authorized.* (Sec. 6, 43 Stat. 106; 14 U.S.C. 206) [Chap. IV, Regs., Nov. 1, 1932, as amended Apr. 1934, Chap. IV, Pers. Instrs., Mar. 29, 1934]

4.27 Qualifications for enlistment. None of the following persons shall be enlisted in the Coast Guard: (a) A person under 18 or over 25 years of age, except (1) that a person enlisting as a surfman must be not less than 19 years of age, must weigh not less than 135 pounds nor more than 205 pounds, and must qualify as a good swimmer, and (2) that a person over 25 and not over 35 years of age, who has had previous service in the Coast Guard, and whose discharge was under honorable conditions, may be enlisted if otherwise qualified and the length of such previous service is equal to or greater than the excess of his age over 25 years; and in this connection credit will not be given for previous service in the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps. (b) A person under 21 years of age who has not the consent of his father, only surviving parent, or legal guardian, proof of which must be established, unless he has none residing in the United States or in the territory or possession of the United States where his enlistment is being made, in which case his enlistment may be effected provided he shall execute a statement to that effect on the reverse side of the enlistment contract. (c) A person who is an alien and has not declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States, except that natives of the Philippine Islands may be enlisted as mess attendants. (d) An insane or intoxicated person. (e) A person of known bad character. (f) A person known to have committed a crime. (g) A person who is a deserter from the military service of the United States. (h) A person who is married, unless he has the written consent of his wife and his enlistment has been specifically authorized by Headquarters. (i) A person under 5 feet 6 inches in height, except Filipinos, as officers' stewards and mess attendants who must be not less than 4 feet 9 inches in height. (j) A person who cannot read, write, readily understand, and speak the English language. (k) A person who does not pass the prescribed physical examination. No waiver of physical defect will be granted for original enlistment. (1) A person who has been in the military service of the United States whose service record has not been verified, except a person who reenlists on the day following discharge at the unit from which discharged.* (Sec. 6, 43 Stat. 106; 14 U.S.C. 206) [Chap. IV, Regs., Nov. 1, 1923, as amended Apr. 1934; Chap. IV, Pers. Instrs., Mar. 29, 1934; Bulletin of Information relative to Enlistment and Promotion, Apr. 1, 1937]

4.28 Re-enlistment-(a) General. The enlistment of any person who has previously served in the Revenue Cutter Service, the Life Saving Service, or the Coast Guard shall be considered a re-enlistment. Re-enlistments shall be effected by those authorized to effect original enlistments and, in the case of a person re-enlisting on the day following discharge at the unit from which discharged, by the enlisting officer of the unit. Re-enlistments shall be either special temporary enlistments or enlistments in the regular establishment, and shall be for a period of 3 years.

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*For statutory citation, see note to § 4.10.

(b) Persons eligible. A person discharged from the Coast Guard under honorable conditions entitling him to re-enlistment may be reenlisted, in the rating in which discharged, without regard to age, provided he re-enlists within 3 months from date of discharge. A person discharged from the Coast Guard with a discharge other than dishonorable, bad-conduct, or undesirable shall be considered as "discharged under honorable conditions". Only a person discharged from the Coast Guard with an honorable discharge or an ordinary discharge, with recommendation for re-enlistment, shall be considered as "discharged under honorable conditions entitling him to re-enlistment".

(c) Discharge; physical examination. A man discharged from a full enlistment in the regular establishment of the Coast Guard under honorable conditions entitling him to re-enlistment may be reenlisted in the regular establishment on the day following discharge without physical re-examination, or at any time within 3 months from the date of discharge provided he is able to pass the prescribed physical examination. After the expiration of the 3-month period he may be enlisted only in a special temporary enlistment.

