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TITLE NAVAL RESERVE FORC
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34.1936-39.
REGULATIONS
GOVERNING THE ORGANIZATION

AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE
NAVAL RESERVE FORCE
1920
NTING OFFICE
1920
REGULATIONS
GOVERNING THE ORGANIZATION

AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE
NAVAL RESERVE FORCE
1920
WASHINGTON
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
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Navy Department,
Bureau of Navigation.
Washington, D. C, January 3, 1920.
The following- regulations governing the organization and admin
istration of the Naval Reserve Force are issued for the information
and compliance of all concerned.
These regulations supersede those of October 31, 1918.
Thos. Washington,
, Chief of Bureau of Navigation.
Approved :
Josephus Daniels,
Secretary of the Navy.
3
6 REGULATIONS GOVERNING NAVAL RESERVE FORCE.
Sect ion 2.—Orga nization .

10G. The Naval Reserve Forge is administered under the direction
of the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation by the following officers:
(1) Commandants of naval districts.
The following officers have the same authority as the commandant
of a naval district :
Commandant, navy yard, Washington, D. C.
Commandant, naval station, Guantanamo.
Commandant, naval station, Virgin Islands.
Commandant, naval station, Guam.
Commandant, naval station, Samoa.
Commandant, naval station, Cavite.
Superintendent, Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.
(2) Supervisor, Naval Auxiliary Reserve, east coast, New York.
(3) Supervisor, Naval Auxiliary Reserve, west coast, San Fran
cisco, Calif.
Section 3.—Administration.
107. The officers indi' ated in article 10(S have administrative
duties, as follows :
(1) The commaridants of naval districts and the officers indicated
in article 106 (1)—
(a) Have jurisdiction, previous to mobilization, over all reservists
residing within the naval district, including officers and men in
class 3 on tugs and vessels for district use, and excluding officers and
men serving on other merchant vessels.
(b) Are charged with enrollment of men and the recommending
of officers (art. 107 (2) ; art. 203) ; tha training of, and supervision
over, all reservists under their jurisdiction. All requests for active
duty outside the jurisdiction of the commandant shall be made to the
commandant and by him referred to the Bureau of Navigation,
where, if practicable, arrangements will be made for assignments to
the duty requested. Upon completion of any such active duty, re
servists, on being ordered home, will again come under the jurisdic
tion of the commandant,
(c) Are responsible for carrying out any mobilization, or partial
mobilization orders of the Bureau of Navigation, and reservists as
signed to duty outside the commandant's jurisdiction shall, upon re
lease from active duty, again come under his jurisdiction. In case
of death, discharge, or desertion, the reservist's service or enroll
ment record shall be returned to the commandant and by him for
warded to the Bureau of Navigation.
(d) Shall transfer enrolled men of the Reserve Force who enter
the merchant marine to class 3 and forward the records together
REGULATIONS GOVERNING NAVAL RESERVE FORCE. V
with all necessary information to the proper supervisor of the Naval

Auxiliary Reserve.
(2) The supervisor of the Naval Auxiliary Reserve, east coast—
(a) Has jurisdiction, previous to mobilization, over officers and
men of class 3 serving on merchant ships not under the jurisdiction
of a commandant of a naval district, operating on the east and Gulf
coast of the United States, and has jurisdiction at all times over of
ficers and men, for administrative duties on shore in connection with
the office of the supervisor, and in training for officers for class 3.
(b) Enrolls officers and men in class 3 serving on board merchant
vessels or officers qualified for duty on naval auxilaries, as may be
authorized by the Bureau of Navigation; acts as detail officer under
the Bureau of Navigation for and keeps jackets of reserve officers
under his supervision. Officers shall not be enrolled or promoted in
class 3 except by specific approval of the Bureau of Navigation.
(c) Has supervision over the activities of such assistant super
visors, Naval Auxiliary Reserve, as may be designated by the Bureau
of Navigation.
(d) Shall transfer to the commandant of the appropriate naval
district the jackets of officers and men who leave the merchant
service.
(3) The supervisor of the Naval Auxiliary Reserve, west coast—
(a) Has the same duties on the west coast as supervisor, Naval
Auxiliary Reserve, east coast.
108. In time of war the supervisor of the Naval Auxiliary Re
serve shall become the personnel officer under the officer in charge
of the Naval Overseas Transportation Service.
109. Mobilization plans are issued by the Bureau of Navigation
for officers and men of all classes. The commandant of a naval
district shall, without reference to the Bureau of Navigation, make
mobilization plans for reservists assigned to him for general duty
in the district.
chaptp:r 2.
OFFICERS: ENROLLMENTS, ASSIGNMENT OF RANKS,

CONFIRMATION, PROMOTION, AND TRANSFER TO AN
OTHER CLASS.
Section 1 .—E n ri illm exts.
201. On first enrollment an officer shall be assigned a provisional

rank. An officer eligible for enrollment in the Fleet Naval Ressrve
may, after passing the prescribed physical examination, be appointed
(confirmed) to the same permanent rank and grade last held in the
Navy, or he may be assigned a provisional rank as in the case of an
officer in any other class. A reservist in class 2 or class 5 will not.
on first enrolling be assigned a provisional rank, officers except staff
officers in these clashes being obtained by promoting qualified petty
officers or by transferring to class 2 or class 5 officers of other classes
who qualify for duty on combatant ships or for aviation.
202. (1) On reenrollment an officer, if not confirmed during pre
vious enrollment, may, if considered desirable, be given the provi
sional rank and grade last held; if holding an appointment (con
firmed rank) at the expiration of his last enrollment and if he has
performed three months' active duty (in class 2 two months' active
duty and 36 drills per year or other equivalent duty) with satisfac
tory fitness reports during last enrollment, he- will be appointed (con
firmed) in the same rank and grade last held, provided he reenrolls
within four months of expiration of hist enrollment and passes the
professional and physical examinations. If during the previous en
rollment the required amount of active duty has not been performd,
the officer may be reenrolled and given the. provisional rank and
grade last held. If he does not reenroll within four months, the offi
cer may only be enrolled in the lowest rank.
(2) An officer in class 3 holding an appointment and applying for
reenrollment, if not serving on a merchant ship, will not be examined
REGULATIONS GOVERNING NAVAL RESERVE FORCE. 9
for reappointment unless he has performed at least two years' serv

ice on a merchant ship during the last term of enrollment and intends
to continue in the merchant marine. He may, however, be reenrolled
and given the provisional rank last held or a lower provisional rank
if approved by the Bureau of Navigation.
203. First enrollment of officers may be made by the Bureau of
Navigation, on recommendation of the commandant of a naval dis
trict or the chief of a bureau or office concerned. As a' general rule,
all line officers will be commissioned from the enlisted personnel.
204. When an officer who holds a confirmed appointment applies
for reenrollment, the Bureau of Navigation will authorize him to
appear before the necessary examining boards and will furnish the
necessary service and health records for the board. The command
ant of the naval district, having supervision, will appoint statutory
physical and supervisory professional boards, in accordance with the
precept he holds in blank, to conduct the examination. The statu
tory board for the professional examination of officers will meet
in Washington, D. C. The record of proceedings of the boards
shall be forwarded to the Bureau of Navigation, and upon the ap
proval of the records of proceedings in each case, and after approval
by the Bureau of Navigation, an appointment will be issued. The
Bureau of Navigation, on recommendation of the commandant, will
reenroll or authorize the commandant to reenroll the officer in the
provisional rank and grade last held, provided he passed a satis
factory physical examination, pending final action on the pro
fessional examination. The same procedure will be followed in the
case of an officer appointed in class 3 coming under the Supervisor of
the Naval Auxiliary Reserve.
205. The physical requirements of an officer shall be in accordance
with article 410.
Section 2.—Assignment of Rank and Grade.
206. (1) When first enrolled in class 1, an officer will generally be
appointed to the same rank and grade last held in the Navy, or be
assigned provisionally the rank and grade held by the officer in the
Navy with the same amount of naval service as a commissioned
officer to his credit as has the reservist but in no case shall a rank
above that of Lieutenant-Commander be assigned.
(2) Ex-officers of the Navy who formerly held temporary commis
sions may be enrolled in class 2 if physically qualified and confirmed
in the rank held permanently by their running mates in the Navy.
207. (1) In class 3, officers serving on listed ships or naval
auxiliaries may be enrolled in accordance with the following table,
if approved by the Bureau of Navigation.
159261—20 2
Tonnage (gross).
Station. Above 3,000. 3.000-1,500. 1,500-500. 500-150. 150.

Master Lieutenant Lieutenant I Lieutenant Ensign Boatswain.
commander. (junior grade)
Chief engineer. Lieutenant j Lieutenant , Ensign Machinist .
(junior grade).]
First officer do do do Boatswain
First assistant engineer. Lieutenant , Knsign , do
(junior grade).!
Second officer Ensign or lieu- do '
tenant (junior
grade).
Second assistan t engineer do do
Third officer Ensign do
Third assistant engineer . do do
Fourth officer ...do ;
Fourth assistant engineer ....do
(2) Officers of the sea-going profession, not serving on board

listed vessels, may be enrolled in class 3, if qualified by license and
sea experience, except in the case of officers enrolled as ensigns, for
which grade graduates of officers* material schools may be enrolled.
Officers so enrolled will be given the rank and grade conforming to
the position in merchant ships for which qualified, in accordance with
above table, except that if this rank be lieutenant commander or lieu
tenant, the next lower rank shall be assigned until this officer has
demonstrated his fitness for higher rank.
208. All sea-going steam vessels listed in the " List of Merchant
Vessels of the United States,"' as published by the Department of
Commerce, shall be considered as vessels suitable for use as naval
auxiliaries in time of war for the purpose of making enrollments in
the Naval Reserve Force.
209. When an officer in class 4 applies for reenrollment his case
shall be immediately referred to Bureau of Navigation for instruc
tions. In case the amount of duty performed on combatant ships
of the Navy by the applicant shows that his intention is to endeavor
to qualify for class 2, the bureau will authorize his reenrollment.
210. (a) The assignment of a provisional rank does not constitute
an appointment or promotion. An appointment is signed by the
Secretary of the Navy by direction of the President and can only be
given upon satisfactorily passing the statutory physical and profes
sional examination. A provisional rank, grade, or rating may be as
signed any reservist by the Bureau of Navigation. Prior to enroll
ment an applicant must pass the required physical examination, and
prior to first enrollment, must be examined by one or more officers to
determine his professional qualifications.
Section 3.—-Confirmation.
211. Confirmation carries with it a high retainer pay ; no one shall

be confirmed who is not fully qualified to perform the duties of his
rank in time of war. Examinations for confirmation will be held
as directed by the Bureau of Navigation.
212. (1) The examination for confirmation of officers (line or
staff) of class 1 and class 2 will be similar to that required of naval
officers of the same rank and grade, except that officers for engineer
ing duty only will be required to have only a general knowledge of
the line duties, and officers for line duties only will be required to
have only a general knowledge of engineering duties.
(2) (a) No officer in class 3 of the Naval Reserve Force shall be
confirmed in his rank and grade unless he is mentally, morally, and
physically qualified as shown by examination by the .naval examin
ing board. The examination for line officers in class 3 for confirma
tion will be limited to the requirements for the proper organization,
discipline, maneuvering, navigation, and operation of vessels of the
merchant marine while performing auxiliary service with the fleet
in time of war, and the examination for engineer officers will cover
the same ground as regards engineering duties.
(i) No officer shall be confirmed in class 3 until he has performed
the following length of service on active duty with the Navy, either
on a transport under naval jurisdiction or on other naval vessels.
Active service
with Navy.
Rank. (Months.)
Ensign '.- 1
Lieutenant (junior grade) 2
Lieutenant 3
Lieutenant commander 4
(3) Officers now in class 4 will not be confirmed, but all officers
in this class will be given an opportunity to qualify for transfer to
a class where they will be eligible for confirmation.
(4) For confirmation in class 5 an officer for flying duty shall have'
the technical requirements of a qualified naval aviator, a general'
knowledge of the customs and discipline of, the service, a good
knowledge of the tactics of naval aviation, and shall have performed
at least six months' active service.
213. No officer, except in class 3 and class 5, shall be examined
for confirmation who has performed less than three months' active
duty on a naval vessel, nor whose fitness reports are not entirely
satisfactory.
214. The board for professional examination for confirmation
shall consist of three naval officers not below the rank of lieutenant
commander. The board for physical examination shall consist of
one or more medical officers.
215. Upon successfully passing the examination for confirmation,
and upon approval by the Navy Department of the findings thereon
of the examining boards, the officer will be issued an appointment.
12 regulations governing naval reserve force.
Section 4.—Promotions.
216. For promotion to the next higher grade officers shall be re
quired to pass the physical and professional examinations required
for confirmation in that grade, except as herein otherwise provided.
217. (1) Promotions of officers (line and staff) in the Fleet Naval
Reserve, class 1, shall be governed by the following rules :
(a) An officer enrolling in the Fleet Naval Reserve within four
months after the date of the acceptance of his resignation from the
Navy shall be assigned, as running mate for promotion purposes,
the officer who was next above him on the Navy list at the time of
his resignation.
(ft) An officer enrolling in the Fleet Naval Reserve at a later date
than indicated in (a) may be enrolled in the rank and grade he last
held in the Regular or Volunteer Navy, and will, for promotion
purposes, have assigned as running mate the officer in the Regular
Navy who has completed an equal amount of service as a commis
sioned officer in the Navy. If this officer is in a higher rank the
reservist will be eligible for examination for promotion to the
higher rank. Service as a commissioned naval or volunteer officer,
or as a naval cadet or midshipman after graduation from the Naval
Academy, or active duty with the Navy as a commissioned officer
of the National Naval Volunteers, Naval Reserve Force, or Naval
Militia shall be included in determining length of service as a
commissioned officer.
(c) A reserve warrant officer will have assigned as running mate
the warrant officer of the grade having an equal amount of service
as a warrant officer.
(d) Officers in the Fleet Reserve may be promoted up to and
including the rank of lieutenant commander with their running
mates in the Navy, provided they have had the sea service as a com
missioned officer on#a naval vessel outside of those assigned to
naval district as shown in the following table :
Ensign to lieutenant (junior grade) 6 months.
Lieutenant (junior grade) to lieutenant 1 year.
Lieutenant to lieutenant commander.,. 2 years.
(e) Appointments or assignments to provisional ranks in the
grade of warrant officer or ensign may be given enrolled men of class
1 in accordance with the instructions issued by the Bureau of Naviga
tion from time to time.
(2) (a) Promotion of officers in class 2: At the time an officer
(line or staff) is appointed in, given a provisional rank in, or trans-
officer appointed in the Regular Navy on that date, and promotion
ferred to, class 2, his running mate in the Navy will be the last
will follow as outlined in (1) ((/), except that equivalent service
with the Navy during the World War will be accepted in lieu of
sea service for all staff corps officers. Officers of the Construction
Corps and Civil Engineer Corps in classes 1 and 2 may be promoted
without the sea service required by article 217 (1) (d) provided
they have had an equivalent amount of duty with the Navy.
(b) Ensigns and lieutenant (junior grade) will not be eligible for
promotion until they have completed three years' service in their
grade.
(<?) The assignment of ranks to enrolled men in class 2 will be
made in the grade of ensign or warrant officer in accordance with
instructions issued by the Bureau of Navigation from time to time.
The number of assignments will be limited to the needs of the Navy
and will in general be made from eligibility lists determined by
competitive examination.
(3) (a) Promotion of officers in class 3: An officer in class 3
may be promoted in accordance with the position he holds on a
merchant ship or naval auxiliary (table, art. 207), but all assign
ments of rank, both provisional and confirmed, must be approved
by the Bureau of Navigation before they are issued. Officers pro
moted to higher positions on board merchant vessels shall not be
eligible for promotion in class 3 of the Naval Reserve Force until
they have held the higher position and have satisfactorily performed
the duties thereof for one year and have successfully passed the
examination required by paragraph 212 (2) (a).
(i) The rank of lieutenant commander will be assigned to execu
tive officers of vessels of over 8,000 power-tonnage if in all respects
qualified to command a vessel of over 3,000 tons.
(c) The rank of lieutenant commander will be assigned to chief
engineers of vessels of over 8,000 power-tonnage and refrigerator
ships of over 5,000 tons, provided they have served a period of four
years as chief engineers of merchant vessels.
(d) The first assistant engineer on vessels of over 8,000 power-
tonnage, will be assigned a rank of lieutenant, provided he is in all
respects qualified for position of chief engineer on vessels of over
3,000 tons.
(e) Officers of the Naval Auxiliary Reserve assigned to adminis
trative or other work may be assigned a temporary rank not above
that of lieutenant commander, commensurate with the importance of
the duty for which detailed. But in no case will an officer be as
signed a higher rank in class 3 than his license and sea experience
entitles him, in accordance with the above table.
(4) A civilian with special technical qualifications may be recom
mended to the Bureau of Navigation for provisional assignment
of rank in class 6. Recommendations should state fully age, ex
perience, and qualifications.
(5) (a) The number of officers in each rank in class 5 will be

established by the Bureau of Navigation. The promotion or provi
sional assignment of rank for all officers in class 5 will be the same
as for class 2, except that service at an operating naval air station
will be accepted in lieu of sea service.
(b) The assignments of ranks to enrolled men in class 5 will be
made in the grade of ensign or warrant officers, in accordance with
instructions issued by the Bureau of Navigation from time to time.
The number of assignments will be limited to the vacancies.
(6) Reserve officers whose fitness reports are not entirely satisfac
tory, who have not performed active duty as required above, who
have not been confirmed in the next lower rank, or who fail to
pas-s the prescribed professional examination will not be promoted
under the rules given, but may later be authorized by the Bureau
of Navigation to be examined for promotion under speciaT rules
affecting their cases. Such officers will not be reexamined until one
year after they were otherwise eligible for promotion.
(7) In time of war or impending war an officer who has been
assigned a provisional rank and grade, or who holds an appointment
may be assigned a higher provisional rank without statutory exami
nation required for regular promotion. This higher provisional rank
will be given by the Bureau of Navigation.
(8) Officers of the Naval Reserve Force, of or above the rank of
lieutenant commander, in active service in time of wTar, shall be
eligible for promotion to the next higher grade by a board of selec
tion.
(9) The examination of an officer who is due for promotion, con
firmation, or reenrollment will be waived by the Bureau of Naviga
tion in those cases where the officer concerned has satisfactorily
passed an examination for promotion, confirmation, or reenrollment
within four years prior to the time he is due for promotion, confirma
tion, or reenrollment, provided he has all the other necessary qualifi
cations.
218. In all examinations for promotion in the Naval Reserve
Force due regard shall be shown to the special service required for
the class in which an officer is enrolled (arts. 102 and 105). No
officer shall be considered qualified for promotion, however, who
has not a general knowledge of naval customs and discipline.
219. Upon successfully passing the examination for promotion,
and upon approval by the Navy Department of the findings thereon
of the examining boards, the officer will be issued an appointment.
Section 5.—Transfer to Another Class.

220. An officer may be transferred in accordance with the provi
sions of the act approved August 29, 1916, as amended by the act
REGULATIONS GOVERNING NAVAL RESERVE FORGE. 15
of July 1, 1918, to another class for which qualified. Officers may
be assigned to any duty. The transfers of all officers must first be
approved by the Bureau of Navigation.
221. Any officer in class 4 who desires service in class 2, 3, or 5
will, if practicable, be given the necessary training, and when con
sidered qualified for the duties of an officer in the class elected, be
wholly transferred by the Bureau of Navigation in such rank as
is deemed appropriate. In the case of transfer to classes 2 or 3,
clue consideration will be given to previous naval service afloat, and
the transfer will be made in the rank of ensign. In the case of
transfer to class 5, due consideration will be given to previous ex
perience in aviation, and in general the tranfer will be made in the
rank of ensign.
222. A reserve officer in class 4 with previous service as an officer
on a naval auxiliary or merchant vessel may be transferred to class
3 by the Bureau of Navigation on recommendation of the com
mandant of the district, in such rank as he would be entitled to on
enrollment direct in class 3, provided he is serving at sea in the
merchant marine.
223. An officer who is enrolled in class 4 may be transferred to the
Naval Auxiliary Reserve, class 3, on being ordered to active duty
or to duty for training on a naval auxiliary vessel or if employed on
a vessel in the merchant marine.
224. An officer of class 3 may request and be assigned duty on a
vessel other than of the merchant-ship type. All such officers may
request transfer to class 2 and, if found qualified in accordance with
article 212, may be transferred to class 2 in a provisional rank or a
confirmed rank, on passing the statutory examinations; promotions
may follow as outlined in article 217 (1) (d).
Section 6.—Officers' Service Records.
225. The officer's service record (Bureau of Navigation Form 385)

which is to accompany each officer of the Naval Reserve Force dur
ing such time as he may be on active duty in the Navy during his
period of enrollment shall be prepared, when possible, at the sta
tion where such enrollment is effected. In cases where oath and ac
ceptance are executed before a notary public, the service record shall
be made out at the first station to which the officer is assigned for
active duty. It must in all cases be signed by the enrolling officer, or,
if on board ship, by the commanding officer.
226. The service record shall give the full name, including all
Christian names, of the officer enrolled. It shall give the date and
character of the appointment (i. e., whether confirmed or provi
sional). All pages of the record shall be filled in as indicated by

the form of the record itself. Where no entry is to be made, such as
" Previous naval service " the word " None " shall be written across
the page.
227. The following entries shall be made on the enrollment rec
ord:
(1) When occurring: ,
(a) Changes in rank and reason therefor.
(b) Meritorious conduct worthy of special mention : offenses, pun
ishments, and courts-martial, together with dates necessary to render
same operative.
(2) On transfer:
(a) The name of the vessel or station to which transferred and
all information called for on page G of Bureau of Navigation
Form 385.
(3) On discharge :
(a) The date, place, cause, authority, and character of discharge.
(b) Whether or not recommended for reenrollment.
(c) Post-office address after discharge.
(4) On desertion:
(a) The date of desertion, place, and attendant circumstances.
(b) A statement of compliance with article 3636 (K), United
States Navy Regulations.
(5) On death:
(a) Date, place, cause of death, place of burial or disposition of
remains.
(b) Disposition of effects or action taken with a view to their dis
position.
228. Service records of officers not on active duty shall be carried
in the office of the commandant of the naval district in which the
officer permanently resides; or in cases of class 3 officers in the
Bureau of Navigation or in the office of the supervisor, east or west
coast, as the case may be. When the officer enters upon active duty
the record shall be forwarded immediately to his commanding offi
cer. When transferred, the service record of the officer shall accom
pany the officer and upon his release from active duty shall be
returned to the commandant of the naval district (or supervisors in
case of class 3 officers). In case of death, discharge, or desertion of
the officer, the service record shall be returned to the commandant
of the district in which the officer resides, who shall forward it to
the Bureau of Navigation.
229. When officers' service records are prepared, the station mak
ing out same shall have placed on the record (either by stamp or in
writing) the following:
(a) " In case of death, discharge, desertion, or release from active

service, this record shall be returned at once to the commandant,
, naval district, , who shall in case of death, discharge,
or desertion, forward it to the Bureau of Navigation."
(&) Notation whether S. & A. Form 42 has been made out and
date when forwarded.
230. In all cases of enrollment of officers, health records and
identification records shall be made. Health record shall accompany
the officer while on active duty.
159261—20 3
CHAPTER 3.
RANK, COMMAND, AND SENIOR OFFICER PRESENT.
Section 1.—Officers in General.
301. (1) Officers of the United States Naval Reserve Force shall
be known as officers of the line and officers of the staff.
(2) Except when otherwise provided by law or regulation, every
commissioned officer of the Naval Reserve Force shall be designated
and addressed by the title of his rank. The titles of officers of the line
are given in article 302 and of officers of the staff corps in article 306.
302. (1) In the Naval Reserve Force the officers of the line are, by
law, as follows : Rear admiral, commodore, captain, commander, lieu
tenant commander, lieutenant, lieutenant (junior grade), and ensign;
and they have, respectively, these titles. No officer of any class of the
Naval Reserve Force shall in time of peace be promoted above the
grade of lieutenant commander; but in time of war or other national
emergency, officers of the Naval Reserve Force of and above the rank
of lieutenant commander in active service shall be eligible for selec
tion for promotion to the next higher grade or rank by the same
board of officers that selects officers of the United States Navy for
promotion to such higher ranks and grades, under the same rules and
regulations as apply to the selection for promotion of officers of the
United States Navy.
(2) Line officers have rank in the order given in paragraph (1) of
this article, and shall exercise military command accordingly, sub
ject to the restrictions respecting the exercise of such command im
posed hereinafter in articles 304 and 309.
(3) Officers of the Naval Reserve Forte for engineering duties
only are restricted to the performance of engineering duties only,
and are not available for succession to command afloat or to the
duties of executive officer in the absence of the executive officer and
other intervening officers.
303. (1) (a) Officers of the Naval Reserve Force when not on
active duty shall rank relatively with, but after, officers of corre
sponding rank or grade in the Regular Navy and Coast Guard.
(b) When on active duty officers of the Naval Reserve Force
shall take precedence among themselves and with other officers of
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the naval service in their respective grades or ranks according to the

dates of their commissions or provisional assignments of rank in the
Naval Reserve Force : Provided, That all officers of the Naval Reserve
Force of and above the rank of lieutenant commander shall rank
with, but after, officers of the same rank or grade in the United
States Navy.
(c) In time of war or other national emergency officers of the
Naval Reserve Force of or above the rank of lieutenant commander
shall have a date of precedence with officers of the United States
Navy as of the date of general mobilization, to be designated bv the
304. (1) Only officers on duty exercise, or are subject to command,
except as provided for in the Navy Regulations.
(2) On all occasions where two or more ships' expeditions or de-
tat hments of officers and men meet, the command of the whole
devolves on 'the senior line officer, subject to the limitations of para
graph ('3) of this article and of the Navy Regulations.
(3) Officers of the line restricted by law to the performance of
engineering duties only, officers of the Naval Flying Corps restricted
by law to aeronautic duties only, officers of the Naval Coast Defense
Reserve, officers of the Naval Auxiliary Reserve, and officers of the
Naval Reserve Flying Corps shall have all necessary authority for
the exercise of command within their particular departments or
services for the due performance of their respective duties, but shall
not exercise military command outside of their respective depart
ments or services: Provided. Tha£ nothing herein shall be taken to
restrict the right of officers of the line assigned to engineering duties
only, in accordance with the provision of the act of August 29. 1916.
to succession to command on shore within the meaning of said act:
Provided further, That the commanding officer of a squadron, divi
sion, flotilla, or higher naval authority, may, when he deems desir
able and where not inconsistent with law, specifically authorize any
line officer to exercise command on board the ship to which he is
attached without regard to the above restrictions, and may spe-
* cifically direct a senior line officer to whom the restrictions in this
paragraph apply to exercise the functions of senior officer present
in the absence of a line officer not so restricted.
305. The officers of the staff in the Naval Reserve Force are as
follows: Medical officers, dental officers., pay officers, chaplains,
naval constructors, and civil engineers.
306. (1) Officers of the staff on the active list have rank and
grade as prescribed by law and Navy Regulations for the Regular
Navy, except as limited by the act of August 29, 1916, and amend
ments thereto in the act of July 1, 1918.
(2) All staff officers of the Naval Reserve Force shall be desig
nated and addressed as prescribed in the Navy Regulations for
officers of the Regular Navy.
307. Where commissioned officers of the different corps of the
Naval Reserve Force take precedence from the same date, they
shall take rank in the following order :
(a) Line officers.
(b) Medical officers.
(c) Dental officers.
(d) Officers of the pay corps.
(e) Chaplains.
(/) Naval constructors.
(g) Civil engineers.
308. (1) Boatswains, gunners, machinists, carpenters, pay clerks,
sailmakers, and pharmacists are warrent officers. They take prece
dence with each other on the list of the Naval Reserve Force accord
ing to the date of their warrants, or assignments of their provisional
rank, and in case the warrants or assignments of provisional rank of
cedence with each other on the list of the Naval Reserve Force accord-
in which their names are borne upon the official register of the Naval
Reserve Force as kept in the Navy Department.
(2) Chief boatswains, chief gunners, chief machinists, chief car
penters, chief pay clerks, chief sailmakers, and chief pharmacists
are designated as commissioned warrant officers and respectively,
rank with, but after, ensign in the Naval Reserve Force.
(3) Chief boatswains, chief gunners, chief machinists, boatswains,
gunners, and machinists are classed as line officers of the Naval
Reserve Force; chief carpenters, chief pay clerks, chief sailmakers,
chief pharmacists, carpenters, pay clerks, sailmakers, and pharma-
. cists as staff officers. So far as succession to command as to duties
on board ship, outside of the engineer department are concerned,
chief machinists and machinists are restricted to the performance
of engineering duties only.
309. (1) When two or more ships meet in port or at sea, the chief
command during the time the ships are within signal distance of
each other shall devolve on the senior line officer, as set forth in
article 304, paragraph 2.
(2) At all times and places not specifically provided for in these
regulations, where the exercise of military authority for the purpose
of cooperation or otherwise is necessary, of which the responsible
officer must be the judge, the senior line officer on the spot shall
assume the command and direct the movement and efforts of all
persons in the Regular Navy and Naval Reserve Force present,
subject to the limitations of paragraph (3) of article 304 and of the
Navy Regulations.
CHAPTER 4.
ENLISTED PERSONNEL ENROLLMENTS, TRANSFERS, ETC.
401. (1) The commandant of the naval district will be in charge of

the enrollment of personnel in the Naval Reserve Force in his district.
(2) Such officers of the Navy and Naval Reserve Force as may be
designated for the purpose by the commandants of naval districts,
are authorized to make enrollments in the Naval Reserve Force and
are authorized to administer oaths for this purpose.
402. (1) Enrolling officers shall familiarize themselves with all
laws and regulations regarding enrollments, and shall be governed
by the Regulations and Instructions for Recruiting Officers of the
Navy, in making enrollments in the Reserve Force, except in so far as
they are modified by these regulations and such instructions as may be
issued by the Bureau of Navigation from time to time.
(2) Enrolling officers shall prepare account cards (S. & A. Form
No. 42) for all persons enrolled or reenrolled, and shall forward them
to the commandant.
(3) The finger prints of every person enrolled shall be made on
Form N. Nav. No. 2 (identification record) and transmitted to the
Bureau of Navigation via the commandant.
(4) On enrolling a person the enrolling officer shall administer the
oath of allegiance.
(5) Upon enrolling the man enrolling officers shall cause to be
prepared the following records:
(a) Enrollment articles.
(b) Enrollment record.
(c) Health record.
(d) Identification record.
(6) Upon enrolling persons with previous service in the Navy
or Naval Reserve Force, enrolling officers shall write over hi.s
signature on the face of the discharge or continuous-service cer
tificate presented by the applicant the date of his enrollment or ie-
enrollment.
(7) All records shall be immediately forwarded to the comman
dant of the naval district, and a weekly report will be forwarded
to that officer containing the names of all persons enrolled (Form
N. Nav. 370).
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403. (1) Officers in charge of Navy recruiting stations are directed

to make such enrollments as commandants may authorize or request.
Commandants should make such requests via the recruiting inspec
tor, or, if impracticable to do so, furnish the recruiting inspector
with copies of such requests.
(2) They shall enroll men of previous naval service who present
themselves at their stations. Such men shall be enrolled in the
rating held upon last discharge from the naval service. Waivers for
over age for such men may be requested of the Bureau of Navigation.
(3) They shall prepare records as noted in article. 402 (5) above
and forward same to the commandant of the naval district for all
persons enrolled.
(4) They shall make a weekly report of all persons enrolled to the
commandant of the naval district.
Section 2.—E > rollmen ts.
404. (1) The term of enrollment of all persons in the Naval Re
serve Force is four years.
(2) Minors over the age of 18 years may be enrolled in the Naval
Reserve Force without the consent of parents or guardians. Minors
under 18 shall not be enrolled.
(3) The original enrollment articles (Form N. Nav. 351, March,
1919) of all persons enrolled shall be forwarded by the commandant
of the naval district to the Bureau of Navigation without delay.
The commandant shall check all enrollment articles, to see that all
statements are correct, that the articles are properly signed, and that
the enrollment and health records agree with the enrollment articles.
There shall be entered on all enrollment articles:
(a) The serial number of the enrollment.
(b) The home address of the recruit, including town, county,
and State.
(<?) The congressional district in which recruit resides.
(d) The fact that retainer pay account cards have been made out
and forwarded to the Navy allotment officer, Navy Department.
(4) Each recruit shall be required to declare on oath in the pres
ence of the enrolling officer that he makes a true statement of his
age, to the best of his knowledge and belief, and shall be required to
sign his full name to the enrollment articles.
405. No person shall be enrolled in the Naval Reserve Force who
is a member of any naval or military organization of the United
States, or of any State thereof, nor shall a member of the Naval Re
serve Force enroll in any other military organization of the United
States, or of any State thereof, except the Naval Militia, while his
enrollment in the Naval Reserve Force is in effect. This shall not
be construed to prevent a member of the Naval Eeserve Force who
is not on active duty from accepting employment in a civil capacity
in any branch of the Government service or in the service of any
State of the United States.
406. (1) No one who has already served in the naval or military
service of the United States shall be enrolled without showing his
discharge from such service or certificate in lieu of such discharge.
(2) The holder of a continuous-service certificate indorsed, "Dis
charged with bad-conduct discharge," " Dishonorably discharged,"
or " Not recommended for reenrollment " shall not be enrolled with
out the specific consent of the Bureau of Navigation.
407. No person shall be enrolled who is not a citizen of the United
States, except as specifically provided as follows:
(a) Citizens of insular possessions of the United States may be
enrolled in class 3, if otherwise eligible.
408. Beneficiaries and pensioners shall not be enrolled in the Naval
Reserve Force.
409. (1) No person shall be enrolled in the Fleet Naval Reserve
(class 1) unless his last discharge from the NavjT is an honorable dis
charge, and unless he has served at least four years in the Navy, a full
enlistment during minority, or was discharged from the Navy within
three months of the termination of a full four-year term of enlist
ment. Upon enrolling in the Fleet Naval Reserve men will be imme
diately confirmed in the rating held upon discharge from the Navy
(see art. 403-2).
(2) All men of previous naval service, not eligible for the Fleet
Naval Reserve, who are accepted, shall be enrolled in class 2. Re
cruits enrolling in the Reserve Force for general naval service shall
be enrolled in class 2.
(3) Enrollments in class 3 shall be restricted to men serving on the
vessels listed by the Navy Department as suitable auxiliaries. Men
enrolled in class 2 assigned to vessels of the merchant type may be
transferred to class 3 at their own request.
(4) Men enrolled for special fixed duties may be enrolled in
class 6.
(5) Enrollments in class 5 shall be restricted to men skilled in
design, manufacture, or operation of aircraft.
(6) Enrollments in class 4 shall be made only as authorized or
directed by the Bureau of Navigation. Class 5 is restricted to men
enrolling for special aviation training. Those men enrolling in class
4 (for aviation) enroll for general service, and upon qualifying by
examinations for an aviation rating will be transferred to class 5.
(7) Women may be enrolled in class 4 as nurses. The enrollments
of nurses is provided for in article 414 below. Physical requirements
for women shall be in accordance with circular Relating to the

Physical Examination of Women for Enrollment. (N. Nav. 380.)
i 410. (1) Physical requirements for various classes are as follows:
(a) For the Fleet Naval Reserve, class 1, and for men reenrolling
in class 2, physical standards shall be the same as required of men
reenlisting in the Navy.
(1) For original enrollment in classes 2 and 4 the requirements
shall be the same as for first enlistment in the Navy.
(c) For enrollment in class 3: Physical examinations in this class
will necessarily be governed by the ability of the individual to per
form the duties of his position as a member of the crew of the mer
chant ship which is listed to be taken over by the Navy Department.
Conditions which do not prevent the individual from pursuing his
occupation on the ship, or which do not menace the health of others,
may in general be waived by the examining medical officer. All de
fects should be carefully noted in the health record and on the ship
ping articles, and a waiver form noting the defects should be made
out and forwarded to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, marked
plainly " For file." The examining medical officer should, when
necessary, insert the words " except as noted " between the words
" free " and " from " in his certificate on the enrollment articles.
• (d) For class 5 the standard shall be that prescribed for the Fly
ing Corps of the Regular Navy.
(2) Rejection reports with request for waiver may be forwarded
to the Bureau of Navigation in the cases of specially desirable re
cruits where variations from the physical standards required are
slight.
(3) Should any person eligible for reenrollment present himself
for reenrollment within four months from the date of his discharge
from the Navy or Naval Reserve Force and be found physically dis
qualified, a rejection report shall be forwarded immediately to the
Bureau of Navigation, with the recommendation of the medical and
commanding officer.
(4) All members of the Reserve Force shall be examined physically
when first reporting for active duty for training or any other purpose
and shall be reexamined immediately prior to being placed on in
active duty. The result of these examinations shall be entered in the
health records of the reservists and shall be made a part of their
medical history.
411. If possible, all candidates should be vaccinated ■ when en
rolled ; and if this is not practicable, immediately after reporting for
active duty. Typhoid prophylactic should be administered when
the newly enrolled member of the Naval Reserve Force first reports
for active duty.
412. (1) First 'enrollments of men in the Naval Eeserve Force in

classes 1, 2, and 5 shall be governed by the instructions to recruiting
officers concerning first enlistments in the Navy in all Kespects except
in so far as they are modified by these instructions and by such other
instructions as may be issued by the Bureau of Navigation from time
to time.
(2) Men may be enrolled in class 3 in such ratings as are com
mensurate with the duties they were performing at the time of en
rollment.
(3) Enrollments in class 4 will only be made as may be directed
by the Bureau of Navigation.
(4) Enrollments in class 6 shall not be made except after specific
approval by the Bureau of Navigation.
413. The qualifications for all enrollments in the various ratings in
classes 1, 2, 4, and 5, of the Naval Eeserve Force shall be the same as
those governing enlistments in the regular Navy.
414. The enrollment of nurses (female) in the Naval Eeserve
Force shall be carried on by the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery,
under such authority as may be delegated from time to time by the
Bureau of Navigation. Eecords of enrollment in the Hospital
Corps and all other papers relating thereto shall be referred by the
Bureau of Navigation to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery for"
information and to afford an opportunity for recommendation ; an ex
amination report on a form prepared by the Bureau of Medicine and
Surgery and approved by the Bureau of Navigation shall be recorded
in both bureaus in any case of enrollment.
415. Men enrolled in the Naval Eeserve Force within four months
of discharge from a complete enlistment in the Navy or Marine Corps
may, upon surrender of the .discharge paper, receive in exchange
therefor a continuous-service certificate.
416. Men reenrolling in the Naval Eeserve Force after a complete
enrollment in the Naval Eeserve Force and within four months of
discharge therefrom may receive a continuous-service certificate.
417. The continuous-service certificate shall be prepared and issued
by the Bureau of Navigation upon receipt of the discharge from
the commanding officer of the ship or station at which the men en
rolled in the Naval Eeserve Force.
418. Continuous-service certificates are the property of the men to
whom they have been issued and must be delivered to them upon
discharge. While the men are on active duty the certificate shall be
deposited with the commanding officer for safe-keeping.
419. In the Fleet Naval Eeserve, in -addition to enrollments, trans
fers of enlisted men of the Navy to the Fleet Naval Eeserve are
authorized in the discretion of the Secretary of the Navy, as follows :
(1) After a total of 16 years' naval service and on the date of ex
piration of his current enlistment; if entitled to an honorable dis

charge, the man, upon approval of his application by the Bureau
of Navigation, may be transferred to the Fleet Naval Reserve, class
lc, in the rating in which then serving. This transfer shall be made
in lieu of discharge.
(2) At any time after 20 years' naval service a man may be trans
ferred to the Fleet Naval Reserve, class Id, upon the approval of his
application by the Bureau of Navigation.
(3) Marine Corps service is counted as "naval service" for pur
poses of transfer to the Fleet Naval Reserve.
420. When a man is transferred to the Fleet Naval Reserve after
16 or 20 years' service the following procedure shall be carefully
followed :
(1) Close out the current service record of the man with the in
dorsement " Transferred to the Fleet Naval Reserve on (such and
such a date)," and forward the service record to the Bureau of Navi
gation, together with form N. Nav. 395, showing the authority for
the transfer.
(2) Indorse the continuous-service certificate of the man "trans
ferred to Fleet Naval Reserve (on such and such a date)" and for
ward to the commandant of the naval district in which the man is a
fesident (see outline chart of naval districts).
(3) If in time of peace, furnish the transferred man with trans
portation and subsistence necessary for travel to his home and
direct him to report by letter to the commandant of the naval dis
trict in which he resides immediately upon his arrival at his home.
(4) Close out the health record of the man wTith indorsement as
above and forward same to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.
(5) Pay the man in full to date of His discharge, including any
pay due to remittance of sentence of court-martial.
(6) Prepare and forward to the commandant of the naval dis
trict—■ .
(a) Fleet Naval Reserve enrollment record.
(b) Fleet Naval Reserve health record.
(7) If transfer is made at such time as the Naval Reserve Force
may be mobilized and held on active duty, the man and his reserve
record and health record shall be retained on board ; the other steps
as indicated above to be executed.
(8) Upon receipt of the continuous-service certificate the com
mandant of the naval district shall prepare retainer pay account
cards for the transferred man and return the continuous-service
certificate to the man as soon as it has served its purpose.
421. Men so transferred to the Fleet Naval Reserve are not entitled
to pensions for the j>eriod they may be members of the Naval Re
serve Force.
Secton 3.—Enrollment Records.

423. The enrollment record, which is to accompany each member
of the Naval Reserve Force during such time as he may be on active
duty in the Navy during his period of enrollment, shall be prepared
at the station where the enrollment is made. It must be signed by
the medical officer and by the enrolling officer making the enrollment,
and if on board ship, appro\ed by the commanding officer.
424. (1) The enrollment record shall give the full name, including
all Christian names, of the person enrolled. The service number
assigned shall be entered on the top of the cover of the enrollment
record.
(2) The enrollment record must be signed by the commanding
officer quarterly, and upon the transfer, discharge, desertion, or
death of the person. Such signature shall be in ink.
(3) Enrollment records (and service records of Naval Reserve
officers) shall be stamped on the back cover with the following words :
" In case of death, discharge, desertion, or release from active service,
this record shall be returned at once to the commandant, .
naval district. (give address)", the blank spaces to be filled
in according to the district in which reservist permanently resides
and to which attached when not on active duty.
425. The following entries shall be made on the enrollment record:
(1) When occurring:
(a) The dates of issue, renewal, and revocation of all appoint
ments.
(b) Ratings.
(<?) Disratings and causes therefor.
(d) Whenever men are performing the duties for which they are
entitled to extra compensation the dates between which such duties
are performed shall be noted.
(<?) Meritorious conduct worthy of special mention, briefly stated.
(/) Offenses committed and punishments adjudged: and when
punishment is adjudged by a court-martial or a deck court, this entry
shall contain the dates of approval by the authorities necessary to
render the sentence operative.
(2) Quarterly:
(a) Marks for professional qualifications and conduct.
(b) Recommendation for advancement in rating.
(c) Rating best qualified to fill and recommendation for reenroll-
ment.
(3) On transfer, the name of the vessel or station to which trans
ferred, also the information required in paragraph (2) above.
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(-t) On discharge, all the information required by paragraph (2)

above, and in addition— •
(a) Date, place, cause, authority for and character of discharge,
rate of pay, and statement of account.
(b) The discharge must show whether or not the man is recom
mended for re-enrollment.
(c) In case of discharge by reason of undesirability a complete
statement of the reasons therefor shall be entered upon the service
record or attached thereto. A statement from the man discharged
shall also be attached to the record.
(d) A statement of transportation and subsistence furnished, to
gether with the places between which such travel is to be performed,
shall be entered upon the record.
(5) On desertion, the quarterly information required by para
graph (2), and in addition—
(a) Date of desertion, place, attendant circumstances, rate of pay,
and state of account.
(b) A statement of compliance with article 3636 (R), United
(6) On death the quarterly information required by paragraph
(2), and in addition—■
remains, rate of pay, and state of account.
(b) Disposition of effects, or action taken with a view to their
disposition.
The enrollment record must be forwarded immediately to the
Bureau of Navigation via the commandant of the naval district in
which the man resides, and shall not be delayed awaiting instructions
from relatives at distant points as to the disposition to be made of
effects.
426. Marks for professional qualifications shall include proficiency
in rating and other qualifications for the various branches as speci
fied in Bureau of Navigation annual circular. Enrollment records
of men not on active duty shall be carried in the office of the com
mandant of the naval district in which the man resides. When the
man enters upon active duty the record shall be forwarded to his
commanding officer. When transferred the service record shall ac
company the man, and upon his release from active duty shall be
returned to the commandant of the naval district in which the re
servist resides. Upon discharge, desertion, or death of the man it
shall be returned to commandant, who shall forward it to the
Bureau of Navigation. In case a reservist changes his permanent
residence from one district to another, his record and all other papers
shall be forwarded to the commandant of the district to which he
has moved, together with a report of his address in that district.
Section 4.—Ratings and Disratings.
427. Enrolled men of the Naval Reserve Force, whether holding a
provisional or a confirmed rating, shall not be advanced more than
one grade at a time, except by special authority in each case
from the Bureau of Navigation. Before being eligible for advance
ment in rating, men of the Naval Reserve Force shall be required
to serve the same probationary periods in their respective ratings
as are required of men in the Regular Navy, as prescribed in in
structions issued from time to time by the Bureau of Navigation.
428. Commanding officers may issue appointments as petty officers
in the Naval Reserve Force to such persons as qualify to fill vacancies
on board ship or in the naval districts, with such percentage of
excess as the Bureau of Navigation may authorize from time to
time.
429. (1) Whenever the rating of a man is changed, a report of
such change of rating shall be made to the Bureau of Navigation
on Form N. Nav. 8.
(2) No members of the Naval Reserve Force shall be confirmed
;n their ratings unless fully qualified to perform all the duties of
such ratings in the class in which they are enrolled.
(3) When a man is confirmed in rating, or when a confirmed
rating is changed or when advanced from an enlisted rating to a
warrant or commission, a report shall be made to the Navy allot
ment officer, Navy Department, Washington, D. C, in triplicate.
430. Permanent appointments may be issued to chief petty officers
of the Naval Reserve Force who qualify by examination in accord
ance with General Order 63 and the provisions of Bureau of Naviga
tion annual circular. The same probationary period in acting ap
pointments is required as for men of the Regular Navy. The issue
of a permanent appointment to a chief petty officer does not confirm
him in his rating, although a chief petty officer qualifying for per
manent appointment may be considered qualified for confirmation.
431. Chief petty officers discharged from the Navy with per
manent appointments, if enrolling in the Naval Reserve Force within
four months from the date of such discharge, shall be considered as
serving under permanent appointment. If enrolled subsequent to
four months from date of discharge, they are considered to be
serving under acting appointment.
432. Men of the Naval Reserve Force accepting warrants or
commissions in the Reserve Force are appointed as officers for the
uncompleted portion of their enrollment. Their records as enlisted
men will be closed out by appropriate notation and forwarded to
the Bureau of Navigation upon the execution of the oath of office as
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. a warrant or commissioned officer. The5* men are not discharged

from the Naval Reserve Force.
433. Enrolled men of the Naval Reserve Force enlisting or accept
ing appointments in the Regular Navy must be discharged from the
Naval Reserve Force as of the date prior to entering the United
States Navy.
434. Enrolled or transferred men are eligible for advancement to
warrant or commissioned ranks under such instructions as may be
Section 5.—Transfers.
43o. Transfers of the enlisted (enrolled) men on inactive duty

shall be made as follows :
(a) In naval districts, by authority of the commandant of the
district.
(b) From one district to another, by the commandants of districts.
(c) Between vessels, as required by Navy Regulations.
436. All transfers, except those within the naval district, shall be
reported to the Bureau of Navigation (N. Nav. Form 8).
437. In every case of transfer from one ship or station to another
the following papers for each member of the draft shall be sent in
the custody of the man in charge of the draft if practicable.
(a) Continuous-service certificate, enrollment record, and health
record, with 'all entries to date of transfer, signed by the proper
officers, as indicated thereon.
(b) Transfer pay account. The transfer pay account shall be
forwarded in the custody of the man transferred, or of the petty
officer in charge of the draft. When men are transferred to shore
stations they should be paid before transfer.
(c) Gunneiy and torpedo record.
438. When on active duty members of the Naval Reserve Force
shall be handled in all respects the same as the personnel of the
Navy.
Section 6.—Discharges.
439. In time of peace members of the Naval Reserve Force shall be
discharged at any time at their own request, unless under sentence
or awaiting trial by court-martial, upon reimbursing the Government
for any clothing gratuity that may have been furnished them during
their current enrollment.
440. When on active duty in time of war or national emergency,
so declared by the President, a member of the Naval Reserve Force
may be discharged at the expiration of the term of enrollment, pro
vided he reenrolls immediately, or for one of the following causes :
(a) At own request to enlist in the Navy.

(b) Special order of the Bureau of Navigation.
(<?) Undesirability.
(d) Inaptitude, or unfitness for the naval service.
(e) Physical or mental disability, upon recommendation of board
of medical survey.
(/) By sentence of court-martial.
441. Except as noted in article 440, a member of the Naval Reserve
Force on active duty in time of war shall be held for service for the
duration of the war. If the period of his enrollment expires and he
does not desire to reenroll immediately, as provided, he shall be
retained in the status of an enlisted man serving on an extension of
his enlistment. He is not entitled to additional compensation for
such service.
442. The following forms will be used for discharges :
(a) N. Xav. 213. For discharges of men, except those particularly
noted under (6).
(b) N. Nav. 214. For persons discharged by reason of sentence of
court-martial.
443. (1) The reason for discharge and the character of discharge
awarded shall be entered in accordance with instructions printed
on the face of the discharge form.
(2) Honorable discharge shall be given only at expiration of the
full term of enrollment as a testimonial of fidelity and obedience,
except as noted in subparagraph 3 following. Honorable discharge
will be awarded subject to the provisions of the Bureau's Annual
Circular.
(3) The word "honorable" may be inserted on discharges by
reason of medical survey, if the person discharged is otherwise en
titled to honorable discharge at the time.
(4) Undesirable discharge may be awarded by commanding officers
to such men as are unsatisfactory in their conduct and performance
of duty. In all cases of discharge on account of undesirability, full
notation as to the cause of such discharge shall be entered in the en
rollment record and the man's statement shall also be attached.
(5) A man who is discharged in time of war by reason of court-
martial sentence, undesirability, inaptitude, or unfitness, and who
has insufficient funds to reach his home, shall be first transferred to
the naval district in which he resides for discharge. A letter explain
ing the circumstances shall in each case be forwarded to the com
mandant of the naval district to which he is transferred for such
discharge.
444. (1) Members discharged except by reason of expiration of
enrollment, without compulsion on the part of the Government, shall
be required to refund the amount of any clothing which may have

been credited to their account during the current enrollment.
(2) When members of the Naval Reserve Force are discharged
by action initiated by the Government they shall not be required to
refund the amount of clothing gratuity.
445. (1) All members of the Naval Reserve Force discharged
while on active duty by reason of expiration of enrollment or
medical survey shall be furnished with transportation and subsistence
to their homes (legal residence as noted in enrollment record).
(2) The place to which transportation and subsistence is furnished
and the amount so furnished shall be entered on the discharge and
in the enrollment record.
(3) The cause of discharge for physical disability shall not be
entered on the discharge.
446. The officer issuing a discharge shall note on the discharge
whether or not the man is recommended for reenrollment. In the
following instances the man shall not be recommended for reenroll
ment :
(a) If discharged as undesirable or for inaptitude.
(b) If discharged by sentence of court-martial.
(c) If discharged by reason of physical disability.
447. Members of the Naval Reserve Force who have been trans
ferred to the Fleet Naval Reserve after 16 or after 20 years of naval
service may not be discharged without their own consent, except by
sentence of court-martial. If found unfit for further service by
board of medical survey, they shall be released from active duty and
returned to their homes.
448. The continuous service certificate shall state in the proper
column the character of discharge awarded.
449. Discharges shall be reported to the Navy allotment officer,
Navy Department, using Form S. & A. 35-d in triplicate.
Section 7.—Releases fkoji Active Duty.

450. Requests for release from active duty shall be handled in
accordance with instructions w-hich may be issued by the Bureau of
Navigation. In time of war no member of the Naval Reserve Force
will be released from active duty except in case of the most urgent
necessity.
451. Transferred men of the Fleet Naval Reserve, who when called
to active duty are found not physically qualified to perform the
duties of their rating, shall be released from active duty and re
turned to their homes and the fact reported immediately to the
Section 8.—Confirmation in Rating.

452. Men of classes 1 and 2 of the Naval Reserve Force may be
confirmed in rating after not less than three months' active sea serv
ice, and if qualified in accordance with General Order No. 63. Men
of class 5 of the Naval Reserve Force may be confirmed in rating
after not less than three months' active service at an operating Naval
Air Station, if found fully qualified by examination for all the duties
of their ratings. Men of class 3 of the Naval Reserve Force may be
confirmed in rating after six months' satisfactory service at sea in
a vessel listed by the Navy Department as a suitable auxiliary for the
Navy in time of war. The issue of a permanent appointment to a
chief petty officer does not confirm him in his rating, although a chief
petty officer qualifying for permanent appointment may be consid
ered as qualified for confirmation.
453. When a man is confirmed in his rating, notation to that effect
shall be made in his current service (enrollment) record, and noti
fication shall be sent to the Bureau of Navigation and to the Navy
allotment officer, Navy Department, Washington, D. C.
454. Confirmation in one rating does not prevent advancement to
a higher provisional rating. A man advanced from a confirmed
rating to a higher provisional rating is paid the retainer pay of the
lower confirmed rating. For example, a 'man is confirmed as sea
man; his annual retainer pay thus becomes two months' base pay
as seaman.
He is made provisional coxswain; his retainer pay remains that
of confirmed seaman.
CHAPTER 5.
RETIREMENTS.
455. (1) Transferred members of the Naval Reserve Force mayr
after completing 30 years of service, Regular Navy and Naval Re
serve Force combined, be placed on the retired list with the rating
held by them at the date of transfer to the Naval Reserve Force.
When so retired their pay shall be the same as the retainer pay they
receive as a transferred member of the Fleet Naval Reserve; and
they a^-e further entitled to all the gratuities authorized by law for
men of the Navy after 30 years' service,
(2) Enrolled members who have completed 20 years and who
have performed the minimum amount of service required during
each term of enrollment shall, upon their own application, be retired
with the rank or rating held by them at the time and shall receive
in lieu of any pay, a cash gratuity equal to the total amount of their
retainer pay during the last term of enrollment.
(3) Service in the Navy, Marine Corps, National Naval Volun
teers, and Naval Militia shall count as continuous service in the
Naval Reserve Force, both for computing retainer pay and for re
tirement.
(4) Enrolled members of the Naval Reserve Force shall be dis-
enrolled upon reaching the age of 64 years.
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CHAPTEE 6.
PAY ACCOUNTS, PAY AND ALLOWANCES.

Section 1.—Retainer pay.
501. Retainer pay is allowed all members of the Naval Reserve

Force except members of the Volunteer Naval Reserve, in addition
to any pay which may be due them by reason of active duty per
formed in time of war or training in time of peace.
502. The amount of retainer pay authorized for the members of
various classes of the Naval Reserve Force is indicated in the follow
ing table. The amounts indicated are the rates per annum.
Classes 1 (except transferred men of the Fled Naval Reserve), 2, 4, and 5.—
Before confirmation (for officers and men), $12. After confirmation (for officers
and men), two months' base pay of the corresponding rank or rating in the
Navy.
Note.—No confirmations will be made in class 4.
Class 3.—Before confirmation of ranks or ratings, $12. After confirmation
(for officers), one months' base pay of the corresponding rank in the Navy.
After confirmation (for men), two months' base pay of the corresponding
rating in the Navy.
Class 6.—No retainer pay.
Class 1.—Transferred men—
(c) Men transferred to Naval Reserve Force after 1G years' service : One-third
(base pay receiving at close of last naval service) plus all permanent additions.
(d) Men transferred to Naval Reserve Force after 20 or more years' service:
One-half (base pay receiving at time of transfer) plus all permanent additions.
NOTES.
1. The retainer pay of all persons enrolled in the Naval Reserve Force with
confirmed rating is increased by 23 per cent for each complete enlistment in the
Navy or Marine Corps or enrollment in the Naval Reserve Force, provided
service is continuous. Men enrolling in the Fleet Naval Reserve are enrolled in
confirmed ratings. National Naval Volunteers transferred to class 2 by Execu
tive Order of July 1 are transferred to confirmed ratings from July 1, 1918.
2. In the event of failure of a reservist to serve three months on active duty
during an enrollment in the Naval Reserve Force, the retainer pay on the suc
ceeding enrollment is reduced to ^12 per annum.
3. The retainer pay of men transferred to the Fleet Naval Reserve after 16 or
20 or more years' service will be increased by 10 per cent in cases where their
records show extraordinary heroism in line of duty.
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4. Retainer pay of men transferred to the Fleet Naval Reserve after 20 or
more years' service will be increased 10 per cent where the average marks in
sobriety and obedience are 95 per cent of the maximum for their entire period of
service.
5. Service in the Navy, Marine Corps, National Naval Volunteers, and Naval
Militia shall count as continuous service in the Naval Reserve Force for the
purpose of computing the retainer pay.
6. Retainer pay in time of war is in addition to the regular pay but is not so
in time of peace except during active duty for training.
Above table is especially for use by enrolling officers in recording
the proper data in the enrollment articles, records, and account cards.
503. Retainer pay will be paid by the Navy allotment officer, Navy
Department, Washington, D. C.
504. Upon enrollment and reenrollment of each member of the
Naval Reserve Force, retainer pay account cards (S. & A. Form 42)
shall be prepared in triplicate and forwarded to the Navy allotment
officer. Record of previous enrollments must be noted in the space
provided. In making out these cards care must be taken to follow
exactly the instructions printed oh the back of the card.
505. (1) The following reports shall invariably be made in tripli
cate to the Navy allotment officer :
(a) Confirmation of a provisional rank or rating.
(&) Change of confirmed rank or rating.
(c) Discharge, desertion, or death.
(d) Transfer from one class of the Reserve Force to another, if
involving a change in the amount of retainer pay.
(e) Enrollments and disenrollments.
(2) Changes not specifically enumerated above do not affect re
tainer pay and must not be reported to the allotment officer.
506. (1) All commanding officers of naval reservists shall be re
sponsible for the correctness of the information forwarded to the
allotment officer and for its receipt. All officers making reports in
triplicate should receive one of the copies forwarded, indorsed by the
allotment officer. If the return copy is not received within a reason
able time, allowing for the usual time necessary in transmission
through the mails, a duplicate report should be made.
(2) Should there be insufficient time to make the required report
by mail, commanding officers should report to the disbursing officer
by telegram requesting acknowledgment.
507. Retainer pay shall be paid by the allotment officer as follows :
(a) Fleet Naval Reserve transferred men, monthly.
(b) For men in confirmed ratings, once each quarter on the 15th
of the month following the end of the quarter.
(c) Persons whose retainer pay is $12 per annum, once a year.
508. Retainer pay may be stopped upon the order of his command
ing officer for failure on the part of a member of the Naval Reserve
Force to keep his commanding officer informed of his address or for

failure to make such reports as may be required. It is not desired
that the provisions of this paragraph be invoked except in time of
peace. In time of war a man failing to keep his commanding officer
• informed of his address or failing to report for active duty when
called should be reported as a deserter.
Section 2.—Active-Service Pay.
509. Active-duty pay is paid to all members of the Naval Reserve

Force on active duty at the same rate of pay as received by members
of the Navy of the same rank or rating and length of service, which
shall include service in the Navy, Marine Corps, Naval Reserve
Force, National Naval Volunteers, and Naval Militia.
510. When a member first reports for active duty in response to
orders he shall be entered upon the pay roll of the vessel or station
first receiving him as a new account.
511. Thereafter during the period of active duty of the reservist
his account shall be transferred on the regular transfer pay account
forms provided in the same manner as accounts of officers and en
listed men in the Navy are transferred.
512. When members of the Naval Reserve Force are released from
active duty, the account shall be closed in the same manner as if the
man were discharged, and the man paid in full, including pay for the
time necessary to perform travel to his home.
513. The pay of members of the Reserve Force when on active
duty is subject to checkage in the same manner as the pay of officers
and men of the Navy.
514. Whenever the pa}- of an enrolled member of the Reserve Force
is checked by reason of court-martial sentence, and is remitted in ac
cordance with the Navy Regulations, the pay remitted shall not be
refunded until his discharge by reason of expiration of his period of
enrollment.
515. When a member of the Naval Reserve Force, whose pay has
been withheld by reason of court-martial checkage, is released from
active duty, the fact and the amount so withheld shall be entered in
the enrollment record. When such man is finally discharged by
reason of expiration of his enrollment, the commandant having su
pervision will cause the district disbursing officer to refund the
amount so noted.
516. The paj7 of enlisted men of the Navy withheld on account of
court-martial checkage shall be refunded to them when transferred
to the Fleet Naval Reserve at the expiration of 16 or 20 years' naval
service.
Section 3.—Uniform Gratuity.
517. All members of the Naval Reserve Force, upon first enroll
ment, except volunteer Naval . Reservists and transferred members
of the Fleet Naval Reserve, are allowed a uniform gratuity as fol
lows: Officers, $50 upon first reporting for active duty in time of
peace ; enlisted men, $50 at the time of enrollment and $25 each year
thereafter during the first enrollment until the total allowance has
been utilized, provided the minimum service required for efficiency
is performed.
518. On reporting for duty in time of war the uniform gratuity
is increased to $150 for officers, and for enlisted men to the amount
specified in the current naval appropriation bill as the value of the
outfit issued to recruits on first enlistment. The amount previously
credited, if any, will be deducted from this amount.
519. The term " enlisted men " as used in articles 517 and 518 above
shall be considered to include women who are enrolled in the Naval
Reserve Force.
520. Officers, including chief petty officers, and women, shall be
required to provide themselves with the necessary uniforms, and the
uniform gratuity shall be entered upon the pay roll as a cash credit
on certification of the commanding officer that they have provided
themselves with the necessary uniforms. The same procedure may.
if necessary, be followed with enrolled men.
521. Officers of the Naval Reserve Force will be required to have
only the service uniforms prescribed in the uniform regulations of
the United States Navy. Men in enlisted ratings shall keep on hand
at all times the allowance shown in the following table, and shall
present same for inspection from time to time as may be required.
Chief petty
officers, All other
Article. officers enlisted
stewards, men.
and cooks
Blue coat
White coat
Overshirt
White undress jumper.
Blue trousers
White trousers
White shirt
Blue cap
White cap
White hat
Legsins (pair)
Neckerchief
Cravat
Blue undress jumper. . .
Overcoat
Flannel shirt
Watch cap
522. The uniform for female reservists is prescribed in Uniform

Regulations (change No. 15).
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Section 4.—Allotments.
523. Members of the Naval Reserve Force on active duty other

than for training in the Navy may register allotments of their active-
duty pay in the same manner as provided for allotments in the
Regular Navy.
524. Such allotments shall cease upon the release from active
duty. The supply officer or disbursing officer carrying the accounts
of such men shall promptly report to the Navy allotment officer
stoppage of allotments of men released from active duty.
525. Every allotment of pay and all powers of attorney shall be
void unless attested by the commanding officer and disbursing officer.
The allotment must specify the precise time when they commence.
526. Allotments shall be registered and paid as provided for in
the Navy Regulations.
Section 5.—Miscellaneous.
528. Deductions from the pay of members of the Naval Reserve

Force for the hospital fund shall be made as follows:
(a) For transferred members of the Fleet Naval Reserve (class
1-c and 1-d) the sum of 20 cents per month shall be deducted from
the retainer pay of such men.
(b) For all other members the disbursing officer or supply officer,
carrying the accounts of the member, shall deduct the sum of 20
cents per month from his active-duty pay. Such deduction is made
only for such time as the member may be on active duty.
529. In computing longevity pay for members of the Naval Re
serve Force, credit shall be given for all previous active service which
530. Honorable discharge from the Naval Reserve Force does not
entitle the recipient to honorable discharge gratuity on reenrollment.
531. All payments of mileage for travel of officers, transportation,
and allowances for quarters, light, fuel, subsistence, etc., are author
ized as provided in the Navy Regulations.
532. All members of the Naval Reserve Force are entitled to wear
with their civilian clothes a lapel button of the following design:
A circular bronze button, one-half inch in diameter; in the center
a stamped foul anchor, surmounted by two stars ; the outer circumfer
ence enameled in blue, showing in bronze letters the words " united
states naval reserve FORCE." Unauthorized persons wearing this
button are liable to a fine of $20. Reserve Force buttons are pur
chased by the Bureau of Navigation and will be distributed to
commandants of naval districts on demand for further issue to mem
bers of the Naval Reserve Force under their jurisdiction.
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Section 6.—-Transportation and Subsistence.

533. Transportation and subsistence must be furnished by com
manding officers transferring men as follows :
(a) For men reporting for active duty in obedience to orders,
transportation from their homes to point of duty mentioned in their
orders and subsistence for the necessary meals en route.
(6) To men released from active duty, or discharged by reason
of expiration of enrollment or by medical survey, transportation to
their homes, or to such other point as they may elect, provided
no additional expense is incurred by the Government, and subsistence
for the necessary meals en route.
(c) Enlisted men of the Navy when transferred to the Fleet Naval
Reserve in time of peace or in time of war when specifically author
ized by the Bureau of Navigation, the same as in (6).
534. In transfers of men between ships and stations other than
enumerated in the preceding article, transportation and subsistence
shall be issued in the same manner as to enlisted men of the Navy.
CHAPTER 7.
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS—ELIGIBILITY RULES.

Section 1.—Eligibility Rules.
601. All members must be citizens of the United States, or a citizen

of an insular possession of the United States.
602. The Fleet Naval Reserve, class 1 :
(1) Class 1, officers: All former officers of the permanent United
States naval service, including midshipmen (graduates of the Naval
Academy) who have left that service under honorable conditions, are
eligible for membership.
(2) Class 1, men :
(a) Must have been last discharged from the Navy with honorable
discharge after at least four years' service. An enlistment during
minority or a four-year enlistment terminated within three months of
expiration thereof is considered as four years' service.
(b) Must be less than 41 years of age for first enrollment,
(3) Class 1, transferred men of 16 years' service : Any enlisted man
having a total of 16 years' naval service (not necessarily continuous)
and who is entitled to receive an honorable discharge at the expira
tion of his current enlistment, may, at his own request and with the
authority of the Secretary of the Navy, be transferred to the Fleet
Naval Reserve at the expiration of his enlistment. He is not dis
charged.
(4) Class 1, transferred men of 20 years' service: Any enlisted man
may, at his own request and with the authority of the Secretary of the
Navy, be transferred to the Fleet Naval Reserve at any time.
In computing service for transfer to the Fleet Naval Reserve,
previous naval and Marine Corps service is counted.
603. The Naval Reserve, class 2:
(1) Class 2. officers: Officers in class 2 (line or staff) must be
qualified for the duties of their rank afloat on combatant ships
of the Navy. Officers in this class are obtained as follows:
(a) By enrollment of former temporary officers of the Navy.
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(&) By promotion of enrolled men in the Naval Reserve Force

to warrant officers or ensigns, or by enrollment of staff officers direct
from civil life.
(c) By transfer to this class of reserve officers of other classes who
qualify for their duties afloat on combatant ships of the Navy. The
transfer to this class may be made in the same or lower rank, de
pending on their qualifications and length of service as an officer
in the Naval Reserve Force.
(2) Class 2 men: Men in this class will be enrolled under the
same rules as apply to men enlisting in the Regular Navy.
604. The Naval Auxiliary Reserve, class 3:
(1) Class 3. officers: Must be or have been an officer on a naval
auxiliary or on a vessel of the United States registry which has been
listed by the Navy Department as suitable for use as an auxiliary
naval vessel in time of war.
(2) Class 3, men : Must be in seaman or engineering departments
of vessel listed by Navy Department as suitable for use as an
auxiliary naval vessel in time of war.
605. The Naval Coast Defense Reserve :
(1) Only men are enrolled in this class and they only for trans
fer to other classes.
606. The Naval Reserve Flying Corps, class 5 :
(1) Class 5, officers: Surplus graduates of the Aeronautic School
may be commissioned as ensigns in the Naval Reserve Flying Corps.
Civilians skilled in the flying of aircraft are eligible for membership
in this class, and members of other classes of the Naval Reserve Force
may be transferred to this class upon qualifying for aviation duties.
(2) Class 5, men.
(a) Civilians who qualify professionally may be enrolled in a
provisional rating in this class.
(b) Men who have been honorably discharged from the Naval
Flying Corps after one or more four-year terms of enlistment in the
Navy, or after term of enlistment during minority, are eligible for
enrollment in a confirmed rating.
(3) Class 5, men transferred after 16 years' service: Any enlisted
man having a total of 16 years' naval service (not necessarily con
tinuous) and who is entitled to receive an honorable discharge at the
expiration of his current enlistment, may, at his own request and
with the authority of the Secretary of the Navy, be transferred to
the Naval Reserve Flying Corps at the expiration of his enlistment.
He is not discharged.
(4) Class 5, men transferred after 20 years' service: Any enlisted
tinuous) may. at his own request and with the authority of the
Secretary of the Navy, be transferred to the Naval Reserve Flying
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Corps at any time. In computing service for transfer to the Naval

Reserve Flying Corps previous naval and Marine Corps service is
c ounted.
607. Commandants of naval districts are authorized to furnish
funeral escorts, as provided by Navy Regulations, for members of
the Naval Reserve Fore e, when such request is made by the next of
kin and when it can be done without expense to the Government.
The national ensign will not be given to the next of kin.
608. Members of the Naval Reserve Force who desire to leave the
limits of the United States for a period of six months or longer
must first obtain permission from the Navy Department, giving the
date they expect to leave, place and address during absence and
probable time they will be away from the United States.
609. Transferred members of the Fleet Naval Reserve on inactive
duty are entitled to Naval Hospital treatment and to medical treat
ment whenever they reside in localities where medical officers of the
Navy are on duty. Such treatment will be given under the same
local rules as apply to the treatment of the enlisted personnel of the
Navy.
CHAPTER 8.
700. The following forms shall be used in administering the Naval

Reserve Force:
N. Nav. 385.—Service record, Officers' Reserve force.
N. Nav. 351.—Enrollment articles, Naval Reserve Force.
N. Nav. 352.—Enrollment record, Naval Reserve Force.
N. Nav. 353.—Enrollment record. Fleet Naval Reserve.
N. Nav. 2.—Record, finger print, identification. To be forwarded to Bureau
of Navigation.
N. Nav. 370.—Weekly report of enrollments, Naval Reserve Force. To be made
only to commandants by enrolling officers.
N. Nav. 395.—Transfer to Fleet Naval Reserve. To be forwarded to Bureau of
Navigation.
N. Nav. 8.—Enlisted men, received, transferred, deserted, died, change of rat
ing and all other changes occurring In status of enrolled men.
such as change of address. To lie forwarded to Bureau of
Navigation. Enrollments are receipts. Diseurollments are dis
charges.
N. Nav. 102.—Record, gunnery.
N. Nav. 283.—Record, torpedo.
N. Nav. 213.—Discharge from Naval Reserve Force.
N. Nav. 214.—Discharge from Naval Reserve Force by sentence of court-mar
tial.
N. Nav. 508.—Monthly report of enlisted personnel. To be forwarded to Bu
reau of Navigation.
N. Nav. 5.— (Special) Report of changes in enlisted personnel. To be for
warded to Bureau of Navigation.
H. 1919.—Health record.
S. & A. 4a.—Transfer pay accounts.
S. & A. 42.—Account cards. Naval Reserve Force. To be forwarded to Navy
allotment officer.
S. & A. 42a.—Account cards, Fleet Naval Reserve. To lie forwarded to the
Navy allotment officer.
S. & A. 35d—For discharges, diseurollments, desertion, or death. To be for
warded to the Navy allotment officer.
Post card—Change of address. To Navy allotment officer only.
Letter report (triplicate) —Confirmations. To Navy allotment officer only.
Letter report (triplicate) —Transfer from one class to another involving
a change in retainer pay. To Navy allotment
officer only.
701. Except as noted above the printed instructions on the forms
shall be strictly adhered to.
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702. (1) In addition to reports required by the above forms the
following will be the only report required from the commandants of
the naval districts in regard to the Naval Reserve Force :
(a) Monthly report of changes in officers.
(2) This report shall be in letter form under the following sub
headings—
(a) Enrollments.
(b) Disenrollments.
(c) Reenrollments.
(d) Discharges.
(e) Desertions.
(/) Death.
(ff) Transfers.
(A) Receipts.
(i) Confirmations.
(j) Promotions.
(k) Reduction in rank.
(?) Change of address.
(3) This report shall be forwarded direct to the Naval Reserve
Force Division, Bureau of Navigation.
(4) The full name and rank shall be given in each case, together
with home address, place received from, transferred to, etc., reason for
disenrollment or discharge, and rank promoted from and to, or re
duced from and to.
INSTRUCTION ^ ^
1921
GOVERNING THE ORGANISATION
ADMINISTRATIO:
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OF THE
NAVAL RESERVE FORCE
1921
WASHINGTON
1921
INSTRUCTIONS
GOVERNING THE ORGANIZATION AND

ADMINISTRATION
OF THE
NAVAL RESERVE FORCE
1921
WASHINGTON
1921
, Navy Department,
Bureau of Navigation,
January 3, 1921.
The following instructions governing the organization and ad
ministration of the Naval Reserve Force are issued for the infor
mation and compliance of all concerned.
These instructions supersede those of January 3, 1920.
Thos. Washington,
Chief of Bureau of Navigation.
Navy Department,
January 3, 1921.
These instructions cancel all instructions issued prior to January
3, 1921.
H. J. ZlEGEMEIER,
Captain, United States Navy.
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INSTRUCTIONS GOVERNING THE ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION
OF THE NAVAL RESERVE FORCE.
CHAPTER I.
CLASSIFICATION, ORGANIZATION, AND ADMINISTRATION.
Section 1.—Classification.
101. By law (act of Aug. 29, 1916, and act of July 1, 1918), the
the classification of the Naval Reserve Force is as follows :
The Fleet Naval Reserve (class 1).
The Naval Reserve (class 2) .
The Naval Auxiliary Reserve (class 3).
The Naval Coast Defense Reserve (class 4) .
The Naval Reserve Flying Corps (class 5).
The Volunteer Naval Reserve (class 6) .
102. For administrative purposes the legal classification mentioned
naturally falls under one of the following :
(a) Reservists qualified for duty on combatant ships (line or
staff).
(b) Reservists qualified for duty on merchant ships (auxiliaries).
(c) Reservists for training.
(d) Reservists for aviation.
(e) Reservists for special or technical duty, not qualified for their
rank afloat.
103. Members of one class may be transferred to another class
if eligible and qualified in accordance with the instructions issued by
104. The Volunteer Naval Reserve is the technicist class. Mem
bers in this class receive no retainer pay or uniform gratuity in time
of peace. t
105. Recapitulation shows the following classification :
(a) Class 1, class 2.
(b) Class 3.
{c) Class 4.
(d) Class 5.
(e) Class 6.
Note.—The enrollment of officers in class 3 will be confined to
those actually engaged in the merchant marine at sea.
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Section 2.—Organization.
106. The Naval Reserve Force is administered under the direc
tion of the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation by the following
officers :
(1) Commandants of naval districts.
The following officers have the same authority as the commandant
of a naval district :
Commandant, navy yard, Washington, D. C.
(2) Supervisor, Naval Auxiliary Reserve, east coast, New York.
(3) Supervisor, Naval Auxiliary Reserve, west coast, San Fran
cisco, Calif.
107. The Naval Reserve Force will be organized in the several
naval districts into units of convenient size consisting of not less
than 50 men in each unit. These units will be organized into bat
talions for administrative purposes and all battalions in a naval dis
trict will be organized into a brigade.
108. Every member of the Naval Reserve Force shall be as
signed to a unit which may be a division (the smallest unit), a bat
talion staff, or a brigade staff.
109. Every effort should be made to confine the members of the
Naval Reserve Force to populous centers where at least one division
can be organized and to reduce the number in isolated places to a
minimum. The places where units are organized should, in so far as
practicable, be on, or in close proximity to, waters open to navigation.
110. The strength of the Naval Reserve Force shall be as set by
the Bureau of Navigation fro mtime to time and each State in the
naval districts shall be assigned a quota.
111. Whenever the number of men in any State falls below the
authorized number for that State, new enrollments may be made to
fill the quota. Men eligible for enrollment in class 1 (b) of the
Fleet Naval Reserve may be enrolled regardless of whether or not
the quota is filled.
112. Whenever the number of officers in any corps in a State
falls below the authorized quota, the Bureau of Navigation will
issue the necessary instructions for filling the vacancies upon the
request of the commandant. Aâcancies in the Medical Corps will be
filled by the bureau from members of the medical profession of high
standing residing in the State upon the recommendation of the com
mandant and the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. Candidates for
a commission in the Medical Corps will be required to submit a full
history of themselves to the bureau.
113. Neither the officers nor men in classes 4 and 5 are to be
counted in determining whether or not the quota of a State or a
naval district is filled, but every effort should be made to encourage
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them to qualify for transfer to class 2. It is to be noted that all

men in classes 4 and 5 can transfer to class 2 in any provisional
rating in which they would be accepted on first enlistment in the
Navy. Officers must have completed three months active duty afloat
in order to be eligible for transfer to class 2.
114. The quotas for officers in a naval district in classes 1, 2,
and 5 will not be exceeded. It will make no difference whether or not
a State has not a full quota of officers if the naval district quota is
filled. The only exception to this will be that there shall be at least
one line officer and one medical officer in class 1 or class 2 in each
State.
115. The number of officers on permanent active duty for the
administration of the Naval Reserve Force, organized in accordance
with this order in each naval district, shall not exceed the number
authorized by the bureau from time to time.
116. The officers assigned to the naval district headquarters will
all be officers of the regular Navy or Eeserve officers of class 2.
117. The officers on duty with the Naval Eeserve Force battalions
or other large units shall all be Eeserve officers.
118. Officers of the Eeserve Force ordered to permanent active
duty in connection with organizing and administering the Eeserve
Force shall, whenever possible, be ordered to duty on board a vessel
assigned for training the Eeserve Force as additional duty.
119. One of the officers on duty at the district headquarters may
be a supply officer who shall be the accounting officer for all material
and equipment issued for the purpose of training and instructing
the Naval Eeserve Force in the district. All such material and
equipment will be invoiced to the commandant of the naval district.
This officer shall also act as disbursing officer for the Eeserve Force
if necessary and shall carry the retainer pay accounts in case they are
transferred to the naval districts.
120. One or more supply officers on inactive duty in each State
should be appointed as the accounting officer for the material and
equipment issued to the unit to which they are attached. The work
performed by these accounting officers will be counted as drills or
other equivalent duty.
121. Officers of the Naval Eeserve Force will only be ordered to
permanent active duty upon the recommendation of the commandant
of the naval district and will be relieved when so recommended by
the commandant.
122. Officers of the Eeserve Force ordered to permanent active
duty will be expected to devote their whole time to naval and Naval
Eeserve Force matters, and such orders will only be issued with this
understanding.
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Section 3.—Administration.
123. The officers indicated in article 106 have administrative duties,

as follows:
(1) The commandants of naval districts and the officers indicated
in article 106 (1)—
(a) Have jurisdiction, previous to mobilization, over all reservists
residing within the naval district, including officers and men in class
3 on tugs and vessels for district use, and excluding officers and men
serving on other merchant vessels.
(&) Are charged with enrollment of men and the recommending
of officers (art. 123 (2) ; art. 203) ; the training of, and super
vision over, all reservists under their jurisdiction. All requests for
active duty outside the jurisdiction of the commandant shall be made
to the commandant and by him referred to the Bureau of Navigation,
where, if practicable, arrangements will be made for assignments to
the duty requested. Upon completion of any such active duty,
reservists, on being ordered home, will again come under the juris
diction of the commandant.
(c) Are responsible for carrying out any mobilization or partial
mobilization orders of the Bureau of Navigation, and reservists as
signed to duty outside the commandant's jurisdiction shall, upon re
lease from active duty, again come under his jurisdiction. In case
of death, discharge, or desertion, the reservists service or enrollment
record shall be returned to the commandant and by him forwarded
to the Bureau of Navigation.
(d) Shall transfer enrolled men of the Beserve Force who enter
the merchant marine to class 3 and forward the records, together
with all necessary information, to the proper supervisor of the Naval
Auxiliary Beserve.
(2) The supervisor of the Naval Auxiliary Beserve, east coast—
(a) Has jurisdiction, previous to mobilization, over officers and
men of class 3 serving on merchant ships not under the jurisdiction
of a commandant of a naval district, operating on the east and Gulf
coast of the United States, and has jurisdiction at all times over
officers and men for administrative duties on shore in connection
with the office of the supervisor, and in training for officers for class 3.
(i) Enroll officers and men in class 3 serving on board merchant
vessels or officers qualified for duty on naval auxiliaries, as may be
authorized by the Bureau of Navigation ; acts as detail officer under
the Bureau of Navigation for and keeps jackets of reserve officers
under his supervision. Officers shall not be enrolled or promoted in
class 3 except by specific approval of the Bureau of Navigation.
(c) Has supervision over the activities of such assistant super
visors, Naval Auxiliary Beserve, as may be designated by the Bureau
of Navigation.
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(d) Shall transfer to the commandant of the appropriate naval

district the jackets of officers and men who leave the merchant service.
(3) The supervisor of the Naval Auxiliary Reserve, west coast—
(a) Has the same duties on the west coast as supervisor, Naval
Auxiliary Reserve, east coast.
124. In time of war the supervisor of the Naval Auxiliary Re
serve shall become the personnel officer under the officer in charge
of the Naval Overseas Transportation Service.
125. Mobilization plans are issued by the Bureau of Navigation
for officers and men of all classes. The commandant of a naval
district shall, without reference to the Bureau of Navigation, make
mobilization plans for reservists assigned to him for general duty
in the district.
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CHAPTER II.
OFFICERS.
Section I.—Enrollments and Reenrollments.

