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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

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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 Government 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

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ratus for subduing fires, and report at once any deficiencies, and once a month at least, in writing, their actual condition. The chief engineer of the yard, or other proper person, will take charge of and keep in order the engines, hose, and fire-buckets, and will report to the officer in command of the fire department any deficiencies, that they may be immediately remedied.

825.... An alarm of fire in the yard will be given by the ringing of the yard and ships' bells, and the firing of a gun if it can be readily done, and the same alarm may be given for fires adjacent to or near the yard which may expose it to danger.

826....When he shall deem it prudent and advisable, he will direct the fire-engines and other apparatus to be sent to extinguish fires near to the yard, but they are to be kept under the control of their own officers, and must return to the yard immediately if so directed by the Commanding Officer.

827...He is not to authorize or allow any alterations in the prescribed arrangements or plans of the yard, nor the purchase of any surplus stores, nor the sale of any articles, unless specially directed or authorized by the Navy Department.

828....All vessels intended for in-shore service during the war must be provided with a substantial wire boarding netting, amply secured against all attempts to cut it away.

829. The password for the night, and the countersign, when he shall deem proper, may be issued by the Commanding Officer of the yard to such persons only as he may direct to be intrusted with them.

830....He shall draw up regulations for the police of the yard and transmit them to the Bureau of Yards and Docks for alteration or approval.

831....A regular journal shall be kept by the line officer second in rank after the executive officer, under the direction of the Commanding Officer, in which shall be entered the time when all officers report for duty at or shall be detached from the yard, when any vessel is received for repairs or put in commission, the number of mechanics and others employed, the arrival and departure of all vessels-of-war and of vessels with stores of any kind for the yard, the time when any vessel is taken into or removed from the dock, the state of the wind and weather, as

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well as the barometer and thermometer, and the other principal transactions of the yard.

832....He shall exercise no authority over, nor in any manner interfere with, vessels in commission when they are not placed under hi direction, unless in cases of urgent necessity, and should such cases occur, he shall give immediate information to the Secretary of the Navy.

833.... When a vessel is directed to be placed in ordinary, or given into his charge for repair, he will cause her to be properly moored or otherwise secured, in which he is to be assisted by the officers and crew of the vessel, unless otherwise directed by the Department or the senior officer in command upon the station.

834....Although the control of the commander of a vessel is to cease when the vessel is placed in charge of the Commanding Officer of a yard for repairs or equipment, it is hereby made the duty of such commander to point out to the Commandant of the yard any defects or deficiencies which he may have discovered.

835....Whenever the Commander or other officers belonging to a vessel fitting out or undergoing repairs at a navy yard shall be directed to report to the Commanding Officer of the yard, such officers and any other persons belonging to the vessel may be employed in stowing or equipping her, or in preparing her equipments, whenever it can be done to advantage.

836....When a vessel in commission shall be placed in a proper situation to receive any repairs that may have been ordered, her officers and crew may, if he deems necessary, be removed to some other vessel or quarters until her repairs shall be completed, and strict care must be taken that such vessel or quarters, and all articles belonging to them, are at all times kept perfectly clean and in good order by the persons using them for the time being.

837....He will not permit any vessel in commission to be repaired at the yard under his command without the sanction of the Bureau of Construction, except in cases of emergency, and in all such urgent cases surveying officers shall be duly appointed, and a copy of their report shall be forwarded to said bureau without delay.

838....He shall report to the Bureau of Construction the time when he receives a vessel for repair, when the repairs are commenced, and

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the time when she is returned into the charge of the Commander, or when her repairs are completed.

839. When a vessel in ordinary is to be equipped for service the equipments shall be made under the direction of the Commanding Officer of the yard, conformably to general regulations, or to such orders as he may receive from the proper bureau or the Secretary of the Navy. The decks of all vessels below the gun-deck are to be covered with shellac, to avoid holy-stoning.

840.... When a vessel shall be stowed and equipped under his direction, he shall take care that the officer who is appointed to take command shall be furnished with the drawings and plans referred to in paragraph 330, and with lists of all the stores and provisions which may have been put on board of her in the respective departments, and their cost, with the draught of water when the vessel is light and at other times.

841....When he shall be directed to build, equip, or repair any vessel, or to construct any building, or to make any improvement in the navy yard, he will direct an account to be opened against such vessel, building or improvement, debiting it with the number of days' work, and the cost of labor performed by each class of mechanics and laborers, and the quantity and cost of the different material used, detailed reports of which are to be forwarded to the proper bureau when the objects are completed.

842....When requisitions duly approved are made upon the storekeeper for articles which are not in store, he will direct the storekeeper to make requisitions for such as he may deem necessary, upon the purchasing agent, in the case of open purchases, or upon the contractor when the required article is deliverable under contract, and will approve and forward them, that the articles may be promptly furnished.

843....He will keep a bill-book, in which shall be copied all bills for articles which may be delivered for any special object in the yard, and be approved by him, keeping each appropriation and object distinct from every other. He shall keep marginal duplicates of all requisi tions upon the storekeeper which he may approve. He shall cause his clerks to examine the entries in the Storekeeper's returns, and compare them with the bill-books and marginal duplicate requisitions, and certify

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