date (exclusive) of the man's return to military control. Disconnected periods of unauthorized absence of less than twenty-four hours will not be checked. Punishments. 1450. (1) The punishment for offenses committed by persons belonging to the Marine Corps is to be inflicted in accordance with the provisions of the Articles for the Government of the Navy, and the limitations prescribed by articles 24 and 25 thereof must be strictly observed by the commanding officer of marines, and under Guard duty no circumstances shall an offender be placed on guard, or required not assigned as to perform extra guard duty, as a punishment. (Art. 1431.) (2) For the trial of offenses which the commanding officer of marines may deem deserving of greater punishment than he is authorized to inflict under the provisions of article 24, but not sufficient to require trial by general court-martial, he may order a summary court-martial, in pursuance of article 26. (A. G. N.) (3) Offenses which, in his opinion, require the trial of the offender by a general court-martial shall be reported by him to the commandant of the station, who shall either dispose of the matter, or, if he concurs in the expediency of so trying the offender, shall forward the papers in the case, with his recommendation thereon, to the Secretary of the Navy, through the Commandant of the Corps. 1451. (1) The commanding officer of marines shall cause to be kept a register of all punishments inflicted by him. a punishment. Register of punishments. Punishments (2) Punishments inflicted upon commissioned officers shall be reported without delay to the commandant of the station and to of commissioned the Commandant of the Corps. officers. Monthly mus 1452. (1) On the first day of each month he shall forward, through the proper channel, to the Adjutant and Inspector of the ter rolls. Corps, a muster roll of his command, on which shall be entered all leaves of absence granted, by any authority, to officers of the command during the preceding month. The muster roll shall be free from erasures or interlineations, and shall contain in the column of remarks such information regarding the conduct and military history of enlisted men as the Commandant of the Corps may have directed. (2) He shall forward quarterly to the Bureau of Ordnance, Navy Department, on a form furnished by it, through the proper channels, a report of all property of that bureau held by the detachment under his command. service. 1453. When ordered to detail a detachment for service on Selection of board ship, he shall carefully select men of good character for men for sea such duty, and shall make such selection without unnecessary delay, in order that they may have time for preparation. Men having less than three years to serve shall not be detailed for duty on board a vessel destined to a foreign station; nor, except in cases of emergency, shall recruits be detailed for service afloat. (Art. 791, par. 5.) Details to be 1454. (1) In order that a fair proportion of sea service may be performed during each term of enlistment, commanding officers governed by equitable rules. of marines, when making details for such service or transferring men to vessels to fill vacancies, shall select well drilled soldiers who have never served at sea, or those who have had a tour of shore service, in preference to men who have already been at sea a full cruise during their current enlistment, or had but recently returned before the expiration of their previous enlistment. Deficiencies in complement of vessels. Transfer of officers. Post quartermaster. Issues witnessed. Preparation of reports. Officer of the day. Duties of offi cer of the day. (2) Marines who have served at sea shall not remain more than two years, and those who have never served at sea not more than one year, continuously on board a receiving ship. (3) Men shall not be transferred from a shore station to a seagoing ship for duty without a complete outfit of uniform. 1455. Deficiencies in the complement of marines on board ships on the eve of sailing may, by the order of the commandant of the station, be supplied by the commanding officer of marines, who shall, without delay, report the circumstances to the Commandant of the Corps. A similar report shall also be made to the Navy Department by the commandant of the station. 1456. (1) When an officer is ordered to relieve another in command of the marines within a navy yard or station, he shall report in person, on his arrival, to the commandant of the station. (2) Marine officers ordered to duty at a naval station shall report first to the commandant of the station, and then to the commanding officer of marines. 1457. (1) At each post or station there shall be detailed, when practicable, upon the recommendation of the Quartermaster, by the Commandant of the Corps, an officer to act as post quartermaster and acting commissary of subsistence. This officer shall be the representative of the Quartermaster of the Corps, and attend to all matters pertaining to the quartermaster's department. He shall be in charge of and responsible for all government property thereat, including buildings, clothing, arms and accouterments, and shall receive, issue, and account for this property, and in addition procure and issue rations for the command. At a post where there is an assistant quartermaster, he shall perform the above duties. (2) At posts where there is no post quartermaster, all duties assigned such officer by these regulations shall be performed under the personal supervision of the commanding officer. (3) All issues of clothing shall be witnessed by a commissioned officer other than the commanding officer or the issuing officer, when one is available, such availability to be determined by the commanding officer; when one is not available, by the issuing officer. Where a noncommissioned officer is in charge, issues shall be witnessed by a noncommissioned officer other than the one in charge. The officer or noncommissioned officer who witnesses issues shall attest the same as each issue is made by affixing his signature. 