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mand, he shall report the number of hours the vessel was under steam and under sail, and the circumstances which rendered the use of steam necessary.

392....When practicable, he shall, before going to sea, cause the boilers to be filled with fresh water.

393....He will direct the Engineer to have the flues, chimneys, and boilers cleaned whenever it may be necessary, and when repairs or cleaning are required for the engines or boilers, they are to be made, as far as practicable, by the engineers, firemen, and coal-heavers of the vessel.

394....He shall take care that the proper lanterns, to prevent collision at sea, be kept in good order and always lighted at night, except when it may be expedient to conceal all lights.

395.... .... He is to have the force-pumps, hose, and all other means for extinguishing fires, kept constantly in order and ready for immediate use; and he is to require the utmost care to be taken at all times in the storage of stores, the use of lights and fires, and in the adoption of all other precautionary measures to prevent danger from fire.

396.. He shall examine the steam-log daily, and if satisfied of its correctness, sign it every month, or oftener, should the vessel in the mean time arrive at any port.

397.... The Commander of the vessel shall transmit to the Bureau of Steam Engineering, by the first safe opportunity after the close of the months of March, June, September, and December, a fair copy of the steam log-book for the preceding quarter, and whenever a steamer is placed in ordinary, for the period which has not been previously transmitted.

398.... He will require the steam-engineers to conform to the orders of the officer of the deck for the time being; but they are not, except in cases of great emergency, to be ordered to perform other duties than those immediately connected with the preservation, repair, management, or supplying of the engines and their dependencies.

399...He will cause the engineers, firemen and coal-heavers, to be arranged in watches, and, when on watch, they are to be under the immediate direction of the senior engineer of the watch, and are not to be ordered on other duties than those connected with the engines,

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boilers and their dependencies, except in cases of emergency, and then the engineer on duty is to be informed, that he may adopt all necessary precautions.

400....He will cause the senior Engineer to submit for his approval, watch, fire, quarter, and cleaning bills, showing the specific duties of the engineers, firemen, and coal-heavers.

401.... He will require the senior engineer on board to examine daily the engines and their dependencies, and all parts of the vessel which are occupied by them, or by stores for their use, and to report them to the Executive Officer for inspection; to make immediate report, should any defect or danger be discovered; to give timely notice to the Commander of the vessel of the probable wants of his department, and whenever articles are received for it, to carefully examine if they are of proper quality, and report any which, in his opinion, may be objectionable.

402....He will make such regulations with regard to leave on shore that the ship will never be left without the services of an experienced engineer. He will cause a full engineer watch to be kept constantly whenever the fires are lighted, and take care that one engineer at least, with a suitable number of firemen and coal-heavers, are always on watch, even though the ship may be at anchor and the fires hauled.

SECTION 7.

Executive Officer.

403....The Line Officer next in rank to the Commander of the vessel shall be the Executive Officer.

404....He will at once make himself acquainted with all the arrangements and equipments of the vessel, and report to the Commanding Officer any defects he may discover.

405....He shall, under the direction of the Commander, have the superintendence of the general duties to be performed, and of the police, to such extent as the Commander may authorize or prescribe.

406....He shall have the quarter, watch, fire, and station bills made out and kept complete according to the orders which he may receive from the Commander, and see that copies of them, and of the laws and

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regulations, are so disposed that all persons may readily refer to them for information.

407....He shall examine the vessel daily, and report to the Commander the result of his inspection.

408....He shall never absent himself from the vessel without the permission of the Commanding officer; nor will he ever leave her in the absence of the Commanding Officer, except on urgent public duty.

409....He shall not be required to keep a watch, unless circumstances, in the judgment of the Commander of the vessel, should render it necessary.

410....When the Commander of the vessel is not on deck, he may advise and direct the officer of the deck in the working and management of the ship; and if, in his judgment, circumstances should make it necessary, he may take charge of the deck, stating his reasons for so doing to the Commander.

411....He will exercise authority over all officers, and see that they vigilantly perform their duties, and that they conform to all orders for securing uniformity in the mode of executing them.

412.... He shall inform himself of the capacity of each man on board, and of the stations they may have previously filled, that he may station them to the best advantage.