201. The enrollment and reenrollment of officers shall only be
made upon authorization from the Bureau of Navigation.
202. (1) Only ex-officers who have held a permanent rank in
the United States Navy and who are qualified professionally and
physically are eligible for enrollment in the Fleet Naval Reserve.
(2) If physically qualified, the following are eligible for enroll
ment in the Naval Reserve, class 2, of the Naval Reserve Force : (a)
Ex-temporary officers of the Navy; (b) civilians qualified for duty
in Staff Corps; but no civilian with no previous naval or reserve
force experience shall be enrolled as an officer in the Supply Corps.
All line and Supply Corps officers in this class, except as noted under
article 202 (2a) will be obtained by promotion from qualified enlisted
(enrolled) men.
203. Licensed Mariners and Engineers who are actually employed
in the American merchant marine on vessels of more than 1,500
net tons are eligible for enrollment in the Naval Auxiliary Re
serve, class 3, of the Naval Reserve Force, if physically qualified.
Those employed on special duty on shore in connection with the
merchant marine may be enrolled.
204. (1) Officers will not be enrolled in the Naval Coast Defense
Reserve, class 4, of the Naval Reserve Force, in time of peace.
(2) All enrollments must be for general service.
205. Graduates of colleges which have adopted the syllabus of
training approved by the Navy Department are eligible for enroll
ment as midshipmen in the Naval Reserve Flying Corps, class 5, of
the Naval Reserve Force, if physically qualified. Upon graduation
from the Aeronautical School for Reserve Midshipmen at Pensacola,
Fla., they will be appointed ensigns in the Naval Reserve Flying
Corps. Those that fail to graduate from the Aeronautical School
will be discharged. Officers in class 5 will not be reenrolled unless
they have completed 15 hours in the air during each year of the
previous enrollment and are not to be reenrolled under any condi
tions after the termination of the second enrollment.
206. Only officers who are preeminent in their professions in civil
life are eligible for enrollment in the Volunteer Naval Reserve,
class 6, of the Naval Reserve Force.
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207. (1) Officers of all classes of the Naval Reserve Force whose
services have been satisfactory will be eligible for reenrollment in
the rank held on termination of their previous enrollment if within
the age limit specified in subparagraph (3) below, provided they
reenroll within four months of the expiration of their last enroll
ment and provided they pass the required physical examination.
Officers in class 3 in order to be eligible for reenrollment must be
actually employed on vessels of not less than 1,500 net tons or on
special duty on shore in connection with the American merchant
marine.
(2) An officer who resigns or fails to reenroll within four months
of the termination of his last enrollment may only be reenrolled in
his former confirmed rank and will take precedence upon reenroll
ment at the foot of the list in that rank from the date of reenroll
ment.
(3) In order to be eligible for enrollment or reenrollment the age
of an officer, except an officer enrolled in class 3, the Naval Auxiliary
Keserve, shall not exceed 35 years for the rank of ensign, 40 years
for the rank of lieutenant (junior grade), 45 years for the rank of
lieutenant, and 64 years for the rank of lieutenant commander and
above.
(4) Officers enrolled in the Naval Reserve Force will be disenrolled
upon reaching the age of 64 years.
Section 2.—Assignment or Rank.
208. (1) Officers enrolling in class 1 will be appointed (con

firmed) in the rank last held permanently in the Navy and be as
signed as a running mate for promotion purposes the officer in the
Navy with the same amount of naval service as a commissioned
officer. An officer enrolling within four months from the time of his
resignation from the Navy will be assigned as a running mate for
promotion purposes the officer who was next above him on the active
list. Officers can not be enrolled in the Naval Reserve Force in a rank
above that of lieutenant commander.
209. (1) An ex-temporary officer of the Navy enrolling in class
2 of the Naval Reserve Force after four months from the date of
the acceptance of his resignation as a temporary officer will be given
a provisional appointment in the rank last held in the Navy and
will be assigned as a running mate for promotion purposes the
officer in the Navy with the same amount of commissioned officer
service. They will be confirmed if in all respects qualified (see
Article 212 (1) in the rank held permanently by their running
mates in the Navy. An ex-temporary officer of the Navy enrolling
within four months of the time of his resignation from the Navy
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will be assigned as a running mate for promotion purposes the

officer who was next above him on the active list.
(2) Civilians enrolling in Staff Corps in class 2 will be assigned
the lowest provisional rank in the corps in which they enroll and
will have as a running mate for promotion purposes the last officer
in that corps on the active list on the date they accept the assignment
of rank.
(3) Enlisted (enrolled) men who qualify for commissions in the
line and Supply Corps will be assigned the lowest provisional rank
and will have as a running mate for promotion purposes the last
officer on the active list of the Navy in the line or Supply Corps, as
the case may be, on the date they accept the assignment of rank.
210. (1) Officers enrolling in class 3 must be actually employed
on a naval auxiliary or a seagoing vessel of the American merchant
marine of not less than 1,500 net tons. Upon enrollment they will
be assigned a provisional rank depending on the positions they hold
in accordance with the following table :
Position and provisional rank.
Position. 8,000 tons or over. 5,000-8,000 tons. 5,000-1,500 tons.

Master Lieutenant comman Lieutenant comman Lieutenant.
der. der.
Chief engineer.. Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieutenant (junior
grade).
First officer .do. ....do.. Do.
First assistant engineer. Lieutenant (junior Ensign. Ensign.
grade).
Second officer do ....do Do.
Second assistant engineer . Ensign ....do Machinist.
Third officer Boatswain. Boatswain.
Fourth officer Boatswain. ....do
Third assistant engineer. . Machinist . . Machinist..
(2) All seagoing steam vessels of not less than 1,500 net tons
listed in the List of Merchant Vessels of the United States, as pub
lished by the Department of Commerce, shall be considered as ves
sels suitable for use as naval auxiliaries in time of war for the pur
pose of making enrollments in the Naval Keserve Force.
Section 3.—Confirmation.
211. Officers in class 1 are confirmed upon enrollment in the

last rank held permanently in the Navy, but not above lieutenant
commander, without professional examination.
212. (1) Ex-temporary officers of the Navy, if they have com
pleted three months' sea service as a commissioned or warrant officer
on a combatant ship of the Navy, are confirmed upon enrollment in
class 2, in the rank held permanently by their running mates in the
Navy or if the running mate holds no permanent rank in the Navy
confirmation will be in the lowest commissioned or warrant rank

without professional examination.
(2) Officers in class 2 must have performed at least three months
active duty on a combatant ship of the Navy as a commissioned
officer before they are eligible for confirmation, except that for
officers of the Construction and Civil Engineering Corps an equal
amount of active duty with the Navy will be accepted in lieu of the
sea service. Confirmation in the lowest commissioned and warrant
rank in class 2 will be made without a written professional
examination.
213. (1) An officer in class 3 shall not be confirmed unless he
is found mentally, morally, and physically qualified for his rank
by examination, nor until he has performed the following length
of service on active duty with the Navy either on a transport under
naval jurisdiction during the World War or on other naval vessels.
Months.
Ensign 1
Lieutenant (junior grade) 2
Lieutenant 3
Lieutenant commander 4
(a) The examination for line officers in class 3 for confirmation
will be limited to the requirements for the proper organization, dis
cipline, maneuvering, navigation, and operation of vessels of the
merchant marine while performing auxiliary service with the fleet in
time of war, and the examination for engineer officers will cover
the same ground as regards engineering duties.
214. Officers in class 4 will not be confirmed.
215. Officers in class 5 will be confirmed in the rank of ensign
upon graduation from the Aeronautical School for Reserve Mid
shipmen.
216. (1) Officers in class 6 may be confirmed upon enrollment
in or transfer to that class in the rank they are assigned.
(2) All officers must be examined physically and found fully
qualified for active duty before they will be confirmed.
Section 4.—Promotions.
217. Officers may be given a higher provisional assignment of

rank without examination.
218. (1) For promotion in confirmed rank officers shall be required
to pass a physical and a professional examination.
(2) The professional examination for officers of class 1 and class 2
will be similar to that required of naval officers of the same rank,
except that officers for engineering duties only will be required to
have a general knowledge of line duties and officers for line duties
only will be required to have a general knowledge of engineering
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duties. The scope of the professional examinations for all ranks

and grades of all corps is given in article 901.
(3) The professional examination for promotion in class 3 will be
the same as for confirmation.
(4) The professional examination for promotion in class 5 shall
cover the technical requirements of a qualified naval aviator, a gen
eral knowledge of the customs and discipline of the service, and a
good knowledge of the tactics of naval aviation.
(5) Promotions in class 6 may be without professional examina
tion.
219. The examining board for the promotion of officers of the
Naval Reserve Force shall consist of at least three officers of the
Navy not below the rank of lieutenant commander.
220. Warrant officers will be promoted with their running mates
in the Navy with the same amount of warrant-officer service.
221. In time of peace, officers of the Naval Reserve Force can not
be promoted above the rank of lieutenant commander, but in time of
war or other national emergency officers of or above the rank of lieu
tenant commander on active duty shall be eligible for selection for
promotion to the next higher rank by the same board of officers that
selects officers of the United States Navy for promotion to such
higher ranks, under the same rules and regulations as apply to the
selection for promotion of officers of the United States Navy.
222. (1) An officer of class 1 or class 2 will be promoted with
his running mate provided his record is satisfactory; that he suc
cessfully passes the required professional and physical examinations
and has had sea service on a combatant ship of the Navy as follows :
Ensign to lieutenant (junior grade) 6 months.
Lieutenant (junior grade) to lieutenant 1 year.
Lieutenant to lieutenant commander 2 years.
(2) Officers of the Construction and Civil Engineering Corps may
be promoted without the above sea service provided they have had
an equal amount of active naval service.
223. Officers of class 3 will be promoted in accordance with the
positions they hold on merchant vessels as shown by the table in
article 210, provided they have satisfactorily performed the duties
of the higher position for one year and have had the necessary active
naval service, but three years' service as an ensign or as a lieutenant
(junior grade) will be required of class 3 officers before they will be
eligible for promotion to the next higher grade.
224. (1) Officers of class 5 with satisfactory records will be pro
moted in accordance with the following table, provided they suc
cessfully pass the required examinations, have taken a prorated
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amount of the minimum active duty required for maintaining effi

ciency for the time in their grade on date of promotion, and, have had
at least the number of hours actually in the air as indicated :
Total hours
in air.
Ensign to lieutenant (junior grade), 2 years from date of commission 50
Lieutenant (junior grade) to lieutenant, 2 years from date of promotion
to lieutenant (junior grade) 100
Lieutenant to lieutenant commander, 2 years from date of promotion to
lieutenant 150
(2) Officers will not be reenrolled in class 5 after the termination
of their second enrollment. .
225. (1) Of the total number of line officers in classes 1 and 2
not more than 26 per cent shall be of or above the rank of lieutenant
commander, not more than 32£ per cent shall be of the rank of lieu
tenant, and the balance shall 'be in the ranks of lieutenant (junior
grade) and ensign.
(2) The total number of officers in the Staff Corps of classes 1
and 2 shall not exceed the following percentage of the number of
line officers in these classes :
Per cent.
Medical Corps Hi
Dental Corps 2
Supply Corps * 12
Construction Corps 5
Civil Engineer Corps 2
Chaplains 1
(3) The total number of officers in each staff corps shall be di
vided among the several ranks, in so far as practicable, in accordance
with the following table :
Medical Dental Con

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Officers. Corps. Corps. Corps. Corps. Engineer
Corps. lains.
Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent.
Lieutenant commanders and above 26 28 26 33$ 30 30
37 37 37 33J 35 35
Lieutenants (junoir grade) and ensigns 37 37 37 33J 35 35
(4) Officers in class 5 will be distributed among the several ranks

in accordance with the same percentages as apply to line officers in
classes 1 and 2. A total of not more than 2,000 officers will be allowed
in class 5.
(5) In case there are no vacancies in the quota of officers in a
staff corps, ex-officers of the Navy may be enrolled in class 2 in a
provisional rank and placed on a waiting list from which vacancies
in the confirmed quotas will be filled.
Section 5.—Transfers from One Class to Another.
226. An officer may be transferred from one class to another for

which qualified.
227. An officer of class 1 or class 2 who accepts emploj'ment on
a vessel of the American merchant marine should request transfer
to class 3.
228. An officer in class 3 who leaves the merchant marine may
be transferred to class 2 in a rank justified by his length of service
in the Naval Eeserve Force provided he successfully passes the pro
fessional examination required of an officer in class 1 or, class 2 for
promotion to that rank.
Section 6.—Officers' Service Records.

229. The officer's service record (Bureau of Navigation Form
385) which is to accompany each officer of the Naval Eeserve Force
during such time as he may be on active duty in the Navy during his
period of enrollment shall be prepared, when possible, at the station
where such enrollment is effected. In cases where oath and accept
ance are executed before a notary public, the service record shall be
made out by the commandant of the naval district in which the officer
permanently resides. It must in all cases be signed by the enrolling
officer, or, if on board ship, by the commanding officer.
230. The service record shall give the full name, including all
Christian names, of the officer enrolled. It shall give the date and
character of the appointment (i. e., whether confirmed or provi
sional). All pages of the record shall be filled in as indicated by
the form of the record itself. Where no entry is to be made, such as
" Previous naval service," the word " None " shall be written across
the page.
231. The following entries shall be made on the enrollment record :
(1) When occurring :
(a) Changes in rank and reason therefor.
(b) Meritorious conduct worthy of special mention; offenses, pun
ishments, and courts-martial, together with dates necessary to render
same operative.
(2) On transfer:
(a) The name of the vessel or station to which transferred and all
information called for on page 6 of Bureau of Navigtion Form 385.
(3) On discharge :
(a) The date, place, cause, authority, and character of discharge.
(b) Whether or not recommended for reenrollment.
(c) Post-office address after discharge.
(4) On desertion :
(a) The date of desertion, place, and attendant circumstances.
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(i) A statement of compliance with the United States Navy Regu

lations concerning the furnishing of descriptive lists to civil authori
ties.
(5) On death:
(a) Date, place, cause of death, place of burial, or disposition of
remains.
(i) Disposition of effects or action taken with a view to their
disposition.
232. Service records of officers not on active duty shall be car
ried in the office of the commandant of the naval district in which
the officer permanently resides; or in cases of class 3 officers in the
Bureau of Navigation or in the office of the supervisor, east or west,
coast, as the case may be. When the officer enters upon active duty
the record shall be forwarded immediately to his commanding officer.
When transferred, the service record of the officer shall accompany
the officer and upon his release from active duty shall be returned
to the commandant of the naval district (or supervisor in the case
of class 3 officers). In case of death, discharge, or desertion of the
officer, the service record shall be returned to the commandant of
the district in which the officer resides, who shall forward it to the.
233. When officers' service records are prepared, the station making
out same shall have placed on the record (either by stamp or in writ
ing) the following:
(a) " In case of death, discharge, desertion, or release from active-
service, this record shall be returned at once to the commandant,.
naval district, , who shall in case of death, discharge,
or desertion forward it to the Bureau of Navigation."
234. In all cases of enrollment of officers, health records, and
identification records shall be made. Health record shall accompany
the officer while on active duty.
235. In case an officer reenrolls within four months of the termi
nation of his last enrollment his record shall not be closed out,
but shall be retained until final separation from the service. Proper-
entries showing termination of enrollment and reenrollment shall be
made in the service record.
236. Compensation slips in duplicate shall be executed and the
original forwarded to the Bureau of Navigation for each reenroll
ment of an officer in the Naval Reserve Force.
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CHAPTER III.
RANK, COMMAND, AND SENIORITY.
301. Officers of class 1 and class 2, except those enrolled in the

'Construction and Civil Engineering Corps, shall be restricted to
those fully qualified to perform all the duties of their rank at sea on
combatant ships of the Navy.
302. Only qualified naval aviators will be enrolled or l-eenrolled
in class 5.
303. Line officers in class 1, class 2, or class 3 may be for line
duties only or engineering duties only.
304. Officers of the Naval Reserve Force shall take precedence
among themselves and with other officers of the naval service in their
respective ranks according to the dates of their commissions or pro
visional assignment of rank, except that in time of peace officers of
or above the rank of lieutenant commander shall rank with, but
after, officers of the same rank in the United States Navy.
305. Officers of the Naval Reserve Force of or above the rank
of lieutenant commander shall in time of war take precedence in
their respective ranks as of the date of general mobilization.
306. Officers of the line restricted by law to the performance
of engineering duties only, officers of the Naval Auxiliary Reserve,
officers of the Naval Coast Defense Reserve, and officers of the Naval
Reserve Flying Corps shall have all necessary authority for the
exercise of command within their particular departments or services
for the due performance of their respective duties, but shall not exer
cise military command outside of their respective departments or
services.
307. Only officers of the following staff corps may be enrolled
in the Naval Reserve Force : Medical Corps, Dental Corps, Supply
Corps, Construction Corps, Civil Engineering Corps, and Chaplains.
308. Officers of the Naval Reserve Force on active duty for train
ing shall not succeed to command except when specially ordered
except as modified by article 309.
309. On vessels assigned exclusively for the training of the Naval
Reserve Force the officers of the naval service shall take pre
cedence in accordance with their seniority and shall succeed to com
mand in that order if eligible except that a senior shall not, by reason
of seniority, displace a junior who has been ordered to command the
vessel by competent authority.
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CHAPTER IV.
ENLISTED PERSONNEL.
Section 1.—Instructions for Enrolling Officers.

401. (1) The commandant of the naval district will be in charge
of the enrollment of the enlisted (enrolled) personnel in his district.
(2) Such officers of the Navy and Naval Reserve Force as he may
designate for the purpose may make enrollments and are authorized
to administer oaths for this purpose.
402. (1) Enrolling officers shall familiarize themselves with all
laws and regulations regarding enrollments, and shall be governed
by the Regulations and Instructions for Recruiting Officers of the
Navy, in making enrollments in the Reserve Force except in so far
as they are modified by these regulations and such instructions as
may be issued by the Bureau of Navigation from time to time.
(2) Enrolling officers shall prepare account cards (S. & A. Form
42) for all persons enrolled or reenrolled and shall forward them
to the commandant.
(3) The finger prints of every person enrolled shall be made on
Form N. Nav. 2 (identification record) and transmitted to the Bureau
of Navigation via the commandant,
(4) On enrolling a person the enrolling officer shall administer the
oath of allegiance.
(5) For each enrollment enrolling officers shall cause to be pre
pared the following records:
(a) Enrollment articles.
(&) Enrollment record.
(c) Health record.
(d) Identification record.
(6) Upon enrolling persons with previous service in the Navy or
Naval Reserve Force, enrolling officers shall write over his signature
on the back of the discharge or continuous-service certificate pre
sented by the applicant the date of his enrollment or reenrollment.
(7) All records shall be immediately forwarded to the commandant
of the naval district, and a weekly report will be forwarded to that
officer containing the names of all persons enrolled. (Form N.
Nav. 370.)
403. (1) Officers in charge of Navy recruiting stations are di
rected to make such enrollments as commandants may authorize or
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request. Commandants should make such requests via the recruit

ing inspector, or, if impracticable to do so, furnish the recruiting
inspector with copies of such requests.
(2) They shall enroll men of previous naval service who are in
all respects eligible, who present themselves at their stations. Such
men shall be enrolled in the rating held upon last discharge from the
naval service.
(3) They shall prepare records as noted in article 402 (5) above
and forward same to the commandant of the naval district for all
persons enrolled.
(4) They shall make a weekly report of all persons enrolled to
the commandant of the naval district.
Section 2.—Enrollments.
404. (1) The term of enrollment of all persons in the Naval Reserve
Force is four years.
(2) Minors over the age of 18 years may be enrolled in the Naval
Reserve Force without the consent of parents or guardians. Minors
under 18 shall not be enrolled.
(3) The original enrollment articles (Form N. Nav. 351, March,
1919) of all persons enrolled shall be forwarded by the commandant
of the naval district to the Bureau of Navigation without delay.
The commandant shall check all enrollment articles, to see that all
the statements are correct, that the articles are properly signed, and
that the enrollment and health records agree with the enrollment
articles. There shall be entered on all enrollment articles :
(a) The serial number of the enrollment.
(b) The home address of the recruit, including town, county, and ■
State.
(c) The congressional district in which recruit resides.
(d) The fact that retainer pay account cards have been made out
and forwarded to the Navy allotment officer, Navy Department.
(4) Each recruit shall be required to declare on oath in the
presence of the enrolling officer that he makes a true statement of
his age, to the best of his knowledge and belief, and shall be re
quired to sign his full name to the enrollment articles.
405. No person shall be enrolled in the Naval Reserve Force who
is a member of any naval or military organization of the United
States, or of any State thereof, except the Naval Militia, nor shall a
member of the Naval Reserve Force enroll in any other military
organization of the United States, or of any State thereof, except
the Naval Militia, while his enrollment in the Naval Reserve Force
is in effect. This shall not be construed to prevent a member of the
Naval Reserve Force who is not on active duty from accepting em
ployment in a civil capacity in any branch of the Government serv

ice or in the service of any State of the United States.
406. (1) No one who has already served in the naval or mili
tary service of the United States shall be enrolled without showing
his discharge from such service or certificate in lieu of such discharge.
(2) The holder of a continuous-service certificate indorsed, " Dis
charged with bad-conduct discharge," "Dishonorably discharged,"
or " Not recommended for reenrollment " shall not be enrolled with
out the specific consent of the Bureau of Navigation.
407. No person shall be enrolled who is not a citizen of the United
States, except as specifically provided as follows :
(a) Citizens of insular possessions of the United States may be
enrolled in class 3, if otherwise eligible.
408. Beneficiaries and pensioners shall not be enrolled in the Naval
Reserve Force.
409. (1) No. person shall be enrolled in the Fleet Naval Re
serve (class 1) unless his last discharge from the Navy is an hon
orable discharge, and unless he has served at least four years in the
Navy, a full enlistment during minority, or was discharged from the
Navy within three months of the termination of a full four-year
term of enlistment.
(2) All other enrollments of enlisted (enrolled) men shall be
in class 2.
(3) Women may be enrolled in class 4 as nurses under the direc
tion of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery when authorized by the
Bureau of Navigation. No person in class 4 shall be confirmed.
410. (1) The physical standard for the Fleet Naval Reserve
and for men reenrolling in class 2 shall be the same as required for
men reenlisting in the Navy.
(2) The physical standard for men enrolling in class 2 will be
the same as for first enlistment in the Navy.
(3) Physical defects shall not be waived for first enrollment.
(4) Requests for waiver of physical defects for those desiring to
reenroll within four months of their last discharge shall be for
warded to the Bureau of Navigation via the Bureau of Medicine and
Surgery with the recommendation of the medical and commanding
officer.
411. If possible, all candidates should be vaccinated when en
rolled; and if this is not practicable, immediately after reporting
for active duty. Typhoid prophylactic should be administered when
the newly enrolled member of the Naval Reserve Force first reports
for active duty.
412. (1) First enrollment of men in the Naval Reserve Force
shall be governed by the instructions to recruiting officers concerning
first enlistments in the Navy in all respects except in so far as they
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are modified by these instructions and by such other instructions as

may be issued by the Bureau of Navigation from time to time.
413. The qualifications for all enrollments in the various ratings
shall be the same as those governing enlistments in the Regular Navy.
414. Men enrolled in the Naval Reserve Force within four months
of discharge from a complete enlistment in the Navy may, upon sur
render of the discharge paper, receive in exchange therefor a continu
ous-service certificate.
415. Men enrolling in the Naval Reserve Force after a com
plete enrollment in the Naval Reserve Force and within four months
of discharge therefrom may receive a continuous-service certificate.
416. The continuous-service certificate shall be prepared and
issued by the Bureau of Navigation upon receipt of the discharge
from the commanding officer of the ship or station at which the men
reenroll in the Naval Reserve Force.
417. Continuous-service certificates are the property of the men
to whom they have been issued and must be delivered to them upon
discharge. While the men are on active duty the certificate shall be
deposited with the commanding officer for safe-keeping.
418. In the Fleet Naval Reserve, in addition to enrollments,
transfers of enlisted men of the Navy to the Fleet Naval Reserve
are authorized in the discretion of the Secretary of the Navy, as
follows :
(1) After a total of 16 years' naval service and on the date of
expiration of his current enlistment; if entitled to an honorable dis
charge, the man, upon approval of his application by the Bureau of
Navigation, may be transferred to the Fleet Naval Reserve, class
1(c), in the rating in which then serving. This transfer shall be
made in lieu of discharge.
(2) At any time after 20 years' naval service a man may be trans
ferred to the Fleet Naval Reserve, class 1-d, upon the approval of
his application by the Bureau of Navigation.
(3) Marine Corps service is counted as "naval service" for pur
poses of transfer to the Fleet Naval Reserve.
419. When a man is transferred to the Fleet Naval Reserve after
16 or 20 years' service the following procedure shall be carefully
followed :
(1) Close out the current service record of the man with the in
dorsement " Transferred to the Fleet Naval Reserve on (such and
such a date)," and forward the service record to the Bureau of
Navigation, together with Form N. Nav. 395, showing the authority
for the transfer.
(2) Indorse the continuous-service certificate of the man "trans
ferred to Fleet Naval Reserve (on such and such a date)" and for
ward to the commandant of the naval district in which the man is a.

resident (see outline chart of naval districts).
(3) If in time of peace, furnish the transferred man with 5 cents
per mile in lieu of transportation and subsistence for travel to his
home and direct him to report by letter to the commandant of the
naval district in which he resides immediately upon his arrival at
his home.
(4) Close out the health record of the man with indorsement as
above and forward same to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.
(5) Pay the man in full to date of his discharge, including any
pay due to remittance of sentence of court-martial.
(6) Prepare and forward to the commandant of the naval dis
trict—
(a) Fleet Naval Reserve enrollment record.
(b) Fleet Naval Reserve health record.
(7) If transfer is made at such time as the Naval Reserve Force
may be mobilized and held on active duty, the man and his reserve
record and health record shall be retained on board ; the other steps
as indicated above to be executed.
(8) Upon receipt of the continuous-service certificate the com
mandant of the naval district shall prepare retainer pay account
cards for the transferred man and return the continuous-service cer
tificate to the man as soon as it has served its purpose.
420. Men so transferred to the Fleet Naval Reserve are not en
titled to pensions for the period they may be members of the Naval
Reserve Force.
Section 3.—Enrollment Records.
421. The enrollment record, which is to accompany each mem

ber of the Naval Reserve Force during such time as he may be on
active duty in the Navy during his period of enrollment, shall be
prepared at the station where the enrollment is made. It must
be signed by the medical officer and by the enrolling officer making
the enrollment, and if on board ship, approved by the commanding
officer.
422. (1) The enrollment record shall give the full name, in
cluding all Christian names, of the person enrolled. The service
number assigned shall be entered on the top of the cover of the
enrollment record.
(2) The enrollment record must be signed by the commanding
officer quarterly, and upon the transfer, discharge, desertion, or
death of the person. Such signature shall be in ink.
(3) Enrollment records shall be stamped on the back cover with
the following words : " In case of death, discharge, desertion, or
release from active service, this record shall be returned at once to

the commandant, naval district, " (give address), the
blank spaces to be filled in according to the district in which reservist
permanently resides and to which attached when not on active duty.
423. The following entries shall be made on the enrollment record :
(1) When occurring:
(a) The dates of issue, renewal, and revocation of all appoint-
'ments.
(b) Ratings.
(c) Disratings and causes therefor.
(d) Whenever men are performing the duties for which they are
entitled to extra compensation the dates between which such duties
are performed shall be noted.
(e) Meritorious conduct worthy of special mention, briefly stated.
(/) Offenses committed and punishments adjudged; and when
punishment is adjudged by a court-martial or a deck court, this
entry shall contain the dates of approval by the authorities neces
sary to render the sentence operative.
(2) Quarterly or for shorter periods (when on active duty only) :
(a) Marks for professional qualifications and conduct.
(b) Recommendation for advancement in rating.
(c) Rating best qualified to fill and recommendation for reenroll-
ment.
(3) On transfer, the name of the vessel or station to which trans
ferred, also the information required in paragraph (2) above.
(4) On discharge, all the information required by paragraph (2)
above, and in addition—
(a) Date, place, cause, authority for and character of discharge,
rate of pay, and statement of account.
(b) The discharge must show whether or not the man is recom
mended for reenrollment.
(c) In case of discharge by reason of undesirability a complete
statement of the reasons therefor shall be entered upon the service
record or attached thereto. A statement from the man discharged
shall also be attached to the record.
(d) A statement of transportation and subsistence or money fur
nished in lieu thereof, together with the places between which travel
is to be performed, shall be entered upon the record.
(5) On desertion the quarterly information required by paragraph
(2), and in addition—
(a) Date of desertion, place, attendant circumstances, rate of pay,
and state of account.
(b) A statement of compliance with article 3636 (R), United
.States Navy Regulations.
(6) On death the quarterly information required by paragraph

(2), and in addition—
remains, rate of pay, and state of account.
(6) Disposition of effects, or action taken with a view to their
disposition.
The enrollment record must be forwarded immediately to the
Bureau of Navigation via the commandant of the naval district in
which the man resides, and shall hot be delayed awaiting instructions
from relatives at distant points as to the disposition to be made of
effects.
424. Marks for professional qualifications shall include profi
ciency in rating and other qualifications for the various branches as
specified in the instructions for the handling of enlisted personnel.
Enrollment records of men not on active duty shall be carried in
the office of the commandant of the naval district in which the man
resides. When the man enters upon active duty the record shall be
forwarded to his commanding officer. When transferred the service
record shall accompany the man, and upon his release from active
duty shall be returned to the commandant of the naval district in
which the reservist resides. Upon discharge, desertion, or death of
the man it shall be returned to the commandant, who shall forward
it to the Bureau of Navigation. In case a reservist changes his per
manent residence from one district to another, his record and all
other papers shall be forwarded to the commandant of the district
to which he has moved, together with a report of his address in that
district.
Section 4.—Eatings and Disratings.
425. Enrolled men of the Naval Reserve Force, whether hold

ing a provisional or a confirmed rating, shall not be advanced more
than one grade at a time, except by special authority in each case
from the Bureau of Navigation. Before being eligible for advance
ment in rating, men of the Naval Reserve Force shall be required
to serve the same probationary periods in their respective ratings
as are required of men in the regular Navy, as prescribed in instruc
tions issued from time to time by the Bureau of Navigation.
426. Commanding officers may issue appointments as petty officers
in the Naval Reserve Force to such persons as qualify to fill vacancies
on board ship or in the naval districts, with such percentage of excess
as the Bureau of Navigation may authorize from time to time.
427. (1) Whenever the rating of a man is changed, a report
of such change of rating shall be made to the Bureau of Navigation
on Form N. Nav. 8.
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26 ORGANIZATION OF NAVAL, RESERVE FORCE.
(2) No member of the Naval Reserve Force shall be confirmed in

rating unless fully qualified to perform all the duties of the rating
at sea on a combatant ship and until he has completed at least three
months' active service on a combatant ship of the Navy. A physical
examination is necessary for confirmation.
(3) When a man is confirmed in rating, or when a confirmed
rating is changed, or when advanced from an enlisted rating to a
warrant or commission, a report shall be made to the Navy allotment
officer, Navy Department, Washington, D. C, in triplicate.
428. Permanent appointments may be issued to chief petty offi
cers of the Naval Reserve Force who qualify by examination in
accordance with the instructions for the handling of enlisted per
sonnel. The same probationary period in acting appointments is
required as for men of the regular Navy. The issue of a permanent
appointment to a chief petty officer does not confirm him in his
rating, although a chief petty officer qualifying for permanent
appointment may be considered qualified for confirmation.
429. Chief petty officers discharged from the Navy with perma
nent appointments, if enrolling in the Naval Reserve Force within
four months from the date of such discharge, shall be considered as
serving under permanent appointment. If enrolled subsequent to
four months from date of discharge, they are considered to be serv
ing under acting appointment.
430. Men of the Naval Reserve Force accepting warrants or
commissions in the Reserve Force are appointed as officers for the
uncompleted portion of their enrollment. Their records as enlisted
men will be closed out by appropriate notation and forwarded to
the Bureau of Navigation upon the execution of the oath of office
as a warrant or commissioned officer. These men are not discharged
from the Naval Reserve Force. The date of the expiration of their
enrollments shall be noted on all copies of the oath and acceptance
of office as an officer.
431. Enrolled men of the Naval Reserve Force enlisting or accept
ing appointments in the regular Navy must be discharged from the
Naval Reserve Force as of the date prior to entering the United
States Navy.
432. Enrolled or transferred men are eligible for advancement
to warrant or commissioned ranks under such instructions as may be
Section 5.—Transfers.
433. Transfers of the enlisted (enrolled) men on inactive duty
shall be made as follows :
(a) In naval districts, by authority of the commandant of the
district.
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(i) From one district to another, by the commandants of districts,

434. All transfers, except those within the naval district, shall
be reported to the Bureau of Navigation. (N. Nav. Form 8.)
435. In every case of transfer from one ship or station to an
other the following papers for each member of the draft shall be
forwarded in accordance with the instructions in effect at the time the
transfer is made :
(a) Continuous-service certificate, enrollment record, and health
record, with all entries to date of transfer, signed by the proper
officers, as indicated thereon.
(£>) Transfer pay account. The transfer pay account shall be
forwarded in the custody of the man transferred, or of the petty
officer in charge of the draft. When men are transferred to shore
stations they should be paid before transfer.
(<?) Gunnery and torpedo record.
436. When on active duty members of the Naval Keserve Force
shall be handled in all respects the same as the personnel of the Navy.
Section 6.—Discharges.
437. In time of peace members of the Naval Reserve Force shall
be discharged by the commandants of the naval districts (or com
manding officers) at any time on their own request, unless under
sentence or awaiting trial by court-martial, upon reimbursing the
Government for any clothing gratuity that may have been furnished
them during their current enrollment.
438. In time of peace all enlisted (enrolled) men of the Naval
Reserve Force shall be discharged promptly upon the termination of
their enrollment.
439. When on active duty in time of war or national emergency,
so declared by the President, a member of the Naval Reserve Force
may only be discharged for one of the following causes :
(a) At own request to enlist in the . Navy.
(b) Special order of the Bureau of Navigation.
(c) Undesirability.
(d) Inaptitude, or unfitness for the naval service.
(e) Physical or mental disability, upon recommendation of board
of medical survey.
(f) By sentence of court-martial.
440. A member of the Naval Reserve Force on active duty in
time of war shall be held for service for the duration of the war.
Such men may reenroll after the termination of their enrollment if
they so desire.
441. The following forms will be used for discharges :
(a) N. Nav. 213. For discharges of men except those particularly

noted under (&).
(b) N. Nav. 214. For persons discharged by reason of sentence of
court-martial.
442. (1) The reason for discharge and the character of discharge
awarded shall be entered in accordance with instructions printed on
the face of the discharge form.
(2) Honorable discharge shall be given only at expiration of the
full term of enrollment as a testimonial of fidelity and obedience, ex
cept as noted in subparagraph 3 following.
(3) The word "honorable" may be inserted on discharges by rea
son of medical survey, if the person discharged is otherwise entitled
to honorable discharge at the time.
(4) Undesirable discharge may be awarded by commanding offi
cers to such men as are unsatisfactory in their conduct and perform
ance of duty. In all cases of discharge on account of undesirability,
full notation as to the cause of such discharge shall be entered in
the enrollment record and the man's statement shall also be attached.
(5) A man who is discharged in time of war by reason of court-
martial sentence, undesirability, inaptitude, or unfitness, and who
has insufficient funds to reach his home, shall be first transferred to
the naval district in which he resides for discharge. A letter ex
plaining the circumstances shall in each case be forwarded to the
commandant of the naval district to which he is transferred for such
discharge.
443. (1) Members discharged in time of peace except by reason
of expiration of enrollment, without compulsion on the part of the
Government, shall be required to refund the amount of any clothing
which may have been credited to their account during the current
enrollment.
(2) When members of the Naval Reserve Force are discharged by
action initiated by the Government they shall not be required to re
fund the amount of clothing gratuity.
444. (1) All members of the Naval Reserve Force discharged
while on active duty by reason of expiration of enrollment or medi
cal survey shall be furnished with 5 cents per mile in lieu of trans
portation and subsistence to their homes (legal residence as noted in
enrollment record).
(2) The place to which cash is furnished in lieu of transportation
and subsistence shall be entered on the discharge and in the enroll
ment record.
(3) The cause of discharge for physical disability shall not be
entered on the discharge.
445. The officer issuing a discharge shall note on the discharge
whether or not the man is recommended for reenrollment. In the
following instances the man shall not be recommended for reenroll-
ment :
(a) If discharged as undesirable or for inaptitude.
(&) If discharged by sentence of court-martial,
446. Members of the Naval Eeserve Force who have been trans
ferred to the Fleet Naval Reserve after 16 or after 20 years of naval
service may not be discharged without their own consent, except by
sentence of court-martial. If found unfit for further service by
board of medical survey, they shall be released from active duty and
returned to their homes.
447. The continuous-service certificate shall state in the proper
column the character of discharge awarded.
448. Discharges shall be reported to the Navy allotment officer,
Navy Department, using Form $. & A. 35-d in triplicate.
Section 7.—Releases from Active Duty.

449. Requests for release from active duty shall be handled in
accordance with instructions which may be issued by the Bureau of
Navigation. In time of war no member of the Naval Reserve Force
will be released from active duty except in case of the most urgent
necessity.
450. Members of the Naval Reserve Force, who when called to
active duty are found not physically qualified to perform the duties
of their rating, shall be released from active duty and returned to
their homes and the fact reported immediately to the Bureau of
Navigation.
451. A report on Form N. Nav. 8 shall be made to the bureau of
all enlisted (enrolled) ordered men to or released from active duty.
Section 8.—Confirmation.
452. Men of class 2 of the Naval Reserve Force may be confirmed

in rating after not less than three months' active sea service and if
qualified by examination.
453. When a man is confirmed in his rating notation to that
effect shall be made in his current service (enrollment) record, and
notification shall be sent to the Bureau of Navigation on Form N.
Nav. 8, and to the Navy allotment officer, Navy Department, Wash
ington, D. C.
454. Confirmation in one rating does not prevent advancement
to a higher provisional rating. A man advanced from a confirmed
rating to a higher provisional rating is paid the retainer pay of the
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lower confirmed rating. For example, a man is confirmed as seaman;

his annual retainer pay thus becomes two months' base pay as sea
man. He is made provisional coxswain; his retainer pay remains
that of Confirmed seaman.
455. Enlisted (enrolled) men shall only be advanced or con
firmed in rating on the recommendation of the commanding officer
of a combatant vessel of the Navy on which the reservist has served.
CHAPTEK 5.
RETIREMENTS.
501. (1) Transferred members of the Naval Reserve Force may,

after completing 30 years of service, Regular Navy and Naval Reserve
Force combined, be placed on the retired list with the rating held
by them at the date of transfer to the Naval Reserve Force. "When
so retired their pay shall be the same as the retainer pay they receive
as a transferred member of the Fleet Naval Reserve; and they are
further entitled to all the gratuities authorized by law for men of
the Navy after 30 years' service.
(2) Enrolled members who have completed 20 years and who have
performed the minimum amount of service required during each term
of enrollment shall, upon their own application, be retired with the
rank or rating held by them at the time and shall receive in lieu of
any pay a cash gratuity equal to the total amount of their retainer
pay during the last term of enrollment.
(3) Service in the Navy, Marine Corps, National Naval Volun
teers, and Naval Militia shall count as continuous service in the
Naval Reserve Force, both for computing retainer pay and for re
tirement.
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CHAPTER 6.
PAY ACCOUNTS, PAY AND ALLOWANCES.
Section 1.—Retainer Pat.

601. Retainer pay is allowed all members of the Naval Reserve
Force except members of the Volunteer Naval Reserve, in addition
to any pay which may be due them by reason of active duty per
formed in time of war or training in time of peace.
602. The amount of retainer pay authorized for the members of
various classes of the Naval Reserve Force is indicated in the fol
lowing table. The amounts indicated are the rates per annum.
Classes 1 (except transferred men of the Fleet Naval Reserve) , 2,
4, and 5.—Before confirmation (for officers and men), $12. After
confirmation (for officers and men), two months' base pay of the
corresponding rank or rating in the Navy.
Note.—No confirmations will be made in class 4.
Class 3. Before confirmation of ranks, $12. After confirmation
(for officers), one month's base pay of the corresponding rank in
the Navy.
Class 6. No retainer pay.
Class 1. Transferred men—
(o) Men transferred to Naval Reserve Force after 16 years' serv
ice : One-third (base pay receiving at close of last naval service) plus
all permanent additions.
(d) Men transferred to Naval Reserve Force after 20 or more
years' service : One-half (base pay receiving at time of transfer) plus
all permanent additions.
1. The retainer pay of all persons enrolled in the Naval Reserve Force with
confirmed rating is increased by 25 per cent for each complete enlistment in
the Navy or Marine Corps or enrollment in the Naval Reserve Force, provided
service is continuous. Men enrolling in the Fleet Naval Reserve are enrolled
in confirmed ratings.
2. In the event of failure of a reservist to perform the minimum active duty
required for maintaining efficiency during an enrollment in the Naval Reserve
Force, the retainer pay on the succeeding enrollment is reduced to $12 per
annum.
3. The retainer pay of men transferred to the Fleet Naval Reserve after 16
or 20 or more years' service will be increased by 10 per cent in cases where
their records show extraordinary heroism in line of duty.
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4. Retainer pay of men transferred to the Fleet Naval Reserve after 20 or
more years' service will be increased 10 per cent where the average marks in
sobriety and obedience are 95 per cent of the maximum for their entire period
of service.
5. Service in the Navy, Marine Corps, National Naval Volunteers, and Naval
Militia shall count as continuous service in the Naval Reserve Force for the
purpose of computing the retainer pay.
6. Retainer pay in time of war is in addition to the regular pay but is not
so in time of peace except during active duty for training.
Above table is especially for use by enrolling officers in recording
the proper data in the enrollment articles, records, and account cards.
603. Retainer pay will be paid by the Navy allotment officer,
Navy Department, Washington, D. C.
604. Upon enrollment and reenrollment of each member of the
Naval Reserve Force, retainer pay account cards (S. & A. Form 42)
shall be prepared in triplicate and forwarded to the Navy allotment
officer. Record of previous enrollments must be noted in the space
provided. In making out these cards care must be taken to follow
exactly the instructions printed on the back of the card.
605. (1) The following reports shall invariably be made in trip
licate to the Navy allotment officer :
(a) Confirmation of a provisional rank or rating.
(&) Change of confirmed rank or rating.
(c) Discharge, desertion, or death.
(d) Transfer from one class of the Reserve Force to another, if
involving a change in the amount of retainer pay.
(e) Enrollments and disenrollments.
(2) Changes not specifically enumerated above do not affect re
tainer pay and must not be reported to the allotment officer.
606. (1) All commanding officers of naval reservists shall be
responsible for the correctness of the information forwarded to the
allotment officer and for its receipt. All officers making reports in
triplicate should receive one of the copies forwarded, indorsed by
the allotment officer. If the return copy is not received within a rea
sonable time, allowing for the usual time necessary in transmission
through the mails, a duplicate report should be made.
(2) Should there be insufficient time to make the required report
by mail, commanding officers should report to the disbursing officer
by telegram requesting acknowledgment.
607. The Bureau of Navigation will forward all necessary ac
count cards and reports to the Navy allotment officer for all officers
of the Naval Reserve Force. Commandants of naval districts shall
be responsible for forwarding all the required information for the
enlisted (enrolled) men of the Naval Reserve Force.
(1) Retainer pay shall be paid by the allotment officer as follows:
(a) Fleet Naval Reserve transferred men, monthly.
(b) For officers and men in confirmed ranks or ratings, once each
quarter on the 15th of the month following the end of the quarter.
(c) Persons whose retainer pay is $12 per annum, once a year.
608. Retainer pay may be checked upon the order of the Bu
reau of Navigation or the commandant of a naval district for failure
on the part of a member of the Naval Reserve Force (except those in
classes 1(c) and 1 (d) and class 3) to keep his commanding officer
informed of his address or for failure to perform the minimum active
duty prescribed by law for maintaining efficiency. Checkages shall
be made of the retainer pay of all members of the Naval Reserve
Force, except those in classes 1(c) and 1(d) and class 3, who signify
in writing that they do not care to perform the active duty pre
scribed by law for maintaining efficiency, who fail to reply to official
communications after a third trial and who leave the territorial limits
of the United States for a period of one year or more (this checkage
to be made for the time they are actually absent).
609. All checkages of retainer pay made in accordance with
article 608 shall be made for failure to perform the duty prescribed
by law for maintaining efficiency and shall be credited to the appro
priation " Organizing the Naval Reserve Force."
Section 2.—Active- Service Pat.
610. Active-duty pay is paid to all members of the Naval Re

serve Force on active duty at the same rate of pay as received by
members of the Navy of the same rank or rating and length of serv
ice, which shall include service in the Navy, Marine Corps, Naval
Reserve Force, National Naval Volunteers, and Naval Militia.
611. When a member first reports for active duty in response to
orders he shall be entered upon the pay roll of the vessel or station
first receiving him as a new account.
612. Thereafter during the period of active duty of the re
servist his account shall be transferred on the regular transfer pay
account forms provided in the same manner as accounts of officers
and enlisted men in the Navy are transferred.
613. When members of the Naval Reserve Force are released
from active duty the account shall be closed in the same manner as
if the man were discharged, and the man paid in full, including pay
for the time necessary to perform travel to his home.
614. The pay of members of the Reserve Force when on active
duty is subject to checkage in the same manner as the pay of officers
and men of the Navy.
615. Whenever the pay of an enrolled member of the Reserve
Force is checked by reason of court-martial sentence and is remitted
in accordance with the Navy Regulations the pay remitted shall not
ORGANIZATION OF NAVAL BESEBVE FORCE. 35
be refunded until his discharge by reason of expiration of his period

of enrollment.
616. When a member of the Naval Reserve Force, whose pay
has been withheld by reason of court-martial checkage, is released
from active duty the fact and the amount so withheld shall be entered
in the enrollment record. When such man is finally discharged by
reason of expiration of his enrollment the commandant shall forward
the closed-out enrollment record to the Bureau of Navigation via the
Navy allotment officer in order that the refund may be made. The
order for discharge forwarded to the Navy allotment officer (Form
S. and A. 35-d) shall state the amount due as a refund of court-
martial checkages.
617. The pay of enlisted men of the Navy withheld on account
of court-martial checkage shall be refunded to them when trans
ferred to the Fleet Naval Reserve at the expiration >of 16 or 20 years'
naval service.
618. Orders to officers to permanent active duty shall be issued
only by the Bureau of Navigation.
619. Commandants are authorized to issue orders to officers to
active duty for training where there is no mileage involved, but
where mileage is involved such orders shall be issued only by the
620. Two copies of all orders issued by a commandant to officers
to active duty for training shall be forwarded to the Bureau of Navi
gation. In the case of officers of the Supply Corps an additional
copy shall be forwarded to the Solicitor for the Navy Department.
621. Officers of the Supply Corps are entitled to pay and allow
ances while on active duty for training irrespective of whether or not
they are bonded, but money can not be placed to the credit of a supply
officer of the Reserve Force on active duty or active duty for training
until his bond has been properly executed.
Section 3.—Uniform Gratuity.
622. All members of the Naval Reserve Force, except volunteer

naval reservists in time of peace and transferred members of the
Fleet Naval Reserve, are allowed a uniform gratuity as follows:
Officers, $50 upon first reporting for active duty in each enrollment
in time of peace; enlisted men, $50 upon first reporting for active
duty or upon reporting for the first drill in each enrollment in time
of peace.
623. On reporting for duty in time of war the uniform gratuity
is increased to $150 for officers, and for enlisted men to the amount
specified in the current naval appropriation bill as the value of the
outfit issued to recruits on first enlistment. The amount previously
credited during the then current enrollment, if any, -will be deducted

from this amount.
624. Officers, including chief petty officers, shall be required to
provide themselves with the necessary uniforms, and the uniform
gratuity shall be entered upon the pay roll as a cash credit on cer
tification of the commanding officer that they have provided them
selves with the necessary uniforms. The same procedure may, if
necessary, be followed with enrolled men.
625. Officers of the Naval Reserve Force will be required to have
only the service uniforms prescribed in the uniform regulations
of the United States Navy. Men in enlisted ratings shall keep on
hand at all times the allowance shown in the following table, and
shall present same for inspection from time to time as may be
required :
Chiefpetty Chief petty

officers, All other officers, All other
Article. officers' enlisted Article. officers' enlisted
stewards, men. stewards, men.
and cooks. and cooks.
Blue coat White hat
White coat Leggins (pair)
Overshirt Neckerchief
White undress jumper. Cravat
Blue trousers Blue undress jumper.
White trousers Overcoat
White shirt Flannel shirt
Blue cap Watch cap
White cap
Section 4.—Allotments.
626. Members of the Naval Reserve Force on active duty other
than for training in the Navy may register allotments of their active-
duty pay in the same manner as provided for allotments in the
regular Navy.
627. Such allotments shall cease upon the release from active
duty. The supply officer or disbursing officer carrying the accounts
of such men shall promptly report to the Navy allotment officer
stoppage of allotments of men released from active duty.
628. Every allotment of pay and all powers of attorney shall be
void unless attested by the commanding officer and disbursing officer.
The allotment must specify the precise time when they commence.
629. Allotments shall be registered and paid as provided for in
the Navy Regulations.
Section 5.—Miscellaneous.
630. Deductions from the pay of members of the Naval Reserve

Force for the hospital fund shall be made as follows :
(a) For transferred members of the Fleet Naval Reserve (class
1-c and 1-d) the sum of 20 cents per month shall be deducted from
the retainer pay of such men.
(b) For all other members the disbursing officer or supply officer,
carrying the accounts of the members, shall deduct the sum of 20
cents per month from his active-duty pay. Such deduction is made
only for such time as the member may be on active duty.
631. In computing longevity pay for members of the Naval Re
serve Force, credit shall be given for all previous active service which
632. Honorable discharge from the Naval Reserve Force does
not entitle the recipient to honorable discharge gratuity on reenroll-
ment.
633. All payments of mileage for travel of officers, transporta
tion, and allowances for quarters, light, fuel, subsistence, etc., are
authorized as provided in the Navy Regulations.
634. All members of the Naval Reserve Force are entitled to
wear with their civilian clothes a lapel button of the following design :
A circular bronze button, one-half inch in diameter; in the center
a stamped foul anchor, surmounted by two stars ; the outer circumfer
ence enameled in blue, showing in bronze letters the words " united
states naval eeseeve FORCE." Unauthorized persons wearing this
button are liable to a fine of $20. Reserve Force buttons are pur
chased by the Bureau of Navigation and will be distributed to com
mandants of naval districts on demand for further issue to mem
bers of the Naval Reserve Force under their jurisdiction.
Section 6.—Transportation and Subsistence.
635. Transportation and subsistence must be furnished by com
manding officers transferring men as follows :
(a) For men reporting for active duty in obedience to orders,
transportation from their homes to point of duty mentioned in their
orders and subsistence for the necessary meals en route.
(5) To men released from active duty or discharged by reason
of expiration of enrollment or by medical survey, 5 cents per mile in
lieu of transportation and subsistence to their homes.
(c) Enlisted men of the Navy when transferred to the Fleet Naval
Reserve in time of peace or in time of war when specifically author
ized by the Bureau of Navigation, the same as in (b) .
636. In transfers of men between ships and stations other than
enumerated in the preceding article, transportation and subsistence
shall be issued in the same manner as to enlisted men of the Navy.
CHAPTER 7.
ELIGIBILITY RULES.
Section 1.—Eligibility Rules.
701. All members must be citizens of the United States. Citi
zens of an insular possession may be enrolled in class 3.
702. The Fleet Naval Reserve, class 1 :
(1) Class 1, officers: All former officers of the permanent United
States naval service, including midshipmen (graduates of the Naval
Academy) who have left that service under honorable conditions,
are eligible for membership if within the age limits.
(2) Class 1, men :
(a) Must have been last discharged from the Navy with honorable
discharge after at least four years' service. An enlistment during
minority, or a 4-year enlistment terminated within three months
of expiration thereof is considered as four years' service.
(i) Must be less than 35 years of age for first enrollment if they
do not reenroll within four months of the time of their last discharge
from the Navy.
(3) Class 1, transferred men of 16 years' service: Any enlisted man
and who is entitled to receive an honorable discharge at the expira
tion of his current enlistment, may, at his own request and with the
authority of the Secretary of the Navy, be transferred to the Fleet
Naval Reserve at the expiration of his enlistment. He is not dis
charged.
(4) Class 1, transferred men of 20 years' service: Any enlisted
tinuous) may, at his own request and with the authority of the Sec
retary of the Navy, be transferred to the Fleet Naval Reserve at
any time.
In computing service for transfer to the Fleet Naval Reserve,
previous naval and Marine Corps service is counted.
703. The Naval Reserve, class 2:
(1) Class 2, officers: Officers in class 2 (line or staff) must be
qualified for the duties of their rank afloat on combatant ships of
the Navy. Officers in this class are obtained as follows :
(a) By enrollment of former temporary officers of the Navy.
(b) By promotion of enrolled men in the Naval Reserve Force
to warrant officers or ensigns, or by enrollment of staff officers ex
cept those of the Supply Corps, direct from civil life.
(c) By transfer to this class, reserve officers of other classes who
qualify for their duties afloat on combatant ships of the Navy. The
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transfer to this class may be made in the same or lower rank, depend
ing on their qualifications and length of service as an officer in the
Naval Reserve Force.
(2) Class 2, men :
(a) Men in this class will be enrolled under the same rules as
apply to men first enlisting in the regular Navy. This shall include
ex-Navy men with less than four years' service.
(i) Men reenrolling in class 2 after four months from the ter
mination of their last enrollment must be less than 35 years of age.
704. The Naval Auxiliary Reserve, class 3 :
(1) Class 3, officers: Must be or have been an officer on a naval
auxiliary or on a vessel of the United States registry which has been
listed by the Navy Department as suitable for use as an auxiliary
naval vessel in time of war.
705. The Naval Coast Defense Reserve :
(1) Enrollments in this class shall only be made upon special au
thorization from the Bureau of Navigation.
706. The Naval Reserve Flying Corps, class 5 :
(1) Class 5, officers:
(a) The required percentage of graduates of designated universi
ties and colleges, who have successfully completed a syllabus of
training in aviation that has been approved by the Navy Depart
ment and who meet all such other requirements as may be defined by
the Navy Department will be enrolled in the Naval Reserve Flying
Corps as midshipmen.
(5) Those enrolled for this purpose will be immediately sent to
Pensacola, or other naval air station, for an intensive course of train
ing for three months or such longer period, as may be considered
necessary.
(c) Upon completion of the course mentioned in (b) above, the
graduates will be either commissioned as ensigns in class 5 of the
Reserve Force or be given a discharge, according to whether or not
they are considered qualified for all the duties of an officer in the
Naval Reserve Flying Corps.
(d) Every officer in the Naval Reserve Flying Corps will be con
firmed after graduation from the intensive course at a naval air sta
tion and thereafter will be required to take at least two weeks active
duty for training at a naval air station or with a Fleet Aviation De
tachment during each year.
(e) Facilities will be open to officers of the naval Reserve Flying
Corps at all naval a^r stations at all times to afford them a chance
to engage in flights at their own convenience.
(/) In order to remain in the Naval Reserve Flying Corps, each
officer must have at least 15 hours actual time in the air during each
year of his enrollment.
CHAPTER 8.
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS.
801. Commandants of naval districts are authorized to furnish

funeral escorts, as provided by Navy Regulations, for members of
the Naval Reserve Force who die while on inactive duty when such
request is made by the next of kin and when it can be done without
expense to the Government. The national ensign will not be given
to the next of kin.
802. Transferred members of the Fleet Naval Reserve on in
active duty are entitled to naval hospital treatment and to medical
treatment whenever they reside in localities where medical officers
of the Navy are on duty. Such treatment will be given under the
same local rules as apply to the treatment of the enlisted personnel
of the Navy.
803. Commandants of naval districts are authorized to approve
requests from enlisted (enrolled) men [except those in classes 1 (c)
and 1 (d)~\ for permission to leave the limits of the United States.
804. All requests from officers [and men in classes 1 (c) and
1 (d)~\ for permission to leave the United States shall be forwarded
to the Bureau of Navigation for approval.
805. The retainer pay of all members of the Naval Reserve Force
except those transferred to classes 1 (c) and 1 (d) and those
enrolled in class 3, shall be checked for the time they are absent
from the United States if for a period in excess of one year.
806. Any officer of the Medical Corps of the Navy or Naval
Reserve Force may examine officers and men of the Naval Reserve
Force physically for enrollment or reenrollment.
807. The result of every physical examination of a reservist
shall be entered in his health record and will be made a part of his
medical history.
808. Every member (officers and men) of the Naval Reserve
Force shall be examined physically upon reporting for or release
from active duty or active duty for training. Those not physically
qualified shall be immediately sent home and released from active
duty.
809. Vessels of the Navy will be assigned from time to time to the
several naval districts for the purpose of training the members of
the Naval Reserve Force.
810. Commandants of naval districts are authorized to place
any officer of the Navy or Naval Reserve Force under his command
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in charge of any vessel assigned for training the Naval Keserve
Force.
811. Commandants are authorized to recall to active duty such
number of the enlisted (enrolled) personnel of the Naval Keserve
Force as volunteer and are necessary, but not to exceed the numbers
specified in article 812, for duty as ship keepers on vessels assigned
to the naval districts for training the Naval Reserve Force.
812. The number of ship keepers on active duty at any one time
shall not exceed 10 per cent of the full commission complement of
the vessel except that a minimum of three will be allowed for small
vessels such as submarine chasers.
813. Enlisted (enrolled) men of the Naval Reserve Force who
are ordered to active duty as ship keepers on vessels assigned for the
training of the Reserve Force will not be ordered to any other duty,
but may be released and placed on inactive duty at any time in the
discretion of the commandant.
814. Ship keepers are to be subsisted on board. The subsistence
allowance shall be $1 per man per day.
815. Fitness reports, complete in all details, shall be submitted
to the Bureau of Navigation on all officers of the Naval Reserve
Force who are recalled to active duty for training irrespective of the
length of time they are on active duty. Fitness reports for Reserve
officers should show as nearly as practicable the value to the naval
service of the officer reported upon aboard a combatant vessel or in
the Flying Corps in time of war.
816. Members of the Naval Reserve Force are not entitled to
any pay, subsistence, transportation, or other allowance for periods
of active duty of less than 15 days.
817. Whenever a member of the Naval Reserve Force changes
his permanent address he shall notify the commandant of the naval
district and the Navy Allotment Office, Navy Department. In addi
tion officers changing their permanent address shall notify the Bu
reau of Navigation.
818. Members of the Naval Reserve Force may wear the uni
form of their rank or rating at drills or meetings which they attend
as members of the Naval Reserve Force, when such meetings are
called by proper authority, and at ceremonies, such as parades, Naval
Reserve Force conventions, and memorial services attended as mem
bers of the Naval Reserve Force.
819. Members of the Naval Reserve Force shall wear the uni
form of their rank or rating when proceeding from, or returning to,
their homes when called to active duty.
820. Members of the Naval Reserve Force shall be subject to
the Regulations for the government of the Navy for any act or acts
committed while wearing the uniform.
CHAPTER IX.
SCOPE OF EXAMINATIONS.
901. The scope of examinations for all officers of all ranks and
grades of all corps of the Naval Reserve Force for confirmation, re-
enrollment, and promotion on which the specific examination will
be based are as follows :
Ensign (Line Duties Only).
Division I—Record examination.
Part 1. Moral character, standing in the community, etc.
Part 2. Past record as regards experience in the Navy, Marine Corps,
Naval Reserve Force, Army, Coast Guard, or merchant marine.
Part 3. General education ; schools or college attended ; degrees obtained ;
occupation or profession.
Division II—Professional examination :
Part 4. General instructions—
(a) Knowledge of Navy Regulations, bureau manuals, and general
orders of the Navy Department appropriate to his grade.
(6) Care of enlisted men's clothing, bedding, and equipment, and
marking same.
(c) Emergency drills—as fire, collision, abandon ship, etc.
Part 5. Navigation (except nautical astronomy) —
(a) Rules for preventing collisions—international and inland.
(ft) System of buoyage in the United States.
(c) Use of charts.
{d) Describe a magnetic compass.
(e) Describe how to lay a course. ,
(f) What is variation and deviation?
(SO Use of pelorus.
(h) Ability to take bearings and determine position by same.
(i) Use of hand lead and precautions to be taken in obtaining sound
ings with hand lead.
(j) Use of soundings in fixed position,
(fc) Ability to read mercurial barometer.
(I) Ability to navigate by dead reckoning,
(m) Use of ship log.
(n) Use of patent log.
(o) Adjustments of a sextant.
(p) Use of an azimuth circle.
(<?) Use of Sir William Thompson's sounding machine.
(r) How obtain chronometer rate by "tick" at noon?
Part 6. Navigation (nautical astronomy, sights, etc.) —
(a) Ability to take and work out the following sights of the sun:
Meridian altitude, time sight for longitude ; obtain error of
compass.
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Division II—Professional examination—Continued.
Part 7. Seamanship—
(0) Types of boats used in the Navy, and their equipment.
(b) Handling of boats under oars and sail.
(c) Boat salutes,
(a") Hoisting boats.
(e) Man overboard—lowering and handling of lifeboats.
(f) Ground tackle and how to care for. Marking chain.
(g) Ship's log—what is put in, etc.
(ft) Duties of officer of deck.
(1) Etiquette of the side.
0) Routine ceremonies (such as colors, etc.).
(fc) Orders to steersmen (right rudder, etc.).
Part 8. Ordnance and gunnery—
(a) School of the squad and company in infantry.
(b) School of the section and battery in artillery.
(c) Precautions to be taken in handling small arms and their am
munition.
(d) Describe any Navy gun with which you are familiar.
(e) Describe the projectile, fuses, and primers for any Navy gun with
which you are familiar.
( f) Brief description of the care and preservation of the battery.
Lieutenant (Junior Grade) (Line Duties Only).
Same record and professional examination as for ensign (line duties only),
with the following additions :
(a) Navy Regulations, Bureau Manuals, and General Orders of the
Navy Department appropriate to his grade, including the duties
of a divisional officer.
* Part 5. Navigation (except nautical astronomy) —
(a) Describe Sir William Thompson's sounding machine.
(a) Same as for ensign (line duties only).
(a) Getting underway and coming to anchor. General description.
(6) What signal systems in use in Navy?
(c) Effect of right and left handed screw propellers.
(a) School of the battalion in infantry. •
(6) School of the battalion in artillery.
(c) Organization of landing force.
(d) Care and preservation of powder and ammunition on board ship.
(Navy Regulations and Naval Instructions, General Orders of
the Navy Department, and textbooks.)
(e) Storage of ammunition aboard ship.
(/) Gunnery instructions.
{g) Safety precautions.
(h) Morris tube and dotter. Description, purpose, and use.
Lieutenant (Line Duties Only).

Same record and professional examination as for lieutenant (junior grade)
(line duties only), with the following additions:
(a) Navy Regulations and Naval Instructions, and General Orders of
the Navy Department appropriate to his grade, also duties of
executive, navigator, and gunnery officers.
(a) Use of Tide Tables?
(a) Practical method of compensating compass for deviation (rec
tangular method).
(6) Determination of compass error by—
Use of magnetic ranges ;
Bearings of a terrestrial object ; and
Bearings of the sun (time azimuth tables).
(c) Latitude by the sun by Reduction to the Meridian (using formula
h^h'+af.
(d) Longitude by star or sun. Get position by intersection of lines
of position on chart, using either Sumner or Marc St. Hilaire method,
taking into the account the intervening run.
(a) How moor ship in stream with mooring swivel; how moor ship
without mooring swivel ; how clear hawse.
(6) Describe how to make a "flying moor."
(c) Handling ship in heavy weather.
(d) Use of oil to calm sea.
(e) Law of storms.
(a) General principles of fire control as outlined in Gunnery Instruc
tions for Naval Militia. '
( 6 ) Excaliber and subcaliber attachments and practice.
Lieutenant Commander and above (Line Duties Only).
Same record examination and professional examination as for lieutenant (line

duties only) , with the following additions :
(o) Navy Regulations, Bureau Manuals, and General Orders of the
Navy Department appropriate to his grade, also duties of navigator,
executive, and commanding officer.
(6) What punishments can a commanding officer inflict?
(a) Same as for lieutenant (line duties only).
(a) Marc St. Hilaire method of navigation.
(a) Same as for lieutenant (line duties only).
{a) Same as for lieutenant (line duties only).
Ensign (Engineering Duties Only).
(A) Division I—Record examination:
Part 1. Moral character ; standing in the community, etc.
Part 2. Past record as regards experience in the Navy, Marin Corps, Naval
Reserve Force, Army, Coast Guard, or merchant marine.
Part 3. General education ; schools or colleges attended ; degrees obtained ;
(B) Division II—Professional examination:
(0) Knowledge of Navy Regulations, Bureau Manuals, and General
Orders of the Navy Department appropriate to his grade.
(b) Naval etiquette appropriate to his grade.
(c) Care of enlisted men's clothing, bedding, equipment—marking of
same.
(d) Emergency drills, such as fire, collision, abandon ship. etc.
(e) Infantry Drill Regulations as far as and including the School of
the Company.
Part 5. Marine engineering—
(a) Fundamental principles of steam engineering, ordinary properties
of steam, fuels, and lubricants.
(b) General knowledge of marine machinery, such as general descrip
tion of different types of reciprocating engines used in the merchant
marine and on vessels of war; use of indicators and calculation of
I. H. P., etc.
(e) General knowledge of marine boilers, cylindrical and water tube,
as follows : Describe generally different types of marine boilers used
in the merchant service and on vessels of war. This description to
be accompanied by rough sketches showing all connections and
fittings. What is forced draft?
((Z) General knowledge of steam auxiliaries as follows: Bilge pumps,
feed pumps, fire pumps, circulating pumps, condensers, air pumps,
feed-water heaters, filters, injectors, and ash ejectors and blowers.
(e) Knowledge of the log used in the engineer department on United
States naval vessels, including the entries that are required, instruc
tions for keeping, etc.
(f) Care and preservation of machinery, boilers, auxiliaries, etc., as
required by the Navy Regulations and Naval Instructions, and Gen
eral Orders of the Navy Department, appropriate to his grade.
(g) Duties of an engineer officer appropriate to his grade as required
by the Navy Regulations and Naval Instructions, and General Orders
of the Navy Department.
(/<.) Breakdowns and emergencies, such as hot bearings, salting of
boilers, loss of water, excessive foaming, loss of vacuum, breakage
of cylinder head, breakage of steam pipes.
(1) Management and operation of marine-engine boilers and auxiliaries.
Part 6. Electricity—
(a) Fundamental principles of electricity—
Units of measurement.
Instruments in common use.
Dynamos.
Motors.
Explain two and three conductor wiring systems.
Explain wiring in series and in multiple. Make sketches.
Fuses.
(B) Division II—Professional examination—Continued.

Part 6. Electricity—Continued.
Circuit breakers.
Switches.
General properties of good insulating materials.
(b) General description of a dynamo room on board ship, including all
fittings.
(c) Care and operation of electrical generating plants on board a
vessel.
(d) Ordinary troubles or breakdowns, such as excessive sparking of
commutators, hot bearings, loose connections, grounds, short circuits,
etc.
(e) Navy Regulations and Naval Instructions, and General Orders of
the Navy Department, regulating use and maintenance of electric
generating plant.
Lieutenant (Junior Grade) (Engineering Duties Only).
Same record and professional examination as for ensign (engineering duties
only), with the following additions:
Navy Department appropriate to his grade.
(a) Description of a marine steam turbine (no general sketch but only
a sketch indicating path of steam).
(6) What is time firing and describe its use.
(c) Determination of valve setting by use of steam indicator.
((J) Describe the closed fireroom system of forced draft.
(e) General description of a screw propeller.
(f) Describe usual means of lubricating all bearings of a reciprocating
engine.
(a) What are the conventional uses for high-tension alternating current
or low-tension direct current, and state the advantages in each case.
(b) Describe a standard marine switchboard, including all fittings for
two 50-kilowatt direct-current units.
(c) Describe a standard marine searchlight and the method used to
obtain the necessary voltage.
(d) AVhat is a transformer, and what is a converter?
Lieutenant (Engineering Duties Only).
Same record and professional examination as for lieutenant (junior grade)
(engineering duties only), with the following additions:
Navy Department appropriate to his grade.
(o) Describe an evaporator, giving all attachments.
(b) Describe a steam steering engine, giving location of all steering
wheels and connections between steering wheels and steering engine
and rudder.
(c) What is meant by single and multiple effect evaporators and which
is the more economical, stating reasons?
(rt) For what purposes are 2, 3, and 4 bladed propeller wheels most
suitable?
ORGANIZATION OF NAVAI, RESERVE FORCE. 47
Same record and professional examination as for lieutenant (junior grade),
etc.—Continued.
Part 5. Marine engineering—Continued.
(e) What is the difference between a so-called speed wheel and a so-
called power wheel?
(f) Measure the pitch of a propeller with the vessel in dry dock.
(g) Determine the steam consumption per indicated horsepower by
means of indicator diagrams.
(h) Describe a steam anchor engine and windlass as used in the
United States naval service.
(i) Describe air compressors as fitted for use on board naval vessels.
(/) Describe an ice machine as fitted on board naval vessels.
(«) Describe any system of interior communication used on a naval
vessel with which you are familiar.
(6) For what purposes is electricity used on board a naval vessel?
(c) When would you use series motors and when shunt-wound motors
on board a naval vessel?
(d) Describe running dynamos or motors in parallel and in series.
(e) Describe any modern radio system for marine use.
Lieutenant Commander and Above (Engineering Duties Only).
Same record and professional examination as for lieutenant (engineering duties
only), with the following additions:
(a) Navy Regulations and Naval Instructions, and General Orders of
the Navy Department appropriate to his grade.
(a) Discuss briefly relative advantages and disadvantages of recipro
cating and turbine engines for naval vessels.
(6) Discuss relative advantages of superheated over saturated steam.
(c) Under what conditions do you advocate the use of steam jackets?
(d) Describe the drainage system fitted on United States naval vessels
with which you are familiar, giving all pump connections.
(e) Make a "Watch, Quarter, and Station Bill" for an engineer divi
sion for a ship with which you are familiar.
(f) How do you determine cases of obscure derangements, notably
with reference to main engines, such as sudden stoppage with the
throttle open and mechanism running under ordinary conditions ;
loss of vacuum at sea in smooth water with no observed breakage
or leakage?
(g) Describe the mechanical system of burning oil fuel in the Navy.
(h) Describe a gasoline engine of 2 and 4 cycle type. Make sketches.
(i) Describe a heavy-oil engine of the 2 and 4 cycle type. (Diesel or
other.)
(j) State exactly what you would do with reference to engine and
boiler management if the high-pressure cylinder of a triple expansion
engine became useless from any cause.
(k) State how you would repair a cracked cylinder head.
(I) How do you reset a slipped eccentric?
(m) Describe exactly how you would center a triple expansion recipro
cating engine.
(n) How do you determine the clearance of the dummy packing of a
Parsons marine turbine?
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Same record and professional examination ;is for lieutenant, etc.—Continued.

(a) What is a motor generator and for what purpose is it used on
board naval vessels?
(b) What are the radio instructions for operation of radio plants in
force in the United States Navy?
(r) What is a dynamotor and for what purpose is it used on board
naval vessels?
{<]) How do you tune a radio set?
Ensigm (Aeronautic Duties Only).
Division I.—Record examination :
Part 2. Past record as regards experience in the Navy, Marine Corps, Naval
Reserve Force, Army, Coast Guard, or Merchant Marine. Give
all experience as a " flier." State approximate hours in the air
as a pilot and the different types of aircraft and controls used.
Part 3. General education : Schools or colleges attended ; degrees obtained ;
occupation or profession. Must pass physical examination pre
scribed by the Navy Department for aviation duties in the Navy.
Division II.—Professional examination :
Part 4. General instructions.
(a) Knowledge of Navy Regulations, Bureau of Manuals, and General
Orders of the Navy Department appropriate to his rank,
(ft) Knowledge of all pertinent Navy Department and all Naval Aero
nautic Station orders.
(c) Care of enlisted men's clothing, bedding, and equipment, and mark
ing same.
(d) Thorough knowledge of all "Naval Safety Orders for Pilots and
Mechanicians," including ability to make out " Flight Forms," etc.
Part 5. Navigation (except nautical astronomy).
(a) International rules for preventing collision.
(6) Use of charts.
(c) Describe a magnetic compass.
(d) Describe how to lay a course.
(e) What is variation and deviation?
(f) Use of pelorus.
(g) Ability to take bearings and determine position by same.
(h) Ability to navigate by dead reckoning.
(i) Adjustments of sextant.
(j) How obtain chronometer rate by "tick" at noon.
(k) Knowledge of "Laws of Storms."
(I) Install a compass in an airplane, compensating same.
Part 6. Navigation (nautical astronomy, sights, etc.). None required.
Part 7. Airplanes and their fittings.
AIRPLANES.
(a) Knowledge of the disassembling, assembling, overhauling, lining
up, and adjusting of airplanes in all details.
(6) Knowledge of use and adjustment of service airplane instru
ments, such as inclinometers, barographs, and air speed meters.
ORGANIZATION OF NAVAL, RESERVE FORCE. 49
Division II.—Professional examination—Continued.
Part 7. Airplanes and their fittings—Continued.
(c) Theoretical knowledge relative to gusts; wing sections; travel of
center of pressure ; effect of angle of incidence on speed ; functions
of stabilizer; skid fins; effect of changes in disposition of weights
and objects creating a change of head resistance.
(d) Causes of tail and nose heaviness and methods of correcting the
same.
(e) Causes of crabbing and how corrected.
(f) Cause of one wing droop in flying and how corrected,
(ff) Effect of decrease in power available.
(ft) Causes of accidents; precautions tending to prevent.
(i) Effect of loaded tail.
(;') Knowledge of stresses the different members are subject to. Type
of stresses required, not the amount,
(fc) Relative advantages of different types of fittings of planes.
MOTORS.
(J) Knowledge of disassembling, overhauling, reassembling, and ad
justing of service types of aeronautic motors in all details.
Part 8. Scouting.
(a) Knowledge of scouting problems from viewpoint of officer in charge
of a unit of the scout.
Part 9. Designing.
(a) None required.
Part 10. Ability to fly.
(a) Show ability to fly at least one type of airplane in presence of a
board of Navy pilots.
Lieutenant (Junior Grade) (Aeronautic Duties Only).
Same record and professional examination as for ensign (aeronautic duties
only) with the following additions:
Part 6. Navigation (nautical astronomy, sights, etc.).
(o) Ability to take and work out the following sights: Meridian alti
tude; time sight for longitude; obtain error of compass; latitude by
altitude of polaris.
Part 9. Designing.
(a) Elementary knowledge of principles involved in airplane design.
(a) Must pass the prescribed flying tests for Navy air pilot certificate
in the presence of a board of Navy air pilots.
Lieutenant (Aeronautic Duties Only).
Same record and professional examination ns for lieutenant (junior grade)
(aeronautic duties only), with the following additions:
Part 6. Navigation (nautical astronomy, sights, etc.).
(a) Marcq St. Hilaire method of navigation.
(a) Ability to fly at least two types of aircraft.
Lieutenant Commander (Aeronautic Duties Only).

