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REGULATIONS
FOR THE
GOVERNMENT OF THE NAVY
OF THE UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
1909
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" The orders, regulations, and instructions issued by the Secretary of the
\.-i\y prior to July 14, 1862, with such alterations as he may since have adopted,
.\itli the approval of the President, shall be recognized as the Regulations of
the Navy, subject to alterations adopted in the same manner." Section 15-'i7,
Ifi-ris'cd Statutes.
NAVY REGULATIONS.
177."). Rules for the Regulation of the Navy of the United Colonies. (Resolution
of November 2X, 1775; Journal of Congress, vol. 1.)
1799. An Act for the Government of the Navy of the United States. (Act of
March 2, 1799.)
1800. An Act for the Better Government of the Navy of the United States.
(Act of April 23, 1800.)
ISO2. Naval Regulations. (Issued by command of the President.)
ISO! i. Naval Regulations. (Reprint of the Naval Regulations of 1802.)
1814. Naval Regulations. (Issued by command of the President.)
1818. Rules, Regulations, and Instructions for the Naval Service of the United
states. (Prepared by the Board of Navy Commissioners under au-
thority of the act of February 7, 1815 ; commonly known as " The Blue
Book.")
1821. Rules and Regulations for the Naval Service. (Issued by the Secretary
of the Navy under authority of the act of February 7, 1815.)
IN:;L'. Rules of the Navy Department regarding Civil Administration. (Issued
by the Secretary of the Navy; commonly known as "The Red Book.")
1838. Book of Regulations for the Use of Commanders, Pursers, and Recruit-
ing Officers. (Published by the Navy Department.)
1s:;s. Financial Regulations for Naval Officers. (Published by the Navy De-
partment. These regulations for the accounts of pursers, commanders
of vessels, and recruiting officers of the Navy were prepared under the
direction of the accounting officers of the Treasury Department and
promulgated by the Secretary of the Navy.)
]sn. General Regulations for the Navy and Marine Corps of the United
Slates. (Issued by the Secretary of the Navy by command of the
President. )
1851. Regulations, Circulars, Orders, and Decisions for the Guide of Officers
of the Navy of the United States. (Continued in part and issued after
publication authorized by the Navy Department in March, 1832.)
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NAVY REGULATIONS.
1853. System of Orders and Instructions for the Navy. (Issued by the Presi
dent; these regulations were decided by the Attorney-General to be
without legal validity.)
1863. Regulations of the Navy. (Published by the Navy Department.)
1865. Regulations for the Government of the United States Navy. (Issued in
accordance with the provisions of the act of July 14, 1862.)
1869. Regulations for the Government of the United States Navy. (Issued in
accordance with the provisions of the act of July 14, 1862.)
1870. Regulations for the Government of the United States Navy. (Issued in
accordance with the provisions of the act of July 14, 1862.)
1876. Regulations for the Government of the Navy of the United States. (Is-
sued in accordance with the provisions of section 1547 of the Revised
Statutes.)
1893. Regulations for the Government of the Navy of the United States. (Is-
sued in accordance with the provisions of section 1547 of the Revised
Statutes.)
1896. Regulations for the Government of the Navy of the United States. (Is-
sued in accordance with the provisions of section 1547 of the Revised
Statutes.)
1900. Regulations for the Government of the Navy of the United States. (Is-
sued in accordance with the provisions of section 1547 of the Revised
Statutes.)
1905. Regulations for the Government of the Navy of the United States. (Is-
sued in accordance with the provisions of section 1547 of the Revised
Statutes.)
. ORUKR! NAVY DEPARTMENT,
No. 1. j Washington, D. C.. January 2, 1909.
The President having approved the following regulations, they are issued, in
accordance with the provisions of section 1547 of the Revised Statutes of the
United States, for the government of all persons attached to the naval service.
All amendments to these regulations that arc believed to he necessary or
desirable shall be submitted to the Department, accompanied by a full state-
ment of the reasons for the proposed change and the effect thereof.
TRUMAN H. NEWBERRY,
Secret nrn of the Nary.
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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I NAVY DEPARTMENT. Page.