A man discharged from a special temporary enlistment under honorable conditions entitling him to re-enlistment who has completed less than 6 years' continuous service in the Coast Guard may be re-enlisted only in a special temporary enlistment provided he is able to pass the prescribed physical examination. If he is unable to pass the physical examination without waiver he will not be re-enlisted. A man discharged from a special temporary enlistment under honorable conditions entitling him to re-enlistment who has completed 6 or more years' continuous service in the Coast Guard may be re-enlisted in the regular establishment provided he is able to pass the prescribed physical examination without waiver and re-enlists within the continuous service period. If a waiver of physical condition is necessary and is granted he may be re-enlisted only in a special temporary enlistment. If he is unable to pass the physical examination (with such waiver as may be granted) he will not be re-enlisted.* (Sec. 6, 43 Stat. 106; 14 U.S.C. 206) [Chap. IV, Pers. Instrs., Mar. 29, 1934]

*For statutory citation, see note to § 4.10.

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EDITORIAL NOTE: For list of abbreviations used in this chapter, see note to § 201.0.

Section 201.0 Rules of the Department of Commerce and regulations of the War Department. (a) The following rules and regulations govern the display of signals on, and the operation of, all craft and accessories working on wrecks engaged in dredging, surveying, or other work of improvement, and the use and navigation of the waters in the vicinity, in all harbors, rivers, and inland waters of the

United States, including the Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary waters.1

(b) These rules and regulations are issued by the Department of Commerce and the War Department. Sections 201.1-201.15 were issued by the War Department as to the Great Lakes and rivers emptying into the Gulf of Mexico and their tributaries. The Department of Commerce issued §§ 201.1-201.6 and the War Department & 201.7-201.15 as to the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts and the Coast of the Gulf of Mexico.

ABBREVIATIONS: The following abbreviations are used in this chapter:

E.D.

Engineer Department, Department of War. (The numbers and terms following this abbreviation represent the file designation of the Office of the Chief of Engineers.) U.S.C.&G.S. United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.

201.1 Rule 1. Signals to be displayed by a towing vessel when towing a submerged or partly submerged object upon a hawser when no signals are displayed upon the object which is towed. The vessel having the submerged object in tow shall display by day, where they can best be seen, two shapes, one above the other, not less than 6 feet apart, the lower shape to be carried not less than 10 feet above the deck houses. The shapes shall be in the form of a double frustum of a cone, base to base, not less than 2 feet in diameter at the center nor less than 8 inches at the ends of the cones, and to be not less than 4 feet lengthwise from end to end, the upper shape to be painted in alternate horizontal stripes of black and white, 8 inches in width, and the lower shape to be painted a solid bright red.

By night the towing vessel shall display the regular side lights, but in lieu of the regular white towing lights shall display four lights in a vertical position not less than 3 feet nor more than 6 feet apart, the upper and lower of such lights to be white and the two middle lights to be red, all of such lights to be of the same character as is now prescribed for the regular towing lights.*+

*88 201.1 to 201.15, inclusive, issued under the authority contained in sec. 7, River and Harbor Act, Aug. 8, 1917, 40 Stat. 266; 33 U.S.C. 1. §§ 201.1 to 201.6, inclusive, issued by the Department of Commerce, for the areas described in § 201.0, under the authority contained in 38 Stat. 381; 33 U.S.C. 157. See 33 CFR Chapter III.

The source of 88 201.1 to 201.15, inclusive, is Regulations, May 19, 1928 [E.D. 5221 (Regulations-Signals on vessels) 9/1, 9/2, as amended Nov. 24, 1931 (E.D. 7080 (Kill van Kull) 2/1)].

201.2 Rule 2. Steamers, derrick boats, lighters, or other types of vessels made fast alongside a wreck, or moored over a wreck which is on the bottom or partly submerged, or which may be drifting. Steamers, derrick boats, lighters, or other types of vessels made fast alongside a wreck, or moored over a wreck which is on the bottom or partly submerged, or which may be drifting, shall display by day two shapes of the same character and dimensions and displayed in the same manner as required by the foregoing rule, except

1The designation "floating plant" as used in §§ 201.1-201.15 includes dredges, derrick boats, snag boats, drill boats, pile drivers, maneuver boats, hydraulic graders and survey boats.

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