Quarantine.

ARTICLE XVII.

Quarantine.

761....Commanding Officers in going into port, whether foreign or domestic, are to comply strictly with all its regulations regarding quarantine.

762.... In boarding vessels just arrived care is to be taken that it is not done in violation of the rules of the port, and, in case they are subject to quarantine, the Boarding Officer is to obtain the information he desires without going alongside of them; and in boarding vessels at sea care is to be observed not to do so, unless absolutely indispensable, if there be any cases of an infectious disease among their crews, or if they come from places without a clean bill of health, or be otherwise liable to be subjected to quarantine. No concealment is to be countenanced with regard to anything that may have been done by a vessel of the Navy subjecting her to quarantine.

763....If a vessel of the Navy should arrive in any port with an infectious disease among her crew, or if a disease of the sort should break out among her crew while lying in port, her Commanding Offi. cer is to have the quarantine flag hoisted, and to prevent all communication at all liable to engender the disease elsewhere, until the proper authorities of the place may extend to her the privilege of pratique. To prevent the spreading of an epidemic on board a vessel of the Navy, the Commanding Officer is authorized to arrange with the authorities of the port for the care and treatment of the invalids, either on shore or on board a hulk in the harbor.

764....If a vessel of the Navy should be at sea in company with other vessels, and an infectious disease should exist or appear on board of her, the Commanding Officer is to keep her quarantine flag exhibited until it ceases, and to do all in his power to prevent its dissemination.

765....Commanding Officers, whether liable to quarantine or not, are, on arriving in the waters of a port, to extend every facility to health-boats in making their visits, and to afford all the information they may require. If the vessel be under way she is to heave to, if necessary, on their approach.

766....Commanding Officers will direct the Medical Officer of the vessel, on leaving ports, to procure bills of health whenever they may think that such will prove of service elsewhere.

ARTICLE XVIII.

TRANSFERS, DISCHARGES, AND DESERTIONS.

SECTION 1.
Transfers.

767....No Commander of a vessel of the Navy is ever to transfer any person belonging to his vessel to any other vessel or station, unless specially authorized by competent authority. The Commanding Officer of a squadron may authorize transfers from one vessel to another under his command, when on a foreign station, and when, in his judgment, the good of the public service shall render it expedient or necessary.

768....An officer transferred from a vessel, navy yard, or station to any other vessel, navy yard, or station, or to any prize, is to be furnished with his account at the time, signed by the Commanding Officer and Paymaster of the vessel, navy yard, or station from which he goes, specifying his rank, the sums paid, and the balance due.

769.... When any person other than an officer shall be transferred from one vessel, navy yard, or station to any other vessel, navy yard, or station, or to any prize or hospital, the Commanding Officer of the vessel, navy yard, or station from which he goes shall take care that he is accompanied by his account, signed by himself and the Paymaster, specifying the date of his entry, the period and term of service, the sums paid, the balance due, and the quality in which he was rated; and also by a complete descriptive, transcript, and clothes list.

SECTION 2.
Discharges.

770....Persons enlisted for the naval service, and serving on board vessels within the United States, may be discharged by order of the Commanding Officer of a vessel acting singly, squadron, or station, for either of the following reasons, but not otherwise, except by the

Discharges.

authority of the Department: Expiration of service, sentence of a general or summary court-martial, or unfitness for service from causes ascertained by survey to have existed prior to enlistment.

771....Enlisted persons found by survey unfit for the naval service from causes originating subsequent to their enlistments may, at their own request, if judged expedient, be discharged in the United States by the authority of the Department, but not otherwise.

772.... As a prerequisite for granting a discharge to any enlisted person in the naval service, under any circumstances, before the expiration of his time, a favorable recommendation from the Commanding Officer of the vessel or station to which the person belongs is indispensable, else no application to the Department on the subject will be entertained.

773.... Persons claiming to be legally entitled to their discharge, on the score of being minors or aliens, must apply to the courts having cognizance of such cases.

