Allotments. sioned or warrant officers, one part will be transmitted by the Paymaster who has registered it, to the Fourth Auditor's Office, and, in the case of any other person, both parts will be so transmitted. The Paymaster will send, with the allotments registered by him, a general abstract for the use of the Fourth Auditor's Office, and a particular abstract for each of the pay agents by whom they are payable. The death, discharge, forfeiture of pay by sentence of a court-martial, or desertion of a person who has an allotment running, will be communicated, by the Paymaster of the vessel or station to which he was attached, to the Fourth Auditor's Office, and to the pay agent by whom it is payable, by the first opportunity that may occur; in default of which, the Paymaster will be held liable for the amount paid by the pay agent in consequence of such neglect. In case of a discharge abroad, he will charge the allotment for as many months in advance as will probably be required for information of the discharge to reach the Fourth Auditor's Office. Immediately upon the return of a vessel to the United States, at the expiration of her cruise, the Paymaster will send to the Fourth Auditor's Office, and to the several pay agents by whom they are payable, a list of the allotments to be stopped. When an allotment is to be discontinued by request of the person granting the same, the reason must be assigned for its discontinuance. One letter should be addressed to the Fourth Auditor's Office, and one to the pay agent by whom it is payable. 800.... All persons enlisting for the Navy, on being transferred to a sea-going vessel, will be allowed to allot only a sum not exceeding one-half the wages corresponding with the rate they received on enlisting. Any subsequent rating conferred on board such vessel is not to govern in determining the amount that may be allotted. 801....Allotment tickets shall be made out by the Paymaster for all those persons on board who may wish to leave them for the benefit of their families or relatives, at the earliest moment after the ship is put in commission, and shall be promptly forwarded by him as required, in order to insure payment when due. In cases of capture of officers or men who have granted allotments which may expire after their capture, the monthly payments of the same are to be continued by pay agents until otherwise ordered. Commanding Officer of a Station. ARTICLE XXI. STATIONS AND NAVY YARDS. SECTION 1. Commanding Officer of a Station. 802.... Whenever an officer shall be appointed to the command of a station in the United States, and not at the same time to the immediate command of a particular navy yard, the geographical limits of his command will be defined by the Secretary of the Navy. 803.... All vessels of the United States in commission which shall arrive or be stationed within the limits of his command shall make their reports and submit all requisitions to him for examination and approval, and shall obey his orders, unless they shall be commanded by superior officers, or shall be under the orders and in the presence of his superior officer. 804....The Commanding Officer of a station will conform to all the regulations prescribed for Commanders-in-Chief of fleets or squadrons respecting the procuring and disbursement of stores and the discipline of the service, unless otherwise specially directed. 805.... The Commanding Officer of a station, appointed as above, shall exercise no authority or control over the Commanding Officer of a navy yard, or other shore establishment not placed expressly under his command, or over the vessels and persons put in charge or under the authority of such officer of a yard or other establishment, unless expressly directed so to do by the Secretary of the Navy, or in cases of great emergency, where time will not permit to refer to the Department for orders, and in all such cases he will make immediate report of the facts and of the reasons which governed him to the Department. 806.... The rendezvous for recruits, receiving vessels, and naval hospitals, at a place or places within the limits of the Commanding Officer of a station, will be under his command. -- 807 .He shall cause all vessels which may be fitted for, or return from sea, at the port where he may be, which are not commanded by Commanding Officer of a Station. his superior or senior officer, to be inspected by a board, to be composed of three Line Officers, (including an inspector of ordnance where one is available,) who shall report the state of their preparation for battle, discipline, and general condition and efficiency for service, in such form as may be prescribed by the Navy Department. 808.... He shall also cause an inspection to be made at the same time, by an engineer, a surgeon, and a paymaster, of the machinery, medical, and pay departments, respectively, who will report to him their condition. 809.... Whenever the vessel to be inspected shall be under the orders and in the presence of a superior or senior officer, such superior or senior officer shall direct the above inspection to be made. 810....The inspecting officers shall, when vessels have just returned from sea, ascertain and report if any alterations have been made in the vessel, her armament, equipment, or arrangement during the cruise; and if so, the extent, and by whose orders, or by what authority. 