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(2) He shall, under the direction of the Commandant, receive

and expend the funds for the pay of the Marine Corps.

(3) He shall pay the officers and civil employees monthly, or, Payments. if any so desire, semimonthly, or cause them to be so paid.

(4) Payments to the enlisted men shall be made at all bar- At barracks racks or stations, by checks for the entire monthly payments, re- or stations. spectively by individual checks, monthly; in person, monthly, by a paymaster of the Corps; or, where payment by checks or in person is not practicable, by inclosing in separate envelopes the exact amounts in currency, each envelope to be sealed and marked with the amount which it contains and with the name of the man for whom it is intended, at the discretion of the Commandant of the Corps.

How payments

(5) Checks or currency for the payment of enlisted men shall be sent to the commanding officer of marines, and the payment made. shall be under his direction. If checks are used, they shall be transmitted by registered mail; if currency is used, it shall be shipped by express.

(6) Should a marine die or desert in the interval between

In case of death or deser

signing the pay rolls and the receipt of the money at the post on of marine. from the paymaster, the check shall be immediately returned by registered mail, or the cash deposited in the nearest government depository to the credit of the paymaster making the settlement, and the certificate of deposit forwarded at once to that officer. When the latter course is impracticable, a check for the total cash refund may be transmitted by registered mail, or the amount in cash transmitted by express, as may be most convenient and expeditious. Notation of the fact of nonpayment shall be made on the receipted copy of the pay roll, and verified by the witnessing officer before affixing his signature at the foot thereof, similar notation being made at the same time on the retained memorandum roll of the command. When a paymaster has had money returned to him in such cases, he shall make the proper notation on his memorandum copy of the roll. (7) He shall transmit, monthly, to the Auditor for the Navy Monthly acDepartment an account current, embracing all transactions coming within the time covered by the account except authorized payments for which credit has been or may be deferred, accompanied with vouchers necessary to substantiate the account. A copy of this account current, with details of transfers of funds to other disbursing officers, and of Treasury deposits to the credit of the United States, shall be forwarded to the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts.

count to Auditor.

(8) The signatures of the enlisted men on all rolls shall be certi- Signatures of fied as genuine by the commissioned officer in command, or, where men on rolls. there is no commissioned officer, by the noncommissioned officer in

charge.

Deposits by

(9) Enlisted men of the Marine Corps, not retired, may deposit their savings with the Paymaster or any assistant paymaster of enlisted men. the Marine Corps, or the pay officer of the Navy who carries their accounts, such deposits to be in sums not less than five dollars and for no fractional part of a dollar, the same to remain so deposited until final payment on discharge.

(a) Deposits with the paymaster or any assistant paymaster of When received. the Marine Corps, as above provided, shall be received from enlisted men attached to shore stations but once a month, on the first day of each month.

How made.

Credits when settling accounts.

Serving afloat.

Monthly reports to Paymaster of Corps.

Deposits to be entered in descriptive book.

Record kept by Paymaster.

Transfer pay

deposits.

(b) Deposits may be made in cash with the commanding officer of marines, to be transmitted to the paymaster concerned, or in cash with the paymaster direct, or may be made from sums checked on pay rolls for the previous month, as hereafter provided.

(c) Commanding officers of shore stations of the Marine Corps shall submit with the monthly pay rolls to the paymaster of the Corps having their accounts, on the form provided, which shall be signed by the depositors, a list of the men and the amounts they may desire to deposit. This list shall include a description of such sums delivered in cash to commanding officers, as well as such sums the men may desire the paymaster to check against their accounts upon pay rolls, to be credited to their deposit accounts, and upon preparation of the pay rolls, the commanding officer of marines concerned shall make the necessary checkages thereon, in the column provided for that purpose. The record of deposits made by enlisted men shall be kept in books, one book being provided for each depositor's account; and deposits shall be entered therein by the paymaster concerned, according to the commanding officer's monthly report of sums deposited, as received from the several shore stations of the Corps. These deposit record books are part of the records of the paymaster's department and shall be retained by the paymaster having the pay accounts of the depositors.

(d) In settling accounts, the pay officer of the Marine Corps concerned shall claim credit only for the amounts actually paid in each case on pay rolls; and only the total of amounts received in cash for deposits shall be taken up on the account current, cash account, and abstract of collections.

(c) Deposits by enlisted men of the Marine Corps serving afloat shall be made, reported, transferred, or closed on the same forms and in the same manner as provided for enlisted men of the Navy. (f) Commanding officers of marines afloat, or noncommissioned officers in charge of marine detachments, and commanding officers of marines at such stations as are paid by naval pay officers, shall render monthly reports to the Paymaster of the Marine Corps, on forms provided, as to sums deposited during the month by men of their command.

