Apartments and Messes.

Commanding Officer, and be otherwise accommodated in the same cabin in which they are to mess. If there be two state-rooms in it, said Commanding Officer is to have the first choice, and the Fleet Captain the second choice with regard to them. And in any arrangement of cabin accommodations whereby there may be two state-rooms in the apartment assigned to the Commanding Officer of the vessel, the Fleet Captain shall be entitled to occupy one of them; but in other cases, although always entitled to mess with such Commanding Officer, he will be accommodated in the cabin assigned to the Commander-in-Chief. 689....When no other arrangement is prescribed or feasible, the Commander-in-Chief, Commanding Officer of the vessel, and Fleet Captain are to occupy the cabin jointly, the choice of accommodations to be made in the order in which they are here mentioned.

690. The state-rooms of ward-rooms as ordinarily arranged on board ships of our Navy are appropriated to the proper officers by paragraphs 30 and 31; but in those ships where the ward-rooms are forward of the berth deck, while the respective sides appropriated to line and staff officers remain as provided in the above referred to paragraph, the relative positions of the state-rooms of the different officers are to be reversed, so that the Executive Officer will occupy the after state-room, and the other line officers will come next to him according to rank; a similar change of position, from forward to aft, will take place in the state-rooms of Staff Officers, on the port side of the ward-room.

691...In all vessels of the first class, and in those of the second class having a covered gun deck, the Boatswain and Gunner will each have a separate room on the starboard side, forward of the steerage, and the carpenter and sailmaker will also each have a separate room on the port side; but in vessels below the above, the Boatswain and Gunner will occupy one room jointly, fitted with two berths, on the starboard side, and the carpenter and sailmaker a similar room on the port side.

692....State-rooms in the cock-pit, or on the orlop or berth deck of a vessel, remaining vacant, are to be assigned by the Commanding Officer to such officers entitled to the accommodation of rooms as have not been provided with them, agreeably to their rank or seniority, giving preference, in all cases, to the watch officers, in the regular order of rank.

Apartments and Messes....Naval Transports.

693....In all messes of officers the senior Line Officer shall preside, and the senior Line Officer present will be held responsible for the order and decorum of the mess. In messes of engineers the senior one shall preside, and the senior one present will be held responsible for the order and decorum of the mess.

694....Wines, ales, and other liquors not prohibted by law on board vessels of the Navy, shall be regarded as private stores, belonging to individuals only, and shall not be brought on board without the sanction of the Commanding Officer. In no case shall they form a part of the outfit or stores of any mess, and no member thereof shall be required to pay any share towards their purchase.

695....Petty Officers will be messed by themselves, and shall not be required to perform the duty of mess cooks.

696....The boys will be distributed amongst the messes, but shall be berthed by themselves, under the charge of the schoolmaster or one of the Petty Officers.

ARTICLE XIII.

Naval Transports.

697....Unless otherwise specially directed by the President, officers of the Army, when ordered to take passage in vessels-of-war, shall, if of the rank of General Officers, live with the Commander of the squadron, if one is embarked in the same vessel; otherwise, such General Officers, and all Field Officers by commission, in their respective corps or regiments, shall live in the apartments of the Captain or Commanding Officer of such vessel; and all other officers of regiments, or corps, with the Lieutenants or Wardroom Officers of the Navy, or with those having the same designation, or who perform similar duties, but without interfering with the sleeping-apartments of the Navy Officers. 698....When officers of the Army are embarked, with troops, in a transport or troop-ship commanded and officered by Navy Officers, the Navy Officers shall occupy the same apartments which they usually occupy when employed on other service, and separate accommodations shall be provided for the special use of the officers of the Army and those under their command.

Naval Transports....Convoys.

699....Officers of the Army ordered for passage in ships-of-war may mess separately from the officers of the Navy, in which case a messplace will be assigned to them; or, by mutual agreement or order of the Department, may mess with the officers with whom they are authorized to live, they paying their proportion of mess expenses.

700....Officers of the Army embarked with troops in Navy transports, or in troop-ships, shall mess together, and separately from the Officers of the Navy, unless otherwise mutually agreed upon with the sanction of the Commanding Officer of the vessel and of the troops.