413....In case of fire, or any other occurrence that may place the ship in danger, he shall exert himself to maintain order; and if it should become necessary to abandon the vessel, he shall, under the direction of the Commanding Officer, see that the sick and wounded are first cared for.

414....Whenever all hands are called for any particular duty, exercise, or evolution, he shall take charge of the deck.

415....He shall require from the Boatswain, Gunner, Carpenter, and Sailmaker, reports of the state of the vessel in their respective departments, at eight o'clock in the evening, and at morning quarters.

416....He shall, at eight o'clock in the evening, report the condition of the vessel to the Commander, and receive any orders he may have for him.

417....He shall immediately report to the Commander any defect

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or deficiency that may come to his knowledge, and which may in any manner endanger the safety or impair the efficiency of the vessel.

418....He is to correct, as far as his power extends, all abuses; and if he observes, or has knowledge of, any violation of the Laws and Regulations for the government of the Navy on the part of any person whomsoever, he is not to exercise any discretion in the matter, but to make immediate report to the Commander.

419....He shall, under the direction of the Commander, control the expenditure of all stores in charge of the yeoman, and examine weekly the reports of receipts and expenditures; and, upon being satisfied of their correctness, will approve and send them to the Commander.

....Whenever the magazine is to be opened for receiving or discharging powder, he shall see, in person, that all the prescribed precautions against accidents are rigidly observed.

421....In the absence of the Commander, he is to act in his stead, but is not to alter or change any of his regulations.

422.... He shall cause a convenient locker to be prepared, in which the keys of the holds and all storerooms shall be hung up, except those which the Ordnance Instructions require to be kept in the charge of the Commander of the vessel; it shall be his duty to see that all such keys are hung up at sunset, and that they are not taken away during the night without his knowledge, and that the keys of no storeroom are ever taken out of the ship.

423....He shall keep at hand a breaker of water, and a supply of provisions sufficient for the support of the crew of each quarter-boat for one week, which will be placed in the boat whenever there is a probability of separation from the ship, by fog or otherwise. The boat sails shall be kept in readiness for immediate use. If it shall be necessary to send a boat from the ship at sea, he shall be careful that she is provided with a compass.

424....He shall, when the number of officers will permit, assign one to each boat, whose duty it shall be to command the boat when required for special service, and who will be responsible that the arms, equipments, and crew, are in order and ready for service.

+425...He will keep a correct muster-roll of the crew, and a descriptive list, and he will have charge of the liberty and conduct books. He will superintend the messing of the crew, and in case of any changes

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involving the issue of provisions, he will cause the Paymaster to be duly informed.

426....He will see that the officers keep correct copies of the watch, quarter, fire and station bills; that the officers of divisions keep correct clothes-lists of the men under their command; and that they instruct them faithfully in their duties.

427....If from any cause he should be rendered incapable of performing his duties, they will devolve upon the Line Officer next below him in rank.

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SECTION 8.

Lieutenants, Masters, and Ensigns.

Lieutenants, Masters, and Ensigns, are the Watch and Divi

sion Officers.

429...They will punctually and zealously execute all orders they may receive from their Commanding or other Superior Officer, and, as far as in their power, see that all on board, who are subordinate to them perform with diligence and propriety the several duties assigned them. They are to be attentive to the conduct of the ship's company; to prevent all profane, abusive, and improper language, all disturbance, noise and confusion; and to report to the Executive Officer those whose misconduct they may think deserving of punishment. They will conform to the manner of performing duty adopted by the Executive Officer.

430....On taking charge of a watch, an Officer is to make himself well acquainted with the position of the vessel with reference to all other vessels in sight, and to any land or danger that may be near, and with all orders that remain unexecuted. He shall hold no conversation with any one, except on duty, nor engage in any occupation which may distract his attention. He is to see that the men on deck are kept on the alert and attentive to their duty; that the look-outs are kept at their several stations and are obviously vigilant; that each sail set is kept properly spread and trimmed; and every precaution is observed to prevent accidents from squalls. Throughout his watch he is to be careful that the vessel is properly and duly steered; that a correct