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kind, on board any vessel of the squadron, without the order to do so, in writing, from the Commander-in-Chief.

541..Such order must be presented to the Commander of the vessel on board which the inspection or examination is to take place. 542.. The detail of officers of his corps for any service will be made by the Chief-of-Staff.

PAYMASTERS.

543..The Paymaster, when ordered to a vessel, will, in addition to the duties prescribed in the "Instructions for the government of Inspectors in charge of stores, Naval Storekeepers, Paymasters, and Assistant Paymasters," and in the "Rules in regard to the transaction of business at the office of the Fourth Auditor," carefully examine the bread-rooms, store-rooms, and issue-room, and report immediately to the Commanding Officer any defect in their arrangement or construction that he may discover.

544..He will make requisitions for money, and for such provisions, clothing, small stores, and other articles, as may be needed; but such requisitions are at all times to be subject to the approval of the Commanding Officer of the vessel, and the revision and approval of the senior officer present in command.

545..When he shall present a requisition for money, for the approval of his Commanding Officer, or such Commanding Officer shall direct him to prepare a requisition for his approval, the Paymaster shall present a statement of the amount of public money then in his possession; and the Commanding Officer shall not direct or approve a requisition for a larger sum than may appear to be necessary for the public interests, in addition to such unexpended balance as may have been reported already on hand.

546..If a requisition of a Paymaster for money require the approval of an officer superior or senior to his immediate Commanding Officer, it is hereby made the duty of such superior or senior to exact of the Commanding Officer of the vessel or navy yard to which the Paymaster may belong, a written statement of the amount of money reported to be in the hands of the Paymaster, and also specifying the particular objects and amounts under their appropriate heads of appropriation for which the money is wanted.

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547..In all cases where a Paymaster shall have received, or shall have been duly authorized or directed to pay over any public money, without the previous knowledge or sanction of his immediate Commanding Officer, it shall be the duty of such Paymaster to report forthwith to his Commanding Officer the amount so received or paid, and the authority under which he acted.

548..No money which may be placed in charge of a Paymaster by order of, or authority from, his commanding or other superior officer, or of the Treasury or Navy Department, is to be used or paid away by him without the sanction or approval of either his immediate Commanding Officer, the Commander of the squadron or station to which he belongs, the Fourth Auditor of the Treasury, the Second Comptroller of the Treasury, or the Secretary of the Navy.

549.. Whenever provisions, or any other articles for which the Paymaster is responsible, are sent out of the vessel, he will procure from the Commander an order in writing, that a proper account of and receipt for them may be taken.

550..He shall report to the Commanding Officer any articles which may be received in his department that he may consider of improper quality, deficient in quantity, or requiring additional means for their preservation.

551..He will make no changes upon the muster-roll of the vessel unless he shall receive information from the Commanding Officer of the promotion, resignation, dismissal, or death, or an order for the discharge, transfer, or change of rating, of any person borne upon it.

552..The accounts of men transferred will be made out in conformity to the regulations of the Treasury Department, and must accompany the men. They are to be sent by the Paymaster making the transfer to the Paymaster of the vessel, navy yard, or station to which the transfer is made, who will, after comparing them, receipt one copy and return it to the Paymaster who made the transfer, as a voucher for the settlement of his accounts. The transfer of accounts must, in all cases, be made through the Commanding Officers. 553..The Paymaster will only issue clothing and small stores and money to Petty Officers and persons of inferior ratings, in such quantities or sums, and at such times, as shall be directed in writing by the Commanding Officer; and all issues made shall be receipted for, or certified to, at the time, in the presence of a com

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mission or warrant officer, and the receipts be witnessed or certified by him.

554..Whenever it is absolutely necessary upon foreign stations to purchase clothing, he shall take care that the articles be, as nearly as possible, of the same kind and quality as those furnished by the United States; and no more shall be purchased than shall be sufficient to meet the existing exigency.

555..When articles are furnished packed in bales, packages, or casks, for preservation, which cannot be opened without injury, they need not be opened to ascertain their contents, but the Paymaster will receipt for them according to their marks. And whenever they may be opened it shall be in the presence of an officer, and their contents then compared with the invoice, and, if found to vary from it, a survey shall be held to authenticate the facts.

556..Articles of clothing which shall be found damaged by regular survey may be valued by the surveying officers, and issued by the Paymaster in the same manner as other clothing, at the reduced prices fixed by the surveying officers.

