of which the ensign shall be started up and hoisted smartly to the At naval sta tions. At sunrise. Half-masting the ensign. (2) The same ceremonies shall be observed at sunset "colors," the ensign being started from the peak or truck at the beginning of the National Anthem. The ensign shall not be lowered hurriedly. (3) At naval stations the same ceremonies shall be observed as closely as possible. Motions of the be followed. (4) Upon hoisting the ensign at sunrise the usual honors and ceremonies shall be paid, and they shall not be repeated at 8 a. m. (5) The same honors shall be rendered at "colors" to foreign ensigns, except that where such honors should be rendered simultaneously to our own and to foreign ensigns, the precedence shall be given to our own. 1255. In half-masting the ensign it shall, if not previously hoisted, be first hoisted to the truck or peak with the usual cere monies and then lowered to half-mast. Before lowering from halfmast it shall be first hoisted to the truck or peak and then lowered with the usual ceremonies. 1256. Upon all occasions on board ship or at naval stations of senior officer to hoisting, lowering, or half-masting, the colors, or displaying the union jack, the motions of the senior officer present in sight shall be followed. Answering dip. a Colors to be 1257. When any vessel salutes a ship of the Navy by dipping her national ensign it shall be returned dip for dip. If before 8 a. m. or after sunset the colors shall be hoisted, the dip returned, and, after a suitable interval, the colors hauled down. 1258. (1) A ship of the Navy entering port at night shall shown at day hoist her ensign at daylight for a short period, to enable the authorities of the port and ships of war present to determine her nationality. It is customary for other ships of war to show their light. Man-of-war lights. Ships with masts. colors in return. (2) At night when approaching an anchorage where men-ofwar are likely to be found, all ships shall hoist at the peak two white lights in a vertical line. When at anchor in port and sighting an incoming vessel making this display of lights, United States ships at anchor shall answer such signal by hoisting the same display. 1259. On board a ship where, for want of masts, the distinctive less than three mark of command can not be displayed as prescribed, it shall be hoisted in the most conspicuous position possible. Under similar circumstances the position of a national ensign during a salute will be modified as may be necessary, following the spirit of the rules herein laid down, but its display must not be omitted. (Arts. R 1236 and R 1237.) Arrival of retary of Navy, retary. SECTION 10.-VISITS OF CEREMONY. 1266. When the President of the United States, the Secretary President, Sec. of the Navy, or the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, away from or Assistant Sec. the seat of government, arrives for a visit in the vicinity of a naval station or of a port in which there is a naval vessel, the senior officer present shall send an officer to ask officially for instructions, and shall himself officially call, if the duration of such visit permits. (2) If in a foreign port, the same officer shall succeed to the command, and the flag shall be displayed from the ship in which the temporary commander is embarked, but without firing a salute. (R 1044, par. 5.) (3) When the command is temporarily transferred in accordance with the provisions of this article, the business of the command shall be carried on, if practicable, through the office of the absent flag officer, in order that the records may be kept continuous and complete. Insignia of command in bow 1245. Any flag or other officer in command afloat or at a naval sta- 1246. (1) An officer not a flag officer duly appointed to the com- (2) An officer in command of a ship and temporarily designated to 1247. An officer of the Navy commanding a ship engaged otherwise 1249. The boat of a flag officer or commodore shall carry on each Pennants of division commanders. Ships not in a service. boat not flying officer or com Mark upon the modore. 1250. The boats of other officers in command shall carry a gilt arrow Chief of staff 1251. A chief of staff not in command shall carry a pennant in the the decease of the officer. Insignia of command, when Distinctive mark of diplo 1253. (1) When the President of the United States, the Secretary (2) When a diplomatic official of the United States of and above bow. boat, within the limits of his Government, for the purpose of paying official visit afloat in a boat of the Navy, the consular flag shall be dis- played on a staff in the bow. Honors to the at 8 a. m. 1254. (1) The following ceremonies shall be observed at "colors" on board ships in commission: The field music, guard of the day, and national ensign the band, if there be one, shall be present. At morning "colors" the At naval stations. At sunrise. ensign shall be started up and hoisted smartly to the peak or truck. Half-masting the ensign. (2) The same ceremonies shall be observed at sunset "colors," the ensign being started from the peak or truck at the beginning of the National Anthem. The ensign shall not be lowered hurriedly. Motions of the be followed. (3) At naval stations the same ceremonies shall be observed as closely as possible. (4) Upon hoisting the ensign at sunrise the usual honors and ceremonies shall be paid, and they shall not be repeated at 8 a. m. (5) The same honors shall be rendered at "colors" to foreign ensigns, except that where such honors should be rendered simultaneously to our own and to foreign ensigns, the precedence shall be given to our Answering a own. 1255. In half-masting the ensign it shall, if not previously hoisted, be first hoisted to the truck or peak with the usual ceremonies and then lowered to half-mast. Before lowering from half-mast it shall be first hoisted to the truck or peak and then lowered with the usual ceremonies. 1256. Upon all occasions on board ship or at naval stations of hoistsenior officer to ing, lowering, or half-masting the colors, or displaying the union jack, the motions of the senior officer present in sight shall be followed. 1257. When any vessel salutes a ship of the Navy by dipping her national ensign it shall be returned dip for dip. If before 8 a. m. or after sunset the colors shall be hoisted, the dip returned, and, after a suitable interval, the colors hauled down. dip. Colors to be light. 1258. (1) A ship of the Navy entering port at night shall hoist her shown at day- ensign at daylight for a short period, to enable the authorities of the port and ships of war present to determine her nationality. It is customary for other ships of war to show their colors in return. Man-of-war lights. Ships with masts. (2) At night when approaching an anchorage where men-of-war are likely to be found, all ships shall hoist at the peak two white lights in a vertical line. When at anchor in port and sighting an incoming vessel making this display of lights, United States ships at anchor shall answer such signal by hoisting the same display. 