Funeral Honors.

the funeral services three volleys of musketry are to be fired by the full marine guard.

119...On the death of a Warrant Officer the ensigns of all the vessels present shall be hoisted half-mast during the performance of the funeral service when at sea, and, when in port, during the time that the body is being conveyed to the shore, and for one hour afterwards. In either case, three volleys of musketry are to be fired by a sergeant's guard of fourteen men.

120....On the death of a Staff Officer the same funeral honors are to be observed as those prescribed for a Line Officer of the same rank, except that the distinctive flag or pendant of the vessel is not to be hoisted half-mast, and that no minute guns are to be fired. missioned Officer, three volleys of musketry are to be fired marine guard.

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121....On the death of a Petty Officer, or other person of inferior rating, the ensigns of all vessels present shall be hoisted half-mast during the performance of the funeral service when at sea, and when in port, during the time that the body is being conveyed to the shore. In either case, three volleys of musketry are to be fired by a corporal's guard, consisting of ten men in the case of a Petty Officer, and of eight men in that of a person of inferior rating.

122....On the death of an officer, non-commissioned officer, or private of the Marine Corps, the funeral honors are to be regulated by his relative rank. In no such case are ships to half-mast their distinctive flags, or pendants, or to fire minute guns.

123....On the death of any officer, or other person belonging to the Navy, on shore, he will be entitled to the same funeral honors, so far as circumstances will admit, as though he had died on duty at fea. As a recognition of distinguished services, the Secretary of the Navy will, in all cases, order such additional honors as in his judgment may seem appropriate.

124....No vessel of a squadron other than that of the senior officer present, is ever to half-mast her colors until permission to do so has been obtained; but whenever the vessel of the senior officer present has her colors at half-mast, all other vessels in sight are to follow motions.

125....Funeral honors are not to be paid before the rising nor after the setting of the sun.

Distinctive Flags of Officers.

SECTION 3.

Distinctive Flags of Officers.

126....The flag of a Rear-Admiral is to be rectangular, plain and blue; and it is to be worn at the mizzen. But if two or more RearAdmirals in command afloat should meet, or be in the presence of each other, the senior only is to wear the flag of blue, the next in seniority is to wear it of red, and the other or others to wear it of white.

127....No officer is to hoist a broad pendant except in command of a separate squadron, and by the authority of the Secretary of the Navy, and one so authorized is not to strike it until duly ordered, except on meeting with an officer of a different squadron or commanding a station, senior or superior to himself, wearing a narrow pendant. When two or more officers entitled to wear broad pendants shall meet, or be in the presence of each other, the senior or superior in rank shall wear one of blue, the next in rank one of red, and the other or others to wear it of white.

128....A Rear-Admiral, or any officer wearing a flag or broad pendant, commanding a fleet, squadron or division, may shift his flag or pendant from one vessel to another of those under his command, informing the Secretary of the Navy-or in case of a Divisional Commander, the Commander of the fleet or squadron-of the fact, and of the reasons which governed him, by the earliest opportunity.

129....A divisional mark and the mark of a senior officer present are both to be triangular in shape, with a middle part of a different color from the rest, in the form of a wedge, the base occupying onethird the whole hoist or head, and the point extending to the extremity of the fly. For a first division it is to be blue, white, blue; for a second division, red, white, red; for a third division, white, blue, white; and for a senior officer present, white, red, white.

130....Any officer not authorized to wear the flag of a Rear-Admiral, nor the broad pendant of a Commodore, who may be appointed by an express order to command a division of a squadron, shall wear a divisional mark of the size prescribed in the book of allowances, at the mast-head where the pendant is usually worn. And whenever two or more vessels of the Navy, in commission, away from a naval station,

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may be assembled, the senior officer present for the time being, when not already authorized to wear a mark or flag of higher significance, shall wear, in like manner, the mark of a senior officer until he may fall in with a superior, or senior officer in command.

131....No Divisional Commander is to wear the distinctive mark of one when separated singly from the squadron and station to which he belongs; and no officer wearing such distinctive mark, or that of a senior officer present, is, in consequence thereof, to assume any additional title, to allow himself to be addressed by any other than his commission bespeaks, or to permit his vessel to be designated as a flag-ship.

132....Any officer commanding a vessel of the Navy, except one on board which a flag, broad pendant, divisional, or senior officer's mark may be worn, shall wear a narrow pendant at the main. This pendant is to be regarded not as an emblem of rank, but rather as significant of command, and that the vessel is of a public character.

