Approval of Requisitions, Accounts and Muster Books, Purchases, &c. he will be particularly careful to examine all such books or rolls, that full confidence may be placed in such as are thus signed or approved. 1126.... The approval of a Commanding Officer to a quarterly muster and pay-roll, or to a transfer-roll, or account, given to or sent with men transferred, is to be considered as his certificate of the correctness of those parts which are a transcript from the general muster-book, relating to the dates of enlistment, ratings, terms, and expiration of service, but not to the correctness of those parts relating to their accounts, which are upon the responsibility of the Paymaster, and to be certified by his signature to the said transfer-rolis or accounts. 1127....The approval of an officer to a bill for articles purchased, or services rendered, is to be received as a certificate that the purchase or service was duly authorized; that the articles have been received by a responsible officer of the government, or that the service has been performed; that they conform to the contract, or are otherwise satisfactory as regards the performance of the duty, and the quality and price of the articles, but not for the correctness of the calculations determining the amounts charged. The person receipting such bills of articles is to examine and report any errors, but the person paying them is to be finally responsible for their correctness. 1128....The approval of an officer, whose approval, by the instructions of the Treasury or Navy Department, will authorize the payment of money, is to have the force and to be given under the responsibility of an order for such payment, and is always to be accompanied by the rank of the officer and the date of the approval. 1129....All accounts must bear the date of approval, and the sum for which the account is approved must be written in words at length. 1130....On a change of command on a foreign station, the officer who relinquishes the command will take care that all bills for articles, the requisitions for which have been approved by him, are settled before he relinquishes the command; but if from any circumstances this cannot be done, the officer who approved the requisitions will be responsible for the correctness of the purchases, though the bills may be authorized to be paid by his successor. 1131.... The Commander of a fleet or a single ship, when acting alone, shall, before leaving a port at which he may have received Approval of Requisitions, Accounts, Purchases, &c. .--- General Muster Book supplies, notify the persons who may have furnished the same to attend at some specified time and place with their accounts, so that none may be left without receiving his inspection and approval, should they be correct. 1132.... Purchases made for the Navy by any agent of the Navy Department, upon requisitions or orders addressed to him, are to be made, after due inquiry and comparison, by such agent on the most favorable terms for the government, and upon prices agreed upon before the purchase is made, and he shall certify the same upon the bills rendered for the articles. 1133.... Where articles are delivered by or under the direction of an agent who purchased the same, the officer who is to take charge of and receipt for them shall examine the bills rendered, and if, in his opinion, any of the articles are charged above the fair market price, he shall report the same to the officer under whose approval they were required before receipting for them, that such approving officer may institute inquiries and take such other measures as the case may require. 1134....Where inspections are required to determine the quality of articles, or their conformity with contracts or agreements, no receipts are to be given for them until the inspecting officers shall have certified their satisfaction with the articles delivered. ARTICLE XXVIII. General Muster Book. who 1135....Every person on board any United States vessel-of-war, receives either wages or provisions, must be entered in the general muster-book; but, as they will not all be in the same class or situation, it will be necessary to have several lists, separated from each other on the book by convenient spaces, and a separate series of numbers for the several entries in each list. The lists required to keep the necessary distinctions are the following: 1. A list of the commissioned and warranted Navy Officers, including secretaries and clerks. General Muster Book....Books. 2. A list of petty officers, seamen, ordinary seamen, landsmen, boys, firemen, coal-heavers, and others borne for pay and provisions. 3. A list of officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates of marines. 4. A list of supernumeraries for pay and provisions only. 6. A list of prisoners of war. 1136.....The letter "D" is to be placed against the name of every person who has been detached; the letter "T" against the name of every person who has been transferred; the letters " Dis" against the name of every person who has been discharged alive; the letters "DD" against the name of every person who may have died, and therefore discharged dead; the letter "S" against the name of every person pronounced a straggler; and the letter "R" against the name of every person pronounced a deserter. 