Same record and professional examination as for lieutenant (aeronautic duties
only) with the- following additions:
Part 4. General instructions.
(a) General knowledge of Navy Department business methods; making
requests for material, repairs, alternations to airplanes and motors,
and their accessories; preparing specifications for requisitions; and
accounting for the aeronautic property under his charge.
Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Medical Corps.
Part 3. General education. A letter should be prepared to the board stat
ing the schools or colleges attended for preliminary education; the num
ber of years in attendance; the dates of graduation; name of school
from which graduated in medicine ; year of such graduation ; interne-
ship ; post-graduate work ; membership in local, State, or national medi
cal societies; professional positions held; any additional information
from which the candidate's professional standing may be judged ; degrees
attained ; present occupation or profession.
Division II.—Professional examinations:
(a) Knowledge of the Navy Regulations, Bureau Manuals, and General
Orders of the Navy Department appropriate to his grade.
(b) Care of enlisted men's clothing, bedding, and equipment, and mark
ing same.
(c) Emergency drills—as tire, collision, abandon ship, etc.
Part 5. Practice of medicine to include the etiology, pathology, symptom-
ology, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of disease.
Part 6. Practice of surgery to include surgical anatomy, surgical pathology,
military and naval surgery.
Part 7. General hygiene to include recruits and recruiting, personal hygiene,
preventable diseases, clothing and equipment, water supply, foods, dis
posal of wastes, air, ventilation, heating, lighting, camp sanitation, and
naval and marine hygiene.
Lieutenant, Medical Cori's.
Same as for lieutenant (junior grade), Medical Corps.
Division II.—Professional examination :
Same as for lieutenant (junior grade), Medical Corps, but a more intimate
knowledge and greater experience, with the following additions—
(«) Tropical diseases.
(b) Naval surgery.
(c) Naval hygiene.
(d) Duties of medical ofiicer, United States Navy, afloat.
Lieutenant Commander, Medical Corps.
Same as for lieutenant, Medical Corps.
Same as for lieutenant. Medical Corps, but a more intimate knowledge and
greater experience, and witli the following addition :
(a) Manual for Medical Department, United States Navy.
Pharmacist.
Division I—Record examination :
Army, Naval Reserve Force. Coast Guard, or merchant marine.
Part 3. Determination of the candidate's aptitude for the service ; effi
ciency, executive ability, and ability to control men. Letter to the
board of examiners stating the candidate's general education training,
or graduation in medicine or pharmacy, and his familiarity with, and
general reading of medical, pharmaceutical, and hospital duties.
Part 4. General instruction—
(a) Knowledge of the Navy Regulations. Bureau Manuals, and Gen
eral Orders of the Navy Department appropriate to his grade.
(6) Care of enlisted men's clothing, bedding, and equipment, and
marking of same.
(c) Emergency drills, as fire, collision, abandon ship, etc.
Part 5. Pharmacy and chemistry—
(«■) Pharmacy, materia medica, and toxicology; a thorough practical
and theoretical familiarity with the current pharmacopoeia, more par
ticularly its pharmacy and materia medica.
(b) Chemistry, a general theoretical knowledge of organic and in
organic chemistry. A sufficient knowledge of qualitative and quanti-
tive analyses to make urinalysis, water examination, and an examina
tion of foods for preservatives and adulterants.
Part 6. Hygiene and nursing—
(a) Hygiene and sanitation to include the following subjects: Venti
lation, disinfection and fumigation, water supply, and the examina
tion and inspection of foods. (Scope of examination within chapters
on above subjects in Gatewood's Naval Hygiene.)
(6) Nursing and minor surgery, anatomy and physiology, first aid,
emergency surgery, bandaging, nursing, ward management, and
operating room and surgical technique. (Within the scope of the
Handy Book for Hospital Corps.)
Part 7. Administration—
(a) Administration and internal organization of naval hospitals.
(United States Navy Regulations and Instructions and Manual for
the Medical Department, United States Navy.)
(6) Hospital supplies, and property accountability; requisitions, public
bills, invoices, services, outfits and supplies, and transfer of stores.
(United States Navy Regulations and Naval Instructions, and Manual
for the Medical Department, United States Navy.)
(c) Commissary supervision ; purchase, inspection, supervision, and
disposition of all stores and equipment of the Commissary Depart
ment. Preparation of bills of fare, foods, and special diets. Manage
ment of storerooms, pantries, kitchens, and mess halls. (Within the
scope of Mason's Handbook for the Hospital Corps, and the Manual
for the Medical Department, United States Navy.)
((?) Clerical duties, general correspondence, letters, indorsements, re
ports, and returns. (Within the scope of the Navy Regulations and
'Naval Instructions, Manual for the Medical Department, United
States Navy, and Handy Book for Hospital Corps.)
Chief Pharmacist.
Same as for pharmacist, except that in addition he must have had 6 years'
creditable service as a pharmacist in the Navy or Naval Reserve Force.
Same as for pharmacist, except that a minimum mark of 3 on a scale of 4
in each and all parts of the examination for pharmacist will be required.
SUPPLY CORPS.
Ensign, Supply Corps.
Part 1. Moral character, standing in community, etc.
Naval Force, Army, Coast Guard, or merchant marine.
Part 3. General education; schools or colleges attended; degrees obtained;
Division II—Professional examination:
Part 4. General instructions.—Knowledge of Navy Regulations, Bureau
Manuals, and General Orders of the Navy Department appropriate to
his rank.
Part 5. Supply officers.— ( Textbook—"Manual for Supply Officers") —
(a) Status and duties in general.
(b) Relations with other officers.
(c) Supplies and Accounts Department.—General administration of,
and personnel of the supply division, and storerooms.
(d) Correspondence.
(e) Accounts of the Naval Establishment, appropriations and titles.
Part 6. Money—
(0) Duties of supply officer in connection with; cash account; method
of taking up funds and keeping cashbook.
(6) Procurement of funds; source of supply; requisition for.
(c) Deposits for safekeeping.
(<J) Custody of public moneys, general provisions.
(e) Currency, custody of, and cash vouchers; quarterly verification of
cash.
(f) Deposit accounts; checks; method of opening an account; certifi
cates of deposits; requisitions for blank checks; custody thereof; pur
poses for which drawn ; lost checks ; monthly statement from
Treasury.
(g) Transfer of funds; method of depositing,
(ft) Pecuniary responsibility.
(1) Disbursements; general test of validity and prohibitions.
Part 7. Pay rolls—
(a) General instructions; entry of accounts.
(6) Navy enlistments, pay, and credits; base pay, permanent and
transient additions ; credits,
(c) Issue of money; monthly and special money requisitions,
(rf) Checkages; absence, court-martial, etc.
(e) Transfer accounts; data on; signatures on rolls, etc.
(f) Officers' accounts; pay and rations; entry of accounts; change of
pay due to promotion.
Division II—Professional examinations—Continued.
Part 8. Public bills—
(a) Preparation and payment; documents required; data required on
public bills ; approval ; method and time of payment.
(6) Public bills by objects.—Cash advanced upon transportation re
quest, fuel, ice, laundry, patrol, pilotage, postage and telegrams,
provisions, monthly ration voucher, rewards, subsistence, typewriting
and computing machines, water, funeral expenses, transportation of
effects, transportation of remains.
Part 9. Purchase—
(a) General instructions.
(6) Open purchase and open contract.
(c) Orders under existing contracts.
(d) Procurement of supplies and services by objects; coal, funeral
expenses, gasoline, laundry, fuel oil, transportation of effects, trans
portation of remains, fresh water.
(e) Transportation: Officers and enlisted men—requests for transpor
tation—routes, rates, and accommodations in United States—sub
sistence en route—meal tickets.
Part 10. Supply—
(a) Requisitions, including services; origin—forms—when submitted—
proprietary articles.
(6) Requisitions at a navy-yard port.
(c) Requisitions not at a navy-yard port.
(d) Preparation of requisition.
(e) Delivery and inspection of purchases.
(/) Deliveries from stations and ships.
(g) Custody; inventories and losses.
(h) Private use public property and loans—prohibitions.
(i) Surveys in supply department—commissary—responsibility.
(;) Transfers; by invoice between departments, between ships, to
shore stations.
(fc) Responsibility for public property; control of property accounts.
Part 11. Provisions and the general mess—
(a) Organization; duties of commissary officer; personnel.
(6) Provisions, by items; standard packages.
(c) Provisions afloat; custody and care, inventories, surveys, issues
and sales to messes.
(d) Provisioning the ship; procurement of provisions, deliveries and
inspections, rejections, stowage of.
(e) Rations; messes afloat and how subsisted; persons entitled to
rations ; number of rations allowed.
(f) General mess; organization, mess, and galley equipment, bills of
fare, preparation and serving of food.
(fir) Receipts and expenditures of provisions, how accounted for.
Part 12. Disbursing returns—■
(a) In general.
(6) Time allowed for rendition.
(c) Auditor for Navy Department—account current—pay rolls with
vouchers, public bills, abstract of expenditures.
(d) Bureau of Supplies and Accounts; abstract of expenditures—
public bills (memorandum copies) —account current, pay-roll sum
mary.
(e) Annual reports.
Lieutenant (Junior Grade), Supply Corps.

Same record and professional examination as for ensign, Supply Corps.
Lieutenant, Supply Corps.
Same record and professional examination as for lieutenant (junior grade),
Supply Corps.
Paymaster (Rank of Lieutenant Commander).
Same record and professional examination as for lieutenant, Supply Corps.
Pay Clerk.
Division II—Professional examination (textbook—"Manual for Supply Offi
cers " ) :
Part 4. General instructions.—Knowledge of Navy Regulations, Bureau
Manuals, and General Orders of the Navy Department appropriate to pay
clerks.
Part 5. Supply officers afloat (textbook—"Manual for Supply Officers").—
Same as (c), (d), and (e) for all supply officers.
Part 6. Money.—Same as (i) for all supply officers.
Part 7. Pay rolls.—Same as for all supply officers.
Part 8. Public bills.—Same as for all supply officers.
Part 9. Purchase.—None.
Part 10. Supply.—None.
Part 11. Provisions and the general mess.—None.
Part 12. Disbursing returns.—Same as for all supply officers.
Chief Pay Clerk.
Same as for pay clerk, except in addition he must have had six years'
creditable service as a pay clerk in the Navy or Naval Reserve Force.
Same as for pay clerk, except that a minimum mark of 3 on a scale of 4 in
each and all parts of the examination as recommended for pay clerks will
be required.
Chaplain.
Part 1. Moral character, standing in the community, etc. Chaplains shall
be regularly ordained ministers of good standing in their particular de
nominations.
Part 2. Denomination, past record as regards experience in the Navy,
Marine Corps, Naval Reserve Force, Army, Coast Guard, or merchant
marine.
occupation or profession ; parishes held.
I'art 4. Navy Regulations, Bureau Manuals, and General Orders of the
Navy Department appropriate to chaplains.
Part 5. Sociology.
I'art 6. Theology.
Part 7. Geography.
Part 8. Literature.
Part 9. History, ancient.
WARRANT OFFICERS.
Boatswain.
Part 1. Moral character, standing in community, etc.
Part 3. General education; schools attended; occupation or profession.
Part 4. General instructions, including customs of service ; Navy Regula
tions, Bureau Manuals, and General Orders of the Navy Department ap
propriate to his grade.
Part 5. Practical seamanship—
(o) Cutting and fitting rigging according to regulations.
( b ) Weighing, securing, and transportation of anchors, and working of
cables with modern apliances.
(c) Erecting and securing shears, handling purchases, etc.
(d) Knotting and splicing, including wire rope, palm and needle, sail-
making aboard ship.
(e) Morse code.
Part 6. Knowledge of drills-
fa) Ability to take charge of a section of artillery and exercise it
ashore and afloat.
(6) Station and drill gun's crews, of a gun with which familiar.
(c) Ability to take charge of a company of infantry and drill it (both
close and extended order).
(d) Ability to exercise squad at physical drill.
(e) Take charge of boats and act as boat officer under oars, sail, or
steam.
(/) Duties as patrol officer and beach master (Fleet Regulations, At
lantic Fleet).
Chief Boatswain.
Same as for boatswain, except that in addition he must have had 6 years'
creditable service as boatswain in the Navy or Naval Reserve Force.
Same as for boatswain, except that a minimum mark of 3 on a scale of 4
in each and all parts of the examination as recommended for boatswain
will be required.
Gunner.
Division I-—Record examination:
Parts 1-3.—Same as for boatswain.

Part 4. General instructions, including customs of the service; Navy Regu
lations, Bureau of Manuals, and General Orders of the Navy Department
appropriate to his rank.
Part 5. Practical examination in ordnance—
(a) Handling of guns and mounts, dismounting, repairing, and as
sembling of parts ; care aifd preservation of battery, preparation
of ordnance outfit for battle.
(6) Working knowledge of star gauging and taking Impressions of
bore and chamber.
(c) Sights, mounting, adjustment, and repair; bore sighting.
(d) Small arms; dismounting, repair, and assembling; care and preser
vation.
(e) Ammunition; marking, handling, care, and preservation; makeup
charges.
(f) Magazines and shell rooms; construction and mechanical devices;
plans and method of showing.
(fir) Good general knowledge of construction and operation of auto
mobile torpedoes, torpedo tubes, and torpedo directors.
(ft) Use of stadimeter and sextant in laying out ranges.
(i) General knowledge of turrets and turret installations.
(;') General knowledge of fire control and installations.
(fc) Searchlights, control, manipulation, care, and preservation.
(J) Storage and other batteries; firing and sight-lighting systems.
(m) Ordnance accounts and returns.
Part 6. Knowledge of drills —
(a) Ability to take charge of a company of infantry and drill it in
close and extended order.
(6) Ability to take charge of a section of artillery and drill it ashore
and afloat.
(c) Ability to station and drill gun's crew of a gun with which you
are familiar.
(d) Ability to exercise a squad at physical drill.
(e) Ability to take charge of boats and act as boat officer under oars,
sail, or steam.
Chief Gunner.
Same as for gunner, except that in addition he must have had six years'
creditable service as a gunner in the Navy or Naval Reserve Force.
Same as for gunner, except that a minimum mark of 3 on a scale of 4
in each and all parts of the examination as recommended for gunner will
be required.
Machinist.
Parts—1-3. Same as for boatswain.
Part 4. General instructions, including customs of the service ; Navy Regu
lations, Bureau Manuals, and General Orders of the Navy Department
Division II—Professional examination—Continued.
Part 5. Practical examination—
(a) The adjustment and management of marine engines; the manage
ment and care of marine boilers, including principles of firing,
natural and forced draft. %
(6) Use of power tools and other workshop appliances aboard ship.
(c) Quick repair under various supposed conditions of main engines
and boilers and of auxiliaries.
(d) Taking indicator cards and working them out.
(e) Stores usually found in engineer department, including coal and
oil, how inspected and cared for, and economical use of the same,
enumeration and description of.
(f) Care and management of various auxiliaries on board ship with
special reference to evaporating and refrigerating plants.
(g) Ability to read drawings of marine engines, boilers, and aux
iliaries, and to make sketches.
(h) The meaning of signals regarding the engines from deck to engine
room. The reading of various gauges used in engine and Are rooms.
Part 6. Knowledge of drills—
(a) Ability to take charge of an engineer division assembled at
quarters and to make the required reports.
(6) Ability to exercise a squad at physical drill.
Chief Machinist.
Same as for machinist, except that in addition he must have had six years'
creditable service as a machinist in the Navy or Naval Reserve Force.
Same as for machinist, except that a minimum mark of 3 on a scale of
4 in each and all parts of the examination as recommended for machinist
will be required.
Carpenters.
Parts 1-3. Same as for boatswain.
Part 4. General instructions, including customs of the service ; Navy
Regulations, Bureau Manuals, and General Orders of the Navy Depart
ment appropriate to his rank.
Part 5. Practical examination—
(a) Skill as a mechanic with tools.
(6) Practical knowledge of shipbuilding work in various trades and
repair work on ships afloat.
(c) Knowledge of the duties of a carpenter on board ship, including
care and preservation of ships, hull, and fittings.
(d) Ability to read drawings and to make sketches.
(e) Precaution to be taken in docking vessels.
(f) General knowledge of drainage systems as fitted on naval vessels.
Chief Carpenter.
Same as for carpenter, except that in addition he must have had 6 years'
creditable service' as a carpenter in the Navy or Naval Reserve Force.

Same as for carpenter, except that a minimum mark of 3 on a scale of 4 in
each and all parts of the examination as recommended for carpenter will
be required.
902. The examinations for all enrolled (enlisted) men of all ratings
in the Naval Reserve Force for confirmation or advancement in
rating shall be based on such pertinent instructions as may be
issued by the department concerning examinations for the enlisted
men of the Navy.
903. The physical requirements for the officers and men shall
be the same as for the officers and men of the Navy of the same rank,
grade, or rating.
904. All members of the Reserve Force will be examined physi
cally when first reporting for active duty for training or any other
purpose and shall be reexamined immediately prior to being placed
on inactive duty. The result of these examinations shall be entered
in the health records of the reservists and shall be made a part of their
medical history.
CHAPTER 10.
1000. The following forms shall be used in administering the Naval
Reserve Force :
N. Nav. 236.—Officers' compensation slips.
N. Nav. 351.—Enrollment articles, Naval Reserve Force.
N. Nav. 352.—Enrollment record, Naval Reserve Force.
N. Nav. 253.—Enrollment record, Fleet Naval Reserve.
N. Nav. 2.—Record, finger print, identification. To be forwarded to Bureau
of Navigation.
N. Nav. 4.—Weekly report of enrollments, Naval Reserve Force. To be made
only to commandants by enrolling officers.
N. Nav. 395.—Transfer to Fleet Naval Reserve. To be forwarded to Bureau
of Navigation. .
N. Nav. 8.—Enlisted men, received, transferred, recalled to active duty, re
leased from active duty, deserted, died, change of rating, and
all other changes occurring in status of enrolled men, such as
change of address. To be forwarded to Bureau of Navigation.
Enrollments are receipts. Disenrollments are discharges.
N. Nav. 102.—Record, gunnery.
N. Nav. 283.—Record, torpedo.
N. Nav. 213.—Discharge from Naval Reserve Force.
N. Nav. 214.—Discharge from Naval Reserve Force by sentence of court-
martial. •
N. Nav. 508.—Monthly report of enlisted personnel. To be forwarded to Bureau
of Navigation.
N. Nav. 5.— (Special) Report of changes in enlisted personnel. To be for
warded to Bureau of Navigation.
H. 1919.—Health record.
S. & A. 4a.—Transfer pay accounts.
S. & A. 42.—Account cards, Naval Reserve Force. To be forwarded to Navy
Allotment Office.
S. & A. 42a.—Account cards, Fleet Naval Reserve. To be forwarded to the
Navy allotment officer.
S. &A. 35d.—For discharges, disenrollments, desertion, or death. To be for
warded to the Navy allotment officer.
Post card.—Change of address. To Navy allotment officer only.
Letter report (triplicate).—Confirmations. To Navy allotment officer only.
Letter report (triplicate).—Transfer from one class to another involving a
change in retainer pay. To Navy allotment officer only.
1001. Except as noted above, the printed instructions on the forms
shall be strictly adhered to.
1002. (1) In addition to reports required by the above forms,
the following will be the only report required from the commandants
of the naval districts in regard to the Naval Reserve Force :
(a) Monthly letter report to the Bureau of Navigation of number
of officers and men on active duty for training.
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NAVAL RESERVE
* REGULATIONS *
NAVY DEPARTMENT :: 1925

NAVAL RESERVE
REGULATIONS
1925

WASHINGTON
1925
These regulations are reprinted from Part H of the Bureau of
Navigation Manual. It is considered impracticable to incorporate
future changes herein due to the pamphlet not being in loose-leaf
form.
n
Navy Department,
Washington, D. C, 9 June, 1925.
The following regulations governing the organization and adminis
tration of the Naval Reserve are issued in accordance with the
provisions of the act approved 28 February, 1925, effective 1 July,
1925, for the government of all persons attached to the Naval Service.
It is hereby required and directed that all officers and other persons
belonging to the Navy, so far as the duties of each are concerned,
make themselves acquainted with, observe, and comply with the
regulations of the Naval Reserve contained herein.
These regulations supersede all previous or existing regulations,
general orders, or instructions relating to the Naval Reserve.
W. R. Shoemaker,
Rear Admiral, U. S. Navy
Chief of Bureau.
Approved :
Curtis D. Wilbur,
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NAVAL RESERVE
Chapter 1—General. Chapter 3—Volunteer Naval Reserve.
Section 1—Mission. Section 1—Mission.
Section 2—Composition. Section 2—Composition.
Section 3—Procurement. Section 3—Organization.
Section 4—Administration. Section 4—Procurement
Section 5—Pay and allowances. Section 5—Promotion.
Section 6—Discipline, discharges, Section 6—Training.
and retirements. Chapter 4—Merchant Marine Naval Reserve.
Section 7—Miscellaneous. Section 1—Mission.
Chapter 2—Fleet Naval Reserve Section 2—Composition.
Section 1—Mission. Section 3—Organization.
Section 2—Composition. Section 4—Procurement.
Section 3—Organization. Section 5—Promotions and dis
Section 4—Procurement. charges.
Section 6—Promotion. Section 6—Training.
Section 6—Transfers. Section 7—Pay and allowances.
Section 7—Training.
Section 8—Pay and allowances.
Section 9—Retirements and dis-
CHAPTER 1
GENERAL
Section 1. MISSION
H-1101. MISSION.—The mission of the Naval Reserve is to procure, organize,
and train the officers and men necessary in the event of war for the expansion
and operation of the United States Fleet and Naval Transportation Service.
Section 2. COMPOSITION
H-1201. CLASSES.—The Naval Reserve is created and established under
the provisions of the act approved February 28, 1925, effective July 1, 1925, as
a component part of the United States Navy, consisting of three classes, desig
nated as follows:
F, the Fleet Naval Reserve,
M, the Merchant Marine Naval Reserve, and
V, the Volunteer Naval Reserve. (Sec. 1 of the act.)
H-1202. ELIGIBILITY FOR MEMBERSHIP.—The Naval Reserve shall be com
posed of male citizens of the United States and of the insular possessions of the
United States of 18 years of age or over who by appointment or enlistment
therein, or by transfer or assignment thereto, obligate themselves to serve in the
Navy in time of war or during the existence of a national emergency declared by
the President. (Sec. 4 of the act.)
H-1203. RANKS, GRADES, AND RATINGS ALLOWED.—There shall be allowed
in the Naval Reserve the various ranks, grades, and ratings corresponding to
those in the regular Navy, but not above the rank of lieutenant commander,
except as provided in Article H-1214. (Sec. 5 of the act.)
H-1204. CLASSIFICATION OF OFFICERS OF THE LINE.—Officers of the line
may be appointed for deck duties, engineering duties, or both, or for aviation
duties. (Sec. 5 of the act.)
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2 NAVAL RESERVE REGULATIONS
H-1205. CLASSES OF FLEET NAVAL RESERVE.—The Fleet Naval Reserve is
divided into classes designated as follows:
D-F, deck officers.
E-F, engineer officers.
DE-F, deck and engineer officers.
A-F, aviation officers. /
SC-F, supply officers.
MC-F, medical officers.
F, chief warrant and warrant officers.
F-l, men enlisted for four-year periods or with extended enlistments.
F-2, Men assigned for four years after one or more complete enlist
ments in the regular Navy.
F-3-c, men who previous to July 1, 1925, were transferred from the
regular Navy to the Naval Reserve Force after 16 years'
naval service, and on July 1, 1925, were further transferred
from the Naval Reserve Force to the Naval Reserve.
F-3-d, men who previous to July 1, 1925, were transferred from the
F-4-c, men who served in the regular Navy prior to July 1, 1925,
who were either in the Navy or Naval Reserve Force on that
date or who reenlist with continuous service after that date
and thereafter transfer to the Naval Reserve after 16 years'
naval service in accordance with Article H-2416.
F-4-d, men who served in the regular Navy prior to July 1, 1925,
who were either in the Navy or Naval Reserve Force on that
date or who reenlist with continuous service after that date
F-5, men who first enlist in the Navy after July 1, 1925, or who
reenlist with broken service after that date and transfer to
the Naval Reserve after 20 years' naval service.
H-1206. CLASSES OF MERCHANT MARINE NAVAL RESERVE.—The Merchant
Marine Naval Reserve is divided into classes designated as follows:
D-M, deck officers.
E-M, engineer officers.
DE-M, deck and engineer officers.
M-l, enlisted men.
H-1207. CLASSES OF VOLUNTEER NAVAL RESERVE.—The Volunteer Naval
Reserve is divided into classes designated as follows:
D-V(G), deck officers, general service.
D-V(S), deck officers, special service.
E-V(G), engineer officers, general service.
E-V(S), engineer officers, special service.
DE-V(G), deck and engineer officers, general service.
DE-V(S), deck and engineer officers, special service.
A-V(G), aviation officers, general service.
A-V(S), aviation officers, special service.
MC-V(G), medical officers, general service.
MC-V(S), medical officers, special service.
DC-V(G), dental officers, general service.
DC-V(S), dental officers, special service.
SC-V(G), supply officers, general service.
NAVAL RESERVE REGULATION'S 3
SC-V(S), supply officers, special service.
"ChC-V(G) , chaplains, general service.
ChC-V(S) , chaplains, special service.
CC-V(S) , naval constructors, special service.
CEC-VCS), civil engineers, special service.
C-V(S), communication officers, special service.
I-V(S), intelligence officers, special service.
O-V(S) , ordnance officers, special service.
L—V(S), legal officers, special service.
NT-V(S), naval transportation officers, special service.
V-l, men associated with battalion headquarters divisions and fleet
divisions.
V-2, men associated with squadron headquarters divisions and avia
tion divisions.
V-3, men of communication ratings maintained directly under the
commandant.
V-4, men enlisted within three months after their discharge from the
regular Navy and maintained directly under the commandant.
V-5, student aviators enlisted as seamen 2c.
V-6, all other men of the Volunteer Naval Reserve.
H-1208. OFFICIAL DESIGNATION OF OFFICERS AND MEN.—In official
•correspondence, officers and men shall be designated in the manner indicated
in the following examples:
(a) A lieutenant (junior grade) of class A-F (aviation officer of Fleet
Naval Reserve): Lieutenant (junior grade) Paul R. Smith, (A-F),
USNR.
(6) A lieutenant of class E-M (engineer officer of Merchant Marine
Naval Reserve): Lieutenant Robert A. Brown, (E-M), USNR.
(c) A lieutenant commander of class MC-V (S) (medical officer of Volun
teer Naval Reserve, special service) : Lieutenant Commander Wil
liam H. Johnson, (MC-V(S)), USNR.
(d) A chief boatswain of class F (chief warrant officer of Fleet Naval
Reserve): Chief Boatswain Thomas D. Smith, (F), USNR.
(e) A machinist of class V (warrant officer of Volunteer Reserve) : Ma
chinist George L. White, (V), USNR.
(/) An enlisted man of class F-l (a man enlisted in the Fleet Naval
Reserve for four-year period or with extended enlistment) : John
Henry Jones, 130-50-72, CBM, (F-l), USNR.
H-1209. TRANSFER FROM NAVAI RESERVE FORCE TO NAVAL RESERVE.—
All officers and enrolled men of the Naval Reserve Force on July 1, 1925, are
transferred to the Naval Reserve for the unexpired period of their current
■enrollment as indicated in the subjoined table:
Members of former Naval Reserve Force Transferred to Naval Reserve as

of July 1, 1925
Class 1. Fleet Naval Reserve Fleet Naval Reserve.
'Class 2. Naval Reserve. . _ _ Do.
Do.
Merchant Marine Naval Re
serve.
Volunteer Naval Reserve.
Class 6. Volunteer Naval Reserve Do.
(Sec. 1 of the act.)
H-1210. APPOINTMENT OF FORMER OFFICERS OF THE NAVAL RESERVE
FORCE TO THE NAVAL RESERVE.—Any commissioned or warrant officer of
the former Naval Reserve Force transferred to the Naval Reserve on July 1,
1925, who applies prior to October 1, 1925, for appointment in the Naval Reserve
shall, if found physically qualified, be appointed in the confirmed grade or rank
held by him in the Naval Reserve Force. (Sec. 1 of the act.)
H-1211. APPOINTMENT IN VOLUNTEER NAVAL RESERVE AND MERCHANT
MARINE NAVAL RESERVE OF OFFICERS HOLDING PROVISIONAL RANK IN
NAVAL RESERVE FORCE.—Any officer who was serving in the Naval Reserve
Force on July 1, 1925, with provisional rank, either with or without lower con
firmed rank, and who on that date was transferred by the provisions of the
Naval Reserve act to the Naval Reserve, may, if found physically qualified,
be appointed in the Volunteer Naval Reserve or the Merchant Marine Naval
Reserve in a rank corresponding to such provisional rank if he applies prior
to the expiration of his current enrollment, provided his application is received
in the Bureau of Navigation prior to January 1, 1926, and provided he is serving
in either of those classes on the date of receipt of his application.
H-1212. MEMBERSHIP IN NAVAL MILITIA AUTHORIZED.—No officer or
man shall be a member of any other naval or military organization except the
Naval Militia. (Sec. 4 of the act.)
H-1213. EMPLOYMENT IN CIVIL BRANCH OF PUBLIC SERVICE AUTHOR
IZED.—No law existing on July 1, 1925, shall be construed to prevent any
member of the Naval Reserve from accepting employment in any civil branch
of the public service, nor from receiving the pay and allowances incident to
such employment in addition to any pay or allowances to which he may be
entitled under the provisions of the Naval Reserve act. (Sec. 4 of the act.)
H-1214. OFFICERS ALLOWED FOR RECRUITING, ORGANIZATION, ADMIN
ISTRATION, TRAINING, INSPECTION, AND MOBILIZATION.—Commissioned
and warrant officers appointed or transferred to the Naval Reserve shall be
commissioned or warranted to serve during the pleasure of the President, in
grades not above that of lieutenant commander, except that for recruiting,
organization, administration, training, inspection, and mobilization of the Naval
Reserve the following percentages of officers in higher grades or ranks are
authorized:
(a) In the line forty-four one-hundredths of 1 per centum of the actual
number of enlisted men regularly assigned to divisions or other
organized units of the Fleet Naval Reserve who are entitled to pay
as provided in Article H-2801. The actual number of line officers
so commissioned in higher grades shall be distributed in the propor
tion of 1 in the grade of commodore, to 15 in the grade of captain,
to 28 in the grade of commander.
(6) In the staff twenty-four one-hundredths of 1 per centum of the actual
as provided in Article H-2801. The total number of staff officers
shall be equally divided in each grade, as nearly as may be, between
the Medical Corps and the Supply Corps. The actual number of
staff officers so commissioned in higher ranks shall be commissioned
in the proportion of 8 in the rank of captain to 16 in the rank of
commander. (Sec. 7 of the act.)
H-1215. COMPUTATION SEMIANNUALLY OF NUMBER OF OFFICERS
ABOVE LIEUTENANT COMMANDER.
(1) Computations to determine the number of officers above the rank of
lieutenant commander will be made semiannually on January 1 and July 1.
No officer shall be reduced in rank as the result of any computation.
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(2) Whenever a final fraction occurs in computing the authorized number of
officers in said higher grades, the nearest whole number shall be regarded as the
authorized number, but at least one officer may be allowed in each grade or rank.
Section 3. PROCUREMENT
H-1301. TERM OF ENLISTMENT.—Enlistments in the Naval Reserve shall
be for a term of four years. (Sec. 5 of the act.)
H-1302. EXTENSION OF ENLISTMENT.—Enlisted men of the Naval Reserve
may be permitted by their commanding officer to extend their enlistments for
periods of four years under the same regulations as prescribed for the regular
Navy in so far as they apply. (Sec. 5 of the act.)
H-1303. COMMISSIONED BY PRESIDENT.—Persons appointed to commis
sioned grades in the Naval Reserve shall be commissioned by the President
alone. (Sec. 5 of the act.)
H-1304. WARRANTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.—Persons ap
pointed to warrant grades shall be warranted by the Secretary of the Navy.
H-1305. MEN RECEIVING COMPENSATION FROM VETERANS' BUREAU OR
VOCATIONAL TRAINING NOT ELIGIBLE FOR MEMBERSHIP.—Persons who
have claims pending for or are receiving compensation or vocational training
from the Veterans' Bureau or pensions are not eligible for membership in the
Naval Reserve.
H-1306. COMMANDANT TO APPOINT RECRUITING OFFICERS.
(1) Division and battalion commanders shall be appointed by the com
mandants of naval districts as Naval Reserve recruiting officers. As such they
are authorized to administer oaths in connection with appointment of officers
and the enlistment of men in the Naval Reserve.
(2) Officers in charge of Navy recruiting stations are directed to make such
enlistments in the Naval Reserve as commandants may authorize or request.
They shall prepare reports in accordance with Article H-1322 and forward them
to the commandant.
H-1307. QUALIFICATIONS FOR ENLISTMENT.—The qualifications for en
listment in the various ratings shall be the same as those governing enlistments
in the regular Navy, except as modified in these regulations and in instructions
issued from time to time by the Bureau of Navigation.
H-1308. AGE FOR FIRST ENLISTMENT.—For first enlistment in peace time
men shall be between the ages of 18 and 28, except for men of classes V-3 and
V-4, as specified in Article H-3403, and men of class M-l, as specified in Article
H-4402. In actual or impending war the upper limit may be increased to 35
years on receipt of orders from the bureau.
H-1309. RECRUITS REQUIRED TO SWEAR TO AGE—Each recruit shall be
required to declare on oath in the presence of the recruiting officer that he makes
a true statement of his age to the best of his knowledge and belief and shall be
required to sign his full name to the enlistment articles.
H-1310. PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ENLISTMENT.
(1) The physical requirements for the enlistment and reenlistment of enlisted
men of all classes of the Naval Reserve shall be the same as those prescribed in
the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Manual for enlistment and reenlistment of
men in the Navy.
(2) Physical examinations may be conducted by medical officers of either the
Navy or the Naval Reserve.
(3) Waivers may be recommended in the same manner as for the regular Navy.
H-1311. ELIGIBILITY FOR REENLISTMENT.—Enlisted men of the Naval
Reserve who have been recommended for reenlistment will be eligible therefor
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in the rating held when discharged, only if reenlisted within three months from
date of discharge. Enlisted men who reenlist after a lapse of more than three
months from date of discharge may only be reenlisted if less than 28 years of age
in ratings open for first enlistment.
. H-1312. REENLISTMENT OF CHIEF PETTY OFFICERS HOLDING PERMA
NENT APPOINTMENTS.—Chief petty officers holding permanent appointments
may be enlisted or reenlisted in such permanent appointments, provided reen
listed under continuous-service conditions.
H-1313. ENLISTMENT OF MEN WITH PREVIOUS SERVICE.—Upon enlisting
persons with previous service in the Navy or Naval Reserve, the recruiting
officer shall write over his signature on the back of the discharge or continuous-
service certificate presented by the applicant the date of his reenlistment.
H-1314. PRESENTATION OF DISCHARGE BEFORE ENLISTING.—No one who
has already served in the naval or military service, including the Coast Guard of
the United States, shall be enlisted without showing his discharge from such
service or certificate in lieu of such discharge or continuous-service certificate.
H-1315. MEN DISCHARGED UNDER OTHER THAN HONORABLE CONDITIONS
NOT TO BE ENLISTED.—Any person discharged from any naval or military
organization under other than honorable conditions shall not be enlisted.
H-1316. COMMANDANT TO ASSIGN SERVICE NUMBERS.—Commandants
will assign service numbers on all first enlistments. In the case of enlistments of
men having previous service in the Navy or Naval Reserve whose service numbers
are unknown the commandant shall obtain numbers from the bureau before
completing and forwarding the enlistment articles.
H-1317. SHIPPING ARTICLES TO BE TYPEWRITTEN.—Shipping articles
shall be typewritten with no erasures or interlineations.
H-1318. PROCEDURE FOR RECRUITING.—An enlistment is not complete
until all the following steps have been taken:
(a) Physical examination.
Health record issued and signed by the medical examiner.
Fingerprints taken and properly signed by medical examiner and re
cruit.
(1) Form N. Nav. 2 for first enlistments.
(2) Form N. Nav. 379 for reenlistments.
(6) Shipping articles—Form N. Nav. 351, signed by medical examiner
and recruit. , .
(c) Service record—Form N. Nav. 352, signed by medical examiner and
recruit.
(d) When the above steps have been completed, the recruit shall be
sworn in and the papers dated the actual date the oath is taken.
All papers, including fingerprints, enlistment articles, and service
record, should then be signed by the recruiting officer and for
warded to the commandant.
H-1319. PREPARATION OF RECORDS.
(1) The service record shall give the full name, including all Christian names,
of the recruit. The service number assigned shall be entered on the top of the
cover of the service record.
(2) The service record must be signed in ink by the commanding officer
quarterly and upon transfer, discharge, desertion, or death.
(3) Service records shall be stamped on the back cover with the following
words: "In case of death, discharge, desertion, or release from active service,
this record shall be returned at once to the commandant naval
district, (give address)."
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H-1320. VACCINATION OF RECRUITS—All recruits should be vaccinated and
typhoid prophylactic administered when enlisted or as soon thereafter as
practicable. Antityphoid prophylaxis should be completed before reservists
are called to duty for training.
H-1321. PREPARATION OF IDENTIFICATION RECORDS.—Identification
records will be prepared in accordance with the instructions contained in the
circular relating to the physical examination of recruits, N. M. S. 112-321-2.
H-1322. RECRUITING OFFICERS TO FORWARD RECORDS TO COMMAN
DANT.—All records prepared in connection with enlistments shall be imme
diately forwarded to the commandant and a weekly report on N. Nav. 4 will be
forwarded to that officer, containing the names of all persons enlisted during the
period reported.
H-1323. COMMANDANT TO REPORT ENLISTMENTS WEEKLY.—The com
mandant will mail to the Bureau of Navigation by Saturday noon of each week
all shipping articles and identification records received by him, which have been
examined and found to be regular and complete in every respect. These papers
will be accompanied by Form N. Nav. 4, showing all enlistments made in the
district during the week. This report is to be submitted whether or not any
enlistments are made.
H-1324. NOTICE OF ENLISTMENT TO BE FURNISHED BUREAU OF SUP
PLIES AND ACCOUNTS.—The commandants shall prepare a notice of enlistment
on S. & A. Form 444 in quadruplicate for each member enlisted in an enlisted
rating in the Fleet Naval Reserve and the Merchant Marine Naval Reserve,
The original and duplicate shall be forwarded to the Bureau of Supplies and
Accounts (Allotment Division). The triplicate shall be filed in the service
record of the man. The quadruplicate shall be forwarded to the Bureau of
Navigation.
H-1325. CONTINUOUS-SERVICE CERTIFICATES.— Men recommended for
reenlistment who reenlist in the Naval Reserve within three months of discharge
from a complete enlistment in the Navy or the Naval Reserve, may, upon sur
render of the discharge paper, receive in exchange therefor a continuous-service
certificate.
H-1326. BUREAU OF NAVIGATION TO ISSUE CONTINUOUS-SERVICE CER
TIFICATES.—The continuous-service certificate shall be prepared and issued
by the Bureau of Navigation upon receipt of the discharge from the commanding
officer of the ship or station at which the man reenlisted in the Naval Reserve.
H-1327. CONTINUOUS-SERVICE CERTIFICATES ARE PROPERTY OF MEN.—
Continuous-service certificates are the property of the men to whom issued.
While the men are on active duty these certificates shall be deposited with the
commanding officer for safekeeping, but upon release from active duty they will
be delivered to the owners.
H-1328. SERVICE RECORDS TO ACCOMPANY ENLISTED MEN ON ACTIVE
DUTY.—The service record shall accompany each member of the Naval Reserve
during such time as he may be on active duty.
Section 4. ADMINISTRATION
H-1401. GENERAL POLICIES.—The Office of Naval Operations is charged
with the initiation and formulation of the department's policies relating to the
size, organization, administration, training, and mobilization of the Naval
Reserve and with the coordination of the resultant duties imposed upon the
various offices and bureaus of the Navy Department. (General Order 96.)
H-1402. OFFICE OF NAVAL OPERATIONS.—The general scope of the duties
of the Office of Naval Operations relating to the Naval Reserve are:
(a) Recommend to the department the allotment of Naval Reserve
appropriations. Determine the number and assignment of naval
vessels to the training of the Naval Reserve.
(6) Determine the number of officers and men to be maintained from year
to year in the various classes of the Naval Reserve to meet the
needs of the Navy.
(c) Determine the distribution of the personnel of the Naval Reserve
among the naval districts.
((2) Determine and prescribe the principles which are to govern the active
training of the Naval Reserve when afloat. This will include the
degree to which the fleet shall be made available for such training.
(e) Determine and prescribe the principles which are to govern the
organization and administration of the Naval Reserve within the
various naval districts.
(/) Determine and prescribe the principles which are to govern the mobili
zation of the Naval Reserve in time of war or national emergency.
(g) Determine the measures that are necessary, in time of peace, to insure
that the personnel of the Merchant Marine shall be of maximum
service to the country in time of war. (General Order 96.)
H-1403. BUREAU OF NAVIGATION.—The Bureau of Navigation is charged
with the procurement, training, distribution, and discharge of officers and men
of the Naval Reserve, and the keeping of the necessary records. Accordingly
the^principal duties of the Bureau of Navigation may be enumerated as follows:
(a) Supervises appointments of officers, enlistments, and reenlistments of
men in the Naval Reserve; the. transfers of men from the regular
Navy to the Naval Reserve after the completion of 16 or 20 years'
naval service; and the assignment of men from the regular Navy to
the Naval Reserve after one or more complete enlistments in the
regular Navy.
(6) Supervises the promotion of officers and men of the Naval Reserve.
(c) Supervises the transfers of reservists from one class to another of
the Naval Reserve.
(d) Supervises the activities of organized units of the Naval Reserve.
(e) Supervises the instruction and training of the various units and
individuals of the Naval Reserve.
(/) Supervises the ordering of reservists to and from active duty or train
ing duty.
(g) Supervises the procurement of armories and equipment for shore
instruction.
(ft) Supervises the assignment of ship keepers for vessels assigned to
training naval reservists, and determines the number to be so
assigned; also the number and assignment of reservists required for
active duty in connection with the organization, drilling, and train
ing of the Naval Reserve.
(i) Maintains statistics and records of the drilling and training activities
of the various organized units and of the various classes within
the various naval districts.
(J) Keeps the individual records of officers and men.
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(fc) Is directly responsible for and keeps memorandum accounts of ex
penditures under the following subheads of the Naval Reserve
appropriation :
Subhead 1.—Travel, officers.
Subhead 2.—Transportation, men.
Subhead 3.—Administration and armories.
Subhead 9.—Compensation on inactive duty.
Subhead 10.—Pay, officers active duty.
Subhead 11.—Pay, ship keepers.
Subhead 12.—Pay, active duty, for training.
Subhead 13.—Provisions, ship keepers.
Subhead 14.—Provisions, training duty.
Subhead 17.—Navigational instruments.
(I) Supervises the issuance of navigational instruments to vessels assigned
to training the Naval Reserve; also towing and piloting service.
(to) Supervises all the details of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training
Corps.
(n) Supervises the discharges or retirements.
(o) Supervises the annual selection of enlisted men of the Naval Reserve
for appointment as midshipmen to the Naval Academy.
H-1404. BUREAU OF ORDNANCE—The Bureau of Ordnance provides all
ordnance material used by naval reservists in connection with drills and training
both ashore and afloat, and keeps the necessary records in connection therewith.
H-1405. BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR.—The Bureau of Con
struction and Repair administers the funds allotted to subhead 5, "Construction
and repair," of the Naval Reserve appropriation; and supervises all activities
chargeable against this subhead. The activities chargeable against this subhead
are confined to activities afloat, and include C. & R. repairs, equipment, etc., to
vessels and boats assigned to training the Naval Reserve.
H-1406. BUREAU OF ENGINEERING.—The Bureau of Engineering administers
the funds allotted to subhead 4, "Engineering," of the Naval Reserve appro
priation, and supervises all activities chargeable against this subhead. The
activities chargeable against this subhead are confined to activities afloat, and
include Engineering repairs, equipment, etc., to vessels and boats assigned to
training the Naval Reserve.
H-1407. BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY.—The Bureau of Medicine
and Surgery administers the funds allotted to subhead 8, " Medicine and surgery,"
of the Naval Reserve appropriation, and supervises all activities chargeable
against this subhead. The activities chargeable against this subhead comprise
medical outfits, medicines, etc., issued to vessels and boats assigned to training
the Naval Reserve; also outfits for conducting physical examinations of naval
reservists on shore. The Bureau of Medicine and Surgery also supervises the
physical examinations of reservists.
H-1408. BUREAU OF AERONAUTICS.—The Bureau of Aeronautics admin
isters the funds allotted to subhead 7, "Aviation," of the Naval Reserve appro
priation, and supervises all activities chargeable against this subhead. The
activities chargeable against this subhead comprise aviation material, equipment,
fuel, and rental of hangars used in connection with training the Naval Reserve.
The Bureau of Aeronautics also supervises the training of Naval Reservists in
Aviation duties.
H-1409. BUREAU OF SUPPLIES AND ACCOUNTS.—The Bureau of Supplies
and Accounts administers the funds allotted to subhead 15, " Maintenance,
Supplies and Accounts," and subhead 16, "Fuel and transportation," of the
Naval Reserve appropriation and supervises the activities chargeable against
these subheads. The activities chargeable against subhead 15 are confined to
activities afloat and include S. & A. repairs, equipment, etc., to vessels and boats
assigned to the training of the Naval Reserve. The activities chargeable against
subhead 16 are confined to activities afloat and include fuel, etc., for vessels and
boats assigned to training the Naval Reserve.
H-1410. COMMANDANTS OF NAVAL DISTRICTS.—The commandants of
the several naval districts, under the supervision of the various bureaus and
offices concerned, are charged with the procurement, administration, training,
and readiness for war of the Naval Reserve under their jurisdiction. To assist
him in these duties the commandant may appoint officers of the Naval Reserve,
including those in both active and inactive duty status, to duty on his staff.
Such officers will be considered in the same status as other officers of the com
mandant's staff, but need not necessarily reside in the vicinity of district head
quarters. These officers will not be attached to or associated with divisions,
squadrons, or battalions of the Fleet Naval Reserve.
H-1411. ENTRIES IN SERVICE RECORDS.—The following entries shall be
made in the service record:
(a) When occurring—
(1) Upon enlisting enter on page 1 the total active service in
the Navy, Naval Reserve, or Coast Guard.
(2) The dates of all changes in rating.
(3) Disratings and causes therefor.
(4) Dates between which duties are performed which entitle men
to extra compensation shall be noted.
(5) Meritorious conduct.
(6) Offenses committed and punishments assigned.'
(7) Date when first joining any organization.
(8) Dates of active duty or training duty.
(b) Quarterly or for shorter periods when on active duty only—•
(1) Marks for professional qualifications and conduct.
(2) Recommendation for advancement in rating.
(3) Rating best qualified to fill and recommendation for reenlist-
ment.
(c) On transfer, the name of the vessel, station, district, or organization
to which transferred; also the information required in paragraph
(6) above.
On transfer from one district to another enter number of drills,
number of periods of equivalent instruction or duty, and
number of periods of appropriate duties attended during
enlistment up to beginning of current fiscal year; number
attended during current fiscal year up to beginning of
current fiscal quarter; and number together with dates at
tended during current quarter.
(d) On discharge, all the information required by paragraph (b) above
and in addition—
(1) Date, place, cause, authority for, and character of discharge,
and if on active duty rate of pay and statement of account.
(2) Whether or not the man is recommended for reenlistment.
(3) In case of discharge by "reason of undesirability a complete
statement of the reasons therefor shall be entered upon the
service record or attached thereto. A statement from the
man discharged shall also be attached to the record.
(4) The same information as required by paragraph (c-1).
ie) On desertion, the quarterly information required by paragraph (6),
and in addition—
(1) Date of desertion, place, attendant circumstances, and if on
active duty rate of pay and state of account.
(2) A statement of any reward offered.
if) On death the quarterly information required by paragraph (6), and
in addition—
(1) Date, place, cause of death, place of burial or disposition of
remains, and if on active duty rate of pay and state of
account.
(2) Disposition of effects, or action taken with a view to their
disposition. The service record must be forwarded imme
diately to the Bureau of Navigation via the commandant
of naval district in which the man resided, and shall not
be delayed awaiting instructions from relatives at distant
points as to the disposition to be made of effects. ' "
(3) The information required by paragraph (c-1) .
H-1412. MARKS FOR PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION.—Marks for pro^
fessional qualifications shall include proficiency in rating and other qualifications
for the various branches as specified in Part D, "Enlisted personnel."
H-1413. CUSTODY OF RECORDS.—Service and health records of men attached
to or associated with organizations will be carried by the commanding officer;
service and health records of other men shall be carried by the commandant.
When the man enters upon active duty, the records shall be forwarded to his
commanding officer. When transferred, the records shall accompany the man,
and upon his release from active duty shall be returned to the commanding
officer of his organization, or if not attached to an organization to the com
mandant. Upon discharge, desertion, or death of the man they shall be returned
to the commandant, who shall forward the service record to the Bureau of Navi
gation and the health record to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. In case
a reservist changes his permanent residence from one district to another, his:
service and health records and all other papers shall be forwarded to the com-'
mandant of the district to which he has transferred, together with a report of
his address in that district.
H-14I4. TRANSFERS, AUTHORITY FOR.—Transfers of the enlisted men on
inactive duty shall be made as follows:
(a) In naval districts from one organization to another in the same
district by authority of the commandant of the district.
(6) From one district to another, by the commandants of districts,
H-1415. TRANSFERS, REPORTS OF.—All transfers, except those within the naval
district, shall be reported monthly to the Bureau of Navigation (N. Nav. 5b.)
H-1416. RESERVISTS ON ACTIVE DUTY.—When on active duty in time of
war, members of the Naval Reserve shall be administered in all respects the
same as the personnel of the Navy.
H-1417. RECORDS TO BE CLOSED OUT IN CASE OF DEATH OR DESER
TION.—In case of death or desertion the service and health records shall be closed
out and returned via the commandant of the naval district to the Bureau of Navi
gation and the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, respectively.
H-1418. NOTIFICATION OF DISCHARGE.—Upon discharge of any member
of the Naval Reserve the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts (Allotment Division)
shall be notified by the officer issuing the discharge.
H-1419. REPORTS OF MEN ORDERED TO OR RELEASED FROM ACTIVE
OR TRAINING DUTY.
(1) When an enlisted man is released from training duty with or without pay,
a report on page 9 of Form N. Nav. 1, showing date of reporting and date of
release, shall be submitted to the Bureau of Navigation.
(2) When an enlisted man reports for or is released from active duty, a report
on page 9 of Form N. Nav. 1 shall be submitted to the Bureau of Navigation.
(3) A report of all enlisted men reporting for or released from training or
active duty shall be made monthly to the Bureau of Navigation on Form N. Nav.
5-b.
H-1420. ORDERS TO OFFICERS FOR TRAINING DUTY TO BE ISSUED BY
COMMANDANT.—Where no flight duty is involved, orders to officers for training
duty, including mileage, may be issued by the commandant within the quotas
prescribed by the bureau. A copy of the orders shall be furnished the Bureau
of Navigation. The amount of mileage involved shall be shown in dollars and
cents and in miles only on the copy of the orders furnished the Bureau of Navi
gation. The Bureau of Navigation will issue orders for training duty involving
flying upon receipt of the application from the commandant of the naval district.
H-1421. ORDERS TO ENLISTED MEN TO BE ISSUED BY COMMANDANTS.—
All orders to enlisted men for training or active duty shall be issued by com
mandants of naval districts. Where flying is involved, the detail of enlisted men
to such duty will be prepared by commanding officers on Form N. Nav. 413
and forwarded to the Bureau of Navigation for approval.
H-1422. FITNESS REPORTS.
(1) Fitness reports complete in all respects shall be submitted to the Bureau
of Navigation on all officers of the Naval Reserve who perform active duty or
training duty. This report shall be submitted in the same manner and on the
same form as for officers of the regular Navy.
(2) Fitness reports of aviators should include the number of hours in the air
during the period of the report.
H-1423. FUNERAL ESCORTS.—Commandants of naval districts and com
manding officers of organizations are authorized to furnish funeral escorts, as
provided by Navy Regulations, for members of the Naval Reserve when such
request is made by the next of kin and when it can be done without expense to
the Government. The national ensign will not be given to the next of kin.
H-1424. PERMISSION TO LEAVE THE UNITED STATES.—Commandants of
naval districts are authorized to approve requests from officers and enlisted men
of the Naval Reserve for permission to leave the United States or its possessions.
Members of the Merchant Marine Naval Reserve will not be required to obtain
permission on each trip, while following their professions in the Merchant Marine,
but should keep the commandant advised of their occupation and addresses.
H-1425. RESERVISTS IN UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS.—Reservists residing
in the United States possessions not included within limits of naval districts will
be under the supervision of commandants of naval stations as follows:
(a) Those residing in Samoa under the commandant, naval station,
Tutuila.
.(&) Those residing in Guam under the commandant, naval station, Guam,
(c) Those residing in the Virgin Islands and Porto Rico under the com
mandant, naval station, St. Thomas.
H-1426. PASSPORTS.—Members of the Naval Reserve who leave the United
States to visit foreign countries where it is necessary to have passports should
forward a copy of their authority to leave the United States to the State Depart
ment with their applications for passports.
H-1427. ASSIGNMENT OF OFFICERS TO COMMAND VESSELS FOR TRAIN
ING.—Commandants of naval districts are authorized to place any line officer
under his command in command of any vessel assigned for training the Naval
Reserve but not to place any reserve officer on active duty for this purpose.
H-1428. SHIP KEEPERS, NUMBER ALLOWED—The number of ship keepers
specified from time to time by the Bureau of Navigation for each vessel or
reserve activity will not be exceeded. Ship keepers arr in addition to all district
quotas.
H-1429. SUBSISTENCE OF SHIP mJ_»-'R-.—ohip keepers are to be subsisted
on board vessels assigned for training the Naval Reserve when practicable.
When subsisted on board and it is not practicable to conduct general mess, the
subsistence allowance shall be the same as for men of the Navy. When a ship
keeper is transferred from one ship or station to another, new authorization
for subsistence must be obtained.
H-1430. FORMS TO BE USED.—The following forms shall be used and reports
made in administering the Naval Reserve:
N. Nav. 1 Page 9. Service record. (See Art. H-1419.)
N. Nav. 2 Fingerprint record (identification) .
N. Nav. 4 Weekly report of enlistments, Naval Reserve.
N. Nav. 5 Muster roll of crew. •
N. Nav. 5b Report of changes. (See Art. H-1419.)
N. Nav. 5d Recapitulation.
N. Nav. 17 Report of compliance with orders.
N. Nav. 86 Monthly report of Naval Reserve activities (by
the commanding officer of each fleet division,
headquarters division, aviation division, and
battalion and squadron headquarters).
N. Nav. 86a Monthly report of Naval Reserve activities of
reservists not carried on the rolls of any organ
ization (by the commandant).
N. Nav. 87 Annual report of Naval Reserve activities (by
the commanding officer of each fleet divi
sion, aviation division, headquarters division,
and battalion and squadron headquarters).
N. Nav. 87a Annual report of Naval Reserve activities of
reservists not carried on the rolls of any
organization (by the commandant).
N. Nav. 102 ■ Record, gunnery.
N. Nav. 213 Discharge from Naval Reserve.
N. Nav. 214 Discharge from Naval Reserve by sentence of
court-martial.
N. Nav. 283 Record, torpedo.
N. Nav. 351 Shipping articles, Naval Reserve.
N. Nav. 352 Service record, Naval Reserve.
N. Nav. 379 Identification record (one finger) .
N. Nav. 395 Transfer to Fleet Naval Reserve.
N. Nav. 413 Aviation designation for enlisted men. (See
Art. H-1421.)
N. Nav. 443 Fitness report.
Report of dependents.
Report of next of kin.
N. Nav. 508 Summary of enlisted personnel.
N. Nav. 524 Report of examination for advancement in
rating.
Letter Change in officer's address (to Bureau of Naviga
tion). (See Art. H-1443.)
Letter Report of subsistence.
Letter Report of training at reserve aviation units

(original to Bureau of Aeronautics, copy to
Bureau of Navigation).
M. & S. Form H Health record.
M. & S. Form N Report of death (5 copies).
N. M. S. H. C.-l Report of examination, Hospital Corps (to
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery) .
M. & S. P. 2-5/En. 10 Physical examination of reserve officers.
N. M. S., Aviation, No. 1 Physical examination for flying.
S. & A. 4 Transfer pay account.
S. & A. 444 Notice of enlistment.
S. & A. 444-a Notice of transfer of enlisted men between
classes.
S. & A. 444-b Notice of rating or disrating.
S. & A. 444-c Notice of discharge of enlisted men.
S. & A. 444-d„ Change of address (to Bureau of Supplies and
Accounts). (See Art. H-1445.)
S. & A. 445 Voucher, uniform gratuity, officers, Fleet Naval
Reserve.
S. & A. 445-a Voucher, compensation for drills or equivalent
instruction or duty.
S. & A. 446-b Voucher, compensation for appropriate duty,
above rank of lieutenant.
S. & A. 445-c , Voucher, compensation for appropriate duty,
below rank of lieutenant commander.
S. & A. 445-d Voucher, compensation for administrative func
tions.
S. & A. 445-e Voucher, compensation for Merchant Marine
Naval Reserve.
H-1431. REPORT OF DEATH.—In case of the death of an officer or man of
the Naval Reserve the officer carrying his records shall notify the Bureau of
Navigation and Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.
H-1432. PERMANENT APPOINTMENT OF PETTY OFFICERS.—Permanent
appointments will not be issued to petty officers of the Naval Reserve in time
of peace, except as prescribed in Article H-1312.
B-1433. RECORDS OF MEN TO BE CLOSED OUT WHEN COMMISSIONED.—
When enlisted men of the Naval Reserve are given appointments as officers,
they will be discharged from their enlistments with special-order discharges.
Their records as enlisted men will be closed out by proper entries showing their
appointments and forwarded to the Bureau of Navigation; this to be done as of
the date next preceding the date of the execution of the oath of office as an
officer.
H-1434. UPON ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT IN THE NAVY, RESERVIST
TO BE DISCHARGED.—Men enlisting in the regular Navy must be discharged
from the Naval Reserve as of the date prior to the date of enlistment in the
Navy.
H-1435. REPORT OF EXAMINATION AND CHANGE OF RATING OF ENLISTED
MEN.
(1) Reports of advancement in rating should be made on Form N. Nav. 5b
and the reports of professional examination on form N. Nav. 524.
(2) Changes in rating or change of status of any kind shall be reported to the
Bureau of Navigation on N. Nav. 1, page 9, and monthly on N. Nav. 5b; and
to the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts (Allotment Division) on S. & A. Form
444-b.
H-1436. OFFICIAL CHANNELS FOR CORRESPONDENCE.—Whenever officers
and men of the Naval Reserve find it necessary to write a letter to one of the
bureaus of the Navy Department, it shall be routed via the commanding officer
of the organization to which attached and the commandant. If the letter refers
to compensation for which no voucher was forwarded to the Bureau of Supplies
and Accounts in time to make payment prior to the writing of the letter probable
(allowing time for the passage of mail and ten days additional), the official whose
duty it is to forward the voucher will make appropriate reply and file the letter.
H-1437. FILE NUMBERS OF PERSONNEL.
(1) The file number on correspondence regarding a particular officer shall be
the file number assigned him by the Bureau of Navigation. This file number
should be shown in the upper left-hand corner of correspondence originated by
a Naval Reserve officer about himself and shall be used by the commandant and
by organization commanders having occasion to write about any particular
officer. Example: 19215.
(2) The file number on correspondence regarding a particular enlisted man
shall be his name, service number, rating, and class. Example: John Henry
Jones, 130-50-72, CBM (F-l) USNR.
H-1438. CORRESPONDENCE TO BE DATED.—All correspondence shall be
dated in the upper right-hand corner, as shown in the following example:
1 January, 1926.
H-1439. OFFCIAL RESIDENCE TO BE SHOWN IN ORIGIN OF CORRESPOND
ENCE.—The permanent official residence shall be shown in the origin of corre
spondence as follows, for example:
From: Lieutenant (jg) John H. Jones (D-F), USNR,
123 East 34th St.,
New York, N. Y.
H-1440. REFERENCES TO BE QUOTED IN CORRESPONDENCE.—When a
letter is in reply to or refers to previous correspondence, quote under "Refer
ences" the file number, every distinguishing mark, and the date of such corre
spondence. Where more than one reference is given enumerate by small letter
(a), (b), (c), etc. The following form should be used:
Reference: (a) BuNav letter Nav 163 Em 12356-37 of 1 July, 1925.
H-1441. WHEN INDORSEMENTS SHALL BE USED.—As a general rule, a
letter shall be answered by a separate letter and not by indorsement. (Navy
Regulations, 1920, art. 2010.)
H-1442. EXTRA COPIES OF CORRESPONDENCE NOT DESIRED BY BUREAU
OF NAVIGATION.—Extra copies of correspondence should not be forwarded
to the Bureau of Navigation unless specially requested. The original is sufficient
to meet the demands of the bureau. ,
H-1443. ADDRESSES OF OFFICERS.
(1) Naval Reserve officers when first appointed shall inform the Bureau of
Navigation via the commandant of their district of their permanent official
residence and shall keep the bureau promptly informed via the commanding
officer of their organization and the commandant of their district of all changes
made thereafter. In time of peace they may change their place of permanent
official residence at will, but whenever a change is made it shall be reported
to the Bureau of Navigation via the commandant of the naval district in which
formerly residing by the officer making the change.
(2) Permanent official residence is defined as the place in his district near the
organization which he is attached to or associated with where the bureau may
at any time send a letter or telegram and expect prompt delivery to the ad
dressee.
(3) This report of address or change of address should be made by letter pref
erably on your 8 by 10J^ business letterhead stationery, by typewriter if prac
ticable.
(4) The form shown below should be followed:
12636 1 July, 1925.
From: Lieutenant John H. Jones (A-F), USNR,
601 West 113th St.,
New York, N. Y.
To: Bureau of Navigation,
Via: Commandant Third Naval District.
Subject: Change of address.
Reference: (a) Bureau of Navigation Manual, Article H—1443.
1. In compliance with reference (a), I request that my address be changed
From: 601 West 113th St.,
New York City
To: The Westminster,
17th & Que Sts. NW.,
Washington, D. C.
(s) J. H. Jones.
Distribution
Original: BuNav.
Duplicate: Comdt. 3rd N. D.
Triplicate: My file.
(5) When the address letter passes through the hands of the commandant,
he shall correct his address file and effect any transfer of records necessitated
thereby. The letter transmitting the records should state the new address of the
reserve officer. A copy of this letter should be mailed to the Bureau of Navi
gation.
(6) When change-of-address letters are received in the bureau, the records of
the bureau will be corrected accordingly. The bureau believes it to be unneces
sary to acknowledge the receipt of these letters, and therefore such acknowledg
ment should not be expected.
(7) A card index of officers' addresses is maintained in the Bureau of Naviga
tion. The accuracy of this list is considered to be of the greatest importance.
In the event of war the bureau should be able to mobilize every reservist immedi
ately. Cooperation of everyone in conserving labor and keeping this list corrected
is confidently expected.
H-1444. CHANGES OF ADDRESS OF ENLISTED MEN.
(1) Whenever an enlisted man changes his official residence, he shall notify
the commandant of his district via the commanding officer of his organization.
(2) Transferred members of the Fleet Reserve shall notify the commandants
of their naval districts of changes of residence.
H-1445. CHANGES OF ADDRESS TO BE REPORTED TO THE BUREAU OF
SUPPLIES AND ACCOUNTS.—All transferred members of the Fleet Naval
Reserve and all members of the Merchant Marine Naval Reserve shall notify
the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts (Allotment Division) , via the commandant
of the naval district where their records are kept, of changes of address to which
checks are to be mailed. S. & A. Form 444d will be used for this notice and
must be signed with the full name of the reservist. Notices given in any other
manner will operate to delay the checks until a notice is received in the form
and manner prescribed.
Section 5. PAY AND ALLOWANCES
H-1501. PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.—Com
missioned officers of the Naval Reserve, when employed on active duty or training
duty, with pay, or when employed in authorized travel to and from such duty,
shall be deemed to have been confirmed in grade and qualified for all general
service. They shall receive the pay, allowances, including longevity pay, as pro
vided by law for the reserve forces of the United States, and shall when traveling
under orders receive transportation in kind, mileage, or actual expenses, as provided
Toy law for travel performed by officers of the regular Navy. (Sec. 11 of the act.)
H-1502. PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF WARRANT OFFICERS AND MEN.—
Warrant officers and men of the Naval Reserve, when employed on active duty
or on training duty with pay or when employed in authorizing travel to and from
■such duty, shall receive the same pay and allowances as received by warrant
officers and enlisted men of the regular Navy of the same rank, grade, or rating,
and of the same length of service which shall include service in the Navy, Marine
■Corps, Coast Guard, Naval Reserve Force, Naval Militia, National Naval
Volunteers, Marine Corps Reserve, or Naval Reserve. (Sec. 11 of the act.)
H-1503. PAY FOR 31ST DAY OF MONTH.—When officers or men of the
Naval Reserve perform active duty or training duty with pay for a period of less
"than 30 days, such duty performed on the 31st day of any month shall be paid
for at the same rate as for other days. (Sec. 11 of the act.)
H-1504. BENEFITS FOR INJURY.—If in time of peace any officer or enlisted
man of the Naval Reserve is physcically injured in the line of duty while perform
ing active duty, authorized training duty with or without pay, or when em
ployed in authorized travel to and from such duty, or dies as the result of such
physical injury, he or his beneficiary shall be entitled to all the benefits pre
scribed by law for civil employees of the United States who are physically injured
in the line of duty or who die as the result thereof, and the United States Em
ployees' Compensation Commission shall have jurisdiction in such cases and
shall perform the same duties with reference thereto as in the cases of civil
employees of the United States so injured. In no case shall sickness or disease be
regarded as an injury within the meaning of this article. (Sec. 14 of the act.)
H-1505. INJURED PERSONNEL TO RECEIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT —
If an injury is incurred in the vicinity of a place where there is a United States
Government activity employing civil personnel, the official in charge of that
activity shall be communicated with for the purpose of ascertaining if there is a
United States hospital or dispensary or hospital or dispensary designated by the
the United States Employees' Compensation Commission, to which the men
may be sent for examination and first-aid treatment. If such facilities are
available, the injured person must report for treatment without delay. If no
such facilities are available in the vicinity and the injury is such as to make
hospital treatment necessary, the injured person may be sent to any hospital
which may be available, and in such case the injured employee may be per
mitted to select the hospital, but the Employees' Compensation Commission will
pay for hospital service in a general ward only. It will, however, be permissible
for the injured person to obtain service in a private room, provided he will,
himself, pay the difference between the private-room rates and the rates fixed
for general ward patients. If hospital treatment is not necessary, but medical
treatment for the injury is necessary, it may be secured in the same general
manner.
H-1506. COMMANDING OFFICER TO REPORT INJURIES TO PERSONNEL.—
The commanding officer or other person in authority, having immediate knowl
edge of the circumstances, shall immediately make a written report to the com
mandant of the man's naval district, setting forth the circumstances under which
the person was injured, the nature and extent of the injury, so far as known, and
"what action, if any, has been taken to provide treatment, as well as any other
information that may be of value in establishing the injured person's right to
compensation or medical or hospital service.
n NAVAL EESEBVE REGULATIONS
H-1507. MINOR INJURIES TO BE REPORTED.—It is important that every
minor injury be made a matter of record, and first-aid treatment rendered and
recorded, as experience in handling claims of civil employees has developed the
fact that injuries thought to be of no importance at the time they were incurred
are subsequently made the basis of claims for compensation or hospital or
medical treatment.
H-1508. REPORT OF INJURY REQUIRED ON SPECIAL FORM.—The action
indicated by the foregoing paragraphs having been taken, the commandant of the
naval district, or the official in charge of the nearest United States Government
activity employing civil personnel, must be consulted and the necessary forms
obtained for making the additional reports required by the United States Em
ployees' Compensation Commission.
H-1509. CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION MUST BE FILED WITHIN ONE YEAR —
Under the terms of the compensation act, no claim for benefits on account of an
injury can be entertained unless filed within one year from the date of the injury
so incurred, or, in case death results, within one year from the date of death.
H-1510. UNIFORM GRATUITY FOR MEN.
(1) In time of peace enlisted men of the Naval Reserve shall be issued articles
of uniform, bedding, and equipment in accordance with such regulations as the
Secretary of the Navy may prescribe.
(2) Upon first reporting for active duty in time of war or national emergency
enlisted men of the Naval Reserve shall receive in addition the same outfit as
may be authorized for the enlisted personnel of the regular Navy upon first
enlistment. (Sec. 13 of the act.)
H-1511. GRATUITOUS ISSUE OF UNIFORMS FOR MEN IN TIME OF
PEACE.—(1) When a gratuitous issue of uniforms is authorized, enlisted men
of the Naval Reserve shall be issued such of the below enumerated articles of
uniform as the commandant of the district may deem necessary for their proper
drilling and training, having due regard for climatic conditions, but the issues
shall not exceed during any one four-year period of enlistment the number of
Hems enumerated in the following table:
FOR CHIEF PETTY OFFICERS AND FOR OTHER ENLISTED RATINGS
OFFICERS' COOKS AND STEWARDS
1 cap, cloth, with ribbon.
1 cap, combination, complete. 3 packages clothes stops.
2 coats, blue. 1 cap, watch.
4 coats, white. 2 jumpers, dungaree.
2 pairs trousers, blue. 1 pair gloves.
4 pairs trousers, white. 3 hats, white.
1 cravat. 2 jumpers, blue, undress.
2 jumpers, dungaree. 3 jumpers, white, undress.
1 pair gloves. 1 jumper, white, dress.
1 pair leggings. 1 jersey.
1 overcoat. 1 pair leggings.
6 rating badges, blue and white. 1 neckerchief.
1 raincoat. 1 overcoat.
2 shirts, flannel. 1 overshirt.
2 pairs shoes. 6 rating badges, blue and white.
6 speciality marks. 1 raincoat.
2 pairs trousers, dungaree. 2 pairs shoes.
4 undershirts, cotton. 2 pairs trousers, blue.
1 vest, blue. 2 pairs trousers, dungaree.
4 undershirts, cotton.
4 pairs trousers, white.
(2) The issues will not be charged against the pay accounts of the reservists,
but the value will be charged to the proper appropriation and title, according to
the accounting instructions issued on the matter by the Bureau of Supplies and
Accounts.
(3) The clothing so issued will remain the property of the Government. On
separation from the service the reservist should return the clothing to the material
officer of his organization.
H-1512. MEN REQUIRED TO REPLACE LOST OR DAMAGED ARTICLES OF
UNIFORM.—Men of the Naval Reserve will be expected to replace at their own
expense any lost or damaged article of uniform.
H-1513. ENCOURAGED TO STOW UNIFORMS IN ARMORIES.—In order to
maintain proper supervision of uniforms, and to give instruction in the marking,
care, and stowage of them, officers and men of the Naval Reserve should be
encouraged to keep their uniforms at armories or drill halls, if locker facilities
are available.
H-1514. ISSUE OF BEDDING AND CLOTHES BAGS.—Clothes bags, mat
tresses, pillows, mattress covers, pillow covers, and blankets, when required,
are obtainable in accordance with articles 1612 and 1613, chapter 16, of Bureau
of Construction and Repair Manual.
H-1515. HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR MEN OF F-3, F-4,
AND F-5.—Enlisted men of classes F-3, F-4, and F-5 on inactive duty are
entitled to naval hospital treatment and to medical treatment whenever they
reside in localities where medical officers of the Navy are on duty. Such treat
ment will be given under the same local rules as apply to the treatment of the
enlisted personnel of the Navy.
H-1516. RESERVISTS IN TRAVEL STATUS ENTITLED TO PAY.—Officers
and men of the Naval Reserve when traveling under orders to and from training
duty are considered as on active duty and entitled to pay.
H-1517. TRANSPORTATION FOR DEPENDENTS.—Members of the Naval
Reserve ordered to training duty are not entitled to transportation for dependents,
nor are they entitled to such transportation to their first station when placed
on active duty. They are entitled to transportation for dependents if they are
ordered from their first active-duty station to another duty station. They are
not entitled to transportation of dependents from their last duty station to
their home.
Section 6. DISCIPLINE, DISCHARGES, AND RETIREMENT
H-1601. NAVAL RESERVISTS SUBJECT TO NAVY REGULATIONS.—Officers
and men of the Naval Reserve, when employed on active duty, authorized train
ing duty, with or without pay, drill, or other equivalent instruction or duty, or
when employed in authorized travel to and from such duty, drill, or instruction,
or during such time as they may by law be required to perform active duty in
accordance with their obligations, or while wearing a uniform prescribed for the
Naval Reserve, shall be subject to the laws, regulations, and orders for the gov
ernment of the Navy. (Sec. 10 of the act.)
H-1602. DISCIPLINARY ACTION NOT BARRED BY RELEASE FROM DUTY
STATUS.—Disciplinary action for an offense committed while subject to the
laws, regulations, and orders for the government of the Navy shall not be barred
by reason of release from duty status of an officer or man charged with the com
mission thereof. (Sec. 10 of the act.)
H-1603. RETIRED NAVAL RESERVISTS SUBJECT TO NAVY REGULATIONS.—
Officers and men who prior to July 1, 1925, have been or may thereafter be trans
ferred to the retired list of the Naval Reserve Force or the Naval Reserve with
pay shall at all times be subject to the laws, regulations, and orders for the gov
H-1604. PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF OFFICERS.—All officers of the Naval

