REVENUE MARINE - REVENUE CUTTER SERVICE. Act of Feb. 27, 1906, Ch. 510, 592. Expenses Office of Captain of Engineers Abolished — Appointment of Engineer-in-Chief — Rank, Pay, etc., 592, Act of May 26, 1906, Ch. 2556, 592. Sec. 1. Revenue-cutter Service - Regulations Governing Enlistments and Punish ments, 592. a. Punishments by Commander-Of Officers — Of Other Persons — Confinement - Records, 592. 3. Trials by Revenue-cutter Service Courts - Composition - List of Offenses Of Other Persons Review, etc. - Sentence of Dismissal, 592. 4. Place of Punishment, 593. Prosecutor 5. Arrests, etc., for Desertion-Rewards - Re-enlistment, etc., of Deserters, 594. 6. Furisdiction of Civil Authorities, 594. 7. Prosecution of Other Offenses, 594 Act of June 23, 1906, Ch. 3520, 594 Sec. 1. Revenue-Cutter Service Third Lieutenants Limited Promotion of Cadets, 594. 2. Cadets Number Allowed — Qualifications - Competitive Examinations - Disqualifications - Service Required Dismissals, 594. 3. Second Assistant Engineers - Probationary Term Age Requirement, 595. 4. Civilian Instructors, 595. 5. Pay Accounts, 595. 6. Constructor-Commission, Pay, etc.- No Vacancy Created, 595. Act of April 16, 1908, Ch. 145, 595. Sec. 1. Appointment of Officers Authorized, 595. 2. Selections Made from Active List - Vacancies, 596. 3. Reduction in Active List, 596. 4. Examinations for Promotion, 596. 5. Civil War Officers- Rank and Pay on Retirement, 597. 6. Retired Chief of the Division, 597. 7. Constructor or Surgeon - Pay and Allowance, 597. 8. Enlisted Force - Pay Increased Assignment, 597. 9. Eligibility for Promotion, 597. 10. Title of Engineers - Precedence, 597: Examination 11. Enlisted Men-Allowance for Clothing, 598. 12. Oaths, 598. 13. Increase of Officers, 598. 14. Repeal, 598. Act of May 27, 1908, Ch. 200, 598. No Pension to Be Allowed, 598. CROSS-REFERENCE. Removal of Derelicts, see WRECKS AND WRECKERS. * * * [Act of Feb. 27, 1906, ch. 510.] [SEC. 1.] [Revenue-cutter service — expenses office of captain of engineers abolished-appointment of engineer-in-chief- rank, pay, etc.] To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for expenses of RevenueCutter Service for the fiscal year ended June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, one thousand two hundred and seventy-seven dollars and fifty-two cents: Provided, That the office of Captain of Engineers in the Revenue-Cutter Service of the United States is hereby abolished from the date of the death of the late incumbent thereof, and that on and after the passage of this Act, the President may select and appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a chief engineer of said service, who has served not less than three years in that grade, as Engineer-in-Chief of the Revenue-Cutter Service, for a period of four years, and no longer, unless reappointed or sooner retired by reason of age or disability; And provided further, That the Engineer-in-Chief thus appointed shall thereafter receive the rank, pay, and allowances, while holding said appointment, that are now or may hereafter be prescribed for a Captain of the Revenue-Cutter Service, but nothing herein shall operate to increase the number of Chief Engineers now in the Revenue-Cutter Service. [34 Stat. L. 30.] This is from the Urgent Deficiency Appropriation Act of Feb. 27, 1906, ch. 510. An Act To regulate enlistments and punishments in the United States Revenue-Cutter Service. [Act of May 26, 1906, ch. 2556, 34 Stat. L. 200.] [SEC. 1.] [Revenue-cutter service - regulations governing enlistments and punishments.] That all persons composing the enlisted force of the Revenue-Cutter Service shall be enlisted for a term not to exceed three years, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall prepare regulations governing such enlistments and for the general government of the Service. [34 Stat. L. 200.] SEC. 2. [Punishments by commander of officers — of other persons confinement — records.] That no commander of a vessel of the Revenue-Cutter Service shall inflict upon any commissioned or warrant officer under his command any other punishment than private reprimand, suspension from duty, arrest, or confinement, and such suspension, arrest, or confinement shall not continue longer than ten days, unless a further period be necessary to bring the offender to trial; nor shall he inflict or cause to be inflicted upon any other person under his command for a single offense, or at any one time, any other punishment than confinement, with or without single irons, on board ship; confinement, on bread and water, with or without single irons, on board ship; deprivation of liberty on shore for a period not exceeding three months; extra duties, and, in case of absence without leave falling short of desertion, forfeiture of two days' pay for each day of unauthorized absence: Provided, That such confinement shall not continue longer than ten days, unless further confinement be necessary to bring the offender to trial, and, when on bread and water, a full ration shall be served every third day: Provided, That all punishments inflicted by the commander or by his order, except reprimand, shall be fully entered upon the ship's log. [34 Stat. L. 200.] re SEC. 3. [Trials by revenue-cutter service courts composition-list of offenses — punishments of officers of other persons — prosecutor · view, etc. sentence of dismissal.] That offenses against the discipline of the Revenue-Cutter Service too grave in character to be adequately