250 Trcrms xv.—-THE NAVY.—Ch. 1. Yoluuteer om- Sec. 1412. Officers who have been, or may be. transferred from the °F"‘"’”“l°”‘?d“”‘ volunteer service to the Regular Navy shall be credited with the sea- 'lt]°d tgcredlt itil. service performed by them as volunteer officers, and shall receive all the igsun mm-sew benefits of such duty in the same manner as if they had been, during "2 M ., 1867, .such service in the Regular Navy. 174,s.3Tir.14,p.51g. , l · I h Civil engineers Sec. 1413. Th€.PP€Sl4€11t, by and with the advice and consent of the and storedneepers Senate, may appoint a civil engineer and a naval store-keeper at each of at '““’Y‘Y°"d’g__ the navy-yards where such officers may be necessary. 2 Mar., 1867, c. 172, s. 1, v. 14, p. 490. 17 June, 1868, c. 61, s. 1, v. 15, p. 69. Store-keeperson Sec. 1414. The Secretary of the Navy may appoint citizens who are K"`ElKI'jP"P‘°L‘“;. not officers of the Navy to be store-keepers on foreign stations, when ll ·l““°3184‘;b3· suitable officers of the Navy cannot be ordered on such service, or when, 10,;* {8*;}, of in his opinion, the public interest will be thereby promoted. 48, s. 3, v. 9, p. 172. I sm k ers’ Sec. 1415. Every person who is ap mted store-keeper under the bondlcl Mp provisions of the preceding section shallmbe required to give a bond, In 1-} YK such amount as may be fixed by the Secretary of the Navy, for the faith- " une, ,0. a i- _
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ASIC, l,.,S.,'.,. . Civil offices at S1:c. 1416. The Secretary of the Navy is authorized, when in his opin- Y“'dF ";‘,Ybb°él;: ion the public interest will permit it, to discontinue the office or employ- °,2::;3:{,h€{;,vy_ ment of any measurer and inspector of timber, clerk of the yard, clerk of -»+ ~—-—— the commandant, clerk of the store-keeper, clerk of the naval constructor, 1 2,0 ·*‘;¤·»_1g‘*6· °· and the keeper of the magazine employed at any navy-yard, and to 9g,;,;; ‘ " ’Pprequire the duties of the eeper of the magazine to be performed by gunners. _ _ _ Enlisted in en, Sec. 1417. [The number of persons echo may at anetzme be enlzsted mtu number of- the jlvasry of the (heated States, mcluding seamen, ordmary seamen, lands-
men, ·mec}umics,_1ire1nen, coal-hea/vers, apprentices, and boys, shall not exceed
11l"~_ 13,’p_;gd_ eight th0usand_jil·e hunelred.] [The number of persons who_ may at one 17 June, 1868, c. time be enlisted into the Navy of the Lmted States, including seamen, 61. ¤- 2- *‘· 15- Q- 72- ordinary seamen, landsmen, mechanics, firemen, coal-heavers, apprentices, ,5g°,‘l"g·;8;,gl °‘ and boys, shall not exceed seven thousand and five hundred.] "'ll. SZ`5"1`hompson, 2 Spr-, 103· Term of enlist- Sec. 1418. Boys between the ages of sixteen and eighteen years may HEP}- .._. be enlisted to serve in the Navy until they shall arrive at the age_of 2M°·'$h5183{$§· twenty-one years; other persons may be enlisted to serve for a period
not exceeding five years, unless sooner discharged by direction of the
LOWBU, 2,,, ’ President, [sss 5 use t An. 10.] Consent of pa- Sec. 1419. Minors between the age of sixteen and eighteen years shall rents and slmd- not be enlisted for the naval service without the consent of their parents ¤¤¤¤- __ _ ____ or guardians. [ses nm: m. nv.] 2 March, 1837, c. 21, s. 1, v. 5, p. 153. 3 March, 1865, c. 79, s. 18, v. 13, p. 490. ls,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,},,, _ Sec. 1420. No minor under the age of sixteen years, no insane or intoxenlisted. icated person, and no deserter from the naval or military service of the —·éMT@: United States shall be enlisted in the naval service. 79, s. 18, v. 13, p. 490. -U. S. r. Bainbridge, 1 Mas., 71; U. S. v. Stewart, Crabbe, 265. lmnsfcr from Sec. 1421. Any person enlisted in the military service of the United
- ":_Q¥·:_'Y °° ”‘“"l States may, on application to the Navy Department, approved by the
if. IPresident, be transferred to the Navy or Marine Corps, to serve therein I Jul,) 1864, c_ the residue of his term of enlistment, subgect to the laws and regulations 201,s.l,{·.18,p.342. for the government of the Navy. But such transfer shall not release hun from any indebtedness to the Government, nor, without the conppnt of the President, from any penalty incurred for a breach of military w. Men tobesentto Sec. 1422. [lt shall be the duty of the commandi aficer of any fleet, - . . . W . ptlace of engstmeng gguadronnar vessel acttng smgly, when on aerowe, to send ta an Atlantic part ion;??'" °“ ° of the Umterl States, m somepublic or other vessel, all petty oficcrs and pew'-