Reserve shall be examined physically once every four years, or oftener, as may
be deemed necessary, and if upon such examination they are found not physically
qualified for active service they shall be honorably discharged or, within the dis
cretion of the Secretary of the Navy, placed on the honorary retired list pro
vided for in Article H-1605. (Sec. 18 of the act.)
H-1605. HONORARY RETIRED LIST.—Officers of the Naval Reserve shall be
placed on an honorary retired list of the Naval Reserve without pay or allowances
upon reaching the age of 64 years, or, within the discretion of the Secretary of the
Navy, upon the officer's own request, after 25 years' service in the Naval Re
serve. Service in the Navy, Marine Corps, Naval Reserve Force, National
Naval Volunteers, Naval Militia, Naval Auxiliary Service, and Coast Guard shall
be counted as service in the Naval Reserve under the provisions of this article.
H-1606. DISCHARGE IN TIME OF PEACE.—In time of peace no officer or man
of the Naval Reserve shall be discharged except upon expiration of his term of
service or upon his own request, or for full and sufficient cause, in the discretion
of the Secretary of the Navy, except as provided in Article H-2903. (Sec. 6 of
the act.)
H-1607. CAUSE FOR DISCHARGE OF OFFICERS.—In time of peace officers
may be discharged with the approval of the Secretary of the Navy for the fol
lowing causes:
(a) Failure to keep the bureau and the commandant informed of his
address.
(6) Failure to reply to communications.
(c) Failure to make such reports as may be required by the Secretary of
the Navy concerning his movements and occupation.
(d) Failure to appear for an examination or reexamination for promotion
for reasons tendered which are not considered good and sufficient by
the bureau.
(e) Failure to submit an excuse for failure to appear for examination or
reexamination for promotion.
(J) Failure to pass prescribed physical or professional examination.
H-1608. DISCHARGE OF ENLISTED MEN IN TIME OF PEACE.—In time of
peace an enlisted man shall be discharged by the commanding officer of his
organization or, if not attached to an organization, by the commandant for the
following reasons:
(a) Expiration of enlistment (honorable or ordinary) .
(b) At own request (special order of commanding officer) .
(c) For cause after notification of approval by the Secretary of the Navy
(undesirable, inaptitude, or special order of the Secretary of the
Navy) .
(d) By sentence of court-martial (dishonorable or bad conduct).
H-1609. DISCHARGES IN TIME OF WAR.—In time of war, or a national
emergency, declared by the President to exist, officers and enlisted, enrolled, and
assigned men of the Naval Reserve shall be subject to separation therefrom in the
same manner as may be provided by or in pursuance of law for the separation of
officers and enlisted men from the regular Navy, subject to the provisions of
Article H-1705. (Sec. 6 of the act.)
H-1610. HONORABLE DISCHARGE.—In time of peace an honorable discharge
shall be issued only on the expiration of enlistment and if recommended for re-
enlistment.
H-1611. CHARACTER OF DISCHARGE TO BE ENTERED ON DISCHARGE
CERTIFICATE.—The character of discharge shall be entered on the discharge
certificate, in the service record, and in the continuous-service certificate.
H-1612. RECOMMENDATION FOR REENLISTMENT TO BE ENTERED ON
DISCHARGE CERTIFICATES.—The issuing officer shall note on the discharge
certificate whether or not the enlisted man is recommended for reenlistment. In
the following instances the man shall not be recommended for reenlistment:
(a) If discharged for undesirability or inaptitude.
(6) If discharged by sentence of court-martial.
(d) If discharged for other reasons and his reenlistment is considered un
desirable.
Section 7. MISCELLANEOUS
H-1701. BENEFITS ACCRUING TO MEN IN THE NAVAL RESERVE WHO
BEENIIST IN REGULAR NAVY.—Enlisted men of the regular naval service
assigned to the Fleet Naval Reserve in accordance with the provisions of Article
H-2414or enlisted men who within three months from date of discharge from the
regular service upon completion of a four-year enlistment enlist in the Naval
Reserve, may, while so in the Naval Reserve, be permitted to reenlist in the
regular naval service, in which case they shall be entitled to the same benefits
as if they had enlisted in the regular service within three months of their last
discharge therefrom. The Bureau of Navigation will from time to time pro
mulgate instructions as to the ratings in which such men may be so reenlisted.
H-1702. CONTINUOUS-SERVICE BENEFITS ACCRUING TO MEMBERS OF
NAVAL RESERVE.—Enrolled men of the Naval Reserve Force transferred on
July 1, 1925, to the Naval Reserve who had enrolled in the Naval Reserve Force
within four months from the date of their discharge from the regular Navy
and who hereafter reenlist in the regular Navy within three months from the
date of their discharge from the Naval Reserve shall be entitled to the same bene
fits as if they had reenlisted in the regular Navy within three months of their
last discharge therefrom. The Bureau of Navigation will from time to time
promulgate instructions as to the ratings in which such men may be reenlisted.
H-1703. ACTIVE DUTY IN TIME OF WAR—Officers and men of the Naval
Reserve, including those who may have been retired, may be ordered to active
duty by the Secretary of the Navy in time of war or when in the opinion of the
President a national emergency exists and may be required to perform active
duty throughout the war or until the national emergency ceases to exist. (Sec. 9
of the act.)
H-1704. ACTIVE DUTY IN TIME OF PEACE.
(1) In time of peace, except as provided in Article H-2723, officers and men
of the Naval Reserve, including those who may have been retired, shall only
be ordered to or continued on active duty with their own consent. (Sec. 9
of the act.)
(2) Naval Reserve officers will be ordered to active duty by the Bureau of
Navigation only in connection with the instruction, training, and drilling of
the Naval Reserve. When so ordered to active duty they will devote their
whole time to the duty to which ordered.
H-1705. RELEASE FROM ACTIVE DUTY.—The Secretary of the Navy may
release any officer or man from active duty at any time. (Sec. 9 of the act.)
H-1706. PRECEDENCE DETERMINED BY DATE OF COMMISSION OR WAR
RANT.-—Commissioned officers of the same rank and warrant officers in the
Naval Reserve shall take precedence among themselves by date of commission
or warrant. (Sec. 15 of the act.)
H-1707. PRECEDENCE OF OFFICERS HAVING SAME DATE OF COMMISSION
OR WARRANT.—Officers of the same date of commission or warrant shall take
precedence according to the order in which their names appear upon the Official
Naval Reserve Register as kept in the Navy Department. (Sec. 15 of the act.)
H-1708. PRECEDENCE OF NAVAL RESERVE FORCE OFFICERS TRANS
FERRED TO THE NAVAL RESERVE ON JULY 1, 1925.—Commissioned officers
of the same rank and warrant officers in the Naval Reserve Force who are trans
ferred to the Naval Reserve on July 1, 1925, shall take precedence among them
selves and with other officers of the Naval Reserve according to the dates of
the commissions, warrants, or provisional assignments of rank or grade held by
them at the time of transfer, except as follows:
(a) Officers who were transferred to the Naval Reserve Force from the National
Naval Volunteers, if they have not been separated from the Naval Reserve
Force for more than four months since said transfer, shall take precedence among
themselves and with other officers of the Naval Reserve according to the date of
the commissions, or warrants held by them on the active lists of the Naval Militia
at the time of their enrollment in the National Naval Volunteers, or, if subse
quently promoted in the National Naval Volunteers, according to the dates of
said promotions'.
(6) Former officers of the Navy or Coast Guard, who, within four months of
their separation therefrom, enrolled in the Naval Reserve Force in the same
ranks or grades last held by them in the Navy or Coast Guard and who are
transferred on July 1, 1925, to the Naval Reserve in the said ranks or grades shall
take precedence among themselves and with other officers of the Naval Reserve
according to the dates of the commissions or warrants held by them in the Navy
or Coast Guard when separated therefrom. (Sec. 15 of the act.)
H-1709. PRECEDENCE OF FORMER OFFICERS OF REGULAR NAVY OR
COAST GUARD APPOINTED IN NAVAL RESERVE AFTER JULY 1, 1925.—Former
officers of the Navy or Coast Guard who wifhin four months of separation there
from are appointed in the Naval Reserve after July 1, 1925, in the same ranks
or grades as last held by them in the Navy or Coast Guard, shall take precedence
among themselves and with other officers of the Naval Reserve according to the
dates of the commissions or warrants held by them in the Navy or Coast Guard
when separated therefrom. (Sec. 15 of the act.)
H-1710. PRECEDENCE WITH BUT AFTER OFFICERS OF THE SAME RANK
IN REGULAR NAVY.—In time of peace officers of the Naval Reserve shall take
precedence with but after officers of the same rank or grade in the regular Navy.
When mobilized with the regular Navy for war or national emergency, officers
of the Naval Reserve shall, for the duration of the war or national emergency,
take precedence after the junior of their respective ranks or grades in the regular
Navy on date of such mobilization. Officers of the Naval Reserve of and above
the rank of lieutenant commander who are selected for advancement in accord
ance with the provisions of Article H-1721 shall, when so advanced, take pre
cedence during the then existing war or national emergency with officers of the
regular Navy of the same rank or grade in accordance with the dates stated in
their commissions. (Sec. 16 of the act.)
H-1711. MILITARY LEAVE.—All officers and employees of the United States
or of the District of Columbia, who are members of the Naval Reserve, shall be
entitled to leave of absence from their respective duties, without loss of pay,
time, or efficiency rating, on all days during which they are employed, under
orders on training duty for periods not to exceed 15 days in any one calendar
year. (Sec. 36 of the act.)
H-1712. UNIFORM PRESCRIBED FOR NAVAL RESERVE.—Officers and men
■of the Naval Reserve shall wear the uniforms prescribed for officers and men
-of corresponding rank and rating in the Regular Navy. All uniforms must be
of regulation pattern. (Art. 6, Uniform Regulations, 1922.)
H-1713. UNIFORMS REQUIRED BY NAVAL RESERVE OFFICERS.—In time
of peace officers of the Naval Reserve will not be required to possess other than
the following articles of uniform and uniform equipment: Service dress, blue,
service dress, white, overcoat, sword, sword knot (if commissioned), undress
belt. All other uniforms prescribed for officers of the United States Navy are
optional for officers of the Naval Reserve. (Art. 6, Uniform Regulations, 1922.)
H-1714. WHEN UNIFORMS ARE TO BE WORN.— Members of the Naval
Reserve shall wear the uniforms of their ranks or ratings when at drills. They
may wear such uniforms at ceremonies and memorial services.
H-1715. APPOINTMENT OF MIDSHIPMEN FROM ENLISTED MEN.—The
Secretary of the Navy may appoint not more than 25 midshipmen in any one
year to the Naval Academy from the enlisted men of the Naval Reserve and
Marine Corps Reserve under similar conditions as prescribed by law for appoint
ments from enlisted men of the Navy. (Sec. 8 of the act.)
H-1716. REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTMENTS AS MIDSHIPMEN.—Only
enlisted men of the Naval Reserve who meet the following requirements will be
selected as a result of a competitive examination for appointments as midshipmen:
(a) Must be citizens of the United States who are not more than 20 years
of age on April 1 of the year in which appointed.
(6) Must have been in the Naval Reserve at least one year by July 1 of
the year in which appointed. In this computation service in the
Marine Corps Reserve, in the Navy, and the Marine Corps shall be
credited.
(c) Must have maintained efficiency by attending drills while in the Naval
Reserve.
(d) Must have a good record.
(e) Must submit application prior to January 15 of the year in which
appointed. This application should be routed to the Bureau of
Navigation via commanding officer, commandant of district and
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. Transcript from service record
and report of physical examination on Bureau of Medicine and
Surgery Form P2-5/EN-10 in duplicate should be attached to it.
if) Must be recommended by their commanding officers. No other
recommendations are necessary.
ig) Must take a competitive examination which is held on the third
Wednesday in April of each year and is the regular examination
given to candidates nominal ed for appointment as midshipmen.
(h) Must meet the same mental and physical requirements as are required
of other candidates for appointment as midshipmen. Regulations
governing the admission of candidates into the Naval Academy as
Midshipmen and sample examination papers may be obtained upon
application through official channels to the Bureau of Navigation.
H-1717. PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS OF NAVAL RESERVE OFFICERS.
(1) Naval Reserve officers are required to take a physical examination before
a statutory board of medical officers of the regular Navy for appointment or
promotion in the Naval Reserve, and for transfer from the Volunteer Naval
Reserve to either the Fleet Naval Reserve or the Merchant Marine Naval
Reserve. A physical examination for any of these purposes will be deemed
sufficient to meet the requirements of Article H-1604.
(2) If impracticable to assemble a statutory medical board without incurring

mileage or other expense, the physical examination may be conducted by a medical
officer of the regular Navy. In that case the report of this medical officer to
gether with the medical history of the candidate on file in the department will
be acted upon by a special board of medical officers appointed in the department.
(3) Upon reporting for training duty or release therefrom, Naval Reserve
officers are required to take a physical examination before a medical officer of
the regular Navy or Naval Reserve. The purpose of this examination is to deter
mine whether or not the candidate is able to perform training duty and that his
health should not ordinarily be, and has not been, adversely affected by such
training duty.
(4) All reports of physical examination shall be made in duplicate on Bureau
of Medicine and Surgery Form P2-5/EN-10.
(5) In the event that the candidate is being examined for duty involving the
actual flying of aircraft, there shall be submitted also on Bureau of Medicine and
Surgery Form N. M. S., Aviation, No. 1, a report of physical examination for
flying conducted by a flight surgeon. This form shall not, however, be required
for promotion.
H-1718. HEALTH RECORDS.—Health records shall be maintained for members
of the Naval Reserve in the same manner as for the regular Navy.
H-1719. RESULT OF PHYSICAL EXAMINATION.—The result of every physi
cal examination of a reservist shall be entered in his health record and will be
made a part of his medical history.
H-1720. PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF ENLISTED MEN FOR TRAINING
DUTY.—Upon reporting for training duty or release therefrom, Naval Reserve
enlisted men are required to take a physical examination before a medical officer
of the regular Navy or Naval Reserve. The purpose of this examination is to
determine whether or not the candidate is able to perform training duty and
that his health should not ordinarily be and has not been, adversely affected
by such training duty. The result of the physical examination shall be entered
in the health record of the man concerned. In the case of men of classes F-2,
F-3, F-4 and F-5 this examination may be used to determine the physical
classification prescribed in H-2317.
H-1721. PROMOTION IN TIME OF WAR.
(1) In time of war or national emergency, officers pn the active list of the Naval
Reserve employed on active duty shall be advanced in grade and rank up to and
including the rank of lieutenant commander with the officers of the regular
Navy with whom or next after whom they take precedence in accordance with
this act and such officers of and above the rank of lieutenant commander shall
be eligible for selection upon recommendation by a board appointed, constituted,
and approved as required by law for the regular Navy, and when so selected shall
be eligible for advancement, either temporary or permanent, to the next higher
grade or rank in the Naval Reserve corresponding to such higher grades or
ranks as may then exist on the active list of the regular Navy, in such numbers
for each grade or rank as may be prescribed from time to time by the Secre
tary of the Navy.
(2) No officer of the Naval Reserve shall be advanced to a higher rank until
he has qualified therefor by such mental, moral, professional, and physical
examinations as the Secretary of the Navy may prescribe.
(3) All officers of the Naval Reserve who may be advanced to a higher grade
or rank shall be allowed the pay and allowances of the higher grade or rank
from the dates stated in their commissions.
(4) The provisions of this article shall not apply to officers who have been or
may hereafter be retired from the Naval Reserve Force or the Naval Reserve.
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H-1722. DISTRICT ACCOUNTING OFFICES.—One of the officers on duty at
the district headquarters may be a supply officer who shall be the accounting
officer for all material and equipment issued for the purpose of training and
instructing the Naval Reserve in the district. This officer shall also act as
disbursing officer for the Naval Reserve if necessary. All such material and
H-1723. GOVERNMENT PROPERTY ISSUED FOR INSTRUCTION OF NAVAI
RESERVE.
(1) In order that Government property issued to Naval Reserve units may be
properly safeguarded and accounted for, a custodian for such property should be
designated for each armory or drill hall where such property is kept, and the
custodian shall give custody receipts to the district accounting officer or other
officer responsible for the rendition of equipage returns.
(2) The custodian of property for each organization will be the commanding
officer of the organization. ''
(3) The commanding officer shall designate the supply officer to keep account
of Government property in his custody. If no supply officer is attached to the
unit, the commanding officer will designate an officer to act as material officer.
(4) The supply officer, or if none is attached, the material officer, under the
orders of the commanding officer, shall render quarterly equipage returns through
the commandant, in the manner prescribed for supply officers afloat; and in
addition shall render annual inventory as of March 31 each year covering all
Government property in his custody, in the manner prescribed for supply officers
afloat. These property returns should be rendered on the regular forms pre
scribed. One additional copy of the annual inventory shall be forwarded to the
H-1724. CONSTITUTION OF NAVAI MILITIA—Of the Organized Militia, as
provided by law, such part as may be duly prescribed in any State, Territory,
or the District of Columbia shall constitute a Naval Militia. (Sec. 28 of the act.)
H-1725. MEMBERS OF NAVAL MILITIA RELIEVED FROM SERVICE IN
TIME OF WAR.—Officers and men of the Naval Reserve who are members of
the Naval Militia of any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia shall
stand relieved from all service or duty in said Naval Militia when on active duty
in time of war or national emergency. (Sec. 28 of the act.)
H-1726. EQUIPMENT LOANED TO STATES.—Such vessels, material, arma
ment, equipment, and other facilities of the regular Navy as are or may be made
available for the Fleet Naval Reserve shall also be available, in the discretion of
the Secretary of the Navy, for issue or loan to the several States, Territories, or
the District of Columbia, for the administration and training of units of the
Naval Militia, but no such facilities of the regular Navy shall be furnished for
use by any portion or unit of the Naval Militia unless at least 95 per centum of
its personnel has been appointed or enlisted in the Fleet Naval Reserve and
unless its organization, administration, and training conform to the standard
prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy for such units. (Sec. 28 of the act.)
CHAPTER 2
FLEET NAVAL RESERVE
Section 1. MISSION
H-2101. MISSION.—The mission of the Fleet Naval Reserve is to create and
mobilize trained organizations for service on board vessels of the United States-
Fleet and Naval Transportation Service in the theater of operations.
H-2201. OFFICERS OF THE FLEET NAVAL RESERVE.—The officer personnel
of the Fleet Naval Reserve shall be composed of officers of the former Naval
Reserve Force in commissioned or warrant grades or ranks transferred on July 1,
1925, from the former Fleet Naval Reserve, former Naval Reserve and former
Naval Reserve Flying Corps, and officers appointed after that date to the Naval
Reserve and assigned or transferred to the Fleet Naval Reserve.
H-2202. ENLISTED MEN OF THE FLEET NAVAL RESERVE.—The enlisted
personnel of the Fleet Naval Reserve shall be composed of :
(a) Men enlisted in the Naval Reserve for four years, or with extended
enlistments, who are transferred to the Fleet Naval Reserve.
(Sees. 4, 22, 23, and 26 of the act.) (Class F-l.)
(b) Men who are assigned by the Secretary of the Navy for four years'
service in the Naval Reserve after one or more complete enlistments
in the Regular Navy. (Class F-2.)
(c) Men who, previous to July 1, 1925, were transferred from the regular
Navy to the Naval Reserve Force after 16 or 20 years' naval
service and were further transferred from the Naval Reserve Force
to the Naval Reserve on July 1, 1925. (Class F-3.)
(d) Men who served in the Navy prior to July 1, 1925, who were either
in the Navy or Naval Reserve Force on that date or who reenlist
with continuous service after that date and thereafter transfer to
the Naval Reserve after 16 or 20 years' service in accordance with
Article H-2416. (Class F-4.)
(«) Men who first enlist in the Navy after July 1, 1925, or who reenlist
with broken service after that date and transfer to the Naval
Reserve after 20 years' naval service. (Class F-5.)
Section 3. ORGANIZATION
H-2301. ORGANIZATION FOR TRAINING AND MOBILIZATION.
(1) The officers of the Fleet Reserve and the men of class F-l will be organized
into divisions both for training and mobilization.
(2) The men of classes F-2, F-3, F-4, and F-5 will be organized only for
mobilization and will not be attached to divisions.
H-2302. FLEET UNITS OF ORGANIZATION.
(1) The fleet division is the basic unit of organization.
(2) Battalions will be composed of from two to six fleet divisions where they
are in the same general locality and where this form of organization will con
tribute to the efficiency of their training, administration, and mobilization.
(3) A battalion headquarters division will be organized by each battalion to
assist in training, administration, and mobilization. This division will be
distinct from the fleet divisions which compose the battalion.
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H-2303. AVIATION UNITS OF ORGANIZATION.
(1) The aviation division is the basic unit of organization.
(2) Squadrons will be composed of from two to four aviation divisions, where
there are that number in a district.
(3) A squadron headquarters division will be organized by each squadron.
This division will be distinct from the aviation divisions which compose the
squadron.
H-2S04. THE FLEET DIVISION.
(1) Fleet divisions should be confined to populous centers, preferably on or
near the seacoast or Great Lakes. Each district will be allotted a quota of
fleet divisions; divisions in excess of this quota will not be organized, nor will
divisions within the quota be organized in new localities without the approval
of the department.
(2) The enlisted strength of a fleet division will not exceed 60 nor be less than
40 men. Should the number on the rolls be below 40 or the average number of
men attending drills be below 25 for two successive quarters, the department
will cause the unit to be disbanded.
(3) The fleet division will be allowed two men in the first pay grade, four in the
second, six in the third, and eight in the fourth. A deficiency in any pay grade
may be counterbalanced by an equal number in lower grades. A fleet division
having an excess in the first four pay grades may retain such men until their
separation from the Fleet Reserve. In fleet divisions not attached to a battalion
no men will be advanced to these pay grades until vacancies occur.
(4) The fleet division will be allowed four line officers below the rank of lieu
tenant commander, of whom not more than two may be lieutenants. The
commandant may attach one lieutenant commander and one warrant or chief
warrant officer to a division in addition to the, above allowances, where this will
contribute to its efficiency. Fleet divisions not attached to battalions or main
tained in a battalion at a locality other than that of the battalion headquarters
divisions are allowed one medical and one supply officer.
H-2305. THE RESERVE CREW.
(1) Each fleet division will constitute a reserve crew or part of such a crew
for a vessel to be mobilized in time of war.
(2) Where a large vessel is to be mobilized, several fleet divisions or a bat
talion will be designated to constitute the reserve crew.
(3) The bureau will prescribe the complements of the reserve crews for the
various types of vessels. The duties of the officers and the ratings of the men
for each type of reserve crew will be shown in tables of organization. The
bureau will allot to districts the reserve crews to be constituted by their divisions.
(4) Commandants of the districts will prescribe the type of reserve crew each
fleet division or battalion is to constitute. Two reserve crews may be assigned
to one fleet division.
(5) The ratings of the men in the fleet division will correspond so far as their
number permits to the complement of the reserve crew the division is to con
stitute. As such crews will normally exceed 60 men, there will be certain vacan
cies in the reserve crew, even if the division is at full strength; this allows the
division commander a certain latitude in the ratings of his men. Where there
are now in a fleet division more men in a certain rating than allowed in the
complement of the reserve crew men will be permitted to change their rating to
another for which qualified in which there is a vacancy in the reserve crew, but
without advancement in pay grade. The division commander will maintain
plans for the procurement of additional men required to expand his division to
the full complement of the assigned reserve crew in the event of war.
(6) The officers of the fleet division will be designated by the division com
mander for the duties contained in the organization table of the reserve crew.
Officers in the fleet division in excess of the complement of the reserve crew will
assist in the mobilization of the crew in the event of war and then be assigned
to other duties.
H-2306. THE BATTALION.
(1) The battalion commander will be an officer of the Fleet Reserve desig
nated by the commandant. Where on July 1, 1925, a battalion was commanded
by an officer who did not belong to the Fleet Reserve he may be retained as
battalion commander.
(2) The battalion headquarters division will be allowed one line officer of a
rank below that of lieutenant commander, one medical officer and one supply
officer. A lieutenant commander of the line may be attached to the division
in addition to the above allowances at the discretion of the commandant. The
senior line officer of the division will be known as the division commander and
will act as executive officer of the battalion.
(3) The enlisted strength of the headquarters division will not exceed 20 men.
The division will be allowed 2 men in the first pay grade, 2 in the second, 3 in
the third, and 3 in the fourth. A deficiency in any pay grade may be counter
balanced by an equal number in lower grades.
(4) A battalion having an excess in the allowed number of men in the first
four pay grades may retain such men in its fleet and headquarters divisions in
excess of such allowances until their separation from the Fleet Reserve. No
advancements in rating will be made to fill vacancies in any division in the
allowed number of men in the first four pay grades while an excess exists in the
battalion.
H-2307. OFFICERS IN EXCESS OF DIVISION ALLOWANCES.
(1) Officers in excess of those allowed divisions who are in the locality of a
battalion will be attached to battalion headquarters for the purpose of their
administration, training, and mobilization.
(2) Officers in excess of those allowed divisions who are in a locality where
there is no battalion will be under the direct supervision of the commandant.
They will not be considered as attached to a division. The commandant will
delegate to the senior of such officers where two or more of them reside in the
same locality the supervision of all details of their administration and training.
(3) The officers in excess of division allowances will be designated so far as
possible for specific duties at mobilization and should be trained for such duties.
Those not specifically assigned to duty will be available for general detail in
accordance with their qualifications and the requirements which develop.
H-2308. THE AVIATION DIVISION.
(1) Certain specified districts will be allowed quotas of aviation divisions;
divisions in excess of this quota will not be organized.
(2) Each division is organized to operate in war six planes of a type desig
nated by the department.
(3) The complements of officers and men by duties, ranks, and ratings will
be specified by the bureau for each type of division in tables of organization.
These complements will not be exceeded.' An allowance of enlisted men less than
the complement may be specified by the bureau due to limited appropriations.
(4) The commandant will appoint, with the approval of the department, a
naval aviator, either of the Navy or Fleet Reserve, not above the rank of lieu
tenant commander, to command an aviation division.
(5) Where divisions are below their complement of officers and men the
division commander will maintain plans for expanding the division to its full
complement in the event of war.
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H-2309. THE SQUADRON.—The squadron commander will be an officer of the
Navy or Fleet Reserve not above the rank of lieutenant commander appointed
by the commandant, with the approval of the department. He will be allowed
a squadron headquarters division to assist him in the administration, training,
and mobilization of the squadron and to furnish the personnel which, with that
of the divisions, will complete the complement of the squadron for war service.
H-2310. THE SQUADRON HEADQUARTERS DIVISION—The bureau will
specify in tables of organization the officer and enlisted complements for
headquarters divisions of various types of squadrons. An allowance of enlisted
men less than the complement may be specified by the bureau due to limited
appropriations.
H-2311. THE MOBILIZATION CENTER.—Each reserve crew will be assigned
a mobilization center by the commandant. Where a fleet division is to furnish a
complete reserve crew, the mobilization center should be usually the headquarters
of the division. Where a battalion is to furnish one or more complete crews, their
mobilization centers should be the headquarters of the battalion. Where two
or more fleet divisions Wot attached to battalions are to form one complete reserve
crew, its mobilization center should be usually the headquarters of the division
nearest the mobilization base.
H-2312. RECRUITING OF RESERVE CREWS TO FULL ENLISTED STRENGTH.—
Fleet divisions or battalions which at the order to mobilize have not the full
enlisted strength of their reserve crews will immediately bring their crews or
allotted parts of crews to full strength in accordance with prearranged plans and
assemble at the mobilization centers. The commandant may order reservists of
other classes to report to mobilization centers to bring crews to full strength.
H-2313. DEFICIENCIES IN OFFICER STRENGTHS.—Commandants will make
up deficiencies in the officer strengths of the reserve crews by ordering Fleet
Reserve officers in excess of division allowances or volunteer officers to report to
mobilization centers of the reserve crews.
H-2314. ENTRAINMENT FOR MOBILIZATION BASE.—Each reserve crew will
be assigned a mobilization base by the commandant, at which it is to join the
ship to which it is assigned. The senior officer of the division or battalion at the
mobilization center is responsible for the entrainment of the reserve crew or
crews for their mobilization base or bases. The commandant will assign a time
limit, not to exceed 72 hours, in which the reserve crew must leave the mobiliza
tion center for its mobilization base. Should reserve crews have deficiencies
when entrained, the senior officer of the crew will report to the commandant,
who will take the necessary action for forwarding the additional personnel to the
mobilization base as soon as practicable.
H-2315. MOBILIZATION OF EXCESS OFFICERS.—Officers in excess of those
allowed divisions who have been assigned to specific duties for mobilization will
be ordered to proceed immediately at mobilization. Those available for general
detail will be assigned to duty by the commandant as is necessary to meet the
developments of the situation within his district or to meet the requirements of
the Navy as a whole as specified by the bureau.
H-2316. MOBILIZATION OF AVIATION UNITS.—Each aviation division or
squadron will assemble at its mobilization center, recruit its enlisted personnel
to full strength, receive additional officer personnel from the commandant,
and proceed within a time limit set by the commandant, but not to exceed 72
hours, for its mobilization base.
H-2317. MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS FOR CLASSES F-2, F-3, F-4, and F-5.
(1) Commandants will maintain records showing the physical and professional
qualifications of men of classes F-2, F-3, F-4, and F-5 attached to their districts.
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(2) Men will be classified physically as follows:
Class A. Those fit for sea duty, with due allowance for age and length
of service.
Class B. Those fit for shore duty only.
Class C. Those unfit for any duty.
(3) Men physically fit for sea duty will be classified professionally in accordance
with the type or types of vessels on which they are best qualified to serve.
(4) Men physically fit for shore duty only will be classified professionally in
accordance with the character of shore duties which they are best qualified to
perform.
H-2318. ORGANIZATION OF FLEET RESERVE UNITS.—The men of classes
F-2, F-3, F-4, and F-5 physically fit for sea duty will be organized for the purpose
of mobilization into Fleet Reserve units for service on board certain-named vessels.
The names of the vessels and the compositions of various types of Fleet Reserve
units will be specified by the bureau. In the organization of units the following
principles should be followed:
(a) Units should be formed in the order of priority in which the ships
to which they are to be assigned are carried in the list furnished
the commandant by the bureau.
(b) Men should be assigned to units for types of ships on which they have
had previous service.
(c) It is desirable that men of the same unit reside in the samejgeneral
locality.
(d) If it is impracticable to fill all units with suitable men of the above
classes, the commandant may substitute a man of proven ability
from another class of the reserve.
H-2319. MOBILIZATION OF FLEET RESERVE UNITS.—The commandant will
designate a mobilization center for each unit, either at district headquarters or
at any naval station within the district, including recruiting stations. The men
of the unit will assemble at the mobilization center within 24 hours of the publi
cation of the mobilization order. The senior naval officer at the mobilization
center will be responsible for entraining the unit for its mobilization base as
specified by the commandant. He will direct the senior chief petty officer of the
unit to take charge of it while en route.
H-2320. UTILIZATION OF MEN FOR DISTRICT ACTIVITIES.—The com
mandant may utilize for district activities at mobilization all men of classes
F-2, F-3, F-4, and F-5 not assigned to Fleet Reserve units, provided he is not
required to distribute them to other activities in the bureau's personnel plans.
Men who are physically unfit for any duty will not be called to active duty.
H-2401. FLEET NAVAL RESERVE LIMITED TO LINE, MEDICAL AND SUPPLY
CORPS.—The Fleet Naval Reserve shall be limited to officers of the line, Medical
Corps and Supply Corps.
H-2402. DEPARTMENT TO FIX QUOTAS OF OFFICERS IN EACH CLASS OF
FLEET NAVAL RESERVE.—The department will fix from time to time the total
number of officers allowed in each district in each of the following classes: A-F,
D-F, E-F, MC-F, SC-F, and F. An officer of class DE-F may be substituted
for an officer of either class D-F or E-F.
H-2403. SOURCES OF PROCUREMENT FOR OFFICERS.—When vacancies
occur in the prescribed district quotas of officers of classes D-F, E-F, DE-F,
A-F, MC-F, and SC-F, appointments or transfers to fill the vacancies will be
made by the President and Bureau of Navigation, respectively, upon the recom
mendation of the commandant of the District, as follows:
(a) Qualified enlisted men of class F-l and officers of class F may be
appointed to fill vacancies in the authorized district quotas of
officers of classes D-F, E-F, DE-F, and SC-F.
(6) Graduates of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps may be
appointed to fill authorized vacancies in the district quotas of
officers of classes D-F, E-F, DE-F, MC-F, and SC-F.
(c) Qualified commissioned officers of the Volunteer or Merchant Marine
Reserve, exclusive of commissioned warrant officers, may be trans
ferred to fill vacancies in all classes of the Fleet Reserve, provided
they bid fair to maintain efficiency by attending drills and perform
ing training duty.
(d) Student aviators may be appointed to fill vacancies in class A-F.
H-2404. RANK IN WHICH APPOINTMENTS AND TRANSFERS ARE MADE.
(1) Officers of the Volunteer Naval Reserve who have held permanent com
missions in the regular Navy may be transferred to the Fleet Reserve with the
permanent rank held by them in the regular Navy. These officers will be
carried on the precedence list as extra numbers.
(2) Other candidates may be transferred or appointed only at the foot of the
list of ensigns in classes D-F, E-F, DE-F, A-F, and SC-F or lieutenants (junior
grade) in class MC-F.
H-2405. AGE QUALIFICATIONS.—For appointment or transfer to ensign
candidates must be less than 28 years of age, for lieutenant (junior grade) less
than 31, for lieutenant less than 35, and for lieutenant commander less than
40 on the date their applications are received in the bureau.
H-2406. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CLASS A-F.—Candidates for class
A-F must be naval aviators, be recommended by the Bureau of Aeronautics,
and pass a physical examination for flying before a flight surgeon.
H-2407. METHOD OF SELECTING CANDIDATES TO FILL VACANCIES.
(1) Vacancies in divisions will be filled by the selection of eligible candidates
at locations where such vacancies actually exist.
(2) All other vacancies in district quotas will be filled by the selection of eligible
candidates at locations where divisions have been authorized.
H-2408. PHYSICAL QUALIFICATIONS FOR APPOINTMENT OR TRANSFER
TO FLEET NAVAL RESERVE.
(1) All candidates for appointment or transfer must establish their physical
qualifications in accordance with the" standards for the same ranks or grades of
the regular Navy to perform all the duties of their ranks or grades at sea before
a statutory or special medical examining board, as provided for in Article H-1717.
(2) Physical defects will not be waived for appointment in or transfer to the
Fleet Naval Reserve.
(3) Immediately after the completion of the physical examination the records
of statutory medical examining boards will be forwarded direct to the Judge
Advocate General. When the examination is conducted by a single medical
officer, the report will be forwarded to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.
(4) The professional examination will not be commenced until the candidate
is found physically qualified by a statutory medical board or by a single medical
officer.
H-2409. PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS.—All candidates for appoint
ment or transfer to the Fleet Reserve must establish their professional qualifica
tions by a written examination before a supervisory board composed of regular
officers appointed by the commandant, which shall conduct the examination for
the statutory naval examining board in the department, except that the exami
nation will be waived in the case of Volunteer Reserve officers who formerly
held permanent commissions in the regular Navy or have graduated from the
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Naval Academy. The scope of the examinations will be in accordance with
Article H-2518 and the record of proceedings will be forwarded in accordance
with Article H-2517.
H-2410. APPOINTMENT OR ENLISTMENT OF MEMBERS OF NAVAL MILITIA
IN FLEET NAVAL RESERVE.—Any officer or enlisted man of the Naval Militia
may be appointed or enlisted in the Fleet Naval Reserve in the grade, rank, or
rating not above the rank of ensign under the same regulations as for other ap
pointments or enlistments in the Fleet Naval Reserve. (Sec. 28 of the act.)
H-2411. PROCUREMENT OF ENLISTED MEN OF CLASS F-l.—The number of
men who may be carried in the Fleet Naval Reserve in the various districts will
be prescribed from time to time. Vacancies in these prescribed quotas will be
filled as follows:
(a) By the transfer of V-l men of appropriate rating whose physical and
professional fitness for that rating has been established.
(6) By the enlistment of men not over 28 years of age, without previous
service, in the ratings of seaman second class, fireman third class
or mess attendant third class. But especially desirable and fully
qualified men may be enlisted in higher ratings to fill vacancies
with special authority from the bureau in each individual case.
(c) By the enlistment in the rating in which honorably discharged directly
into the Fleet Naval Reserve of former Navy men not over 28
years of age.
H-2412. METHOD OF PROCUREMENT OF ENLISTED MEN OF CLASS
F-l.—The procurement of men of class F-l to fill complements of divisions is
a function of division and battalion commanders under the supervision of the
commandant, as follows:
(a) Commandants are authorized to transfer men from classes V-l to
F-l upon recommendation of division and battalion commanders.
(6) Division and battalion commanders are authorized to enlist men
directly into class F-l.
H-2413. TRANSFER OF NONCITIZENS FROM THE NAVY TO CLASS F-4.—
Any enlisted man serving in the regular Navy on July 1, 1925, who is not a citizen
of the United States and who on that date has completed not less than eight
years' naval service shall be deemed eligible for transfer to the Fleet Naval
Reserve upon completion of the minimum amount of service required for such
transfer. (Sec. 4 of the act.) * .
H-2414. ASSIGNMENT TO CLASS F-2 AFTER COMPLETION OF ENLIST-
MENT IN NAVY.
(1) Any enlisted man in the regular naval service may obligate himself in
accordance with Article H-2415 to serve four years in the Fleet Naval Reserve
upon termination of his enlistment in the regular naval service.
(2) Upon termination of their enlistment in the regular naval service, men
who have so obligated themselves shall be assigned for the four-year period to the
Fleet Naval Reserve.
(3) The men so assigned to the Fleet Naval Reserve for the four-year period
shall not, in time of peace, be ordered to active duty, except with their own
consent, and shall be under no obligation to perform training duty or drill during
that period. (Sec. 22 of the act.)
H-2415. RESTRICTIONS ON ASSIGNMENT TO CLASS F-2.
(1) Enlisted men may obligate themselves to serve four years in class F-2 of
the Fleet Naval Reserve in accordance with Article H-2414 only in the period
within three months prior to the expiration of their enlistments.
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(2) Applications for assignment to class F-2 will be approved by commanding

officers only when procurement for this class is authorized by the bureau and
when the applicant is jn a rating specified by the bureau as desirable for the re
serve. Such instructions will be issued from time to time depending upon the
number and ratings of men required in the reserve and the funds available.
(3) Upon termination of their enlistment in the regular Navy men who have
so obligated themselves shall be assigned to class F-2 for the four-year period
in the rating from which discharged, provided that they are recommended for
reenlistment and have not applied for reenlistment or extension of enlistment in
the Navy.
(4) Men of class F-2 will not be attached to divisions of the Fleet Naval
Reserve nor will they be allowed to perform equivalent or appropriate duty.
H-2416. TRANSFER OF MEN WHO ENLISTED IN NAVY PRIOR TO JULY
1, 1925, TO CLASS F-4.—Enlisted men serving in the regular Navy on July 1,
1925, or who, having been discharged therefrom, reenlist in the regular Navy
within 3 months from date of discharge, or who are serving in the Naval Reserve
Force on July 1, 1925, in an enrollment entered into within 4 months from the
date of their discharge from the regular Navy and hereafter reenlist in the regular
Navy within 3 months from the date of their discharge from the Naval Reserve,
shall be entitled to be transferred to the Fleet Naval Reserve, class F-4, on the
completion of 16 or more years' naval service, provided his request for transfer
has been submitted in duplicate on Form N. Nav. 395 and has been approved by
the Bureau of Navigation. (Sec. 26 of the act.)
H-2417. COMPUTATION OF SERVICE.—The following methods shall be
employed in computing service for transfer to the Fleet Naval Reserve:
(a) Time lost on account of sickness, disease, or injury resulting from his
own intemperate use of drugs or alcoholic liquors or other miscon
duct shall not be counted as time served; and the enlistment in
which such time is lost shall not be regarded as complete until the
enlisted man shall have made good any such time lost in excess of
one day.
(6) When a man has enlisted for 4 years and is discharged for the con
venience of the Government within 3 months of the completion of
4 years' service, said enlistment counts as 4 full years for the purpose
of transfer. An enlistment terminated within 3 months of its
expiration for the convenience of the man, by special order of the
Secretary of the Navy, shall be counted as 4 full years for the pur
pose of transfer to the Fleet Naval Reserve.
(c) When a man has enlisted for 2 or 3 years, and subsequently extends
his enlistment for 2 years or 1 year, respectively, or for a longer
period, and is discharged within 3 months of the expiration of the
extension, for the convenience of the Government, having actually
served a minimum of 3 years and 9 months on said extended enlist
ment, he shall, for the purpose of transfer, be credited with full
service to the date when his extended enlistment would have
expired had he not been discharged within 3 months of expiration.
(d) Minority enlistments including those terminated within 3 months
prior to the expiration thereof count as 4 years for transfer.
(e) Service as an officer in the Navy and service in the Marine Corps is
counted for purpose of transfer.
(f) Service in the Coast Guard while actually serving with the Navy in
time of war is counted for purpose of transfer.
H-2418. RELEASE OF MEN OF CIASS F-2 and F-4 TO INACTIVE DUTY.—In
order that commandants of districts may make suitable arrangements for the use
of men of classes F-2 and F-4 at mobilization, it is essential that the following
measures be taken by commanding officers who release such men to inactive duty
immediately following their assignment or transfer to the reserve:
(a) The reservist will be instructed in writing by his commanding officer
of the necessity of keeping himself in readiness for service in the
event of war or national emergency; that he must at all times keep
the commandant of the naval district in which he resides informed of
his home address; that he must answer promptly all letters ad
dressed to him by proper authority; that he must inform the com
mandant of any change in his health which might prevent service
at sea in time of war.
(b) The commanding officer will inform the reservist as to the recruiting
and other naval stations nearest his home and encourage him to
maintain touch with these stations.
(c) The regular Navy record, N. Nav. 1, will be closed out and forwarded
to the bureau.
(d) The Naval Reserve record, N. Nav. 353, will be made out and for
warded to the commandant of the district in which the reservist
intends to reside. The commanding officer will fill out and attach
to the Naval Reserve record the form showing the character of his
service and the duty for which he is best fitted.
(e) Health records will be handled in accordance with the provisions of
the Manual for the Medical Department.
(/) If accounts are complete, the continuous-service certificate should be
closed out and returned to the man. If accounts are incomplete
upon transfer and it is necessary for the commandant to make ad
justments, the continuous-service certificate will be forwarded to
the commandant of the naval district with his Naval Reserve
record; when all adjustments have been made the continuous-
service certificate will be returned to the man.
H-2419. ENLISTED MEN MAY BE TRANSFERRED AFTER 20 YEARS' NAVAL
SERVICE TO CLASS F-5.—Men who enlist in the regular Navy after July 1,
1925, except those specified in Article H-2416, may upon their own applications
be transferred to the Fleet Naval Reserve only upon the completion of at least
20 years' naval service and provided they are then found physically and other
wise qualified to perform duty in time of war. (Sec. 23 of the act.)
Section 5. PROMOTION
H-2501. PROMOTION BY SENIORITY ON LINEAL PRECEDENCE LIST.—For
purposes of promotion all the officers of the Fleet Naval Reserve will be arranged
in three line'al precedence lists in their order of seniority, and from the grade of
lieutenant commander down will be promoted in this order to fill vacancies in
the various grades. The lists will be arranged as follows:
List 1.—Officers of classes D-F, E-F, DE-F, and A-F.
List 2—Officers of classes SC-F.
List 3—Officers of classes MC-F.
H-2502. DISTRIBUTION OF OFFICERS IN GRADE.—The total number of
commissioned officers of the rank of lieutenant commander and below in each
of the lineal precedence lists in the Fleet Naval Reserve at any one time, ex
clusive of commissioned warrant officers and of extra numbers, shall be distributed
in each list in the proportion of 16 in the grade of lieutenant commander to 37 in
the grade of lieutenant, to 47 in the grades of lieutenant (junior grade) and
ensign.
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H-2503. COMPUTATION OF NUMBER OF VACANCIES IN EACH RANK.—
Computation to determine the number of officers in each rank will be made semi
annually on January 1 and July 1. No officer will be reduced in rank as a result
of any computation. After establishing by examination their physical and
professional qualifications officers will, if they have had the service outlined in
Articles H-2506 to H-2508, be promoted by seniority to fill vacancies in the
various grades. All promotions will be made as of either January 1 or July 1.
H-2504. PROMOTION OF LIEUTENANT COMMANDERS AND ABOVE BY
SELECTION.—Officers of the Fleet Naval Reserve of and above the rank of
lieutenant commander will be promoted only as the result of selection, subject
to physical and professional examination by the selection board of the regular
Navy.
H-2505. PROPORTION OF OFFICERS IN GRADES ABOVE LIEUTENANT
COMMANDERS.
(1) In time of peace, the number of officers of the line and of the staff to be
carried in the grades of commander, captain, and commodore is prescribed in
Article H-1214. The number of officers who may be carried in these higher
grades is the combined number in all classes of the Naval Reserve: Fleet, Mer
chant Marine, and Volunteer. Vacancies occurring in these grades will be filled
by the promotion of officers of the Fleet Naval Reserve only.
(2) In time of war officers will be promoted in accordance with Article H-1721.
H-2506. FOUR TEARS REQUIRED IN GRADE OF LIEUTENANT.—Lieutenants
shall have not less than four years' service in that grade before being eligible for
promotion to the grade of lieutenant commander.
H-2507. FOUR TEARS REQUIRED IN GRADE OF LIEUTENANT (JUNIOR
GRADE) .—Lieutenants (junior grade) shall have not less than four years' service
in that grade before being eligible for promotion to the grade of lieutenant.
H-2508.—FOUR TEARS REQUIRED IN GRADE OF ENSIGN.—Officers, after
performing four years' service in the grade of ensign, shall be eligible for pro
motion to the grade of lieutenant (junior grade).
H-2509. SIXTT DATS' ACTIVE SERVICE REQUIRED IN EACH RANK FOB
PROMOTION.—No officer shall be promoted until such time as he shall have
performed 60 days' active or training duty in the grade in which serving.
H-2510. ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS FOR PROMOTION OF CLASS A-F.
(1) Officers of class A-F for heavier-than-air are not eligible for promotion to
lieutenant (junior grade) until they have had 125 hours in the air as ensign; to
lieutenant until they have had 125 hours in the air as lieutenant (junior grade);
to lieutenant commander until they have had 150 hours in the air as lieutenant.
They also must pass a satisfactory flight test before a naval aviator of the regular
Navy or of the Naval Reserve on active duty, consisting of:
(a) Three satisfactory take-offs and landings.
(6) Figure eight turns over two fixed points, keeping within a limiting
distance of each point at the outer extremities of the figure. This
limiting distance will be set by the observer in accordance with the
type of plane.
(c) Such acrobatics as the observer may prescribe, having due regard for
the type of plane.
(<£) Climb to 3,000 feet, cut off engine, and land within 300 feet of a desig
nated point.
(2) Officers of class A-F for lighter-than-air must make a satisfactory flight
as pilot of a nonrigid or perform satisfactory duty as a watch officer during a
flight in a rigid dirigible.
H-2511. OFFICERS REQUIRED TO APPEAR FOR EXAMINATION.—Naval
Reserve officers not on active duty authorized to appear for examination for
promotion are required to appear without expense to the Government when
directed by the commandant for both physical and professional examination.
H-2512. EXCUSE TO BE SUBMITTED BY OFFICERS FAILING TO APPEAR
FOR EXAMINATION.
(1) Officers who fail to appear for examination for promotion when authorized
shall submit via the commandant to the Bureau of Navigation an excuse stating
in full the reasons for such failure to appear.
(2) If the reasons advanced are considered by the Bureau of Navigation as
good and sufficient, a matter to be decided in each individual case, the bureau
may authorize the examination to be taken at a later date without loss of
precedence.
H-2513. OFFICERS FAILING PROFESSIONALLY WILL BE REQUIRED TO
TAKE RE-EXAMINATION.—An officer who fails professionally on his first ex
amination for promotion will be required to take a re-examination for the same
grade or rank after the lapse of a period of six months if he in the meantime
again becomes due for promotion, and if he does not in the meantime become
due for promotion he shall be reexamined at such time anterior to again becoming
due for promotion as may be for the best interests of the service, provided that
if any such officer fails to pass a satisfactory reexamination he shall be either
transferred to the Volunteer Naval Reserve or discharged in accordance with.
Articles H-2601 and H-1607.
H-2514. LOSS OF PRECEDENCE FOR FAILURE ON PROFESSIONAL EX
AMINATION.—In time of peace officers who fail professionally on their first
examination for promotion and who later qualify on professional reexamination
shall suffer loss of numbers in the respective ranks, as follows: Lieutenant com
mander, two; lieutenant, three; lieutenant (junior grade), five; ensign, eight.
H-2515. PHYSICAL QUALIFICATIONS FOR PROMOTION.
(1) Physical examinations for promotion will be similar in all respects to those
for procurement, except that due allowance will be made for length of service on
the same standard as for the regular Navy.
(2) The Bureau of Navigation will endeavor to send^transcripts relating to
medical history whenever a candidate is authorized to appear for examination
for promotion. Should these be lacking, the medical examiners will request the
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery to furnish them.
(3) All records of statutory medical examining boards will be made up in
accordance with chapter 19, Naval Courts and Boards, 1923, including therein
in duplicate a report on Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Form P2-5/EN-10.
(4) Waivers for physical defects below the standards for the regular Navy will
not be granted.
(5) The board should carefully and exactly enumerate in detail all defects
noted and definitely state their findings.
(6) When completed, the record of the medical board should be forwarded
direct to the Judge Advocate General without waiting for the professional ex
amination to be completed. Only the original copy should be forwarded. No
copy is desired by either the Bureau of Navigation or the Bureau of Medicine
and Surgery.
H-2516. PROFESSIONAL EXAMINATIONS TO BE CONDUCTED BY SUPER
VISORY BOARDS.—Professional examinations for appointment, promotion, or
transfer will be conducted by supervisory naval examining boards composed of
officers of the regular Navy appointed by the commandant.
NAVAL, reserve regulations 37
H-2517. RECORDS OF PROCEEDINGS TO BE FORWARDED TO STATUTORY

NAVAL EXAMINING BOARDS.—Upon completion of examinations the record of
proceedings should be forwarded by the supervisory naval examining board as
follows:
(a) Line officers {deck, engineering, and aviation), and machinists—
To Naval Examining Board, Navy Department, Washington,
D. C.
(6) Medical officers—
To Naval Examining Board for Medical Officers, U. S. Naval
Hospital, Washington, D. C.
(c) Supply officers and pay clerks—
To Naval Examining Board for Supply Officers, Navy Yard,
Washington, D. C.
{di Carpenters—
To Naval Examining Board for Carpenters, Navy Yard, Phila
delphia, Pa.
(e) Boatswains—
To Naval Examining Board for Boatswains, Navy Yard, Wash
ington, D. C.
(/) Gunners—
To Naval Examining Board for Gunners, Navy Yard, Wash
ington, D. C.
H-2518. SCOPE OF EXAMINATION FOR FLEET NAVAL RESERVE OFFI
CERS.—The scope of the professional examination for appointment or promotion
of officers in the Fleet Naval Reserve or for transfer to that class shall include
questions appropriate for the grade examined for in the following subjects, but
in examinations for promotion special attention will be given to the duties re
quired of the individual officers in time of war according to the mobilization
plans:
(a) Line officers (deck duties only)—
(1) General instructions—
(a) Navy Regulations.
(b) Bureau manuals.
(c) General orders.
(d) Duties of commanding officer.
(e) Duties of executive officer.
(/) Duties of heads of departments.
(g) Duties of officer of the deck.
(h) Duties of division officer.
(i) Duties of junior division officer,
(j) Emergency drills.
(k) Official correspondence.
(I) Writing up log.
(m) Honors.
(n) Routing.'
(o) Military law.
(2) Navigation—
(a) Piloting.
(6) Taking and working out of sights ot the sun, moon,
planets, and stars.
(c) Care of chronometers; chronometer record.
(d) Use of charts.
(e) Adjusting magnetic compass.
(f) Use of pelorus.
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(a) Line officers (deck duty only) —Continued.

(2) Navigation—Continued.
Finding compass error and application of same.
Adjustments and use of a sextant.
W Ability to take bearings and determine position by-
same.
U) System of buoyage in the United States.
(*0 Use of hand leads; how line is marked.
(*) Use of soundings in fixing position.
(m) Ability to navigate by dead reckoning.
(n) Use and care of barometers.
(o) Use of patent logs.
(P) Use of azimuth circle.
(9) Use of sounding machines.
(r) How to obtain chronometer rate by "tick."
to How to make out a deviation table.
(0 Books, charts, and instruments required when putting
a ship in commission.
(«) Care and use of gyrocompass.
(3) Seamanship—
(a) Rules for preventing collisions, international and inland.
(6) Handling lifeboats, lowering and hoisting.
to Handling of boats under oars and sail.
(<Q Ground tackle.
to Handling large ships.
(fl Getting under way and anchoring.
((7) Mooring and unmooring.
(A) Law of storms.
(0 Handling ship alongside a dock.
Cfl Mooring to dock.
(*) Docking and duties while in dry dock.
(i) Safety precautions in dock.
(m) Duties while at a navy yard.
(4) Ordnance and gunnery—
(o) School of the squad, company, and battalion of In
fantry.
(6) School of the section and battery of Artillery.
to Precautions to be taken in handling small arms and
ammunition.
(<*) Description of large guns.
(e) Description of projectiles, fuses, and primers.
(J) Care and preservation of battery.
(?) Care of magazines.
(A) Inspection and testing of powder.
W Care and precaution in handling explosives.
(i) Safety precautions, small arms, turrets, and broad
side guns.
(fc) Methods of training gun crews.
(0 General principles of fire control.
(»») Description and use of a director.
(n) Principles of spotting.
(6) Line officers (engineering duties only) —
, Similar to (a) (1), where applicable to engineer officers.
(2) Marine engineering. Officers are required to be thoroughly
familiar with the instructions contained in the Manual of
Engineering Instructions pertaining to the operation, care,
repair, and safety precautions of the machinery installations
of naval vessels. In cases where officers are not furnished
copies of this manual, reprints in pamphlet form of the
various chapters may be obtained upon application to the
(a) Fundamental principles of steam engineering.
(6) Properties of steam.
(c) Fuels.
(d) Lubricants.
(e) Description of main engines, boilers, and auxiliary
machinery.
(/) Use of indicators and torsion meters.
(g) Calculation of indicated horsepower and shaft horse
power.
(h) Care and operation of pumps, oil coolers, oil purifiers,
ejectors, augmenter condensers, condensers, feed-
water heaters, filters, injectors, ash ejectors, and
blowers.
(i) How to write up the engine-room log.
(j) Duties of the officer of the watch in port and at sea.
(fc) Duties and responsibilities of division officer.
(I) Preparation for getting under way with coal-fired
boilers and reciprocating engines— (1) fire rooms, (2)
engine rooms.
(to) Preparation for getting under way with oil-fired
boilers and turbine engines—(1) fire rooms, (2)
engine rooms.
(n) Procedure for securing (1) main engines, (2) boilers,
(3) auxiliaries after anchoring.
(o) Safety precautions for main propelling machinery,
boilers, fuel oil, lubricating system, pumps, blowers,
reduction gears, condensers, electrical apparatus,
double bottoms, fuel-oil tanks, and handling gasoline.
(p) Operation of boiler-feed systems.
{q) Testing of boiler water.
(r) Methods of warming up.
(s) Handling of gland steam.
(() Operation of forced lubrication system.
(u) Operation of condensers, vacuum.
(v) How to promote economy.
(w) Major adjustments.
(z) Casualties.
(y) Procedure for starting a bearing for the first time.
(z) Thrust clearances.
(ad) Lighting off and cutting in coal and oil fired boilers.
(66) Tending water.
(cc) Large leaks in boilers and steam lines.
(dd) Care and repair of boilers.
(ee) How to overhaul a boiler.
(6) Line officers (engineering duties only) —Continued.
(2) Marine engineering—Continued.
(//) How to test a boiler for tightness, strength
(gg) How to set safety valves, pressure used.
(hh) Use of gas analysis equipment.
(it) Value of observing the smoke and flame.
(jj) Effect of leaky boiler casings; remedy.
(kk) What is "Panting"? How remedied.
(II) Operation of oil burners.
(mm) Operation and care of turbines.
(nn) Bearing adjustments.
(oo) Testing of lubrication oil.
(pp) How to stop air leaks in condensers.
(qq) Responsibility of engineer officer—
When fitting out.
When relieved as head of department.
Machinery.
Fuel.
Care, custody, and accounting of stores.
Dock trials.
Inspection and tests of machinery.
Personnel, organization and training.
Records.
Breakdowns.
Hot bearings.
Salting of boilers.
Loss of water.
Foaming.
Loss of vacuum.
What is meant by "time firing."
Describe closed fireroom system of forced draft.
Describe an evaporator, giving all attachments.
Describe steering engines.
What is meant by single and multiple effect
evaporators?
Operation of evaporators.
Description and use of two, three, and four bladed
propellers.
How to measure the pitch of a propeller in dry
dock.
Describe anchor engines and windlass.
Describe ice machines used on board ship.
Describe drainage system on board a naval ship.
How to make a "watch, quarter, and station
bill" for a division on board ship.
Describe a two-cycle and a four-cycle engine
(gasoline).
(heavy oil).
How to operate a reciprocating engine when one
cylinder is out of commission.
How to set an eccentric.
How to put a reciprocating engine on center.
How is the clearance on a Parson's turbine meas
ured?
(3) Electricity-
fa) Units.
(6) Instruments on board ship.
(c) Generators.
(d) Motors.
(e) Wiring systems.
if) Fuses.
(g) Circuit breakers.
(h) Switches.
(i) Insulating material.
(j) Care and operation of generating plant,
(fc) Commutator troubles and remedies.
(I) Uses of electricity on board ship, voltages used,
(m) Describe a switchboard,
(n) Describe a searchlight; care and operation.
(0) What is a transformer? Its use?
(p) Describe interior communication system.
(a) What is the difference between a (1) series, (2) shunt,
(3) compound wound motor? Uses?
(r) Discuss operating in parallel,
(s) Describe a modern radio system on board ship.
(t) What is a motor generator?
(c) Line officers (aviation duties only) :
Knowledge of Navy Regulations, bureau manuals, general
orders, Bureau of Aeronautics' technical orders and
technical notes.
(2) Navigation—
(a) International rules of the road.
(6) Rules of the air.
(c) Knowledge of compasses and forces acting on same.
(d) Piloting.
(e) Ability to navigate by dead reckoning.
(J) Knowledge of sextants.
(g) Knowledge of "laws of storms."
(h) Install and compensate a compass in a plane.
(1) Sights of sun, moon, stars, and planets.
(j) Determination of error of compass.
(3) Airplanes—
(a) Aviation indoctrination.
(6) Structure and rigging.
(c) Aerology.
(d) Theory of flight.
(e) Aircraft communications.
(J) Practical flying and water handling of aircraft.
(g) Aviation engines.
(h) Aerial gunnery.
(i) Aerial bombing, theory of bombing and bomb sights.
(4) Scouting—
Knowledge of principles of search, reports to be made, and
maintenance of contact.
(5) Ability to fly alone—
(a) The candidate shall carry out a prescribed flight test
in the presence of at least one naval aviator.
(6) The flight test shall be made in solo flight.
NAVAL RESERVE REGULATION'S
(d) Medical officers—

Same as for line officers.
(2) Practice of medicine and survery and general hygiene—
One or more theses upon subjects to be selected by the
naval examining board.
(e) Pharmacist and chief pharmacist—
(1) Pharmacy and chemistry—-
(a) Pharmacy.
(6) Materia medica.
(c) Toxicology.
(d) Thorough practical and theoretical familiarity with
the current pharmacopoeia, more particularly its
pharmacy and materia medica.
(e) General theoretical knowledge of organic and inorganic
chemistry.
(f) Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative analyses
to make urinalysis, water examination and an
examination of foods for preservatives and adulter
ants.
(g) Ventilation, disinfection, and fumigation, water supply
and the examination and inspection of foods.
(Scope of examination within chapters on above
subjects in Gatewood's Naval Hygiene.)
(h) Nursing and minor surgery, anatomy and physiology,
first aid, emergency surgery, bandaging, nursing,
ward management, and operating room and surgical
technique. (Within the scope of the Hospital
Corps Handbook, United States Navy, 1923.)
(2) Administration—■
(a) Administration and internal organization of naval
hospitals. (United States Navy Regulations,
Manual for the Medical Department, United States
Navy, and Hospital Corps Handbook, United
States Navy, 1923.)
(&) Hospital supplies, and property accountability; requisi
tions, public bills, invoices, services, outfits and
supplies, and trangfer of stores. (United States
Navy Regulations and Manual for the Medical
Department, United States Navy.)
(c) Commissary supervision; purchase, inspection, super
vision, and disposition of all stores and equipment
of the Commissary Department.
Preparation of bills of fare, foods, and special diets;
management of storerooms, pantries, kitchens, and
mess halls. (Within the scope of Hospital Corps
Handbook, United States Navy, 1923, and the
Manual for the Medical . Department, United
States Navy.)
(d) Clerical duties, general correspondence, letters, in
dorsements, reports, and returns. (Within the
scope of the Navy Regulations, Manual for the
Medical Department, United States Navy, and
Hospital Corps Handbook, United States Navy,
1923.)
CDISupply officers—
Same as for line officers, applicable to Supply Corps.
(2) Textbook—"Manual of the Supply Corps"—
(6) Relations with other officers.
(c) Supplies and Accounts Department, general adminis
tration of, and personnel of the supply division and
storerooms.
(d) Correspondence.
(e) Accounts of the Naval Establishment, appropriations
and titles.
(3) Money—
(a) Duties of supply officer in connection with cash ac
count; method of taking up funds and keeping
cashbook.
(6) Procurement of funds; source of supply, requisition for.
(d) Custody of public moneys, general provisions.
(e) Currency, custody of, and cash vouchers; quarterly
verification of cash.
(/) Deposit accounts, checks; method of opening an ac
count; certificates of deposits; requisitions for blank
checks, custody thereof; purposes for which drawn;
lost checks; monthly statement from Treasury.
(g) Transfer of funds, method of depositing.
(h) Pecuniary responsibility.
(t) Disbursements; general test of validity and pro
hibitions.
(4) Pay rolls-
Co) General instructions; entry of accounts.
(6) Navy enlistments, pay, and credits; base pay, per
manent and transient additions; credits.
(c) Issue of money; monthly and special money requisitions.
(d) Checkages; absence, court-martial, etc.
(e) Transfer accounts, date on; signature on rolls, etc.
(/) Officers' accounts; pay and rations; entry of accounts;
change of pay due to promotion.
(5) Public bills—
(a) Preparation and payment; documents required; data
required on public bills, approval; method and time
of payment.
(6) Public bills by objects—cash advanced upon trans
portation request, fuel, ice, laundry, patrol, pilotage,
postage and telegrams, provisions, monthly ration
voucher, rewards, subsistence, typewriting and
computing machines, water, funeral expenses, trans
portation of effects, transportation of remains.
(6) Purchase—
(i>) Open purchase and open contract.
(d) Procurement of supplies and services by objects—coal
funeral expenses, gasoline, laundry, fuel, oil, trans
portation of effects, transportation of remains, fresh
water.
(J) Supply officers—Continued.
(6) Purchase—Continued.
(e) Transportation, officers and enlisted men—requests for
transportation, routes; rates and accommodations in
United States, subsistence en route, meal tickets.
(7) Supply-
(a) Requisitions, including services—origin, forms; when
' . ■'' submitted; proprietary articles.
, (6) Requisitions at a navy-yard port.
(d) Preparation of requisitions.
(J) Deliveries from stations and ships.
(g) Custody; inventories and leases.
(h) Private-use public property and loans, prohibitions.
(i) Surveys in supply department, commissary, respon
sibility.
0) Transfers; by invoice between departments, between
ships, to shore stations,
(fc) Responsibility for public property; control of property ,
accounts.
(8) Provisions and the general mess—
(a) Organization; duties of commissary office personnel.
(6) Provisions, by items, standard packages.
(c) Provisions afloat; custody and care, inventories, sur
veys, issues and sales to messes.
(d) Provisioning the ship; procurement of provisions, deliv
eries, and inspections, rejections, stowage of.
(e) Rations; messes afloat and how subsisted; persons en
titled to rations; number of rations allowed.
(f) General mess; organization, mess, and gallery equip
ment, bills of fare, preparation, and serving of food.
(g) Receipts and expenditures of provisions, how accounted
for.
(9) Disbursing returns—
(a) In general.
(c) General Accounting Office, account current; pay rolls
with vouchers, public bills, abstract of expenditures.
(d) Bureau of Supplies and Accounts; abstract of ex
penditures, public bills (memorandum copies),
account current, pay-roll summary.
(e) An ual reports.
(g) Boatswain and chief boatswain—
Customs of service; Navy Regulations, Bureau manuals,
and general orders of the Navy Department, appropriate
to his grade.
(2) Practical seamanship—
(a) Cutting and fitting rigging according to regulations.
(6) Weighing, securing, and transportation of anchors
and working of cables with modern appliances.
(d) Knotting and splicing, including wire rope, palm and
needle, sailmaking aboard ship.
(e) Morse code.
(g) Boatswain and chief boatswain—Continued.
(3) Knowledge of drifts—
(a) Ability to take charge of a section of artillery and
exercise it ashore and afloat.
(6) Station and drill gun's crews, of a gun with which
familiar.
(c) Ability to take cliarge of a company of Infantry and
drill it (both close and extended order).
(e) Take' charge of boats and act as boat officers under
oars, sail, or steam.
(/) Duties as patrol officer and beach master (Fleet Regu
lations).
(h) Gunner and chief gunner—-
Customs of the service, Navy Regulations, bureau manuals,
and general orders of the Navy Department appro
priate to his rank.
(2) Practical examination in ordnance—
(a) Handling of guns and mounts; dismounting, repairing,
and assembling of parts; care and preservation of
battery; preparation of ordnance outfit for battle.
(6) Working knowledge of star gauging and taking impres
sions of bore and chamber.
(c) Sights; mounting, adjustment, and repair; bore sight
ing.
(d) Small arms; dismounting, repair, and assembling; care
and preservation.
(e) Ammunition; marking, handling, care, and preserva
tion; make-up of charges.
(J) Magazines and shell rooms; construction and mechani
cal devices; plans and method of showing.
(g) Good general knowledge of construction and operation
of automobile torpedoes, torpedo tubes, and torpedo
directors.
(h) Use of stadimeter and sextant in laying out ranges.
(j) General knowledge of fire control and installations,
(fc) Searchlights; control, manipulation, care, and preserva
tion. •
(i) Storage and other batteries; firing and sight—lighting
systems.
(3) Knowledge of drills—■
(a) Ability to take charge of a company of Infantry and
drill it in close and extended order.
(6) Ability to take charge of a section of Artillery and drill
it ashore and afloat,
(c) Ability to station and drill gun's crew of a gun with
(<Z) Ability to exercise a squad at physical drill,
(e) Ability to take charge of boats and act as boat officer
under oars, sail, or steam.
(i) Machinist and chief machinist—

Same as for boatswain.
(2) Practical examination—
(a) The adjustment and management of marine engines;
the management and care of marine boilers, includ
ing principles of firing, natural and forced draft.
(6) Use of power tools and other workshop appliances
aboard ship.
(c) Quick repair under various supposed conditions of main
engines and boilers and of auxiliaries.
(e) Stores usually found in engineer department, including
coal and oil; how inspected and cared for, and eco
nomical use of the same; enumeration and description.
(/) Care and management of various auxiliaries on board
ship with special reference to evaporating and refrig
erating plants.
(g) Ability to read drawings of marine engines, boilers, and
auxiliaries, and to make sketches.
(h) The meaning of signals regarding the engines from deck
to engine room; the reading of various gauges used
in engine and fire rooms.
(3) Knowledge of drills—■
(a) Ability to take charge of an engineer division assembled
at quarters and to make the required reports.
H-2519. ADVANCEMENT IN RATING OF ENLISTED MEN.
(1) Enlisted men of class F-l may be advanced in rating to fill vacancies in
the prescribed quotas in ratings and pay grades as shown in section 3 of this
chapter, in accordance with the following requirements:
(a) Must have served one year in present rating.
(6) Must have performed at least 15 days' active or training duty in
present rating.
(c) Must have performed a minimum of 36 drills or periods of equivalent
duty or instruction during the year immediately preceding.
(d) Must have been recommended for advancement by his commanding
officer.
(e) Must pass the required professional examination as prescribed for en
listed men of tke Navy of similar grade.
(2) Enlisted men shall not be advanced more than one grade at a time except
by special authority in each case by the Bureau of Navigation.
(3) Enlisted men may be advanced by the battalion commander, or, in the case
of a division not attached to a battalion, by the division commander in accordance
with the foregoing requirements without reference to the bureau, provided the
quota of men in each rating and pay grade, as shown in Articles H-2304 and
H-2306, is not exceeded.
Section 6. TRANSFERS
H-2601. TRANSFER OF OFFICERS TO VOLUNTEER NAVAL RESERVE.—
Officers of the Fleet Naval Reserve may in the discretion of the Bureau of Naviga
tion be transferred to the Volunteer Naval Reserve for the following causes:
(a) Upon application of officer concerned.
(6) Upon recommendation by commanding officer for failure to maintain
efficiency.
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(c) Failure to attend not less than 30 drills or periods of equivalent or
appropriate duty in any one fiscal year.
(d) Failure to maintain efficiency by taking training duty.
(e) Failure to pass any physical examination.
(J) Failure to pass professional examination for promotion.
(g) Failure to appear for an authorized examination for promotion.
(h) Removal of residence to a new location where there is no organized
unit of the Fleet Naval Reserve or where the commandant does not
desire to include him in his district quota of officers.
H-2602. TRANSFER OF MEN TO VOLUNTEER NAVAL RESERVE.—Men of
the Fleet Naval Reserve may in the discretion of the commandant be transferred
to the Volunteer Naval Reserve for the following causes:
(a) Upon application of the man concerned.
(6) Upon recommendation by the commanding officer for failure to main
tain efficiency.
(c) Failure to attend not less than 30 drills or periods of equivalent or
appropriate duty in any one fiscal year.
{d) Failure to maintain efficiency by taking training duty.
(e) Failure to pass any physical examination.
(/) Failure to pass any examination for advancement in rank.
(g) Removal of residence to a new location where there is no organized
unit of the Fleet Naval Reserve or where the commandant does not
desire to include him in his district quota of men.
Section 7. TRAINING
H-2701. TRAINING AS RESERVE CREWS.—The battalions and fleet divisions
of the Fleet Reserve will be trained as reserve crews for the ships assigned to
them by the commandant. The reserve crews will comprise about 75 per cent of
the complements of these ships at mobilization, the remaining 25 per cent being
Navy and reserve personnel of classes F-2, F-3, and F~4-
H-2702. TRAINING FOR SPECIFIC DUTIES.—Each officer of the reserve crew
organized by the battalion or division will be trained for a specific duty as laid
down in the tables of organization. Each man will be trained for the duties of
his rating on board the actual ship assigned. The bureau will furnish the publi
cations necessary for this instruction. All officers and men will be given addi
tional general instruction.
H-2703. TRAINING CRUISES.—Battalions and fleet divisions will be cruised
as units on board vessels of the same type as that for which their reserve crew is
formed, or where this is impracticable, on vessels as nearly similar as possible.
Vessels of the fleet will be used for training; where this is impracticable, an officer
of the Navy will be assigned to the vessel for the purpose of instruction and
inspecting the reserve personnel.
H-2704. TRAINING OF OFFICERS NOT ATTACHED TO DIVISIONS.—Officers
not attached to divisions will be trained for general naval duties. As far as
practicable these officers will be assigned to mobilization duties, and where this is
the case their training, including cruises, will be so designed as to prepare them for
these specific duties, as well as the general duties of their ranks.
H-2705. DUTY OTHER THAN ACTIVE OR TRAINING DUTY.—Duty other
than active or training duty for members of the Fleet Naval Reserve is authorized
by law as follows:
(a) Officers above the rank of lieutenant—
Appropriate duties.
Administrative functions, only if and when in command of an
organization (compensation not allowed officers above the rank
of captain;.
(6) Officers below the rank of lieutenant commander—

Regular drills, only when attached to a division.
Equivalent instruction or duty, only when attached to a division.
Appropriate duties, only when not attached to a division.
organization,
(c) Enlisted men—
H-2706. SCHEDULES OF DRILLS TO BE PUBLISHED.—Organization com
manders will designate in advance the days and hours for prescribed drills or for
equivalent instruction or duty of their organizations and publish the schedules in
orders. Copies of such orders will be furnished the commandant of the district.
H-2707. DEFINITION OF DRILL.—A drill will be interpreted as an assembly,
other than a week-end cruise, designated in advance, at which practical work of
not less than one and one-half hours' duration in duties pertaining to the Navy
is conducted, except that one-half hour of actual flying performed by a member
of the aviation branch of the Naval Reserve shall be considered as one drill.
Not more than one drill shall be held in any one week for a division, which drill
may be either a division drill or a battalion drill.
H-2708. EQUIVALENT INSTRUCTION OR DUTY FOR RESERVISTS ATTACHED
TO DIVISIONS.
(1) Equivalent instruction or duty for officers and men attached to battalion
headquarters divisions or fleet divisions will be interpreted as any practical or
theoretical instruction, other than a week-end cruise, designated in advance, of
not less than one and one-half hours' duration conducted on a day other than one
on which drill has been prescribed, that may be deemed by the commanding
officer to be essential for their training. Not more than one period of such
instruction or duty shall be performed, under the provisions of this paragraph,
in any one week; not more than three in any one month; nor more than sixteen
in any one fiscal year.
(2) Equivalent instruction or duty for all men attached to squadron head
quarters division or aviation divisions and for officers attached thereto, who
reside within 20 miles of an air station in which equivalent instruction or duty is
authorized, will be similar to that prescribed in the preceding paragraph of this
article, except that one-half hour of actual flying shall be allowed in lieu of one
and one-half hours of ground instruction or duty, and that not more than four
periods of equivalent instruction or duty may be taken in any one quarter.
(3) Officers attached to squadron headquarters divisions or aviation divisions,
who reside more than 20 miles from an air station in which equivalent instruction
or duty is authorized, may, for any quarter, at their option, in lieu of the combina
tion of drills and equivalent instruction or duty of Article H-2707 and H-2708
(2) , perform such equivalent instruction of duty at any air station or fleet unit
at the convenience of the commanding officer thereof. One period of such in
struction will be counted for each hour and a half of ground instruction or duty
and for each three-quarters of an hour of actual flying. Not more than 4 periods
of such instruction or duty shall be performed, under the provisions of this
paragraph, in any one day; not more than 12 in any one quarter; nor more than
48 in any one fiscal year.
H-2709. APPROPRIATE DUTIES.
(1) Appropriate duties for members of the Fleet Naval Reserve, within the
meaning of section 21 of the Naval Reserve act are defined as any duties, other
than week-end cruises, prescribed by the reservist's immediate commanding
officer as appropriate to the rank or rating of the reservist concerned, and per
formed in unbroken periods of not less than one and one-half hours each, except
that one-half hour of actual flying duty performed by a member of the aviation
branch of the Fleet Naval Reserve shall be allowed in lieu of one and one-half
hours of other duty. Such periods of appropriate duty shall form a basis for
computing the rate of compensation under Articles H-2801 (2) and H-2803.
(2) Wherever the appropriate duty consists of taking a correspondence course,
the completion of each installment will be considered as the equivalent of one
period of duty. Each installment will be so designed as to require an estimated
period of four hours for the average officer.
(3) Orders assigning a reservist to appropriate duty shall set forth the pertinent
requirements of this article and copies will be furnished the Bureau of Navigation
and the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts (Allotment Division).
(4) Under the provisions of Article H-2806, no compensation on account of
appropriate duty is allowed for any period during which the reservist may be
lawfully entitled to pay for active duty or training duty, although the appropriate
duty may have been performed during a period of inactive service. (Sec. 21 of
the act.)
H-2710. DEFINITION OF ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS.—Administrative
functions consist of those duties performed by an officer in command of an
organization connected with the discipline, preservation of equipment, pay,
clothing, accounts, reports, returns, and the keeping of records of an organization,
or in other words, all duties other than those pertaining to its drilling and training.
The faithful performance of such administrative duties will be established by the
certificate of the next superior commanding officer having administrative func
tions, or by the commandant of the district where there is no other superior
commanding officer, that the officer claiming administrative pay was actually
and properly in command of the organization and faithfully performed the ad
ministrative functions in connection therewith during the period for which
administrative pay is claimed.
H-2711. UNIFORMS.—In order to receive credit for drill a member of a
division must actually be present in uniform at the regularly scheduled drill of
his own division. Members of the Fleet Naval Reserve authorized to receive
equivalent instruction, or perform equivalent duty or appropriate duties, in
connection with organizations must actually be present, in uniform, at a regularly
scheduled assembly, in order to receive credit for the instruction or duty.
H-2712. RECORD OF DRILLS TO BE KEPT.—The commander of each division
shall keep a monthly record of each officer and man of his organization at every
drill or assembly for instruction showing the number of drills prescribed during
the month, the name of the person, the date of the drill, the period during which
he was actually present and under instruction in uniform, and the character of
drill and instruction for the entire period. The immediate commanding officer
of a reservist authorized to receive equivalent instruction, perform equivalent
duty, or to perform appropriate duties, shall likewise maintain a complete record
showing the date, place, amount, and character of the duty or instruction.
H-2713. COMMANDER OF DIVISION RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS EFFICIENCY.—
The commander of a division is responsible for the instruction, efficiency, and pre
paredness for active service of his division, for its appearance, and discipline, for
the care and preservation of its equipment, and for the proper performance of
duties connected with its pay, clothing accounts, reports, and returns. In his
absence the command of the division devolves upon the officer next in rank who
is assigned to it.
H-2714. JUNIOR OFFICERS' DUTIES—Commanders of divisions will require

