend the side for all Commissioned Officers other than Captains and Commanders. Two side-boys may attend the side for all Warrant Officers.

30.

Officers of the Army or Marine Corps, on visiting a vessel of the Navy, a and Marine Corps. navy-yard, or naval station, shall be received agreeably to their relative rank with Officers of the Navy.

Salutes from boats.

31.

Officers in boats not laden, nor engaged in towing, are, on meeting or passing other boats, to observe the following ceremonies, as marks of respect, according as they may be under oars or sail; and the officers to whom the salutes are made are to be careful to acknowledge them promptly by raising their caps: To a boat with the flag of an Admiral, Vice-Admiral, or RearAdmiral, or the broad pennant of a Commodore, boats with a narrow pennant and those containing Staff Officers of the relative rank of Commanding Officers are to lie on their oars, or let fly their sheets; and boats without any pennants are to toss their oars, or lower their sails. In both cases officers in them are to salute by raising their caps. In the case of two boats meeting or passing, each with the same insignia of a Commanding Officer, the junior officer in rank or seniority is first to salute the other by raising his cap. Officers in boats, meeting or passing their own immediate Commander in a boat with his pennant flying, are to salute him by lying on their oars, or letting fly their sheets, and raising their caps; and, in passing each other, the salute of raising the cap is always to be mutually made, but first by the junior in rank or seniority. All officers inferior in grade to the Commanding Officer of another vessel than the one to which they belong, are, on passing him in a boat with his pennant flying, to lie on their oars, or let fly their sheets, and raise their caps. Cockswains steering boats are, whenever Commissioned Officers are saluted, to stand up and raise their caps; and whenever Warrant Officers are saluted, they are to raise their caps only. The Officer and Cockswain of loaded boats, or of boats engaged in towing, shall salute a boat with the flag of an Admiral, Vice-Admiral, or Rear-Admiral, or the broad pennant of a Commodore, by standing and raising their caps. On passing boats with a narrow pennant, or with Commissioned Officers on board, the Cockswain shall stand, and both he and the officer shall raise their caps. Boats containing superiors of other grades shall be saluted as already provided for. When boats are rowing in the same direction, an inferior is not to pass his superior in grade, unless he be on urgent duty, or authorized by the superior. When boats are pursuing opposite directions, the rule of the road, to prevent fouling, is, that both should put their helms to port, circumstances permitting. When boats are approaching the same landing or vessel, an inferior is always to yield the way to a superior in grade. Boats about leaving the ship's side with inferiors are to give way in ample season to others approaching it with superiors.

32.

A sentinel at a gangway is to present arms to all officers coming on board Sentinel at gangor leaving the vessel, of and above the rank of Lieutenant Commander, and way. to carry arms to all other Commissioned Officers; but neither this ceremony, nor that of piping the side, is to take place except during the hours when the colors are displayed. And, after tattoo, all side-lights but one may be dispensed with, except in the case of a visit or departure of a foreign officer. The side will only be piped during meal-hours, in case foreign officers of rank visit the ship.

33.

Side-lights.

Piping side during meal-hours.

Juniors passing

All juniors in passing a senior, whether he be of the line or staff, either afloat or on shore, in addressing him on duty, shall raise their caps, and seniors-salute. seniors are strictly enjoined to return such salutes in the same way. The fact that an officer is not on duty, nor in uniform, shall not be regarded as an excuse for any act of disrespect or omission of naval courtesy on the part of an officer toward a senior whose rank he knows. No personal feelings are to be allowed to interfere with official courtesy, or pleaded as an excuse for its neglect.

34.

Every officer, or man, on reaching the quarter-deck, either from a boat or Saluting quarterbelow, or on leaving it to go over the side, is to salute it by raising his cap, deck. and this is to be acknowledged in return, and in the same way, by all the officers of the watch at hand.

35.

All officers on going on shore, or on returning on board, will report to the Officer of the Deck.

36.

Reports on leaving and coming on ship.

Use of accom

On board vessels having an accommodation-ladder shipped at each gangway, the starboard gangway is to be reserved for the use of the Commis- modation-ladders. sioned Officers and their visitors; the port gangway for all others. When one accommodation-ladder only is shipped, it is to be used indiscriminately by all officers.

37.

Officers and men are not to omit, on any occasion, to extend to officers of the Army of the United States, and to all foreign officers, the courtesy and marks of respect due to their rank, when passing them in boats or meeting on shore.

38.

It will be the duty of all Commanding Officers receiving visits to return them within twenty-four hours.

39.

Courtesy to officers of Army and foreign officers.

Duty in regard

to returning visits.

Officers will be addressed solely by their titles as given in their commisAddressing offisions and stated in the Navy Register; those below the rank of Commander cers by their titles. of the line, being addressed by their title or as Mr.; and all officers of the staff will be addressed by their title or Mr., as may be.

SECTION V.-National anniversaries.

1.

On the Fourth day of July and the Twenty-second day of February, the National flag shall be displayed at the peak and at each mast-head, and the Union flag hoisted forward over the bowsprit cap from sunrise to sunset, on board of every vessel of the Navy in commission, not under way. At noon

Fourth of July.

« ÀÌÀü°è¼Ó »