REGULATIONS FOR THE NAVY OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES, 1862.

 

CHAPTER 13.

 

PASSED MIDSHIPMEN.

 

Article 1.

 

Attention, zeal, and diligence, enjoined.

 

Passed midshipmen will be attentive and zealous in the discharge of their various duties, and diligently carry into effect the several orders they may receive from their superiors.

 

Article 2.

 

To require punctuality in those under them.

 

They are to require all subordinate officers and those under them to perform their duties with punctuality.

 

Article 3.

 

Journal.

 

 

They shall keep journals in which shall be inserted important occurrences on board and all observations made by them, their remarks relative to ports or anchorages, and everything worthy of record, or that may be useful to navigators, and are to show this journal to the commander whenever he may require them to do so.

 

Article 4.

 

They are to be preferred for more responsible duties.

 

They are to be preferred to midshipmen who have not passed their examination for the more responsible duties; but they are nevertheless to perform whatever duties pertaining to that class of officers may be assigned to them.

 

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