Petty Officers.... Military Honors, Ceremonies, and Salutes. itary authority or command over others not of the corps to which they belong, unless specially authorized by the Commander of the vessel for a particular purpose, or when on guard or police duties. 51....When serving afloat, Petty Officers of the Navy shall take precedence of Non-commissioned Officers of Marines, holding the same relative rank; but when serving as troops on shore, the Non-commissioned Officers shall take precedence of Petty Officers of the same relative rank. ARTICLE III. SECTION 1. Military Honors, Ceremonies, and Salutes. 52....When the President of the United States shall visit a vessel of the Navy, he shall be received as follows: The yards shall be manned at the moment when the bow oars of the boat in which he is embarked shall be tossed; the men on the yards of the fore and main masts facing aft, and on those of the mizzen-mast, forward; all the officers of the vessel shall be arranged in line upon the quarterdeck, according to seniority, in full uniform. The full marine guard shall be paraded. The President shall be received at the gangway by the Admiral, Commodore, or Commanding Officer, and such other officers as he may designate to assist in the reception. When the President shall reach the deck, the flag or pendant usually worn shall be struck, and the American ensign displayed at the main. All officers and men on deck, the guard excepted, shall uncover their heads, the guard shall present arms, the drums shall give three ruffles, the band shall play the national air, and a salute of twenty-one guns shall be fired; the men on the yards shall lie in and lie down at the last gun. The same ceremonies shall be observed when the President leaves the vessel; the yards shall be manned as he crosses the gangway; at the last gun of the salute the men on the yards shall lie in and lie down, and the ensign at the main shall be struck. If other vessels of the Navy be present, they shall man their yards at the moment the ensign is displayed at the masthead of the one visited, and shall also fire a salute of twenty-one guns, unless otherwise directed by the senior Military Honors, Ceremonies, and Salutes. officer present. On passing such vessels, their sentinels shall present arms, the drums shall beat three ruffles, and the band shall play the national air. 53....The Vice-President of the United States, when visiting a vessel of the Navy, shall receive the same honors as have been prescribed for the President, except that the yards shall not be mauned, and that there shall be but one salute of seventeen guns, which shall be fired when he goes on board; and that the American flag shall not be displayed, unless the reception takes place abroad, in which case it shall be hoisted at the fore. 54....An ex-President of the United States, when visiting a vessel of the Navy, shall receive the same honors as those prescribed for the President, except the display of the American flag and the manning of the yards. 55....Members of the Cabinet, Justices of the Supreme Court, or Governors of States, when visiting a vessel of the Navy, shall receive the same honors as those prescribed for the Vice-President, except that the salute shall consist of fifteen guns. 56....A foreign sovereign, or the chief magistrate of any foreign republic, when visiting a vessel of the Navy, shall be received with the same honors prescribed for the President, except that the flag of his own country shall be displayed at the main, and the band shall play his own national air. 57....Members of a royal family, when visiting a vessel of the Navy, shall receive the same honors as would be paid to their sovereign, except that one salute only shall be fired. 58....Whenever a Minister appointed to represent the United States abroad, or a Minister of a foreign country, shall visit a vessel of the Navy, he shall be received by the Admiral, Commodore, or Commanding Officer; the marine guard shall be paraded, and a salute of fifteen guns shall be fired. 59....A Chargé d'Affaires or Commissioner shall be received in the same manner, but the salute shall be thirteen guns. 60....A Consul General shall be received by the Commanding Officer, and saluted with nine guns. 61...A Consul shall be received by the Commanding Officer, and saluted with seven guns. Military Honors, Ceremonies, and Salutes. 62.... When a Rear-Admiral shall go on board his flag-ship to assume command, he shall be received by all the officers of the vessel in full uniform, and the crew arranged on the side opposite to that on which he enters; the full marine guard to be paraded. He is to be met at the gangway by the Commanding Officer and such other officers as he may select; the officers and men shall uncover their heads, the guard shall present arms, the drums shall give two ruffles, and the band shall play a march. When he orders his flag to be hoisted a salute of thirteen guns shall be fired. When he shall make a visit of inspection to any vessel of his fleet, the same ceremonies shall be observed; the salute shall be fired immediately after he arrives on board. 63....When a Rear-Admiral relinquishes his command afloat, the ceremonies prescribed for his first reception shall take place at his departure. His flag shall be hauled down at the last gun of the salute. 64....A Rear Admiral leaving his flag-ship with the intention of soon returning on board, shall be entitled to an officer's guard, which is to present arms as he passes in front of it, and the drums to give two ruffles. He is to be attended at the gangway by the Line Officer next in rank to himself on board, and all the Line Officers of his Staff, other than those who are to accompany him; the officer of the deck and the junior officers of the watch will also be in attendance. The same ceremonies are to be observed on his returning on board. If absent at night, three lights are to be displayed perpendicularly at the peak. If Commander-in-chief, the toplight will also be shown. 