Line and Staff Officers, with their relative Rank.... Petty Officers. shall take precedence next after the Line Officer of the Navy, and before all Staff Officers who may hold the same relation. Staff Officers of the Marine Corps shall take precedence of all Staff Officers of the Navy of the same assimilated rank and date. 42....Officers of the Marine Corps are not to exercise command, either afloat or at a Naval Station, over others not of their own corps, unless specially authorized by the Commander of the vessel or station for a particular purpose, or when on guard, or in the performance of police duties. But when serving on shore with a mixed detachment composed of sailors and marines, the Marine Officer will exercise command according to his relative rank and date of commission. SECTION 2. Petty Officers. 43....The Petty Officers of the Navy shall be divided into two classes-Petty Officers of the Line, and Petty Officers of the Staff. 44....The class of Petty Officers of the Line, and the order of rank, and of succession to command, shall be as follows: 1. Boatswain's Mates. 2. Gunner's Mates. 3. Signal Quartermaster. 4. Cockswain to Commander-in-Chief. 5. Captains of Forecastle. 6. Quartermasters. 7. Cockswains. 8. Captains of Main-top. 9. Captains of Fore-top. 13. 2d Captains of Forecastle. Petty Officers. 45....All other Petty Officers, except the Master-at-Arms, shall be called Petty Officers of the Staff, and shall take precedence and have assimilated rank as follows: 1. Yeomen. 2. Surgeon's Stewards. 7. Carpenter's Mates. 9. Sailmaker's Mates. 11. Coopers. 12. Armorer's Mates. 16. Bakers. To rank next after the Mastersat-Arms. To rank next after Gunner's To rank next after Captain of To rank next after Quarter- 46....The Master-at-Arms will be the Chief Petty Officer of the ship in which he shall serve. All orders from him in regard to the police of the vessel, the preservation of order, and obedience to regulations, must be obeyed by all petty officers and others of the crew. But he shall have no right to succession in command, and shall exercise no authority in matters not specified above. 47....Petty Officers of the Staff are not to exercise command except in the department to which they belong, or over those placed immediately under their control. 48.... Precedence among petty officers of the same rate shall be established by the Commanding Officer of the vessel in which they shall serve. 49....Orderly Sergeants of guards of Marines, on board vessels of the Navy, shall rank next after Masters-at-Arms; all other sergeants with Gunner's Mates; and all corporals with Quarter-Gunners. 50....Non-commissioned Officers of Marines are not to exercise mil Petty Officers.... Military Honors, Ceremonies, and Salutes. itary authority or command over others not of the corps to which they belong, unless specially authorized by the Commander of the vessel for a particular purpose, or when on guard or police duties. 51....When serving afloat, Petty Officers of the Navy shall take precedence of Non-commissioned Officers of Marines, holding the same relative rank; but when serving as troops on shore, the Non-commissioned Officers shall take precedence of Petty Officers of the same relative rank. ARTICLE III. SECTION 1. Military Honors, Ceremonies, and Salutes. 52....When the President of the United States shall visit a vessel of the Navy, he shall be received as follows: The yards shall be manned at the moment when the bow oars of the boat in which he is embarked shall be tossed; the men on the yards of the fore and main masts facing aft, and on those of the mizzen-mast, forward; all the officers of the vessel shall be arranged in line upon the quarterdeck, according to seniority, in full uniform. The full marine guard shall be paraded. The President shall be received at the gangway by the Admiral, Commodore, or Commanding Officer, and such other officers as he may designate to assist in the reception. When the President shall reach the deck, the flag or pendant usually worn shall be struck, and the American ensign displayed at the main. All officers and men on deck, the guard excepted, shall uncover their heads, the guard shall present arms, the drums shall give three ruffles, the band shall play the national air, and a salute of twenty-one guns shall be fired; the men on the yards shall lie in and lie down at the last gun. The same ceremonies shall be observed when the President leaves the vessel; the yards shall be manned as he crosses the gangway; at the last gun of the salute the men on the yards shall lie in and lie down, and the ensign at the main shall be struck. If other vessels of the Navy be present, they shall man their yards at the moment the ensign is displayed