1468. At posts where fresh vegetables in adequate quantities can be readily obtained, a loaf of bread weighing eighteen ounces will generally be a sufficient allowance per man; but the weight may be increased, within the limit of the flour ration, at the discretion of the commanding officer, upon the recommendation of the post council of administration. The saving on the flour ration, ordinarily thirty-three per cent, shall be disposed of by the post treasurer for the benefit of the troops. Bread may be baked from it for sale to civilian employees and others, and the residue will be sold. The proceeds of such sale, after deducting the expense of the bakery, shall, at the end of every two months, be transferred to the company fund by the post council of administration. The bakery fund shall be under the supervision of the post council. It shall be collected and held by the post treasurer.

1469. (1) The company fund, which shall be kept in the hands of the commanding officer or post treasurer, shall consist of the gross amount of all moneys received from the following sources: (a) The savings arising from an economical use of rations. (b) The money received from the bakery fund after deducting the expenses of the bakery.

(c) The tax on the post trader not to exceed ten cents per man for all officers and enlisted men of the command.

(d) The sale of kitchen refuse.

(e) Voluntary contributions from different sources.

(f) Sale of surplus garden productş.

(g) Sale of animals and fowl belonging to the post.

(h) Gross receipts from the amusement room.

(i) Sale of articles purchased, as authorized by sections e, f, and g of paragraph 2.

(2) The company fund shall be disbursed for the following

purposes:

(a) For food, or articles to produce food; for improvement of the soldier's table fare.

(b) For extra compensation to the cook, first class, at the following rates per diem: twenty cents when cooking for one company, twenty-five for two, thirty-five for three, and forty cents for four or more companies. The cooks shall be inspected and mustered in the post kitchen. They shall be excused from ordinary post duties, but shall attend target practice when practicable. (c) For dish towels insect and vermin destroying preparations, knife brick, and other substances necessary for the cleansing of kitchen and mess utensils.

(d) For aprons and jackets necessary in the kitchen and mess

room.

(e) For books, outdoor games, and appurtenances of athletic sports.

(f) For the various articles necessary to establish and conduct an amusement room and to keep its resources in repair.

(g) For kitchen, mess, and barrack furniture, in addition to such as is issued by the quartermaster's office.

(3) Expenditures authorized by sections e, f, and g of paragraph 2 shall in no case exceed the amounts received from sections c, d, e, f, g, h, and i of paragraph 1.

(4) At posts where there is no post trader, the amount expended, as authorized by sections e, f, and g of paragraph 2, shall not exceed the amounts received from sections d, e, f, g, h, and i of paragraph 1,

(5) Every financial transaction of which a company fund is capable shall be submitted in itemized form to the council of administration to be audited.

SECTION 7.-SERVICE AFLOAT.

Supervision of

council.

Embarkation.

1470. If a marine detachment is specially ordered to a cruising vessel the following articles will be applicable. (Art. 1390, par. 4.) (a) When a ship is ready to receive her complement of marines, the commandant of the station, having previously caused the captain of the ship to be informed, shall direct the commanding officer of marines to send the detachment to the designated place of embarkation, accompanied by all its officers, unless any Officers to acare prevented by written order of the Secretary of the Navy, or by illness; the latter to be certified to by a surgeon's certificate. 1471. (1) When marines are received on board they are to be entered separately on the books, and are to be in all respects upon the same footing as the enlisted men of the Navy with regard to rations.

(2) They shall be furnished, by the pay officer, with clothing and small stores when the commanding officer of marines shall certify that they require them, as prescribed in articles 678 and 679.

company detachment.

tle.

Rations.

Clothing.

Discipline.

1472. They shall be subject to the orders of their superiors in rank, in the same manner as the rest of the crew, and shall be entitled to the same privileges and be under the same discipline. 1473. The marine detachment, when detailed for duty on Drill and disboard ship, is a distinct part of the complement of the ship, and tribution for batforms a division in the detail of the whole force for battle. It shall be thoroughly drilled and instructed at the guns of the secondary battery, and may be stationed as a division, under its own officers, as the captain may direct. If impracticable to SO assign the marines as a division, they shall be detailed as gun's crews, the marine officer or officers to command as many of such crews as practicable, and after the assignments above outlined, surplus men, if any, shall be distributed as the captain deems most effective for battle.