(g) Each commanding officer of marines, both ashore and afloat, shall cause to be entered in the descriptive book (or descriptive list) of an enlisted man, the date, and, in figures, the amount of each deposit made by the man.

(h) The Paymaster of the Marine Corps shall keep in an appropriate form a complete record of the deposit accounts of all enlisted men of the Marine Corps, to embrace amounts deposited, dates of deposits, and the paymaster of the Marine Corps or Navy with whom deposited.

(i) The transfer pay accounts of all enlisted men who have a accounts to show deposit account shall be plainly stamped across the face "Deposits." This stamp shall be affixed to the man's name as it appears upon all monthly pay rolls of shore stations.

Man having a deposit, transferred.

Abstract of deposits to Auditor monthly.

(j) In case of the transfer of a man having a deposit account, the deposit record book shall be sent with the transfer pay account; and upon the account shall be entered the number of the book and the total amount of deposits to date. When more than one man is transferred, there shall be stated on the transfer pay roll the total number of record of deposit books sent with it.

(k) The Paymaster of the Marine Corps and each assistant pay. master shall forward to the Auditor for the Navy Department

monthly, with their accounts current, an abstract of all deposits (of which they have a record) made with them on the first day of said month, with a list of names of depositors showing in each case the number of the record book, and the date and amount of deposit, carefully separating the deposits received in cash from those made by checkage on pay roll. Paymasters shall debit themselves only with the total of deposits received in cash; the deposits made by checkage involve no entries in their account current or cash account. The assistant paymasters of the Marine Corps shall furnish to the Paymaster of the Corps a copy of their abstract of deposits.

on final dis

(7) Upon final discharge, the paymaster of the Marine Corps Procedure upsettling the account shall credit each depositor, in the final state-charge of a dements, with the total amount of his deposits, and also with the positor. accrued interest thereon, to include the date of his discharge. The paymaster shall transmit the deposit record book to the Auditor for the Navy Department with his monthly account. Accompanying the deposit book shall be a statement, signed by the paymaster, showing the date and amount of each deposit, the interest on deposits, and also the total of the deposits and of the interest, as credited on the pay roll. The interest on the first deposit shall be computed from the date of said deposit to the date, not inclusive, of the second deposit, and entered in the column for that purpose. The interest shall then be computed on the sum of the first and second deposits, from the date of the second deposit to that of the third, and entered in the appropriate column, and so on, adding to the amount of each deposit the sum of all previous deposits, and computing the interest thereon from the date of such deposit to that of the next succeeding deposit or that of final discharge inclusive. But no sum shall draw interest unless it has been deposited for a period of six months or longer.

Assistant pay.

der returns of

(m) The assistant paymasters of the Marine Corps shall render to the Paymaster of the Corps, monthly, a return of all depositors masters to renpaid off upon discharge, which shall be prepared on forms to be depositors paid provided and shall show the number of the deposit book, the off. name, rank, and date of enlistment of depositor, date of his discharge and cause thereof, the total of the deposits refunded and the accrued interest thereon, as such was included in final statements prepared by them.

1415. (1) The assistant paymasters shall be stationed where the needs of the service may require. The senior paymaster on duty in the office of the Paymaster shall assist the latter in the performance of his duties, and in the absence of the Paymaster shall assume charge of the office.

Assistant pay

masters.

Administrative

(2) In the absence of the Paymaster, or when so ordered, an assistant paymaster is authorized, without transfer pay accounts, to disburse any money due to officers, enlisted men, and clerks, of the Marine Corps; or to make such other disbursements as may be properly settled by the paymaster's department of the Corps. (3) Assistant paymasters shall account for funds to the Auditor for the Navy Department, and to the Bureau of Supplies and examination of Accounts, through the Paymaster of the Marine Corps, to whom the account current, with all accompanying papers, shall be sent for examination in accordance with the provisions of section 3622, Revised Statutes, as amended by the acts of February 27, 1877, and July 31, 1894. (28 Stat. L., 209 et seq.)

(4) The Paymaster shall transmit the accounts to the proper accounting officer of the Treasury Department so that they may

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accounts.

Recruiting

service.

Recruiting of

ficer.

Enlistments and reenlistments.

Transfers.

be received by such officer within twenty days of their actual receipt by the Paymaster, together with the latter's report of the examination thereof.

(5) The Paymaster shall bring to the notice of the Commandant of the Corps all matters relating to accounts that require or merit it, and immediately inform the officer concerned of all errors or illegal disbursements.

SECTION 4.-RECRUITING, TRANSFERS, DISCHARGES, AND DESERTIONS.

