13.

at the main, when

Any officer commanding a vessel of the Navy, except one on board which Narrow pennant a flag, broad pennant, divisional, or senior officer's mark may be worn, worn. shall wear a narrow pennant at the main.

14.

Senior officer's

When two or more vessels of the Navy are present where there is no Admiral's flag or Commodore's broad pennant displayed, the senior officer pennant. present will hoist the prescribed senior officer's pennant at the mizzen.

15.

Flag and pen

All officers in command, of and above the grade of Lieutenant-Commander, may wear on a staff at the bow of the boat in which they may be embarked nants in boats. a flag or pennant of the same character as that which they are entitled to wear at the mast-head of their respective vessels; but no divisional flag shall be worn in the bow of a boat.

16.

Divisional com

Divisional Commanders are not to wear their distinguishing marks when acting singly or separated from the squadron and station to which they be- mander, long.

17.

distin

guishing marks.

To distinguish officers in boats, Commanding Officers of fleets, squadrons, To distinguish or divisions will carry the distinguishing marks of their rank on the bow of officers in boats. their barges.

Captains shall wear a gilt ball on the end of their boat-staffs, and Commanders a gilt star.

These distinguishing marks will be allowed to no other grades.

18.

Pennant of Com

A Commodore, chief of staff, may wear a broad pennant in his boat. When a Commodore senior to himself is present, he will wear the red or modore as chief of white, as may be.

19.

A Captain or Commander, chief of staff, will wear in the bow of his boat the pennant and symbol appropriate to his grade.

20.

In port a morning and evening gun will be fired from the vessel of the senior flag-officer. The morning-gun will be fired at daybreak when within the United States; when on foreign service, as the Commander-in-Chief may direct; the evening-gun will be fired at 9 o'clock.

21.

From the vessels of all other than that of the senior Flag Officer present, muskets only will be fired.

22.

staff in boat.

Pennant of Captain or Commander, chief of staff.

Reveille and tattoo.

Muskets to be fired.

The reveille will be beaten immediately after the morning-gun, and the tattoo Reveille, tattoo, for a quarter of an hour previous to firing the evening-gun.

SECTION VIII.-Uniform.

(See Uniform Regulations for the Navy of the United States, No. 3, Appendix.)

1.

morning and evening gun.

All to conform

tions.

All persons belonging to the Navy will strictly conform to such regulations for uniform as may be published from time to time by order of the Navy toUniform RegulaDepartment; every person belonging to the Navy is strictly forbidden to wear any dress or decoration other than that to which his grade entitles him.

2.

Full-dress, when

worn.

Uniforms for of

Officers will wear full-dress or undress uniform, as may be directed, on making special official visits to the President, Secretary of the Navy, or to foreign authorities, and vessels of war.

3.

Officers serving on courts-martial, courts of inquiry, boards of examinaficers on court- tion, or special boards, or when attending as witnesses or otherwise before martials or boards. courts-martial or courts of inquiry, will wear service-dress uniform, without swords, unless otherwise specially directed.

Social intercourse.

Uniform

not

4.

Officers in their social intercourse (upon occasions requiring them to appear in evening dress) may wear a body coat made according to the prescribed regulations.

5.

Officers may dispense with wearing their uniform while on duty in the worn at Navy De- Navy Department, at the Observatory, Hydrographic Office, or on Light-house duty.

partment, &c.

Undress uni

orm.

6.

Service-dress uniform shall be worn by all officers when attached to any vessel of the Navy or Coast-Survey, to any navy-yard or station, or to any hospital or other naval establishment, for duty, unless when absent on leave, within the United States.

7.

Swords.

Officers on furlough.

Officers suspended from duty.

Swords are always to be worn at quarters and on leaving a vessel, navyyard, or station on military duty.

8.

Officers on furlough will not wear their uniform, except on occasions of special ceremony, and officers are prohibited from wearing any part of their uniform while suspended from duty by sentence of a court-martial. 9.

Chaplains per- Chaplains, when performing divine service, may wear either the vestments forming divine of the church to which they belong or their uniform as prescribed in the

Officer on foreign stations.

Uniform and citizen's dress.

General muster

uniforms.

10.

On all occasions of ceremony or duty, abroad or in the United States, when a Commanding Officer may deem it necessary to order the attendance of the officers under his command, he will prescribe the particular dress to be worn.

11.

Officers attached to vessels in foreign ports will not visit the shore without being in uniform, except by special permission of their Commanding Officer.

12.

Officers are forbidden to wear any part of their uniform with citizen's dress. 13.

Before a vessel proceeds to sea there will be a general muster for the purfor inspection of pose of ascertaining whether the officers and crew are provided with the uniform, full and undress, as prescribed by the regulations, and the Com manding Officer of the vessel will see that all deficiencies are supplied.

14.

White caps of the regulation pattern or white linen cap covers will be worn by officers and crew in hot weather, when so ordered by the Commanding Officer of the vessel or station.

15.

White caps.

White trousers,

The senior officer present will direct whether blue or white trousers are to be worn, as also, when several vessels are together, the uniform of their daily dress. crews for the day.

16.

With epaulettes the cocked hat and sword will always be worn, and the To be worn with coat is to be fully buttoned. No gloves other than white are to be permitted epaulettes.

with uniform.

In official mourning officers are to wear black crape around the left arm, above the elbow, and crape on the sword-hilt.

SECTION IX.-- Medals of honor.

1.

Mourning.

Medals to sea

An act of Congress, approved May 17, 1864, directs that seamen distinguishing themselves in battle, or by extraordinary heroism in the line of their men. profession, may be promoted to forward warrant-officers or acting master's mates, as they may be best qualified, upon the recommendation of their Commanding Officer, approved by the Flag Officer and the Department; and that, upon such promotion, they shall receive a gratuity of one hundred dollars and a 66 Medal of Honor."

