Master-at-Arms...Petty Officers...Persons Inferior in Rating to Petty Officers. 602.... He, together with the Ship's Corporals, will be particularly vigilant in preventing the smuggling of liquor into the ship, and in examining boats or lighters to ascertain that no improper articles are either brought on board or carried away from the ship, and that none of the crew leave the vessel in them without due authority. 603....When the magazine is about to be opened, he is to see that all required fires and lights are properly extinguished, and to report them so to the Officer of the Deck; and, at the same time, he is to notify the Marine Officer in charge of the guard that the magazine is about to be opened, so that the necessary directions may be given to sentinels to prevent the use of improper fires or lights until it is closed. 604....He is, at all general musters of the crew, to account for absentees as their names are called. 605....Immediately upon the death, desertion, or capture of any of the crew, he will secure all their property, and, after the inventories are made out, deliver the same to the Paymaster; and, should any of the crew absent themselves without leave, he will take charge of their effects, till otherwise ordered by superior authority. 606...Ship's Corporals are to be subordinate to the Master-atArms, and assist him in the performance of his duties. In the absence of the Master-at-Arms, the senior is to discharge his duties. SECTION 3. Petty Officers Generally. 607...The Petty Officers are required to exhibit a good example of subordination, alacrity, and cleanliness, and to aid their superiors to the utmost of their ability in maintaining order and discipline. 608... They will be allowed such indulgence as the duties of the ship, and the nature of the service upon which she is engaged, in the judgment of the Commanding Officer, will permit. SECTION 4. Persons Inferior in Rating to the Petty Officers. 609...All other persons composing the crew are hereby enjoined to yield, on all occasions, a willing, cheerful, and prompt obedience to those placed over them; to be especially attentive to their stations and the instructions they may receive; to avoid difficulties with each The Con.mander. other, and departures from regulations; to be always tidy about their persons and effects; and, in a word, to contribute all in their power to promote order and harmony. ARTICLE IX. PRESERVATION AND SAFETY OF THE VESSEL. SECTION 1. The Commander. 610....The Commanding Officer will ascertain that the spare spars, sails, tiller, and other spare articles of importance, are of the proper size and ready for use. 611....He shall never allow the vessel under his command to be left without one of the three, and in roadsteads or exposed situations, one of the two, senior officers, including himself; nor shall he grant leave of absence to any officer at any time when it will interfere with exercise, or otherwise retard the public interests, or render it necessary to place the deck in charge of an officer inferior in rank to those designated for the purpose. Unless in cases of absolute necessity, the charge of the deck is not to be intrusted to any other officer than one of those to whom it is regularly given. 612....On approaching land or anchorage of any kind, he shall be careful to have the cables bent in due time. 613....When going into any port or harbor, or approaching shoals or rocks, whether with or without a pilot, he shall cause regular soundings to be taken; and he shall have the leads frequently used whenever the vessel is on soundings. 614....Upon all occasions of anchoring he is, if possible, to select a safe berth, and have the depth of the water and the quality of the ground examined for at least three cables' length around his vessel, in places that are not known, or where he is a stranger, and have such bearings and angles noted in the log-book as shall enable him to recover an anchor in case it should be necessary to slip a cable. The Commander. 615.... He will cause the chain cables to be carefully guarded against corrosion, and have them inspected once a quarter 616.... He shall take care that the lightning conductors are kept at all times ready for service, and that the wire boarding-netting of his ship is always in the most serviceable condition. 617.... He shall see that the meteorological observations are taken and recorded as per form in log-book; and on indications of the approach of gales or hurricanes, he shall cause hourly, or more frequent, observations of the barometer and sympiesometer to be made, and every change in the force and direction of the wind recorded. 618... He is to take every precaution against fire, and to establish general regulations for the duties to be performed by the officers and men, should one occur. He is not to allow lights to be used on the orlops, or in the holds or store-rooms, except in safe lanterns; nor lights to be kept in officers' state-rooms, except the officer himself is present; nor are friction matches, or any other sub-tance or liquid, susceptible of easy or spontaneous ignition, to be on board in the private possession of any one. He is never, on any pretence, to allow varuishes or any inflammable liquid to be drawn off from any package or cask anywhere, but on the gun-deck, by daylight. 