SF.CTION 1. Organization; Detail of duties of bureaus 9
2. Duties of the General Board 17
3. Coordination of work of bureaus 17
CHAPTER II RANK, COMMAND, AND DUTY:
SECTION 1. Officers in general 19
2. Detail of command and duty 26
3. La wand decisions on rank and command 28
CHAPTER III HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS:
SECTION 1. The President, the Vice-President, an ex-President, the president or sovereign
of a foreign state, members of royal families 33
2. Cabinet officers, Chief Justice, governors, members of Congress, diplomatic repre-
sentatives, consuls 34
3. Naval and military officers 36
4. Honors and distinctions in general 40
5. Honors and salutes to foreign governments and officials 46
6. Salutes in general 47
7. Return salutes 49
8. Ensigns displayed when saluting or returning salutes 49
9. Ensigns, flags, and pennants 50
10. Visits of ceremony 53
11. Anniversaries, solemnities, and holidays 56
12. Funeral ceremonies 57
13. Uniform 61
14. Reveille and tattoo 61
CHAI'TEK IV INSTBUCTIONS FOR OFFICERS IN GENERAL 63
(H. \ITKU \-.\AVAI, ADMINISTRATION AND DISCIPLINF.:
s K< TION 1 . The exercise of authority 71
2. Arrest or suspension .T. . . 73
3. Punishments 74
4. Redress of wrongs 75
5. Apartments 75
6. Officers' messes 76
CHAPTKR VI A COMMANDER-IN-CHIKK:
SECTION 1. On assuming command 79
2. General duties 80
3. Duties in time of war 84
4. Intercourse with foreigners 85
6. Supplies and repairs *7
<>. Personnel 9
CHAPTKK VII A FLAG OFFICER NOT IN CHIEF COMMAND 91
CHAPTKH VIII THE STAFF OF A FLAG OFFICER:
SECTION 1. Thechief of staff 96
2. Personal staff 96
3. Fleet staff 98
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Page.
CHAPTER IX THE SENIOR OFFICER PRESENT 103
CHAPTER X THE CAPTAIN:
SECTION 1. Assuming command and fitting out 105
2. Organization 1 108
3. General duties 120
4. Duties in time of war 124
5. Intercourse with foreigners 126
6. Navigation 126
7. Supplies and repairs 127
8. Personnel 130
CHAPTER XI THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER:
SECTION 1. General powers 135
2. Duties 1 3. r i
3. Duties as equipment and construction officer 140
CHAPTER XII THE NAVIGATOR AND THE ORDNANCE OFFICER:
SECTION 1. Duties of the navigator 145
2. Duties of the ordnance officer 148
CHAPTER XIII OFFICERS OF THE DECK, AND OF GUN, TORPEDO, AND POWDER DIVISIONS:
SECTION 1. Officer of the deck 151
2. Officers commanding gun, torpedo, and powder divisions 156
3. General duties of watch and division officers 158
CHAPTER XIV JUNIOR OFFICERS OF THE LINE 159
CHAPTER XV COMMISSIONED WARRANT OFFICERS AND WARRANT OFFICERS:
SECTION 1. The chief boatswain or boatswain 161
2. The chief gunner or gunner 162
3. The chief carpenter or carpenter 163
4. The chief sailmaker or sailmaker 164
5. The pharmacist 164
6. Warrant machinists 165
CHAPTER XVI PETTY OFFICERS AND CREW:
SECTION 1. The master-at-arms 167
2. Other members of the crew 168
CHAPTER XVII ENLISTMENTS, RATINGS, TRANSFERS, DISCHARGES, ETC.:
SECTION 1. Naval recruiting stations 171
2. Receiving ships 171
3. Enlistments 172
4. Enlistment records 177
5. Ratings and disratings 1 79
6. Transfers 1 83
7. Discharges 185
8. Desertions 189
9. Rewards and privileges 191
10. Apprentice seamen 196
CHAPTER XVIII ENGINEER OFFICERS:
SECTION 1. Detail and duties 199
2. The senior engineer officer 199
3. Other engineer officers 203
CHAPTER XIX ENGINEERING INSTRUCTIONS:
SECTION 1. Trials of machinery 207
2. Care of engines and boilers 209
CHAPTER XX PRESERVATION AND REPAIRS OF SHIPS:
SECTION 1. Repairs 219
2. Care of steel ships 223
CHAPTER XXI MEDICAL OFFICERS:
SECTION 1. The senior medical officer 229
2. Junior medical officers 235
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CHAPTER XXII MEDICAL INSTRUCTIONS: Page.