their junior officers to assist in the performance of all divisional duties. They
will assign their junior officers to specific positions in the administration of the
division and hold them responsible for results obtained. The assignment of
junior officers does not relieve the division commander of responsibility for the
complete efficiency of the division and proper care of property, nor the junior
officers for efficiency in their personal instruction and training.
H-2715. TRAINING DUTY REQUIREMENTS—In time of peace officers of
the Fleet Naval Reserve and men of class F—1 shall perform 15 days' training
duty each fiscal year unless excused therefrom for good and sufficient reasons, of
which the Bureau of Navigation shall be the judge. (Sec. 20 of the act.)
H-2716. TRAINING DUTY DEFINED.—Training duty is defined as any active
duty for training, other than week-end cruises, performed under competent
orders from either the Bureau of Navigation or the commandant of any naval
district. Reservists who perform not less than 15 days' active duty in any fiscal
year will be excused from performing training duty during that fiscal year.
H-2717. ADDITIONAL TRAINING DUTY ALLOWED.—Officers and men may
be given additional training or other duty, either with or without pay, as may be
authorized, with their consent, by the Secretary of the Navy. (Sec. 20 of the
act.)
H-2718. EFFICIENCY REQUIREMENTS.—The bureau will not consider that
a fleet or battalion headquarters division is maintaining its efficiency unless its
personnel averages an attendance of at least 36 drills in a fiscal year and at least
75 per cent of its personnel makes its cruise as a unit.
H-27I9. INSTRUCTOR-INSPECTORS.—A naval officer will be assigned as in
structor-inspector to each battalion, and to each fleet division not attached to a
battalion, for the purpose of assisting the battalion or division commander in the
training of his command.
H-2720. INSPECTION OF NAVAL RESERVE UNITS.—An inspection of Naval
Reserve units shall be made at least once each year by officers of the regular
Navy detailed by the Secretary of the Navy for that purpose, and said officers
shall report to the Secretary of the Navy upon the qualifications, organization,
and administration of said units. (Sec. 29 of the act.)
H-2721. INSPECTORS OF THE NAVAL RESERVE.—A naval officer attached
to the district will be detailed by the commandant as inspector of the Naval
Reserve for the district. He will make such inspections of battalions, squadrons,
and divisions as is necessary for keeping the commandant completely informed
of their composition, administration, and efficiency.
H-2722. NAVAL RESERVE INSPECTION BOARD.—There will be constituted
in the bureau a board known as the Naval Reserve Inspection Board. It
will be composed exclusively of naval officers; its president will be a captain;
there will be at least two additional line officers, one medical officer, and one
supply officer. The board or a subboard thereof will inspect each battalion,
squadron, and division of the Fleet Naval Reserve annually. It will arrange
the divisions in order of relative efficiency in two separate lists for fleet divisions
and aviation divisions. The board will also arrange all battalions and squadrons
in lists of relative efficiency. The bureau will assign a relative efficiency standing
to the Naval Reserve of each district. Trophies will be awarded by the depart
ment for the leading divisions of each class, and for the leading battalion, squad
ron, and naval district. The board will recommend such officers as deserve
special commendation. It will also recommend the action to be taken to improve
the efficiency of the reserve as a whole and of such particular organizations as
may be below the standard of efficiency set by the bureau.
H-2723. ACTIVE DUTY REQUIRED OF ENLISTED MEN TRANSFERRED FROM
NAVY TO FLEET NAVAL RESERVE.—In time of peace all enlisted men trans
ferred to the Fleet Naval Reserve in accordance with Articles H-2416 arid H-2419
may be required to perform 2 months' active duty in each 4-year period. If
practicable, one period of 15 days' active duty should be performed each year.
H-2801. COMPENSATION FOR OFFICERS BELOW RANK OF LIEUTENANT
COMMANDER AND ENLISTED MEN.
(1) Officers below the grade or rank of lieutenant commander and enlisted
men of the Fleet Naval Reserve attached to a division thereof, organized under
section 3 of this chapter, shall receive compensation at the rate of one-thirtieth
of the monthly base pay of their grades, ranks, or ratings for attending, under
competent orders, each regular drill or other equivalent instruction or duty, as
prescribed in section 7 of this chapter.
(2) Officers below the rank of lieutenant commander and enlisted men of the
Fleet Naval Reserve, not attached to a division, who perform not less than four
periods of appropriate duty, as prescribed under Article H-2709, during any
full calendar month, shall receive four-thirtieths of the monthly base pay of their
grades, ranks, or ratings. For a fractional month, or for a less number of periods
of appropriate duty, they shall receive compensation proportionate to the num
ber of periods of appropriate duty performed or to the period elapsed, whichever
may be the smaller amount. (Sec. 21 of the act.)
H-2802. COMPENSATION LIMITED TO 60 DRILLS.—No officer or enlisted
man shall receive compensation for more than 60 drills or other equivalent in
struction or duty in any one year within the meaning of Article H-2801 (1).
H-2803. COMPENSATION FOR OFFICERS ABOVE THE RANK OF LIEUTEN
ANT.—Officers of the Fleet Naval Reserve above the rank of lieutenant, who
perform not less than four periods of appropriate duty, as prescribed under
Article H-2709, during any full calendar month, shall receive compensation at
the rate of $500 a year. For a fractional month, or for a less number of periods
may be the smaller amount. (Sec. 21 of the act.)
H-2804. ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR OFFICERS PERFORMING AD
MINISTRATIVE DUTIES.—In addition to the pay to which they may otherwise
become entitled under Articles H-2801 and H-2803, officers of or below the rank
or grade of captain of the Fleet Naval Reserve regularly assigned to and com
manding divisions, battalions, and squadrons of the Fleet Naval Reserve, organ
ized under section 3 of this chapter, and having administrative functions, shall
receive compensation at the rate of $240 a year for the faithful performance
of the administrative duties connected therewith as defined in section 7 of this
chapter. (Sec. 21 of the act.)
H-2805. COMPENSATION PAID BY BUREAU OF SUPPLIES AND ACCOUNTS
ON BASIS OF FISCAL QUARTER.
(1) Compensation and pay allowed by Articles H-2801, H-2803, H-2804,
H-2810, H-2811, and H-2812 will be paid by the Bureau of Supplies and Ac
counts in accordance with instructions issued by that bureau.
(2) Checks for compensation under Articles H-2801, H-2803, and H-2804 will
be delivered through the respective reserve organizations in the naval districts.
Checks to transferred members of the Fleet Naval Reserve will be mailed to them
direct from the bureau.
(3) Cheeks received by reserve organizations and not delivered to the payee
named therein within 30 days from the date of" receipt will be returned to the
Bureau of. Supplies and Accounts (Allotment Division) with a statement of the
reason for nondelivery in each case.
H-2806. NOT ENTITLED TO COMPENSATION FOR PERIODS WHEN ON
ACTIVE DUTY.—Pay under provisions of Articles H-2801 to H-2805 shall not
accrue to any officer or enlisted man during a period when he shall be lawfully
entitled to pay for active duty or training duty. (Sec. 21 of the act.)
H-2807. WEEK-END CRUISES NOT REGARDED AS DRILL'S.—Week-end
cruises shall not be regarded as drills or other equivalent instruction or duty nor
as appropriate duty. (Sec. 21 of the act.)
H-2808. SUBSISTENCE AUTHORIZED WHEN PERFORMING DUTY WITH-
OUT PAY.—When authorized training or other duty without pay is performed
by officers or men they may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Navy, be
furnished subsistence in kind or commutation thereof at a rate to be fixed from
time to time by the Secretary of the Navy. (Sec. 20 of the act.)
H-2809. INCREASE OE PAY FOR DUTY INVOLVING ACTUAL FLYING IN
AIRCRAFT.—Officers and men while detailed for training or other duty in avia
tion which involves actual flying in aircraft, in accordance with orders issued by
the Bureau of Navigation, shall receive the same increases of the pay of their
grades, ranks, or ratings as may be received by officers and enlisted men in similar
grades, ranks, and ratings in the regular Navy for the performance of similar
duty. (Sec. 20 of the act.)
H-2810. PAY OF MEN OF CLASS F-3.—Enlisted men who were transferred
prior to July 1, 1925, from the regular Navy to the Fleet Naval Reserve of the
Naval Reserve Force and who were transferred on July 1, 1925, to the Fleet
Naval Reserve of the Naval Reserve shall receive the rate of pay they were legally
entitled to rec.eive in the Naval Reserve Force. (Sec. 24 of the act.)
H-2811. PAY OF MEN OF CLASS F-5.— Men transferred to the Fleet Naval
Reserve in accordance with Article H-2419, except when on active duty, shall
be paid at the rate of one-half of the base pay they are receiving at the time of
transfer. (Sec. 23 of the act.)
H-2812. PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF CLASS F-4.—Men transferred to class
F-4 in accordance with Article H-2416, shall, except when on active duty, be
entitled to receive, if they have had 16 but less than 20 years' naval service, pay
at the rate of one-third the base pay they are receiving at the time of transfer,
plus all permanent additions thereto, and if they have had 20 or more years'
naval service, pay at the rate of one-half of the base pay they are receiving at
the time of transfer, plus all permanent additions thereto. The pay authorized
shall be increased 10 per centum for all men who may be credited with extra
ordinary heroism in the line of duty or whose average marks in conduct for 20
years or more shall not be less than 95 per centum of the maximum. For the
purposes of this article a complete enlistment during minority shall be counted
as 4 years' service, and any enlistment terminated within 3 months prior to the
expiration of the term of such enlistment shall be counted as the full term of
service for which enlisted. (Sec. 26 of the act.)
H-2813. UNIFORM GRATUITY FOR OFFICERS.
(1) Upon being appointed in the Fleet Naval Reserve an officer shall be paid
a sum of $100 for purchase of required uniforms and thereafter he shall be paid
an additional sum of $50 for the same purpose upon completion of each period of
four years in the Fleet Naval Reserve.
(2) Any officer who has heretofore received a uniform gratuity shall not be
entitled to either of the above-mentioned sums until the expiration of four years
from the date of the receipt of such gratuity.
(3) In time of war or national emergency, a further sum of $150 for purchase
of required uniforms shall be paid to officers of all classes of the Naval Reserve
when they first report for active duty.
(4) The above gratuities shall be paid when the officer concerned certifies that
he has in his possession in good condition the articles of uniform and equipment
specified in Article H-1713. (Sec. 12 of the act.)
H-2814. SUBSISTENCE FOR WEEK-END CRUISES.
(1) Officers of the Fleet Naval Reserve and men of class F-l will be allowed
cash in lieu of subsistence during week-end cruises on board vessels assigned to
training the Naval Reserve at a rate of 30 cents per meal during the time they are
actually on board and away from their home port, for periods of not less than 24
hours.
(2) Before making week-end cruises for which subsistence is desired authority
must be obtained from the commandant. Requests for subsistence should state
the number of individuals to be paid subsistence and the number of meals per
individual. The bureau will give the commandants of naval districts money
allotments for subsistence for week-end cruises which must not be exceeded.
(3) After the termination of the cruise, the commanding officer will submit a
letter to the commandant stating the names and grades of the individuals making
the cruise, the number of meals for which each is entitled to commutation and
the time of leaving and returning to home port.
(4) The commandant will indorse this letter to the district supply officer, with
the authority to pay to each individual the amount allowed in accordance with
this article and will state in the indorsement that the payment of subsistence has
been authorized by the Bureau of Navigation, citing the authority.
(5) Copies of all public bills on which subsistence has been paid, in accordance
with this article, must be furnished to the Bureau of Navigation.
H-2815. PAY OF MEN OF CLASS F-2.—Men of class F-2 shall be paid in
advance $25 per annum. (Sec. 22 of the act.)
H-2816. TRAVEL ALLOWANCE FOR MEN OF CLASS F-4.—Enlisted men
transferred from the regular Navy to class F-4 on the date of expiration of their
enlistment in the Navy are entitled, upon the transfer, to travel allowance of
5 cents per mile for all land travel (both within the United States and abroad)
and to transportation in kind (including subsistence) for sea travel involved
from the place where the man may be at the time of transfer to the place of
acceptance of enlistment. Enlisted men transferred from the Navy to the Fleet
Naval Reserve at other than expiration of enlistment, whose status as a reservist
becomes upon the transfer that of inactive duty, are entitled to travel allowance
as stated above.
H-2817. GRATUITOUS ISSUE OF UNIFORM FOR MEN OF CLASS F-l.—Men
of class F-l are entitled to the gratuitous issue of uniforms provided for in
Article H-1511 upon first reporting for drill or training duty after enlisting,
reenlisting, or extending an enlistment for four years.
Section 9. RETIREMENTS AND DISCHARGES
H-2901. RETIREMENT OF ENLISTED MEN TRANSFERRED PRIOR TO JULY
1, 1925, FROM NAVY TO NAVAL RESERVE FORCE.—Men of classes F-3-c and
F-3-d shall upon completing 30 years' service, including naval service and time
in the Fleet Naval Reserve of the Naval Reserve Force and in the Fleet Naval
Reserve of the Naval Reserve, be transferred to the retired list of the regular
Navy with the pay they were then legally entitled to receive, plus the allowances'
to which enlisted men of the regular Navy are entitled on retirement after 30
years' naval service. (Sec. 24 of the act.)
H-2902. RETIREMENT OF ENLISTED MEN TRANSFERRED AFTER JULY 1,
1925, FROM NAVY TO NAVAL RESERVE.
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(1) Enlisted men transferred to the Fleet Naval Reserve in accordance with
Article H-2416, and who are not retired in accordance with Article H-2903 (1),
shall, upon completion of 30 years' service, including naval service and time in
the Fleet Naval Reserve, be transferred to the retired list of the regular Navy
with the pay they were then receiving and the allowances to which enlisted men
of the same rating are entitled after 30 years' naval service. (Sec. 27 of the act.)
(2) Men transferred to the retired list of the regular Navy in accordance
with Article H-2903 (1) shall receive the pay they were receiving as members
of the Fleet Naval Reserve, and upon the completion of 30 years' service, in
cluding naval service and time in the Fleet Naval Reserve and time on the
retired list of the Navy, they shall receive the allowances to which enlisted men
of the regular Navy are entitled on retirement after 30 years' naval service.
(3) All enlisted men transferred to the Fleet Naval Reserve in accordance
with Article H-2419 shall, upon completion of 30 years' service, including naval
service and time in the Fleet Naval Reserve, be transferred to the retired list of
the regular Navy with one-half of the base pay of their ratings plus all permanent
additions thereto, and the allowances to which enlisted men of the same ratings
are entitled on retirement after 30 years' naval service. (Sec. 23 of the act.)
H-2903. PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS REQUIRED OF ENLISTED MEN TRANS
FERRED FROM NAVY TO FLEET NAVAL RESERVE.
(1) Men transferred to the Fleet Naval Reserve under the provisions of Article
H-2416 shall be examined physically at least once during each four-year period,
and if upon such examination they are not found physically qualified they shall
be transferred to the retired list of the regular Navy. (Sec. 27 of the act.)
(2) Men transferred in accordance with Article H-2419 shall be physically
examined at least once during each four-year period. If upon such examination
they are found not physically qualified to perform duty in time of war they shaD
be discharged. (Sec. 23 of the act.)
(3) Men placed in classes A or B of H-2317 will be considered physically
qualified.
(4) Commandants of naval districts will conduct the necessary examinations
and order boards of medical survey.
H-2904. DISCHARGE OF ENLISTED MEN TRANSFERRED TO FLEET NAVAL
RESERVE.—Enlisted men transferred to the Fleet Naval Reserve from the regular
Navy in accordance with law shall be at all times be governed by the laws
and regulations for the government of the Navy, and shall not be discharged
from the Naval Reserve without their consent except by sentence of a court-
martial or in accordance with the provisions of Article H-2903. (Sec. 6 of the
act.)
CHAPTER 3
VOLUNTEER NAVAL RESERVE
Section 1. MISSION
H-3101. MISSION.—The mission of the Volunteer Naval Reserve is to pro
vide additional personnel for general service usually in the United States Fleet
and Naval "Transportation Service, and other personnel for special service;
usually on shore, as required by the war organization.
H-3201. OFFICERS.—The officers of the Volunteer Naval Reserve are divided
into two general categories:
(a) General-service officers, including all the officers of classes D-V(G),
E-V(G), DE-V(G), A-V(G), MC-V(G), DC-V(G), SC-V(G),
ChC-V(G). Such officers are suitable for general duty and will
usually be assigned to the United States Fleet or Naval Trans
portation Service.
(6) Special-service officers, including all the officers of classes D-V(S),
E-V(S), DE-V(S), A-V(S), MC-V(S), DC-V(S), SO-V(S), ChC-
V(S), CC-V(S), CEC-V(S), C-V(S), I-V(S), O-V(S), L-V(S),
NT-V(S). Such officers are suitable for special duty and will
usually be selected for such duty in the department or naval dis
tricts, but in some cases in the United States Fleet or Naval Trans
portation Service.
H-3202. ENLISTED MEN.
(1) The enlisted personnel of the Volunteer Naval Reserve shall be com
posed of :
(a) Men associated with battalion headquarters divisions and fleet
divisions (V-l).
(6) Men associated with squadron headquarters divisions and aviation
divisions (V-2).
(c) Men of communication ratings maintained directly under the com
mandant (V-3).
(d) Men enlisted within three months of their discharge from the regular
Navy and maintained directly under the commandant (V-4).
(e) Student aviators enlisted as seamen second class (V-5).
(/) All other men of the Volunteer Naval Reserve (V-6).
(2) The enlisted men of the Volunteer Reserve, with the exception of certain
selected men enlisted for the purpose of retaining them in their peace-time
stations during war, will be available for duty in the United States Fleet and Naval
Transportation Service in the event of war.
H-3301. GENERAL-SERVICE OFFICERS.—General-service officers- may be
associated with divisions, battalions, and squadrons as supernumeraries for the
purpose of bringing the reserve crews or squadrons to full strength and for volun
tary training. Such officers will be administered by the division, battalion, or
squadron commander. Other general-service officers will be administered by
the commandant and may be assigned to reserve crews or squadrons for purposes
of mobilization. Officers not assigned to reserve crews or squadrons will be
assigned for purposes of mobilization to definite duties in the United States Fleet
or Naval Transportation Service or for general service.
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H-3302. SPECIAL-SERVICE OFFICERS.—Special-service officers will not be

associated with divisions, battalions, or squadrons. They will be administered
by the commandant. Special-service officers will be assigned for purposes of
mobilization to reserve crews where vacancies exist, or to duty under the depart
ment, the commandant of naval districts, the Commander in Chief, United States
Fleet, or Director, Naval Transportation Service.
(1) Commandants of naval districts may authorize fleet and battalion head
quarters divisions to associate with them a number of enlisted men of class V— 1
not to exceed 50 per division. The purpose of associating these men with Fleet
Reserve organizations is to provide a source from which vacancies in the Fleet
Reserve allowances may be filled during peace time and a moans of providing
full reserve crews at mobilization.
(2) Where authorized by the department, a band may be organized with men
of class V-l associated with the battalion headquarters division. Instruments
will not be furnished by the department.
(3) Aviation and squadron headquarters divisions may be authorized by
commandants of naval districts to associate with them a number of enlisted
men of class V-2 not to exceed 20 per division.
(4) The commandant will maintain a reserve of V-3 men in communication
ratings for the following war duties:
(a) Professional radio operators to be continued in their present stations
in the naval districts or on merchant vessels when commissioned by
the Navy.
(6) Professional telegraphers to bring to war strength the complements
for manning the district telegraph facilities,
(c) Amateur or other radio operators for general detail at mobilization.
This communication reserve will be directly under the commandant for the
purpose of administration and training, and he may organize them for this purpose
as he deems desirable.
(5) The commandant will maintain under the supervision of the commanding
officer of the reserve air station of the district the allowed quota of student
aviators in class V-5.
(6) Men of class V-6 will be administered directly under the commandants
and assigned to mobilization duties at his discretion.
H-8401. GENERAL SERVICE.
(1) The bureau will assign to each district a quota of general-service officers
of the Volunteer Naval Reserve.
(2) Commandants are authorized to recommend to the Bureau of Navigation
candidates for appointment as officers up to these quotas for the purpose of
bringing all their reserve crews to full officer strength and to provide a reserve
for general service.
(3) Former officers of the regular Navy who held permanent commissions
therein and graduates of the Naval Academy upon establishing their physical
qualifications as provided for entry into the Fleet Reserve may, if recommended
by the commandant, be appointed in the rank of ensign or such higher permanent
rank but not above lieutenant commander as they may have been holding on
the date of separation from the regular Navy, provided the candidates for ensign
are less than 28, for lieutenant (junior grade) less than 31, for lieutenant less
than 35, and for lieutenant commander less than 40 years of age on the date
their applications are received in the bureau. Applicants for class A-V (G) must
in addition be recommended by the Bureau of Aeronautics.
(4) Graduates of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps may be appointed
as ensigns provided they fulfill the physical qualifications for the Fleet Reserve
and are less than 28 years of age. For medical officers the rank of appointment
is lieutenant (junior grade) and the age limit is 31 years.
(5) Persons may be appointed as ensigns provided they are recommended by
the district commandants, are less than 28 years of age, are physically and pro
fessionally qualified by examination as required for the Fleet Reserve. Candi
dates for Class A-V (G) must be recommended by the Bureau of Aeronautics.
Where candidates for class A-V (G) are qualified commercial pilots, their pro
fessional examination may be waived. For medical officers the rank of appoint
ment is lieutenant (junior grade) and the age limit is 31 years.
H-3402. SPECIAL-SERVICE OFFICERS.
(1) The bureau 'will allot quotas of special-service officers of the various
classes to:
(a) Each bureau and office of the department for war duty directly in or
under the bureau or office.
(6) Each naval district for war duty in reserve crews.
(c) Each naval district for war duty in the district.
(d) Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, for staff duty in the fleet.
(e) Director, Naval Transportation Service, for staff duty in that service.
(2) The various agencies allotted quotas of special-service officers will designate
to the Bureau of Navigation, via the appropriate bureau or office of the Navy
Department, the persons they desire to fill their quotas and will recommend
ranks commensurate with that of their professional attainments, but not to exceed
that of lieutenant commander. For appointment as a special-service officer a
candidate must have resigned from commissioned rank in the regular Navy under
honorable conditions or have graduated from the Naval Reserve Officers' Training
Corps or be prominent in his profession.
(3) The Bureau of Navigation will take final action on all applications and
obtain the appointments from the President.
(4) Special-service officers will be procured only for specific duties in the war
organization of the Navy. This will not prevent their utilization to best advan
tage in any duty, including sea duty, during war time.
(5) Special-service officers must be found physically qualified to perform the
specific duties for which they are to be appointed.
. H-3403. ENLISTED MEN.
(1) The bureau will allot to each district quotas of enlisted men of the Volun
teer Reserve in classes V-l, V-2, V-3, and V-5.
(2) The division commander will procure the men of classes V-l or V-2 to be
associated with his division only between the ages of 18 and 28 and in the ratings
of seamen second class, fireman third class, or mess attendant third class, or
higher ratings if there is a vacancy in them in the complement of the reserve crew
or aviation organization not filled by fleet reservists. All men must establish their
professional and physical fitness in accordance with the standards for the Fleet
Reserve.
(3) Men of class V-3 in communication ratings will be procured only between
the ages of 18 and 35 and where it is desired to retain them in their present or
similar duties at mobilization or to provide a reserve for general detail. They
will be enlisted in ratings proportionate to their professional attainments. Physi
cal defects may be waived where they will not interfere with the efficient per
formance of their probable war-time duties.
(4) Men who apply for enlistment in the Naval Reserve within three months of
the expiration of their enlistment in the Navy and who do not desire to be asso
ciated with divisions may, if qualified for reenlistment in the Navy, be enlisted with
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out regard to the age limits of Article H-1308 in class V-4 in excess of all district
quotas and maintained directly under the commandant. The commandant may
utilize these men at mobilization to bring to full strength Fleet Reserve units,
reserve crews, and aviation organizations or assign them to general duties.
(5) Student aviators in class V-5 between the ages of 18 and 27 will be procured
by the commandant annually for the purpose of ground instruction and training
duty involving flying.
(6) No men will be procured for class V-6, nor will men of this class be re-
enlisted in that class.
H-3501. GENERAL-SERVICE OFFICERS.
(1) In time of peace general-service officers originally appointed or promoted
ubsequent to July 1, 1925, will be eligible for promotion to the next higher rank
or grade, but not above lieutenant commander, when they have completed six
periods of training duty in their present grade or rank of at least 15 days each.
Credit will not be given for more than one training period in any one fiscal year.
(2) General-service officers transferred on July 1, 1925, from the Naval
Reserve Force to the Naval Reserve will be credited by the bureau, upon appoint
ment, with a number of periods of training duty depending upon the active duty,
training duty, drills, or other duties performed by the officer in his present grade
prior to July 1, 1925. The remaining periods, if any, must be served in accord
ance with the preceding paragraph.
(3) Before appointment in the higher rank or grade physical and professional
fitness must be established by examination in accordance with the standards of
the Fleet Reserve.
H-3502. SPECIAL-SERVICE OFFICERS.—In time of peace special-service
officers will be eligible for promotion to the next higher rank or grade, but not
above lieutenant commander, only when in their professional attainments they
have made such a marked increase as would justify a commission in the higher
rank or grade if they are being appointed in the reserve for the first time. They
must be recommended for promotion by the appropriate bureau or office under
whose cognizance they would come in war time. The decision as to whether
they are entitled to promotion or not will be a function of the Naval Examining
Board.
H-3503. PROMOTION OF OFFICERS IN WAR TIME.—In time of war Volunteer
Reserve officers will be promoted in accordance with Article H-1721.
H-3504. ADVANCEMENT OF ENLISTED MEN.—Enlisted men of classes V-l
and V-2 will be eligible for advancement to the next higher rating when they
have completed two periods of training duty in their present rating of at least
15 days each and are professionally qualified by examination for the rating as
provided for in the Fleet Reserve. Enlisted men of class V-3 may be advanced
to the next higher rating when their proficiency has so increased as would justify
their appointment in the higher rating if they were being enlisted in the reserve
for the first time. There will be no advancement in rating for men of V-4 and
V-6. Student aviators of class V-5 will be eligible for commissions as ensigns
in the Naval Reserve after the successful completion of their course of training.
Section 6. TRAINING
H-3601. General-Service Officers.
(1) General-service officers are not required by law to perform any training.
They may, however, when associated with divisions in the manner prescribed in
Article H-3301, be permitted to perform, without pay, drills, or equivalent duty.
(2) They may be permitted, on their own application, and within the training
quotas assigned, to perform the same training duty as is given to officers of the
Fleet Reserve, and with the same pay and allowances.
(3) They may be allowed to perform training duty without pay, in excess of
the training quotas assigned, in periods not to exceed 15 days.
H-3602. Special-Service Officers.
(1) Special-service officers may be permitted on their own applications to
perform training duty without pay, in periods not to exceed 15 days.
(2) In special cases when recommended by a bureau or office of the Navy
Department, a special-service officer may be permitted by the Bureau of Naviga
tion to perform 15 days' training duty with the same pay and allowances as for
the Fleet Naval Reserve.
H-3603. Enlisted Men.
(1) Enlisted men of the Volunteer Naval Reserve are not required to perform
any training.
(2) Men of classes V-l and V-2 may perform drills and equivalent duty with
the divisions with which they are associated. Men of class V-l may perform
training duty within quotas fixed by the bureau, provided they have attended at
least 12 drills of the divjsion with which they are associated during the six months
immediately preceding the training duty. Men of class V-2 may perform train
ing duty within quotas fixed by the bureau. When performing such training
duty, men of classes V-l and V-2 are entitled to the same pay and allowances as
men of the Fleet Reserve.
(3) Men of class V-3 may take such courses in naval communications as may
be prescribed by the bureau.
(4) Men of all classes of the Volunteer Reserve may be given voluntary training
duty without pay, at the convenience of commandants of naval districts and
commanding officers of vessels, in the manner prescribed in Article H-3604.
(5) Student aviators (class V-5) are authorized to perform with pay and
allowances the training involving flying prescribed in Syllabus for Training of
Student Naval Reserve Aviators.
H-3604. Training duty without pay.
(1) Volunteer Reserve officers and men who desire to perform training duty
without pay, may apply to the commandant of their naval district for a cruise
on a Naval Reserve vessel, or direct to the senior officer present of any naval
force, who is authorized to approve such requests when accommodations are
available.
(2) No subsistence, mileage, travel, or other allowances will be granted re
servists performing voluntary training duty without pay.
(3) The commanding officer of the vessel on which voluntary training duty
without pay is performed will submit fitness reports on the officers performing
this duty, and will make the appropriate entries in the records of enlisted men.
H-3605. Uniform allowances.
(1) Officers are not entitled to any uniform gratuity or gratuitous issue of
uniforms in time of peace. Upon reporting for active duty in war or national
emergency all officers of the Volunteer Reserve are entitled to a uniform gratuity
as provided for in Article H-2813(3).
(2) Men of class V-l are entitled to the same gratuitous issue of uniforms as
prescribed for men of class F-l upon the completion of six drills with the division
with which they are associated.
(3) Men of class V-2 are entitled to the same gratuitous issue of uniforms as
prescribed for men of class F-l upon first reporting for drills or training duty.
(4) Men of classes V-3, V-4, and V-6 are not entitled to any gratuitous issue
of uniforms in peace time.
(5) Student aviators of class V-5 are entitled to the same gratuitous issue of
uniforms as prescribed for men of class F-l upon reporting for training duty
all men will receive the gratuitous issue of uniforms provided in Article H-1510.
CHAPTER 4
MERCHANT MARINE NAVAL RESERVE
Section 1. MISSION
H-4101. MISSION.—The mission of the Merchant Marine Naval Reserve is
to create and train organizations on board seagoing vessels of the merchant
marine for service on board their own vessels when commissioned by the Navy
in the event of war.
H-4201. ELIGIBILITY FOR MEMBERSHIP.—The Merchant Marine Naval
Reserve shall be composed of male citizens of the United States and of the insular
possessions of the United States who follow or who have followed the sea as a
profession and who are employed, or who have been employed within three
years, on public vessels of the United States or such other seagoing vessels docu
mented under the laws of the United States as may be approved by the Secretary
of the Navy. (Sec. 30 of the act.)
H-4202. OFFICERS.
(1) The officers of the Merchant Marine Naval Reserve consist of the following
three classes in peace time:
D-M, deck officers.
(2) In war time the following classes may be added :
SC-M, supply officers.
MC-M, medical officers.
H-4203. MEN.—Men of the Merchant Marine Naval Reserve belong to class
M-l.
H-4301. MERCHANT VESSELS SUITABLE FOR SERVICE AS NAVAL AUXIL
IARIES.—The department will issue annually a list of vessels which are suitable
for service as naval auxiliaries in the United States Fleet or Naval Transporta
tion Service in time of war. This list will be known as the "Auxiliary List."
H-4302. MOBILIZATION ALLOWANCES.—The Bureau of Navigation will
state the mobilization allowances of Merchant Marine Naval Reserve officers
in each rank and men in each rating which it desires to use on board each vessel
of the auxiliary list when commissioned by the Navy in the event of war.
H-4303. RESERVE GROUPS.—In accordance with the funds available it ia
desired to organize and maintain reserve groups of officers and men on bo_rd
certain of the most important vessels carried on the above list. These groups
will be composed of the master, the chief engineer, and definite quotas of deck
and engineer officers and men of class M-l for each ship, as specified by the
bureau annually. These quotas will generally correspond with the mobilization
allowances of line officers and men of class M-l provided for in Article H-4302,
except that on certain vessels they may include only the master and chief engineer.
H-4304. OFFICIAL TITLE OF THE RESERVE GROUP.—The official title of the
reserve group will be "Reserve Group, S. S. ."
H-4305. THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE RESERVE GROUP—The senior
officer of the reserve group will be responsible to the commandant of the naval
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district in which, the home port of the vessel lies for the administration of the
reserve group. The senior officer holds a position corresponding in general to
that of a division commander of the Fleet Naval Reserve.
H-4306. RESERVISTS TRANSFERRED TO OTHER SHIPS OR TO SHORE.—
Reservists transferred to a ship where a reserve group is organized will join that
group provided there is a vacancy. Reservists transferred to ships whose re
serve groups have no vacancies or for which no reserve groups are organized will
report by letter to the commandant of the district in which the home port of
their district lies. Reservists who are not serving on board ship will report by
letter to the commandant of the district in which they reside. The commandant
is responsible for the administration of all reservists not attached to reserve
groups.
H-4307. NAVAL RESERVE FLAG.
(1) The Secretary of the Navy will issue a warrant to a ship of the auxiliary
list to fly the Naval Reserve flag when the master and not less than 50 per cent
of the mobilization allowance of Merchant Marine Naval Reserve deck and en
gineer officers, as specified in Article H-4302, is actually rilled with officers of the
Naval Reserve.
(2) This flag shall not be flown in lieu of the national ensign.
H-4401. OFFICERS.
(1) The commandants of naval districts are responsible for the procurement
of officers of the Merchant Marine Naval Reserve.
(2) During peace time appointments will be made only in classes D-M, E-M,
and DE—M. In actual or threatened war, appointments may be made also in
classes SC-M and MC-M.
(3) In order for a commandant to recommend a candidate for appointment
during peace time:
(a) He must have served six months on a vessel for which a reserve
group is authorized by the department.
(6) There must be a vacancy in the officer quota of the reserve group
which his present permanent duty qualifies him to fill as provided
by the Procurement Table.
(c) He must be recommended by the senior officer of the Reserve Group
and state his intention of continuing on board the vessel on which
he is now serving.
(d) He must pass a professional examination as prescribed for the Fleet
Naval Reserve. A deficiency in ordnance and gunnery may be
waived. The scope of these examinations is shown in Article H-2518.
(e) He must pass a physical examination; minor physical defects may be
waived by the department provided they do not interfere with
his performance of duty as certified by the Senior Officer of the
Reserve Group.
(J) He must be within certain age limits as follows:
For appointment as ensign, 30 years.
For appointment as lieutenant (junior grade), 38 years.
For appointment as lieutenant, 46 years.
For appointment as lieutenant commander, 54 years.
(4) The rank in which the appointment is made depends upon the permanent
duties which the candidate is actually performing on the vessel whose reserve
group he desires to join, as certified by the senior officer of that group. The
rank in the Naval Reserve corresponding to the present duties of the candidate
is shown in the Procurement Table issued by the Bureau of Navigation.
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(5) The commandant will forward the recommendation for. appointment in

letter form, via the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, to the Bureau of Navigation,
showing in detail how the candidate is eligible in all respects for appointment.
A report of physical examination on M. & S. Form P2-5/EN-10 in duplicate
shall accompany the application. Final action in each case will be taken by the
Bureaus of Navigation and Medicine and Surgery, and if the candidate is qualified
the Bureau of Navigation will submit the appointment to the President.
(1) The senior officers of reserve groups are responsible for the procurement
of the men of the Merchant Marine Naval Reserve during peace time.
(2) Men of class M-l will be procured during peace time only to fill vacancies
in the quotas of reserve groups. In order for a man to be enlisted:
(a) He must have served three months on a vessel for which a reserve
group is authorized by the department.
(b) There must be a vacancy in a rating of the enlisted quota of this
reserve group which his present duty on board qualifies him to fill
as provided in the Procurement Table.
(c) He must state his intention of continuing on board the vessel on
which he is now serving.
(d) He must pass the professional examination prescribed for enlisted
men of the Navy.
(e) He must pass the physical examination by a naval or naval reserve
medical officer of the same character as for men of the regular
Navy.
(J) He must be between 18 and 35 years of age.
(3) In the event of war all men of the Merchant Marine actually serving on
board vessels to be commissioned by the Navy will be offered enlistments in the
Merchant Marine Reserve, provided that it is desired to retain them on board,
that they are recommended by their masters, and are physically qualified for
war-time duty on board the vessel on which they are serving. All such men
fully qualified for the regular Navy may be enlisted therein, instead of in the
Merchant Marine Naval Reserve.
(4) The rating in which the enlistment is made depends upon the permanent
duties which the candidate is actually performing on the vessel whose reserve
group he desires to join, as certified by the senior officer of that group.
(5) The usual enlistment record and papers will be made out and handled
by the senior officer of the reserve group in the manner prescribed for a division
commander of the Fleet Naval Reserve.
Section 5. PROMOTIONS AND DISCHARGES
H-4501. OFFICERS.
(1) During peace time officers are eligible for promotion when the following
conditions have been fulfilled:
(a) The officer must be attached to a reserve group and must have served
in a reserve group for at least one year.
(b) He must be performing permanent duties, as certified by the senior
officer of the group, which would permit his appointment in the next
higher grade, if he were being appointed for the first time.
(c) He must be recommended by the senior officer of the group.
{d) He must pass a professional examination as prescribed for the Fleet
Reserve.
(e) He must be physically qualified as for original appointment in the
next higher grade.
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(2) In war time officers will be promoted as prescribed in Article H-1718.

(1) During peace time an enlisted man may be advanced in rating by the
senior officer of his group when he is actually performing permanent duties which
would permit his enlistment in the next higher rating if he were being enlisted for
the first time, provided he has served at least one year in a reserve group and
passes the professional examination prescribed for enlisted men of the Navy.
Reports shall be submitted as shown in Article H-1435.
(2) During war time enlisted men will be promoted in accordance with the
procedure prescribed for the regular Navy.
H-4503. DISCHARGES.—Officers and enlisted men shall be discharged from the
Merchant Marine Naval Reserve three years after they have ceased to follow
the sea as a profession. (Sec. 31 of the act.)
Section 6. TRAINING
H-4601. TRAINING DUTY WITH PAY.—Officers and men may be permitted
on their own application, approved by the commandant of their naval district
and the Bureau of Navigation, to perform the same training duty as is given to
officers of the Fleet Reserve and with the same pay and allowances. (Sec. 32
of the act.)
H-4602. TRAINING DUTY WITHOUT PAY.
(1) Merchant Marine Naval Reserve officers and men may be permitted, on
their own application, to perform training duty without pay in periods not to
exceed 15 days.
(2) Officers and men desiring to perform such duty may apply to the senior
naval officer present of any naval force, who is authorized to approve such
requests when accommodations are available.
(3) No mileage, travel, or other allowances will be granted reservists perform
ing voluntary training duty without pay. Subsistence in kind shall be furnished
enlisted men. Officers shall be paid commutation of subsistence at the rate of
$1 per diem.
without pay is performed will submit fitness reports on officers performing
this duty and will make the appropriate entries in the records of enlisted men.
H-4603. INSTRUCTION OF RESERVE GROUPS.—The Bureau of Navigation
will furnish reserve groups with appropriate professional literature concerning
the operation and administration of the Navy. Commanding officers of all
naval vessels will afford every opportunity for officers to inspect their vessels and
to learn the details of their operation and administration. The senior officer
will give the officers and men of his group such instruction, practical and theoret
ical, in naval subjects as may be possible. The inspectors of the Naval Reserve
of naval districts will inspect the reserve groups on board their vessels. In the
case of reserve groups which consistently maintain a high proportion of their
personnel quotas the department, upon application of the senior officer of the
group, will detail a naval officer to make a cruise on board the vessel for the
purpose of inspecting and instructing %he reserve group.
H-4604. VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS.—Every opportunity will be taken to
exchange visual signals between vessels of the Navy and those flying the Naval
Reserve flag
H-4701. PAY.—Officers and men of the Merchant Marine Naval Reserve,
when not on active duty shall be paid quarterly at the rate of 1 month's base
pay of their corresponding ranks, grades, and ratings in the regular Navy per
annum, provided that during the quarter they have been attached to an author
ized reserve group for a period of at least 60 days and actually have been serving
on the vessel for which the group was authorized, as certified by the senior
officer thereof. This pay shall be additional to any pay to which they may be
entitled for training duty. (Sec. 33 of the act.)
H-4702. UNIFORMS.
(1) Officers are not entitled to any uniform gratuity or gratuitous issue of
uniforms during peace time.
(2) When performing training duty, officers may wear the uniform worn by
them in the Merchant Marine.
(3) Enlisted men who report for IS days' training duty are entitled to the
gratuitous issue of uniforms prescribed in Article H-1511.
H-4703. APPROPRIATIONS.—The funds required for the purposes of this
section shall first have been made available by the Congress for this specific
purpose. (Sec. 33 of the act.)
INDEX
Accounting officer, district H-1722

Active dnty:
compensation, Fleet Naval Reserve H-2808
in time of peace . H-1704
in time of war H-1708
release from.. H-1708
required of transferred members of Fleet Naval Reserve H-2723
requirements for promotion.. H-2509
reservists, administration of H-1418
training H-2718
training, reports on H-1419
Additional compensation, administrative duties H-2804
Addresses—changes of:
reported to Bureau of Supplies and Accounts H-144S
officers H-1443
Administration :
recruiting, organization, training, inspection, and mobilization, officers allowed for H-1214
Merchant Marine Naval Reserve group H-4306
Administrative duties, additional compensation for officers.. H-2804
Administrative functions, definition of H-2710
Advancement : *
enlisted men, Volunteer Naval Reserve.. H-3804
enlisted men, Fleet Naval Reserve. - H-2519
Age:
first enlistment H-1308
qualifications, Fleet Naval Reserve H-2405
recruits to swear to H-1308
Allowances :
pay of commissioned officers H-1601
uniform, Volunteer Naval Reserve H-3606
Appointment:
former officers of Naval Reserve Force to Naval Reserve H-1210
permanent; petty officers H-1432
Merchant Marine Naval Reserve H-1211
Volunteer Naval Reserve H-1211
Appointment or enlistment, members of Naval Militia in Fleet Naval Reserve H-2410
Appointments and transfers, rank in which made 7 H-2404
Appropriate duties _ 1 ! -2709
Appropriations, Merchant Marine Naval Reserve H-4703
Armories, stow uniforms in H-1513
Assignment to class F-8 :
completion of enlistment in Navy H-2414
restrictions on H-2416
Assignment of service numbers by commandant H-1318
Authority for transfers _ H-1414
Aviation division, the H-2308
Aviation units:
mobilization of. H-2316
organization.. ^ H-2303
Aviators:
fitness reports H-1422
qualifications H-2610
Battalion, the H-2308
Bedding and clothes bags, issue of.. H-1514
Benefits:
injury H-1504
members of Naval Reserve H-1702
men in Naval Reserve reenlisting in regular Navy H-1701 ■
Bureau of Aeronautics H-1408
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Bureau of Construction and Repair H-1405
Bureau of Engineering... H-1406
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery H-1407
Bureau of Navigation.. H-1403
continuous-service certificates. - H-1328
Bureau of Ordnance - H-1404
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts H-1409
fiscal quarter, compensation paid H-2805
Candidates, method of selecting to fill vacancies H-2407
Cause for discharge of officers H-1607
Causes, discharge of enlisted men in time of peace H-1608
Changes of address:
enlisted men. H-1444
officers H-1443
reported to Bureau of Supplies and Accounts H-1445
Change of rating of enlisted men, report of H-1435
Character of discharge, entered on discharge certificate H-1611
Chief petty officers, reenlistment of H-1312
Citizens of insular possessions, eligible for membership _ H-1202
Citizens of United States, eligible for membership. H-1202
Civil branch of public service, authorized employment in. H-1213
Claim for compensation for injury, to be filed within one year H-1509
Class A-F, special requirements for 1 H-2405
Class F-2, restrictions on assignment to H-2415
Classes F-2, F-3-c, F-3-d, F-4-c, F-4-d, and F-5, maintenance of records H-2317
Classes of Fleet Naval Seserve , H-1205
Classes of Merchant Marine Naval Eeserve H-1206
Classes of Naval Reservsi.. t. H-1201
Classes of Volunteer Naval Eeserve. ! 11-1207
Clothes bags and bedding, issue of. H-1514
Commandant:
appoint recruiting officers. H-1306
assign service numbers - H-1316
report enlistments weekly H-1323
Commandant of naval districts H-1410
Commander of division, responsible for its efficiency. H-2713
Commanding officer, to report injuries to personnel H-1606
Compensation:
claim filed within one year H-1509
fiscal quarter, paid by Bureau of Supplies and Accounts H-2805
limited to 60 drills H-2S02
officers above rank of lieutenant H-2803
officers below rank of lieutenant commander and enlisted men H-2801
when on active duty, not entitled to H-2806
Compensation or vocatioretraining received, not eligible for membership H-1305
Completion of enlistment in Navy, assignment to class F-2 H-2414
Composition of Naval Reserve H-1202
Computation:
number of vacancies in each rank. H-2503
semiannually, number of officers above lieutenant commander H-1215
service in Fleet Naval Reserve - H-2417
Constitution of Naval Militia H-1724
Continuous-service benefits, accruing to members of Naval Reserve _ H-1702
Continuous-service certificates H-1325
issued by Bureau of Navigation H-1326
property of men H-1327
Correspondence :
examples of official designation of officers and men H-1208
extra copies not desired H-1442
official channels for H-1436
official residence shown in origin of H-1439
references to be quoted in H-1440
to be dated - H-1438
Creation and establishment of the Naval Reserve H-1201
Crew, reserve H-2305
Crews, reserve, training of - H-2701
INDEX 67
Cruises: j
training H-2703
week-end, not regarded as drills H-2807
week-end, subsistence tor H-2814
Custody of records H-1413
Dates:
. commission or warrant, precedence determined by H-1706
on correspondence H-1438
Death:
in case of, records closed out H-1417
report of H-1431
Deficiencies in officer strength H-2313
Definition:
administrative functions - H-2710
of drill H-2707
Department to fix quotas of officers in each class of Fleet Naval Reserve H-2402
Dependents, transportation for - H-1517
Desertion, case of, records closed out H-1417
Discharge :
character of, entered on discharge certificate H-16H
enlisted men, in time of peace. H-1608
enlisted men, transferred to Fleet Naval Reserve H-2904
honorable H-1610
notification of H-1418
officers, causes for - H-1607
presentation of, before enlisting H-1314
time of peace. - 11-1606
Discharge certificates, recommendation for reenlistment, entered on H-1612
Discharged:
enlistment or appointment in Navy H-1434
men, under other than honorable conditions not to be enlisted _ — H-1315
Discharges :
officers and men, Merchant Marine and Naval Reserve H-4503
Disciplinary action, not barred by release from active duty H-1602
Distribution of officers in grade H-2502
District accounting officer _ - H-1722
District activities, utilization of men for H-2320
Division:
aviation H-2308
squadron headquarters H-2310
Division allowances, officers in excess of H-2307
Drill:
credit for, when in uniform - H-2711
definition of. H-2707
Drills:
compensation for, limited to 60 H-2802
record of to be kept H-2712
schedules of, to be published H-2706
Duties:
appropriate - H- 2709
commandants of naval districts H-1410
Junior officers H-2714
specific, training for - H-2702
Duty:
involving actual flying in aircraft, increase of pay for H-2809
other than active or training duty — H-2705
performed without pay, subsistence. - H-2808-3604
Efficiency:
commander of division, responsible for - --- H-2713
requirements _ - H-2718
Eligibility:
membership - H-1202
membership in Merchant Marine Naval Reserve H-4201
reenlistment H-1311
Employment in civil branch of public service, authorized H-1213
Endorsements—when they shall be used H-1441
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Enlisted men :
active duty required of, transferred from Navy to Fleet Naval Reserve H-2723
advancement in rating _ H-2519
changes of address H-1444
class F-2, pay of H-2815
classes F-3-c and F-3-d, pay of H-2810
class F-5, pay of. H-2811
classes F-3-c, F-3-d, F-4-c, F-4-d, and F-5, hospital and medical treatment for H-1515
classes F-4-c and F-4-d, pay and allowances of. H-2812
classes F-4-c and F-4-d, travel allowance for - H-2816
compensation of...; H-2801
discharged in time of peace. _ H-1808
Fleet Naval Reserve H-2202
class F-l, method of procurement H-2412
discharge H-4503
pay and allowances of H-4701
procurement of H-4402
promotion H-4502
training duty with pay - H-4601
training duty without pay H-4602
uniform gratuity H-J702
midshipman appointed from H-1715
Navy, transferred prior to July 1, 1925, to class F-4 H-2416
ordered to or released from active training duty, reports on H-1419
report of examination and change of rating of - - H-1435
requirements for appointments as midshipmen H-1716
training duty, physical examination for H-1720
transferred prior to July 1, 1925, from Navy to Naval Reserve Force, retirement of H-2901
transferred after July 1, 1925, from Navy to Naval Reserve - H-2902
transferred after 20 years' naval service to class F-5 H-2419
transferred from Navy to Fleet Naval Reserve, physical examination required H-2903
transferred to Fleet Naval Reserve, discharge of H-2904
transfer to Volunteer Naval Reserve H-2602
transfers, authority for H-1414
Volunteer Naval Reserve—
advancement of —. H-3504
composition H-3201
organization H-3304
procurement. _ H-3403
training of H-3603
uniform allowances H-3605
Enlisted strength, recruiting of reserve crews - -- H-2312
Enlisting, presentation of discharge before enlisting- _ H-1314
Enlistment :
age H-1308
extension of H-1302
men discharged under other than honorable conditions not authorized H-1315
notice furnished Bureau of Supplies and Accounts H-1324
physical requirements for__ H-1310
previous service H-1313
qualification for H-1307
term of. H-1301
Enlistment or appointment :
members of Naval Militia in Fleet Naval Reserve H-2410
Navy, reservist to be discharged- H-1434
Enlistments, commandant to report weekly.. H-1323
Ensign, four years in grade for promotion H-2508
Entrainment for mobilization base.- H-2314
Entries in service records H-1411
Equipment loaned to States H-1726
Equivalent instruction or duty for reservists attached to a division H-2708
Examination :
failure on professional, loss of precedence H-2514
Fleet Naval Reserve officers, scope of — H-2518
officers required to appear - H-2511
INDEX 69
Examinations :
officers failing to appear, submit excuse . H-2512
physical, officers of Naval Reserve H-1717
professional to be conducted by supervisory boards -. H-2519
Examples, official designation of officers and men H-1208
Excuse, submitted by officers failing to appear for examinations _ H-2512
Extension of enlistment _ H-1302
File numbers of personnel •_ H-1437
First enlistment, age for H-1308
Fiscal quarter, compensation paid on basis of. H-2806
Fitness reports H-1422
Flag, Naval Reserve H-4307
Fleet division, the H-2304
Fleet Naval Reserve - H-1201
age qualifications ; H-2405
class F-l, procurement of enlisted men - H-2411
classes of. - H-1205
computation of service H-2417
enlisted men - H-2202
enlistment or appointment of member of Naval Militia —. H-2410
limited to line, Medical and Supply Corps H-2401
mission of. -• H-2101
officers H-2201
professional qualifications - H-2409
sources of procurement for officers H-2403
Fleet Eeserve, line officer, classification of. H-1204
Fleet Eeserve units :
mobilization of H-2319
organization of. H-2318
Fleet units of organization H-2302
Flight training, orders involving for officers, issued by bureau -. H-1420
Forms to be used H-1430
General policies. - H-1401
General-service officers :
organization of Volunteer Naval Reserve H-3202
Volunteer Naval Reserve, training of. H-3601
General service, Volunteer Naval Reserve, procurement - H-3401
Government property issued for instruction of Naval Reserve H-1723
Grade, distribution of officers H-2502
Grades allowed H-1203
Gratuitous issue of uniform for men in time of peace _ - H-1511
Gratuity :
uniform for men - H-1510
uniform for officers - - - £ H-2813
uniform, officers and men of Merchant Marine Naval Reserve H-4702
Health records H-1718
Honorable discharge. -- H-1610
Honorary retired list _ H 1605
Hospital and medical treatment, men of F-3-c, F-3-d, F-4-c, F-4-d, and F-5 H-1515
Hours in air, shown on fitness reports - - H-1422
Identification records, preparation of -- H-1321
Increase of pay involving actual flying H-2809
Indorsements, when they shall be used H-1441
Injured personnel receive medical treatment H-1505
Injuries:
minor, to be recorded H-1507
personnel, report of, by commanding officer H-1508
Injury:
benefits for H-1604
report required on special form H-1508
Inspection:
board, Naval Reserve H-2722
Naval Reserve units H-2720
recruiting, administration, training, organization, and mobilization, officers allowed H-1214
Inspectors, Naval Reserve -- H-2721
Instruction of Naval Reserve, Government property issued for H-1723
Instruction of reserve groups, Merchant Marine Naval Reserve H-4603
Instructors-inspectors H-2719
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In time of peace:
discharge of officers and men _ H-1606
uniform gratuitous issue for men H-1511
Issue of bedding and clothes bags H-1514
Junior officers' duties H-2714
Leave, military H-1711
lieutenant (junior grade), four years in grade for promotion H-2507
lieutenant, four years in grade for promotion H-2506
Lieutenant commanders, promotion and above by selection 11-2504
Line, Medical and Supply Corps, Fleet Naval Reserve, limited to H-2401
Line officers, classification of. H-1204
Loss of precedence, failure on professional examination T H-2514
Lost or damaged articles of uniform, men to replace H-1512
Maintenance of record for classes F-2, F-3-C, F-3-d, F-4-c, F-d-4, and F-5 H-2317
Marks for professional qualifications _. H-1412
Medical:
and hospital treatment for enlisted men of classes F-3-c, F-3-d, F^-o, F-4-d, and F-5 H-1515
treatment, injured personnel receive .. H-1505
Members of Naval Militia relieved from service in time of war H-1725
Membership:
eligibility for .... H-1202
eligibility in Merchant Marine Naval Reserve _ H-4201
Naval Militia authorized .. H-1212
receiving compensation or vocational training, not eligible for H-1305
Men:
discharged in time of peace "H-1606
classes F-2 and F-4, release to inactive duty H-2418
commissioned, records closed out H-1433
discharged under other than honorable conditions not to be enlisted H-1315
for district activities, utilization of. H-2320
previous service, enlistment of. H-1313
receiving compensation or vocational training, not eligible for membership H-1305
to replace lost or damaged articles of uniform H-1512
training duty, commandant issue orders to. H-1421
uniform gratuity for H-1510
Merchant Marine Naval Reserve:
appropriations H-4703
classes of. H-1206
eligibility for membership in H-4201
group, administration of. H-4305
groups, instruction of. H-4603
groups, organization of. H-4303
mission , H-4101
mobilization allowances H-4302
officers H-4202
officers and men—
discharge of H-4503
training duty with pay H-4601
uniform gratuity H-4702
officers holding provisional rank in Naval Reserve Force, appointment in Naval Reserve H-1211
officers, procurement of - H-4401
official title of reserve group H-4304
pay and allowances, officers and men .. H-4701
procurement of enlisted men . H-4402
promotion, enlisted men _ H-4502
promotion of officers - - --- H-4501
visual communications H-4604
Merchant marine naval reservists, transferred to other ships or shore _ H-4306
Merchant vessels, suitable for service as naval auxiliaries . H-4301
Method of procurement, enlisted men, class F-l _ H-2412
Midshipmen:
appointment from enlisted men H-1715
requirements for appointment - - H-1716
Mileage :
orders involving, may be issued by commandants... H-1420
shown in orders. - H-1420
INDEX 71
Military leave _ H-1711
Minor injuries to be recorded H- 1507
Mission :
Merchant Marine Naval Reserve H-41M
Mobilization:
allowances, Merchant Marine Naval Reserve H-4302
and training, organization for - H-2301
base, entrainment for - H-2314
center, the H-2311
of aviation units H-2318
of Fleet Reserve units H-2319
recruiting, organization, administration, training, inspection, and mobilization, officers allowed
for H-1214
Naval district, duties of commandants - H-1410
Naval Militia:
constitution of, H-1724
members relieved in time of war - H-1725
membership authorized - - H-1212
Naval Operations, Office of. H-1402
Naval Reserve flag H-4307
Naval Reserve Force officers, transferred H-1209
Naval Reserve :
inspection board - H-2722
inspectors of H-2721
Naval Reserve officers, uniforms required H-1713
Naval reservists:
continuous service H-1702
subject to Navy Regulations H-1601
Navy Regulations:
naval reservists subject to - H-1601
retired naval reservists subject to H-1603
Noncitizens, transfer of H-2413
Notice of enlistments, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts H-1324
Notification of discharge H-1418
Number of ship keepers H-1428
Office of Naval Operation* H-1402
0facers:
addresses of. H-1443
assignment of - - H-1427
below rank of lieutenant commander, compensation of H-2801
cause for discharge of H-1607
commissioned by President H-1303
commissioned, pay and allowances of H-1501
compensation above rank of lieutenant ~ — H-2803
computation of number above lieutenant commander H-1215
deficiencies in reserve crews H-2313
distribution in grade 11-2502
examinations, excuse of. H-2512
failing professionally, reexamination of. H-2513
scope of examination of. H-2518
selection of candidates for H-2407
sources of procurement of - H-2403
formerly regular Navy, Coast Guard, precedence of II-1709
having same date of commission and warrant, precedence of. - H-1707
in excess of division allowance... — H-2307
in fleet division - U-2304
in grades above lieutenant commander, proportion of. H-2505
discharge of-. - H-4503
official title of the reserve group of H-4304
procurement of - - - H-4401
promotion of H-4601
training duty with pay of. H-4601
training duty without pay of H-4602
uniform gratuity of. H-4702
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Officers—Continued.
Naval Reserve—
physical examination of. H-1717
uniform prescribed for H-1712
precedence of. H-1708
of Naval Reserve Force, appointed H-1210
performing administrative duties, compensation of H-2804
physical examination of H-1604
recruiting, organization, administration, training, inspection, and mobilization H-1214
required to appear for examination H-2511
training-duty orders issued by H-1420
training, not attached to divisions. H-2704
uniform gratuity of. H-2813
uniforms required of. - - H-1713
composition - H-3201
general service—
organization of H-3202
procurement of. H-3401
promotion of.. - H-3501
training of. H-3601
special service-
promotion of - H-3502
training of H-3602
transfer to H-2601
uniform allowances of - H-3605
when uniforms are to be worn by H-1714
with regular Navy, precedence of. H-1710
harge in time of peace H-1806
official designation of. H-1208
Official:
channels for correspondence H-1436
designation of officers and men H-1208
residence to be shown in origin of correspondence H-1439
Orders:
to enlisted men issued by commandants H-1421
to officers for training duty issued by commandants H-1420
Organization:
of Merchant Marine Naval Reserve groups H-4303
merchant vessels suitable as naval auxiliaries H-4301
recruiting, administration, training, inspection, and mobilization H-1214
training and mobilization for H-2301
Passports.. H-1426
Pay:
for 31st day of month H-1503
involving actual flying in aircraft, increase of H-2809
of men of class F-2 H-2815
of men of classes F-3-c and F-3-d H-2810
of men of class F-5 H-2S11
reservists in travel status entitled to H-1516
Merchant Marine Naval Reserve-
training duty with H-4601
training duty without H-4602
Volunteer Naval Reserve, training duty without H-3604
Pay and allowances:
of classes F-4-c and F-4-d H-2812
of commissioned officers H-1501
officers and men, Merchant Marine Naval Reserve H-4701
of warrant officers and men H-1502
Permanent appointment:
of chief petty officers H-1312
of petty officers H-1432
Permission, leave United States H-1424
INDEX 78
Personnel:
file numbers of H-1437
injured, medical treatment H-1505
Petty officers, permanent appointment of H-1432
Physical examination:
of enlisted men for training duty H-1720
of officers H-1604
of Naval Reserve officers H-1717
required of enlisted men transferred H-2903
result of H-1719
Physical qualifications:
for appointment or transfer, Fleet Naval Reserve H-2408
for promotion H-2515
Physical requirements, enlistment H-1310
Policies, general H-1401
Precedence:
determined by date H-1706
former officers of regular Navy or Coast Guard H-1709
loss of, professional examination _ H-2514
promotion by seniority H-2501
same date of commission or warrant H-1707
same rank in regular Navy H-1710
Preparation:
of identification records - H-1321
of records H-1319
Presentation, discbarge before enlisting H-1314
President, officers commissioned by H-1303
Previous service, enlistment of men with H-1313
Procedure for recruiting 11-1318
Procurement:
Fleet Naval Reserve, enlisted men, class F-l H-2411
Merchant Marine Naval Reserve—
enlisted men _ - H-4402
officers H-4401
method of, enlisted men, class F-l H-2412
officers, sources of H-2403
Volunteer Naval Reserve, reserve officers H-3401
Professional examinations, supervisory boards H-2516
Professional qualifications:
for Fleet Naval Reserve - H-2409
marks for.. _ H-1412
Promotion:
by seniority H-2501
class A-F, qualifications for H-2610
days required for H-2509
Merchant Marine Naval Reserve-
enlisted men H-4502
officers H-4501
of lieutenant commanders - - H-2504
of lieutenants H-2506
of lieutenants (junior grade) -- H-2507
of ensigns H-2508
physical qualifications for H-2515
Volunteer Naval Reserve-
general service H-3501
officers, war time H-3503
Property, Government, for instruction H-1723
Proportion of officers, grades above lieutenant commander H-2505
Qualifications :
class A-F, promotion, additional H-2510
Fleet Naval Reserve-
age H-2405
professional H-2409
for enlistment H-1307
Quotas of officers, Fleet Naval Reserve, department H-2402
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Ranks :
allowed H-1203
appointments and transfers in H-2404
Bating*:
allowed H-1203
of men in fleet division n-2305
Kecommendation, reenlistment, entered on discharge certificates H-1612
Record*:
custody of. H-1413
maintenance of classes F-2, F-3, F-4, F-5... H-2317
of drills to be kept H-2712
of health H-1718
of identification-preparation of-- H-1321
of men closed out when commissioned H-1433
of proceedings forwarded statutory naval examining boards H-2517
preparation of. H-1319
recruiting officers to forward to commandants H-1322
service, accompany enlisted men on active duty H-1328
service, entries in H-1411
to be closed out, death or desertion H-1417
Recruiting:
organization, administration, training, inspection, and mobilization, allowed for H-1214
procedure for . H-1318
reserve crews to full enlisted strength H-2312
Recruiting officers:
appointed by commandants H-1306
forward records to commandants H-1322
Recruits:
required to swear to age H-1309
vaccination of H-1320
Reenlistment:
eligibility for H-1311
in regular Navy, benefits H-1701
of chief petty officers, permanent appointments H-1312
recommendation for, discharge certificates H-1612
Reexamination required if failing professionally H-2513
References quoted in correspondence H-1440
Regular Navy or Coast Guard officers, former, precedence of - H-1709
Release:
from active duty H-1705
from active training duty, reports on - H-1419
from duty status, disciplinary action H-1602
of men classes F-2, F-4 to inactive duty H-2418
Reports:
forms of H-1430
of death H-1431
of examination, rating of enlisted men H-1435
of injuries of enlisted personnel H-1506
of physical examinations H-1717
of transfers H-1415
on men ordered to or released from active or training duty H-1419
special form required for injuries H-1508
Requirements :
for enlistment, physical H-1310
for maintaining efficiency H-2718
special for class A-F H-2406
training duty H-2715
Reserve crew, the... H-2305
recruiting of H-2312
Reserve groups. Merchant Marine Naval Reserve, organization - H-4303
Reservists :
attached to a division, instruction, duty.. - H-2708
in travel status, pay - - H-1516
in United States possessions — H-1425
Merchant Marine Naval Reserve, transferred to other ships or to shore H-4306
on active duty - - H-1416
retired, subject to Navy Regulations - - H-1603
subject to Navy Regulations .- H-1601
INDEX 75
Residence, official, shown in origin of correspondence H-1439
Resrtictions, assignment, class F-2 v H-2415
Result of physical examination H-1719
Retired :
list, honorary H-1605
naval reservists subject to Navy Regulations H-1603
Retirement :
of enlisted men transferred prior to July 1, 1925 - H-2901
of enlisted men transferred after July 1, 1925 H-2902
Schedules of drills, to be published H-2706
Scope of examination, Fleet Naval Reserve H-2518
Secretary of Navy, warrant officers warranted by H-1304
Semiannually, computation of number of officers above lieutenant commander H-1215
Seniority, on lineal precedence list, promotion by H-2501
Service :
certificates, continuous H-1325
property of men - H-1327
Fleet Naval Reserve, computation of- - H-2417
numbers, assignment of by commandants H-1316
records accompany men on active duty — H-1328
records, entries in H-1411
Ship keepers :
number allowed H-1428
subsistence of H-1429
Shipping articles to be typewritten H-1317
Sixty days' active service required in each rank for promotion H-2509
Special requirements, class A-F H-2406
Special-service officers, Volunteer Naval Reserve:
organization H-3302
procurement H-3402
promotion H-3502
Squadron, the. H-2309
headquarters division i H-2310
States, equipment loaned to H-1726
Statutory naval examining boards, record of proceedings forwarded to H-2517
Stowing, of uniforms in armories _ H-1513
Strength:,
fleet division, enlisted H-2304
headquarters division, enlisted H-2306
Subsistence :
for week-end cruises H-2814
of ship keepers H-1429
performing duty without pay, authorized _-. H-2808
Supervisory boards, professional examination conducted by H-2516
Table indicating classes, members Naval Reserve Force transferred to Naval Reserve H-1209
Term of enlistment _ H-1301
Thirty-first day of month, pay for H-1503
Training and mobilization, organization for - — H-2301
Training :
cruises - H-2703
for specific duties --- - --- H-2702
of officers not attached to divisions - H-2704
of reserve crews - H-2701
recruiting, administration, organization, inspection, and mobilization, allowed for H-1214
enlisted men - - - - H-3603
general-service officers — H-3601
special-service officers H-3602
Training duty :
additional allowed - H-2717
denned H-2716
fitness reports on H-1422
with pay H-4601
without pay - H-4602
orders to men issued by commandants H-1421
orders to officers issued by commandant - H-1420
physical examination of enlisted men H-1720
requirements - H-2715
Volunteer Naval Reserve, without pay - H-3604
76 INDEX
Transfers and appointments :
Fleet Naval Reserve, physical qualifications H-2408
rank in which made H-2404
Transfer :
after 20 years' naval service to class F-5 H-2419
authority for H-1414
from Naval Reserve Force to Naval Reserve H-1209
from Navy to Fleet Naval Reserve, active duty required H-2723
of men enlisted in Navy prior to July 1, 1925, to class F-4 H-2416
of noncitizens from the Navy to class F-4 H-2413
reports of H-1415
men _ H-2602
officers _ H-2601
Transportation for dependents , H-1517
Travel allowances for men of classes F-l-c and F-4-d H-2816
Twenty years' naval service, men, transferred to class F-5 _ H-2419
Type of reserve crew _ * II-2305
Uniforms:
credit for drill H-2711
gratuity for men _ H-1510
gratuity for officers J.ijii; H-2813
in armories, encouraged stowing of _ «yt£t H-1518
men required to replace lost or damaged articles of ^"•■•■ifrjt H-1512
Merchant Marine Naval Reserve, gratuity of officers and men H-4702
prescribed for Naval Reserve _ H-1712
required by Naval Reserve officers H-1713
time of peace for men-issue of, _ _ H-1511
Volunteer Naval Reserve, allowances of H-3605
when to be worn H-1714
United States possessions, reservists residing in H-1425
Units:
of organization, aviation H-2303
of organization, Fleet Reserve H-2302
Naval Reserve, inspection of _ H-2720
Utilization of men for district activities H-2320
Vacancies:
computation of number in each rank H-2503
methods of selecting candidates to fill H-2407
Vaccination of recruits 11-1320
Visual communications, Merchant Marine Naval Reserve H-4604
Vocational training or compensation received, membership H-1306
Volunteer Naval Keserve „ H-1201
classes of — , H-1207
enlisted men—
advancement of l - H-3504
organization H-3303
training of H-3603
transfer to H-2602
general-service officers, promotion of- H-3502
holding provisional rank, appointment in Naval Reserve H-1211
mission of H-3101
officers-
promotion in war time - H-3503
transfer to - H-2601
special-service officers—
organization of - ----JJJ1 H-3302
promotion of - - - 22.i.^'ijU H-3502
training of — H-3602
uniform allowances of _ H-3605
Warrant officers, warranted by Secretary of Navy _ H-1304
Warrant officers and men, pay and allowances of- _ H-1502
Week-end cruises :
allowance for subsistence for - H-2814
not regarded as drills H-2807
Years :
required in grade of lieutenant for promotion H-2506
required in grade of lieutenant (junior grade) for promotion H-2507
required in grade of ensign for promotion H-2508
o
REGULATIONS
FOR
ADMINISTRATION AND TRAINING
NAVAL RESERVE OFFICERS'

TRAINING CORPS
UNITED STATES NAVY DEPARTMENT
BUREAU OF NAVIGATION
REGULATIONS
FOR

TRAINING CORPS
Revised and Issued June 1, 1927
UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON
1927
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
Navy Department,
Washington, D. C, April 28, 1926.
From : Chief of Bureau of Navigation.
To : Secretary of the Navy.
Subject: Regulations for Naval Reserve Officers' Train
ing Corps.
Enclosure: (1) Proposed regulations.
1. Section 22 of H. R. 2688, approved March 4, 1925,
provided for the establishment of Naval Reserve Officers'
Training Corps units. The cognizance of these units has
been placed in the Bureau of Navigation. I submit here
with proposed regulations to' govern these units.
2. If approved, these regulations should be submitted
to the President of the United States for his approval.
W. R. Shoemaker.
[First indorsement]
April 28, 1926.
From : The Secretary of the Navy.
To : The President of the United States.
authorized the establishment of Naval Reserve Officers'
Training Corps units. I submit herewith for your ap
proval regulations to govern these units.
Curtis D. Wilbur.
The White House, April 29, 1926.

Regulations approved.
Calvin Coolidge.
(hi)
SECTIONS
I. Authorization and object of Naval Reserve Officers'

Training Corps.
II. Control.
III. Organization and composition.
IV. Conditions of service.
V. Procurement, assignment, transfer, and relief of
officers, warrant officers, and enlisted men.
VI. Duties of officers, warrant officers, and enlisted men.
VII. Training, senior division.
VIII. Uniforms.
IX. Appointment of graduates of the Naval Reserve
Officers' Training Corps as commissioned officers
in the Naval Reserve.
X. Blank forms.
(IV)
REGULATIONS
FOR
NAVAL RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING CORPS
Section I
AUTHORIZATION AND OBJECT OF NAVAL RESERVE OFFICERS'

TRAINING CORPS
Paragraph
Authorization for establishment __ 101
Object 102
Benefits to institution and students 103
Physical training 104
101. Authorization for establishment.—The Naval Reserve
Officers' Training Corps is established under authority of
section 22 of H. R. 2688, "An act providing for sundry
matters affecting the naval service, and for other pur
poses," approved March 4, 1925.
102. Object.—The primary object of the Naval Reserve
Officers' Training Corps is to provide systematic instruc
tion and training at civil educational institutions which
will qualify selected students of such institutions for ap
pointment as officers in the Naval Reserve ; the Naval Re
serve Officers' Training Corps will be expected to supply
efficient junior officers to the Naval Reserve and thus as
sist in meeting the demands for increased commissioned
personnel in war time.
The training given students, who for various reasons
fail to complete the course, or who after completion of
the course are not commissioned in the Naval Reserve, will
add to their usefulness as citizens in peace and war.
(1)
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103. Benefits to institution and students.—The Naval Reserve

Officers' Training Corps will add to the educational re
sources of schools and colleges, aid in the morale of the
student body, and give to the student a training valuable
to him in his industrial or professional career.
104. Physical training.—The efficiency of a military unit
depends largely upon the physical fitness of its members ;
therefore, the department of naval science and tactics will
cooperate fully with the physical training department of
the educational institution.
Sectiox II
CONTROL
Paragraph
Supervision, control, and channel of communications 201
Inspections 202
Responsibility of commandants of naval districts 203
Authority of heads of institutions 204
201. Supervision, control, and channel of communications.—
Supervision, control, and direction of the Naval Reserve
Officers' Training Corps will be exercised by the Navy
Department through the Bureau of Navigation, which is
hereby given all necessary authority in the premises. All
communications to the Navy Department relative to the
Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps will be addressed
to the Bureau of Navigation, unless otherwise specified.
202. Inspections.—In order to properly exercise this con
trol the Bureau of Navigation will make such inspections
as may be necessary during the academic year, exercising
care that such inspections interfere as little as possible
with the work of the students.
203. Responsibility of commandants of naval districts.—The
Bureau of Navigation may delegate any or all of its super
visory authority over units of the Naval Reserve Officers'
Training Corps established in civil educational institu
tions to the commandants of the naval districts in which
the institutions are situated. In such cases the comman
dants will be responsible that the department policies with
reference to instruction, training, and inspection are car-
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j'ied out, and that at least one inspection of each of such

units is made annually by the commandant or his repre
sentative. Reports of such inspection will be forwarded
to the Bureau of Navigation on or before June 30 of each
year.
204. Authority of heads of institutions.—Civilian heads of
educational institutions in which units of the Naval Re
serve Officers' Training Corps are established will retain
the same general authority of supervision and control
over the department of naval science and tactics which
they exercise over other departments of the institution.
Section III
ORGANIZATION AND COMPOSITION

Paragraph
Organization of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps with
unit and senior division denned 301
Courses in the senior division basic and advanced course 302
Designation of senior divisions and students therein 303
Conditions for establishment of senior divisions 304
Applications for establishment 305
Inspection before establishment 306
Withdrawal of a Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps unit from
an institution 307
Land-grant institutions 308
301. Organization of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training
Corps.—The word "unit" as used in these regulations shall
be construed to mean the total enrollment of all students
in the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps at a par
ticular institution. Such units shall be organized as senior
divisions of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps.
The Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps consists of
all naval training units established in civil educational
institutions of the United States.
302. Courses in the senior division.—The course in naval
science and tactics for senior divisions of the Naval Re
serve Officers' Training Corps shall be of four years' dura
tion, divided into the basic course and the advanced course.
The basic course consists of the first two years in the
department of naval science and tactics and is available
4
only for freshman and. sophomore classes of the institu

tion.
The advanced course consists of the final two years of
the course in naval science and tactics, or of such shorter
periods of time as may, in exceptional cases outlined in
these regulations, be prescribed by the Secretary of the
Navy. The advanced course is available only to students
who have successfully completed the basic course and who
are in the junior and senior years of the academic depart
ment.
303. Designation of senior divisions and of students therein.—
The senior division of a Naval Reserve Officers' Training
Corps unit established at a civilian educational institu
tion will officially be known as "(name of institution)
Naval Reserve Unit."
Students enrolled in senior divisions of the Naval Re
serve Officers' Training Corps units will be officially
known as "Naval Reserve students."
The Naval Reserve students will further be known as
"Naval Reserve freshmen," "Naval Reserve sopho
mores," "Naval Reserve juniors," "Naval Reserve
seniors, ' ' corresponding to the same years of the academic
department.
304. Conditions for establishment of senior division.—Before a
unit of the senior division of the Naval Reserve Officers'
Training Corps may be established at a civilian educa
tional institution —
(a) There must be enrolled in the freshman class of the
basic course at least 50 physically fit male students, who
are citizens of the United States, not less than 14 years of
age, who will probably remain four years at the institu
tion and whose qualifications will reasonably insure their
successful completion of the four-year naval course.
(6) The authorities of the institution shall agree to
establish and maintain the courses in naval science and
tactics prescribed by the Bureau of Navigation.
(c) The authorities shall agree to make the successful
completion of the course, when entered upon by the stu
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dent, a prerequisite for graduation, unless such student

be discharged from the Naval Reserve Officers' Training
Corps as provided for in these regulations. (See pars.
405-407.)
(d) An officer of the regular Navy shall be detailed as
professor of naval science and tactics.
305. Application for establishment.—-A civil educational in
stitution desiring the establishment of a unit of the Naval
Reserve Officers' Training Corps should make application
upon the prescribed form to the Bureau of Navigation.
306. Inspection before establishment.—When application is
made in proper form for the establishment of a unit of the
Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps at any institu
tion, if practicable an officer will be designated by the
Bureau of Navigation to visit and inspect such institution.
After completing such inspection this officer will report
to the Bureau of Navigation whether the institution ful
fills all legal requirements and will recommend specifically
whether a unit should be established.
307. Withdrawal of a Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps
anit from an institution— The Navy Department may, upon
the recommendation of the Bureau of Navigation, with
draw any unit and rescind the authority for the establish
ment thereof, at any institution where such a unit is
established, should it be considered that the work of the
unit does not accomplish the purpose for which the corps
was established.
An institution desiring to withdraw its unit from the
Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps will submit a
statement in writing, giving the reasons in full, to the
Bureau of Navigation at least three months prior to the
date upon which the withdrawal is to take effect. The
bureau will not maintain a unit at an institution when
the institution after mature consideration desires its
withdrawal.
The professor of naval science and tactics at any insti
tution will report in writing to the bureau all cases where
students are discharged from the basic course, giving
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name of student and reason for the discharge of each

student. If the withdrawals at an institution exceed 20
per cent in the sophomore year, 10 per cent in the junior
year, and 10 per cent in the senior year, the professor of
naval science and tactics shall report in full, giving his
reasons for the excessive withdrawals and discharges.
The Bureau of Navigation will then decide what action
to take.
Whenever the authorities of an institution request the
withdrawal of a unit, or when in the opinion of the Navy
Department or the professor of naval science and tactics
the unit should be withdrawn, the professor of naval
science and tactics will make a report in writing to the
Bureau of Navigation including therein the following
information :
(a) Attitude of the authorities of the institution re
garding any failure to maintain required enrollments.
(£>) Attitude of the faculty of the institution toward the
Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps.
(c) Attitude of the student body toward the Naval Re
serve Officers' Training Corps.
(d) Statement of the efforts made by the professor of
naval science and tactics to overcome difficulties and main
tain a successful unit.
(e) Recommendation of the professor of naval science
and tactics in the premises.
(/) Written statement from the head of the institution
concerning the unit and the withdrawal thereof.
(g) Any other pertinent facts.
The Bureau of Navigation will make such investigation
concerning requests or recommendations for the with
drawal of a unit as may be necessary.
308. Land-grant institutions.—Nothing in these regulations
shall be construed as relieving any land-grant institution
of the obligation imposed on land-grant institutions by the
act of July 2, 1862.
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Section IV
CONDITIONS OF SERVICE
Paragraph
Eligibility to membership 401
Membership in Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps of Army,
Navy, Marine Corps, Army Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, Navai
Reserve, Coast Guard, or National Guard personnel forbidden 402
Physical examinations i 403
Members of faculty authorized to take course of training 404
Withdrawal or discharge of members of basic course , 405
Withdrawal or discharge of members of advanced course 406
Disenrolled members of advanced course 407
Credit for Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps training 408
401. Eligibility to membership.—Eligibility to membership
in the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps shall be
limited to male students at institutions in which units of
such corps may be established, who are citizens of the
United States, who are not less than 14 years of age, and
whose ' condition indicates that they are physically and
mentally qualified to perform military duty, or will be so
qualified upon arrival at military age.
Any person receiving compensation or who has a claim
pending under the United States Veterans' Bureau is not
eligible for enrollment in the Naval Reserve Officers'
Training Corps.
A citizen of the insular possessions of the United States,
unless he has been legally admitted as a citizen of the
United States, is not eligible for membership in the Naval
Reserve Officers' Training Corps.
402. Membership in Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps of
Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Army Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve,
Naval Reserve, Coast Guard, National Guard, or Army Reserve Offi
cers' Training Corps personnel.—-No member of the Army,
Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, National Guard, Army
Reserve, Naval Reserve, Naval Militia, Marine Corps Re
serve, or the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps shall
be eligible for membership in the Naval Reserve Officers'
Training Corps.
8
403. Physical examinations.—

1. When required.— (a) Candidates for Naval Reserve
Officers' Training Corps units must pass the required
physical examination before enrollment. Physical exam
inations of all candidates will be completed as soon as
practicable after the beginning of the academic year.
(&) Each member of a Naval Reserve Officers' Train
ing Corps unit shall be given a physical examination at
least once each fiscal year, preferably in October or No
vember. Prior to departure for or upon arrival at a
camp or ship for training all members of a Naval Reserve
Officers' Training Corps unit will, if practicable, be given
a physical inspection in order to note any physical defects
which may have developed since the last annual physical
examination.
(c) In case of serious illness or injury to any member
of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps unit which
will probably result in a permanent disqualification, this
fact should be made the subject of a special report to the
Bureau of Navigation by the professor of naval science
and tactics, with the recommendation of the attending
physician.
2. By whom held.— (a) Navy medical officers will be
detailed, if practicable, by the Navy Department, upon
the beginning of the academic year, to conduct the physi
cal examination of all candidates for admission to the
Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps. In case the
services of a medical officer of the regular Navy, Naval
Reserve, Army, Army Reserve, or Public Health Service
are not available for conducting the physical examination
at the proper time, the Bureau of Navigation may au
thorize a civilian physician—preferably one with previous
military or naval experience—to conduct the required
physical examinations, provided the employment of the
civilian practitioner is without expense to the United
States and furthermore, that the designated physician
is acceptable to the professor of naval science and tactics.
(&) A copy of these instructions and the physical re
quirements as outlined in chapter 11 of the Manual of
9
the Medical Department, United States Navy, 1922, will

be furnished any civilian physician authorized to conduct
the physical examination.
3. Physical standards.— (a) The physical standards re
quired for members of the Naval Reserve Officers ' Train
ing Corps, and for candidates for admission thereto, will
conform to those required for candidates for commission
in the Naval Reserve, except as otherwise prescribed
herein. Examiners may recommend waivers of slight de
fects at variance with the prescribed physical standards,
provided the candidate is otherwise vigorous and healthy
Waivers will be acted upon by the Bureau of Navigation
after recommendation by the Bureau of Medicine and
Surgery.
(b) The following standards of height, weight, and
chest measurements will govern in the physical exami
nation for admission to and of members of the Naval
Reserve Officers' Training Corps:
Minimum requirements
Age Weight Height Chest

mobility
Pounds Inches Inches

14 90 59 2
15 100 61 2
At the age of 16 or more, height, weight, and chest meas

urement will conform to those prescribed for the regular
Navy. The examining physician may recommend waivers
on such candidates or members who in his judgment will
overcome before graduation minor departures from the
prescribed standard.
4. Reports of examinations held at institutions.—The
results of these physical examinations including those of
students not meeting the physical requirements will be
recorded on Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Form
P2-5/EN10 in duplicate and forwarded by the professor
10
of naval science and tactics to the Bureau of Navigation

with his recommendation concerning the waiver of minor
physical defects when in the opinion of the examining
surgeon these minor defects may be corrected.
5. Vaccinations.—It is desired that all members of the
Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps be vaccinated for
typhoid fever and smallpox while at the institution, in
order to avoid loss of time in connection with vaccinations
at training camps or on cruises. No student will be per
mitted to proceed to a training camp or go on a cruise who
has not been so vaccinated, or who declines to pledge him
self to submit to the necessary vaccination at the camp or
on board ship.
The professor of naval science and tactics may obtain
typhoid vaccine without cost on request to the Bureau of
Medicine and Surgery, stating in his request the number
of students who require vaccination. As smallpox vac
cine can not be shipped under ordinary conditions without
rapid deterioration, it will not be furnished by the Navy
Department except for immediate use. If practicable, the
naval medical officer will vaccinate the members of the
Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps unit when he holds
their physical examination.
404. Members of faculty authorized to take course of training.—
With the approval of the authorities of an institution,
physically fit members of the faculty or of the corps of
instructors are authorized to take the courses of training
prescribed herein for members of the Naval Reserve
Officers' Training Corps. Participation in these courses
will not entitle them to enrollment in the Naval Reserve
Officers' Training Corps nor to any pay or allowances.
Certain members of the teaching staff with naval expe
rience may be appointed faculty naval instructors on the
recommendation of the professor of naval science and tac
tics, and with the consent of the head of the institution.
405. Withdrawal or discharge of members of basic course.—The
authorities of an institution may, upon their own initia
tive or upon recommendation of the professor of naval
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science and tactics, discharge or permit the withdrawal

of a member of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training
Corps who is enrolled for the basic course from such corps
and from the necessity of completing the course of naval
training as a prerequisite for graduation.
406. Withdrawal or discharge of members of the advanced
coarse.— (a) A member enrolled for the advanced course
can not withdraw from such course while a student at the
institution until a statement of the reasons therefor has
been submitted to and accepted by the Bureau of Navi
gation.
(&) A member enrolled in the advanced course who
severs his relations as a student from an institution thereby
terminates automatically his connection with the Naval
Reserve Officers' Training Corps. Should he later return
to the institution, or voluntarily enroll in the advanced
course in another institution under the provisions of para
graph 408, he will be required to fulfill the provisions of
the contract he signed when he enrolled in the advanced
course. (See also pars. 708, 709.)
(c) Students who by the end of the first year of the
advanced course have not demonstrated sufficient aptitude
in the performance of their duties to indicate that their
future instruction will qualify them for a commission in
the Naval Reserve shall, with the approval of the Bureau
of Navigation, be disenrolled or permitted to resign from
the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps.
407. Disenrolled members of advanced coarse.—A disenrolled
member of the advanced course remaining at an institu
tion can not be reinstated for such course except by the
authority of the Bureau of Navigation.
408. Credit for Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps training.—
A member of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps
who withdraws from one institution and enters another in
which a unit of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps
of the same division is maintained, and who is eligible to
enroll therein under the regulations of the institution (and
in case of an advanced course student is duly selected
12
therefor) , will be given credit, if lie does enroll therein, for

the part of the course successfully completed in the first
institution.
Section V
INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING—ASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER, AND

RELIEF OF OFFICERS, WARRANT OFFICERS, AND ENLISTED
MEN AS INSTRUCTORS FOR TRAINING
Paragraph
Instructors 501
Commissioned, warrant, and enlisted personnel, detail of. 502
Duration of detail of officers and men 503
501. Instructors.—Officers, warrant officers, and enlisted
men may be detailed as instructors to institutions main
taining units of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training
Corps in such number as the law and the requirements of
the naval service permit. Personnel will be apportioned
to the various institutions corresponding to the number of
students under instruction.
502. Commissioned, warrant, and enlisted personnel.—The as
signment, transfer, and relief of commissioned, warrant,
and enlisted personnel, active or retired, will be made by
503. Duration of detail of officers and men.—
(a) Officers.—The normal detail of officers on the active
list at civil educational institutions for duty with units
of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps will be for
two years, with a year's extension if especially desirable.
Only under exceptional circumstances will officers be de
tailed for any duty that will take them from the institu
tion during the academic year.
If practicable, orders detailing an officer to relieve an
other as professor of naval science and tactics will direct
him to report at the institution during the school year,
preferably at the end of the first semester or the beginning
of the spring semester, and not less than two weeks prior
to the relief of his predecessor.
(b) Enlisted personnel.—The duration of the detail of
enlisted men on the active list will depend on the exigen
cies of the naval service.
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Section VI
DUTIES OF OFFICERS, WARRANT OFFICERS, AND ENLISTED MEN