701.... When any part of the Army, volunteers or militia, of the United States shall be embarked in any vessel of the Navy for duty therein, they shall, until they are regularly detached therefrom, be subject to the laws for the government of the Navy, and to the regulations of police for the vessel, in the same manner and to the same extent as marines when they form a part of the complement of a vessel. 702.... Whenever any part of the Army, volunteers or militia, of the United States shall be embarked on board any vessel of the Navy for transportation only, they shall not be subject to the laws and regulations for the government of the Navy, but to the laws for the government of the Army; but they shall, nevertheless, be subject and conform to the internal regulations of the vessel in which they may be embarked, upon pain of confinement by the Commander of such vessel while on board, and of such punishment as an army court-martial may direct, after they shall have been landed.

703....No army courts-martial shall be held on board any vessel in the Navy when in commission, nor shall army, volunteer, or militia officers order any public punishment or confinement in irons to be inflicted on board such vessel, without the previous approval of the Commanding Officer of such vessel.

ARTICLE XIV.

Convoys.

704....The Commanding Officer of a vessel ordered to afford convoy to merchant vessels, is to arrange with their masters such signals as

Convoys.

will enable him to regulate movements, and them to communicate wants; and he will give them in writing, or in print, such directions for their government as may be necessary for their protection. Should it be expedient to provide them with secret instructions or signals, he will enjoin upon each master not to inform any person of the same, and not to allow an enemy, in the event of capture, to become possessed of the same.

705....He shall take a list of the names of the vessels under his convoy, specifying their rig, the places to which they belong and are bound, the date of their joining, and the names of their masters, owners, and supercargoes, a copy of which he is to transmit to the Secretary of the Navy; and on his arrival in port he is to send another list to the Secretary of the Navy, setting forth the names, &c., of the vessels that arrived with him, and of those that did not so arrive, mentioning, with regard to the latter, the time and supposed cause of their separation.

706....Before taking under his convoy a vessel bound to a belligerent port, he shall require satisfactory proof that there are no articles of contraband on board; and without such proof he is not to take her under his convoy, or afford her protection en route against a belligerent claim, unless specially directed.

707....An officer charged with a convoy must be very vigilant in guarding against attack or surprise, and if attacked he must defend it. He must never weaken the convoying force by detaching a part of it to go in chase beyond signal distance, nor must he himself separate from the convoy, unless such course would be the means of preserving it from an enemy.

708....He shall adopt all possible measures to prevent the separation of the convoy, and may direct such vessels to repeat his signals as he may deem proper.

709....He will make report to the Secretary of the Navy of the name of any vessel, and of the master, who shall disobey the instructions or signals for the convoy, or leave the convoy without permission, or otherwise misbehave, stating the particulars of his misconduct, so that insurance offices may be informed of the same.

710....Whenever the master of any vessel under convoy shall wilfully or repeatedly neglect or refuse to conform to the instructions

Convoys.

or signals of the Commanding Officer of the convoying force, the said Commanding Officer may refuse him any further protection, and be released from any further responsibility for the safety of the vessel.

711....When different convoys shall sail at the same time, or shall meet at sea, they shall sail together as long as their course shall be in the same direction; but the different convoys shall be kept as distinct from each other as circumstances will allow.

712....While two convoys continue together, the senior Officer commands the whole; and the vessels of the convoying forces will wear different distinguishing flags, for the information of the respective convoys. 713....The Commanding Officer is enjoined not to receive, or suffer any person under his authority to receive, under any pretence, any fee, reward, or gratuity, from any owner or master, or other person, for the protection afforded.

714....Vessels-of-war of the United States are not to take under their convoy the vessels of any power at war with another with which the United States is at peace, nor the vessels of a neutral power, unless specially ordered so to do, or some very particular circumstances should occur to render it expedient and proper, of which they are to advise the Navy Department at the earliest possible moment.

715....The Commanding Officer of a vessel of the Navy, abont to sail from a foreign port during war, or when it is probable that war will soon occur, is, if the nature of the orders under which he is acting will permit, to give timely information to the merchant vessels of the United States lying therein of the day of his intended departure, anu to take under his protection all such bound the same way as may be desirous and ready to accompany him; and he is also to take under his protection any other vessels of the United States that he may fall in with on the passage, which may desire it, and conduct them in safety as far as his course and theirs are the same.

716....No lights are to be carried at night by either the public or private vessels of a convoy, except by the authority of the officer who may command it. If he directs any one or more of these vessels to carry one or more of them, they are to do so.

717....The Commanding Officer of a convoy is not to permit the vessels under his protection to be searched or detained by any belligerent or other cruiser.