>\ 1. Physical examinations of recruits 237
2. Hospitals 238
3. General instructions 240
CHAPTER XXIII PAY OFFICKUS 243
CHAPTKR XXIV PAY AND ALLOWANCES:
SECTION 1. Pay and bounties, Navy '. 247
2. Pay ami bounties, Marine Corps ' 251
3. Ad vances 263
4. Allotments _ > :,6
6. Travel, officers i'>7
6. Travel, enlisted men 2M
7. Quarters, li^ht, fuel, and subsistence 261
8. Miscellaneous allowances -jiis
9. Persons deceased 273
10. Pensions i'7 1
CHAITKR XXV SUPPLIES ON SHORE:
SECTION 1. Custody and care 275
2. Shipments 279
3. General instructions for purchases 281
4. Open purchase 282
">. Inspections 284
C. Public bills L'so
CHAPTER XXVI SUPPLIES AKLOAT:
SECTION 1. Custody and care 287
2. Expenditures 289
3. Requisitions 291
4. Inspections .' 295
5. Public bills 296
6. Clothing and small stores 297
7. Rations 298
CHAPTER XXVII SURVEYS AM> SALES:
SECTION 1. Surveys on personnel 303
'2. Surveys on material 304
3. Sales 313
CHAITER X XVII I MONEY :
SECTION 1. Responsibilities ami penalties 317
2. Deposits and checks 320
3. Req u isi t ions :!_(;
4. Hills of exchange :','_'('.
5. Deposits by enlisted men ;;-js
d. Money i>sin>d to officers and enli.-ted men ;!_".
CHAPTER XXfX ACCOUNTS AND RETURNS 331
CHAPTKR XXX CHAPLAINS :m
Cl I A I'TKR X X X I N A VA I. CONSTRUCTORS :: I..
CHAPTER XXXH-MAIUNES:
.si. General regulations :U7
2. The Commandant of the Corps ." ::is
:. The stuff :;i;t
I. UecruitiiiK, transfers, discliai'iics. and desertions :r> I
5. Rewards and privileges
1. Si-rvii-e at navy yards and barracks
[vice afloat :'.i'.7
CHA1T1 ;it XXXIII - ( <,(: i: MSPONLENCK H71
CHAPTKR XXXIV LEAVE OK ARSENCE AND LIHEIMY .. :>.
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CHAPTER XXXV QUARANTINE AND PILOTAGE: Page.
SECTION 1. Quarantine 389
2. Pilotage 389
CHAPTER XXXVI TRANSPORT SERVICE:
SECTION 1. On board naval vessels and army transports 391
2. Rules for naval convoy of military expeditions 392
CHAPTER XXXVII SHORE STATIONS:
SECTION 1. General administration 395
2. Captain of the yard 401
3. Officers in charge of departments 402
4. Engineer officers 403
5. Medical officers 403
6. Pay officer 404
7. Naval constructor 404
8. Civil engineer 406
9. Employment of labor at navy yards 405
10. Vessels in ordinary 407
11. Vessels in reserve 408
12. Yard craft 410
13. Visits to vessels building at private shipyards 410
14. Relations of officers of fleet with naval stations in the West Indies 410
CHAPTER XXXVIII APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS:
SECTION 1. Appointments 413
2. Promotions 420
CHAPTER XXXIX BOARDS:
SECTION 1. Organization and general procedure 421
2. Examining boards 422
3. Retiring boards 423
4. Board on Construction 425
5. Board of Inspection and Survey 425
6. Boards of investigation 426
7. Boards of inquest 42(3
8. Form of oaths 427
CHAPTER XL COURTS OF INQUIRY:
SECTION 1. Objects and constitution ; 429
2. Method of procedure 430
3. Inquiry into the loss or grounding of a ship of the Navy 432
CHAPTER XLI SUMMARY COURTS-MARTIAL 435
CHAPTER XLII GENERAL COURTS-MARTIAL:
SECTION 1. Constitution of court : 449
2. Charges and specifications. 450
3. Duties and privileges 452
4. Provost marshal, guard, and orderlies 453
5. The judge advocate 454
C. Place of assembly 456
7. The trial 456
8. Finding and sentence 462
9. Record 466
10. Revision 467
11. Final action 467
ARTICLES FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE NAVY 469
LIMITATION OF PUNISHMENTS 481
APPENDIX REGULATIONS FOR PREVENTING COLLISIONS 489
TABLE OF CHANGES 513
INDEX 543
CHAPTER L
NAVY DEPARTMENT.