Paragraph
Head of department of naval science and tactics 601
Duties and status of officers, warrant officers, and en'.isted men 602
Coordination 603
Authority of the professor of naval science and tactics 604
Commandant of Naval Reserve students 605
Residence and uniform of officers, warrant officers, and enlisted
men '. 606
Conducting additional courses of instruction or taking courses of
instruction offered by the institution 607
Reports and records 608
Reports to head of institution 609
Grading. _^ 610
Discipline 611
601. Head of department of naval science and tactics.—The
senior commissioned line officer on the active or retired
list of the Navy assigned to Naval Reserve Officers' Train
ing Corps duty at an educational institution will be desig
nated as the professor of naval science and tactics. If no
line officer is assigned to such duty, the senior commis
sioned officer of the staff corps will be designated as the
professor of naval science and tactics. In either case he
will have the academic standing which the institution ac
cords the heads of its other major departments.
He shall be a member of the university, college, or school
faculty, with all the rights and privileges of a faculty mem
ber, shall assume the same responsibilities and obligations
as heads of other departments, and shall be a member of
the council of deans or equivalent body.
He will prepare, subject to the approval of the head of
the institution, internal regulations necessary for the gov
ernment of Naval Reserve students when under naval
control.
He is authorized by the Secretary of the Navy to admin-
isted oaths for naval administration.
602. Duties and status of officers, warrant officers, and enlisted
men.—All other officers, warrant officers, and enlisted men
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detailed by the Bureau of Navigation to an institution will

be directly under the orders of the professor of naval
science and tactics in all matters pertaining to their naval
duties at the institution. Upon arrival at the institution
for duty, commissioned officers and warrant officers will
report to the head of the institution and to the professor
of naval science and tactics in person. Enlisted men on
arrival at the institution will report to the professor of
naval science and tactics, who will report their arrival to
the head of the institution. The professor of naval science
and tactics in each institution is responsible to the Bureau
of Navigation that its policies relative to Naval Reserve
Officers' Training Corps training in that institution are
accomplished.
603. Coordination.—It is the duty of the professor of
naval science and tactics to coordinate the instruction in
his department and to adapt the curriculum thereof to
that of other departments of the institution, so reserve
students may prosecute their work advantageously.
604. Authority of the professor of naval science and tactics.-—
The interior regulations concerning the organization, con
trol, and training of the members of the Naval Reserve
Officers' Training Corps and the appointment, promotion,
and reduction of reserve students will be made by the pro
fessor of naval science and tactics subject to the approval
of the head of the institution. All interior regulations
must conform to the Naval Reserve Officers' Training
Corps regulations contained herein.
605. Commandant of Naval Reserve students.—Any officer of
the department of naval science and tactics may serve as
commandant of Naval Reserve students upon appointment
by the professor of naval science and tactics, with the ap
proval of the head of the institution.
606. Residence and uniform of officers, warrant officers, and en
listed men.-Ôffieers, warrant officers, and enlisted men as
signed to educational institutions for duty will reside at
or near the institution to which assigned. When in the
performance of their naval duties they will appear in the
uniform prescribed by the senior officer present.
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607. Conducting additional courses of instruction or taking

courses of instruction offered by the institution.—Officers, warrant
officers, and enlisted men detailed to an institution are not
authorized to conduct courses of instruction in the insti
tution other than those prescribed or authorized by the
Bureau of Navigation. Officers, warrant officers, and en
listed men may take courses of instruction at institutions
to which detailed, provided that, in the opinion of the
professor of naval science and tactics, their naval duties
are not interfered with thereby. The professor of naval
science and tactics may take a ]>rescribed course if ap
proved by the Bureau of Navigation.
608. Reports and records.—The professor of naval science
and tactics shall retain copies of all returns, reports, and
correspondence and shall keep a record of all drills and
military instruction. He shall transfer these records to
the officer who succeeds him or, if he has no successor, to
the person designated by the head of the institution. In
either case a receipt shall be taken for the records and
a copy forwarded to the Bureau of Navigation. A record
of each student's progress in training and development
shall be kept on prescribed forms. Upon the transfer of
a member from one unit to another, a complete set of
records covering the work and status of the student shall
be forwarded to the head of the unit to which the member
is transferred. Credit for previous work will not be given
unless these records are furnished. Should a Naval Re
serve Officers' Training Corps unit at an institution
be withdrawn, all of its records shall be forwarded to the
609. Reports to head of institution.—Upon request of the
head of the institution, reports on the status of training
will be furnished by the professor of naval science and
tactics.
610. Grading.—A system of grading similar to that in
force in other departments will be maintained by the de
partment of naval science and tactics, and reports will
be submitted whenever called for by the authorities of
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the institution, in form and scope as required by other

major departments.
611. Discipline—Officers detailed to institutions shall re
quire proper military deportment at all times when stu
dents are under naval instruction, and in case of serious
breaches of discipline or misconduct shall report the same
to the proper authorities of the institution in accordance
with established methods. Should such authorities fail
to take suitable action within a reasonable time, the facts
will be reported to the Bureau of Navigation.
Section VII
TRAINING—SENIOR DIVISION
Paragraph
Object of naval courses 701
General education 702
Naval education 703
Discipline of mind and body; Military courtesy 704
Leadership training 705
Example of officers 706
Curtailment of courses 707
Election of courses 708
Admission to advanced course (conditions governing) 709
Payment of commutation of subsistence during advanced course. _ 710
Camps and cruises ■• 711
Hours of instruction 712
Meaning of "instruction hours " 713
Distribution of instruction hours 714
Courses of instruction 715
Cooperation with academic departments 716
Credit for courses and toward a degree 717
Schedules of instruction 718
Athletics 1 719
Band - 720
Absence from instruction 721
Naval training certificate 722
701. Object of naval coarse.—The object of the naval
courses is to supplement the regular course taken by
students so that graduates of both will possess:
(a) A good general education.
(6) Sufficient knowledge of such naval subjects as sea
manship, navigation, ordnance, military and international
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law, naval engineering, naval strategy and tactics, naval

communications, to fit them to perform their duties as
junior officers of the Naval Reserve.
(c) A disciplined mind and body.
(d) The quality of self-reliant leadership.
702. General education.—The general education of reserve
students will be acquired through the usual courses in the
sciences and arts given by the institution.
703. Naval education.—A naval education will be acquired
by taking the naval courses offered by the Bureau of
Navigation and any additional courses concerning the
naval profession available in the regular curriculum. The
, tgular courses taken by the student should be considered
prior to enrollment and, other factors being equal, stu
dents taking such subjects as naval construction, engineer
ing (civil, internal-combustion engine, electricity, ord
nance, radio, aeronautical), navigation, law, finance and
supplies, communication, should be encouraged to enroll.
After enrollment, specialization in subjects related to
naval science and tactics should be encouraged provided it
does not interfere with the plans of the student.
704. Discipline of mind and body; Military courtesy.—The
third qualification will result from the training on the
drill ground and in the lecture room, laboratory and living
quarters and on cruises. As it is not practicable to main
tain discipline or military methods with students at all
times, it is particularly Essential that naval courtesy and
naval customs be observed by members of the Naval Re
serve Officers' Training Corps when under instruction.
705. Leadership training.—All officers directing Naval Re
serve Officers' Training Corps training shall remember
that the ultimate purpose of such training is the develop
ment of well-instructed, self-reliant, and aggressive junior
reserve officers.
The quality of leadership is quickest acquired by the
exercise of every opportunity to instruct and command.
These opportunities shall be frequently and progressively
afforded all members of the Naval Reserve Officers' Train
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ing Corps throughout their course. Considerations of

administration and discipline shall not limit opportunities
to command to a selected group but shall be given to all
students in rotation. Particular attention shall be given
to students who apparently lack leadership ability in
order that any latent leadership be developed and all pos
sible students developed into efficient Naval Reserve offi
cers. Individual characteristics of students will be noted
and training adapted as much as possible to individual
requirements.
706. Example of officers.—Example will do more than pre
cepts to inspire reserve students to acquire the habits and
qualities associated by ancient custom with officers and
gentlemen, and all officers are particularly charged to show
in themselves a good example of virtue, honor, and patri
otism to reserve students.
707. Curtailment of courses.—There is no authority under
the law to compress the basic course into less than two
academic years by extra work or training.
The Bureau of Navigation may approve applications
for curtailment of the advanced course when all of the fol
lowing conditions exist :
When the student—
(a) Will be eligible for graduation from the institution
before sufficient time shall have elapsed to enable him to
complete the regular advanced course.
(b) Has passed or agrees to p£ss off all subjects in the
advanced course to the satisfaction of the professor of
naval science and tactics.
(c) Agrees to complete an advanced camp or cruise.
(d) In the opinion of the professor of naval science and
tactics, will be qualified for appointment in the Naval
Reserve.
708. Election of courses.—Students electing Naval Reserve
Officers' Training Corps courses do so for only a two-year
period. The first election is for the two years' basic
course, after which, if he is recommended by the professor
of naval science and tactics for further training, the stu
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dent may elect the advanced course. Completion of either

course shall, when entered upon by a student, be a pre
requisite for graduation, unless he shall be discharged
from the Naval Eeserve Officers' Training Corps as pro
vided for in these regulations.
709. Admission to the advanced coarse.—When any member
of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps has com
pleted two academic years of service in the senior divi
sion, and has been selected by the professor of naval
science and tactics for further training, he may, with the
approval of the head of the institution, be admitted to the
advanced course of the senior division, provided—
1. He submits a written application for admission to
the advanced course.
2. He submits a written agreement to continue train
ing in the advanced course until the completion thereof,
unless sooner discharged in accordance with the provi
sions of these regulations, and furthermore agrees in
wniting to attend one advanced camp or cruise.
710. Payment of commutation of subsistence during advanced
course.—Commutation of subsistence, which will be fixed
from time to time bv the Secretary of the Navv, will not
exceed the value prescribed by law for a commuted ration
of the Navy. A member of the senior division of the
Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps who is enrolled
for the advanced course is entitled to commutation of
subsistence from and including the date of starting the
fulfillment of the contract (which date will be the first
day during an academic term that the student starts the
Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps advanced course
of training), until he completes the course at the institu
tion or his connection with the Naval Reserve Officers'
Training Corps is severed in accordance with regulations
prescribed herein, except that subsistence in kind will be
furnished in lieu of commutation of subsistence for any
periods devoted to advanced camps and cruises. Pay
ment of commutation of subsistence for the whole or that
part of the vacation period to which a student is entitled
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will not be made until after the student shall have entered
upon the second year of the advanced course.
711. Camps and cruises.—Naval Reserve Officers' Train
ing Corps camps or cruises will be held annually after
the unit is fully organized as prescribed by the Bureau
of Navigation. Attendance at one advanced camp or
cruise is compulsory for all students enrolled in the
advanced course.
712. Hoars of instruction.—The minimum number of hours
of Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps instruction and
training required to be given in the basic course is three
hours per week and in the advanced course five hours per
week ; time spent in preparation of instruction will not be
counted in satisfaction of this requirement. In addition,
whenever practicable, an optional hour per week of prac
tical instruction will be provided, which it is hoped all
reserve students will take.
The daily instruction periods should be coordinated
with the college schedule and correspond to the hours of
the other departments. Hours should be assigned so as
to preserve the time normally reserved for the student's
study, athletics, and recreation, and normally no instruc
tion will be given after 4 p. m. when the natural relaxa
tion from the day's work makes concentration on instruc
tion difficult. An arrangement of staggered periods
throughout the day shall be sought in order to divide the
class into small groups for instruction
713. Meaning of instruction hours.—An hour in the program
of instruction represents the customary academic hour of
the institution.
714. Distribution of instruction hours.—With the approval
of the Bureau of Navigation, the number of hours in theo
retical and practical naval instruction may be distributed
throughout the year to fit the conditions existing at each
institution.
715. Courses of instruction.—Courses of instruction will be
furnished by the Bureau of Navigation and all instruction
in the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps will be
conducted in accordance therewith.
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716. Cooperation with academic departments.—Every effort

Avill be made to secure cooperation between the department
of naval science and tactics and the other departments of
the institution. When specific subjects prescribed in the
naval course are taught with partial or equivalent scope
in other departments of an institution, such specific sub
jects, in part or in whole, may be omitted from the courses
given in the naval department ; in each case the professor
of naval science and tactics, after conference with the head
of the institution, will submit his recommendation for
appropriate credit to the Bureau of Navigation.
717. Credit for courses and toward a degree.—Credit shall be
given for the successful completion of courses in the Naval
Reserve Officers' Training Corps toward a degree on the
same basis, hour for hour, for practical and theoretical
instruction as is given for laboratory and classroom work
in other departments, and students shall have the same
freedom of choice in electing the course in naval science
and tactics as any other elective subject offered by the
institution.
No credit will be given toward completion of the ad
vanced course except for work done in the advanced
course of some senior division unit, unless especially
authorized by the Bureau of Navigation. Credit for the
advanced course may not be given for active service in
the Army or Navy either as an officer or enlisted man.
718. Schedules of instruction.—Each professor of naval
science and tactics will prepare schedules of instruction
fulfilling the requirements of the courses of instruction
previously outlined, adapted to the time available. These
schedules must cover the prescribed scope of each subject
in a progressive manner, must be in sufficient detail to
insure thoroughness and continuity of instruction, and
must be filed with other records of the unit. Copies will
be forwarded to the Bureau of Navigation.
719. Athletics.—Under such rules as may be adopted by
the head of the institution and the professor of naval
science and tactics, a student engaged in college athletics
may be excused from the regular classes in physical train
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ing held under the department of naval science and tactics

during the season in which he is actually engaged in such
athletics.
720. Bond.—Members of the Naval Reserve Officers :
Training Corps may be trained and employed as members
of the band, provided their prescribed naval training is
not unduly interfered with.
721. Absence from instruction.—Absence from training or
instruction will be excused only for physical disability or
other exceptional reasons. Any member who is absent
from any part of the practical or theoretical instruction
will be required, according to the practice obtaining at
each institution, to make up the omitted training before
.being credited with the number of units necessary for
graduation.
722. Naval training certificate.—A naval training certificate
will be issued by the professor of naval science and tactics
to each student enrolled in a senior unit of the Naval Re
serve Officers' Training Corps upon the termination of his
instruction therein; this certificate will show the course
pursued and the qualification attained.
Section VIII
UNIFORMS
Paragraph
Uniform outfit 801
Issue of uniforms 802
Corps mark or insignia 803
Insignia of rank; Service stripes. 804
Uniforms, when worn by students 805
801. Uniform outfit.—An outfit of essential uniforms will
be furnished each member of the Naval Reserve Officers'
Training Corps free of charge to the student member.
802. Issue of uniforms.—The uniforms for members of the
Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps will normally be
issued in kind from the naval clothing factory, Navy Yard,
New York.
803. Corps mark or insignia.—A distinctive Naval Re
serve Officers' Training Corps mark or insignia will be
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worn on uniforms as prescribed by the Bureau of Navi

gation.
804. Insignia of rank; Service stripes.—An insignia of rank
for cadet officers and petty officers and stripes indicating
service of member will be worn as prescribed by the Bu
reau of Navigation.
805. Uniforms, when worn by students.—Uniforms will be
worn by all Naval Reserve students as prescribed by the
Section IX
APPOINTMENT OF GRADUATES OF THE NAVAL RESERVE OFFI
CERS' TRAINING CORPS AS COMMISSIONED OFFICERS IN THE
NAVAL RESERVE
Paragraph
Appointment in the Naval Reserve 901
Procedure by professor of naval science and tactics to secure ap
pointments for naval students 902
Application for appointment in the Naval Reserve 903
Issue of appointments and certificates 904
Students who fail to graduate from civil educational institutions. _ 905
901. Appointment in the Naval Reserve.—Graduates of the
senior division of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training
Corps will on their application be appointed as officers
in the Volunteer Naval Reserve when they meet the quali
fications prescribed by law and regulations for entry into
that service. They will be exempt from the usual pro
fessional examinations. Appointments from the Naval
Reserve Officers' Training Corps will be made in the
Naval Reserve in the rank of ensign. Members of the
Volunteer Reserves who associate themselves with fleet
divisions and attend drills with a division will become
eligible for transfer to the Fleet Reserve, and will be so
transferred in accordance with the procedure and require
ments of the naval district in which the officer is enrolled.
902. Procedure by professor of naval science and tactics to secure
appointments for naval students.—To facilitate entry of gradu
ates of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps into
the Naval Reserve, the professor of naval science and
tactics at each institution maintaining a unit of the senior
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division of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps

will at the beginning of the final semester, on or about
February 1 of each year, forward to the Bureau of Navi
gation lists of the members of the graduating class of the
advanced course arranged as follows :
(1) Those who are recommended for appointment as
ensign in the Naval Reserve and who will accept such an
appointment.
(2) Those who are recommended for an appointment
as ensign in the Naval Reserve but who will not accept
such an appointment.
(3) Those who are recommended for an appointment as
ensign in the Naval Reserve but who at time of graduation
will be ineligible by reason of not being 18 years of age.
(4) Those who are not recommended for appointment
as ensign in the Naval Reserve.
(5) Those who are recommended for appointment as
ensigns in the Naval Reserve subject to the completion of
their advanced camp or cruise. This list will be divided
into separate lists to show men over 18 years of age and
those under 18 years of age. The Bureau of Navigation
will arrange for such advanced camp or cruise training
as may be required by students in order to complete their
course and receive their appointments as ensigns in the
Naval Reserve.
In forwarding these lists the professor of naval science
and tactics will include the student record form—com
plete to date in the case of every man.
903. Application for appointment in the Naval Reserve.—In
forwarding the lists of students who will accept commis
sion as ensigns in the Naval Reserve, the professor of naval
science and tactics will include the individual application
for such an appointment from each such student. These
applications should be made out by the student about Feb
ruary 1 of the senior year and should state the date and
place of the candidate's birth and his permanent home ad
dress. It should be accompanied by a report of the physi
cal examination conducted as prescribed for appointment
of officers in the Naval Reserve.
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904. Issue of appointments and certificates to graduating naval

students.—Upon receipt of the reports enumerated above,
the Bureau of Navigation will take the following action
concerning those students recommended for appointment
as ensigns in the Naval Reserve.
(1) Prior to graduation, if possible, forward to the pro
fessor of naval science and tactics the appointments of
all students foimd qualified for and who have applied for
commissions as ensign in the Naval Reserve.
(2) Forward to the professor of naval science and tac
tics in the case of students who are qualified for and who
have applied for commissions in the Naval Reserve, but
who are ineligible because of age, certificates entitling
them to appointment as ensigns in the Naval Reserve when
they have reached the age of 18, provided they are physi
cally qualified at that time.
(3) Forward to the professor of naval science and tac
tics in the case of students who are qualified for and who
have applied for a commission as ensign in the Naval Re
serve, but who are ineligible on account of noncompletion
of an advanced camp or cruise, certificate entitling them
to an appointment in the Naval Reserve upon the success
ful completion of such a camp or cruise, provided such
completion occurs within two years after graduation, and
provided that upon completion of a camp or cruise they
are physically qualified.
The appointments or certificates of naval training will
be formally presented to those entitled to receive them,
with such ceremony as the head of the institution may ap
prove, during the period of commencement exercises at
the institution. The oaths of office and other necessary
papers in connection with appointments will be accom
plished and forwarded by the professor of naval science
and tactics to the Bureau of Navigation. Should any
appointment be declined, the professor of naval science
and tactics will secure a signed declination and forward
same to the Bureau of Navigation. Appointments de
clined and all pertinent papers shall be returned by the
professor of naval science and tactics with the declination.
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905. Students who fail to graduate from civil educational in

stitutions.—Students who fail to graduate from civil educa
tional institutions but who complete successfully the pre
scribed Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps advanced
course and who have attended one advanced camp or
cruise, shall be considered eligible for appointment as
ensigns in the Naval Reserve, provided they are recom
mended by the professor of naval science and tactics, and
have the requisite-age qualifications.
Section X
BLANK FORMS
Paragraph
Form of application by institution for establishment of senior
division unit of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps 1001
Statement to be attached to application for senior division unit 1002
List of forms 1003
1001. Form of application by institution for establishment of
senior division unit of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps.—
Application in the following form will be submitted by an
institution for establishment of a unit of the senior divi
sion of the Naval Reserve Officers ' Training Corps :
, 19__
Washington. J). C.
Subject : Application for Establishment of Senior Division Unit of
the Naval Reserve Officers' Training: Corps.
1. By direction of the governing authorities of (name of institu
tion), I hereby submit application for the establishment of a senior
division unit of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps at this
institution.
2. Should this application be accepted by the President of the
United States, the authorities of this university (college) hereby
agree to establish and maintain a four years' elective course of naval
training for its physically fit male students, divided into a two
years' basic course and a two years' advance course. Each course
shall be elected separately, and either course when entered upon by
any student shall be a prerequisite for graduation by such student
unless in exceptional cases he shall be discharged from the Naval
Reserve Officers' Training Corps by the professor of naval science
and tactics for sufficient reason, with the approval of the head of
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the institution. The institution (give name) will allot a minimum

of 'an average of three hours per week per academic year to naval
training and instruction during the first two academic years of the
basic course and a minimum of five hours per week per academic
year during the last two years of the course; and will endeavor to
promote and further the objects for which the Naval Reserve Offi
cers' Training Corps is established. I understand that an annual
minimum initial enrollment in the naval course of 50 physically fit
male students of the freshman class, citizens of the United States,
over 14 years of age, is required to maintain a Naval Reserve Offi
cers' Training Corps unit.
3. The authorities of this institution also agree to conform to the
regulations of the Secretary of the Navy relating to the issue, care,
use, safekeeping, and accounting for such Government property as
may be issued to the institution.
4. Attached hereto is a statement giving particulars wih reference
to the institution.
(Head of institution I
1002. Statement to be attached to application for senior division

unit.—Heads of institutions submitting applications for
establishment of a senior unit of the Naval Reserve Of
ficers' Training Corps will submit answers to the questions
contained in this statement :
(Name of institution)
1. Grade of institution :
(a) Land grant?
(b) Collegiate?
(c) Essentially military school?
(d) Number of years of academic study necessary for a
degree ?
2. A number of male students 14 years or more of age now enrolled
in the institution, or were enrolled at the close of the preceding school
year, who in accordance with Section IV of the Regulations for Naval
Reserve Officers' Training Corps—Administration and training, are
eligible for enrollment in the unit (inclose last printed catalogue, if
not previously furnished).
3. Will at least 50 eligible students enroll in unit annually?
4. State number and kind of units of Army Reserve Officers' Train

ing Corps or other military units now established at institution.
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5. Details (material, dimensions) of storage facilities for amis,

equipment, boats, etc.
6. Facilities for offices, class rooms, etc., that may be utilized by
the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps unit.
7. Designation of governing body (board of regents, trustees, etc.) :
(a) Number of members of same.
(&) Official designation of head of institution.
(Head of institution)
Date: , 19__ .
1003. List of forms.—The following forms will be used

in the administration of the Naval Reserve Officers' Train
ing Corps:
Report of enrollment.
Student's record.
Camp or cruise training certificate.
Naval training certificate, senior division.
Report of physical examination.
Annual return of books.
Certificate of eligibility.
Declaration of student covering naval training.
Application for appointment as a Naval Reserve officer.
Bond for safekeeping of public property, arms, uni
forms, equipment, and means of transportation issued to
educational institutions under section 47, national defense
act of June 3, 1916, as amended.
INDEX TO NAVAL RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING CORPS
REGULATIONS
A
Paragraph
Admission to advanced course 709
Advanced course 302
Advanced course, withdrawal or discharge of members of 406
Application for appointment in Naval Reserve 903
Application for establishment 305
Appointments in the Naval Reserve 901
Authorization for establishment 101
Authority of the professor of naval science and tactics 604
Athletics 719
I?
Band 720
Basic course 302
Basic course, withdrawal or discharge of member of 405
Benefits to institution and students 103
C
Camps and cruises 711
Channels of communication 201
Commandant of Naval Reserve students 605
Commandants of naval districts, responsibilities of 203
Commissioned personnel, detail of 502
Commutation of subsistence 710
Conditions for establishment of senior divisions 304
Conducting additional courses at civilian institutions 607
Control of Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps 201
Cooperation with academic departments 716
Coordination at institutions 603
Corps mark or insignia 803
Council of deans, professor of naval science and tactics a member of— 601
Courses in the senior division 302
Credit for Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps training, when student
changes institution 408
D
Designation of senior divisions 303
Designation of students enrolled in senior division 303
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30
Paragraph
Discipline 611
Discipline of mind and body 704
Disenrolled meml>ers of advanced course . 407
Duration of detail 503
Duties and status of officers, warrant officers, and enlisted men—, 602
E
Enlisted personnel at institutions 503
Establishment, application for 305
Establishment, inspection before 306
Example of officers 706
F
Faculty, professor of naval science and tactics a member of 601
Form of application for establishment of senior division of the Naval
Reserve Officers' Training Corps 1001
G
General education ,- 702
Grading 611
H
Head of the department of naval science and tactics 601
Heads of institutions, authority of 204
I
Insignia of rank 804
Inspections 202
Insertion before establishment 306
Instructors 501
Instruction hours, meaning of 713
Instruction hours, distribution of 714
Internal regulations, preparation of 601
Issue of appointments in Naval Reserve 904
Issue of uniforms 802
L
Land-grant institutions — 308
Leadership training 705
List of forms 1003
M
Membership, eligibility to 401
Membership in Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps of Army, Navy,
Marine Corps, Army Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, Naval Reserve,
Coast Guard, or National Guard personnel forbidden 402
Military courtesy 704
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N Paragraph
Naval education 703
Naval training certificates 722
O
Oaths, authority to administer 601
Object of Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps 102
Object of Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps training courses 701
Organization of Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps 301
P
Payment of commutation of subsistence during advanced course 710
Physical examinations 40S
Physical standards 403
Procedure to secure appointments for naval students 902
Professor of naval science and tactics 601
It
Rank, insignia of 804
Reinstatement of disenrolled members of advanced course :— 407
Reports and records 608
Reports to head of institution 609
Responsibility of commandants of naval districts 203
Residence of officers and enlisted men 606
S
Senior division, condition for establishment of 304
Senior division, courses in 302
Statement to be attached to application for senior division unit 1002
Students, designation of 303
Students who fail to graduate from civilian educational institutions 005
Supervision of Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps 201
T
Taking courses of instruction offered by institutions by naval instructors. 007
U
I'niforin of officers and men 606
Uniform outfit 801
I 'informs, when worn by students 805
Unit of organization, definition of 301
V
Vaccinations 403
W
Warrant officers, detail of 502
Withdrawal or discharge of members of basic course 405
Withdrawal of members of advanced course 406
Withdrawal of unit from institution 307
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NAVAL RESERVE
* REGULATIONS *
NAVAL RESERVE
REGULATIONS
1929
UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON : 1929
For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. Price 15 cents

These regulations are reprinted from Part H of the Bureau of
Navigation Manual. It is considered impracticable to incorporate
future changes herein due to the pamphlet not being in loose-leaf
form.
ii
Navy Department, y '
Washington, D. C, SO November, 1929.
tration of the Naval Reserve are issued in accordance with the pro
visions of the act approved February 28, 1925.
It is hereby required and directed that all officers and other
persons belonging to the Navy, so far as the duties of each are
concerned, make themselves acquainted with, observe, and comply
with the regulations of the Naval Reserve contained herein.
These regulations are the same as those contained in part H of the
Bureau of Navigation Manual and include all changes made therein
by changes Nos. 2, 3, and 4, Bureau of Navigation Manual. They
supersede all previous regulations relating to the Naval Reserve.
R. H. Leigh,
Rear Admiral, TJ. S. Navy,
Chief of Bureau.
in
Part H
NAVAL RESERVE
Chapter 1—General. Chapter 3—Volunteer Naval Reserve.
Section 4—Administration. Section 4—Procurement.
Section 6—Discipline, discharges, and Section 6—Transfers.
retirements. Section 7—Training.
Section 7—Miscellaneous. Chapter 4—Merchant Marine Naval Reserve.
Chapter 2—Fleet Naval Reserve. Section 1—Mission.
Section 1—Mission. Section 2—Composition.
Section 2—Composition. Section 3—Organization.
Section 3—Organization. Section 4—Procurement.
Section 4—Procurement. Section 5—Promotions and discharges.
Section & -Promotion. Section 6—Training.
Section 6—Transfers. Section 7—Pay and allowances.
Section 8—Pay and allowances. .
Section 9—Retirements and discharges.
CHAPTER 1
GENERAL
Section 1. MISSION
nated as follows:
H-1202. ELIGIBILITY FOR MEMBERSHIP.—The Naval Reserve shall be
composed of male citizens of the United States and of the insular possessions of
the United States of 18 years of age or over who by appointment or enlistment
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except as provided in Article H-1214. (Sec. 5 of the act.)
divided into classes designated as follows;
D-F, deck officers.
A-F, aviation flight officers.
F-2, men assigned for four years upon termination of one or more
complete enlistments in the regular Navy. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
F-3-c, men who previous to July- 1, 1925, were transferred from the
F-3-d, men who previous to July 1, 1925, were transferred from the'
F-4-c, men who served in the regular Navy prior to July 1, 1925, who
were either in the Navy or Naval Reserve Force on that date
F-4-d, men who served in the regular Navy prior to July 1, 1925, who
F-5, men who first enlist in the Navy after July 1, 1925, or who
reenlist with broken service after that date and transfer to
the Naval Reserve after 20 years' naval service.
H-1206. CLASSES OF MERCHANT MARINE NAVAL RESERVE.—The Merchant
D-M, deck officers.
M-l, enlisted men.
H-1207. CLASSES OF VOLUNTEER NAVAL RESERVE—The Volunteer Naval
Reserve is divided into classes designated as follows:
A-V (K), aviation ground officers. (C. B. N. M. 4.)
NAVAL. RESEKVE REGULATIONS 3
ChC-V(G), chaplains, general service.
ChC-V(S), chaplains, special service.
CC-V(S), naval constructors, special service. '
CEC-V(S), civil engineers, special service.
O-V(S), ordnance officers, special service.
L-V(S), legal officers, special service.
V(G) , chief warrant and warrant officer, general service. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
V(S), chief warrant and warrant officer, special service. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
divisions.
tion divisions.
V-3, men of communication ratings and special branches maintained
directly under the commandant. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
V-5, men enlisted as seamen, 2c, for training as naval aviators. (C. B.
M. N. 3.)
H-1208. OFFICIAL DESIGNATION OF OFFICERS AND MEN—In official
correspondence, officers and men shall be designated in the manner indicated
(a) A lieutenant (junior grade) of class A-F (aviation flight officer of Fleet
Naval Reserve) : Lieutenant (junior grade) Paul R. Smith, A-F,
USNR. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
Naval Reserve) : Lieutenant Robert A. Brown, E-M, USNR.
(c) A lieutenant commander of class MC-V (medical officer of Volunteer
Naval Reserve, special service) : Lieutenant Commander William
H. Johnson, MC-V(S), USNR.
Reserve) : Chief Boatswain Thomas D. Smith, F, USNR.
(e) A machinist of class V(G) (warrant officer of Volunteer Reserve,
General Service) : Machinist George L. White, V(G), USNR.
(C. B. N. M. 4.)
(J) An enlisted man of class F-l (a man enlisted in the Fleet Naval
Henry Jones, 130-50-72, CBM, F-l, USNR.
H-1212. MEMBERSHIP IN NAVAL MILITIA AUTHORIZED.— No officer or

entitled under the provisions of the Naval Reserve act. (Sec. 4 of the act.)
H-1214. OFFICERS ALLOWED FOR RECRUITING, ORGANIZATION, ADMIN
organization, administration, training, inspection, and mobilization of the Naval
Reserve the following percentages of officers in higher grades or ranks are
authorized:
as provided in Article H-2801. The actual number of line officers
bo commissioned in higher grades shall be distributed in the propor
as provided in Article H-2801. The total number of staff officers
(c) In time of peace, the number of officers of the line and of the staff
to be carried in the grades of commander, captain, and commodore
is prescribed in this Article. The number of officers who may be
carried in these higher grades is the combined number in all classes
of the Naval Reserve: Fleet, Merchant Marine, and Volunteer.
(C. B. N. M. 2.)
(<J) Officers of the Naval Reserve of and above the rank of lieutenant
commander will be promoted only as the result of selection, by
selection boards composed of officers of the Regular Navy, subject
to physical and professional examination. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
H-1215. COMPUTATION SEMIANNUALLY OF NUMBER OF OFFICERS
H-1301. TERM OF ENLISTMENT.—Enlistments in the Naval Reserve shall
periods of one, two, three, or four years under the same regulations as pre
scribed for extensions of enlistment in the regular Navy in Article D-1006.
(O. B. N. M. 3.)
H-1303. COMMISSIONED BY PRESIDENT.—Persons appointed to commis
H-1304. WARRANTED BY THE SECRETARY OP THE NAVY.—Persons ap
( Sec. 5 of the act. )
H-1306. COMMANDANT TO APPOINT RECRUITING OFFICERS. (G. B.
N. M. 3.)
(1) Division, battalion, and squadron commanders, volunteer communication
reserve commanders, commanding officers of volunteer communication reserve
sections and units, and senior Merchant Marine Naval Reserve officers of vessels
of the approved list shall be appointed by the commandants of naval districts
as Naval Reserve recruiting officers. As such they are authorized to administer
oaths in connection with the appointments of officers and the enlistments of
men in the Naval Reserve. All officers of the Naval Reserve authorized to
administer oaths for enlistment or appointment in the Naval Reserve shall place
after their signature the capacity in which serving at the time of administering
the oath ; i. e., John Doe, Lieutenant, D-F, V. 8. N. R., Commanding First Fleet
Division, V. 8. N. R., First Naval District.
They shall prepare reports in accordance with Article H-1322 and forward them
to the commandant
listment in the various ratings shall be the same as those governing enlist
ments in the regular Navy, except as modified in these regulations and in
instructions issued from time to time by the Bureau of Navigation.
H-1308. AGE POR PIRST ENLISTMENT.—For first enlistment in peace time
V-4, as specified in Article H-3403, and men of class M-l, as specified in Article
H-4402. Especially desirable men over 28 years of age may be enlisted with
the consent of the bureau in each case. In actual or impending war the upper
limit may be increased to 35 years on receipt of orders from the bureau.
(C. B. N. M. 2.)
H-1309. RECRUITS REQUIRED TO SWEAR TO AGE.—Each recruit shall be
H-1310. PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS POR ENLISTMENT.
men in the Navy.
(2) Physical examinations may be conducted by medical officers of either
the Navy or the Naval Reserve. (C. B. N. M. 4.)
H-1311. ELIGIBILITY POR REENLISTMENT.—Enlisted men of the Naval
in the rating held when discharged only if reenlisted within three months from
date of discharge. Men who reenlist after a lapse of more than three months
from date of discharge may only be reenlisted if less than 28 years of age in
ratings open for first enlistment. Especially desirable men over 28 years of age
may be reenlisted with the consent of the bureau in each case. C. B. N. M. 3.
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H-1312. REENLISTMENT OF CHIEF PETTY OFFICEKS HOLDING PERMA

may be enlisted or reenlisted in such permanent appointments, provided reen-
H-1313. ENLISTMENT OF HEN WITH PREVIOUS SERVICE.—Upon enlisting
persons with previous service in the Navy or Naval Reserve the recruiting
H-1314. PRESENTATION OF DISCHARGE BEFORE ENLISTING.—No one who
organization under other than honorable conditions shall not be enlisted without
the authority of the Bureau of Navigation. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
H-1316. COMMANDANT TO ASSIGN SERVICE NUMBERS.—Commandants
men having previous service in the Navy or Naval Keserve whose service num
bers are unknown the commandant shall obtain numbers from the bureau
before completing and forwarding the enlistment articles.
shall be typewritten, with no erasures or interlineations.
until all the following steps have been taken (C. B. N. M. 3) :
(6) Health record issued and signed by the medical examiner.
(c) Fingerprints taken and properly signed by medical examiner and
recruit.
(d) Shipping articles—Form N. Nav. 351, signed by medical examiner
and recruit.
(e) Service record—Form N. Nav. 352, signed by medical examiner and
recruit.
if) When the above steps have been completed, the recruit shall be
record, should then be signed by the recruiting officer and for
words : " In case of death, discharge, desertion, or release from active service,
H-1320. VACCINATION OF RECRUITS.—All recruits should be vaccinated and
typhoid prophylactic administered when enlisted or as soon thereafter as
practicable. Antityphoid prophylaxis should be completed before reservists
are called to duty for training.
NAVAL, RESERVE EEGULATIONS 7".
H-1322. RECRUITING OFFICES TO FORWARD RECORDS TO COMMAN
diately forwarded to the commandant. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
H-1323. COMMANDANT TO REPORT ENLISTMENTS WEEKLY—The com
examined and found to be regular and complete in every respect. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
PLIES AND ACCOUNTS.—The commandants shall prepare a notice of enlistment
on S. & A Form 444 in quadruplicate for each member enlisted in an enlisted
rating in the Fleet Naval Reserve and the Merchant Marine Naval Reserve..
The original duplicate and quadruplicate (pink copy) shall be forwarded to the
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts (Retainer Pay Division) . The triplicate shall
be filed in the service record of the man. (C. B. N. M. 3.) (C. B. N. M. 4.)
H-1325. CONTINUOUS-SERVICE CERTIFICATES.—Men recommended for
from a complete enlistment in the Navy or the Naval Reserve, may, upon pres
entation of the discharge paper, receive a continuous-service certificate. (C.
B. N. M. 4.)
H-1326. BUREAU OF NAVIGATION TO ISSUE CONTINUOUS-SERVICE CER
TIFICATES.—The continuous-service certificates shall be prepared and issued
DUTY.—The service record shall accompany each member of the Naval Reserve
(a) Recommend, to the department the allotment of Naval Reserve
(b) Determine the number of officers and men to be maintained from year
needs of the Navy.
(d) Determine and prescribe the principles which are to govern the active
(/) Determine and prescribe the principles which are to govern the mobili
(g) Determine the measures that are necessary, in time of peace, to insure
service to the country in time of war. (General Order 96.)
H-1403. BUREAU OF NAVIGATION.—The Bureau of Navigation is charged
the principal duties of the Bureau of Navigation may be enumerated as follows:
men in the Naval Reserve; the transfers of men from the regular
regular Navy.
the Naval Reserve.
(d) Supervises the activities of organized units of the Naval Reserve.
individuals of the Naval Reserves.
(J) Supervises the ordering of reservists to and from active duty or train
ing duty.
instruction.
(h) Supervises the assignment of ship keepers for vessels assigned to
ing of the Naval Reserve.
(i) Maintain statistics and records of the drilling and training activities
(fc) Is directly responsible for and keeps memorandum accounts of
expenditures under the following subheads of the Naval Reserve
appropriation :
Subhead 10.—Pay, officers, active duty.
Subhead 14.—-Provisions, training duty.
Subhead 17.—Navigational instruments.
NAVAL RESERVE BEGULATIONS 0
(Z) Supervises the issuance of navigational instruments to vessels assigned
to training the Naval Reserve; also towing and piloting service.
(m) Supervises all the details of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training
Corps.
H-1404. BUREAU OF ORDNANCE.—The Bureau of Ordnance provides all
ordnance material used by naval reservists in connection with drills and training,
H-1405. BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR—The Bureau of Con
and repair," of the Naval Reserve appropriation and supervises all activities
are confined to activities afloat and include C. and R. repairs, equipment, etc., to
H-1406. BUREAU OF ' ENGINEERING.—The Bureau of Engineering admin
isters the funds allotted to subhead 4, "Engineering," of the Naval Reserve appro
priation and supervises all activities chargeable against this subhead. The
activities chargeable against this subhead are confined to activities afloat and
include Engineering repairs, equipment, etc., to vessels and boats assigned to
of the Naval Reserve appropriation and supervises all activities chargeable
the Naval Reserve; also outfits for conducting physical examinations of naval
The Bureau of Aeronautics also supervises the training of Naval Reservists in
aviation duties.
H-1409. BUREAU OF SUPPLIES AND ACCOUNTS.—The Bureau, of Supplies
activities afloat and include S. and A. repairs, equipment, etc., to vessels and
boats assigned to the training of the Naval Reserve. The activities chargeable
against subhead 16 are confined to activities afloat and include fuel, etc., for
H-1410. COMMANDANTS OF NAVAL DISTRICTS—The commandants of the
several naval districts, under the supervision of the various bureaus and offices
concerned, are charged with the procurement, administration, training, and
readiness for war of the Naval Reserve under their jurisdiction. To assist
H-1411. ENTRIES IN SERVICE RECORDS.
(1) The entries indicated in this article shall be made in the service record,
N. Nav. 352. The only reports required by the Bureau of Navigation in conjunc
tion with the use of N. Nav. 352 are as indicated in the instructions herewith
under the heading "Reports." Copies of the various entries made in the record
are not required by the bureau. It is therefore important that the detailed
instructions given below be carefully studied and complied with; that all infor
mation be entered in the service record completely and accurately in order that
the commandant, during the current enlistment, and the bureau in after years;
may have a complete and permanent record.
(2) The printed headings at the bottom of page 7, "Complete record of service
for the quarter ending," "Date," "Signature and rank of commanding officer,"
"District or station," and the following headings on page 8, "Number of drills,"
"Date," "Enter record of equivalent instructions or duty and appropriate duties,"
"Signature," will be disregarded. Page 7 should contain a complete and chrono
logical record of service. There will be entered on this page record of all active
duty, week-end cruises, changes in rate, address, class, transfers between ships
and stations or from one district to another, discharges, deaths, desertions, sur
renders and deliveries, appointments to commissioned or warrant rank or grade,
or any other changes in a man's status shall be entered chronologically. The
page will be used until filled, when another page will be headed. Page 8 will
contain record of marks assigned and special qualifications or details.
(3) The entries on page 7 will preferably be typed. Routine entries may be
made by rubber stamp, the division commander procuring the required stamps
suitable for his division, such as the following:
Recalled to training duty with pay at Detroit, Mich, (date
stamp) .
Furnished transportation to
Reported on board (date stamp).
Detached (date stamp), at
Furnish transportation to Detroit.
Released (date stamp).
Record of drills, etc.
For quarter ending (date stamp) .
Drills Equiva Appropri Week-end

lent duty ate duty cruises
Rating changed (date stamp).

From to

Detailed Instructions for Reserve Service Record
[N. Nav. 352]
A
Absence from duty.—Enter on page 6 dates of absence from duty on account
of sickness or injury, result of own misconduct, AOL, AWOL, desertion and
nonperformance of duty because imprisoned, both while in arrest resulting in
court-martial sentence and while serving sentence. These entiies will only be
made when man is absent while serving on active duty or training duty.
Active duty and training duty.—Make entry on page 7 upon recall to active
duty or training duty, giving date and place of recall; whether for active duty
or training duty; and if for training duty, whether with or without pay. Date
of report, ship or station where duty is performed, when released enter date of
release and forward copy of "Orders to report to active duty" to the Bureau of
Navigation.
Address.—Enter on page 7 any change in man's address.
Appointments to commissioned or warrant rank or grade.—Enter on page 7
date of appointment, rate held at date of appointment, rank or grade to which
appointed, and date of acceptance of commission or warrant. Enter final marks
on page 8, close out record as of date preceding acceptance of commission or
warrant and forward to the bureau.
Appropriate duties.— Make entry on page 7 at end of quarter and upon transfer
from one district to another, death, discharge, or transfer to another class of the
Naval Reserve, of the total number of periods of appropriate duty performed.
Aviation and balloon pilot.— Enter on page 7 date qualified and designated as
_ naval aviation or balloon pilots.
B
Birth.—Enter date and place of birth on page 2. Make any correction in
date or place of birth on page 2 and file copy of birth certificate or letters of
authorization in pocket of service record.
C
Change in name, address, next of kin, etc.—Make correction where necessary.
Enter on page 7 change, date, and authority. File letters of authority in pocket
of service record.
Change in rating.—Enter on page 7 date of change (old rate or new rate) and
reason or authority for disrating.
Checkage.—Enter on page 7 reason for checkage, date, and amount checked
while on active or training duty.
Citizenship.—Make entry on page 2 showing citizenship to be "U. S.,"
"N. U. S.," "C. I. P." If naturalized while in the service, enter on page 7
date of naturalization, name, and location of court which granted certificate of
naturalization.
Clothing destroyed to prevent spread of disease.—Enter on page 7 notation of
circumstances and estimated value of articles destroyed while on active or
training duty.
Clothing lost or destroyed in a marine or aeroplane disaster.—Enter on page 7

estimated value of articles lost and, if reimbursed in cash, amount of reimburse
ment. If issued clothing in kind, the value of issue, if on active duty or train
ing duty.
Clothing issued.—See Uniform.
Coast Guard Service.—Enter on page 1 the amount of Coast Guard Service.
Commended for distinguished or meritorious service.—Enter on page 7 a brief
statement of commended act or duty, date, and by whom commended.
Commuted rations.—Enter on page 7 date of receipt of commuted rations and
date of discontinuance.
Conduct.—Enter on page 7 a brief statement of all special and meritorious
conduct worthy of mention. Enter on page 8 marks in conduct, quarterly, while
on active duty and upon release from active duty. The whole page may be used
to record the marks and special qualifications and details, disregarding the other
headings.
Courts-martial.—Enter on page 7, date, nature of offense committed, date of
trial, sentence and action of the convening authority on deck courts and general
courts-martial and of convening authority and the immediate superior in com
mand on summary courts-martial with the date of such action.
D
Death.—Make appropriate entries of death on front cover and page 9. Enter
on page 10 a summary of all ships or stations to which deceased had been attached
and final average in all marks. Enter on page 7 date, place, and cause of death
if known, and whether death was caused by the intemperate use of drugs or
alcoholic liquors or other misconduct.
If death occurs while on active duty, character of discharge that would have
been awarded had service been terminated by discharge, disposition of remains
and effects, place of burial if known, state of accounts, amount of insurance, and
date of last checkage. Forward the service record to the bureau.
Report in accordance with article H-1506, Bureau of Navigation Manual,
should be submitted to the Employee's Compensation Commission in case of
death resulting from physical injuries.
Delivery.—If on active duty or training duty, enter on page 7 date and place of
delivery and by whom delivered. Forward copy of N. Nav. 66 to the bureau.
Descriptive list.—Enter required information on page 4, signed by medical officer
and the recruit.
Desertion.—Enter on page 7 date declared a deserter, date and hour unauthor
ized absence commenced, and any facts in connection with the unauthorized
absence which might show whether the intention was to desert or return, and, if
on active duty, state of accounts. Make appropriate entries of desertion on
page 9 and forward the service record to the bureau. (No entry regarding deser
tion made on front cover.)
Disability.—Enter on page 7 record of any disability incurred while serving in
the Naval Reserve, on active duty or training duty or while attending drills; na
ture and whether incurred in the line of duty or the result of own misconduct.
Discharges.—Make appropriate entries on front cover and page 9. Enter on
page 10 a summary of all ships or stations to which man has been attached and
final average in all marks. Enter on page 7 date, place, cause, authority, charac
ter, whether or not recommended for reenlistment, if on active duty rate of pay
and statement of account. Close out service record and forward to the bureau.
NAVAL DESERVE REGULATIONS
Drills.—Enter on page 7, at end of quarter or upon transfer from one district

to another, death, discharge, or transfer to another class and total number of drills
performed. (The heading on page 8 showing date, number of drills, date and
record of equivalent instructions or duty and appropriate duties will be ignored.)
E
Education.—Enter on page 2, upon enlistment, a brief statement of educational
advantages.
Effects of deceased persons and deserters.—Enter on page 9 disposition made of
effects of deceased persons and deserters and whether on active duty or training
duty.
Enlistments, assignments to class F-2, and transfers to Fleet Naval Reserve F~4
and F-5.—Enter by typewriter on front cover full name, service number, citizen
ship, rate, date, class, place of enlistment, assignment, or transfer. Complete
headings on page 1 and 2, with signatures of recruiting officer and disbursing
officer, entered over their typewritten name in space provided. Page 4 completed
under the supervision of the medical officer and signed by the officer and the re
cruit. On page 7 enter name in full, service number, class, rate and date of en
listment, assignment, or transfer.
Equivalent instruction or duty.—Enter on page 7, together with the number of
drills performed (see Drills), the number of periods of equivalent instruction or
duty performed. Enter quarterly, or upon transfer from one district to another,
death, discharge or transfer to another class, total number of drills and periods of
equivalent instruction or duty performed since last report.
Examinations.—Forward original report of examination to the bureau as re
quired by current instructions and file copy in pocket of service record.
Extensions.—Make agreement to extend enlistment (N. Nav. 323) in duplicate.
Forward original to the bureau on effective date of extension and file duplicate in
pocket of service record. Make notation on page 7 showing date made, effective
date, date of expiration and number of years for which extension is made.
F
Fingerprints.— Make fingerprints of each finger upon enlistment on page 3.
Forward identification record to the Bureau of Navigation.
Flight orders.—Enter on page 7 the date detailed to duty involving flying and
date and cause of revocation if revoked before termination of duty. If on active
duty, enter on page 7 at the end of each month and on date of revocation of
flight orders total time in air and total number of flights since last entry. If on
inactive duty and flights are made, enter this data quarterly.
I
Identification.—See Fingerprints.
Injury.—Enter on page 7 report of all injuries sustained by men while serving
on active duty or traveling under competent orders or in the performance of drills
giving cause, date, nature and whether or not incurred in the line of duty. Make
report required by article H-1506 Bureau of Navigation Manual.
Interpreter.—Enter on page 2, name of foreign language or languages for which
qualified to act as interpreter.
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L
Letter of commendation.-—Enter on page 7 a brief digest of all letters of com
mendation, by whom commended, act or duty for which letter is given, date of
act, and date of letter. File copy of letter in pocket of record.
M
Marks.—Enter on page 8 marks quarterly while on active duty and upon
release from active or training duty. Enter final average of all marks on page 8
upon death, discharge, appointment to commission or warrant and retirement.
Note.—Same procedure is followed as that used for assigning marks for regular Navy. The space on
page 8 designed for drills and equivalent instructions or duty and appropriate duties may be used for
entries of marks and special qualifications or details.
Medals.—Enter on page 7, when men are awarded distinguished service medal,
medal of honor, navy cross or navy flying cross, the date of award and a brief
statement of the act for which award is made.
Misconduct.—Enter on page 6, if on active duty, all absence from duty on
account of sickness, disease, or injury due to intemperate use of drugs, alcoholic
liquors, or other misconduct, date admitted to sick list, number of days absent
from duty, nature of disease or injury, and date of initial appearance of sickness,
or disease.
N
Name.—Type name in full, surname first, followed by Christian name and
middle names, if any. Have signatures entered with Christian name to the
left, middle names, if any, and surnames to the right.
Nonperformance of duty.—Enter on page 6 dates of all absence from or non
performance of duty on account of sickness, disease, or injury resulting from
intemperate use of drugs, alcoholic liquors, or other misconduct, AWOL, AOL,
time under arrest awaiting trial which results in conviction and sentence to a
naval prison or at a receiving ship or station designated as a naval prison, and
time under court-martial sentence, in a naval prison or at a receiving ship or
station designated as a naval prison.
Enter number of days absent, number of days under arrest awaiting trial, num
ber of days under court-martial sentence, date restored to duty and number of
days lost because of nonperformance of duty.
Date absence began is considered a day of absence, date of return is considered
a day of duty.
O
Offenses.-—Enter on page 7 nature of offense and punishment adjudged.
P
Pay.—When ordered to active duty or training duty with pay the supply officer
taking up his accounts will enter on page 2 rate of pay upon enlistment; also enter
information required by headings on page 9 upon discharge, desertion, death, and
retirement.
Pilots.—See Aviation and balloon pilots.
Pocket.—File all copies of reports of examination, agreement to extend enlist
ment, proceedings of all courts-martial, vouchers, and correspondence relating
to the man in pocket attached to the service record.
Prior service.—Enter on page 1 all prior service in the Navy, Naval Reserve
Force, Naval Reserve, National Naval Volunteers, Marine Corps, Marine Corps
Reserve, Army, Coast Guard, Naval Militia, and National Guard.
Punishments.—-Enter on page 7 report of all punishments adjudged.
Physical examination.—Enter result of all physical examinations of transferred
16 and 20 year men on page 7 and the group to which classified in accordance
with article H-2317, Bureau of Navigation Manual.
Q
Qualifications.—Enter on page 2 any special qualifications man may have, upon
enlistment, assignment, or transfer to the reserve from regular Navy.
R
Ratings.—See Change in rating.
Recall.—See Active duty.
Reduction of rating.—Enter on page 7 old rating, rating to which reduced,
date, reason, and authority.
Reenlistments.—Same as Enlistment.
Reports.-—The only reports required by the Bureau of Navigation of entries
in the enlistment record or of changes in the status of enlisted reservists, other
than the pink copies of S. & A. Forms 444 to 444-e (which are forwarded to the
Bureau of Navigation by the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts), are the following:
1. Enlistment—Upon enlistment, complete N. Nav. 351 (shipping articles) and N. Nav. 2 (fingerprint
record) and forward to the Bureau of Navigation.
2. Active duty and training duty.—At date of release forward copy of "orders to report to active duty"
3. Active duty as shipkeeper or other protracted periods of active duty.—Make an extra copy of "orders to
report for active duty " and forward to Bureau of Navigation on date of report. Forward a second copy on
date of release.
4. Examinations.—Forward original report of examination N. Nav. 524 for nonrated men and N. Nav.
324a for petty officers to the bureau as required by current instructions, file copy in pocket of record.
5. Desertion.—Make required entries in service record, Form N. Nav. 352, and forward to the Bureau
of Navigation.
6. Surrender or delivery.—Fill out N. Nav. 66 and forward to the Bureau of Navigation.
7. Extension of enlistment.—Fill out Form N. Nav. 323 in duplicate, forward original to the Bureau of
Navigation on effective date of extension and file copy in pocket of service record.
8. Discharge, death, advancement to commissioned or warrant rank or grade, and retirement.—Close our
N. Nav. 352 and forward to the Bureau of Navigation.
Retirements of transferred members.—Make appropriate entries for retirement
on front cover and page 9. Enter on page 10 summary of all ships and stations
since transfer to reserve and final average in all marks. Enter on page 7 date
and authority. Enter on page 8 marks and final average. Forward service
record to the bureau.
S
Service number.—Enter service number in places designated.
Shipkeeper.—Enter on page 7 upon recall to active duty as shipkeeper, date
of recall, date and place of report, and record of service while assigned as ship-
keeper. Enter marks on page 8. Make an extra copy of the orders to report for
active duty and forward to the bureau on date of report. Forward a second
copy on date of release from active duty.
Signature of reservist.—Have signatures entered with Christian name to the
Signatures required in service record.—The signature of recruiting officer is
required on page 2 at date of enlistment.
16 NAVAJ. HESEBVE HEGULATIONS
Signature of commanding officer is required on page 7 for each entry regarding

change of rating, courts-martial, commendatory action, offenses committed, and
punishments awarded, when record is transferred to another district.
Signature of commanding officer is required on pages 9-10 when record is
closed out on account of cancellation, discharge, desertion, death, appointment
to commissioned or warrant rank or grade or retirement.
Signature of the commanding officer is required on page 6 for entries regarding
absence from duty.
Signature or initials of commanding officer are required on page 8 for entries
regarding marks, special qualifications, or detail.
Signature of executive officer is required on page 5 for entries regarding author
ized leave.
Signature of medical officer is required on page 4 at time of enlistment.
Signature of disbursing officer is required on page 2 when reservist first reports
for active duty.
Signature of reservist is required on page 4 at date of enlistment.
Subsistence allowance.—Enter on page 7 date subsistence allowance began,
authority, amount, date discontinued, and reason.
Surrender.—Enter on page 7 date and place of surrender and number of days
absent.
Forward copy of N. Nav. 66 to the bureau.
T
Transfers.—Enter on page 7 record of all transfers between vessels or stations
and from one district to another; also record of transfer between classes of the
Naval Reserve.
Transportation or travel allowance.—Enter on page 7 a record of all trans
portation or travel allowance furnished. Enter on page 9 record of transporta
tion or travel allowance furnished on discharge if discharged while on active
duty.
U
Undesirable discharge.—In addition to all information specified under "dis
charge" in these instructions, state the nature of the undesirability or unfitness
on page 7 and file copy of the statement of the man in pocket of service record.
Uniform, bedding, and equipment.—Enter value of issue (except when paid for
in cash) on page 7. (Temporary issue of bedding and equipment need not be
entered.) File copy of requisition showing issue in detail in pocket of service
record. Upon discharge or transfer to class V-4 or V-6, enter on page 7 condition
and disposition of articles of uniform, bedding, and .equipment returned.
Uniform allowance.—The amount of uniform allowance credited upon reporting
for active duty in time of war will be entered at bottom of page 2 by the disbursing
officer over his signature.
W
Waiver.—Enter full information on page 4, giving reasons and nature of waiver
upon enlistment. Enter waivers of transportation on page 7, giving reason,
file signed agreement in pocket of service record.
Week-end cruises.—Enter on page 7 a record of all week-end cruises, giving dates
of cruises, vessels on which made, and subsistence furnished. (C. B. N. M. 4.)
H-1412. MARKS FOR PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION.—Marks for pro
for the various branches as specified in Part D, " Enlisted personnel."
H-1418. CUSTODY OF RECORDS.—Service anil health records of men attached
to or associated with organizations will be carried by the commanding officer ;
a reservist changes his permanent residence from one district to another, his
nervice and health records and all other papers shall be forwarded to the com
H-1414. TRANSFERS, AUTHORITY FOR—Transfers of the enlisted men on
inactive duty shall be made as follows :
(a) In naval districts from one organization to another in the same
district by authority of the commandant of the district.
(6) From one district to another, by the commandants of districts,
H-1415. TRANSFERS, REPORTS OF.—All transfers, except those within the
naval district, shall be reported monthly to the Bureau of Navigation. (N.
Nav. 6b.)
H-1416. RESERVISTS ON ACTIVE DUTY—When on active duty in time of
same as the personnel of the Navy.
H-1417. RECORDS TO BE CLOSED OUT IN CASE OF DEATH OR DESERTION.—
In case of death or desertion the service and health records shall be closed out
and returned via the commandant of the naval district to the Bureau of Naviga
tion and the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, respectively.
H-1418. NOTIFICATION OF DISCHARGE—Upon discharge of any member
of the Naval Reserve the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts (Retainer Pay
Division) shall be notified by the officer issuing the discharge. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
H-1419. REPORTS OF MEN ORDERED TO OR RELEASED FROM ACTIVE
OR TRAINING DUTY.—Reports of enlisted men reporting for or released from
training duty or active duty shall be made quarterly to the Bureau of Navigation
on Form N. Nav. 5-b, and copies of orders forwarded in accordance with Articles
H-1411 and H-1421. (C. B. N. M. 4.)
H-1420. ORDERS TO OFFICERS FOR TRAINING DUTY TO BE ISSUED BY
COMMANDANT.—Where no flight duty is involved, orders to officers for training
prescribed by the bureau. Upon completion of training duty, a copy of the
orders with all endorsements shall be forwarded to the Bureau of Navigation and
to the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts (Retainer Pay Division). (C. B. N. M. 4.)
The amount of mileage involved shall be shown in dollars and cents and in
miles, only on the copy of the orders furnished the Bureau of Navigation. The
Bureau of Navigation will issue orders for training duty involving flying upon
receipt of the application from the commandant of the naval district.
H-1421. ORDERS TO ENLISTED MEN TO BE ISSUED BY COMMANDANTS.—
to such duty will be prepared by commanding officers and a copy forwarded to
the Bureau of Navigation for file. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
Upon completion of training duty, a copy of the orders with all indorsements
shall be furnished the Bureau of Navigation and the Bureau of Supplies and
Accounts (Retainer Pay Division). When an enlisted man is ordered to active
duty other than training, a copy of the orders will be forwarded to the Bureau
of Navigation and the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts (Retainer Pay Division) .
(C. B. N. M. 4.)
H-1422. FITNESS REPORTS.
(1) Fitness reports complete in all respects shall be submitted to the Bureau
training duty. Fitness reports covering training duty shall be submitted on
Forms N. Nav. 260 or N. Nav. 261, and In all cases the fitness report shall be
referred to the officer reported on for comment before forwarding to the bureau.
These reports shall be prepared in duplicate, the original being forwarded direct
to the Bureau of Navigation and the duplicate to the commandant of the naval
district in which the reservist resides. Fitness reports covering active duty
shall be submitted on Form N. Nav. 443. (C. B. N. M. 2).
(2) Fitness reports of aviators should include the number of hours in the air
during the period of the report.
H-1423. FUNERAL ESCORTS.—Commandants of naval districts and com
manding officers of organizations are authorized to furnish funeral escorts, as
provided by Navy Regulations, for members of the Naval Reserve when such
The records of officers and men granted permission to leave the United States
for an indefinite time should be forwarded to the Bureau of Navigation and
such reservists will no longer be considered attached to the naval district in
which they previously resided. Members of the Merchant Marine Naval
Reserve will not be required to obtain permission on each trip, while following
their professions in the merchant marine, but should keep the commandant
advised of their occupation and addresses. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
be under the supervision of commandants of naval stations as follows :
(a) Those residing in Samoa under the commandant, naval station
Tutuila.
(6) Those residing in Guam under the commandant, naval station, Guam,
(c) Those residing in the Virgin Islands and Porto Rico under the com
mandant, naval station, St. Thomas.
H-1428. SHIP KEEPERS NUMBER ALLOWED.—At the beginning of each
fiscal year an allotment of funds, under the appropriation "Organizing the
Naval Reserve," will be made to each naval district to cover the active duty
pay, and subsistence of enlisted reservists required for duty as ship keepers.
The number of enlisted reservists authorized for active duty on each ship or
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shore activity will be specified from time to time by the commandant, within
the limits which his allotment of funds will permit
The commandants of naval districts may, within their allotments under the
appropriation " Organizing the Naval Reserve," authorize subsistence for en
listed ship keepers of the Naval Reserve. New authorization should be issued in
each case upon reenlistment, extension of enlistment, or change of duty, and a
copy forwarded to the Bureau of Navigation for its files. (C. B. N. M. 4.)
In addition to the foregoing, a specified number of transferred reservists for
duty as ship keepers will be allowed for each naval district, for distribution by
the commandant to the various Naval Reserve vessels of the district. Ship
keepers are in addition to all district quotas. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
H-1429. SUBSISTENCE OF SHIP KEEPERS.—Ship keepers are to be subsisted
keeper is transferred from one ship or station to another new authorization for
subsistence must be obtained.
made in administering the Naval Reserve (C. B. N. M. 3) : ()C. B. N. M. 4.)
N. Nav. 2 Fingerprint record (identification).
N. Nav. 5 Muster roll, forwarding and instruction sheet.
N. Nav. 5a Muster roll of crew.
N. Nav. 5b Report of changes. (See Art. H-1419.)
N. Nav. 5e Muster roll—Recapitulation sheet, Naval Reserve.
N. Nav. 54 Rejection, report of.
N. Nav. 86 Monthly report of Naval Reserve activities (by the com
manding officer of each fleet division, headquarters divi
sion, and batalllon.
N. Nav. 86a Monthly report of Naval Reserve activities of reservists not
carried on the rolls of any organization (by the com
mandant) .
N. Nav. 95 Assignment to Fleet Naval Reserve, Class F-2.
N. Nav. 102 Record, gunnery.
N. Nav. 138 Elementary ground school record— Naval Reserve.
N. Nav. 139 Elimination flight school record—Naval Reserve.
N. Nav. 214 Discharge from Naval Reserve by sentence of court-martial.
N. Nav. 260 Special fitness report on reserve officers, covering periods of
training duty.
N. Nav. 261 Special fitness report on Naval Reserve aviators covering
periods of training, duty.
N. Nav. 323 Enlistment, agreement to extend.
N. Nav. 367 Monthly report of reserve aviation bases and divisions.
N. Nav. 373 Questionnaire and application—applicants for aviation train
ing.
N. Nav. 379 Identification record (one finger).
N. Nav. 413 Aviation designation for enlisted men. (See Art. H-1421.)
N. Nav. 443 Fitness report for officers on active duty.

N. Nav. 524 Report of examination for advancement in rating (nonrated
grade).
N. Nav. 524a Report of examination for advancement to petty officer rating.
Letter Change in officer's address (to Bureau of Navigation). (See
Art. H-1443.)
Letter Report Name and address of next of kin (Naval Reserve Officers).
Letter Report of training at reserve aviation bases.
M. & S. Form H Health record.
M. & S. Form N Report of death (5 copies).
N. M. S. H. C-l Report of examination, Hospital Corps (to Bureau of Medicine
and Surgery).
M. & S. P. 2-5/En. Physical examination of reserve officers.
10.
N. M. S. Aviation, Physical examination for flying.
No. 1.
S. & A. 444-a Notice of transfer of enlisted men between classes.
S. & A. 444-b Notice of rating or disrating.
S. &A. 444-d Change of address (to Bureau of Supplies and Accounts).
(See Art. H-1445.)
S. &A. 444-e Notice of extension of enlistment, Naval Reserve.
S. & A. 445 Voucher, uniform gratuity, officers, Fleet Naval Reserve.
S. & A. 445-a Voucher, compensation for drills or equivalent instruction or
duty.
S. & A. 445-b Voucher, compensation for appropriate duty, above rank
of lieutenant.
S. & A. 445-c Voucher, compensation for appropriate duty, below rank of
lieutenant commander.
S. & A. 445-d Voucher, compensation for administrative functions.
S. & A. 445-e Voucher, compensation for Merchant Marine Naval Reserve.
S. & A. 445-g Voucher—advance payment to class F-2 men.
S. & A. 458 Requisition for clothing and small stores, Naval Reserve.
N. Eng. 233, 234, Radio logs and commercial traffic reports. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
and 235.
the Naval Reserve the officer carrying his records shall notify the Bureau of
H-1432. PERMANENT APPOINTMENTS OF CHIEF PETTY OFFICERS—Per
manent appointments will be issued by the Bureau of Navigation to chief petty
officers when recommended by their commanding officers, subject to the require
ments indicated below (C. B. N. M. 3) (C. B. N. M. 4).
(a) Must have served a total of four continuous years in their respective
ratings and have performed not less than 15 days' active duty or
training duty during each year on a cruising vessel.
(6) Any petty officer recommended for permanent appointment must
have no mark less than 3.2 in any subject except marksmanship
and an average of not less than 3.5 in proficiency in rating, conduct,
and ability as a leader of men for the period necessary to establish
his eligibility and must also have passed a satisfactory examination
in the duties of his rating.
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(c) When recommending men for permanent appointment, commanding

officers will forward to the bureau page 8 of current service rec
ord entered to date and a copy of the report of examination on
Form 524-a. The first indorsement at the bottom of this form
must be properly filled out to show the date of the commanding
officer's recommendation. This indorsement shall be signed by the
commanding officer.
(^Permanent appointments are issued to protect petty officers in their
rating and may not be revoked by the commanding officer. Should
a man holding a permanent appointment prove not qualified to
perform properly the duties of his rating, full report of the circum
stances should be made to the bureau. The man concerned should
be given an opportunity to make a written statement, and this
statement should be forwarded to go with the recommendation of
the commanding officer in the premises.
(e) The effective date of permanent appointment will be determined by
the bureau and will be stated on the face of the appointment.
When an appointment is received, an entry will be made in the
service record of the man and the appointment will be delivered
to him at quarters or at assemblage at drill. It is the property
of the man, but may be put with his service record or C. S. C, if
he so desires.
(/) Failure to receive an honorable discharge or to reenlist within three
months from date of honorable discharge cancels a permanent
appointment.
(g) Men discharged with permanent appointment and reenlisted under
continuous service shall be reenlisted in the rating held at date of
discharge.
H-1433. RECORDS 07 KEN TO BE CLOSER OUT WHEN COMMISSIONED.—
When enlisted men of the Naval Reserve are given appointments as officers,
appointments and forwarded to the Bureau of Navigation ; this to be done as of
officer.
H-1434. UPON ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT IN THE NAVY, RESERVIST
TO RE DISCHARGED.—Men enlisting in the regular Navy must be discharged
from the Naval Reserve as of the date of enlistment in the Navy.
(C. B. N. M. 2.)
H-H35. REPORT OF EXAMINATION AND CHANGE OF RATING OF EN
LISTED MEN.
and the reports of professional examination on Form N. Nav. 524, or N. Nav.
524a.
(2) Changes in rating or change of status of any kind shall be entered on
page 7 of N. Nav. 352, quarterly report of changes submitted to the Bureau of
Navigation on N. Nav. 5b, and report of change submitted to the Bureau of
Supplies and Accounts (Retainer Pay Division) on S. and A. Form 444b. (C. B.
N. M. 4.)
H-1436. OFFICIAL CHANNELS POR CORRESPONDENCE.—Whenever officers
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(allowing time for the passage of mail and 10 days additional), the official
whose duty it is to forward the voucher will make appropriate reply and file
the letter.
shall be his name, service number, rating, and class. Example : John Henry
«ones, 130-50-72, CBM (AA) F-l, USNR. (O. B. N. M. 2.)
H-1438. CORRESPONDENCE TO BE DATES—All correspondence shall be
dated in the upper right-hand corner, as shown in the following example :
1 Januabt, 1926.
H-1439. OFFICIAL RESIDENCE TO BE SHOWN IN ORIGIN OF CORRESPOND
ENCE.—The permanent official residence shall be shown in the origin of corre
spondence as follows, for example:
From : Lieutenant (jg) John H. Jones, D-F, USNR.
123 East 34th St.,
New York, N. Y. (O. B. N. M. 2.)
H-1440. REFERENCES TO BE QUOTED IN CORRESPONDENCE—When a
letter is in reply to or refers to previous correspondence, quote under " Refer
ences " the file number, every distinguishing mark, and the date of such corre
spondence. Where more than one reference is given enumerate by small letter
(a), (6), (c), etc. The following form should be used:
Reference: (a) BuNav letter Nav 163 Em 12356-37 of 1 July, 1925.
H-1441. WHEN INDORSEMENTS SHALL BE USED.—At a general rule, a
to the Bureau of Navigation unless specially requested, but an additional copy
should be appended for each intermediate office through which it is expected the
, correspondence will pass. The original is sufficient to meet the demands of
the bureau. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
H-1443. ADDRESSES OF OFFICERS. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
residence and that of their next of kin, and shall keep the bureau promptly
informed via the commanding officer of their organization and the commandant
of their district of all changes made thereafter. In time of peace they may
change their place of permanent official residence at will, but whenever a change
is made it shall be reported to the Bureau of Navigation via the commandant
of the naval district in which formerly residing by the officer making the change.
(C. B. N. M. 3.)
(2) Permanent official residence is defined as the place in his district near
the organization which he is attached to or associated with where the bureau
may at any time send a letter or telegram and expect prompt delivery to the
addressee.
(3) This report of address or change of address should be made by letter
preferably on your 8 by 10% business letterhead stationery, by typewriter if
practicable.
(4) The form shown below should be followed (C. B. N. M. 2).

1 July 1925
12536
From: Lieutenant John H. Jones, A-F USNR
601 West 113th St.
New York, N. Y.
To: Bureau of Navigation.
Via: Commandant Third Naval District
Reference: (a) Bureau of Navigation Manual, Article H-1443.
New York City.
17th & Que Sts. NW„
Washington, D. C.
(s) J. H. Jones.
Distribution:
Original: BuNav
(Note.—Special service officers or staff officers should provide a copy of changes of address for the bureaus
under which they are appointed, i. e., C-V. (S.) officers should forward copy to Director of Naval Com
munication; MC-V. (Q.) and MC-V. (S.) officers should forward copies to Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.)
(C.B.N. M. 4.)
thereby. The letter transmitting the records should state the new address of
the reserve officer. A copy of this letter should be maiied to the Bureau of
Navigation.
(7) A card index of officers ' addresses is maintained in the Bureau of Naviga
ately. Cooperation of everyone in conserving labor and keeping this list cor
rected is confidently expected.
H-1444. CHANGES 0E ADDRESS OF ENLISTED MEN.
(2) Transferred members of the Fleet Reserve shall notify the commandant
SUPPLIES AND ACCOUNTS.—All transferred members of the Fleet Naval Re
serve and all members of the Merchant Marine Naval Reserve shall notify the
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts (Retainer Pay Division), via the commandant
of the naval district where their records are kept, of changes of address to
which checks are to be mailed. S. & A. Form 444il will be used for this notice
and must be signed with the full name of the reservist. Notices given in any
other manner will operate to delay the checks until a notice is received in the
form and manner prescribed. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
. H-1501. PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.—Com
missioned officers of the Naval Reserve, when employed on active duty or train
ing duty, with pay, or when employed In authorized travel to and from such duty,
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vided by law for the reserve forces of the United States, and shall when traveling
under orders receive transportation in kind, mileage, or actual expenses, as pro
vided by law for travel performed by officers of the regular Navy. (Sec. 11 of the
act.)
H-1502. PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF WARRANT OFFICERS AND MEN.—
such duty, shall receive the same pay and allowances as received by warrant
Corps, Coast Guard, Naval Reserve Force, Naval Militia, National Naval
H-1503. PAY FOR 31ST DAY OF MONTH.—When officers or men of the
than 30 days, such duty performed on the 31st day of any month shall be paid
H-1504. BENEFITS FOR INJURY.—If in time of peace any officer or enlisted
man of the Naval Reserve is physically injured in the line of duty while perform
scribed by law for civil employees of the United States who are physically injured
shall perform the same duties with reference thereto as in the cases of civil
H-1505. INJURED PERSONNEL TO RECEIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT.—
Government activity employing civil personnel, the official in charge of that
United States hospital or dispensary or hospital or dispensary designated by the
United States Employees' Compensation Commission, to which the men may
be sent for examination and first-aid treatment. If such facilities are available,
the injured person must report for treatment without delay. If no such facilities
are available in the vicinity and the injury is such as to make hospital treat
ment necessary, the injured person may be sent to any hospital which may
be available, and in such case the injured employee may be permitted to select
the hospital, but the Employees' Compensation Commission will pay for hos
pital service in a general ward only. It will, however, be permissible for the
injured person to obtain service in a private room, provided he will, himself,
pay the difference between the private-room rates and the rates fixed for
general ward patients. If hospital treatment is not necessary, but medical
treatment for the injury is necessary, it may be secured in the same general
manner.
H-1506. COMMANDING OFFICER TO REPORT INJURIES TO PERSONNEL.—
the person was injured, the nature and extent of the injury, so far as' known, and
what action, if any, has been taken to provide treatment, as well as any other
information that may be of value in establishing the injured person's right to
compensation or medical or hospital service.
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H-1507. MINOR INJURIES TO BE REPORTED.—It is Important that every
are subsequently made the basis of claims for compensation or hospital or
medical treatment.
indicated by the foregoing paragraphs having been taken, the commandant of the
naval district, or the official in charge of the nearest United States Government
activity, employing civil personnel, must be consulted and the necessary forms
obtained for making the additional reports required by the United States Em
ployees' Compensation Commission.
H-1609. CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION MUST BE FILED WITHIN ONE YEAR —
H-1510. UNIFORMS FOR ENLISTED MEN. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
enlistment. (SeC. 13 of the act.)
H-1511. ISSUE OF UNIFORMS FOR MEN IN TIME OF PEACE.— (1) When
an issue of uniforms is authorized, enlisted men of the Naval Reserve shall
be issued such of the below-enumerated articles of uniform as the commandant
of the district may deem necessary for their proper drilling and training, having
due regard for climatic conditions, but the issues shall not exceed during any
one four-year period of enlistment the number of items enumerated in the fol
lowing table:
FOB CHIEF PETTY OFFICERS AND FOR OTHER ENLISTED RATINGS
OFFICERS' COOKS AND STEWARDS , capj ^
1 cap, combination, complete. f 3 packages clothes stops.
2 coats, blue. 1 caP> watch.
4 coats, white. 2 jumpers, dungaree.
2 pairs of trousers, blue. 1 Pair gloves.
4 pairs of trousers, white. 3 hats, white.
1 overcoat. 1 Pair leggings.
6 rating badges, blue and white. * neckerchief.
6 specialty marks. * raincoat.
Accounts.
separation from the service the reservist should return the clothing to the material
officer of his organization.
H-1513. ENCOURAGED TO STOW UNIFORMS IN ARMORIES—In order to
care, and stowage of them, men of the Naval Reserve should be encouraged to
keep their uniforms at armories or drill halls, if locker facilities are available.
(C. B. N. M. 3.)
of Construction and Repair Manual.
AND F-5.—Enlisted men of classes F-3, F-4, and F-5 on inactive duty are
entitled to naval hospital treatment and to medical treatment whenever they
reside in localities where medical officers of the Navy are on duty. Such treat
ment will be given under the same local rules as apply to the treatment of the
enlisted personnel of the Navy.
H-1516. RESERVISTS IN TRAVEL STATUS ENTITLED TO PAY.—Officers
and men of the Naval Reserve when traveling under orders to and from training
H-1517. TRANSPORTATION FOR DEPENDENTS—Members of the Naval
their home.
and men of the Naval Reserve, when employed on active duty, authorized train
ing duty, with or without pay, drills or other equivalent instruction or duty, or
H-1604. PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF OFFICERS—All officers of the Naval
Reserve shall be examined physically once every four years, or oftener, as may
be deemed necessary, and if upon such examination they are found not physically
qualified for active service they shall be honorably discharged or, within the dis
cretion of the Secretary of the Navy, placed on the honorary retired list pro
vided for in Article H-1605. (Sec. 18 of the act.)
H-1605. HONORARY RETIRED LIST.—Officers of the Naval Reserve shall be
Navy, upon the officer's own request, after 25 years' service in the Naval Re
serve. Service in the Navy, Marine Corps, Naval Reserve Force, National
Naval Volunteers, Naval Militia, Naval Auxiliary Service, and Coast Guard shall
be counted as service in the Naval Reserve under the provisions of this article.
of the Secretary of the Navy, except as provided in Article H-2903. (Sec. 6 of
the act.)
H-1607. CAUSE FOR DISCHARGE OF OFFICERS.—In time of peace officers
lowing causes:
(a) Failure to keep the bureau and the commandant informed of his
address.
(c) Failure to make such reports as may be required by the Secretary of
the Navy concerning his movements and occupation.
(eZ) Failure to appear for an examination or reexamination for promotion
for reasons tendered which are not considered good and sufficient by
the bureau.
(e) Failure to submit an excuse for failure to appear for examination or
reexamination for promotion. ,
if) Failure to pass prescribed physical or professional examination.
(g) For other full and sufficient cause in the discretion of the Secretary
of the Navy. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
H-1608. DISCHARGE OF ENLISTED MEN IN TIME OF PEACE—In time of
peace an enlisted man shall be discharged by the commanding officer of his
organization or, if not attached to an organization, by the commandant for the
following reasons. (C. B. N. M. 2.) :
(a) Expiration of enlistment (honorable, good, or indifferent) .
(6) At awn request (special order of commanding officer) .
Navy) .
(d) By sentence of court-martial (dishonorable or bad conduct) .
H-1609. DISCHARGES IN TIME OF WAR.—In time of war, or a national
officers and enlisted men from the regular Navy, subject to the provisions of
Article H-1705. (Sec. 6 of the act.)
H-1610. HONORABLE DISCHARGE.—lii time Of peace an honorBble discharge

shall be issued only on the expiration of enlistment and if recommended for
reenlistment.
H-1611. CHARACTER OF DISCHARGE TO BE ENTERED ON DISCHARGB
DISCHARGE CERTIFICATES.
(1) The issuing officer shall note on the discharge certificate whether or not
the enlisted man is recommended for reenlistment. In the following instances
the man shall not be recommended for reenlistment:
(a) If discharged for Undesirability or inaptitude.
(5) If discharged by sentence of court-martial,
(2) An enlisted man transferred to the Volunteer Naval Reserve in accordance
with Article H-2601 and 3602 should, upon expiration of enlistment, be given an
honorable or good discharge and should be recommended for reenlistment, unless-
other reasons exist which make his reenlistment undesirable. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
REENLIST IN REGULAR NAVY.—Enlisted men of the regular naval service
assigned to the Fleet Naval Reserve in accordance with the provisions of Article
H-2414 or enlisted men who within three months from date of discharge from the
as if they had enlisted in the regular service within three months of their last
H-1703. ACTIVE DUTY IN TIME OF WAR.—Officers and men of the Naval
of the act.)
(1) In time of peace, except as provided in Article H-2723, officers and men
be ordered to or continued on active duty with their own consent. (Sec. 9 of
the act.)
whole time to the duty to which ordered,
H-1706.—PRECEDENCE DETERMINED BY DATE OF COMMISSION OR WAR
RANT.—Commissioned officers of the same rank and warrant officers in the
selves and with other officers of the Naval Reserve according to the date of
said promotions.
(6) Former officers of the Navy or Coast Guard, who, within four months of
H-1709. PRECEDENCE OF FORMER OFFICERS OF REGULAR NAVY OR COAST
GUARD APPOINTED IN NAVAL RESERVE AFTER JULY 1, 1925.—Former officers
of the Navy or Coast Guard, who, within four months of separation therefrom
are appointed in the Naval Reserve after July 1, 1925, in the same ranks or
grades as last held by them in the Navy or Coast Guard, shall take precedence
the rank of lieutenant commander who are selected for advancement in accord-
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ance with the provisions of Article H-1721 shall, when so advanced, take pre
H-1712. UNIFORM PRESCRIBED FOR NAVAL RESERVE.—Officers and men
of the Naval Reserve shall wear the uniforms prescribed for officers and men
of corresponding rank and rating in the Regular Navy. All uniforms must be
H-1714. WHEN UNIFORMS ARE TO BE WORN.—Members of the Naval
Reserve shall wear the uniforms of their ranks or ratings when at drills and when
performing authorized active duty or training duty with or without pay, except
that civilian clothes may be worn when in an active duty status in conformity
with the customs of the regular service. They may wear such uniforms at
ceremonies and memorial services. They shall not wear the uniforms at un
authorized times. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
H-1715. APPOINTMENT OF MIDSHIPMEN FROM ENLISTED MEN.—The
Marine Gôrps Reserve under similar conditions as prescribed by law for appoint
H-1716. REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTMENTS AS MIDSHIPMEN.—Only
selected as a result of a competitive examination for appointment as midshipmen:
(a) Must be citizens of the United States who are not more than 20 years
of age on April 1 of the year in which appointed.
(6) Must have been in the Naval Reserve at least one year by July 1 of
the year in which appointed. In this computation service in the
Marine Corps Reserve, in the Navy, and the Marine Corps shall be
credited.
(c) Must have maintained efficiency by attending drills while in the Naval
Reserve, or Marine Corps Reserve. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
(e) Must submit application prior to January 15 of the year in which
appointed. This application should be routed to the Bureau of
Navigation via commanding officer, commandant of district and
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. Transcript from service record
and report of physical examination on Bureau of Medicine and
Surgery Form P2-5/EN-10 in duplicate should be attached to it.
(J) Must be recommended by their commanding officers. No other
recommendations are necessary.
(g) Must take a competitive examination which is held on the third
Wednesday in April of each year and is the regular examination
given to candidate^ nominated for appointment as midshipmen.
(h) Must meet the same mental and physical requirements as are required
of other candidates for appointment as midshipmen. Regulations
governing the admission of candidates into the Naval Academy as
Midshipmen and sample examination papers may be obtained upon
application through official channels to the Bureau of Navigation.
(1) The Naval Reserve officers are required to take a physical examination
before a statutory board of medical officers of the regular Navy, if available, for
appointment or promotion in the Naval Reserve, and for transfer from the
Volunteer Naval Reserve to either the Fleet Naval Reserve or the Merchant
Marine Naval Reserve. If medical officers of the regular Navy are not avail
able for this examination, it may be conducted by medical officers of the Naval
Reserve or of both Navy and Naval Reserve. A physical examination for any
of these purposes will be deemed sufficient to meet the requirements of Article
H-1604. Records of statutory examining boards shall be made up in accordance
with chapter 19, Naval Courts and Boards. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
mileage or other expense, the physical examination may be conducted by a
medical officer of the regular Navy or the Naval Reserve. (C. B. N. M. 4.)
In such cases the report of medical examination, together with the medical
history of the candidate on file in the department, will be acted upon by a
special board of medical officers appointed in the department. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
the regular Navy or Naval Reserve. The purpose of this examination is to
that his health should not ordinarily be, and has not been, adversely affected
by such training duty.
of Medicine and Surgery Form P2-5/EN-10.
actual flying of aircraft, there shall be submitted also on Bureau of Medicine
and Surgery Form N. M. S., Aviation, No. 1, a report of physical examination
for flying conducted by a flight surgeon. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
H-1718. HEALTH RECORDS.—Health records shall be maintained for mem
bers of the Naval Reserve in the same manner as for the regular Navy.
H-I719. RESULT OF PHYSICAL EXAMINATION.—The result of every physi
H-1720. PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF ENLISTED MEN FOR TRAINING
in the health record of the man concerned. In the case of men of classes F-2,
F-3, F-4, and F-5, this examination may be used to determine the physical
H-1721. PROMOTION IN TIME OF PEACE. (C. B. N. M. 4.)