1458. Officers serving with a detachment shall assist their commanding officer in making out rolls, reports, and returns, keeping the books of the detachment, attending to issues, and in all other matters connected with the welfare of the command. 1459. The commanding officer of marines shall, at each station, detail daily a commissioned officer of the command for duty as officer of the day. 1460. (1) The duties of the officer of the day shall be conducted in accordance with instructions and regulations established for the Army. (2) He shall visit the guards and the sentinels at such times, during his tour of duty, as may be prescribed. (3) He shall attend all roll calls, and shall inspect the men at all mess formations. (4) He shall thoroughly inspect, at the hour designated by his commanding officer, the grounds, quarters, bakehouse, mess room, cells, and sinks. (5) He shall inspect the provisions issued, and shall report to the commanding officer if they are not of good quality. He shall also inspect the meals to see that the rations are properly cooked and served. (6) He shall, in case of fire at the station, immediately have the long roll sounded, and inform the commandant of the station and his commanding officer, and carry out the fire regulations of the station. 1461. (1) Officers and marines in garrison shall wear uniform. (2) The uniform of the day shall be designated by the commanding officer. Uniform. 363 Forwarding 1462. All official communications to and from officers and enlisted men of the Corps, serving at shore stations, shall be for-official commuwarded through the commanding officer and the commandant of the station. · 1463. An enlisted man shall not, under any circumstances, be employed as a servant. nications. Enlisted men not employed as servants. Council of ad 1464. (1) A post council of administration shall be convened by the commanding officer of marines whenever he deems it neces- ministration. sary, and at least once in every two months. (2) The council of administration shall be convened as provided in the United States Army Regulations, 1908, article XXXII, paragraphs 313-318, for the objects stated therein, and conducted in accordance therewith. (3) Councils of administration are assembled to audit the bakery and company funds; to ascertain and examine the sources from which, and methods by which, they have accrued, and to recommend expenditures therefrom. Post councils are also called to deliberate upon and recommend action, within the limits allowed by regulations, upon such subjects affecting the welfare and economy of the post as commanding officers may submit to them The post council shall consist of the three for that purpose. officers on duty at the post next in rank to the commanding officer. If there are not on duty at a post three officers junior in rank to the commanding officer, the council shall consist of the number so present. If only the commanding officer is present, he himself shall act. Duties of council. Record and (4) The junior member of the council of administration shall record its proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose, which action thereon. he shall submit to the commanding officer. Should the latter disapprove the conclusions, and the council, after reconsideration, adhere to them, a copy of the entire proceedings shall be sent by the commanding officer to the Commandant of the Corps, whose decisions thereon, upon all questions not involving pecuniary responsibility, shall be final. Upon questions involving pecuniary responsibility, appeal may be taken to the Secretary of the Navy. (5) The proceedings of a post council shall be signed by the The recorder, after entering them president and the recorder. with the final orders thereon in the council book, shall deposit the book with the commanding officer. The approval or objections of the officer ordering the council shall be signed by his own hand. Council book. What council (6) The post council shall prescribe the quantity and kind of goods and merchandise which the post trader shall be required to prescribes. keep on hand to meet the wants and necessities of the command: shall inspect his books, papers, weights, and measures; shall fix the tariff of prices of goods, and shall determine the tax to be levied, as provided in paragraph 353, United States Army Regulations, 1889. It shall fix the laundry charges, the prices which tradesmen shall receive for making and repairing the uniforms of enlisted men, and, when directed, shall submit regulations for the post school. Responsibility (7) The commanding officer who approves the appropriations of commanding of a post council shall be held responsible for all expenditures not made in accordance with the regulations. officer. Certain pur (8) The purchase from bakery or company fund of any article chases forbidden. which can be obtained on requisition from the quartermaster's department is forbidden. Loss of bak fund. (9) In case of loss of bakery or company fund, the circumery or company stances shall be carefully investigated by a post council of administration and reported with an opinion as to responsibility, through the proper channels, to the Commandant of the Corps for decision. 