Commanding Officer at a Navy Yard.

that they are correctly entered, before he approves the storekeeper's returns of receipts and expenditures.

844....The officers of the Navy employed in navy yards are to have the charge of masting, rigging, stowing, arming, equipping, dismasting, and mooring all vessels at the yard; and all persons employed for those purposes are to be under their general superintendence and direction, as may be ordered by the Commandant of the yard.

845....He will direct the constructor to furnish the clerk of the yard daily with lists of the distribution of the workmen employed under his superintendence; the chief steam and civil Engineers, the same in reference to those employed under their direction; and the master workmen not under the Constructor, Chief, or Civil Engineer, will report in the same manner as to those employed under them.

846....He will cause prudent scrutiny to be exercised over all articles and packages passing in or out of the yard; and when articles or packages shall be suspected as improper to be passed, they are to be stopped and examined, and if found to be of improper character to be passed in or out of the yard, are to be detained and reported to the Commanding Officer.

847...He will impress upon mechanics and all others that it is one condition of their employment that they conform to the established regulations of the yard.

818....He will not allow smoking in the yard, except in the officers' quarters and their enclosures, and the quarters of the ordinary men. 849...He will cause the entering gates of the yard to be closed at sunset, and no visitors will be allowed after that time, unless to the officers attached to the yard, or persons on board the vessels alongside the yard.

850....No alterations must be made in the arrangements of the hull, the dimensions or arrangements of the masts, spars, boats, or other equipments of any vessel which may be ordered for repair or equipment, without the previous sanction of the Department; but if, in the opinion of the Commanding Officer of the yard, any changes can be made to improve the qualities of a vessel, or increase the accommodation of her crew, he will make timely reports of the same to the proper bureau, with the reasons for recommending the alterations, and an estimate of the probable increase of expense which such alterations

Commanding Officer of a Navy Yard.... Executive Officer of a Navy Yard. would occasion. The hatches over the engine-room and passages to it are not to be kept bright nor scrubbed, and ash wood must not be used in the coamings, but all such are to be painted.

851....When a vessel is transferred to the Commandant of a yard at the expiration of a cruise, he will take care that all the stores and outfits in the several departments are duly surveyed and delivered into the charge of the proper officers; he will use every precaution to prevent losses in the transfer from the ship to the storehouses, and will require all officers in charge of stores to superintend the removal.

852....When the Commandant, Executive Officer, and two Lieutenants reside within a navy yard, he will not permit the yard to be left without the presence of two of said officers.

853....If there are fewer than four of said officers, and not less than two of them reside in the yard, he will not permit the yard to be left without the presence of one of them.

SECTION 4.

Executive Officer of a Navy Yard.

854....The Line Officer attached to a navy yard to perform general duties therein, who is next in rank or seniority to the officer appointed to its command, shall be the Executive Officer of the establishment; and he is to perform such duties as may be assigned to him by the Commanding Officer.

855...He shall, under the direction of his Commanding Officer, regulate the police of the yard, correct all abuses, and report to him such as are important.

856.

In the absence of the Executive Officer, the Line Officer next

in rank or seniority is to attend to his duties.

SECTION 5.

Lieutenants, Masters, and Ensigns of a Navy Yard.

857....The Line Officer next in rank or seniority to the Executive Officer is, under his direction, to observe a general superintendence

Lieutenants, Masters, Ensigns, and Ordnance Officer at a Navy Yard.

over the yard; and he will correct, as far as may be in his power, all irregularities that may come under his notice, and report such as may require further notice to the Executive Officer.

858....When the number of officers attached to a yard will permit, a Lieutenant, Master, or Ensign is to be present at the muster of the mechanics and laborers, to see that they answer properly to their names, and repair, without noise or delay, to their respective places of employment. 859 .In the absence of the Line Officer next in rank to the Executive Officer, the Line Officer next in rank or seniority to him will attend to his duties; and so, too, with regard to the absence of any other Line Officer, below the Executive Officer; the one next in rank is to attend to his duties.

SECTION 6.