Authority of

1474. The senior marine officer serving with a detachment afloat has none of the independent authority that is vested in the officers. commanding officer of marines at a shore station, and can assign no punishment or restriction.

1475. (1) When more than one marine officer is attached to a Presence of ship, one such officer shall at all times be present on board for officers for duty. duty, unless excused on particular occasions by the captain.

(2) In all cases a marine officer, when there is one attached to

a ship, shall be present to superintend the prescribed instructions and exercises of the detachment, unless excused as above.

1476. The commanding officer of marines shall be attentive to Health and offthe cleanliness, health, and comfort of his men, and to their in-clency and detachment. struction, soldier-like appearance, and efficiency. He shall submit quarterly to the Adjutant and Inspector of the Corps, through the captain, detailed reports of instruction, drills, and target practice, on prescribed blank forms.

1477. (1) He shall have charge of and be accountable for the Charge of arms, arms, accouterments, and clothing belonging to his detachment, clothing, etc. He shall have these articles kept in good order, and shall report

Repairs to

arms.

Daily reports.

Daily inspections.

Where formed.

Times of drills.

Guard mounting.

Sentinels.

Orderly duty.

to the captain any injury that may result from neglect or misconduct, in order that the responsibility therefor may be fixed and damages be recovered. He shall inspect the clothing at least once

in each month, and in case of any loss or abuse he shall make report to the captain. He shall see that the arms, accouterments, and all government property, including any uniform clothing for which the marine officer is responsible that is in the possession of marines deceased or absent without leave, and any other uniform clothing for which the marine officer is responsible, are collected and preserved to be disposed of as provided for by law and regulation. (Art. 204.)

(2) The commanding officer of a marine detachment on board ship shall furnish the ordnance officer, in writing, with the information required by article 641, paragraph 2.

(3) When the arms and accouterments of the marine detachment of a vessel are the property of the Bureau of Ordnance, Navy Department, the marine officer in comníand of the guard shall exercise over them only the same authority as is now exercised by the officer of a gun division of a ship over his divisional battery outfit.

1478. If repairs to the arms or accouterments become necessary, he shall apply to the executive officer for such assistance as may be needed, or request authority to turn them in for repairs at the nearest depot of supplies.

1479. (1) He shall make to the captain a daily morning report of the state of the detachment on the prescribed forms.

(2) He shall examine daily, before quarters, the living spaces occupied by the marines, their clothes lockers, gun racks, and the marine storeroom, assuring himself that they are ready for inspection.

1480. At quarters the marines shall be formed at such place as shall be designated by the captain, under their own officers, the senior of whom shall report the absentees.

1481. The marines shall be instructed and exercised at prescribed drills, including pulling in boats, at such times and places as the captain may appoint.

1482. (1) When practicable, regular details shall be made for guard each day, and the ceremony of guard mounting shall be carried out as nearly as possible as at barracks on shore.

(2) On ships having more than twenty privates, the guard of the day shall consist of one noncommissioned officer and ten privates; on those having less than twenty privates, it shall consist of one noncommissioned officer and eight privates.

(3) A captain's guard shall be the full detachment of the ship. A lieutenant's guard shall consist of one lieutenant, two noncommissioned officers, and sixteen privates.

1483. (1) All general orders for sentinels shall be approved by the captain, and shall pass through the senior officer of marines. The officer of the deck shall, when necessary, give special orders for sentinels, and when such orders are of an important character, he shall inform the executive officer and marine officer. In all cases the orders shall be communicated to the sentinels by the sergeant or corporal of the guard.

(2) The marine officer shall visit sentinels frequently, and satisfy himself that they understand their orders and duties.