1416. (1) The regulations for the recruiting service of the Army shall be applied to the recruiting service of the Marine Corps as far as practicable.

(2) Every person before being enlisted must pass the physical examination; and no person shall be enlisted unless pronounced fit by the commanding and medical officers, except by special authorization, in each case, from the Commandant of the Corps and the Surgeon General of the Navy.

(3) In the case of a person having physical disabilities, who has been enlisted by authorization as above, the physical condition of the enlisted man must be fully described in his enlistment record, in order that no improper claims for pension may be allowed.

1417. The commanding officer of marines shall be the recruiting officer of his command, and his name shall appear as such on the enlistment papers and in the descriptive list, which list must be signed by him, and on which must be stated, under the head of remarks, the date and place of enlistment of the recruit.

1418. (1) No person shall be enlisted or reenlisted in the Corps except as a private, drummer, trumpeter, or apprentice. (2) On foreign stations marines may be reenlisted, but not received for first enlistment.

(3) Upon the reenlistment of a person who, at the time of his discharge, held a warrant as a noncommissioned officer, his warrant shall be forwarded to the Commandant of the Corps for his action.

1419. (1) When a marine is transferred from one station to another, the officer transferring him shall at the same time forward his staff returns to the officer to whom he is transferred; also a transfer descriptive list signed by himself and the senior medical officer, which shall, under the head of remarks, contain the dates of promotions and reductions, with the reasons for the latter, and such other information as may be known to him concerning the man's military history; also, on the blanks furnished for the purpose, a complete list of offenses committed and punishments awarded at the station or on board the ship from which he is transferred, so that a continuous record of the soldier's conduct during current enlistment may at all times be in the possession of his commanding officer. (Art. 802, par. 5.)

(2) The marks given in conduct on transfer, on the descriptive list, shall correspond with the record of the man as shown by the punishments adjudged.

(3) The transfer of marines from a ship to a hospital, and their discharge therefrom, shall be governed by the same rules as are provided in article 792 for enlisted men of the Navy, substituting,

CHAP. XXXII.] RECRUITING, TRANSFERS, DISCHARGES, ETC.

where necessary, "Commandant of the Marine Corps" for "Bureau of Navigation," and "marine barracks" for "receiving ship."

(4) When a marine is transferred from any station outside the continental limits of the United States to the Marine Barracks, Mare Island, California, for bad conduct or dishonorable discharge in accordance with the sentence of either a summary or a general court-martial, all business pertaining to such discharge shall be transacted as expeditiously as possible and in accordance with such procedure as may be prescribed by the Commandant of the Corps.

1420. (1) Marines serving within the United States shall be discharged by order of the Commandant on expiration of their terms of enlistment except by special order of the Secretary of the Navy in pursuance of the sentence of a court-martial, or for undesirability, inaptitude, physical or mental disability, unfitness, or by purchase. The recommendation for discharge on account of undesirability, inaptitude, physical or mental disability or unfitness must in every case be made by the immediate commanding officer under whom the man may be serving, who shall likewise endorse upon all discharges the character of the man discharged. (2) In all cases where marines serving at shore stations are to be discharged from the service, the Commandant shall either issue and forward the necessary discharge or, at his discretion, authorize the commanding officer of the post or command where the man is serving to issue the discharge. Unless otherwise directed by the Commandant, the Brigade Commander in the Philippine Islands shall issue discharges to marines who are to be discharged on shore in the Philippines and at the U. S. Naval Hospital, Yokohama, Japan; and the commanding officers of marines at Guam and at Peking, China, shall issue discharges to men of their respective commands who are to be discharged at these stations.

(3) When marines serving on board ship (except receiving ships) are to be discharged from the service, they shall, whenever practicable, be transferred, together with their staff returns, upon orders from the Commandant, to the nearest marine barracks. Where this method is not practicable, they shall be similarly transferred upon orders from the captain of the ship or senior officer present. Marines serving on board receiving ships shall be discharged on board, unless transferred upon orders from the Commandant.

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Discharges.

On shore.

Afloat.

(4) When, in pursuance of a sentence of a court-martial, a By sentence of court-martial. marine serving on board ship in the United States is to be discharged from the service, his staff returns, with information as to the cause of discharge, shall at once be forwarded to the Commandant, who shall issue and forward such discharge, upon receipt of orders from the Department, and the man shall then be discharged from the ship in which he may be serving. But in the cases of marines on board receiving ships who are serving sentence of a general court-martial involving dishonorable discharge, and whose clothing accounts have been settled as provided in article 1783, paragraph 2, the Commandant shall either issue and forward the necessary discharge, or authorize the captain of the ship to issue the discharge, and the staff returns shall be forwarded to the Commandant after discharge.

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