619....He will not permit smoking in the ward-room, steerages, cockpit, or any put of the berth deck; but he will designate such places for smoking as will be best for the comfort of the officers and crew, having due regard to the safety of the vessel and her discipline. 620....He will permit a lighted lantern to be hung up in a suitable place during meal hours, and after evening quarters until tattoo, or the setting of the watch, from which pipes or cigars may be lighted. No pipes or cigars shall be lighted at the galley or on the berth deck. 621.... He shall cause all lights an1 fires, other than the lights in light rooms, to be extinguished whenever it is necessary to receive or discharge powder; and all not absolutely necessary are to be extinguished whenever the magazine is opened for any general purpose. On all occasions of handling or passing powder the utmost precautions are to be taken to guard against accidents. 622....The magazine is never to be opened without the knowledge and consent of the Commanding Officer for the time being. The Commander.... Rules to Prevent Collisions. 623....He will be careful that the vessel is kept well caulked, particularly about the bitts, water-ways, and other parts liable to be strained. He will cause this work to be done as far as practicable, by the carpenters and caulkers of the vessel. 624....He shall keep a night order book, in which shall be entered all orders given to the officer of the deck for his government during the night. 625....If, while sailing in squadron, he shall find that the course directed to be steered is leading the ship under his command or any other ship into danger, he will give notice to the Commander-in-Chief and to the ship endangered. 626....When in command of an iron vessel, he will take every opportunity of examining the bottom of such vessel, and be very careful that the plates are cleaned and coated with preserving composition as often as may be necessary, or opportunity may offer for so doing; and he is to see that no injury be done by corrosion to the rivets or other parts, and that no copper articles be allowed to rest on the bottom in contact with the iron. 627....He shall cause every "notice to mariners'' that may appear during his cruise, and that contains, from an authentic source, any information relating to his cruising ground, whether with regard to errors of charts, to the discovery of new dangers, or to the condition or position of lights, buoys, or beacons, to be copied in a book kept for that purpose, and to be embodied on the chart to which the information contained in such "notice" relates. He shall also compare his list of charts with that of every other public vessel, more recently from the United States, with which he may meet, for the purpose of procuring copies, tracings, or notes of any new charts or other hydrographical information that the latest publications may afford. At the end of the cruise such note books, tracings, copies, and memoranda must be returned by him to the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation. SECTION 2. Rules to Prevent Collisions. 628.... From and after September, 1864, the following rules and regulations, for preventing collisions on the water, are to be strictly Rules to Prevent Collisions. observed in the Navy, with the understanding, however, that the exhibition of any light on board a vessel of the Navy may be suspended whenever, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Navy, the Commander-in-Chief of a squadron, the senior officer present, or the commander of a vessel acting singly, the special character of the service may require it—as in blockading, &c. 629....ARTICLE 1. Preliminary. Rules concerning lights. ARTICLE 2. Lights to be carried as follows. ARTICLE 3. Lights for steamships. ARTICLE 4. Lights for steam tugs. ARTICLE 5. Lights for sailing ships. ARTICLE 6. Exceptional lights for small sailing vessels. ARTICLE 7. Lights for ships at anchor. ARTICLE 8. Lights for pilot vessels. ARTICLE 9. Lights for fishing vessels and boats. Rules concerning fog-signals. ARTICLE 10. Fog-signals. Steering and sailing rules. ARTICLE 11. Two sailing ships meeting. ARTICLE 12. Two sailing ships crossing. ARTICLE 13. Two ships under steam meeting. ARTICLE 16. Ships under steam to slacken speed. ARTICLE 17. Vessels overtaking other vessels. ARTICLE 18. Construction of articles 12, 14, 15, and 17. ARTICLE 19. Proviso to save special cases. ARTICLE 20. No ship, under any circumstances, to neglect proper precautions. 630....ARTICLE 1. In the following rules every steamship which is under sail, and not under steam, is to be considered a sailing ship; and every steamship which is under steam, whether under sail or not, is to be considered a ship under steam. 631....ARTICLE 2. The lights mentioned in the following articles, and no others, shall be carried in all weather between sunset and sunrise. |