65....When a Commodore is duly authorized by the Navy Department to hoist a broad pendant as Commander-in-Chief of a squadron, he is, on first going on board the vessel which is to carry his broad pendant, to be received in the same manner as prescribed for a Rear-Admiral, except that the salute is to be eleven guns. Whenever he shall make a visit of inspection to any other vessel of his command, the same ceremonies shall be observed; the salute shall be fired immediately after he arrives on board. 66....A Rear-Admiral's flag, or a Commodore's broad pendant, shall not be hoisted on board any ship of his fleet or squadron, which he may visit for any purpose, without his special order. 67....When a Commodore duly authorized to hoist a broad pendant Military Honors, Ceremonies, and Salutes. relinquishes his command afloat, the ceremonies prescribed for his first reception are to take place at his departure. The broad pendant shall be hauled down at the last gun of the salute. 68....A Commodore duly authorized to wear a broad pendant, when leaving his ship with the intention of soon returning on board, shal be entitled to the same honors as those prescribed for a Rear-Admiral, and the same are to be paid him on his return. If absent at night, three lights shall be displayed perpendicularly at the peak. If Commanding-in-Chief, the toplight will also be shown. 69....When the Commander-in-Chief of a fleet or squadron, or naval station, whether a Rear-Admiral or Commodore, duly authorized to wear a broad pendant, shall first visit a ship not belonging to his own fleet or squadron, he shall be received as if he were visiting a ship under his own command, but in no case shall a flag or broad pendant be hoisted. 70.... Whenever a Rear-Admiral employed on shore, but not in command of a naval station, shall visit a vessel of the Navy on duty, he shall be received by the senior Line Officer present and the officer of the deck. The marine guard shall be paraded, and on the occasion of his first visit a salute of thirteen guns shall be fired. 71....If a Commodore, while in command of a single ship, be duly authorized by the Navy Department to wear a broad pendant, and to command a division or squadron, or if he be promoted to Rear-Admiral, his pendant or flag shall be saluted by his flag-ship when first hoisted, as already provided for. 72....When a Commodore, Captain, or any other officer is appointed to the command of a single vessel, he will, if she be at a navy yard and ready to be transferred to him, make, in company with the Commanding Officer of the yard, or some other proper officer or officers appointed by such Commanding Officer for the purpose, a thorough personal examination of her, and inform himself as to all her arrangements and preparations of equipment; after which the transfer is to be formally made in the presence of as many of her officers and crew as can be assembled, before whom his appointment is to be read; and then the vessel is to be placed in commission by hoisting her ensign and pendant. If the vessel is already in commission, he is, nevertheless' Military Honors, Ceremonies, and Salutes. to examine her and inform himself as stated above, and to read to her officers and crew his appointment. 73....All commissioned officers other than Rear-Admirals and Commodores entitled to wear a broad pendant, when visiting a vessel of the Navy, shall be received at the gangway by the officer of the deck. The approach of all Commanding Officers shall be promptly reported to the officer in command. Warrant Officers shall be received by a Warrant Officer of the watch. 74....Whenever the Commanding Officer of a vessel-of-war shall leave such vessel, he shall be accompanied to the gangway by the Line Officer next to him in rank, to whom he will deliver the temporary charge of the vessel; upon his return the senior Line Officer on board will receive him at the gangway to report anything of note that may have occurred during his absence. The officers of the watch will also attend at his departure and return. If absent at night, two lights shall be displayed perpendicularly at the peak. 75.... When a Rear-Admiral or Commodore duly authorized to hoist a broad pendant, or any other officer, shall be ordered to command a shore station, he is to be received at the gate, or landing, by the officer whom he is to relieve and the Line Officer next in rank, by all the officers of the station in uniform, and by the marine guard with arms presented; the drums shall give two ruffles, if the officer be a RearAdmiral or Commodore. At the moment the flag or broad pendant shall be hoisted it shall be saluted as for a Rear-Admiral, or Commodore commanding-in-chief. On relinquishing his command, like ceremonies shall be observed, and his flag or broad pendant shall be hauled down at the last gun. 76....Whenever the President of the United States, the Vice-President, an ex-President, or any other personage for whose reception afloat ceremonies have been prescribed in the foregoing articles, shall visit a naval station, he shall be received with the same ceremonies, so far as may be practicable. 77....Officers of the Army or Marine Corps, on visiting a vessel of the Navy, or naval station, shall be received agreeably to their relative rank with officers of the Navy. 78....When naval, military, or civil officers of a foreign nation visit |