at the masthead of the one visited, and shall also fire a salute of twenty-one guns, unless otherwise directed by the senior Military Honors, Ceremonies, and Salutes. officer present. On passing such vessels, their sentinels shall present arms, the drums shall beat three ruffles, and the band shall play the national air. 53....The Vice-President of the United States, when visiting a vessel of the Navy, shall receive the same honors as have been prescribed for the President, except that the yards shall not be manned, and that there shall be but one salute of seventeen guns, which shall be fired when he goes on board; and that the American flag shall not be displayed, unless the reception takes place abroad, in which case it shall be hoisted at the fore. 54....An ex-President of the United States, when visiting a vessel of the Navy, shall receive the same honors as those prescribed for the President, except the display of the American flag and the manning of the yards. 55....Members of the Cabinet, Justices of the Supreme Court, or Governors of States, when visiting a vessel of the Navy, shall receive the same honors as those prescribed for the Vice-President, except that the salute shall consist of fifteen guns. 56....A foreign sovereign, or the chief magistrate of any foreign republic, when visiting a vessel of the Navy, shall be received with the same honors prescribed for the President, except that the flag of his own country shall be displayed at the main, and the band shall play his own national air. 57....Members of a royal family, when visiting a vessel of the Navy, shall receive the same honors as would be paid to their sovereign, except that one salute only shall be fired. 58.... Whenever a Minister appointed to represent the United States abroad, or a Minister of a foreign country, shall visit a vessel of the Navy, he shall be received by the Admiral, Commodore, or Commanding Officer; the marine guard shall be paraded, and a salute of fifteen guns shall be fired. 59....A Chargé d'Affaires or Commissioner shall be received in the same manner, but the salute shall be thirteen guns. 60....A Consul General shall be received by the Commanding Officer, and saluted with nine guns. 61...A Consul shall be received by the Commanding Officer, and saluted with seven guns. Military Honors, Ceremonies, and Salutes. 62....When a Rear-Admiral shall go on board his flag-ship to assume command, he shall be received by all the officers of the vessel in full uniform, and the crew arranged on the side opposite to that on which he enters; the full marine guard to be paraded. He is to be met at the gangway by the Commanding Officer and such other officers as he may select; the officers and men shall uncover their heads, the guard shall present arms, the drums shall give two ruffles, and the band shall play a march. When he orders his flag to be hoisted a salute of thirteen guns shall be fired. When he shall make a visit of inspection to any vessel of his fleet, the same ceremonies shall be observed; the salute shall be fired immediately after he arrives on board. 63.... When a Rear-Admiral relinquishes his command afloat, the ceremonies prescribed for his first reception shall take place at his departure. His flag shall be hauled down at the last gun of the salute. 64....A Rear Admiral leaving his flag-ship with the intention of soon returning on board, shall be entitled to an officer's guard, which is to present arms as he passes in front of it, and the drums to give two ruffles. He is to be attended at the gangway by the Line Officer next in rank to himself on board, and all the Line Officers of his Staff, other than those who are to accompany him; the officer of the deck and the junior officers of the watch will also be in attendance. The same ceremonies are to be observed on his returning on board. If absent at night, three lights are to be displayed perpendicularly at the peak. If Commander-in-chief, the toplight will also be shown. 65....When a Commodore is duly authorized by the Navy Department to hoist a broad pendant as Commander-in-Chief of a squadron, he is, on first going on board the vessel which is to carry his broad pendant, to be received in the same manner as prescribed for a Rear-Admiral, except that the salute is to be eleven guns. Whenever he shall make a visit of inspection to any other vessel of his command, the same ceremonies shall be observed; the salute shall be fired immediately after he arrives on board. 66....A Rear-Admiral's flag, or a Commodore's broad pendant, shall not be hoisted on board any ship of his fleet or squadron, which he may visit for any purpose, without his special order. 67....When a Commodore duly authorized to hoist a broad pendant |