1137....The entry in each list of the muster-book must be distinguished by a number in the first column, to be exclusively appropriated to it, and which must never be applied to any other entry in the same list, but to each new entry a new number must be given. 1138....The muster-book shall be kept in such form as the Navy Department shall prescribe. ARTICLE XXIX. Books. 1139...The receipt to the officer delivering the books allowed a vessel is to be given by her Navigating Officer. 1140....On board flag vessels they are to be kept in the apartment occupied by the Commander of a fleet, squadron, or division, under the immediate charge of his secretary, who is to receipt for them to the Navigating Officer. On board all other vessels they are to be kept in the apartment occupied by the Commanding Officer, under the immediate charge of his clerk, who is to receipt for them to the Navigating Officer. On board all vessels the Navigating Officer is to ascer Travelling and other Allowances—Commencement and End of Rates of Pay. tain quarterly, or oftener if necessary, if any of them are missing, and to report such as may be to the officer in whose apartment they were kept. This will relieve him from the responsibility of losses, and place it upon the secretary or clerk, as the case may be. At the end of the cruise the Navigating Officer is to see that the books are properly returned into store, ARTICLE XXX. Travelling and other Allowances—Rules Concerning the Commencement and End of Rates of Pay. 1141....No officer or other person can be paid mileage except for travel actually performed free of government transportation or expense, and in obedience to orders. To entitle an officer of the Navy, including a secretary or clerk, to travelling expenses, he must furnish the pay agent, or Paymaster of his vessel, with a certified copy of his orders and indorsements thereon, after having reported for duty. Officers and others ordered from one station to another, as members of courtsmartial, courts of inquiry, boards of examination, inspection, &c., or as witnesses, will be allowed travelling expenses, from the place whence ordered and back again, (unless other orders are given,) upon presentation to the pay agent of a certified copy of their order to that service and discharge therefrom. When enlisted men are honorably discharged, within the United States, from vessels returning from sea, they shall be entitled to three cents per mile as travelling expenses from the place of discharge to the place of enlistment if within the United States; and this allowance will be paid by the Paymaster of the vessel, with the final account of the person entitled thereto. 1142....The allowance for the travelling expenses of officers of the Navy within the United States is fixed by law at ten cents per mile. For travelling out of the United States the actual expenses only are allowed. Detention at any place on the route for more than one day is not considered as part of the travelling, unless certified by the officer to have been necessarily incurred in awaiting the next conveyance. The expenses must be shown by vouchers in the usual form, unless Travelling and other Allowances-Commencement and End of Rates of Pay. the officer certify that it was not practicable to obtain them, in which case his own certificate to a detailed statement of the actual and necessary expenses will be received as sufficient evidence. The travelling expenses of officers within the United States will be paid by the pay agent at the place to which they shall have been ordered, or by the Paymaster of the vessel to which their orders attach them. When a doubt exists as to the distance travelled, the certificate of the officer, stating the route by which he travelled, with the distance thereon, and that it was the shortest route usually travelled, will be received as evidence, where the Post Office records do not determine, and he should certify that a public conveyance was not furnished. 1143....The actual and necessary travelling expenses of officers proceeding from the United States, under orders for foreign service, will be paid upon the production of bills and receipts, or if they shall certify that it was not practicable to obtain receipts, then upon a statement of the actual and necessary expenses, made with as much particularity as may be in their power, and certified to be correct. The travelling expenses of officers returning to the United States from foreign service under orders, or under permission granted in consequence of sickness or medical survey, will be paid upon the same evidence as is required by the last rule in the case of officers going abroad. 1144....Paymasters are not entitled to travelling expenses in coming to Washington to settle their accounts, unless they do so under orders from the Department. 1145.... Stewards to Paymasters and Surgeons are not allowed travelling expenses, unless by special direction of the Department. 1146....When an officer shall be ordered to proceed with recruits from one station to another, his passage shall be agreed for and paid by the pay agent. 1147....The act of March 3, 1835, prohibits any allowance to officers of the Navy beyond their pay, except for travelling expenses. No allowance can be made, therefore, to any such officer for expenses which he may have incurred by reason of sickness, whether for medical attendance or otherwise. 1148.... Any fireman, coal-heaver, seaman, ordinary seaman, landsman, or boy, who re-enlists for the term of three years within three |