REGULATIONS FOR THE NAVY OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES, 1862.

 

CHAPTER 26.

 

 OFFICER OF ORDERS AND DETAIL.

 

 ARTICLE 1.

 

He will keep a register of the service of officers.

 

The officer in charge of orders and detail will prepare and keep up a register of all officers of the navy, showing the time that each officer has served, and in what grades, the time in each grade, the station on which the service was performed, the class of vessel, and the nature of the service.

 

ARTICLE 2.

 

He will submit to Secretary of the Navy a list of officers for a vessel preparing for sea.

 

When a vessel is ordered to be prepared for service, the detail officer shall submit to the Secretary of the Navy a list of officers for her, according to the complement table.

 

ARTICLE 3.

 

He will equalize the service of officers.

 

He will be careful in making his detail to equalize, as much as may be consistent with the requirements of the public interests, the service officers on different stations and in the several classes of vessels.

 

ARTICLE 4.

 

Record that he shall keep – Applications – Declining service – Returning before completion of service – Charges or complaints – Leaving a service before its completion – Facts or information useful to the Department.

 

He will keep an exact record of the services of each officer of the navy, showing:

 

• 1^st.   His applications for service.
• 2^nd.   If at any time he shall have declined service, his assigned reasons for doing so.
• 3^rd.   If he shall have returned from foreign service before the completion of a cruise, his reasons therefor.
• 4^th.   If charges have been preferred, or complaints at any time made against him, the disposition made of such charges or complaints, and the results.
• 5^th.   If, having commenced any service, either in the Confederate States or abroad, he shall leave said service before its completion, the manner of and reasons for his so doing.
• 6^th.   Any other facts which will aid the department in forming a correct opinion of the availability of the officer.

 

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