2.

In all cases of selections, as above authorized, Commanding Officers are to Commanding Ofcommunicate the names of the individuals without delay, in order that the De. ficers to report. partment may take prompt action with regard to them; and if the selection involve promotion, as contemplated by the act of Congress just mentioned, those officers are to be particular in stating whether it should be to that of a forward warrant-officer, or to that of an acting master's mate, together with their reasons therefor.

CHAPTER V.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR OFFICERS, AFLOAT.

SECTION I.-Commanders-in-Chief.

1.

Commanders-in

The title "Commander-in-Chief" applies only to an officer in command of a fleet or squadron, on independent service, appointed as such by the Navy Chief. Department.

2.

Honors and pre

The Commander-in-Chief of a fleet or squadron shall possess the rights, honors, and prerogatives which pertain to his rank, from the date on which rogatives of. his flag is hoisted to the date of its being finally hauled down.

3.

When an officer is appointed Commander-in-Chief, he will nominate to the Department an officer, not below the grade of Captain, to serve as Chief-ofStaff, and such officers of lower grade as may be necessary, who, if allowed, will be borne as additional on the books of the flag-ship.

Chief of staff.

Other officers.

Time for which

4.

On assuming command, he will make known in a general order the officers who are to compose the general and personal staff.

5.

If the fleet or squadron is to be equipped under his direction, he will use every exertion to forward the work, and should deficiencies or defects be discovered in any vessel assigned to his command which may render her unfit for the service to be performed, he will represent them to the Secretary of the Navy.

6.

Before sailing for foreign service, and quarterly thereafter, he will notify supplied with pro- the proper bureaus of the length of time for which the fleet or squadron is supplied with provisions and stores.

visions.

Laws and regu ¡ations.

7.

While in a port of the United States, he will not allow any passengers to be received on board the vessels under his command without the authority, in writing, of the Secretary of the Navy.

8.

He is to satisfy himself that the laws and regulations of the Navy are maintained on board every vessel under his command, and also, that all the Special orders. special orders of the Secretary of the Navy, through the different bureaus of the Navy Department, are strictly observed.

Shifting flag.

9.

He may shift his flag to any vessel under his command, reporting to the Secretary of the Navy his reasons for so doing, and he may designate the Officer to com- officer to command the vessel to which he shifts his flag, provided the change mand flag-ship. is to be permanent.

Exercises in port and at sea.

10.

He will see that the vessels under his command are frequently practiced in exercises in port and in performing maneuvers at sea; he will frequently Officers exercise exercise the officers in making night and day signals to insure accuracy, and signals. he will cause quarterly reports of all general exercises to be made in accordReports of gen- ance with the prescribed form, which, with his remarks, are to be forwarded to the Navy Department.

eral exercises.

11.

He will direct the course to be steered by the fleet or squadron when at

sea.

12.

Loading thebatteries.

Getting out of line.

Sailing and

He will direct whether the batteries shall be loaded on proceeding to sea.

13.

He will investigate, particularly, the circumstances under which any vessels may get out of line or separates from his company.

14.

He will make himself well acquainted with the sailing and steaming qualsteaming qualities. ities of the vessels under his command, and inform himself of the quantity of coal each vessel can carry, the amount used in average and in full steaming during twenty-four hours.

15.

When about to anchor in a roadstead, or off a coast, he will signalize to Anchoring. the vessels under his command the positions they are to take, how many anchors to let go, and how many fathoms of chain to veer.

16.

On arriving in a foreign port, he is, without delay, to put himself in com- Diplomatic vismunication with the Consular or Diplomatic Agent of the United States, pay- its in foreign ports. ing the first visit in person, if the rank of the official is above that of Chargé d'Affaires.

17.

and ceremonies.

He will inform himself, through the Minister or Consul of the United Information in States, of the salutes and ceremonies usually observed, and he will pay all regard to salutes proper respect to the civil and naval authorities of the place, making them the first visit, if the usual offer of civilities has been extended.

18.

relations

He will preserve, as far as possible, the most cordial relations with the Will preserve Ministers and Consuls of the United States on foreign stations, and will cordial

extend to them every official courtesy. He will duly consider such informa- with.

tion as they may give him relating to the interests of the United States, but he will not receive orders from them, and he will be responsible to the Secretary of the Navy, in the first place, for his acts.

19.

In the absence of a Consular or Diplomatic Functionary, he will send an In absence of a officer of his staff to call upon the local authorities to ascertain the custom Diplomatic Funcof the place as regards interchange of courtesies.

20.

tionary.

twenty-four hours.

When absent from his command in a foreign port for more than twenty-four When absent hours, his flag will be kept flying on board the flag-ship, if her Captain or the from his command Chief of Staff be next in rank to himself; otherwise it is to be hoisted, for the time being, on board the ship whose Commanding Officer is next in rank to himself.

21.

Punishment

ilized nation.

of

He will not inflict punishment upon the people of any civilized nation with whom the United States has treaties, for any violation, alleged or other people of any civwise, of such treaties or of international law; but in the absence of a Diplomatic Representative, he will enter into correspondence with the authorities of the nation, and will take the earliest opportunity to communicate all the information in his possession to the Navy Department.

22.

He will do his utmost on all occasions to protect the commerce of the United States.

23.

the fleet.

He will cause to be prepared such regulations as he deems necessary for the preservation of the health and of good order on board the vessels under Regulation for his command; forwarding copies of them to the Secretary of the Navy by the earliest opportunity.

24.

He will not retain officers or crews upon a foreign station longer than the limit of cruise, if it can possibly be avoided.

Retaining officers and crews after limit of cruise.