811... The senior officer in command of the station will give the necessary instructions to the purchasing agent to procure proper transportation for 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 read proper officers to take charge of them, informing the Secretary of the Navy of every draft so sent, and their number, the rate and amount of passage money, and the names of the officers under whose charge they were placed. 812....The Commanding Officer of a station is not to suffer any vessel of the Navy, commanded by an officer junior to himself, and not under the authority of one senior to himself present, to remain in port longer than shall be absolutely necessary after her Commanding Officer has received orders to depart; but he is to send her off in the execution of her instructions the moment she shall be in a condition to proceed to sea, if the state of the weather will permit. 813.... When the officer appointed or ordered to command a station is temporarily away--absent either on leave or duty-or unable to perform his duties by illness or otherwise, the Line Officer on shore duty, or on board a receiving vessel, within the limits of his command, next to him in rank or seniority, is to act in his stead. Commanding Officer of a Navy Yard and Station. SECTION 2. Commanding Officer of a Navy Yard who is also the Commanding Officer of the Station about it. 814....When the Commanding Officer of a navy yard is also the Commanding Officer of the station about it, he is to govern himself, in discharging the duties of the latter office, by the above instructions for the Commanding Officer of a station as far as they can be made appli. cable to him. SECTION 3. Commanding Officer of a Navy Yard. 815.... The Commanding Officer shall, under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy and heads of bureaus, exercise entire control over every department in the navy yard, and will be considered responsible for the due preservation of all buildings and stores contained therein, and of all vessels in ordinary or repairing, and for the judicious application of all labor. 816....In the event of his being temporarily away-absent either on leave or duty-or unable to perform his duties by illness or otherwise, the Line Officer belonging to his command, next to him in rank or seniority, is to act in his stead, but he shall not alter any of the regulations established for the yard. 817....He 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. He will be particularly careful that none but effective men are employed, and no more than are requisite, and that they are obtained on the most favorable terms to the United States consistent with the instructions he may receive from the Navy Department. 818....The hours of labor and the rate of wages of the employés in the navy yards shall conform, as nearly as is consistent with the public interest, with those of private establishments in the immediate Commanding Officer of a Navy Yard. vicinity of the respective yards, to be determined by the commandants of the navy yards, subject to the approval and revision of the Secretary of the Navy. 819....He is to approve all pay-rolls for labor, and bills for supplies furnished, upon being satisfied of their correctness and with the prices charged. 820....He shall see that all officers and other persons employed in the yard perform their duties in a proper manner, and that all reports and returns are made within the time and in the manner which may be directed by the Navy Department, and not allow any materials of any kind to be used except for public purposes, nor any mechanic, laborer, or other person, or horses or cattle, to work for any officer or others, directly or indirectly, during working hours. 821....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 vessels in commission, and he will establish proper regulations to guard against accident from fire in the vessels under his charge, and in the dwellings and other buildings within the yard. 822....He will see that the fire-engines are at all times in good order, and will organize a fire department in the yard, and appoint proper fire companies, including hook-and-ladder, from the navy officers and the master and other workmen, excepting those who belong to or are members of fire companies without and in the vicinity of the yard; and once in every month, before the time of breaking off work in the afternoon, the fire companies shall exercise one hour, or until the time to break off work arrives. 823....The refusal of any master or other workman in the yard to perform duty in the fire companies of the yard shall, unless he belongs to a fire company without and in the immediate vicinity of the yard, be considered good cause for his immediate dismissal from the Govern-· ment employ; or when, on any alarm of fire in the yard, any such person does not appear at his post, unless he can give satisfactory reason for his absence, he shall be considered equally liable to dismissal. All absentees at the exercise of the fire companies are to be reported to the Commandant. 824....The executive officer will be appointed to direct the fire department, and he will frequently examine the engines and all appa |