dealt with directly by the commanding officer, as hereinbefore provided, may be punished by Revenue-Cutter Service courts, to be convened by or under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury. Such courts shall consist of not less than three commissioned officers of the Revenue-Cutter Service, and shall, under rules approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, be governed in their organization and procedure substantially in accordance with naval courts, but the jurisdiction of Revenue-Cutter Service courts shall be limited to the following offenses, namely: Disobeying lawful order of superior officer, refusing to obey lawful crder of superior officer; striking, assaulting, or attempting or threatening to strike or assault a superior officer while in the execution of the duties of his office; drunkenness on duty; drunkenness; gambling; misappropriation of mess funds; misuse of Government property or supplies; fraudulently signing vouchers; theft in an amount under one hundred dollars; scandalous conduct tending to the destruction of good morals; desertion; absence from duty without leave or after leave has expired; neglect of duty; conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman; malicious or willful destruction of public property; aiding or enticing others to desert; smuggling liquor on board a vessel of the RevenueCutter Service; cruelty toward or oppression or maltreatment of any subordinate person in the Service; using obscene or abusive language; violating or refusing obedience to any lawful order or regulation issued by the Secretary of the Treasury or the President. Such courts shall have power to impose upon a commissioned officer none other than the following punishments, namely: Summary dismissal from the Service; suspension from duty for a period of two years or any part thereof upon reduced pay, which shall in no case be less than one-half nor more than three-fourths of the duty pay of such officer; reduction of rank in his own grade; retention of his present number on the official register for a specified time; imprisonment for a period not to exceed two years; official reprimand. The only punishments that may be imposed by such courts upon any person in the Revenue-Cutter Service other than a commissioned officer shall be the following, namely: Dishonorable discharge; forfeiture of not to exceed two months' pay; imprisonment on land for a period not to exceed one year; confinement aboard ship not to exceed one month; confinement in single irons, on bread and water. or on diminished rations, not exceeding thirty days, but a full ration shall in all cases be given at least every third day; confinement in single irons; reduction to next inferior rating; deprivation of liberty for a period not to exceed three months; extra duties, and the imposing of these punishments will be regulated in accordance with rules prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. A commissioned officer of the said service may be designated by the convening authority as official prosecutor to prosecute the case in the interests of the Government, and whose general powers and duties will be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. The proceedings, findings, and sentences of Revenue-Cutter Service courts shall be subject to review by the Secretary of the Treasury, as the convening authority, and the records of such courts shall be filed in the division of Revenue-Cutter Service, Treasury Department, and no sentence of such court shall be carried into effect until approved by the said Secretary: Provided, That in the case of a commissioned officer a sentence of dismissal shall not be carried into effect until approved by the President of the United States. [34 Stat. L. 200.] SEC. 4. [Place of punishment.] That the Secretary of the Treasury may designate, as the place of execution of the sentence of a Revenue-Cutter Service court involving imprisonment, any prison or penitentiary that receives Federal prisoners. [34 Stat. L. 201.] SEC. 5. [Arrests, etc., for desertion rewards re-enlistment, etc., of deserters.] That it shall be lawful for the commanding officer of a vessel of the Revenue-Cutter Service to apprehend and arrest or cause to be apprehended and arrested, by the force under his command, a deserter from the Revenue-Cutter Service wherever found, and shall have authority to call upon all persons to assist in such arrests, and all persons so assisting are hereby invested with the power and authority of deputy United States marshals, and shall deliver the offender on board of the vessel from which he deserted: Provided. That a reward for the apprehension and delivery of a deserter from the Revenue-Cutter Service, as hereinbefore provided, not to exceed fifteen dollars, may be offered by the commanding officer of the vessel from which the person deserted, and this reward, or any part thereof, may be deducted and paid from money due said deserter: Provided, That no person who has deserted from the Revenue-Cutter Service shall afterwards be employed in said Service, or enlisted in any other military or naval service under the United States, unless he shall have delivered himself aboard the vessel from which he deserted, or been apprehended, and the disability shall have been removed by a board of commissioned officers of the said Service convened for a consideration of the case, and the action of the said board shall have been approved by the Secretary of the