ART. 477. The receiving vessel, when it is practicable and necessary, shall perform the duties of a guard vessel, and the men, when they are received, shall be employed in such manner upon seamen's duty, as the senior officer in command of the station may think proper, and they shall, when practicable, be exercised daily at the cannon and small arms. Great attention must be paid to their cleanliness and comfort.

ART. 478. The commander of the receiving vessel is to adopt all proper precautions to prevent desertion, and is not to allow any recruit to go on shore on liberty, without the consent of the senior officer upon the station.

ART. 479. The senior officer in command of the station will give the necessary instructions to the navy agent to procure vessels to transport such men as he may be directed to send to any other place, when he has no public vessel at his disposal for that purpose, and will send proper officers to take charge of them, informing the Secretary of the Navy of every draught so sent, and of their number, and the names of the officers. under whose charge they were placed.

ART. 480. Receiving vessels are to be in commission, and the officers who may be attached to them are to conform to the general regulations in the same manner as though attached to any other vessel, except as limited in this chapter, but service in a receiving vessel is not to be considered as "sea service" for promotion or appointment. Officers attached to them are, however, to be considered entitled to pay as though employed in a sloop of war at sea.

CHAPTER XXXII.

MARINES.

ART. 481. When a vessel is to be put in commission, the Secretary of the Navy will give the necessary instructions to have the proper number of officers and marines prepared to go on board.

ART. 482. The senior naval officer in command upon the station, having received instructions upon the subject, will direct the marines, with their proper officers, to repair on board whenever he shall think their services necessary.

ART. 483. When marines are so received on board a vessel, they are to be entered separately on her books, by the purser, as a part of the complement, or as supernumeraries, as the case may require, and are to be, in all respects, upon the same footing as the seamen with regard to provisions and short allowance money.

ART. 484. The senior marine officer shall report daily, in writing, to the commander of the vessel, the state of the marines who may be on board.

ART. 485. Marines may be furnished, by the purser, with slop clothing and small stores, when the commanding marine officer shall certify that they require them, and the commander of the vessel grants his permission. The marine officer shall stop the amount of such supplies from the pay rolls of the men, and settle with the purser.

ART. 486. Marines are to be paid by the purser, while they are on board vessels, upon pay rolls duly certified by the commanding marine officer, and approved by the commander of the vessel, which pay rolls, countersigned by the purser, shall be regularly transmitted, in the same manner as the pay rolls for the rest of the crew, to the Secretary of the Navy, that the amount may be refunded to the appropriation for the pay of the navy.

ART. 487. Marines when sick or wounded on board vessels, are to receive the same care and attention as the seamen, and, when sent to sick quarters or hospitals, are to be in all respects under the same regulations. Their sick and clothing tickets are to be certified by the commanding marine officer, and countersigned by the commander of the vessel.

ART. 488. No marine is to be discharged and entered as a seaman until his term of service as a marine shall have expired, without special authority from the Secretary of the Navy.

ART. 489. The uniform clothing of marines who may desert, or die on board vessels, or in hospitals, shall be preserved by the marine officer; and all other clothing and effects may be sold at auction, and the produce charged to the purchaser; and the marine officer will, by the first oppor tunity, transmit to the paymaster of the corps an inventory of the articles so sold, with the amount they produced, signed by himself, and countersigned by the purser and the commander of the vessel, in order that such amount may be paid over to the hospital fund, or to his legal representative, as the case may require.

ART. 490. The commanding marine officer is to have charge of, and will be accountable for, the arms, accoutrements, and clothing, belonging to the marines; and he will be careful to have the whole preserved in the best possible order. He will report any injury that may result to them from the neglect or misconduct of any person, that the amount may be recovered from him.

ART. 491. The marine officer will be allowed the exclusive use of a store room, for the preservation of the clothing, accoutrements, and other articles belonging to the marines, when it can be conveniently granted. ART. 492. When marines shall be detailed for guard duty, or em ployed as sentinels, they are to be considered as under the immediate direction of their own officers, who are to be responsible to the commanding officer, the executive officer, and the officer of the watch, for their attention and good conduct; but all officers are required to report any misconduct or neglect of which marines, so employed, may be guilty, and, in case of urgent necessity, may order them into immediate confine

ment.

ART. 493. Marines, when not upon guard duty, nor employed as sentinels, are to be under the orders of the sea officers in the same manner as any other portion of the ship's company, but they are not to be compelled to go aloft, nor punished for not showing an inclination to do so, although it is desirable that they shall receive every encouragement to acquire a knowledge of seamen's duty.

ART. 494. No sergeant or corporal is to be struck, except by sentence of a court martial, nor shall they be reduced to a lower rating, except by the order or approbation of the commander of the vessel.

ART. 495. No punishment shall be inflicted upon the marines, without the approbation of the commander of the vessel.

ART. 496. The marines shall be exercised in the use of muskets and at the cannon, when, in the opinion of the commanding officer of the vessel, it can be done with propriety.

ART. 497. When there shall be two marine officers belonging to a vessel, they shall not both be absent at the same time, except on duty.

ART. 498. Whenever any portion of the army or militia of the United States shall be embarked in any vessel of the navy as passengers, or to be transported from one place to another, no punishment shall be inflicted by order of any army or militia officer, without the knowledge and consent of the commander of the vessel.

CHAPTER XXXIII.

COMMANDANTS OF NAVY YARDS.

ART. 499. The commandant of a navy yard will be considered responsible for the due preservation of all buildings and stores contained therein, and of all vessels in ordinary, or repairing in the yard. Nothing, therefore, is to be done within the limits of his command, without his knowledge.