(1) Promotion of officers to the rank or grade of commander and above will be
made in accordance with Article H-1214. /
(2) All officers of the Fleet and Volunteer Naval Reserve below the grade of
lieutenant commander will be promoted in the order of their seniority, provided
they have fulfilled the requirements for promotion in the respective grades in the
classes to which they are assigned.
(3) Line officers of the fleet class will be promoted in accordance with Articles
• H-2501 and H-2502. Staff and volunteer officers, general or special service, will
become eligible for consideration for promotion when the fleet line officer next
senior becomes due for promotion. ^
(4) An officer who fails to qualify for promotion when due will be required to
take a reexamination for the same grade or rank within a period of six months, and
if he qualifies on the reexamination he will be promoted without loss of precedence.
If he fails to qualify, he may be discharged, or, in the discretion of the bureau,
retained in his rank for a period not in excess of three years. During this 3-year
period, should he qualify, he may be promoted in accordance with paragraphs
(2) and (3) hereof, but his date of precedence in the next higher grade shall not be
earlier than the date of his qualification therefor. If, at the end of three years,
he should fail to qualify, he shall be discharged.
(1) In time of war or national emergency, officers on the active list of the
Naval Reserve employed on active duty shall be advanced in grade and rank
up to and including the rank of lieutenant commander with the officers of the
regular Navy with whom or next after whom they take precedence in accordance
with this act, and such officers of and above the rank of lieutenant commander
shall be eligible for selection upon recommendation by a board, appointed con
stituted, and approved as required by law for the regular Navy, and when so
selected shall be eligible for advancement, either temporary or permanent, to
the next higher grade or rank in the Naval Reserve corresponding to such higher
grades or rank as may then exist on the active list of the regular Navy, in such
numbers for each grade or rank as may be prescribed from time to time by the
(4) The provisions of this article shall not apply to officers who have been
or may hereafter be retired from the Naval Reserve Force or the Naval Reserve.
H-1723. DISTRICT ACCOUNTING OFFICER—One of the officers on duty at
instructing the Naval Reserve in the district. This officer shall also act as dis
bursing officer for the Naval Reserve if necessary. All such material and equip
ment will be invoiced to the commandant of the naval district.
RESERVE.
(2) The custodian of property for each organization will be the commanding
officer of the organization.
(4) The supply officer, or if none is attached, the material officer, under the
H-1725. CONSTITUTION OF NAVAL MILITIA.—Of the Organized Militia, as
H-1726. MEMBERS OF NAVAL MILITIA BELIEVED FBOM SEBVICE IN
TIME OF WAB.—Officers and men of the Naval Reserve who are members of
H-1727. EQUIPMENT LOANED TO STATES—Such vessels, material, arma
the District .of Columbia, for the administration and training of units of the
CHAPTER 2
FLEET NAVAL RESERVE
Section 1. MISSION
mobilize trained organizations for service on board vessels of the United States
H-2201. OFFICERS OF THE FLEET NAVAL RESERVE—The officer personnel
1925, from the former Fleet Naval Reserve, former Naval Reserve, and former
H-2202. ENLISTED MEN OF THE FLEET NAVAL RESERVE.—The enlisted
(a) Men enlisted in the Naval Reserve for four years, or with extended
enlistments, who are transferred to the Fleet Naval Reserve.
(Sees. 4, 22, 23, and 26 of the act.) (Class F-l.)
(6) Men who are assigned by the Secretary of the Navy for four years'
service in the Naval Reserve after one or more complete enlistments
in the Regular Navy. (Class F-2.)
(c) Men who, previous to July 1, 1925, were transferred from the regular
Navy to the Naval Reserve Force after 16 or 20 years' naval
service and were further transferred from the Naval Reserve Force
to the Naval Reserve on July 1, 1925. (Class F-3.)
(d) Men who served in the Navy prior to July 1, 1925, who were either
in the Navy or Naval Reserve Force on that date or who reenlist
with continuous service after that date and thereafter transfer to
the Naval Reserve after 16 or 20 years' service in accordance with
Article H-2416. (Class F-4.)
(e) Men who first enlist in the Navy after July 1, 1925, or who reenlist
Reserve after 20 years' naval service. (Class F-5.)
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as'sist in training, administration, and mobilization. This division will be
H-2303. AVIATION UNITS OP ORGANIZATION.
(1) The aviation division Is the basic unit of organization.
squadron.
H-2304. THE FLEET DIVISION.
near the seacoast or Great Lakes. Each district will be allotted a quota of
divisions within the quota be organized in new localities without the approval of
the department.
(2) The enlisted strength of a fleet division will not exceed the quota assigned
by the Bureau of Navigation. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
(3) The fleet division will be allowed two men in the first pay grade, four in
the second, six in the third, and eight in the fourth. A deficiency in any pay
grade may be counterbalanced by an equal number in lower grades. A fleet
division^having an excess in the first four pay grades may retain such men until
their separation from the Fleet Reserve. In fleet divisions not attached to a
battalion no men will be advanced to these pay grades until vacancies occur.
tenant commander. The commandant may attach one lieutenant commander
and one warrant or chief warrant officer to a division in addition to the above
allowances where this will contribute to its efficiency. Two lieutenant com
manders may be attached to a fleet division in the discretion of the Chief of
the Bureau of Navigation, when, through the promotion of one of the officers of
that division, it would otherwise be necessary to place one of the lieutenant
commanders in an excess status; provided that the total number of commis
sioned line officers, exclusive of chief warrants, shall not exceed five. When
the promotion of an officer to the rank of lieutenant commander brings about a
condition wherein two lieutenant commanders are attached to the same fleet
division the commandant will— i
(a) Within 30 days after the execution of oath and acceptance of office
detach one of these officers and assign him to a vacancy com
mensurate with his rank in another authorized fleet organization
with which he is in a position to attend drills and to otherwise
maintain efficiency; or
(6) Attach both of them tentatively to the division and request authority
from the bureau to retain them in the division in accordance with
the authorization above quoted.
(c) Within 30 days after the execution of oath and acceptance of office
detach one of them without further assignment to any fleet organi
zation and, in this case, inform the bureau, forwarding at the same
time such comments as the officer in question may care to submit
relative to his transfer to the volunteer Naval Reserve.
(5) Fleet divisions not attached to battalions or maintained in a battalion at a

locality other than that of the battalion headquarters divisions are allowed one
medical and one supply officer. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
(6) An officer of the Fleet Reserve, attached to a division thereof, who comes
due for promotion to the rank of lieutenant commander and who can not be
retained in his division in that rank due to then existing policies, may choose one
of the following options: (C. B. N. M. 4.)
(a) Promotion to lieutenant commander and transfer to the Volunteer Reserve.
(b) Waiver of his right to promotion for a period of one year with the privilege
of remaining in his organization in a fleet status in the rank of lieutenant, subject
to the commandant's authority to detach any officer from a fleet organization
in his discretion. In case an officer waives his right to promotion, vacancies in
the grade of lieutenant commander occurring during the life of the waiver will be
filled by the promotion of lieutenants from below said officer. At the expiration
of the life of the waiver, he will be eligible to fill the next vacancy occurring in the
grade above, which would normally be assigned to an officer in his position on
the precedence list. The Bureau of Navigation will be under no obligation to
void a waiver for a definite period of time, even at the request of the officer con
cerned. Waivers may be renewed from year to year, subject to the approval of
the district commandant concerned in each case.
H-2305. THE RESERVE CREW.
(1) Each fleet division will constitute a reserve crew or part of such a crew <
(2) Where a large vessel is to be mobilized, several fleet divisions or a bat
talion will be designated to constitute the reserve crew.
for each type of reserve crew will be shown in tables of organization. The
bureau will allot to districts the reserve crews to be constituted by their divisions.
(4) Commandants of the districts will prescribe the type of reserve crew each
complement of the reserve crew men will be permitted to change their rating to
plans for the procurement of additional men required to expand his division to
to other duties.
rank below that of lieutenant commander, one medical officer, and one supply
officer. An additional medical officer will be allowed to a battalion consisting
of more than a headquarters division and two fleet divisions, if the divisions
of the battalion are in the same locality. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
A lieutenant commander of the line may be attached to the division in addi
tion to the above allowances at the discretion of the commandant. The senior
line officer of the division will be known as the division commander and will
act as executive officer of the battalion.
(3) The enlisted strength of the headquarters division will not exceed the
quota assigned by the Bureau of Navigation. The division will be allowed
2 men in the first pay grade, 2 in the second, 3 in the third, and 3 in the fourth.
A deficiency in any pay grade may be counterbalanced by an equal number in
lower grades. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
(4) A battalion having an excess in the allowed number of men in the first
four pay grades may retain such men in its fleet and headquarters divisions in
excess of such allowances until their separation from the Fleet Reserve. No
advancements in rating will be made to fill vacancies in any division In the
allowed number of men in the first four pay grades while an excess exists in
the battalion.
be specified by the bureau for each division in tables of organization. These
complements will not be exceeded. An allowance of enlisted men less than the
complement may be specified by the bureau.
(3) The commandant will designate a naval aviator, either of the Navy or
Fleet Reserve, not above the rank of lieutenant commander, to command an
aviation division. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
division commander will maintain plans for expanding the diyision to its full
Navy or Fleet Reserve not above the rank of lieutenant commander designated
by the commandant. He will be allowed a squadron headquarters division to
assist him in the administration, training, and mobilization of the squadron
and to furnish the personnel which, with that of the divisions, will complete
the complement of the squatlron for war service. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
H-2310. TEE SQUADRON HEADQUARTERS DIVISION.—The bureau will
headquarters divisions of various squadrons. An allowance of enlisted men
less than the complement may be specified by the bureau. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
a mobilization center by the commandant. Where a fleet division is to furnish
a complete reserve crew, the mobilization center should be usually the head
quarters of the division. Where a battalion is to furnish one or more com
plete crews, their mobilization centers should be the headquarters of the
battalion. Where two or more fleet divisions not attached to battalions are to
form one complete reserve crew, Its mobilization center should be usually
the headquarters of the division nearest the mobilization base.
H-2312. RECRUITING OF RESERVE CREWS TO FUIL ENIISTED
STRENGTH.—Fleet divisions or battalions which at the order to mobilize have
not the full enlisted strength of their reserve crews will immediately bring
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their crews or allotted parts of crews to full strength in accordance with

prearranged plans and assemble at the mobilization centers. The commandant
may order reservists of other classes to report to mobilization centers to bring
crews to full strength.
H-2313. DEFICIENCIES IN OFFICER STRENGTHS.—Commandants will make
up deficiencies in the officer strengths of the reserve crews by ordering the
necessary additional officers to report to mobilization centers of the reserve
crews. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
H-2314. ENTRAINMENT FOR MOBILIZATION BASE—Each reserve crew will
ship to which it is assigned. The senior officer of the division or battalion at
the mobilization center is responsible for the entrainment of the reserve crew
or crews for their mobilization base or bases. The commandant will assign a
time limit, not to exceed 72 hours, in which the reserve crew must leave the
mobilization center for its mobilization base. Should reserve crews have de
ficiencies when entrained, the senior officer of the crew will report to the com
mandant, who will take the necessary action for forwarding the additional
personnel to the mobilization base as soon as practicable.
attached to reserve crews will be ordered to proceed immediately at mobili
zation. Those available for general detail will be assigned to duty by the
commandant as is necessary to meet the developments of the situation within
his district or to meet the requirements of the Navy as a whole as specified
by the bureau. (G. B. N. M. 3.)
H-2316. MOBILIZATION OF AVIATION UNITS.—Each aviation division or
to full strength, receive additional officer personnel from the commandant,
and proceed as directed by the commandant. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
H-2317. MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS FOR CLASSES F-2, F-3, F-4, and F-5.
(1) Commandants will maintain records showing the physical and profes
sional qualiflciifions of men of classes F-2, F-3, F—1, and F-5 attached to their
districts.
(2) Men will be classified phys'cally as follows:
Class A. Those fit for sea duty, with due allowance for age and length
of service.
(3) Men physically fit for sea duty will be classified professionally in accord
ance with the type or types of vessels on which they are best qualified to serve.
perform.
H-2318. ORGANIZATION OF FLEET RESERVE UNITS—The men of classes
F-2, F-3, F-4, and F-5 physically fit for sea duty will be organized for the
purpose of mobilization into Fleet Reserve units for service on board certain-
named vessels. The names of the vessels and the compositions of various types
of Fleet Reserve units will be specified by the bureau. In the organization of
units the following principles should be followed:
(o) Units should be formed in the order of priority in which the ships
to which they are to be assigned are carried in the list furnished
the commandant by the bureau.
(6) Men should be assigned to units for types of ships on which they
have had previous service.
(c) It is desirable that men of the same unit reside in the same general
locality.
(<i) If it is impracticable to All all units with suitable men of the above
classes, the commandant may substitute a man of proven ability
from another class of the reserve.
H-2319. MOBILIZATION OF FLEET RESERVE UNITS—The commandant will
designate a mobilization center for each unit, at which it will assemble within
24 hours of the publication of the mobilization order. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
F-2, F-3, F-4, and F-5 not assigned to Fleet Reserve units, provided he is not
required to distribute them to other activities in the bureau's personnel plans.
Men who are physically unfit for any duty will not be called to active duty.
H-2401. FLEET NAVAL RESERVE LIMITED TO LINE, MEDICAL, AND
SUPPLY CORPS.—The Fleet Naval Reserve shall be limited to oflScers of the line,
Medical Corps and Supply Corps.
number of officers allowed in each district in each of the following classes : A-F,
D-F, E-F, MC-F, SC-F, and F. An ofiicer of class DE-F may be substituted
for an officer of either class D-F or E-F. (C. B. N. M. 2.) (C. B. N. M. 4.)
occur in the prescribed division, battalion, or squadron quotas of officers of
classes D-F, E-F, DE-F, A-F. MC-F. and SC-F appointments or transfers to
fill such vacancies will be made by the President and the Bureau of Navigation
respectively, upon the recommendation of the commandant of the district,
from the following sources (C. B. N. M. 4.) :
(a) Qualified officers of other classes and enlisted men of the Naval
Reserve.
(6) Graduates of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps. (C. B.
N. M. 3.)
H-2404. RANKS IN WHICH ASSIGNMENTS AND TRANSFERS ARE MADE.
(1) Officers of the Volunteer Naval Reserve (general service) may be trans
ferred to the Fleet Naval Reserve to fill vacancies in their current ranks without
loss of precedence. (C. B. N. M. 4.)
(2) Other candidates may be assigned only at the foot of the list of ensigns in
classes—D-F, E-F, DE-F, A-F, and SC-F—or lieutenants (junior grade) in
class MC-F. (C. B. N. M. 3.) (C. B. N. M. 4.)
H-2406. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CLASS A-F. (C. B. N. M. 4.)
(a) Candidates for class A-F must have complied with the aviation
training requirements of the Bureau of Navigation, be recom
mended by the Bureau of Aeronautics, and pass a physical examina
tion for flying before a flight surgeon. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
E-2407. METHOD OF SELECTING CANDIDATES TO FILL VACANCIES.
Vacancies in organizations will be filled by the selection of eligible candidates
at locations where such vacancies actually exist. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
qualifications in accordance with the standards for the same ranks or grades of
a statutory or special medical examining board, as provided for in Article

H-1717.
(2) Physical defects will not be waived for assignment or transfer to the
Fleet Naval Reserve. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
officer.
H-2409. PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS.—All candidates for assignment
or transfer to the Fleet Reserve must establish their professional qualifications
by a written examination before a supervisory board composed of regular or
reserve officers appointed by the commandant, which shall conduct the exam
ination for the statutory naval examining board in the department. The exam
ination will be waived in the case of a Volunteer Reserve officer who has previously
qualified by examination for his rank, who formerly held a commission in the
regular Navy in the same rank, or, in the case of a candidate for ensign, if he has
graduated from the Naval Academy. The scope of the examinations will be in
accordance with article H-2518 and the record of proceedings will be forwarded
in accordance with article H-2517. (C. B. N. M. 4.)
H-2410. APPOINTMENT OR ENLISTMENT OF MEMBERS OF NAVAL MILI
TIA IN FLEET NAVAL RESERVE.—Any officer or enlisted man of the Naval
Militia may be appointed or enlisted in the Fleet Naval Reserve in the grade,
rank, or rating not above the rank of ensign under the same regulations as for
other appointments or enlistments in the Fleet Naval Reserve. (Sec. 28 of
the act.)
filled as follows :
(a) By the transfer of V-l and V-2 men of appropriate rating whose
physical and professional fitness for their rating has been estab
lished. Men of V-3, V-4, V-5, and V-6 will be transferred to F-l
only by special authority of the Bureau of Navigation. (C. B.
N. M. 3.)
(6) By the enlistment of men not over 28 years of age, without previous
service, in the ratings of seaman second class, fireman third class,
or mess attendant third class. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
(c) By the enlistment in the rating in which honorably discharged of
former Navy men not over 28 years of age. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
(d) Especially desirable men over 28 years of age may be enlisted with
the consent of the Bureau of Navigation in each case. (C. B.
N. M. 2.)
H-2412. METHOD OF PROCUREMENT OF ENLISTED MEN OF CLASS F-l.—
The procurement of men of Class F-l to fill complements of divisions is a func
tion of division, squadron, and battalion commanders under the supervision of
the commandant, as follows :
(a) Commandants are authorized to transfer men from classes V-l and
V-2 to F-l upon recommendation of division, squadron, and bat
talion commanders. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
(6) Division, squadron, and battalion cemmanders are authorized to
enlist men directly into class F-l.
Any enlisted man serving in the regular Navy on July 1, 1925, who is not a
citizen of the United States and who on that date has completed not less than
eight years' naval service shall be deemed eligible for transfer to the Fleet
Naval Reserve upon completion of the minimum amount of service required
for such transfer. (Sec. 4 of the act.)
H-2414. ASSIGNMENT TO CIASS F-2 UPON TERMINATION OF ENLISTMENT
IN NAVY.
accordance with Article H-2415 to serve four years in the Fleet Naval Reserve
(2) Upon termination of their enlistment in the regular naval service, men
who have so obligated themselves shall be assigned for the four-year period to
the Fleet Naval Reserve. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
(3) The men so assigned to the Fleet Naval Reserve for the four-year period
shall not, in time of peace, be ordered to active duty, except with their own
consent, and shall be under no obligation to perform training duty or drill during
that period. (Sec. 22 of the act.)
H-2415. RESTRICTIONS ON ASSIGNMENT TO CIASS F-2.
( 1 ) Enlisted men may obligate themselves to serve four years in class F-2 of the
Fleet Naval Reserve in accordance with article H-2414 only in the period within
three months prior to the termination of their enlistments. (C. B. N. M. 4.)
when the applicant is in a rating specified by the bureau as desirable for the
reserve. Such instructions will be issued from time to time, depending upon the
so obligated themselves shall be assigned to class F-2 for the four-year period
in the rating from which discharged, provided that they are recommended for
reenlistment and have not applied for reenlistment or extension of enlistment
In the Navy.
Reserve, nor will they be allowed to perform equivalent or appropriate duty.
H-2416. TRANSFER OF MEN WHO ENLISTED IN NAVY PRIOR TO JULY
1, 1925, TO CIASS F-4.—Enlisted men serving in the regular Navy on July 1,
1925, or who are serving in the Naval Reserve Force on July 1, 1925, in an
enrollment entered into within 4 months from the date of their discharge from
the regular Navy and hereafter reenlist in the regular Navy within 3 months
from the date of their discharge from the Naval Reserve shall be entitled
to be transferred to the Fleet Naval Reserve, class F—4, on the completion of
16 or more years' naval service, provided their request for transfer has been
submitted in duplicate on Form N. Nav. 395 and has been approved by the
Bureau of Navigation. ( Sec. 26 of the act. )
H-2417. COMPUTATION OF SERVICE FOR TRANSFER TO THE FLEET
NAVAL RESERVE. ( C. B. N. M. 3. )
(1) Naval service for purposes of transfer to the Fleet Naval Reserve
includes all service either as an officer or enlisted man in the regular Navy,
Marine Corps, active service other than training in the Naval Reserve Force,
Naval Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, or National Naval Volunteers, and in
the Naval Militia when in actual service of the United States pursuant to
a call of the President, and service in the Coast Guard when serving as a part
of the Navy in time of war.
(2) In computing the service of enlisted men of the Navy for transfer to
the Fleet Naval Reserve deductions will be made on account of nonperformance
of duty for the following reasons. In indicating these classes of deductions
the abbreviations shown below will be used.
Abbreviation
(a) Time while on furlough without pay FWOP
(6) Inactive service or training service as a member of the
Naval Reserve Force or Naval Reserve INRF or TRF
(c) Except as to completed minority enlistments, time lost on account
of injury, sickness, or disease resulting from the man's own
intemperate use of drugs or alcoholic liquors or other mis
conduct SKlVIC
(d) Except as to completed minority enlistments, absence without leave
(including overleave and desertion) AWOL.
(e) (X) Except as to completed minority enlistments, absence while in
civil arrest resulting in sentence and while serving such sentence- NPDI
(Y) Except as to completed minority enlistments, nonperformance
of duty because imprisoned both while in arrest resulting in
court-martial sentence and while serving said sentence NPDI
Note.—Nonperformance of duty because imprisoned includes time under court-
martial sentence in a naval prison (or at a receiving ship or station designated
as a naval prison) and time under arrest awaiting trial which results in con
viction and sentence to confinement in a naval prison (or at a receiving ship or
station designated as a naval prison). It does not include time in arrest
awaiting trial by court-martial in case of acquittal.
Nonperformance of duty because imprisoned does not include time spent in
confinement after trial under sentences of court-martial or deck courts, where
the punishment inflicted does not involve confinement at a naval prison (or at a
receiving ship or station designated as a naval prison), but involves confinement
only to the limits of the ship or station to which attached or confinement in
the brig of such ship or station.
(3) In computing service for transfer to classes F-3 and F-4 (but not F-5)
complete enlistments during minority counts as four years and any enlistment
terminated within three months prior to expiration of the term of such enlist
ment counts as the full term for which enlisted. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
H-2418. RELEASE OF MEN OF CLASS F-2 AND F-4 TO INACTIVE DUTY.—
In order that commandants of districts may make suitable arrangements for
the use of men of classes F-2 and F-4 at mobilization it is essential that the
following measures be taken by commanding officers who release such men
to inactive duty immediately following their assignment or transfer to the
reserve :
event of war or national emergency; that he must at all times
keep the commandant of the naval district in which he resides
informed of his home address ; that he must answer promptly all
letters addressed to him by proper authority ; that he must inform
the commandant of any change in his health which might prevent
service at sea in time of war.
(6) The commanding officer will inform the reservist as to the recruiting
(o) The regular Navy record, N. Nav. 1, will be closed out and forwarded
to the bureau.
(<I) The Naval Reserve record, N. Nav. 353, will be made out and for
(f) If accounts are complete, the continuous-service certificate should be
record ; when all adjustments have been made the continuous-
H-2419. ENLISTED MEN MAY BE TRANSFERRED AFTER 20 TEARS'
NAVAL SERVICE TO CLASS F-5.—Men who enlist in the regular Navy after
July 1, 1925, except those specified in Article H-2416, may upon their own appli
cations be transferred to the Fleet Naval Reserve only upon the completion of
at least 20 years' naval service and provided they are then found physically
and otherwise qualified to perform duty in time of war. (Sec. 23 of the act.)
H-2501. PROMOTION BY SENIORITY ON LINEAL PRECEDENCE LIST.—
Officers of the Fleet Naval Reserve will be promoted in the order of their senior
ity in accordance with the provisions of this section and the provisions of article
H-1721. (C. B. N. M. 4.)
commissioned line officers of the rank of lieutenant commander and below in
the Fleet Naval Reserve at any one time, exclusive of commissioned warrant
officers, shall be distributed in the proportion of 16 in the grade of lieutenant
commander to 37 in the grade of lieutenant, to 47 in the grades of lieutenant
(junior grade) and ensign. (C. B. N. M. 3.) (C. B. N. M. 4.)
Computation to determine the number of officers in each rank will be made semi
annually on January 1 and July 1. No officer will be reduced in rank as a re
sult of any computation. After establishing by examination their physical and
Articles H-2506 to H-2508, be promoted by seniority to fill vacancies in the
various grades. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
H-2506. FOUR YEARS REQUIRED IN GRADE OF LIEUTENANT.—Lieutenants
shall have not less than four years' service in that grade before being eligible
for promotion to the grade of lieutenant commander.
H-2507. FOUR YEARS REQUIRED IN GRADE OF LIEUTENANT (JUNIOR
GRADE).—Lieutenants (junior grade) shall have not less than four years' serv
ice in that grade before being eligible for promotion to the grade of lieutenant.
E-2508. FOUR YEARS REQUIRED IN GRADE OF ENSIGN.—Officers, after
H-2509. SIXTY DAYS' ACTIVE SERVICE REQUIRED IN EACH RANK FOR
44 NAVAL EESERVE REGULATIONS
H-2511. OFFICERS REQUIRED TO APPEAR FOR EXAMINATION.—Naval
H.-2512. EXCUSE TO BE SUBMITTED BY OFFICERS FAILING TO APPEAR
FOR EXAMINATION.
(1) Officers who fail to appear for examination for promotion when author
ized shall submit via the commandant to the Bureau of Navigation an excuse
stating in fuil the reasons for such failure to appear.
(2) If the reasons advanced are considered by the Bureau of Navigation as-
good and sufficient, a matter to be decided in each individual case, the bureau
may authorize the examination to be taken at a later date without loss of
precedence.
(1) Physical examinations for promotion will be similar in all respects to
those for procurement, except that due allowance will be made for length of
service on the same standard as for the regular Navy.
(2) The Bureau of Navigation will endeavor to send transcripts relating to
(3) All records of statutory medical examining boards will be made up in
accordance with chapter 19, Naval Courts and Boards, 1923, including therein
in duplicate a report on Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Form P2-5/EN-10.
(4) Waivers for physical defects below the standards for the regular Navy
will be granted only in the cases of officers whose continuance in or transfer or
appointment to the Fleet Reserve is deemed especially desirable by the Bureau
of Navigation. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
(5) The board should carefully and exactly enumerate in detail all defects
(6) When completed, the record of the medical board should be forwarded
direct to the Judge Advocate General without waiting for the professional
examination to be completed. Only the original copy should be forwarded. No
copy is desired by either the Bureau of Navigation or the Bureau of Medicine
and Surgery.
H-2516. PROFESSIONAL EXAMINATIONS TO BE CONDUCTED BY SUPER
officers of the re»?ular Navy or the Naval Reserve or both Navy and Naval
Reserve appointed by the commandant. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
follows:
(o) Line officers (deck, engineering, and aviation) , and machinists—
D. C.
(6) Medical officers—
Medical School, U. S. Naval Hospital, Washington, D. C.
(C. B. N. M. 2.)
(c) Supply officers and pay clerks—
Washington, D. C.
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(d) Carpenter
delphia, Pa.
(e) Boatswains—
ington, D. C.
(J) Gunners—
ington, D. C.
H-2518. SCOPE OF EXAMINATION FOR FLEET NAVAL RESERVE OFFI
CERS.—The scope of the professional examination for assignment to or promotion
of officers in the Fleet Naval Reserve or for transfer to that class shall include
in examinations for promotion special attention will be given to the duties
required of the individual officers in time of war according to the mobilization
plans. Waivers of professional requirements in any subject will be granted only
in cases of officers whose service in the Fleet Naval Reserve is deemed especially
desirable by the Chief of Bureau of Navigation. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
(a) Line officers (deck duties only)—
(a) Navy Regulations.
(6) Bureau manuals.
(c) General orders.
(d) Duties of commanding officer.
(e) Duties of executive officer.
(J) Duties of heads of departments.
(i) Duties of junior division officer.
(j) Emergency drills.
(fc) Official correspondence.
(I) Writing up log.
(to) Honors,
(n) Routing.
(0) Military law.
(2) Navigation—
(a) Piloting.
(fc) Taking and working out of sights of the sun, moon,
planets, and stars.
(c) Care of chronometers; chronometer record.
(d) Use of charts.
(e) Adjusting magnetic compass.
(/) Use of pelorus.
(g) Finding compass error and application of same.
(h) Adjustments and use of a sextant.
(t) Ability to take bearings and determine position by
same.
(j) System of buoyage in the United States.
(k) Use of hand leads; how line is marked.
(1) Use of soundings in fixing position.
(to) Ability to navigate by dead reckoning,
(n) Use and care of barometers.
(o) Use of patent logs,
(p) Use of azimuth circle.
(a) Line officers (deck duty only)—Continued.

(2) Navigation—Continued
(?) Use of sounding machines.
(r) How to obtain chronometer rate by "tick."
(s) How to make out a deviation table.
(<) Books, charts, and instruments required when putting
a ship in commission,
(u) Care and use of gyrocompass.
(3) Seamanship—
(a) Rules for preventing collisions, international and in
land.
(b) Handling lifeboats, lowering and hoisting.
(c) Handling of boats under oars and sail.
(d) Ground tackle.
(e) Handling large ships.
(J) Getting under way and anchoring.
(g) Mooring and unmooring.
(A) Law of storms.
(i) Handling ship alongside a dock.
(j) Mooring to dock.
(k) Docking and duties while in dry dock.
(Z) Safety precautions in dock,
(m) Duties while at a navy yard.
(4) Ordnance and gunnery—
(a) School of the squad, company, and battalion of In
fantry.
(6) School of the section and battery of Artillery.
(c) Precautions to be taken in handling small arms and
ammunition.
(d) Description of large guns.
(flO Care of magazines.
(h) Inspection and testing of powder.
(t) Care and precaution in handling explosives.
(j) Safety precautions, small arms, turrets, and broad
side guns.
{k) Methods of training gun crews.
(I) General principles of fire control.
(to) Description and use of a director.
(») Principles of spotting.
(6) Line officers (engineering duties only)—
Similar to (a) (1), where applicable to engineer officers.
(6) Properties of steam.
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(6) Line officers (engineering duties only)—Continued.
(2) Marine engineering, etc.—Continued.
(c) Fuels.
(d) Lubricants.
(e) Description of main engines, boilers, and auxiliary
machinery.
(J) Use of indicators and torsion meters.
power.
blowers.
(t) How to write up the engine-room log.
(A;) Duties and responsibilities of division officer.
boilers and reciprocating engines—(1) firerooms, (2)
engine rooms.
(m) Preparation for getting under way with oil-fired
boilers and turbine engines—(1) firerooms, (2)
engine rooms.
(n) Procedure for securing (1) main engines, (2) boilers,
double-bottoms, fuel-oil tanks, and handling gaso
line.
(g) Testing of boiler water.
(t) Operation of forced-lubrication system,
(u) Operations of condensers, vacuum.
(t>) How to promote economy,
(to) Major adjustments.
(x) Casualties.
(z) Thrust clearances,
(oa) Lighting off and cutting in coal and oil fired boilers.
(66) Tending water.
(cc) Large leaks in boilers and steam lines.
(ff) How to test a boiler for tightness, strength.
(u) Value of observing the smoke and flame.
(kk) What is "panting"? How remedied.
(II) Operation of oil burners,
(2) Marine engineering, etc.—Continued.
When fitting out.
Machinery.
Fuel.
Dock trials.
Records.
Breakdowns.
Hot bearings.
Salting of boilers.
Loss of water.
Foaming.
Loss of vacuum.
What is meant by "time firing."
evaporators?
Description and use of two, three, and four bladed
propellers.
dock.
(gasoline) .
(heavy oil).
How is the clearance on a Parson's turbine meas
ured?
(3) Electricity—
(a) Units.
(c) Generators.
(d) Motors.
(e) Wiring systems.
if) Fuses.
(g) Circuit breakers.
(h) Switches.
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(3) Electricity—Continued
(J) Care and operation of generating plant,
(fc) Commutator troubles and remedies.
(I) Uses of electricity on board ship, voltages used.
(m) Describe a switchboard,
(n) Describe a searchlight; care and operation.
(5) What is the difference between a (1) series, (2) shunt,
(s) Describe a modern radio system on board ship.
(J) What is a motor generator?
Knowledge of Navy Regulations, bureau manuals, general
technical notes.
(2) Navigation—
(d) Piloting.
(g) Knowledge of "laws of storms."
(h) Install and compensate a compass in a plane.
(3) Airplanes—
(a) Aviation history. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
(c) Aerology.
(J) Practical flying and water handling of aircraft.
(h) Aerial gunnery.
(4) Scouting—
(a) The candidate shall carry out a prescribed flight test
in the presence of at least one naval aviator.
(b) The flight test shall be made in solo flight.
(2) Practice of medicine and survey and general hygiene—
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(e) Pharmacist and chief pharmacist—

(1) Pharmacy and chemistry—
(a) Pharmacy.
(6) Materia medica.
(c) Toxicology.
(e) General theoretical knowledge of organic and inor
ganic chemistry.
(/) Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative analyses
to make urinalysis, water examination, and an
examination of foods for preservatives and adul
terants.
(j) Ventilation, disinfection, and fumigation, water sup
ply, and the examination and inspection of foods.
ward management, and operating room and sur
gical technique. (Within the scope of the Hospital
(2) Administration—
hospitals. (United States Navy Regulations, Man
ual for the Medical Department, United States
States Navy, 1923.)
(b) Hospital supplies, and property accountability;
requisitions, public bills, invoices, services, outfits
and supplies, and transfer of stores. (United States
Manual for the Medical Department, United
States Navy.)
(d) Clerical duties, general correspondence, letters,
indorsements, reports, and returns. (Within the
scope of the Navy Regulations, Manual for the
Medical Department, United States Navy, and
Hospital Corps Handbook, United States Navy,
1923.)
(/) Supply officers—
(/) Supply officers—Continued.
(2) Textbook—" Manual of the Supply Corps"—
(6) Relations with other officers.
storerooms.
(d) Correspondence.
and titles.
(3) Money—
cashbook.
(b) Procurement of funds; source of supply, requisition
for.
(d) Custody of public moneys, general provisions.
(/) Deposit accounts, checks; method of opening an
account; certificates of deposits; requisitions for
blank checks, custody thereof; purposes for which
drawn; lost checks; monthly statement from Treas
ury.
(i) Disbursement; general test of validity and pro
hibitions.
(4) Payrolls—
(a) General instructions; entry of accounts.
(c) Issue of money; monthly and special money requisi
tions.
(/) Officers' accounts; pay and rations; entry of ac
counts; change of pay due to promotion.
<5) Public bills—
(a) Preparation and payment; documents required; data
of payment.
portation request, fuel, ice, laundry, patrol, pilotage,
(6) Purchase—

(6) Purchase—Continued.
(d) Procurement of supplies and services by objects—
coal, funeral expenses, gasoline, laundry, fuel, oil,
transportation of effects, transportation of remains,
fresh water.
transportation, routes; rates and accommodations
in United States, subsistence en route, meal tickets.
(7) Supply—
(a) Requisitions, including services—origin, forms; when
submited; proprietary articles.
(6) Requisitions at a navy-yard port.
(/) Deliveries from stations and ships.
(g) Custody; inventories and leases.
(A) Private-use public property and loans, prohibitions,
(i) Surveys in supply department, commissary, respon
sibility.
(j) Transfers; by invoice between departments, between
ships, to shore stations.
(fc) Responsibility for public property; control of prop
erty accounts.
(c) Provisions afloat; custody and care, inventories, sur
veys, issues and sales to messes.
(d) Provisioning the ship; procurement of provisions, de
liveries, and inspections, rejections, stowage of.
(e) Rations; messes afloat and how subsisted; persons en
titled to rations; number of rations allowed.
(/) General mess; organization, mess, and galley equip
(j) Receipts and expenditures of provisions, how ac
counted for.
(a) In general.
penditures, public bills (memorandum copies), ac
count current, pay-roll summary.
(e) Annual reports.
and general orders of the Navy Department, appro
priate to his grade.
(2) Practical seamanship—■
(b) Weighing, securing, and transportation of anchors
hnd working of cables With modern appliances.
needle, sail making aboard ship.
(e) Morse code.
(3) Knowledge of drills—
(6) Station and drill gun's crews, of a gun with which
familiar.
(o) Ability to take charge of a company of Infantry and
drill it (both close and extended order).
(d) Take charge of boats and act as boat officers under
(f) Duties as patrol officer and beach master (Fleet Regu
lations).
(A) Gunner and chief gunner—
Customs of the service, Navy Regulations, bureau man
uals, and general orders of the Navy Department
(a) Handling of guns and mounts; dismounting, repair
ing, and assembling of parts ; care and preservation
of battery ; preparation of ordnance outfit for battle.
(5) Working knowledge of star gauging and taking im
pressions of bore and chamber.
ing.
(d) Small arms; dismounting, repair, and assembling;
care and preservation.
(e) Ammunition ; marking, handling, care, and preserva
tion ; make-up of charges.
(f) Magazines and shell rooms; construction and mechani
cal devices ; plans and method of showing.
directors.
(K) Use of stadimeter and sextant in laying out ranges,
(/) General knowledge of fire control and Installations,
(fc) Searchlights; control, manipulation, care, and preser
vation.
(I) Storage and other batteries; firing and sight—lighting
systems.
(to) Ordnance accounts and returns.
(A) Gunner and chief gunner—Continued.

(6) Ability to take charge of a section of Artillery and
drill it ashore and afloat,
(o) Ability to station and drill gun's crew of a gun with
under oars, sail, or steam,
(5) Use of power tools and other workshop appliances
aboard ship.
(c) Quick repair under various supposed conditions of
main engines and boilers and of auxiliaries.
(e) Stores usually found in engineer department, includ
ing coal and oil; how inspected and cared for, and
economical use of the same; enumeration and
description.
(f) Care and management of various auxiliaries on board
ship with special reference to evaporating and
refrigerating plants.
(g) Ability to read drawings of marine engines, boilers,
and auxiliaries, and to make sketches,
(ft) The meaning of signals regarding the engines from
deck to engine room ; the reading of various gauges
used in engine and fire rooms.
(3) Knowledge of drills-
Co) Ability to take charge of an engineer division assem
bled at quarters and to make the required reports.
H-25I9. ADVANCEMENT OF ENLISTED MEN.
(1) Enlisted men of class F-l may be advanced in pay grade to fill vacancies
in the prescribed quotas in ratings and pay grades as shown in section 3 of
this chapter, in accordance with the following requirements :
(a) Must have served one year in present pay grade.
present pay grade,
(o) Must have performed a minimum of 36 drills or periods of equivalent
officer.
(e) Must pass the required professional examination as prescribed for
enlisted men of the Navy of similar grade.
(3) Enlisted men may be advanced by the battalion or squadron commander,
or, in the case of a division not attached to a battalion or squadron by the divi
sion commander in accordance with the foregoing requirements without refer
ence to the bureau, provided the quota of men in each rating and pay grade, as
shown in Articles H-2304 and H-2306, is not exceeded.
(4) Advancements to chief petty officer ratings and advancements in the
Hospital Corps may be made only after approval by the Bureau of Navigation.
H-2601. TRANSFER 07 OFFICERS AND HEN TO VOLUNTEER NAVAI
RESERVE.—Officers and enlisted men of the Fleet Naval Reserve who are
unable to conform to the requirements of that class may, in the discretion of
the bureau, be transferred to that class of the Volunteer Naval Reserve for
which qualified. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
Section 7. TRAINING
Navy and reserve personnel of classes F-2, F-3, and F-4.
H-2702. TRAINING FOR SPECIFIC DUTIES.—Each officer of the reserve crew
as units on board vessels of the same type as that for which their reserve crew
is formed, or where this is impracticable, on vessels as nearly similar as
possible. Vessels of the fleet will be used for training ; where this is imprac
ticable, an officer of the Navy will be assigned to the vessel for the purpose of
instruction and inspecting the reserve personnel.
practicable these officers will be assigned to mobilization duties, and where this
is the case their training, including cruises, will be so designed as to prepare
them for these specific duties, as well as the general duties of their ranks.
H-2705. DUTY OTHER THAN ACTIVE OR TRAINING DUTY.—Duty Other
than active or training duty for members of the Fleet Naval Reserve is author
ized by law as follows :
Appropriate duties.
organization (compensation not allowed officers above the rank
of captain).
(&) Officers below the rank of lieutenant commander—
organization.
(o) Enlisted men—

equivalent instruction or duty of their organizations and publish the schedules
in orders. Copies of such orders will be furnished the commandant of the
district.
H-2707. DEFINITION OF DRILL.
(1) A drill will be interpreted as an assembly, other than a week-end cruise,
designated in advance, at which practical work of not less than one and one-
half hours' duration, in duties pertaining to the Navy, is conducted. (O. B.
N. M. 2.)
(2) Not more than one drill shall be held for a division in any one calendar
week. The drill for a fleet or aviation division may be either a division drill
or a battalion or squadron drill. No drill may be held on a Sunday or a legal
holiday. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
H-2708. EQUIVALENT INSTRUCTION OR DUTY FOR RESERVISTS AT
TACHED TO DIVISIONS.
(1) Equivalent instruction or duty for officers and men attached to divisions
will be interpreted as any practical or theoretical instruction, other than a
week-end cruise, designated in advance, of not less than one and one-half hours'
duration, conducted on a day other than one on which a drill has been pre
scribed, and deemed by the commanding officer to be essential for their training.
Not more than one period of such instruction or duty shall be performed, under
the provisions of this paragraph, in any one calendar week ; not more than three
in any one calendar month ; nor more than 16 in any one fiscal year. (O. B.
N. M. 3.)
(2) A period of equivalent instruction or duty will be allowed officers and
men of the aviation branch of the Fleet Naval Reserve for an unbroken period
of not less than one and one-half hours' practical or theoretical ground in
struction or for one-half hour actual flying in an Army or Navy aircraft.
Such equivalent instruction or duty can be performed only at such times
as may be acceptable to the commanding officer of the air station; it can
not be performed on a date on which a drill is held for the organization
to which the individual is assigned ; it need not be designated in ad
vance; and It may be instruction or duty for either a squadron, a division,
a group of individuals, or an individual. Officers and men performing equiva
lent instruction or duty under authority of this paragraph will obtain cer
tificates from the commanding officer of the station for presentation to their
organization commanders as evidence of the instruction received or duty per
formed. Not more than one period of equivalent instruction or duty shall be
performed under the provisions of this paragraph in any one calendar week; not
more than three in any one month; nor more than sixteen in any one fiscal year.
(See Art. H-2709-4 for officers above the rank of lieutenant.) (C. B. N. M. 2.)
C. B. N. M. 3.
meaning of section 21 of the Naval Reserve act, is defined as any duty, other
than week-end cruises, prescribed by the reservist's immediate commanding
officer as appropriate to the rank or rating of the reservist concerned, and,
except as otherwise provided in these regulations, performed in unbroken periods
of not less than one and one-half hours each. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
NAVAL RESERVE BBGTJIATIONS 57
(2) Orders assigning a reservist to appropriate duty shall state the particular
duty to be performed. Copies will be furnished the Bureau of Navigation and
the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts (Retainer Pay Division). (C. B. N. M. 2.)
(C. B. N. M. 4.)
(3) Officers above the rank of lieutenant, who are attached to a battalion,
squadron, or division, and officers below the rank of lieutenant commander who
are in command of a battalion or squadron (but not attached to a division) , shall
perform their appropriate duty in the same manner and under the same condi
tions as other members of the organization to which they are attached perform
drills and equivalent instruction or duty under the provisions of Articles H-2707
and H-2708. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
(4) Under the provisions of Article H-2806 no compensation on account of
lawfully entitled to pay for active duty or training duty, although the full number
of periods of appropriate duty for the month or quarter may have been performed
during a period of inactive service. (Sec. 21 of the act.) (C. B. N. M. 2.)
(5) The appropriate duty performed as prescribed by this article shall form a
basis for computing the rate of compensation under Articles H-2801(2) and
H-2803. (C. N. B. M. 2.)
clothing accounts, reports, returns, and the keeping of records of an organization,
and properly in command of the organization and faithfully performed the
administrative functions in connection therewith during the period for which
oonneotion with organizations must actually be present in uniform, at a regularly
drill and instruction for the entire period. The immediate commanding officer
The commander of a division is responsible for the instruction, efficiency, and pre
paredness for active service of his division, for its appearance, and discipline, for
the care and preservation of its equipment, and for the proper performance of
is assigned to it.
H-2714. JUNIOR OFFICERS' DUTIES.—Commanders of divisions will require
division and hold them responsible, for results obtained. The assignment of
H-2715. TRAINING DUTY REQUIREMENTS.—In time of peace officers of
the Fleet Naval Reserve and men of class F-l shall perform 15 days' training
duty each fiscal year unless excused therefrom for good and sufficient reasons, of
which the Bureau of Navigation shall be the judge. (Sec. 20 of the act.)
act.)
H-2720. INSPECTION OF NAVAL RESERVE UNITS.—An inspection of Naval
shall report to the Secretary of the Navy upon the qualifications, organization,
H-2722. NAVAL RESERVE INSPECTION BOARD.—There will be constituted
in the bureau a board known as the Naval Reserve Inspection Board. It will
be composed exclusively of naval officers; its president will be a captain; there
will be at least two additional line officers and one supply officer. The board
or a subboard thereof will inspect each battalion, squadron, and division of the
Fleet Naval Reserve annually. It will arrange the divisions in order of relative
efficiency in two separate lists for fleet divisions and aviation divisions. The
board will also arrange all battalions and squadrons in lists of relative efficiency.
Trophies will be awarded by the department for the leading divisions of each
class and for the leading battalion and squadron. The board will recommend
such officers as deserve special commendation. It will also recommend the
action to be taken to improve the efficiency of the reserve as a whole and of such
particular organizations as may be below the standard of efficiency set by the
bureau. (C. B. N. M. 4.)
ferred to the Fleet Naval Reserve in accordance with Articles H-2416 and H-2419
NAVAL RESERVE REGTTLATIONS 59
H-2801. COMPENSATION FOE OFFICERS BELOW RANK OF LIEUTENANT
Fleet Naval Reserve, not attached to a division, who satisfactorily perform not
less than four periods of appropriate duty, as prescribed under Article H-2709,
during any full calendar month, shall receive four-thirtieths of the monthly
base pay of their grades, ranks, or ratings. For a fractional month, or for a less
number of periods of appropriate duty, they shall receive compensation pro
portionate to the number of periods of appropriate duty performed or to the
period elapsed, whichever may be the smaller amount. (Sec. 21 of the act.)
(C. B. N. M. 2.)
struction or duty in any one year within the meaning of Article H-2801 (1).
H-2803. COMPENSATION FOR OFFICERS ABOVE THE RANK OF LIEUTEN
satisfactory perform not less than four periods of appropriate duty, as prescribed
under Article H-2709, during any full calendar month, shall receive compensation
at the rate of $500 a year. For a fractional month, or for a less number of periods
may be the smaller amount. (Sec. 21 of the act.) (C. B. N. M. 2.)
H-2804. ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR OFFICERS PREFORMING AD
become entitled under Articles H-2801 and H-2803, officers of or below the rank
receive compensation at the rate of $240 a year for the faithful performance of
the administrative duties connected therewith as denned in section 7 of this
(1) Compensation and pay allowed by Articles H-2801, H-2803, H-2804,
H-2810, H-2811, H-2812, H-2813, and H-2815 will be paid by the Bureau of
Supplies and Accounts in accordance with instructions issued by that bureau.
(C. B. N. M. 2.) (C. B. N. M. 3.)
(2) Checks for compensation under Articles H-2801, H-2803, H-2804, and
H-2813 will be delivered through the respective reserve organziations in the naval
districts. Checks to transferred and assigned members of the Fleet Naval
Reserve will be mailed to them direct from the bureau. (C. B. N. M. 2.) (C.
B. N. M. 3.)
(3) Checks received by reserve organizations and not delivered to the payee
named therein within 30 days from the date of receipt will be returned to the
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts (Retainer Pay Division) with a statement of
the reason for nondelivery in each case. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
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H-2806. NOT ENTITLED TO COMPENSATION FOE PERIODS WHEN ON
ACTIVE DUTY—Pay under provisions of Articles H-2801 to H-2805 shall not
H-2807. WEEK-END CRUMBS NOT REGARDED AS DRIIIS.—Week-end
H-2808. SUBSISTENCE AUTHORIZED WHEN PERFORMING DUTY WITH-
OUT PAY,—When authorized training or other duty without pay is performed
H-2809. INCREASE OF PAY FOR DUTY INVOLVING ACTUAL FLYING IN
AIRCRAFT,—-Officers and men while detailed for training or other duty in avia
entitled to receive in the Naval Reserve Force. (Sec. 24 of the act.)
H-2811. PAY OF MEN OF CLASS F-5.— Men transferred to the Fleet Naval
Reserve in accordance with Article H-2419, except when on active duty, shall
H-B812. PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF CLASS F-4.—Men transferred to class
F-4 in accordance with Article H-2416 shall, except when on active duty, be
shall be increased 10 per cent for all men who may be credited with extraordinary
heroism in the line of duty or whose average marks in conduct for 20 years or
more shall not be less than 95 per cent of the maximum. For the purposes of this
article a complete enlistment during minority shall be counted as 4 years' service,
and any enlistment terminated within 3 months prior to the expiration of the
term of such enlistment shall be counted as the full term of service for which
enlisted. (Sec. 26 of the act.)
H-2813. UNIFORM ALLOWANCE FOR OFFICERS.
(1) Upon being assigned to the Fleet Naval Reserve an officer shall be paid
four years in the Fleet Naval Reserve. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
(2) Any officer who has heretofore received a uniform allowance shall not be
from the date of the receipt of such allowance.
(4) The above allowances shall be paid When the officer concerned certifies that
specified in Article H-1713. (Sec. 12 of the act.) (C. B. N-. M. 4.)
(1) Offioers of the Fleet Naval Reserve and men of class P-l will be allowed
training the Naval Reserve at a rate of 30 cents per meal during the time they
are actually on board and away from their home port, for periods of not less than
24 hours. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
(2) Before making week-end cruises for which subsistence allowance is desired
authority must be obtained from the commandant in the following manner.
Requisitions (S. & A. Form 76 with the usual number of copies) should be pre
pared to cover subsistence, and should state the date (and approximate hour) of
commencement and completion of the cruise, the number of individuals to be
paid subsistence, and the number of meals per individual. Such requisition
should bear a statement as to whether payment is to be made to the individual
or to the commanding officer of the unit. If the proposed cruise meets the
approval of the commandant, he may approve the requisition in advance of the
bureau's approval. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
The Bureau of Navigation will advise each commandant of the total amount
which he is authorized to approve requisitions for, for this purpose during the
fiscal year. After advance approval by the commandant, the original and mem
orandum copies of each requisition will be promptly disposed of, as required by
Article 1607 (6) of the Navy Regulations. (C. B. N. M. 2.) (C. B. N. M. 3.)
letter to the district supply officer, together with the approved requisition, stating
the names and grades or ratings of the individuals making the cruise, the number
of meals for which each is entitled to commutation, and the time of leaving and
returning to the port, as the authority to pay the amount allowed in accordance
with this article. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
(4) The district supply officer will prepare a public bill in payment to each
individual or to the commanding officer of the unit in accordance with the ap
proved requisition. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
with this article, must be furnished to the Bureau of Navigation. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
H-2815. PAY OF MEN OF CLASS F-2.— Men of class F-2 shall be paid in
H-2816. TRAVEL ALLOWANCE FOR MEN OF CLASS F-4.—Enlisted men
acceptance of enlistment. Enlisted men transferred from the Navy to the
Fleet Naval Reserve at other than expiration of enlistment, whose status as a
reservist becomes upon the transfer that of inactive duty, are entitled to travel
allowance as stated above.
H-2817. ISSUE OF UNIFORM FOR MEN OF CLASS F-l.—Men of class F-l
are entitled to the issue of uniforms provided for in Article H-1511 upon first
reporting for drill or training duty after enlisting, reenlisting, or extending an
nlistment for four years. (C. B. N. M. 4.)
62 NAVAL RESERVE REGUIjATIOKS
1, 1925, FROM NAVY TO NAVAL RESERVE FORCE.— Men of classes F-3-c and
Navy with the pay they were then legally entitled to receive, plus the allowances
Article H-2416, and who are not retired in accordance with Article H-2903 (1),
(2) Men transferred to the retired list of the regular Navy in accordance
with Article H-2903 (1) shall receive the pay they were receiving as members
with Article H-2419 shall, upon completion of 30 years' service, including naval
(1) Men transferred to the Fleet Naval Reserve under the provisions of Article
(2) Men transferred in accordance with Article H-2419 shall be physically
they are found not physically qualified to perform duty in time of war they shall
qualified.
Navy in accordance with law shall at all times be governed by the laws and
regulations for the government of the Navy, and shall not be discharged from
the Naval Reserve without their consent except by sentence of a court-martial
or in accordance with the provisions of Article H-2903. (Sec. 6 of the act.)
CHAPTER 3
Section 1. MISSION
and Naval Transportation Service, and other personnel for special service;
usually on shore, as required by the war organization. >
(a) General-service officers, including all the officers of classes D-V(G),
E-V (G), DE-V (G), A-V (G), A-V (K),MC-V (G), DC-V (G),
SC-V (G), ChC-V (G). Such officers are suitable for general duty
and will usually be assigned to the United States Fleet or Naval
Transportation Service. (C. B. N. M. 4.)
E-V(S), DE-V(S), A-V(S), MO-V(S), DO-V(S), SG-V(S), ChC-
V(S), CC-V(S), CEC-V(S), O-V(S), I-V(S), O-V(S), L-V(S),
usually be selected for such duty in the department or naval dis
portation Service.
H-3202. ENLISTED HEN.
posed of:
(a) Men associated with battalion headquarters divisions and fleet di
visions (V-l).
divisions (V-2).
(o) Men of communication ratings and special branches maintained
directly under the commandant (V-3).
(<J) Men enlisted within three months of their discharge from the regular
Navy and maintained directly under the commandant (V-4).
(e) Men enlisted as seaman second class for training as naval aviators
(V-5).
(f) All other men of the Volunteer Naval Reserve (V-6).
stations during war, will be available for duty in the United States Fleet and
Naval Transportation Service in the event of war. (O. B. N. M. 3.)
H-3301. GENERAL-SERVICE OFFICERS.—General-service officers may be
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purpose of bringing the reserve crews or squadrons to full strength and for
voluntary training. Such officers will be administered by the division, battalion,
or squadron commander. Other general-service officers will be administered by
the commandant and may be assigned to reserve crews or squadrons for pur
poses of mobilization. Officers not assigned to reserve crews or squadrons will
be assigned for purposes of mobilization to definite duties in the United States
Fleet or Naval Transportation Service or for general service.
H-3302. SPECIAL-SERVICE OFFICERS.—Special-service officers will not be
associated with divisions, battalions, or squadrons. They will be administered
by the commandant. Special-service officers will be assigned to duty under the
department, the commandant of naval districts, the Commander in Chief, United
States Fleet, or Director, Naval Transportation Service. Special-service officers
will not be eligible for designation as student naval aviators or as naval
/aviators. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
quarters divisions to associate with them a number of enlisted men of class V-l
Reserve allowances may be filled during peace time and a means of providing
men of class V-2 not to exceed 30 per division. (C. B. N. M. 4.)
(4) The communication reserve will be directly under the commandant for
the purpose of administration and training, and he shall organize it for this
purpose in accordance with the standard organization plan prescribed by the
department.
The commandant will maintain a reserve of V-3 men in communication ratings
for the following war duties :
in the naval districts or on merchant vessels when commissioned
by the Navy.
(6) Professional telegraphers to bring to war strength the complements
for manning the district telegraph facilities,
officer of the Naval Reserve Aviation Base of the district the allowed quota of
student naval aviation pilots in class V-5.
of the district in which they reside. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
(3) Former officers' of the Navy who held commissions therein and graduates
.of the Naval Academy upon establishing their physical qualifications as pro
vided for entry into the Fleet Reserve may, if recommended by the commandant,
be appointed in the rank of ensign or such higher rank but not above lieutenant
commander as they may have been holding on the date of separation from the
regular Navy, provided the candidates for ensign are less than 28, for lieutenant
(junior grade) less than 31, for lieutenant less than 35, and for lieutenant com
mander less than 40 years of age on the date their applications are received
in the bureau. (C. B. N. M. 3.*
the district commandants, are less than 28 years of age, and are physically and
professionally qualified by examination as required for the Fleet Reserve. For
medical and dental officers and chaplains the rank of appointment is lieutenant
(junior grade) and the age limit is 31 years. Candidates for appointment as
medical and dental officers may be appointed if found physically qualified upon
establishing their professional qualifications to the satisfaction of the Bureau of
Medicine and Surgery. (C. B. N. M. 2.) (C. B. N. M. 4.)
(6) Waivers in these requirements as to age limits will be granted only in
the cases of officers whose transfer or appointment to the Volunteer Naval
Reserve is deemed especially desirable by the Bureau of Navigation. (C. B.
N. M. 2.)
(7) No original appointments of officers in class A-V (K) will be made by the
bureau. Officers of class A-F or A-V (G) who fail to establish their qualifications
for designation as naval aviators, or who fail to maintain their qualifications after
designation as naval aviators, but who are considered otherwise desirable and
qualified for ground duties may be transferred or assigned to class A-V (K).
Designations of such officers as naval aviators, if any, will be revoked upon
transfer or assignment to class A-V (K). A-V (K) officers who formerly held
naval-aviator designations may be designated student naval aviators in order to
enable them to requalify for designation as naval aviators. (C. B. N. M. 4.)
(1) The bureau will allot quotas of special-service officers of the various
classes to:
(6) Each naval district for war duty in the district.
(c) Each naval district for duty with the commander in chief, United
States Fleet, for staff duty in the fleet or at advanced bases. (C. B.
N. M. 4.)
(d) Each naval district for duty with the Director, Naval Transportation
Service, for staff duty in that service. (C. B. N. M. 4.)
(2) The various agencies allotted quotas of special-service officers will desig
nate to the Bureau of Navigation, via the appropriate bureau or office of the
Navy Department, the persons they desire to fill their quotas and will recom
mend ranks commensurate with that of their professional attainments, but not
to exceed that of lieutenant commander. For appointment as a special-service
officer a candidate must have resigned from commissioned rank in the regular
Navy under honorable conditions, or have graduated from the Naval Reserve
Officers' Training Corps, or be prominent in his profession.
(3) For appointment as ensign candidates must be more 'than 21 years of ager
for lieutenant (junior grade) more than 25, for lieutenant more than 31, and for
lieutenant commander more than 37.
(1) The bureau will allot to each district quotas of enlisted men of the Vol
unteer Reserve in classes V-l, V-2, V-3, and V-5.
(2) The division commander will procure the men of classes V-l or V-2 to be
associated with his division only between the ages of 18 and 28 and in the
ratings of seamen second class, fireman third class, or mess attendant third class.
All men must establish their professional and physical fitness in accordance
with the standards for the Fleet Reserve. However, especially desirable men
may be enlisted with the consent of the bureau in each case in such rating as.
may be specified. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
the ages of 18 and 35 and where it is desired to retain, them in their present or
will be enlisted in ratings proportionate to their professional attainments.
Certain physical defects or upper age limits may be waived by the Bureau of
Navigation. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
(4) Men who apply for enlistment in the Naval Reserve within three months
of the expiration of their enlistment in the Navy and who do not desire to be
associated with divisions may, if qualified for reenlistment in the Navy, be
enlisted without regard to the age limits of Article H-1308 in class V-4 in excess
of all district quotas and maintained directly under the commandant. The
commandant may utilize these men at mobilization to bring to full strength Fleet
Reserve units, reserve crews, and aviation organizations or assign them to
general duties.
(5) Men in the junior or senior classes of designated colleges less than 28
years of age who have successfully completed the prescribed course of ground
instruction may be enlisted in class V-5, and designated as student naval
aviation pilots for aviation training. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
(6) No men will be procured for class V-6, nor will men of this class be
reenlisted in that class.
H-3501. GENERAL-SERVICE OFFICERS.—A volunteer officer for general serv
ice will become eligible for examination for promotion when the fleet officer next
senior to him becomes due for promotion, provided he has met the requirements
of 4 years in grade and 60 days' active duty or training duty in accordance with
the regulations governing promotions in the Fleet Naval Reserve. (See arts.
H-2506, H-2507, H-2508, H-2509.) (C. B. N. M. 4.)
H-3502. SPECIAL-SERVICE OFFICERS.—A special-service officer will become
eligible for consideration for promotion when the fleet officer next senior to him
becomes due for promotion, provided he has served four years in grade and has
made such marked progress in his professional attainments as would justify his
commission in the higher grade. (C. B. N. M. 4.)
H-3503. PROMOTION OF OFFICERS IN WAR TIME.—In time of war Vol
unteer Reserve officers will be promoted in accordance with Article H-1722.
H-3504. ADVANCEMENT OF ENLISTED MEN.

(1) Enlisted men of classes V-l and V-2 will be eligible for advancement under
the same conditions as prescribed in article H-2519 for the advancement of men
in class F-l, except that credit may be given for two 15-day periods of training
duty in lieu of the requirements of one period of training duty plus 36 drills as
prescribed for F-l men. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
(2) Enlisted men of class V-3 may be advanced to the next higher rating when
their proficiency has so increased as would justify their enlistment in the higher
rating if they were being enlisted in the reserve for the first time. There will be
no advancement in rating for men of V—4 and V-6, unless authorized by the
bureau in each individual case. Student naval aviation pilots of class V-5 will
be eligible for commissions as ensigns in the Naval Reserve after the successful
completion of their course of training. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
(C. B. N. M. 4.)
(4) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (3) of this article, ship keepers may
be advanced in rating when they have fulfilled the requirements prescribed for
the advancement of men in the regular Navy, and further provided that funds
are available for the increase of pay in the allotments of funds made to the com
mandants of the naval districts concerned for the pay of ship keepers. (C. B.
N. M. 4.).
H-3601. TRANSFER OF OFFICERS BETWEEN CLASSES OF VOLUNTEER
NAVAL RESERVE.—Transfer of officers between classes of Volunteer Naval
Reserve may be made by the Bureau of Navigation, subject to the limitations
as to procurement under Articles H-3401 and H-3402. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
H-3602. TRANSFER OF MEN BETWEEN CLASSES OF VOLUNTEER NAVAL.
RESERVE.—Men of classes V-l and V-2 may be transferred to class V-6 in
the discretion of the commandant and to class V-4 if eligible in accordance with
Article H-1207. Men will be transferred from classes V-3, V-4, V-5, or V-6.
only by permission of the Bureau of Navigation. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
Section 7. TRAINING
They may, however, when associated with divisions In the manner prescribed in
Article H-3301, be permitted to perform, without pay, drills, or equivalent duty.
(2) They may be permitted, on their own application, and within the train
ing quotas assigned, to perform the same training duty as is given to officers
of the Fleet Reserve, and with the same pay and allowances.
(3) They may be allowed to perform training duty without pay, in excess of
the training quotas assigned. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
(1) Special-service officers may be permitted on their own applications to.
perform training duty without pay.
Department, a special-service officer may be permitted by the Bureau of Navi
gation to perform 15 days' training duty with the same pay and allowances as.
for the Fleet Naval Reserve. (C. B. N. M. 3.)

(1) Enlisted men of the Volunteer Naval Reserve are not required to per
form any training.
the divisions with which they are associated. Men of classes V-l and V-2 may
perform training duty within quotas fixed by the bureau, provided they have
attended at least 12 drills of the division with which they are associated dur
ing the six months immediately preceding the training duty. When perform
ing such training duty, men of classes V-l and V-2 are entitled to the same
pay and allowances as men of the Fleet Reserve. (O. B. N. M. 3.)
(3) Men of class V-3 may take such courses in naval communications as
may be prescribed by the bureau.
(4) Men of all classes of the Volunteer Reserve may be given voluntary
training duty without pay, at the convenience of commandants of naval dis
tricts and commanding officers of vessels, in the manner prescribed in Article
11-3704.
(5) Student naval aviation pilots are authorized to perform training duty
involving flying, with pay and allowance.
H-3704. TRAINING DUTY WITHOUT PAY. i
without pay, may apply to the commandant of their naval district for a cruise
on a Naval Reserve vessel, or direct to the senior officer present of any nava!
available.
(2) No subsistence, mileage, travel, or other allowances will be granted
reservists performing voluntary training duty without pay.
this duty, and will make the appropriate entries In the records of enlisted men.
H-3705. UNIFORM ALLOWANCES.
(1) Officers are not entitled to any allowance for uniforms in time of peace.
Upon reporting for active duty in war or national emergency all officers of the
Volunteer Reserve are entitled to a uniform allowance as provided for in Article
H-2813 (3). (C. B. N. M. 4.)
(2) Men of class V-l are entitled to the same issue of uniforms as prescribed
for men of class F-l upon first reporting ^for drills or training duty. (C. B.
N. M. 2.)
(3) Men of class V-2 are entitled to the same issue of uniforms as prescribed
for men of class F-l upon first reporting for drills or training duty.
(4) Men of classes V-3, V-4, and V-6 are not entitled to any issue of uniforms
in peace time. (C. B. N. M. 4.)
(5) Men in class V-5 are entitled upon enlistment to an issue of uniforms as
provided in Article H-1511. (0. B. N. M. 3.)
CHAPTER 4
Section 1. MISSION
to train officers and men serving on seagoing vessels of United States registry
for service on their own vessels when commissioned by the Navy in the event
of war. (C. B. N. M. 8.)
Reserve shall be composed of male citizens of the United States and of the
insular possessions of the United States who follow or who have followed the
sea as a profession and who are employed, or who have been employed within
three years, on public vessels of the United States or such other seagoing vessels
documented under the laws of the United States as may be approved by the
Secretary of the Navy. (Sec. 30 of the act.)
H-4202. OFFICERS.
(1) The officers of the Merchant Marine Naval Reserve consist of the follow
ing three classes in peace time: •
D-M, deck officers.
(2) In war time the following classes may be added :
M-l.
H-4301. APPROVED LIST.—The department will issue from time to time a
list of vessels on which the appointment of officers and the enlistment of men is
authorized. This list shall be known as the "Approved list." (C. B. N. M. 3.)
H-4302. NAVAL RESERVE FLAG.—The Secretary of the Navy may issue a
warrant to a seagoing merchant vessel documented under the laws of the
United States to fly a Naval Reserve flag as an emblem of the Merchant Marine
Naval Reserve provided such vessel Is first designated by the Secretary of the
Navy as suitable for service as a naval auxiliary in time of war, that the master
or commanding officer and not less than 50 per cent of the officers are mem
bers of the Naval Reserve, and that such flag or pennant shall not be flown in
lieu of the national ensign. (Sec. 34 of act.) (C. B. N. M. 3.)
H-4303. KECOBDS OF OFFICEES.
(1) The records of officers of the Merchant Marine Naval Reserve will be car
ried in the districts from those ports the vessels on which they are employed
usually operate. Generally speaking the home port as listed in the Department
of Commerce publication "American documented seagoing vessels of 500 gross
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tons and over" will determine the district in which the records should be carried.
In cases where the vessels regularly operate from ports in two or more districts,
the officer's records shall be carried in that district in which is located the owner's
or operator's main office. Doubtful cases should be referred to the bureau for
decision. (C. B. N. M. 4.)
(2) When officers of the Merchant Marine Naval Reserve have not been em
ployed on any vessel for a period of six months their records shall be forwarded
to the district in which lies their permanent official address. (C. B. N. M. 4.)
H-4304. CHANGE OF EMPLOYMENT. (C. B. N. M. 4.)
(1) Officers of the Merchant Marine Naval Reserve shall inform the bureau
when they change their employment from one vessel to another. They shall
also inform the bureau if and when they cease to follow the sea as a profession.
(2) These reports should be made by letter, preferably on a business letterhead,
8 by 10% inches, and by typewriter, if practicable. The form shown below should
be followed in submitting this report:
From: Ensign John Doe, D-M, USNR.
601 West 113th Street, .
New York, N. Y.
Via: Commandant, Third Naval District.
Subject: Change of employment.
1. I report that I have been employed as second mate on the S. S. Corson, Export S. S. Corporation, since
September 25, 1928.
2. Before that time I was employed as third mate on the S. S. Fairfax of the Merchants & Miners Trans
portation Co., and left that ship on September 15, 1928.
John Doe.
Distribution:
Original: Bureau of Navigation.
Duplicate: Commandant, Third Naval District.
H-4401. OFFICERS.
and DE-M. In actual or threatened war appointments may be made also
in classes SC-M and MC-M.
(3) To be eligible for appointment as an officer in the Merchant Marine
Naval Reserve a candidate must fulfill the following requirements :
(a) Must be a citizen of the United States, or of the insular possessions
thereof.
(6) Must hold a license as a merchant marine officer.
(c) Must be following the sea as a profession and be serving as an officer
on board a ship of the approved list.
(d) Must be less than 62 years of age.
(e) Must pass a physical examination. Physical defects which do not
interfere with the performance of duty may be waived in the
discretion of the department. (C. B. N. M. 4.)
(4) The rank in which appointment is made depends on the permanent duties
which the candidate is actually performing on the vessel. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
H-4402. ENLISTED MEN.—Men of class M-l will be procured during peace
time in accordance with special instructions issued by the bureau from time
to time. (0. B. N. M. 3.)
H-4501. OFFICERS.
(1) During peace time officers are eligible for promotion when the following
conditions have been fulfilled:
(a) Must have served on board an active vessel of the approved list for
at least one year.
(6) He must be performing permanent duties which would permit his
appointment in the next higher grade if he were being appointed
for the first time.
(c) He must be recommended by competent authority.
(d) Must pass such professional examination as may be prescribed.
(e) He must be physically qualified as for original appointment in the
next higher grade. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
(2) In war time officers will be promoted as prescribed in Article H-1721.
H-4502. ENLISTED HEN.
Enlisted men will be advanced in ratings under such instructions as may
be issued by the Bureau of Navigation. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
H-4503. TRANSFERS AND DISCHARGES.—Officers and men of the Merchant
Marine Naval Reserve shall be transferred to that class of the Volunteer Reserve
for which they qualify, or shall be discharged, three years after they have ceased
to follow the sea as a profession. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
Section 6. TRAINING
H-4601. TRAINING DUTY WITH PAY.—Officeis and men may be permitted
officers and men of the Fleet Reserve and with the same pay and allowances.
(Sec. 32 of the act.) (O. B. N. M. 2.)
their own application, to perform training duty without pay.
(3) No mileage, travel, or other allowances will be granted reservists per
forming voluntary training duty without pay. Subsistence in kind for enlisted
men and commutation of subsistence for officers at the rate of $1 per diem are
dependent on the appropriation of funds. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
H-4603. INSTRUCTION OF PERSONNEL.—In the absence of detailed methods
of instruction the senior officers of vessels on the approved list will be fur
nished with appropriate professional literature, and they will initiate and
conduct the instruction of the Naval Reserve personnel on board. Command
ing officers of all naval vessels will afford every opportunity for officers to in
spect their vessels and to learn the details of their operation and administration.
(C. B. N. M. 3.)
H-4701. PAY.—When funds equal to the amount required have been made
available by Congress for this specific purpose, officers and men of the
Merchant Marine Naval Reserve when not on active duty and when attached
to and serving on a vessel specified for pay purposes by the Secretary of the
Navy shall be paid, within the number of such officers and men specified for
such vessel, quarterly at the rate of one month's base pay per year of their
corresponding ranks, grades, and ratings in the regular Navy; provided that
during such quarter they shall have served at least 60 days on such vessel and
have participated in such drills or instruction as may have been prescribed
by the senior Naval Reserve officer thereof, the district commandant, or the
Bureau of Navigation, as certified by such senior officer, the district com
mandant, or the Bureau of Navigation. This pay shall be in addition to any
pay to which they may be entitled for training duty. (Sec. 33 of act.)
(C. B. N. M. 3.)
H-4702. UNIFORMS.
(1) Officers and enlisted men of the Merchant Marine Naval Reserve are
not entitled to any uniform allowances, either in cash or kind, during peace
times.
(2) When performing training duty, officers may wear the uniform worn
by them in the merchant marine. (O. B. N. M. 3.)
INDEX
Accounting officer, district - — H-1723