1259. On board a ship where, for want of masts, the distinctive mark less than three of command can not be displayed as prescribed, it shall be hoisted in the most conspicuous position possible. Under similar circumstances the position of a national ensign during a salute will be modified as may be necessary, following the spirit of the rules herein laid down, but its display must not be omitted. (Arts. R 1236 and R 1237.) Arrival of SECTION 10.-VISITS OF CEREMONY. 1266. When the President of the United States, the Secretary of President, Sec- the Navy, or the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, away from the seat retary of Navy, or Assistant Sec. of government, arrives for a visit in the vicinity of a naval station or of a port in which there is a naval vessel, the senior officer present shall send an officer to ask officially for instructions, and shall himself officially call, if the duration of such visit permits. retary. visits afloat. 1267. The following rules, in which the maritime powers gen- Interchange of its. (a) The senior officer in port, whatever may be his rank, shall, upon, Boarding vis- ship) when such a visit is made to a ship of the Navy an officer shall be Return sent to return it at once. of a boarding visit. same the (c) Within twenty-four hours of arrival, the flag or other officer in Official visits; return. Return visits of flag officers. Return visits of commanding officers. (e) All flag officers shall return visits of officers of the grade of captain senior officers 1268. Wardroom officers of a ship of the Navy arriving in port shall, Visits of ward- 21969. The visits of ceremony prescribed in articles R 1267 and R nations. In view of the large number of such visits which must some1268 are those regularly tendered by officers of the principal maritime times ships are assembled, the following modifications thereof will be carried out: is a United States naval station, or where there is stationed a force of (a) When two or more ships of the Navy arrive at a port where there C. N. R. 7. marines who are not attached to a naval station, or when two or more shall only be exchanged between the senior officers present, ashore and officer present shall make such arrangements with the foreign officer (b) In cases where foreign stations or ships are concerned, the senior or officers in command in regard to the exchange of official visits by subordinates as circumstances, expediency, and international courtesy naval stations those of foreign naval and military stations, and between officers of! 1271. (1) Visits of ceremony in the United States Navy, weather permitting, shall be exchanged by flag officers, by captains, and by commanding officers afloat as soon as practicable after meeting or upon the Visits between of A make the first visit, and it shall be returned within twenty-four hours. Flag officers are not required to return the visits of officers under their command, except in the case of visits of other flag officers. Visits to com- (2) The same visits shall be exchanged by commanding officers afloat and commandants of naval stations as soon as practicable after the arrival of a ship at a navy yard or within convenient boating distance therefrom. With foreign vessels arriving within the limits of a naval station, visits shall be exchanged when practicable, regardless of distance. mandants. Visits of cour tesy. C. N. R. 7. Arrival of (3) An officer joining a ship or naval station shall, in addition to reporting for duty, make a visit of courtesy to his commanding officer or commandant within forty-eight hours after joining. (4) Where a Marine Corps force is stationed at a port and is not a part of a navy yard or station, the same official calls shall be exchanged between the commanding officer thereof and the senior naval officer afloat as prescribed in paragraph (2) of this article. 1272. Whenever a ship of the Navy arrives in waters adjacent to a ships to be re- naval station of the United States, the senior officer present shall ported to commandants. immediately notify the commandant, by telegram or by radiogram, of her arrival, and shall forward to him copies of the orders under which the ship is acting, unless such orders are secret, in which case the commandant shall be informed of the fact. As soon as her probable date and hour of departure have been determined, the senior officer present shall immediately notify the commandant thereof. (Arts. I 1311 and I 5346.) Visits between maval officers and diplomatic 1273. Upon arrival in a foreign port where there are diplomatic or consular officers of the United States the following rules in regard to and consular of visits of ceremony shall be observed by officers of the Navy: ficers. A flag officer or commodore. A command ing officer. (a) A flag officer or commodore shall pay the first visit to a diplomatic officer of or above the rank of chargé d'affaires. He will receive the first visit from consular officers. (b) A commanding officer shall pay the first visit to a diplomatic officer of or above the rank of chargé d'affaires and to a consul general. He will receive the first visit from other consular officers. (R 1117, par. 3.) Arrival in port (c) Diplomatic and consular officers in charge of legations or consu to be announced. lates shall be notified of the arrival of the ship in port. Boats for vis its. Visits of cour (d) The senior officer present, when notified, shall, if necessary, arrange to furnish a suitable boat to enable a diplomatic or consular officer to pay official visits afloat. A commanding officer shall, when notifying these officials of his arrival, offer them a passage to the ship at such time as they may select. 1274. Flag and commanding officers of the Navy shall, in foreign tesy to foreign ports, pay such visits to foreign, civil, military, diplomatic, consular, and other officials as custom and courtesy may demand. officials. Return visits of foreign offi. cials. Visits of ceremony between officers of the Army. 1275. Flag officers and commodores may expect a return visit in person from foreign governors and other high civil, military, and diplomatic officials. Other commanding officers may expect such return visits to be made by an aid-de-camp or other suitable officer designated for that purpose. 1276. In ports of the United States, whether within the continental limits, outlying territories, or in the insular possessions, visits of cere Navy and of the mony between officers of the Navy and Army will be governed by the rules laid down in articles R 1267, R 1268, and R 1269 for such visits Between offi. cers of the Navy between officers of the Navy and those of friendly foreign ships of war. and governors of 1277. The following rules shall be observed by officers of the Navy States in regard to interchange of visits with the governors of United States insular possessions and outlying territories: United C. N. R. 9. |