SECTION 1. ORGANIZATION ; DETAIL OF DUTIES OF BUREAUS.
1. There shall be at the seat of the Government an Executive
Department, to be known as the Department of the Navy, and a t*^
Secretary of the Navy, who shall be the head thereof. (Sec. 415,
H. S.)
2. (1) An Assistant Secretary of the Navy is authorized by Asslstsnt S erro-
law who shall hereafter perform such duties as may be prescribed tary of the Navy."
by the Secretary of the Navy or required by law. (Acts of July
11, 1890, and March 3, 1891.) All orders issued by the Assistant
Secretary will be considered as emanating from the Secretary and
shall have full force and effect as such.
(2) lu case of the absence of the Secretary of the Navy his du-
ties shall be performed by the Assistant Secretary of the Navy.
(Sec. 177, R. S.)
3. (1) The business of the Department of the Navy shall be B US | ness of
distributed in such manner as the Secretary of the Navy shall the Department.
judge to be expedient and proper among the following bureaus:
First, a Uureau of Yards and Docks;
Second. a It urea u of Equipment :
Third, a Utireau of Navigation:
Fonrlli. a Uiireau of Ordnance;
Fifth, a Bureau of Const ruction and Repair;
Sixth, a I'.iireau of Steam Engineering;
Seventh, a Uureau of Supplies and Accounts;
Eighth, a Uureau of Medicine and Surgery. (Sec. 419, R. S.)
(2) The several bureaus shall retain the charge and custody of
the books or records and accounts pertaining to their respective
duties: and all of the duties of the bureaus shall be performed
under tin; authority of. the Secretary of the Navy, and their
orders shall lie considered as emanating from him, and shall have
full force and effect as such. (Sec. -J-Jti. II. S.)
(3) A Judge Advocate Ceneral of the Xavv is antlmri/ed bv J,,,I KP id VO o.te
the act of June S, 1XXO. His otlice shall be in the Navy Depart- General.'
menr. and he shall perform such duties as may lawfully be re-
quired.
"This chapter having heen rewritten since (lie remainder of (lie text
went to press, tin- provisions of the following chapters shall he consid-
ered as modified to conform to I lie changed duties of the hureans as
herein prescrihed. SIM- Ceneral Order No. !>. dated .lanuar.v i'.\ l!Mi!>.
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NAVY DEPARTMENT.
[CHAP. I.
Solicitor.
The General
fa^d" and" nooks
"
Bureau of
Equipment.
(4) A Solicitor is authorized by the act of May 22, 1908; he
shall perform such duties as may be assigned by the Secretary of
the Navy.
(5) The General Board of the Navy, established by Navy
Department General Order No. 544 of March 13, 1900, shall,
under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy, perform such
duties as are set forth in section 2 of this chapter, and such addi-
tional duties as may be prescribed from time to time by compe-
tent authority.
(6) The General Board shall be composed of the Admiral of
the Navy, the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, the Chief Intel-
ligence Officer, the President of the War College, and such addi-
tional officers as the Secretary of the Navy may designate.
(7) An officer, of or above the grade of lieutenant, shall be de-
tailed as secretary to the General Board. He shall record its
proceedings and have charge and custody of its files and corre-
spondence.