ART. 500. He will be considered responsible for the judicious application of all labor. Every person, therefore, who may be stationed at or employed within the limits of his command, is to be subject to his orders.

ART. 501. The commandant of the yard will cause the mechanics and others employed in the yard to be mustered conformably to the instructions which have been, or may be, given on the subject; and he will be particularly careful that none but effective men are employed, that no more are employed than is requisite, and that they are obtained upon the most favorable terms for the United States; and he must approve all pay rolls for labor, and all bills for supplies furnished, upon being satisfied of their correctness, before they can be paid.

ART. 502. The commandant of the yard shall see that all officers, and other persons in the yard, perform their duties in a proper manner, and that all reports and returns are made in the manner which may be directed by the Navy Department.

ART. 503. The commandant of the yard will see that the fire engines are at all times in proper order, and will be particularly careful to guard against accidents from fire. He will cause all lights and fires on board vessels under his control to be extinguished as early in the evening as is directed to be done on board of vessels in commission, and he will establish proper regulations to guard against accident from fire in the dwellings or other buildings within the yard.

ART. 504. In case of fire in the vicinity of the yard, the engines are to be prepared, and every precaution taken for the security of the public property. The engines and persons belonging to the yard are not to leave it, unless the commandant shall be of opinion that it will best contribute to the safety of the public property, or that it can be done without exposing it to hazard; but at all times the engines and men are to be kept

under the control of their proper officers, that they may be immediately returned to the yard, if required.

ART. 505. All reports or returns made to the Secretary of the Navy or navy commissioners, by officers attached to the yard or to vessels in ordinary, must be approved by the commandant, as an evidence of his having satisfied himself of their correctness.

ART. 506. The commandant of the yard is not to authorize or allow any alteration in the arrangements of the yard, nor the purchase of any surplus stores, nor the sale of any article, unless specially directed by the Navy Department.

ART. 507. No slaves are to be employed in the navy yards, without the previous sanction of the Navy Department.

ART. 508. The countersign and pass word for the night shall be issued by the commandant of the yard, or, in his absence, by the next in command.

ART. 509. The commandant of the yard shall draw up regulations for the police of the yard, and transmit them to the navy commissioners for their approbation.

ART. 510. A regular journal shall be kept under the direction of the commandant, in which shall be entered the time 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; when and how long a vessel may be hove out for repair, and all the other principal transactions of the yard. ART. 511. He shall exercise no authority over, or in any manner interfere with, vessels in commission when they are not placed under his direction, unless in cases of urgent necessity; and should such cases occur, he shall give immediate information to the Secretary of the Navy.

ART. 512. When a vessel is directed to be placed in ordinary, or given into his charge for repair, he will cause her to be properly moored or otherwise secured, in which he is to be assisted by the officers and crew of the vessel, unless otherwise directed by the department, or the senior officer in command upon the station.

ART. 513. When a vessel has been delivered into his charge for repair, the commander of the ship shall have no direction in relation to her repairs, but it shall be his duty to point out any defects or deficiencies which he may discover.

ART. 514. When a vessel shall be placed in a proper situation to receive any repairs that may have been ordered, her officers and crew shall be removed to some other vessel or quarters, if any are prepared for their reception, until her repairs shall be completed, and strict care must be taken that such vessel or quarters, and all articles belonging to them, are at all times kept perfectly clean and in good order, by the persons having charge of them for the time being.

ART. 515. No vessel shall be repaired without the previous sanction of the navy commissioners, except in cases of emergency; and in all such urgent cases the repairs shall be made conformably to the report of surveying officers duly appointed, and a copy of the survey shall be forwarded to the navy commissioners without delay.

ART. 516. The commandant of the yard shall report to the navy

commissioners the time he receives a vessel for repairs, when the repairs are commenced, and the time she is returned into the charge of the commander, or when her repairs are completed..

ART. 517. When a vessel in ordinary is to be equipped for service, her equipments shall be made under the direction of the commandant of the yard, conformably to such orders as he may receive from the navy commissioners, unless otherwise specially directed.

ART. 518. When he shall be directed to build, repair, or equip any vessel, or to construct any building, or make any improvement in the navy yard, he will direct the navy storekeeper to keep an account against such vessel, building, or improvement, debiting it with the number of days' work, and the cost of the labor performed by each class of mechanics and laborers, and the quantity and cost of the different materials used.

ART. 519. When requisitions, duly approved, are made upon the storekeeper for articles which are not in store, he will direct the storekeeper to make requisitions for the same upon the navy agent, and will approve the same, that they may be furnished with the least possible delay.

CHAPTER XXXIV.

SECOND IN COMMAND.

ART. 520. The officer who shall be attached to a navy yard as second in command, shall be considered as the executive officer of the yard, and perform such duties as may be assigned him by the commandant of the yard. During the absence of the commandant, by order or upon leave, or whenever unable to perform his duties, he shall perform all the duties assigned to the commandant, as commandant of the yard.

CHAPTER XXXV.

MASTER SHIPWRIGHT.

ART. 521. The master shipwright may, under the direction of the commanding officer of the yard, have a general superintendence and control over the inspector and measurer of timber, and all the master workmen, except the master rigger and sailmaker, and over mechanics and laborers who may be employed in building or repairing vessels. within the yard.

ART. 522. He will take care that proper measures be taken to prevent the use or conversion of any timber or wood materials or metals, until such an account is taken of them as shall secure a correct expenditure, and that daily returns be made to the inspector and measurer of timber, of the particular timber or wood materials which may have been used or converted, and to what object applied, so that the inspector may, at all times, be able to furnish the information necessary to make requisitions to cover the expenditure, and to know the particular species and quantity remaining on hand.