774.... No person enlisted for the naval service shall be discharged whilst absent from the United States, except by order of the Secretary of the Navy, or by the sentence of a general court-martial: Provided, however, that upon the expiration of the term of his enlistment, any person whose detention on board may not be very essential to the public interests" may be discharged upon his own request in writing, by order of the Commander-in-Chief or of the senior officer present; and the fact that the request was so made shall be stated on the face of the discharge. Whenever a discharge shall be given for any of the reasons above mentioned, a report of all the circumstances shall be made to the Navy Department, and information shall be given to the nearest Consul of the United States, that he may regulate his conduct towards the person so discharged, with a full knowledge of the facts.

775....Every discharge paper, whether honorable or otherwise, issued to a person of the Navy must contain upon its face or back (see forms 22 and 23) a full and complete descriptive list of the indi vidual to whom it is given.

776... Petty officers appointed by the Commanding Officer, or with his approval, shall not be discharged before the expiration of the term for which they agreed to serve, except by sentence of a court-martial, by order of superior authority, or for good and sufficient reasons, of

Discharges.... Honorable Discharges.

which the Commanding Officer will be the judge. The latter will never authorize such discharges for the purpose of avoiding a courtmartial, nor unless he is satisfied that the public interests will not be injured thereby. Hospital and Paymasters' Stewards and Nurses are never to be discharged without the consent of the officers appointing them or their successors, except by sentence of a court-martial.

777....A Yeoman shall in no case be discharged during the continuance of the cruise for which he engaged to serve, until his accounts shall have been examined and the stores under his charge found correct.

778.... A Yeoman is not to be discharged at the expiration of a cruise until his accounts have been audited and approved by the Commandant of the yard, as required by the Ordnance and other instructions. If found correct, the Commandant of the yard will then give him a discharge; but if not so found, that officer is at once to make to the Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting, or to the Bureau of Ordnance, as the case may require, a statement of deficiencies, covering their amounts, and of any circumstances which may have come to his knowledge attending them, for the decision of the Department.

SECTION 3.

Honorable Discharges.

779...Commanding Officers, upon returning from a cruise, when directed to discharge the whole or any part of the crew, will furnish to those petty officers and others of inferior rating, who enlisted for three years, and who, in their judgment, are, on being discharged, entitled to it as a testimonial of fidelity and obedience, an honorable discharge, and forward immediately to the Secretary of the Navy returns of the names and descriptions of those to whom it has been given.

780....Blanks for the honorable discharges, and the returns in relation to them, will be furnished by the Department, and great care is hereby enjoined as to the filling up of both completely and accurately.

781.... When any petty officer or person of inferior rating, who, having received an honorable discharge, shall within three months from the date thereof present said discharge at any naval rendezvous, or account for its loss in a satisfactory manner, answer the description it contains,

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and be found physically fit for the service, he may be re-enlisted for three years; and upon his transfer to a receiving vessel, he will be entitled to three months' gratuitous pay, equal in amount to what he would have been entitled to receive if he had remained employed in actual service for three months, with the rate specified on the face of the honorable discharge.

782.... If the honorable discharge should have been lost, reference can be made to the files of the Department for corroboration that the person presenting himself did receive an honorable discharge, and for a descriptive list of his person.

783...The three months' pay, to which a petty officer or person of inferior rating is entitled who shall enlist for three years within three months after his honorable discharge, shall be considered "honorable discharge money," and so denominated. It will not, however, be paid in one sum at the time of re-enlistment, but shall be reserved for payment during the term of his re-enlistment, at such times, and in such sums, as the Commanding Officer may direct.

784.... No person discharged at his own request, or for his own convenience, before the expiration of his term of enlistment, shall be given an honorable discharge.

785....Every petty officer or person of inferior rating who shall receive an "honorable discharge" will wear upon the left sleeve of the jacket or frock, above the elbow, a foul anchor, two and a half inches in length, to be white if worn on blue, or blue if worn on white, to be called "the honorable discharge badge;" and for every additional honorable discharge a star half an inch in diameter will be added to the badge.

786....When invalids are sent to the United States from a foreign station, the Commanding Officer of the vessel to which they belonged will transmit a list of their names to the Department, stating the general character of each, and designating such as, in his opinion, are entitled to the honorable discharge, in order that the Commandant of the station at which they may arrive in the United States may be directed to grant the said discharge to those deserving it. A duplicate of the list is to be sent also to the Commandant of the station where they are to arrive.