557..He will report the condition of the store-rooms, of which he keeps the keys, to the Executive Officer daily, at such times as the Commander of the vessel may direct.

558..The messes of the ship's company may, with the approbation of the Commanding Officer, relinquish one complete ration in a mess of eight, and two in messes of not less than fourteen persons, for not less than three months, unless sooner detached, or unless their terms of service should expire in less than three months; and they may receive the established value in money from the Paymaster when in port, at such times (not oftener than once a month) as the Commanding Officer may direct.

559..He shall not pay money to any person in debt to the United States, except for stopped rations.

560..He shall make no change in the daily allowance of provisions, except by the written order of the Commanding Officer.

561..He will make monthly reports to the Commanding Officer of all expenditure of provisions, and quarterly reports of the expenditures of money, clothing, and small-stores in his department, and of the quantity of each kind remaining on board, and the length of time for which there is a supply.

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562..He shall draw and negotiate all bills of exchange, in conformity with such instructions as the Secretary of the Nayy may give upon the subject.

563..He shall report quarterly, or oftener if required, to the Commanding officer of the vessel, the expiration of service of the men which will occur in each subsequent month in each rating, giving the number only in each rating. (Form No. 20, Appendix.) 564.. Having received the effects of any officer, or other person who may have died, deserted, or been captured, together with an inventory of the same, he shall carefully preserve them until directed by the Commanding Officer to deliver them to the owner, his heirs, or representatives, or to sell by public auction the effects of deserters, or persons who may have died in debt to the United States.

565..When the stores on hand will admit of it, without an undue reduction of any article, he will, when ordered by the Commanding Officer, issue to officers' messes such articles of the public stores as they may require for their own use on board ship, at ration prices.

566..Whenever a Pay Agent shall be authorized to make advances of pay to officers bound on a cruise, it shall be the duty of the Paymaster of the vessel to furnish to such agent, as his guide, a correct list, signed by himself and approved by the Commanding Officer, of all the officers entitled to an advance of pay, which list must exhibit their names, rank, and yearly pay.

567.. Where there is no Pay Agent, traveling expenses incurred by an officer under an order of the Navy Department, or Senior Commanding Officer, shall be paid by the Paymaster upon the order of the Commanding Officer of the station.

568..The Paymaster will furnish clothing and small-stores to marines when embarked, upon a requisition signed by the Commanding Officer of the Marine Guard, and approved by the Commanding Officer of the vessel.

569..He will furnish to the Paymaster of the Marine Corps a statement of the account of any marine whose name is borne upon his books, who may die, desert, or be transferred to a shore station.

570..When attached to a receiving-vessel, he shall receipt for all recruits considered fit for service, and certify that he has charged to them respectively the amounts rendered as advance by the Recruiting Officer.

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571..He shall preserve as vouchers all orders given by Commanding Officers of receiving-vessels to furnish clothing or smallstores to persons indebted to the United States.

572..In foreign ports where a Paymaster in charge of stores is stationed, whether on shore or on board a stationary storeship, all requisitions for stores will be made upon him and all purchases in open market will be made by him, unless otherwise directed by the Commander of the squadron.

573.. The descriptive lists attached to certificates of death, certificates of ordinary disability, and certificates of pension, are always to be signed by the Paymaster in charge of the accounts of the person in whose case the certificate issues.

PASSED ASSISTANT AND ASSISTANT PAYMASTERS.

574..Passed Assistant and Assistant Paymasters, in the discharge of their duties, are to be governed by the Instructions to Paymasters.

CHAPLAINS

575..The Chaplain is to perform divine service and to offer prayers when duly ordered by the Commanding Officer.

576..He is, with the consent of the Senior Medical Officer, to visit the sick and afford them consolation.

577..He is to instruct in the principles of the Christian religion the boys and such other persons as the Commander of the vessel may commit to his care.

578.. Should there be no schoolmaster on board, he is to apply to the Commanding Officer to detail an intelligent and well-disposed person of the crew to instruct, under his direction, the boys of the vessel, in reading, writing, and the elementary rules of arithmetic; and he is frequently to examine the boys, and report from time to time to the Commanding Officer those whom he may find to be diligent and well-disposed, in order that they may be suitably encouraged and rewarded.

579..He is to make to his Commanding Officer, on the first of January, April, July, and October, a report of the duties performed