133....All officers of and above the grade of Lieutenant Commander may wear at the bow of the boat in which they may be embarked a flag or pendant of the same character which they are entitled to wear at the mast-head of their respective vessels; but no divisional flag, nor flag of a senior officer, shall be worn in the bow of boats.

134.. The distinctive flag or broad pendant of a Commander-inChief, or of the Commander of a squadron, shall be worn only when he is actually in command of such squadron, nor shall it be worn by any vessel in a port of the United States during his absence from that port for a longer period than twenty-four hours. The senior officer present in such cases is, for the time being, to wear his distinctive mark, to issue all necessary orders, and to obey any directions that may have been, or may be, given to him by said Commander.

135....When the Commander-in-Chief of a fleet or squadron, in a foreign port, shall absent himself therefrom, and from the vessels under his authority, to remain away more than twenty-four hours, yet temporarily, his flag or pendant is not to be struck, but it is to be kept hoisted on board the vessel serving as his flag-ship, if either the officer commanding her or the Captain of the Fleet is next to him in rank; otherwise it is for the time being to be hoisted on board the vessel commanded by the officer who may be next to him in rank, and such

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officer is to issue all necessary orders, and to carry out any instructions that may have been, or may be, given by said Commander-in-Chief.

136....No officer left temporarily in the place of a Commander-inChief is to assume, or to allow himself to be addressed by, any higher title than his commission bespeaks, nor is he, in his written communications, to subscribe himself otherwise than, after his rank, as the senior officer present.

137....Rear-Admirals in command of shore stations are to wear the distinctive flag to which they may be entitled, and to hoist it on board the receiving vessel; or, if there be no such vessel thereat, at any suitable place in the yard. Commodores in such command who have, by order of the Department, commanded a squadron, are to wear a broad pendant, and to so hoist it.

ARTICLE IV.

General Instructions.

138....The attention of all persons belonging to the Navy is particularly called to the laws for the government of the Navy, and to all general orders and regulations of the Navy Department which now exist or may be issued hereafter.

139....Hereafter every general order issued by this Department, or published by authority, will be read to the officers and crew by the Executive Officer on board of every naval vessel, at the first general muster subsequent to its receipt, and entered upon the ship's log. All officers are directed to preserve a copy of each general order and circular.

140....Although particular duties are prescribed for officers and others in the following instructions, yet it is to be distinctly understood that it is not intended to confine or limit them to those specified, but every person is enjoined to promote, by zeal and energy, the efficiency of the service.

141....Authority is to be exercised with firmness, but with kindness and justice to inferiors.

142....Officers will bear in mind that the authority to punish offences is strictly defined by law; no deviation therefrom will be tolerated.

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General Instructions.

All persons in the Navy are to be constant in attention to their duties, never absenting themselves therefrom without the consent of their immediate Commanding Officer, nor remaining out of the vessel to which they may belong during the night, after sunset, without express permission from the Commander of the vessel, or from the Commander-in-Chief of the fleet or squadron.

144....Every officer or other person of the Navy shall treat with respect his superior, or any one having authority over him, and is required to set an example of morality, subordination, and devotion to duty.

145.. If any person in the Navy consider himself oppressed by his superior, or observe in him any misconduct, he is not on that account to fail in his respect to him, but he is to represent, through the proper channel, such oppression or misconduct to the proper authority. But in all cases such person will be held accountable if his representations should be found vexatious, frivolous, or false.

146...If any person belonging to the Navy shall know of any fraud, collusion, or improper conduct on the part of any agent, contractor, or other person employed in matters connected with the naval service, he shall report the same, in writing, through the proper channel, to the proper authority; but he must, in all cases, specify the particular acts of misconduct, and the means of proving the same, for he will be held strictly accountable for any frivolous or vexatious charges he may present.

147.... If an officer receive an order from a superior contrary to any particular order of any other superior, or to instructions, or general orders from the Department, he shall respectfully represent, in writing, such contrariety to such superior, and if, after such representation, the superior shall still insist upon the execution of his order, it is to be obeyed, and the officer receiving and executing it, is to report the circumstances to the one from whom he received the original order.

148....Every officer who shall divert another from any service upon which he shall have been ordered by a common superior, or require him to act contrary to the orders of such superior, or interfere with those under his command, must show to the Department, or to the officer under whose command he may be acting, that the public interest required the procedure.