Treasury. [34 Stat. L. 201.] SEC. 6, [Jurisdiction of civil authorities,] That the jurisdiction conferred by this Act for the punishment of offenses against the discipline of the RevenueCutter Service shall not be regarded as exclusive, but offenders may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, be turned over to the civil authorities for trial by any court having jurisdiction of the offense. [34 Stat. L. 201.] SEC. 7. [Prosecution of other offenses.] That for offenses against the laws of the United States other than those specified in this Act, offenders shall be turned over to the civil authorities for trial. [34 Stat. L. 201.] An Act To promote the efficiency of the Revenue-Cutter Service. [Act of June 23, 1906, ch. 3520, 34 Stat. L. 452.] T [SEC. 1.] [Revenue-cutter service third lieutenants limited promotion of cadets.] That on and after the passage of this Act the number of officers on the active list in the grade of third lieutenant in the Revenue-Cutter Service shall not exceed thirty-seven: Provided, That until such time as the grade of third lieutenant shall be filled as provided in this Act there may be advanced to that grade any cadet of the line who has served not less than two years as such cadet, and is recommended for advancement by the Secretary of the Treasury. [34 Stat, L. 452.] - SEC. 2. [Cadets-number allowed- qualifications- competitive examinations disqualifications service required - dismissals,] That hereafter the number of cadets of the line allowed in the Revenue-Cutter Service shall be such as to provide for filling the vacancies that may occur in the grade of third lieutenant in said Service: Provided, That a person to be eligible for appointment as a cadet of the line shall produce satisfactory evidence of good moral character, shall be not less than eighteen nor more than twenty-four years of age at the time of appointment, and shall pass a satisfactory physical examination by a board of officers of the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service, and a satisfactory educational examination, which must in all cases be written and strictly competitive, by a board of commissioned officers of the RevenueCutter Service, both examinations to be conducted under such regulations as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided. That no person who has been dismissed or compelled to resign from the Military Academy or from the Naval Academy of the United States for hazing, or for any other improper conduct, shall be eligible for appointment as a cadet in the RevenueCutter Service: Provided, That no person shall become a cadet of the line who does not obligate himself, in such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, to serve at least three years as an officer in said Service after graduation, if his services be so long required: And provided further. That the Secretary of the Treasury may summarily dismiss from the Service any cadet who, during his probationary term, is found unsatisfactory in either studies or conduct, or may be deemed not adapted for a career in the Service. [34 Stat. L. 452.] SEC. 3. [Second assistant engineers probationary term age requirement.] That hereafter appointments into the grade of second assistant engineer in the Revenue-Cutter Service shall be as at present, except that, before being commissioned, the candidate who has successfully passed the required examinations shall serve a probationary term of not less than six months as a cadet engineer to determine his fitness for a commission in said Service, and during which probationary term he shall receive a salary of seventy-five dollars per month and one ration per day: Provided, That no person shall be commissioned a second assistant engineer who is less than twenty-one or more than twenty-six years of age, nor until he shall have served the probationary term herein required. [34 Stat. L. 452.] SEC. 4. [Civilian instructors.] The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to employ two civilian instructors in the Revenue-Cutter Service, one at a salary of two thousand dollars per annum and one at a salary of one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum. [34 Stat. L. 453.1 SEC. 5. [Pay accounts.] That hereafter it shall not be necessary for any commissioned officer of the Revenue-Cutter Service to make oath to his pay accounts. [34 Stat. L. 453.] SEC. 6. [Constructor-commission, pay, etc. no vacancy created.] That a chief engineer of the Revenue-Cutter Service, to be selected for his special ability in naval construction from the present list of chief engineers by the Secretary of the Treasury, may be commissioned a constructor for engineering duty in said Service with the rank, pay, and emoluments now provided by law for a chief engineer: Provided, That the vacancy created in the list of chief engineers by such transfer shall not be filled by promotion or otherwise, but the number of chief engineers now authorized by law shall be reduced by one, and that no additional expense shall be incurred by reason of commissioning such chief engineer a constructor. [34 Stat. L. 453.1 An Act To increase the efficiency of the personnel of the Revenue-Cutter Service. [Act of April 16, 1908, ch. 145, 35 Stat. L. 61.] [SEC. 1.] [Appointment of officers authorized.] That on and after the passage of this Act the President be, and is hereby, authorized to appoint in the Revenue-Cutter Service, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, one |