1465. (1) An officer appointed by the commanding officer shall be the post treasurer; he shall also act as post librarian. Post treasurer and librarian. To open account and make payments. When relieved. listed men. (2) He shall open an account with the funds in his charge, which shall be subject at all times to the inspection of the commanding officer. He shall make payments or purchases on the warrants of the commanding officer, which shall be drawn in pursuance of specific resolves of the council. (3) When he is relieved from duty as post treasurer he shall close his accounts and turn them over to the commanding officer, who shall order a council of administration to audit the same. (4) The post treasurer shall also be in charge of the post exchange. Credit at post (5) When, in the opinion of the commanding officer of marines, exchange to en- it is to the interest of the command, he may authorize credit at the post exchange to any enlisted man in good standing to an amount not exceeding one-third of the monthly pay of the man concerned. A man seeking credit shall be distinctly informed that it is given to such men only as can be trusted, and with the understanding that prompt and unsolicited payment will be made. Discharge of Indebtedness of man transferred. Discharge of Indebtedness of man whose en (6) When a marine is to be transferred from one post of the Marine Corps to another, or to a ship, the amount of his indebtedness to the post exchange, not exceeding one-third of his monthly pay, shall be noted on his transfer pay account and on the monthly pay, receipt, and muster roll of the post from which he is transferred. Upon the receipt of proper vouchers signed by the man in acknowledgment of his indebtedness, the paymaster having the accounts of the post from which the man concerned is transferred shall transmit to the commanding officer of said post, to be forwarded to the post-exchange officer, a check for the amount of said indebtedness. Payments, upon transfer, of post-exchange indebtednesses in the aggregate, in a single voucher, are allowable for each month during which the man concerned has not been able, for proper reasons, to pay in cash his monthly indebtednesses to a post exchange. (7) When a marine is to be discharged the amount of his indebtedness to the post exchange shall be noted in the final statelistment is about ment of his account and deducted from the payment made thereon. to expire. Upon the receipt of proper vouchers signed by the man in acknowledgment of his indebtedness, the paymaster who makes the final settlement shall transmit to the commanding officer of the post at which the indebtedness was incurred a check for the amount thereof. The check shall be forwarded by the commanding officer of marines to the post-exchange officer. The (8) A deduction in favor of a post exchange may be made only on the transfer or the discharge of the man concerned. amount of such a deduction shall not be collected until after all stoppages for indebtedness to the United States shall have been made and all forfeitures by sentence of courts-martial, if any, shall have been satisfied. (9) All amounts deducted in favor of post exchanges shall be entered separately on the monthly pay, receipt, and muster roll under the heading "Post exchange." 1466. (1) There may be allowed for each command of marines stationed at a navy yard, or barracks, a post trader, who shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Navy upon the recommendation of the council of administration, approved by the commanding officer of marines and the commandant of the station. Deductions in favor of post exchange. Post trader. Regulations (2) Post traders appointed by the Secretary of the Navy for any post or station in the Marine Corps shall be subject to the governing. regulations of the United States Army, 1889, governing post traders, Article XL, or to such regulations as may be established by the Secretary of the Navy. ness. (3) Post traders shall actually carry on the business them- Actually to selves, and shall not farm out, sublet, transfer, sell, or assign the carry on busibusiness to others. In the transaction of the business they shall be governed by such general instructions as may be issued for that purpose by the Commandant of the Corps. The account of the post trader is not a lien on the soldier's pay, and he has no security for sales made to them. 1467. (1) Bread shall be baked in post bakeries when practicable. At all permanent posts a suitable building for the purpose, and the necessary fuel, utensils, and furniture therefor, shall be provided by the quartermaster's department. The ovens shall be constructed and kept in repair by the quartermaster's department. The post treasurer, under the supervision of the commanding officer, shall have charge of the bakery. (2) A competent enlisted man shall be detailed as chief baker, and, if necessary, one or more enlisted men as assistant bakers. Post bakery. Chief baker and assistants. (3) Extra pay to post bakers is authorized at the following Extra pay to rates, to be paid from the bakery funds in the hands of the post post bakers. treasurer: The chief baker at a post of one company shall receive twenty-five cents per day, two companies thirty-five cents, three companies forty cents, four or more companies fifty cents. Each necessary assistant shall receive ten cents per day less than the chief baker when his extra pay is forty cents and under, and fifteen cents less when his extra pay is fifty cents. (4) The expenses of the bakery shall be restricted to the extra Expenses of duty pay of the bakers; the purchase of malt, hops, potatoes, and the bakery. of such utensils as are not furnished by the supply department. These expenses must be paid from the saving effected by the issue of bread instead of the flour ration. (5) The chief baker shall be inspected and mustered at the post bakery. (6) He shall be excused from ordinary post duties, but shall attend target practice when practicable, |