REGULATIONS FOR THE NAVY OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES, 1862.

 

CHAPTER 22.

 

 MASTER-AT-ARMS.

 

 ARTICLE 1.

 

He will see orders about lights, &c., enforced, and report improprieties.

 

The master-at-arms is to see the orders respecting lights and fires duly executed, and report improprieties committed by the men below.

 

ARTICLE 2.

 

He will examine all craft alongside.

 

He or the ship’s corporal, is to examine all lighters, craft, and boats that come to the vessel, and see that no improper articles are brought on board or taken from the ship, and that none of the crew leave in them without proper authority.

 

ARTICLE 3.

 

He will report prisoners.

 

He shall report daily, in writing, to the commanding officer, the name and offence of every person confined, by whose order, and the number of days he has been confined.

 

ARTICLE 4.

 

Charge of clothing.

 

He shall take charge of the clothing and effects of deserters, dead men, and liberty men, and proper means and facilities will be afforded him for the taking care of them.

 

ARTICLE 5.

 

Ship’s corporal to be subordinate to him.

 

The ship’s corporal is to be subordinate to, and to assist the master-at-arms; and when there is no master-at-arms, he is to perform the duties of master-at-arms.

 

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