1484. Marines may be detailed for duty as orderlies for the commander-in-chief and for the captain.

1485. (1) Noncommissioned officers shall not be detailed as messmen. (Art. 1134, par. 15.)

(2) Marines shall not be assigned to duty as master-at-arms, yeoman, or hospital steward, except in case of emergency, to be determined by the captain. When necessary to make such assignment, it shall continue only until a suitable person can be selected for the required duty.

(3) They shall not be assigned to duty as messengers for the officer of the deck.

Assignment of

men to other duties.

(4) In detailing marines for any work or labor not included in their usual guard, post, and deck duties, regard shall be had to the amount of guard and post duty being required of them. 1486. Noncommissioned officers holding permanent warrants, Reduction of shall not be reduced in rating, except in pursuance of the sen- noncommissioned officers. tence of a court-martial. 1487. (1) When a vacancy in the allowance of noncommisFilling vacansioned officers occurs in a ship out of the United States, the com- cles occurring manding officer of marines shall recommend, and the captain

abroad.

shall designate, some one of the detachment for promotion to the Examination vacancy. The captain shall appoint a board, to consist of the of noncommissenior marine officer, and two line officers, to examine the person sioned officers. so designated, under the regulations prescribed in article 1446, as to his qualifications for promotion. If reported qualified, the promotion shall, if the captain approves, be made by him, the appointment to continue until the termination of the cruise, unless vacated by order of the appointing authority, as in the case of acting petty officers of the Navy. If there be no marine officer, an additional line officer shall be placed on the board.

United States.

(2) When such a vacancy occurs in a ship in the United States Vacancies ocit shall be reported to the Commandant of the Corps, who may curring in the fill it by transfer. If advised that this will not be done, the examination shall be held as provided in paragraph 1 of this article, and the recommendation of the board, if favorable, after approval by the officer ordering the board, shall be forwarded to the Commandant of the Corps who, if he approves, shall issue a warrant.

1488. Reports against marines shall be entered in the daily report book. Any misbehavior of the marines on guard, or on duty as sentinels, shall be reported to the executive officer through the officer of the deck. The senior marine officer, when on board, shall be present at the mast when offenses committed by marines are to be investigated.

Offenses.

1489. The senior marine officer shall keep the executive officer Conduct and informed of the proficiency in rating, sobriety, and obedience of liberty lists. the marines, and shall make recommendations to him regarding their liberty.

counts.

1490. The commanding officer of marines shall keep a muster Muster rolls roll, and clothing and other accounts, and shall forward them, and clothing acas well as other required returns, through the proper channels. 1491. A marine officer may be detailed by the captain as su- Superintendperintendent of small-arm target practice. ent of small-arm practice. 1492. Marine officers may be required to make intelligence Intelligence reports upon such subjects as the captain of the ship may direct. reports. 1493. The officers and men of the Marine Corps serving in a Drill on shore. fleet shall be properly organized, and shall be landed, at such times and places as the commander-in-chief may direct, for exer

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Service with a mixed detach

ment.

Drill with marines of bar

racks.

Official correspondence.

Going out commission.

cise in prescribed drills and duties, under the command of the senior marine officer in the fleet.

1494. When serving on shore with a mixed detachment, composed of seamen and marines, the marines shall always be placed on the right in battalion or other infantry formation, and the senior officer of the line of the Navy, or of the Marine Corps, according to rank, shall command the detachment. (Arts. 19, par. 4, and 52 b.)

1495. The marines of receiving ships and of vessels which are temporarily at a navy yard, shall, under the direction of the commandant of the station, be landed for the purpose of drill and exercise in the school of the battalion, in conjunction with the marines of the station, under the commanding officer of the barracks.

1496. All official correspondence between officers and enlisted men and the Commandant or staff of the Corps, relating to the detail, efficiency, or requirements of the command, shall be addressed to the captain of the ship. Communications from enlisted men shall be forwarded through the senior marine officer and executive officer to the captain of the ship.

of 1497. When a ship is to be put out of commission, the marine detachment may be required to remain on board until the ship is turned over to the officers of the navy yard or station.