^ 8 ^ No boards shall be appointed by any bureau without au-
thority of the Navy Department.
(9) Orders relating to navy yard business connected with a
bureau may be given and stated to be "by direction of the Secre-
tary of the Navy," by a chief of bureau to the commandants, who
shall be responsible for their execution. (Arts. 1507, par. 7, and
1548.)
(10) Each bureau shall have control of the organization and
muster of the employees used entirely for its own pui'poses.
(11) Each bureau shall estimate for and defray from its own
funds the cost necessary to carry out its duties as hereafter de-
fined.
(12) In addition to the duties hereafter prescribed in general
terms for the several bureaus, the duties of each shall include
those heretofore authorized which are not in conflict with the pro-
visions of this chapter.
(13) No permission shall be given by any bureau, boai'd, or offi-
cer which shall grant special privileges or authority to erect build-
ing on government property without the authority of the Secre-
tary or Assistant Secretary of the Navy.
4> ^ ne duties of the Bureau of Yards and Docks shall include
preparing the details of design, and the specifications of all public
works under the cognizance of the Navy Department, and such
other duties as may be required by existing law.
5. (1) The duties of the Bureau of Equipment shall comprise
a jj f| m t relates to the equipment of ships according to the allow-
ance lists from time to time in force. It shall make the specifica-
tions of the type and character of nautical and navigating instru-
ments, and of electrical appliances, except those in connection
with the battery and hull auxiliaries.
(2) The installation, maintenance, and repair of interior and ex-
terior signal communications, and of all electrical appliances of
whatsoever nature on board naval vessels, except range finders,
battle order and range transmitters and indicators, motors and
their controlling apparatus used to operate the machinery belong-
ing to other bureaus, shall be done to the satisfaction of the
Bureau of Equipment.
(3) It shall defray the expenses of pilotage of all ships in
commission.
(4) It shall inspect all work done for it.
<nvr. I.] DUTIES OF BUREAUS. 13
I.", i Ii shall have control <f the Naval Observatory, the Hydro- Hnreau of
i:raphic Office, wireless apparatus and stations, and of all matters
connected therewith.
O. (1) The duties of the llureau of Navigation shall comprise
the promulgation, record, and enforcement of the orders of the
Secretary to the fleet and to the officers of the Navy, except such
orders as pertain to the olliee of the Secretary: all that relates to
the education of officers and men. including the Naval Academy,
the Naval War College, and technical schools for officers, the ap-
prentice seaman establishment, schools for the technical educa-
tion of enlisted men. and to the supervision and control of the
Naval Home at Philadelphia. Pa.. Nautical Almanac and Compass
offices, to the enlistment and discharge of ail enlisted i>ersons,
and to the preparation of estimates for the pay of all officers
and enlisted men.
i L' i It shall have under its direction all rendezvous and receiv-
ing ships, and provide transportation for all enlisted persons
umler its coinii/ance.
i .", i It shall establish the complement of all ships in commission.
(I i It shall keep the records of service of all Meets, squadrons,
ships, officers, and men. and prepare an annual navy register for
publication.
i ."> i It shall be charged with the preparation, revision, and en-
forcement of all tactics, drill books, siicnal codes, cipher codes, and
regulations pivornintr uniform and service alloat. and with the
distribution of all jjjeueral orders, special orders, and regulations.
((! (Questions of naval discipline arising in the service will be
submitted by this bureau for the action of the Secretary.
<7> All orders j;o\erninir the movement of vessels, other than
those issued by officers exercising command atioat or at shore sta-
tions, within the limits of their respective commands, will be
signed by the Secretary and recorded in this bureau.
(8) It shall receive and brinj: to the attention of the Secretary
of the Navy all applications from officers for duty or change of
duly.