Ordnance Officer at a Navy Yard.

860....He is to take charge of all ordnance and ordnance stores, and see that they are properly stowed and cared for, making weekly, monthly, and quarterly returns of the same, agreeably to the forms prescribed, and to keep the Ordnance Bureau informed of their condition.

861...He is to examine carefully all ordnance articles received from contractors, manufacturers, or others, and only to give receipts for them when satisfied that the terms of contract or agreement have been fully complied with.

862....He is to supervise the work done in the Ordnance Department of the yard, and to keep the bureau informed of its progress.

863....He is to supply all vessels, when fitting for sea, with such armaments and ordnance stores as may be directed by the Bureau of Ordnance, taking receipts therefor and transmitting them to the bureau. 864....He will be careful to make his requisitions upon the bureau in ample time for all articles with which he is concerned, in order to answer promptly the demands that will probably be made upon him

Navigation Officer at a Navy Yard.... Chief Engineer of a Navy Yard.

SECTION 7.

Navigation Officer at a Navy Yard.

865.... He will have charge of all instruments, charts, nautical books, signal books, log books, and books for ships' libraries, and of all other apparatus and supplies coming under the supervision of the Bureau of Navigation.

866....He will see to the proper care of these various articles, and make the returns prescribed for him by the Bureau of Navigation.

867....He will examine carefully all articles coming under his cognizance received from contractors, manufacturers, or dealers, and only give receipts for them when he is satisfied that the terms of contract or agreement have been fully complied with.

868....He will supervise any work done in the yard for the Navigation Office.

869....He will supply all vessels fitting for sea with the articles to be issued from the Navigation Office, taking receipts for the same and transmitting them to the bureau.

870....He will examine the construction of every vessel in the vicinity of the steering apparatus, and ascertain by personal inspection that there are no iron bars, rods, stanchions, axies, or other iron fastenings in or about the pilot-house, or sufficiently near the binnacle, to affect the compasses, but that, on the contrary, all metallic fastenings or mountings are made of copper or other suitable composition. will also specially examine into the condition of the compasses of the vessel after they shall have been put on board and in the places selected for them. The result of both of these examinations, for which he will be held responsible, he will report to the bureau.

He

871....He will be careful to make timely requisitions upon the bureau for all articles which he is expected to have in charge, in order to answer promptly the demands that may be made upon him.

872

SECTION 8.

Chief Engineer of a Navy Yard.

When a Chief Engineer of the Navy shall be attached to a

Chief Engineer of a Navy Yard.

navy yard he shall, under the direction of the Commandant and of the Bureau of Steam Engineering, have the superintendence of the construction and repairs of the steam and other machinery.

873....He shall have the supervision, under the Commandant, of the master workmen and other men employed in the machine and boiler shops and foundries, and of all the material used in those departments, and be responsible for its preservation and proper use.

874....He will state, in writing, to the Commandant, the number of persons required, and suggest names in the various departments under his charge, and, when the services of any are no longer necessary, he will inform the Commandant of the persons that may be dispensed

with.

875....He will make such suggestions to the Commandant of the yard, in the line of his profession or duty, as he may consider to the interest of the service.

876...The inspection, weighing, and measuring of all materials and of all work under his charge will be under his supervision and control.

877....All requisitions for materials or articles in his department are to be made by the master workmen employed under his direction, and when countersigned by him are to be submitted for the approval of the Commandant of the yard, who will allow such as he may deem necessary. No articles or materials are to be purchased without previous requisitions, nor are any to be used till they are duly inspected, approved, and received. He will have proper requisitions made to cover the expenditure of all articles or materials which may have been used or condemned during the preceding half month by the master workmen.

878....He will examine and certify to the correctness of all bills for materials and supplies for work under his charge; will examine as to the correctness of the pay-roll for labor; will have made out and sign the semi-monthly and other reports in his department that are required to be made by the Commandant of the yard to the Bureau of Steam Engineering, the Commandant causing him to be furnished with the costs and expenditures necessary for this purpose.

879...Master workmen under him will report at the middle and