('.') It shall receive all reports of service performed by ships,
officers, or men, and all inspections of ships not of a special na-
ture: also reports of all drills and exercises.
iloi in order to prevent contlict inj; instructions, and that a
proper record may be kept of the readiness of all vessels for serv-
ice, all official communications from the Navy Department and its
offices and bureaus to ships in commission for sea service, which
refer to the movements of ships, to their condition, to their repairs,
to their availability for sea service, and to their personnel, shall
be forwarded through this bureau, except that when the Depart-
ment has set a date for the completion of repairs to a vessel at
a navy yard, subsequent requests for repairs whose time of com-
pletion will fall within the date fixed as above, shall, in general,
he forwarded by the commandant direct to the bureaus concerned,
i Art. 1 :,(.)
(lit It shall be charged with the transportation, storage, and
handling of coal and water used for all purposes on board naval
els, and with the control of naval coal depots and coaling
slat ions.
7. i 1 t The duties of the P.ureau of < M'dnance shall comprise all Itureiu of
that relates to the Torpedo Station. Naval Proving Croimd. and Onliuirr.
magazines on shore, to the manufacture of offensive and defensive
arms and apparatus (including torpedoes i. all ammunition, and
war explosives. It shall require for or mannfact nre all machinery,
14 NAVY DEPARTMENT. [CHAP. I.
apparatus, equipment, material, and supplies required by or for
use with the above.
(2) It shall recommend the armament to be carried by all armed
vessels, the material, kind, and quality of armor, the interior
dimensions of revolving turrets, and their requirements as regards
rotation: it shall also fix, within the carrying power of vessels as
determined by the Bureau of Construction and Repair, the location
and command of the armament, and distribute the thickness of
armor.
(3) It shall, as the work proceeds, inspect the installation of
the i>ermanent fixtures of the armament and its accessories on
board ship, and the methods of stowing, handling, and trans-
porting ammunition and torpedoes, all of which work shall be
performed to its satisfaction. It shall design and construct
turret ammunition hoists, determine the requirements of all
ammunition hoists, and the method of construction of armories
and ammunition rooms on shipboard, and, in conjunction with the
Bureau of Construction and Repair, determine upon their loca-
tion and that of ammunition hoists. It shall confer with the
Bureau of Construction and Repair respecting the arrangements
for centering the turrets, and the character of the roller paths
and their supports.
(4) It shall have cognizance of all electrically operated ammu-
nition hoists, rammers, and gun-elevating gear which are in tur-
rets; of electric range finders; of electric training and elevating
gear for gnu mounts not in turrets; of electrically operated air
compressors for charging torpedoes; and of all battle-order and
range transmitters and indicators.
(5) It shall approve the design of the various shops and build-
ings at navy yards where its work is executed, so far as their
internal arrangements are concerned.
(0) It shall determine upon and require for or manufacture
all the tools, stores, stationery, blank books, forms, material,
means and appliances of every kind required in its shops, includ-
ing fuel and transportation.
(7) It shall insect all work done for it.
Birr an >( ** (1) The duties of the Bureau of Construction and Repair
(owl ruction and shall comprise all that relates to designing, building and repair-
ing ships of the Navy on plans approved by the Navy Department,
and their equipment not otherwise- provided for in this chapter.
In doing this work it shall consult the Bureau of Ordinance as to
the battery requirements in designing, constructing, and installing
Independent ammunition hoists, and other permanent fixtures,
which are already specified to be the special province of the
Bureau of Ordnance.
(2) It shall also have charge of all public works at navy yards
unless otherwise herein provided for.
<ir '/.ML?, 1 9> (1) Tlu ' (luties of tllc Bureau of Steam Engineering shall
i. r -.-,,mprise all that relates to designing the steam machinery for
the propulsion of naval ships, the steam pumps, heaters, distilling
apparatus and steam connections of ships within the machinery
space.
(2) It shall prepare sj>ecifications for fuel to be purchased for
naval ships, and shall inspect the same.
(3) It shall inspect the work done for it.
Ki?p"iVJ Afl , J ,? (1) 'f he duties of the Bureiiu of Supplies and Accounts
roi.t.. sll)l " -"mpris.. all that relates to the supply of funds for disburs-
ing officers and the keeping of the money accounts of the naval
CHAP. I.] DUTIES OF BUREAUS. 15
establishment; the purchase, reception, storage, care, custody,