Active duty :
compensation, Fleet Naval Reserve H-2806
in time of peace - H-1704
release from H-1705
required of transferred members of Fleet Naval Reserve H-2723
requirements for promotion H-2509
reservists, administration of H-1415
training _ -- H-2716
training, reports on H-1419
Additional compensation, administrative duties _ H-2804
Addresses—changes of:
reported to Bureau of Supplies and Accounts... H-1445
officers H-1443
Administration :
recruiting, organization, training, inspection, and mobilization, officers allowed for H-1214
Administrative duties, additional compensation for officers H-2804
Administrative functions, definition of - H-2710
Advancement:
enlisted men, Volunteer Naval Reserve H-3504
enlisted men, Fleet Naval Reserve H-2519
Age:
first enlistment H-1308
recruits to swear to H-1309
Allowances :
pay of commissioned officers - H-1501
Uniform, Volunteer Naval Reserve.. H-3703
Appointment :
permanent; petty officers H-1432
Appointment or enlistment, members of Naval Militia in Fleet Naval Reserve H-2410
Appointments and transfers, rank in which made H-2404
Appropriate duties H-2709
Appropriations, Merchant Marine Naval Reserve H-4701
Approved list 11-4301
Armories, stow uniforms in... H-1513
Assignment to class F-2:
completion of enlistment in Navy H-2414
restrictions on „_ H-2415
Assignment of service numbers by commandant - _ - H-1316
Authority for transfers H-1414
Aviation division, the - H-2308
Aviation units:
mobilization of H-2316
organization H-2303
Aviators :
fitness reports H-1422
qualifications H-2510
Battalion, the 1 H-2306
Bedding and clothes bags, issue of. H-1514
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Benefits :
injury - - - - H-1504
members of Naval Reserve - -- H-1702
men in Naval Reserve recnlisting in regular Navy H-1701
Bureau of Aeronautics - - H-1408
Bureau of Construction and Repair. - - - --- --- H-1405
Bureau of Engineering.. ^- H-1406
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery - --- H-1407
Bureau of Navigation. . _ - — - H-1408
continuous-service certificates - 11-1326
Bureau of Ordnance - H-1404
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts -- - H-1409
fiscal quarter, compensation paid - - -- H-2805
Candidates, method of selecting to fill vacancies - H-2407
Cause for discharge of officers - — H-1607
Causes, discharge of enlisted men in time of peace. -- H-1608
Changes of address : - -
enlisted men - - - - H-1444
officers.... .- — - - - H-1443
reported to Bureau of Supplies and Accounts - - - -- H-1445
Change of rating of enlisted men, report of --- --- --- H-1435
Character of discharge, entered on discharge certificate - --- H-1611
Chief petty officers, reenlistment of-. - -- - H-1312
Citizens of insular possessions, eligible for membership — H-1202
Citizens of United States, eligible for membership - H-1202
Civil branch of public service, authorized employment in H-1213
Claim for compensation for injury, to be filed within one year H-1509
Class A-F, special requirements for -- -- - - H-2406
Class F-2, restrictions on assignment to - H-2415
Classes F-2, F-3-c, F-3-d, F-4-c, F-4-d, and F-5, maintenance of records H-2317
Classes of Fleet Naval Reserve - H-1205
Classes of Merchant Marine Naval Reserve -- — H-1206
Classes of Naval Reserve - H-1201
Classes of Volunteer Naval Reserve - - - --- H-1207
Clothes bags and bedding, issue of H-1514
Commandant :
appoint recruiting officers H-1306
assign service numbers -- - - 11-1316
report enlistments weekly - - H-1323
Commandant of naval districts --- - - -.- H-1410
Commander of division, responsible for its efficiency 11-2713
Commanding officer, to report injuries to personnel. H-1506
Compensation :
claim filed within one year -- - - H-1509
fiscal quarter, paid by Bureau of Supplies and Accounts — H-2805
limited to 60 drills... -- - -- 11-2802
officers above rank of lieutenant - H-2803
officers below rank of lieutenant commander and enlisted men 11-2801
when on active duty, not entitled to - 11-2806
Completion of enlistment in Navy, assignment to class F-2 - -- H-2414
Composition of Naval Reserve.. - -- H-1202
Computation :
number of vacancies in each rank H-2503
semiannually, number of officers above lieutenant commander-- H-1215
service for transfer to Fleet Naval Reserve.. - - -- H-2417
Constitution of Naval Militia.. -- - --- H-1724
Continuous-service benefits, accruing to members of Naval Reserve H-1702
Continuous-service certificates--. - -- H-1325
issued by Bureau of Navigation --- H-1326
property of men - -- H-1327
Correspondence :
examples of official designation of officers and men... H-1208
extra copies not desired --- - H-1442
official channels for - -— --- H-1436
official residence shown in origin of.. H-1439
references to be quoted in - 11-1440
to be dated.... ---- H-1438
INDEX 75
Creation and establishment of the Naval Reserve H-1201
Crew, reserve.- --- - H-2305
Crews, reserve, training of H-2701
Cruises :
training _ - H-2703
week-end, not regarded as drills H-2807
week-end, subsistence for »« H-2814
Custody of records - - H-1413
Dates:
commission or warrant, precedence determined by H-1706
on correspondence - 11-1438
Death:
in case of, records closed out - H-1417
report of - - - - H-1431
Deficiencies in officer strength _ H-2313
Definition :
administrative functions - --- H-2710
of drill - H-2707
Department to fix quotas ofofficers in each class of Fleet Naval Reserve H-2402
Dependents, transportation for... H-1517
Desertion, case, of records closed out ---- H-1417
Discharge :
character of, entered on discharge certificate -- - H-1611
enlisted men, in time of peace. H-1608
enlisted men, tranferred to Fleet Naval Reserve _ H-2904
honorable '- H-1610
notification of -- H-1418
officers, causes for H-1607
presentation of, before enlisting H81314
time of peace - - --- H-1606
Discharge certificates, recommendation for reenlistment, entered on H-1612
Discharged :
enlistment or appointment in Navy H-1434
men, under other than honorable conditions not to be enlisted H-1315
Discharges :
intime-ofwar - 11-1609
officers and men, Merchant Marine and Naval Reserve.- H-4503
Disciplinary action, not barred by release from active duty. - H-1602
Distribution of offlcers in grade __ _ _ - H-2502
District accounting officer _ H-1722
District activities, utilization of men for H-2320
Division :
aviation - - - H-2308
squadron headquarters - H-2310
Drill:
credit for, when in uniform - H-2711
definition of H-2707
Drills:
compensation for, limited to 60 H-2802
record of, to be kept --- H-2712
schedules of, to be published _ H-2706
Duties :
appropriate H-2709
commandants of naval districts - H-1410
junior officers --- H-2714
specific, training for__ - - H-2702
Duty:
involving actual flying in aircraft, increase of pay for --- H-2809
other than active or training duty H-2705
psrformed without pay, subsistence.- H-2808-3704
Efficiency :
commander of division, responsible for --- H-2713
requirements - H-2718
Eligibility:
membership H-1202
membership in Merchant Marine Naval Reserve - H-4201
reenlistment __ _ H-1311
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Employment in civil branch of public service, authorized H-1213
Endorsements—when they shall be used- _ H-1441
Enlisted men :
active duty required of, transferred from Navy to Fleet Naval Reserve H-272S
advancement in rating H-2519
changes of address _ _ H-1444
class F-2, pay of.... _. _•_ H-2815
classes F-3-c and F-3-d, pay of.... H-2810
class F-5, pay of.... H-28U
classes F-3-c, F-3-d, F-4-c, F-4-d, and F-5, hospital and medical treatment for H-1515
classes F-4-c and F-4-d, pay and allowances of. H-2812
classes F-4-c and F-4-d, travel allowance for H-2816
compensation of H-2801
discharged in time of peace H-1608
Fleet Naval Reserve.. H-22CB
class F-l, method of procurement H-2412
discharge H-4503
promotion „ H-4502
training duty with pay H-4601
training duty without pay . H-4602
uniform gratuity H^702
midshipman appointed from.... ... H-1715
Navy, transferred prior to July 1, 1925, to class F-4 H-2416
ordered to or released from active training duty, reports on H-1419
report of examination and change of rating of H-1435
requirements for appointments as midshipmen H-1716
training duty, physical examination for H-1720
transferred prior to July 1, 1925, from Navy to Naval Reserve Force, retirement of H-2901
transferred after July 1, 1925, from Navy to Naval Reserve H-2902
transferred after 20 years' naval service to class F-5 H-2419
transferred from Navy to Fleet Naval Reserve, physical examination required H-2903
transferred to Fleet Naval Reserve, discharge of. H-2904
transfer to Volunteer Naval Reserve. «... H-2602
transfers, authority for H-1414
advancement of H-3504
composition. _ _ H-3201
organization - H-3304
procurement H-3403
training duty without pay -- H-3704
training of H-3703
" uniform allowances. H-3705
Enlisted strength, recruiting of reserve crews - H-2312
Enlisting, presentation of discharge before enlisting H-1314
Enlistment :
age.. - H-1308
extension of r- H-1302
men discharged under other than honorable conditions not authorized H-1315
notice furnished Bureau of Supplies and Accounts.. H-1324
physical requirements for H-1310
previous service H-1313
qualification for -- H-1307
term of - H-1301
Enlistment or appointment :
members of Naval Militia in Fleet Naval Reserve H-2410
Navy, reservist to be discharged H-1434
Enlistments, commandant to report weekly H-1323
Ensign, four years in grade for promotion H-2508
Entrainment for mobilization base - H-2314
Entries in service records — H-1411
Equipment loaned to States __ FT 1727
Equivalent instruction or duty for reservists attached to a division H-2708
INDEX 77
Sumination:
failure on professional, loss of precedence H-2514
Fleet Naval Reserve officers, scope of — -. H-2518
officers required to appear H-2511
Examinations:
officers failing to appear, submit eicuse H-2512
physical, officers of Naval Reserve H-1717
professional to be conducted by supervisory boards - H-251S
Examples, official designation of officers and men. H-1208
Excuse, submitted by officers failing to appear for examinations H-2512
Extension of enlistment.. - - H-1302
File numbers of personnel _ 11-1437
First enlistment, age for H-1308
Fiscal quarter, compensation paid on basis of - H-2806
Fitness reports - H-1422
Flag, Naval Reserve - - 11-4302
Fleet division, the.. 11-2304
Fleet Naval Reserve. --. H-1201
age qualifications. - 11-2405
class F-l, procurement of enlisted men - _ 11-2411
classes of.. - 11-1205
computation of service - H-2417
enlisted men.. - - H-2202
enlistment or appointment of member of Naval Militia H-2410
limited to line, Medical and Supply Corps... H-2401
mission of - - H-2101
officers - - H-2201
professional qualifications H-2409
sources of procurement for officers - H-2403
Fleet Reserve, line officer, classification of H-1204
Fleet Reserve units :
mobilization of. - H-2319
organization of - H-2318
Fleet units of organization. - -— --- H-2302
Flight training, orders involving, for officers, issued by bureau - H-1420
Forms to be used - H-142C
Funeral escorts H-1423
General policies - H-1401
General-service officers :
organization of Volunteer Naval Reserve - - H-3202
Volunteer Naval Reserve, training of - - H-3701
General service, Volunteer Naval Seserve, procurement. - H-3401
Government property issued for instruction of Naval Reserve.. H-1723
Grade, distribution of officers.. - H-2502
Grades allowed H-1203
Gratuitous issue of uniform for men in time of peace - H-1511
Gratuity :
uniform for men H-1510
uniform for officers H-2813
uniform, officers and men of Merchant Marine Naval Reserve H-4702
Health records —- H-1718
Honorable discharge — H-1616
Honorary retired list - - --- H-1605
Hospital and medical treatment, men of F-3-c, F-3-d, F-4-c, F-4-d, and F-5 H-1515
Hours in air, shown on fitness reports H-1422
Identification records, preparation of - - H-1321
Increase of pay involving actual flying - - - H-2809
Indorsements, when they shall be used H-1441
Injured personnel receive medical treatment - -. H-1506
Injuries:
minor, to be recorded _ _ H-1507
personnel, report of, by commanding officer.-- - - - - H-1506
Injury:
benefits for --- - H-1504
report required on special form. _ - H-1508
Inspection :
board, Naval Reserve - --- H-2722
Naval Reserve units H-2720
recruiting, administration, training, organization, and mobilization, officers allowed H-1214
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Inspectors, Naval Reserve H-2721
Instruction of Naval Reserve, Government property issued for _ —- H-1723
Instruction of reserve groups, Merchants Marine Naval Reserve. . H-4603
In time of peace :
discharge of officers and men - H-1606
uniform gratuitous issue for men .. - H-1511
Issue of bedding and clothes bags . _ ... - - H-1514
Junior officers' duties ... H-2714
Leave, military - - -- H-1711
Lieutenant (junior grade), four years in grade for promotion ___ H-2507
Lieutenant, four years in grade for promotion H-2506
Lieutenant commanders, promotion and above by selection— H-2504
Line, Medical and Supply Corps, Fleet Naval Reserve, limited to. -- H-2401
Line officers, classification of_ H-1204
Lost or damaged articles of uniform, men to replace H-1512
Maintenance of record for classes F-2, F-3-c, F-3-d, F-4-c, F-d-4, and F-5 H-2317
Marks for professional qualifications . - K-1412
Medical:
and hospital treatment for enlisted men of classes F-3-c F-3-d, F-4-c, F-4-d, and F-5. H-1515
treatment, injured personnel receive --- -- H-1505
Members of Naval Militia relieved from service in time of war _ H-1725
Membership :
eligibility for - H-1202
eligibility in Merchant Marine Naval Reserve. ... - - H-4201
Naval Militia authorized. - --- --- H-1212
Men:
discharged in time of peace.. H-1606
pay and allowances of --- -- H-1502
classes F-2 and F-4, release to inactive duty -- H-2418
commissioned, records closed out.. - - H-1433
discharged under other than honorable conditions not to be enlisted H-1315
for district activities, utilization of._ H-2320
previous service, enlistment of - - H-1313
receiving compensation or vocational training, not eligible for membership. H-1305
to replace lost or damaged articles of uniform. H-1512
training duty, commandant issue orders to... ._. --- H-1421
uniform gratuity for H-1510
Merchant Marine Naval Reserve :
classes of _ H-1206
eligibility for membership in H-4201
groups, instruction of.. H-4603
mission --- H-4101
officers - H-4202
officers, change of employment - H-4304
officers and men-
discharge of H-4503
training duty with pay n-4601
uniform gratuity - H-4702
officers holding provisional rank in Naval Reserve Force, appointment in Naval Reserve H-1211
officers, procurement of - H-4401
pay and allowances, officers and men.,. H-4701
procurement of enlisted men H-4402
promotion, enlisted men.. H-4502
promotion of officers - - H-4501
records of officers H-4303
Merchant vessels, suitable for service as naval auxiliaries H-4301
Method of procurement, enlisted men, class F-l H-2412
Midshipmen :
appointment from enlisted men H-17115
requirements for appointment H-1716
Mileage :
orders involving, may be issued by commandants — H-1420
shown in orders -- H-1420
Military leave. _ H-1711
Minor injuries to be recorded H-1507
INDEX 79
Mission :
Fleet Naval Reserve - H-2101
Mobilization :
and training, organization for H-2301
base, entrainrnent for . H-2314
center, the H-2311
of aviation units.. H-2316
of Fleet Reserve units. H-2319
recruiting, organization, administration, training, inspection, and mobilization, officers allowed
for - —- H-1214
Naval district, duties of commandants - H-I410
Naval Militia:
constitution of_ H-1725
members relieved in time of war H-1726
membership authorized ._. H-1212
Naval Operations, Office of H-1402
Naval Reserve flag H-4302
Naval Reserve :
inspection board H-2722
inspectors of H-2721
Naval Reserve officers, uniforms required H-1713
Naval reservists : •
continuous service - 11-1702
subject to Navy Regulations. H-1601
Navy Regulations:
naval reservists subject to _ H-1601
retired naval reservists subject to - --- H-1603
Noncitizens, transfer of - -- H-2413
Notice of enlistments, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts H-1324
Notification of discharge H-1418
Number of ship keepers H-1428
Office of Naval Operations 11-1402
Officers:
addresses of - 11-1443
assignment of -. 11-1427
below rank of lieutenant commander, compensation of H-2801
cause for discharge of.. - -- H-1607
commissioned by President ._ 31-1303
commissioned, pay and allowances of - H-1501
compensation above rank of lieutenant H-2803
computation of number above lieutenant commander - Ft-1215
deficiencies in reserve crews H-2313
distribution in grade --- H-2502
examinations, excuse of - H-2512
Fleet Naval Reserve - — 11-2201
scope of examination of - 11-2518
selection of candidates for H-2407
sources of procurement of --- H-2403
formerly regular Navy, Coast Guard, precedence of - - H-1709
having same date of commission and warrant, precedence of H-1707
in fleet division - - - H-2304
in grades above lieutenant commander, proportion of - H-2505
Merchant Marine Naval Reserve - - H-4202
discharge of ._ — 11-4503
approved list - H-4301
pay and allowances of.. - H-4701
promotion of - --- H-4601
training duty with pay of. 11-4601
training duty without pay of -- H-4602
uniform gratuity of _ --- H-4702
physical examination of. H-1717
uniform prescribed for.. - H-1712
precedence of - - --- H-1708
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Officers—Continued.
performing administrative duties, compensation of H-2804
physical examination of H-1604
recruiting, organization, administration, training, inspection, and mobilization _ H-1214
required to appear for examination H-2511
training-duty orders issued by H-1420
training, not attached to divisions - — H-2704
uniform gratuity of - --- H-2813
uniforms required of _ _ .. H-1713
composition - - - — - 11-3201
general service-
organization of.-. H-3202
promotion of - - -- --- H-3501
training of. H-3701
special service-
organization of - H-3302
procurement of.— - --- H-3402
promotion of - H-3502
training of H-3702
training duty without pay -- - H-3704
transfer to... - H-2601
uniform allowances of - — - H-3705
when uniforms are to be worn by__ - H-1714
with regular Navy, precedence of - H-1710
Officers and men :
discharge in time of peace -- H-1606
official designation of - H-1208
Official:
channels for correspondence 1T-1436
designation of officers and men H-1208
residence to be shown in origin of correspondence.. H-1439
Orders :
to enlisted men issued by commandants _ H-1421
to officers for training duty issued by commandants H-1420
Organization :
merchant vessels suitable as naval auxiliaries H-1301
recruiting, administration, training, inspection, and mobilization.. H-1214
training and mobilization for _ H-2301
Passports H-1426
Pay:
for 31st day of month - H-1603
involving actual flying in aircraft, increase of. H-2809
of men of class F-2 H-2815
of men of classes F-3-c and F-3-d. - H-2810
of men of class F-5.. -. - H-2811
reservists in travel status entitled to.. — H-1516
training duty with - H-4601
training duty without ..- - - H-4602
Volunteer Naval Reserve, training duty without H-3704
Pay and allowances :
of classes F-4-cand F-4-d. --- H-2812
of commissioned officers -- H-1501
officers and men, Merchant Marine Naval Reserve - H-4701
of warrant officers and men.. - H-1602
Permanent appointment :
of chief petty officers.. -■ H-1312
of petty officers.. -- - H-1432
Permission, leave United States .- H-1424
Personnel :
file numbers of - --- H-1437
injured, medical treatment.. — H-1505
Petty officers, permanent appointment of H-1432
INDEX 81
Physical examination:
of enlisted men for training duty - H-1720
ofoffloers H-1604
of Naval Reserve officers _ H-1717
required of enlisted men transferred H-2808
result of H-1719
Physical qualifications:
for appointment or transfer, Fleet Naval Reserve. H-2408
for promotion . H-2516
Physical requirements, enlistment H-1310
Policies, general H-1401
Precedence:
determined by date.— H-1706
former officers of regular Navy or Coast Guard _ H-1709
loss of, professional examination _ . H-2514
promotion by seniority H-2501
same date of commission or warrant _ H-1707
same rank in regular Navy H-1710
Preparation :
of identification records H-1321
of records H-1319
Presentation, discharge before enlisting — H-1314
President, officers commissioned by H-1303
Previous service, enlistment of men with _ _ H-1313
Procedure for recruiting _ H-1318
Procurement :
Fleet Naval Reserve, enlisted men, class F-l H-2411
enlisted men H-4402
officers H-4401
method of, enlisted men, class F-l _ H-2412
officers, sources of. _ _ H-2403
Volunteer Naval Reserve, reserve officers H-3401
Professional examinations, supervisory boards H-2516
Professional qualifications :
for Fleet Naval Reserve - H-2409
marks for , H-1412
Promotion :
by selection H-1204, 1721
by seniority H-2501
class A-F, qualifications for H-2510
days required for - -. H-2509
in time of peace H-1721
enlisted men H-4502
officers - H-1501
of lieutenant commanders - H-2504
of lieutenants --- H-2508
of lieutenants (junior grade) H-2507
of ensigns H-2508
physical qualifications for -- H-2515
general service H-3501
officers, war time _ H-3503
special service _ -- H-3502
Property, Government, for instruction H-1724
Proportion of officers, grades above lieutenant commander H-2505
Qualifications :
class A-F, promotion, additional. - H-2510
Fleet Naval Reserve—
age H-2405
professional H-2409
for enlistment H-1307
Quotas of officers, Fleet Naval Reserve, department H-2402
Ranks:
allowed- - H-1203
appointments and transfers in H-2404
82 INDEX
Eatings :
allowed H-120S
of men in fleet division. _ H-2305
Recommendation, reenlistment, entered on discbarge certificates .' H-1612
Records :
custody of H-1413-
maintenance of classes F-2, F-3, F-4, F-5 .-. H-2317
of drills to be kept H-2712
of health H-1718.
of identification—preparation of. _ _ H-1321
of men closed out when commissioned _ _ H-1433.
of proceedings forwarded statutory naval examining boards .. H-2517
preparation of _ _ _ H-1319-
recruiting officers to forward to commandants. _ H-1322"
service, accompany enlisted men on active duty.. H-1328.
service, entries in H-1411
to be closed out, death or desertion _ _ H-1417
Recruiting:
organization, administration, training, inspection, and mobilization, allowed for __- H-1214
procedure for H-131*
reserve crews to full enlisted strength _ H-2312-
Recruiting officers :
appointed by commandants. H-1306
forward records to commandants H-1322
Recruits :
required to swear to age _ _ H-1309*
vaccination of _ H-1320
Reenlistment:
eligibility for H-1311
in regular Navy, benefits H-1701
of chief petty officers, permanent appointments _ H-1312
recommendation for, discharge certificates. H-1612
Reexamination required if failing professionally _ H-2513
References quoted in correspondence H-1440
Regular Navy or Coast Guard officers, former, precedence of-- - H-17091
Release :
from active duty H-170S
from active training duty, reports on H-1419
from duty status, disciplinary action.- H-16021
of men classes F-2, F-i to inactive duty H-2418-
Reports:
forms of. _ H-1430
of death. ;.. H-1431
of examination, rating of enlisted men H-1435-
of injuries of enlisted personnel ___ _ ___ H-1506
of physical examinations. _ ___ _ H-1717
of transfers H-1415
on men ordered to or released from active or training duty H-1419
special form required for injuries. - _ - H-150S
Requirements :
for enlistment, physical.- H-1310
for maintaining efficiency- - _ H-2718
special for class A-F H-2406
training duty H-2715
Reserve crew, the H-2305
recruiting of H-2312
Reservists:
attached to a division, instruction, duty _ H-270S
in travel status, pay. H-1516,
in United States possessions _ _ _ H-1425
on active duty H-1416
retired, subject to Navy Regulations. H-1603
subject to Navy Regulations _ H-1601
Residence, official, shown in origin of correspondence. H-1439
Resrtictions, assignment, class F-2 _ _ __ H-2415
Result of physical examination _ _ H-1719
Retired:
list, honorary _ H-1605
naval reservists subject to Navy Regulations.. H-1603
INDEX 83
Retirement: :
of enlisted men transferred prior to July 1, 1925 H-2901
of enlisted men transferred after Iuly.l, 1925 -■ H-2902
Schedule! of drills, to be published - H-2706
Scope of examination, Fleet Naval Reserve- H-2518
Secretary of Navy, warrant officers warranted by - H-1304
Semiannually, computation of number of officers above lieutenant commander H-1215
Seniority, on lineal precedence list, promotion by H-2501
Service :
certificates, continuous - - H-1325
property of men - - H-1327
Fleet Naval Reserve, computation of H-2417
numbers, assignment of by commandants - - H-1J16
records accompany men on active duty - H-1328
records, entries in - 11-141 1
Ship keepers : . - .
number allowed H-1428.
subsistence of - H-1429
Shipping articles to be typewritten . H-131?
Sixty days' active service required in each rank for promotion H-2509>
Special requirements, class A-F - H-2406
Special-service officers, Volunteer Naval Reserve:
organization _ H.-3302
procurement - H-3402*
promotion. _ - H-3502
Squadron, the H-23(#
headqrarters division ... H-2310
States, equipment loaned to H-172*
Statutory naval examining boards, record of proceedings forwarded to . H-2517
Stowing, of uniforms in armories..- - H-1513-
Strength:
fleet division, enlisted - H-2304
headquarters division, enlisted H-2306
Subsistance :
for week-end cruises H-28H
of ship keepers H-1429-
performing duty without pay, authorized H-2808
Supervisory boards, professional examination conducted by H-2516-
Term of enlistment H-1301
Thirty-first day of month, pay for H-1503
Training and mobilization, organization for... _ H-2301
Training :
cruises H-2703.
for specific duties— H-2702
of officers not attached to divisions H-2704
of reserve crews H-2701
recruiting, administration, organization, inspection, and mobilization, allowed for H-1214
enlisted men H-3703.
general-service officers H-3701
special-service officers H-3702
Training duty:
additional allowed H-2717
defined H-2716
fitness reports on - • H-1422
with pay H-4601
without pay H-4602
orders to men issued by commandants H-1421
orders to officers issued by commandant _ H-1420-
physical examination of enlisted men H-1720
requirements H-2715
Volunteer Naval Reserve, without pay H-3704
Transfers and appointments:
Fleet Naval Reserve, physical qualifications H-2408
rank in which made —— H-2440
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Transfer:
after 20 years' naval service to class F-5..„ , .. — H-2419
authority for - H-1414
from Navy to Fleet Naval Reserve, active duty required H-2723
of men enlisted in Navy prior to July 1, 1925, to class F-l.. H-2416
of noncitizens from the Navy to class F-4-. . . - H-2413
reports of. H-1415
men - H-2002
Officers H-2601
Transportation for dependents.—. . - H-1517
Travel allowances for men of classes F-4-c and F-4-d H-2816
Twenty years' naval service, men, transferred to class F-5 H-2419
Type of reserve crew H-2305
Uniforms :
credit for drill H-27U
for men H-1S10
gratuity for officers - H-2813
in armories, encouraged stowing of H-1513
men required to replace lost or damaged articles of.. H-1512
Merchant Marine Naval Reserve, gratuity of officers and men...: _ H-4702
prescribed for Naval Reserve H-1713
required by Naval Reserve officers. H-1713
time of peace for men, issue of H-1511
Volunteer Naval Reserve, allowances of... H-3705
when to be worn . 11-1714
United States possessions, reservists residing in.. H-1425
Units:
of organization, aviation H-2303
of organization, Fleet Reserve H-2302
Naval Reserve, inspection of H-2720
Utilization of men for district activities H-2320
Vacancies:
computation of number in each rank H-2503
methods of selecting candidates to ffil H-2407
Vaccination of recruits H-1320
classes of - H-1207
enlisted men-
advancement of _. H-3504
organization H-3303
training of... H-3703
transfer to H-2602
transfer of men between classes of Volunteer Naval Reserve.. H-3602
general-service officers, promotion of _. H-3502
holding provisional rank, appointment in Naval Reserve H-1211
mission of H-310I
officers-
promotion in war time _ H-3503
transfer to H-2681
transfer of officers between classes of Volunteer Naval Reserve H-3601
special-service officers-
organization of _ H-3302
promotion of H-3502
training of _ H-3702
uniform allowances of H-3705
Warrant officers, warranted by Secretary of Navy _ H-1304
Warrant officers and men, pay and allowances of.. _ H-1502
Week-end cruises:
allowance for subsistence for H-2814
not regarded as drills _ H-2807
Years:
required in grade of lieutenant for promotion _ _ H-2506
required in grade of lieutenant (junior grade) for promotion. _ H-2507
required In grade of ensign for promotion H-2508
o
NAVAL RESERVE
REGULATIONS
NAVY DEPARTMENT - - - 1931

NAVAL RESERVE
REGULATIONS
1931
UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON : 1931

These regulations are reprinted from Part H of the Bureau of Navi
gation Manual. It is considered impracticable to incorporate future
changes herein due to the pamphlet not being in loose-leaf form,
ii
Navy Department,
Washington, D. C, November SO, 1931.
tration of the Naval Reserve are issued in accordance with the provi
sions of the act approved February 28, 1925.
It is hereby required and directed that all officers and other persons
belonging to the Navy, so far as the duties of each are concerned, make
themselves acquainted with, observe, and comply with the regula
tions of the Naval Reserve contained herein.
These regulations are the same as those contained in Part H of the
Bureau of Navigation Manual and include all changes to change No. 6.
F. B. Upham,
Rear Admiral, U. S. Navy,
Chief of Bureau.
in
.1 . . 1
C. B. N. M. «
Part H
NAVAL RESERVE
Chapter 1.—General. Chapter 3—Volunteer Naval Reserve.
Section 4—Administration. Section 4—Procurement*
Section 6—Discipline, discharges, and Section 6—Transfers.
ments. Section 7—Training.
Section 7—Miscellaneous. Chapter 4—Merchant Marine Naval
Chapter 2—Fleet Naval Reserve. Section 1—Mission.
Section 1—Mission. Section 2— Composition.
Section 2—Composition. Section 3—Organization.
Section 3—Organization.
Section 5—Promotions and
Section 5—Promotion. Section 6—Training.
Section S—Transfers. Section 7—Pay and allowances.
Section 8—Pay and allowances.
Section 9—Retirements and discharges.
CHAPTER 1
GENERAL
Section 1. MISSION
nated as follows:
H-1202. ELIGIBILITY FOE MEMBERSHIP.—The Naval Reserve shall be
composed of male citizens of the United States and of the insular possessions of
the United States of 18 years of age or over who by appointment or enlistment
except as provided in article H-1214. (Sec. 5 of the act.)
1
*
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divided into classes designated as follows (C. B. N. M. 4):
D-F, deck officers.
A-F, aviation flight officers.
F-2, men assigned for four years upon termination of one or more
enlistments in the regular Navy.
F-3-c, men who previous to July 1, 1925, were transferred from the
F-3-d, men who previous to July 1, 1925, were transferred from the
F-4-c, men who served in the regular Navy prior to July 1, 1925, who
naval service in accordance with article H-2416.
F-4-d, men who served in the regular Navy prior to July 1, 1925, who
naval service in accordance with article H-2416.
F-5, men who first enlist, in the Navy after July 1, 1925, or who reenlist
Reserve after 20 years' naval service.
H-1206. CLASSES OF MERCHANT MARINE NAVAL RESERVE—The Merchant
D-M, deck officers.
M-l, enlisted men.
H-1207. CLASSES OF VOLUNTEER NAVAL RESERVE.—The Volunteer Naval
Reserve is divided into classes designated as follows (C. B. N. M. 4) :
A-V(K), aviation ground officer.
O. B. N. M. 6 PABT H, CHAPTER 1 3

ChC-V(G), chaplains, general service.
ChC-V(S), chaplains, special service.
CC-V(S), naval constructors, special service.
CEC-V(S), civil engineers, special service.
O-V(S), ordnance officers, special service.
L-V(S), legal officers, special service.
V(G) ,chief warrant and warrant officer, general service. (C. B. M. N. 2.)
V(S) ,chief warrant and warrant officer, special service. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
divisions.
tion divisions.
V-3, men of communication ratings and special branches maintained
directly under the commandant.
V-5, Men enlisted as seamen 2c, for training as naval aviators.
H-1208. OFFICIAL DESIGNATION OF OFFICERS AND HEN.—In official
correspondence, officers and men shall be designated in the manner indicated
(a) A lieutenant (junior grade) of class A-F (aviation flight officer of Fleet
Naval Reserve) : Lieutenant (junior grade) Paul R. Smith, A-F,
USNR. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
Naval Reserve) : Lieutenant Robert A. Brown, E-M, USNR.
(c) A lieutenant commander of class MC-V (medical officer of Volunteer
Naval Reserve, special service) : Lieutenant Commander William
H. Johnson, MC-V(S), USNR.
Reserve) : Chief Boatswain Thomas D. Smith, F, USNR.
(e) A machinist of class V-G (warrant officer of Volunteer Reserve, general
service) : Machinist George L. White, V-G, USNR.
CO An enlisted man of class F-l (a man enlisted in the Fleet Naval
Henry Jones, 130-50-72, CBM, F-l, USNR.
H-1212. MEMBERSHIP IN NAVAL MILITIA AUTHORIZED.—No officer or
«ntitled under the provisions of the Naval Reserve act. (Sec. 4 of the act.)
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H-1214. OFFICERS ALLOWED FOB RECRUITING, ORGANIZATION, ADMIN

organization, administration, training, inspection, and mobilization of the Naval:
Reserve the following percentages of officers in higher grades or ranks are au
thorized:
as provided in article H-2801. The actual number of line officers
so commissioned in higher grades shall be distributed in the propor
as provided in article H-2801. The total number of staff officers
. (c) In time of peace, the number of officers of the line and of the staff
to be carried in the grades of commander, captain, and commodore
is prescribed in this article. The number of officers who may be
carried in these higher grades is the combined number in all classes
of the Naval Reserve: Fleet, Merchant Marine, and Volunteer.
(C. B. N. M. 2.)
(d) Officers of the Naval Reserve of and above the rank of lieutenant
commander will be promoted only as the result of selection, by
selection boards composed of officers of the regular Navy, subject
to physical and professional examination. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
H-1215. COMPUTATION SEMIANNUALLY OF NUMBEB OF OFFICERS
O. B. K. M. « PART H, CHAPTER 1 5
H-1301. TEEM OF ENLISTMENT.—Enlistments in the Naval Reserve shall
periods of one, two, three, or four years under the same regulations as pre
scribed for extensions of enlistment in the regular Navy in article D-1006.
(C. B. N. M. 3.)
H-1303. COMMISSIONED BT PRESIDENT.—Persons appointed to commis
H-1304. WARRANTED BT THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.—Persons ap
H-1306. COMMANDANT TO APPOINT RECRUITING OFFICERS. (C. B.
N. M. 3 and 6.)
(1) Division, battalion, and squadron commanders, volunteer communication
reserve commanders, and commanding officers of volunteer communication re
serve sections and units, shall be appointed by the commandants of naval districts
as Naval Reserve recruiting officers. As such they are authorized to administer
oaths in connection with the appointments of officers and the enlistments of
men in the Naval Reserve. All officers of the Naval Reserve authorized to
administer oaths for enlistment or appointment in the Naval Reserve shall place
after their signature the capacity in which serving at the time of administering
the oath; i. e., John Doe, Lieutenant, D-F, U. S. N. R., Commanding First Fleet
Division, U. S. N. R., First Naval District.
They shall prepare reports in accordance with article H-1322 and forward them
to the commandant.
listment in the various ratings shall be the same as those governing enlistments
in the regular Navy, except as modified in these regulations and in instructions
issued from time to time by the Bureau of Navigation.
H-1308. AGE FOR FIRST ENLISTMENT.—For first enlistment in peace time
V-4, as specified in article H-3403, and men of class M-l, as specified in article
H-4402. Especially desirable men over 28 years of age may be enlisted with
the consent of the bureau in each case. In actual or impending war the upper
limit may be increased to 35 years on receipt of orders from the bureau. Minors
shall not be enlisted without the written consent of parents or guardian. (C. B.
N. M. 2-6.)
H-1309. RECRUITS REQUIRED TO SWEAR TO AGE.—Each recruit shall be
H-1310. PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ENLISTMENT.

men in the Navy.
(2) Physical examinations may be conducted by medical officers of either the
Navy or the Naval Reserve. (C, B. N. M. 4.)
H-1311. ELIGIBILITY FOR REENLISTMENT.—Enlisted men of the Naval
in the rating held when discharged only if reenlisted within three months from
date of discharge. Men who reenlist after a lapse of more than three months
from date of discharge may only be reenlisted if less than 28 years of age in
ratings open for first enlistment. Especially desirable men over 28 years of age
may be reenlisted with the consent of the bureau in each case. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
H-1312. REENLISTMENT OF CHIEF PETTY OFFICERS HOLDING PERMA
may be enlisted or reenlisted in such permanent appointments, provided reen
H-1313. ENLISTMENT OF MEN WITH PREVIOUS SERVICE.—Upon enlisting
persons with previous service in the Navy or Naval Reserve the recruiting
H-1314. PRESENTATION OF DISCHARGE BEFORE ENLISTING—No one who
organization under other than honorable conditions shall not be enlisted without
the authority of the Bureau of Navigation. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
H-13I6. COMMANDANT TO ASSIGN SERVICE NUMBERS.—Commandants
men having previous service in the Navy or Naval Reserve whose service num
bers are unknown the commandant shall obtain numbers from the bureau before
completing and forwarding the enlistment articles.
shall be typewritten with no erasures or interlineations.
until all the following steps have been taken (C. B. N. M. 3) :
(6) Health record issued and signed by the medical examiner.
(c) Fingerprints taken and properly signed by medical examiner and
recruit.
(d) Shipping articles—Form N. Nav. 351, signed by medical examiner
and recruit.
(e) Service record—Form N. Nav. 352, signed by medical examiner and
recruit.
O. B. N. M. 8 PART H, CHAPTER 1 7
(J) When the above steps have been completed, the recruit shall be
record, should then be signed by the recruiting officer and ,fpr-
words: "In case of death, discharge, desertion, or release from active service,
H-1320. VACCINATION OF RECRUITS.—All recruits should be vaccinated
and typhoid prophylaxis administered when enlisted or as soon thereafter as
practicable. Typhoid prophylaxis should be completed before reservists are
called to duty for training. (C. B. N. M. 6.)
H-1322. RECRUITING OFFICERS TO FORWARD RECORDS TO COMMAN
diately forwarded to the commandant.
H-1323. COMMANDANT TO REPORT ENLISTMENTS WEEKLY.—The com
examined and found to be regular and complete in every respect. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
PLIES AND ACCOUNTS.—A notice of enlistment on Bureau of Supplies and
Accounts Form 444 in quadruplicate shall be prepared by the recruiting officer
preparing the enlistment, under the direction of the commandant, for each member
enlisted in the Fleet Naval Reserve and the Merchant Marine Naval Reserve.
The original duplicate, and quadruplicate (pink copy) shall be forwarded to the
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts (retainer pay division). (C. B. N. M. 6.)
H-1325. CONTINUOUS-SERVICE CERTIFICATES.—Men recommended for
from a complete enlistment in the Navy or the Naval Reserve may, upon pres
entation of the discharge paper, receive a continuous-service certificate.
8 BUREAU OF NAVIGATION MANUAL O. B. N. M. 6
H-1326. BUREAU OP NAVIGATION TO ISSUE CONTINUOUS-SERVICE CER

TIFICATES.—The continuous-service certificate shall be prepared and issued
DUTY.—The service record shall accompany each menber of the Naval Reserve
H-1329. STATEMENTS OF APPLICANTS.—The bureau considers that all
statements required to be made in applications for appointment or enlistment
are material facts. Any misstatement or omission of such material fact or facts
when brought to the attention of the bureau will be considered as grounds for
discharge. (C. B. N. M. 6.)
(a) Recommend to the department the allotment of Naval Reserve
(6) Determine the number of officers and men to be maintained from year
needs of the Navy.
(d) Determine and prescribe the principles which are to govern the active
(J) Determine and prescribe the principles which are to govern the mobili
{g) Determine the measures that are necessary, in time of peace, to insure
service to the country in time or war. (General Order 96.)
O. B. N. M. 8 PAST H, CHAPTER 1 9
H-1403. BUREAU OP NAVIGATION.—The Bureau of Navigation is charged
the principal duties of the Bureau of Navigation may be enumerated as follows:
men in the Naval Reserve; the transfers of men from the regular
regular Navy.
the Naval Reserve.
(rf) Supervises the activities of organized units of the Naval Reserve.
individuals of the Naval Reserve.
(J) Supervises the ordering of reservists to and from active duty or train
ing duty. ...
instruction.
(k) Supervises the assignment of ship keepers for vessels assigned to
ing of the Naval Reserve,
(t) Maintains statistics and records of the drilling and training activities
(fc) Is directly responsible for and keeps memorandum accounts of ex
penditures under the following subheads of the Naval Reserve
appropriation:
Subhead 10.—Pay, officers, active duty.
Subhead 14.—Provisions, training duty.
Subhead 17.—Navigational instruments. . .
(i) Supervises the issuance of navigational instruments to vessels assigned
to training the Naval Reserve; also towing and piloting service,
(m) Supervises all the details of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training
Corps.
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H-1404. BUREAU OF ORDNANCE.—The Bureau of Ordnance provides all

ordnance material used by naval reservists in connection with drills and training,
H-1405. BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR.—The Bureau of Con
and repair," of the Naval Reserve appropriation and supervises all activities
are confined to activities afloat and include C. and R. repairs, equipment, etc.," to
H-1406. BUREAU OF ENGINEERING.—The Bureau of Engineering admin
isters the funds allotted to subhead 4, "Engineering," of the Naval Reserve appro
activities chargeable against this subhead are confined to activities afloat and
include engineering repairs, equipment, etc., to vessels and boats assigned to
of the Naval Reserve appropriation and supervises all activities chargeable
the Naval Reserves; also outfits for conducting physical examinations of naval
The Bureau of Aeronautics also supervises the training of naval reservists in
aviation duties.
H-1409. BUREAU OF SUPPLIES AND ACCOUNTS.—The Bureau of Supplies
activities afloat and include S. and A. repairs, equipment, etc., to vessels and
boats assigned to the training of the Naval Reserve. The activities chargeable
against subhead 16 are confined to activities afloat and include fuel, etc., for
H-1410. COMMANDANTS OF NAVAL DISTRICTS.—The commandants of the
several naval districts, under the supervision of the various bureaus and offices
concerned, are charged with the procurement, administration, training, and
readiness for war of the Naval Reserve under their jurisdiction. To assist
H-1411. ENTRIES IN SERVICE RECORDS.
(1) The entries indicated in this article shall be made in the service record,
N. Nav. 352. The only reports required by the Bureau of Navigation in conjunc
tion with the use of N. Nav. 352 are as indicated in the instructions herewith
under the heading "Reports." Copies of the various entries made in the record
are not required by the bureau. It is therefore important that the detailed
instructions given below be carefully studied and complied with; that all infor
mation be entered in the service record completely and accurately in order that
the commandant, during the current enlistment, and the bureau in after years,
may have a complete and permanent record.
(2) The printed headings at the bottom of page 7, "Complete record of service
for the quarter ending," "Date," "Signature and rank of commanding officer,"
"District or station," and the following headings on page 8, "Number of drills,"
"Date," "Enter record of equivalent instructions or duty and appropriate duties,"
"Signature," will be disregarded. Page 7 should contain a complete and chrono
logical record of service. There will be entered on this page record of all active
duty, week-end cruises, changes in rate, address, class, transfers between ships
and stations or from one district to another, discharges, deaths, desertions, sur
renders and deliveries, appointments to commissioned or warrant rank or grade,
or any other changes in a man's status shall be entered chronologically. The
page will be used until filled, when another page will be headed. Page 8 will
contain record of marks assigned and special qualifications or details.
(3) The entries on page 7 will preferably be typed. Routine entries may be
made by rubber stamp, the division commander procuring the required stamps
suitable for his division, such as the following:
Recalled to training duty with pay at Detroit, Mich, (date
stamp) .
Furnished transportation to
Reported on board (date stamp).
Detached (date stamp), at
Furnished transportation to Detroit.
Released (date stamp) .
Record of drills, etc.
For quarter ending (date stamp).
Drills Equiva Appropri Week-end

lent duty ate duty cruises
Number performed..
Rating changed (date stamp) .

From to
Detailed Instructions for Reserve Service Record

[N. Nav. 382]
A
Absence from duty.—Enter on page 6 dates of absence from duty on account
of sickness or injury, result of own misconduct, AOL, AWOL, desertion and
nonperformance of duty because imprisoned, both while in arrest resulting in
court-martial sentence and while serving sentence. These entries will only be-
made when man is absent while serving on active duty or training duty.
Active duty and training duty.—Make entry on page 7 upon recall to active duty
or training duty, giving date and place of recall; whether for active duty or train
ing duty; and if for training duty, whether with or without pay. Date of report,
ship or station where duty is performed, when released enter date of release and
forward copy of "Orders to report to active duty" to the Bureau of Navigation.
Address.—Enter on page 7 any change in man's address.
Appointments to commissioned or warrant rank or grade.—Enter on page 7
date of appointment, rate held at date of appointment, rank or grade to which
appointed, and date of acceptance of commission or warrant. Enter final marks
on page 8, close out record as of date preceding acceptance of commission or
warrant and forward to the bureau.
Appropriate duties.—Make entry on page 7 at end of quarter and upon transfer
from one district to another, death, discharge, or transfer to another class of the
Naval Reserve, of the total number of periods of appropriate duty performed.
Aviation and balloon pilot.—Enter on page 7 date qualified and designated as
naval aviation or balloon pilots.
B
Birth.—Enter date and place of birth on page 2. Make any correction in
date or place of birth on page 2 and file copy of birth certificate or letters of
authorization in pocket of service record.
C
Change in name, address, next of kin, etc.—Make correction where necessary.
Enter on page 7 change, date, and authority. File letters of authority in pocket
of service record.
Change in rating.—Enter on page 7 date of change (old rate or new rate) and
reason or authority for disrating.
Checkage.—Enter on page 7 reason for checkage, date, and amount checked
while on active or training duty.
Citizenship.—Make entry on page 2 showing citizenship to be "U. S.,"
"N. U. S.," "C. I. P." If naturalized while in the service, enter on page 7
date of naturalization, name, and location of court, which granted certificate of
naturalization.
Clothing destroyed to prevent spread of disease.—Enter on page 7 notation of
circumstances and estimated value of articles destroyed while on active or train
ing duty.
Clothing lost or destroyed in a marine or aeroplane disaster.—Enter on page 7
estimated value of articles lost and, if reimbursed in cash, amount of reimburse
ment. If issued clothing in kind, the value of issue, if on active duty or train
ing duty.
C. B. N. M. 6 PAET H, CHAPTER 1 13
Clothing issued.—See Uniform.
Coast Guard Service.—Enter on page 1 the amount of Coast Guard Service.
Commended for distinguished or meritorious service.—Enter on page 7 a brief
statement of commended act or duty, date, and by whom commended.
Commuted rations.—Enter on page 7 date of receipt of commuted rations and
date of discontinuance.
Conduct.—Enter on page 7 a brief statement of all special and meritorious
conduct worthy of mention. Enter on page 8 marks in conduct, quarterly, while
on active duty and upon release from active duty. The whole page may be used
to record the marks and special qualifications and details, disregarding the other
headings.
Courts-martial.—Enter on page 7, date, nature of offense committed, date of
trial, sentence and action of the convening authority on deck courts and general
courts-martial and of convening authority and the immediate superior in com
mand on summary courts-martial with the date of such action.
D
Death.—Make appropriate entries of death on front cover and page 9. Enter
on page 10 a summary of all ships or stations to which deceased had been attached
and final average in all marks. Enter on page 7 date, place, and cause of death
if known, and whether death was caused by the intemperate use of drugs or
alcoholic liquors or other misconduct.
If death occurs while on active duty, character of discharge that would have
been awarded had service been terminated by discharge, disposition of remains
and effects, place of burial if known, state of accounts, amount of insurance, and
date of last checkage. Forward the service record to the bureau.
Report in accordance with article H-1506, Bureau of Navigation Manual,
should be submitted to the Employee's Compensation Commission in case of
death resulting from physical injuries.
Delivery.—If on active duty or training duty, enter on page 7 date and place of
delivery and by whom delivered. Forward copy of N. Nav. 66 to the bureau.
Descriptive list.—Enter required information on page 4, signed by medical officer
and the recruit.
Desertion.—Enter on page 7 date declared a deserter, date and hour unauthor
ized absence commenced, and any facts in connection with the unauthorized
absence which might show whether the intention was to desert or return, and, if
on active duty, state of accounts. Make appropriate entries of desertion on
page 9 and forward 'the service record to the bureau. (No entry regarding deser
tion made on front cover.)
Disability.—Enter on page 7 record of any disability incurred while serving in
the Naval Reserve, on active duty or training duty or while attending drills; na
ture and whether incurred in the line of duty or the result of own misconduct.
Discharges.-—Make appropriate entries on front cover and page 9. Enter on
page 10 a summary of all ships or stations to which man has been attached and
final average in all marks. Enter on page 7 date, place, cause, authority, charac
ter, whether or not recommended for reenlistment, if on active duty rate of pay
and statement of account. Close out service record and forward to the bureau.
Drills.-—Enter on page 7, at end of quarter or upon transfer from one district
to another, death, discharge, or transfer to another class and total number of drills
performed. (The heading on page 8 showing date, number of drills, date and
record of equivalent instructions or duty and appropriate duties will be ignored.)
90187—32 2
E
Education.—Enter on page 2, upon enlistment, a brief statement of educational
advantages.
Effects of deceased persons and deserters.—Enter on page 9 disposition made of
effects of deceased persons and deserters and whether on active duty or training
duty.
Enlistments, assignments to class F-%, and transfers to Fleet Naval Reserve F-4
and F-6.—Enter by typewriter on front cover full name, service number, citizenship,
rate, date, class, place of enlistment, assignment, or transfer. Complete headings
on page 1 and 2, with signatures of recruiting officer and disbursing officer, entered
over their typewritten name in space provided. Page 4 completed under the
supervision of the medical officer and signed by the officer and the recruit. On!
page 7 enter name in full, service number, class, rate and date of enlistment,
assignment, or transfer.
Equivalent instruction or duty.—Enter on page 7, together with the number of
drills performed (see Drills), the number of periods of equivalent instruction or
duty performed. Enter quarterly, or upon transfer from one district to another
death, discharge or transfer to another class, total number of drills and periods of
equivalent instruction or duty performed since last report.
Examinations.-—Forward original report of examination to the bureau as
required by current instructions and file copy in pocket of service record.
Extensions.—Make agreement to extend enlistment (N. Nav. 323) in duplicate.
Forward original to the bureau on effective date of extension and file duplicate in
pocket of service record. Make notation on page 7 showing date made, effective
date, date of expiration, and number of years for which extension is made.
t
F
Fingerprints.—Make fingerprints of each finger upon enlistment on page 3.
Forward identification record to the Bureau of Navigation.
Flight orders.—Enter on page 7 the date detailed to duty involving flying and
date and cause of revocation if revoked before termination of duty. If on active
duty, enter on page 7 at the end of each month and on date of revocation of
flight orders total time in air and total number of flights since last entry. If on
inactive duty and flights are made, enter this data quarterly.
I
Identification.—See Fingerprints. *
Injury.—Enter on page 7 report of all injuries sustained by men while serving
on active duty or traveling under competent orders or in the performance of drills
giving cause, date, nature and whether or not incurred in the line of duty. Make
report required by article H-1506, Bureau of Navigation Manual.
Interpreter.—Enter on page 2 name of foreign language or languages for which
qualified to act as interpreter.
L
Letters of commendation.—Enter on page 7 a brief digest of all letters of com
mendation, by whom commended, act or duty for which letter is given, date of
act, and date of letter. File copy of letter in pocket of record.
M
Marks.—Enter on page 8 marks quarterly while on active duty and upon
release from active or training duty. Enter final average of all marks on page 8
upon death, discharge, appointment to commission or warrant and retirement.
Note.—Same procedure is followed as that used for assigning marks for regular Navy. The space on
page 8 designed for drills and equivalent instructions or duty and appropriate duties may be used for entries
of marks and special qualifications or details.
Medals.—Enter on page 7, when men are awarded distinguished service medal,
medal of honor, navy cross or navy flying cross, the date of award and a brief
statement of the act for which award is made.
Misconduct.—Enter on page 6, if on active duty, all absence from duty on
account of sickness, disease, or injury due to intemperate use of drugs, alcoholic
liquors, or other misconduct, date admitted to sick list, number of days absent
from duty, nature of disease or injury, and date of initial appearance of sickness
or disease.
N
Name.—Type name in full, surname first, followed by Christian name and
middle names, if any. Have signatures entered with Christian name to the
Nonperformance of duty.—Enter on page 6 dates of all absence from or non
performance of duty on account of sickness, disease, or injury resulting from
intemperate use of drugs, alcoholic liquors, or other misconduct, AWOL, AOL,
time under arrest awaiting trial which results in conviction and sentence to a
naval prison or at a receiving ship or station designated as a naval prison, and
time under court-martial sentence, in a naval prison or at a receiving ship or
station designated as a naval prison.
Enter number of days absent, number of days under arrest awaiting trial, num
ber of days under court-martial sentence, date restored to duty and number of
days lost because of nonperformance of duty.
Date absence began is considered a day of absence, date of return is considered
a day of duty.
O
Offenses.—Enter on page 7 nature of offense and punishment adjudged.
P
Pay.—"When ordered to active duty or training duty with pay the supply officer
taking up his accounts will enter on page 2 rate of pay upon enlistment; also enter
information required by headings on page 9 upon discharge, desertion, death, and
retirement.
Pilots.—See Aviation and balloon pilots.
Pocket.—File all copies of reports of examination, agreement to extend enlist
ment, proceedings of all courts-martial, vouchers, and correspondence relating
to the man in pocket attached to the service record.
Prior service.—Enter on page 1 all prior service in the Navy, Naval Reserve
Force, Naval Reserve, National Naval Volunteers, Marine Corps, Marine Corps
Reserve, Army, Coast Guard, Naval Militia, and National Guard.
Punishments.—Enter on page 7 report of all punishments adjudged.
Physical examination.—Enter result of all physical examinations of transferred
16 and 20 year men on page 7 and the group to which classified in accoidance
with article H-2317, Bureau of Navigation Manual.
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Q
Qualifications.—Enter on page 2 any special qualifications man may have, upon
enlistment, assignment, or transfer to the reserve from regular Navy.
R
Ratings.—See Change in rating.
Recall.—See Active duty.
Reduction oj rating.—Enter on page 7 old rating, rating to which reduced,,
date, reason, and authority.
Reenlistments.—Same as Enlistment.
Reports.—The only reports required by the Bureau of Navigation of entries
in the enlistment record or of changes in the status of enlisted reservists, other
than the pink copies of S. & A. Forms 444 to 444-e (which are forwarded to the
Bureau of Navigation by the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts), are the following:
1. Enlistment.—Upon enlistment, complete N. Nav. 351 (shipping articles) and N. Nav. 2 (fingerprint
record) and forward to the Bureau of Navigation.
2. Active duty and training duty.—AX date of release forward copy of "orders to report to active duty"
3. Active duty as shipkeeper or other protracted periods of active duty.—Make an extra copy cf "orders to
report for active duty" and forward to Bureau of Navigation on date of report. Forward a second copy on
date of release.
4. Examinations.—Forward original report of examination N. Nav. 524 for nonrated men and N. Nav^
, 324a for petty officers to the bureau as required by current instructions, file copy in pocket of record.
6. Desertion.—Make required entries in service record, Form N. Nav. 352, and forward to the Bureau
of Navigation.
6. Surrender or delivery.—Fill out N. Nav. 66 and forward to the Bureau of Navigation.
7. Extension of enlistment.—Fill out Form N. Nav. 323 in duplicate, forward original to the Bureau of
Navigation on effective date of extension and file copy in pocket of service record.
8. Discharge, death, advancement to commissioned or warrant rank or grade, and retirement.—Close our
N. Nav. 352 and forward to the Bureau of Navigation.
Retirements of transferred members.—Make appropriate entries for retirement
on front cover and page 9. Enter on page 10 summary of all ships and stations
since transfer to reserve and final average in all marks. Enter on page 7 date
and authority. Enter on page 8 marks and final average. Forward service rec
ord to the bureau.
S
Service number.—Enter service number in places designated.
Shipkeeper.—Enter on page 7 upon recall to active duty as shipkeeper, date
of recall, date and place of report, and record of service while assigned as ship-
keeper. Enter marks on page 8. Make an extra copy of the orders to report for
active duty and forward to the bureau on date of report. Forward a second
copy on date of release from active duty.
Signature of reservist.—Have signatures entered with Christian name to the
Signatures required in service record.—The signature of recruiting officer is
required on page 2 at date of enlistment.
Signature of commanding officer is required on page 7 for each entry regarding
change of rating, courts-martial, commendatory action, offenses committed, and
punishments awarded, when record is transferred to another district.
Signature of commanding officer is required on pages 9-10 when record is
closed out on account of cancellation, discharge, desertion, death, appointment
to commissioned or warrant rank or grade or retirement.
C. B. N. M. 8 PART H, CHAPTER 1 17
Signature of the commanding officer is required on page 6 for entries regarding
absence from duty.
Signature or initials of commanding officer are required on page 8 for entries
regarding marks, special qualifications, or detail.
Signature of executive officer is required on page 5 for entries regarding author
ized leave.
Signature of medical officer is required on page 4 at time of enlistment.
Signature of disbursing officer is required on page 2 when reservist first reports
for active duty.
Signature of reservist is required on page 4 at date of enlistment.
Subsistence allowance.—Enter on page 7 date subsistence allowance began,
authority, amount, date discontinued, and reason.
Surrender.—Enter on page 7 date and place of surrender and number of days
absent.
Forward copy of N. Nav. 66 to the bureau.
T
Transfers.—Enter on page 7 record of all transfers between vessels or stations
and from one district to another; also record of transfer between classes of the
Naval Reserve.
Transportation or travel allowance.—Enter on page 7 a record of all trans
portation or travel allowance furnished. Enter on page 9 record of transporta
tion or travel allowance furnished on discharge if discharged while on active
duty.
U
Undesirable discharge.—In addition to all information specified under "dis
charge" in these instructions, state the nature of the undesirability or unfitness
on page 7 and file copy of the statement of the man in pocket of service record.
Uniform, bedding, and equipment.—Enter value of issue (except when paid for
in cash) on page 7. (Temporary issue of bedding and equipment need not be
entered.) File copy of requisition showing issue in detail in pocket of service
record. Upon discharge or transfer to class V-4 or V-6, enter on page 7 condition
and disposition of articles of uniform, bedding, and equipment returned.
Uniform allowance.—The amount of uniform allowance credited upon reporting
for active duty in time of war will be entered at bottom of page 2 by the disbursing
officer over his signature.
W
Waiver.—Enter full information on page 4, giving reasons and nature of waiver
upon enlistment. Enter waivers of transportation on page 7, giving reason,
file signed agreement in pocket of service record.
Week-end cruises.—Enter on page 7 a record of all week-end cruises, giving
dates of cruises, vessels on which made, and subsistence furnished.
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H-1412. MARKS FOE PEOFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION.—Marks for pro

for the various branches as specified in Part D, "Enlisted personnel."
H-1413. CUSTODY OF EECOEDS.—Service and health records of men attached
to or associated with organizations will be carried by the commanding officer;
a reservist changes his permanent residence from one district to another, his
service and health records and all other papers shall be forwarded to the com
H-I414. TEANSFEES, AUTHOBITY FOE.—Transfers of the enlisted men on
inactive duty shall be made as follows:
(a) In naval districts from one organization to another in the same district by
authority of the commandant of the district.
(6) From one district to another, by the commandants of districts.
' H-1415. TRANSFERS, REPORTS OF.—All transfers, except those within the
naval district, shall be reported monthly to the Bureau of Navigation. (Form
N. Nav. 5-b.)
H-1416. RESERVISTS ON ACTIVE DUTY.—When on active duty in time of
eame as the personnel of the Navy.
H-1417. RECORDS TO BE CLOSED OUT IN CASE OF DEATH OR DESERTION.—
In case of death or desertion the service and health records shall be closed out
and returned via the commandant of the naval district to the Bureau of Naviga
tion and the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, respectively.
H-1418. NOTIFICATION OF DISCHARGE.—Upon discharge of any member
of the Naval Reserve the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts (Retainer Pay Divi
sion) shall be notified by the officer issuing the discharge. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
H-1419. REPORTS OF MEN OEDEEED TO OR RELEASED FROM ACTIVE
OE TRAINING DUTY.—Reports of enlisted men reporting for or released from
training duty or active duty shall be made quarterly to the Bureau of Navigation
on Form N. Nav. 5-b, and copies of orders forwarded in accordance with Articles
H-1411 and H-1421. (C. B. N. M. 4.)
H-1420. ORDEES TO OFFICEES FOR TRAINING DUTY TO BE ISSUED BY
COMMANDANT.—Where no fight duty is involved, orders to officers for training
prescribed by the bureau. Upon completion of training duty, a copy of the
orders with all endorsements shall be forwarded to the Bureau of Navigation and
to the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts (Retainer Pay Division). (C. B. N. M. 4.)
The amount of mileage involved shall be shown in dollars and cents and in
miles, only on the copy of the orders furnished the Bureau of Navigation. The
Bureau of Navigation will issue orders for training duty involving flying upon
receipt of the application from the commandant of the naval district.
H-1421. ORDERS TO ENLISTED MEN TO BE ISSUED BY COMMANDANTS —

to such duty will be prepared by commanding officers and a copy forwarded to
the Bureau of Navigation for file. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
Upon completion of training duty, a copy of the orders with all indorsements
shall be furnished the Bureau of Navigation and the Bureau of Supplies and
Accounts (Retainer Pay Division). When an enlisted man is ordered to active
duty other than training, a copy of the orders will be forwarded to the Bureau
of Navigation and the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts (Retainer Pay Division).
(C. B. N. M. 4.)
H-1422. FITNESS EEPORTS. (C. B. N. M. 6.)
(1) Fitness reports complete in all respects, shall be submitted to the Bureau
training duty, and annual reports will be submitted by all officers. Fitness reports
covering training duty shall be submitted on Forms N. Nav. 260 or N. Nav. 261.
These reports shall be prepared in duplicate, the original being forwarded direct
to the Bureau of Navigation and the duplicate to the commandant of the naval
district in which the reservist resides. Fitness reports covering active duty shall
be submitted on Form N. Nav. 443. Annual reports shall be prepared and sub
mitted by all officers on Form N. Nav. 137 and submitted to the Bureau via
official channels. (C. B. N. M. 2-6.)
(2) In addition to the foregoing reports, each officer of Class A-F and A-V(G)
shall report annually by letter the total number of hours flown during the year
in both Government and civilian aircraft, itemized as to pilot time and passenger
time, type, and character of flight. This report shall be routed to the bureau via
the commanding officer of the aviation division or squadron to iwhich attached
or with which associated and the district commandant, with a copy to the Bureau
of Aeronautics. (C. B. N. M. 6.)
H-1423. FUNERAL ESCORTS.—Commandants of naval districts and command
ing officers of organizations are authorized to furnish funeral escorts, as provided
by Navy Regulations, for members of the Naval Reserve (inactive) when such
An escort of one (1) person may be provided at Government expense in accordance
with instructions issued by the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery to escort the
remains of an officer or enlisted man of the Naval Reserve who dies while per
forming active duty or training duty. Members of the Naval Reserve who die
while on active or training duty are entitled to burial in national cemeteries.
For instructions regarding procedure in case of death while on active or training
duty, consult chapter 19, Manual of the Medical Department. (C. B. N. M. 6.)
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The records of officers and men granted permission to leave the United States
for an indefinite time should be forwarded to the Bureau of Navigation and
such reservists will no longer be considered attached to the naval district in
which they previously resided. Members of the Merchant Marine Naval Reserve
will not be required to obtain permission on each trip, while following their
profession in the merchant marine, but should keep the commandant advised
of their occupation and addresses. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
be under the supervision of commandants of naval stations, as follows:
(a) Those residing in Samoa under the commandant, naval station, Tutuila.
(6) Those residing in Guam under the commandant, naval station, Guam.
(c) Those residing in the Virgin Islands and Porto Rico under the comman
dant, naval station, Guantamo Bay Cuba.
H-1428. SHIP KEEPERS, NUMBER ALLOWED—At the beginning of each
fiscal year an allotment of funds, under the appropriation "Organizing the
Naval Reserve," will be made to each naval district to cover the active duty
pay, and subsistence of enlisted reservists required for duty as ship keepers.
The number of enlisted reservists authorized for active duty on each ship or
shore activity will be specified from time to time by the commandant, within
the limits which his allotment of funds will permit.
The commandants of naval districts may, within their allotments under the
appropriation "Organizing the Naval Reserve," authorize subsistence for en
listed ship keepers of the Naval Reserve. New authorization should be issued
in each case upon reenlistment, extension of enlistment, or change of duty, and
a copy forwarded to the Bureau of Navigation for its files. (C. B. N. M. 4.)
In addition to the foregoing, a specified number of transferred reservists for
duty as ship keepers will be allowed for each naval district, for distribution by
the commandant to the various Naval Reserve vessels of the district. Ship
keepers are in addition to all district quotas. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
H-1429. SUBSISTENCE OF SHIP KEEPERS.—Ship keepers are to be subsisted
keeper is transferred from one ship or station to another new authorization for
subsistence must be obtained.

made in administering the Naval Reserve (C. B. N. M. 3, 4, 6) :
N. Nav. 2 Fingerprint record (identification).
N. Nav. 5 Muster roll, forwarding and instruction sheet.
N. Nav. 5a Muster roll of crew.
N. Nav. 5b Report of changes. (See art. H-1419.)
N. Nav. 5e Muster roll—Recapitulation sheet, Naval Reserve.
N. Nav. 54 Rejection, report of.
N. Nav. 86 Monthly report of Naval Reserve activities (by the com
manding officer of each fleet division, headquarters divi
sion, and battalion).
N. Nav. 86a Monthly report of Naval Reserve activities of reservists not
carried on the rolls of any organization (by the com
mandant) .
N. Nav. 95 Assignment to Fleet Naval Reserve, class F-2.
N. Nav. 102 Record, gunnery.
N. Nav. 137 Annual report of Naval Reserve officers.
N. Nav. 138 Elementary ground school record—Naval Reserve.
N. Nav. 139 Elimination flight school record—Naval Reserve.
N. Nav. 141 Permanent appointment, chief petty officer, United States
Naval Reserve.
N. Nav. 145 Prospective officers' record, Merchant Marine Naval Reserve.
N. Nav. 214 Discharge from Naval Reserve by sentence of court-martial.
N. Nav. 260 Special fitness report on reserve officers, covering periods of
training duty.
N. Nav. 261 Special fitness report on Naval Reserve aviators covering
periods of training duty.
N. Nav. 323 Enlistment, agreement to extend.
N. Nav. 353 Application for appointment as an officer in the Naval Reserve.
N. Nav. 367 Monthly report of reserve aviation bases and divisions.
N. Nav. 373 Questionnaire and application—applicants for aviation train
ing.
N. Nav. 379 Identification record (one finger).
N. Nav. 413 Aviation designation for enlisted men. (See art. H-1421.)
N. Nav. 443 Fitness report for officers on active duty.
N. Nav. 524 Report of examination for advancement in rating (nonrated
grade) .
N. Nav. 524a Report of examination for advancement to petty officer rating.
Circular For persons desiring appointment in United States Naval
Reserve (1931).
Letter Change in officer's address (to Bureau of Navigation). (See
art. H-1443.)
Letter Report Name and address of next of kin (Naval Reserve officers).
Letter Report of training at reserve aviation bases.
M. & S. Form H. . Health record.
M. & S. Form N.. Report of death (5 copies).
22 BUREAU OP NAVIGATION MANUAL C. B. N. M. 6
N. M. S. H. C-l_. Report of examination, Hospital Corps (to Bureau of Med
icine and Surgery).
M. & S. Form Y._ Physical examination of reserve officers.
N. M. S. Aviation, Physical examination for flying.
No. 1.
8. & A. 444-a Notice of transfer of enlisted men between classes.
8. & A. 444-b Notice of rating or disrating.
8. & A. 444-d Change of address (to Bureau of Supplies and Accounts).
(See art. H-1445.)
S. & A. 444-e Notice of extension of enlistment, Naval Reserve.
8. & A. 445 Voucher, uniform gratuity, officers, Fleet Naval Reserve.
S. & A. 445-a Voucher, compensation for drills or equivalent instruction or
duty.
S. & A. 446-b Voucher, compensation for appropriate duty, above rank of
lieutenant.
S. & A. 446-c Voucher, compensation for appropriate duty, below rank of
lieutenant commander.
S. & A. 445-d Voucher, compensation for administrative functions.
S. & A. 445-e Voucher, compensation for Merchant Marine Naval Reserve.
8. & A. 445-g Voucher"—advance payment to class F-2 men.
S. & A. 458 Requisition for clothing and small stores, Naval Reserve.
N. Eng. 233, 234, Radio logs and commercial traffic reports. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
and 235.
the Naval Reserve, the officer carrying his records shall notify the Bureau of
H-1432. PERMANENT APPOINTMENTS OF PETTY OFFICERS.—Permanent
appointments may be issued by the Bureau of Navigation to chief petty officers
when recommended by their commanding officers, subject to the minimum re
quirements indicated below: (C. B. N. M. 3, 4, 6.)
(a) Must have served under acting appointment for a total of four (4) con
tinuous years in their respective ratings, have performed not less than 15 days
active or training duty on a cruising vessel during each of the last four (4) years,
and have performed a minimum of 36 drills or periods of equivalent duty or in
struction during each of the last four (4) years. (C. B. N. M. 6.)
(6) For this purpose, the following vessels will meet the requirement of a
"cruising vessel": Vessels of the United States Fleet; vessels assigned to and
actually cruising reservist of the size of subchasers and larger. For men in avia
tion ratings, active or training duty performed on a shore aviation station will
be considered as equivalent to duty on a cruising vessel, for purposes of qualify
ing for permanent appointment. (C. B. N. M. 6.)
(c) In the case of men on active duty in connection with the instruction train
ing and drilling of the Naval Reserve, each period of six months continuous duty
will be credited at double value for the purpose of fulfilling the requirements of
subparagraph (a) hereof. The issuance of permanent appointments to men in
this category is also dependent upon the availibility of funds to cover the in
creased pay involved. (C. B. N. M. 6.)
(d) Any chief petty officer recommended for permanent appointment must
have no mark less than 3.2 in any subject except marksmanship and an average
of not less than 3.5 in proficiency in rating, conduct, and ability as a leader of
men for the period necessary to establish his eligibility and must also have passed
a satisfactory examination in the duties of his rating.
(e) When recommending men for permanent appointment, commanding

officers will forward to the bureau page 8 of current service record entered to
date and a copy of the report of examination on Form 524-a. The first indorse
ment at the bottom of this form must be properly filled out to show the date of
the commanding officer's recommendation. This indorsement shall be signed
by the commanding officer.
(J) Permanent appointments are issued to protect petty officers in their
rating and may not be revoked by the commanding officer. Should a man
holding a permanent appointment prove not qualified to perform properly the
duties of his rating, full report of the circumstances should be made to the bureau.
The man concerned should be given an opportunity to make a written statement,
and this statement should be forwarded to go with the recommendation of the
commanding officer in the premises.
(g) The effective date of permanent appointment will be determined by the
bureau and will be stated on the face of the appointment. When an appoint
ment is received, an entry will be made in the service record of the man and the
appointment will be delivered to him at quarters or at assemblage at drill. It is
the property of the man, but may be put with his service record or C. S. C, if
he so desires.
(A) Failure to receive an honorable discharge or to reenlist within three months
from date of honorable discharge cancels a permanent appointment.
(t) Men discharged with permanent appointment and reenlisted under con-
tinous service shall be reenlisted in the rating held at date of discharge.
H-1433. RECORDS OF MEN TO BE CLOSED OUT WHEN COMMISSIONED.—
"When enlisted men of the Naval Reserve are given appointments as officers,
appointments and forwarded to the Bureau of Navigation; this to be done as of
officer.
H-1434. UPON ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT IN THE NAVY, RESERV
IST TO BE DISCHARGED.—Men enlisting in the regular Navy must be dis
charged from the Naval Reserve as of the date of enlistment in the Navy. (C.
B. N. M. 2.)
Men desiring to enlist in other branches of the service, such as the Army,
Marine Corps, or Coast Guard, should first be discharged at their own request
before contracting for such other enlistment. (C. B. N. M. 2-6.)
H-1435. REPORT OF EXAMINATION AND CHANGE OF RATING OF EN
LISTED MEN.
and the reports of professional examination on Form N. Nav. 524, or N. Nav.
524a.
(2) Changes in rating or change of status of any kind shall be entered on
page 7 of N. Nav. 352, quarterly report of changes submitted to the Bureau of
Navigation on N. Nav. 5b, and report of change submitted to the Bureau of
Supplies and Accounts (Retainer Pay Division) on S. &. A Form 444b. (C. B.
N. M. 4.)
B-1436. OFFICIAL CHANNELS FOR CORRESPONDENCE.—Whenever officers
(allowing time for the passage of mail and 10 days additional), the official
whose duty it is to forward the voucher will make appropriate reply and file
the letter.
■hall be his name, service number, rating, and class. Example: John Henry
Jones, 130-50-72, CBM (AA) F-l, USNR. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
H-1438. CORRESPONDENCE TO BE DATED.—All correspondence shall be
dated in the upper right-hand corner, as shown in the following example:
1 JANUAEY, 1926.
H-1439. OFFICIAL RESIDENCE TO BE SHOWN IN ORIGIN CORRESPOND
ENCE.—The permanent official residence shall be shown in the origin of corre-
■pondence as follows, for example:
From: Lieutenant (jg) John H. Jones, D-F, USNR.
123 East 34th St.,
New York, N. Y. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
H-1440. REFERENCES TO BE QUOTED IN CORRESPONDENCE.—When a
letter is in reply to or refers to previous correspondence, quote under "Refer
ences" the file number, every distinguishing mark, and the date of such corre
spondence. Where more than one reference is given, enumerate by small letter
(a), (6), (c), etc. The following form should be used:
Reference: (a) Bu Nav letter Nav 163 Em 12356-37 of 1 July, 1925.
H-1441. WHEN INDORSEMENTS SHALL BE USED.—As a general rule a
to the Bureau of Navigation unless specially requested, but an additional copy
should be appended for each intermediate office through which it is expected the
correspondence will pass. The original is sufficient to meet the demands of
H-1443. ADDRESSES OF OFFICERS. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
residence and that of their next of kin, and shall keep the bureau promptly
informed via the commanding officer of their organization and the commandant
of their district of all changes made thereafter. In time of peace they may
change their place of permanent official residence at will, but whenever a change
is made it shall be reported to the Bureau of Navigation via the commandant
of the naval district in which formerly residing by the officer making the change.
(C. B. N. M. 3.)
(2) Permanent official residence is defined as the place in his district where
the bureau may at any time send a letter or telegram and expect prompt
delivery to the addressee.
(3) This report of address or change of address should be made by letter
preferably on your 8 by 10}t business letterhead stationery, by typewriter if
practicable.
(4) The form shown below should be followed: (C. B. N. M. 8.)

12536 1 July 102a
From: Lieutenant John H. Jones, A-F ITSNR
601 West 113th St.
New York, N. Y.
Via: Commandant Third Naval District
Reference: (a) Bureau of Navigation Manual, Article H-1443.
New York City.
17th & Que Sts. NW..
Washington, D. C.
(s) J. H. Jones.
Distribution:
Original: BuNav
(Note.—Special service officers or staff officers should provide a copy of changes of address for the bureaus
under which they are appointed, I. e., G-V. (S.) officers should forward copy to Director of Naval Com
munication; MC-V. (O.) and MC-V. (S.) officers should forward copies to Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.
(C. B. N. M. 4.)
thereby. The letter transmitting the records should state the new address of
the reserve officer. A copy of this letter should be mailed to the Bureau of
Navigation.
(7) A card index of officers' addresses is maintained in the Bureau of Naviga
ately. Cooperation of everyone in conserving labor and keeping this list cor
rected is confidently expected.
H-1444. CHANGES OF ADDRESS OF ENLISTED MEN.
(2) Transferred members of the Fleet Reserve shall notify the commandant
SUPPLIES AND ACCOUNTS.—All transferred and assigned members of the Fleet
Naval Reserve shall notify the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts (Retainer Pay
Division) , via the commandant of the naval district where their records are kept,
of changes of address to which checks are to be mailed. S. & A. Form 444d will
be used for this notice and must be signed with the full name of the reservist.
Notices given in any other manner will operate to delay the checks until a notice
is received in the form and manner prescribed. (C. B. N. M. 3, 6.)
H-1501. PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.—Com
missioned officers of the Naval Reserve, when employed on active duty or train
ing duty, with pay, or when employed in authorized travel to and from such duty,
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vided by law for the reserve forces of the United States, and shall when traveling,
under orders receive transportation in kind, mileage, or actual expenses, as pro
vided by law for travel performed by officers of the regular Navy. (Sec. 11 of the
act.)
H-1502. PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF WAEEANT OFFICERS AND MEN.—
such duty, shall receive the same pay and allowances as received by warrant
Corps, Coast Guard, Naval Reserve Force, Naval Militia, National Naval
H-1503. PAY FOE 31ST DAY OF MONTH.—When officers or men of the
than 30 days, such duty performed on the 31st day of any month shall be paid
H-1504. BENEFITS FOE INJURY.—If in time of peace any officer or enlisted
man of the Naval Reserve is physically injured in the line of duty while perform
scribed by law for civil employees of the United States^who are physically injured
shall perform the same duties with reference thereto as in the cases of civil t
H-1505. INJURED PERSONNEL TO BECEIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT.—
Government activity employing civil personnel, the official in charge of tha,t
United States hospital or dispensary or hospital or dispensary designated by
the United States Employees' Compensation Commission, to which the men
may be sent for examination and first-aid treatment. If such facilities are
available, the injured person must report for treatment without delay. If no
such facilities are available in the vicinity and the injury is such as to make
hospital treatment necessary, the injured person may be sent to any hospital
which may be available, and in such case the injured employee may be per
mitted to select the hospital, but the Employees' Compensation Commission
will pay for hospital service in a general ward only. It will, however, be per
missible for the injured person to obtain service in a private room, provided he
will, himself, pay the difference between the private-room rates and the rates
fixed for general ward patients. If hospital treatment is not necessary, but
medical treatment for the injury is necessary, it may be secured in the same
general manner.
H-1506. COMMANDING OFFICER TO BEPOBT INJURIES TO PERSONNEL.—
the person was injured, the nature and extent of the injury, so far as known,
and what action, if any, has been taken to provide treatment, as well as any
other information that may be of value in establishing the injured person's right
to compensation or medical or hospital service.
H-1507. MINOR INJURIES TO BE REPORTED—It is important that every
are subsequently made the basis of claims for compensation or hospital or medical
treatment.
indicated by the foregoing paragraphs having been taken, the commandant of
the naval district, or the official in charge of the nearest United States Govern
ment activity employing civil personnel, . must be consulted and the necessary-
forms obtained for making the additional reports required by the United States
Employees' Compensation Commission.
H-1509. CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION MUST BE FILED WITHIN ONE YEAR.—
H-1510. UNIFORM FOR ENLISTED MEN.
enlistment. (Sec. 13 of the act.)
H-1511. ISSUE OF UNIFORMS FOR MEN IN TIME OF PEACE.— (1) When
an issue of uniforms is authorized, enlisted men of the Naval Reserve shall be
issued such of the below enumerated articles of uniform as the commandant of
the district may deem necessary for tbeir proper drilling and training, having
due regard for climatic conditions, but the issues shall not exceed during any
one four-year period of enlistment the number of items enumerated in the follow
ing table, nor exceed in value the limiting amounts to be fixed from time to
time (C. B. N. M. 6):
FOR CHIEF PETTY OFFICERS AND FOR OTHER ENLISTED RATINGS
OFFICERS' COOKS AND STEWARDS 1 cap, cloth, with ribbon.
1 cap, combination, complete. 3 packages clothes stops.
2 coats, blue. 1 cap, watch.
4 coats, , w,hite. 2 jumpers, dungaree.
2 pairs trousers, blue. 1 pair gloves.
4 pairs trousers, white. 3 hats, white.
1 overcoat. 1 pair leggings.
6 rating badges, blue and white. 1 neckerchief.
6 specialty marks. 1 raincoat.
Accounts.
separation from the service or transfer to a class for which issues are not author
ized, the reservist should return the clothing to the material officer of his organi
zation.
H-1518. ENCOURAGED TO STOW UNIFORMS IN ARMORIES.—In order to
care, and stowage of them, men of the Naval Reserve should be encouraged
to keep their uniforms at armories or drill halls, if locker facilities are available.
of Construction and Repair Manual. These items, except bags and hammocks,
when issued to organizations of the Naval Reserve, will be marked as follows:
"U. S. Naval Reserve"; this to be in stencil black letters, in the center and
lengthwise of the blanket, mattress, etc.; 2-inch letters will be used for blankets,
mattresses, and mattress covers and 1-inch letters for pillow covers. (C. B. N.
M. 6.)
AND F-6 (INCLUDING THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN RETIRED).
(1) Enlisted men of classes F-3, F-4, and F-5 on inactive duty are entitled
to naval hospital treatment and to medical treatment whenever they reside in
localities where medical officers of the Navy are on duty. Such treatment will
be given under the same local rules as apply to the treatment of the enlisted
personnel of the Navy.
(2) Enlisted men of such classes who participated in any war, military occupa
tion, or military expedition, are also entitled to hospitalization under the United
States Veterans' Bureau without deduction of 75 cents per day for subsistence.
Applications for such treatment should be made to the regional office of the
United States Veterans' Bureau in the State in which they reside. (C. B. N. M. 6.)
H-1616. RESERVISTS IN TRAVEL STATUS ENTITLED TO PAY.—Officers and
men of the Naval Reserve when traveling under orders to and from training
H-1517. TRANSPORTATION FOR DEPENDENTS.—Members of the Naval
their home.
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and men of the Naval Reserve, when employed on active duty, authorized training
duty, with or without pay, drills, or other equivalent instruction or duty, or
H-1604. PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF OFFICERS.
(1) All officers of the Naval Reserve shall be examined physically once every
four years, or oftener, as may be deemed necessary, and if upon such examination
they are found not physically qualified for active service they shall be honorably
discharged or, within the discretion of the Secretary of the Navy, placed on the
honorary retired list provided for in article H-1605. (Sec. 18 of the act.)
(2) A physical examination for any purpose covered by article H-1717 will be
deemed sufficient to fulfill the requirements of this article if properly reported on
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Form Y. (C. B. N. M. 6.)
(3) In case an officer is found not physically qualified upon examination for
any purpose, or if upon review of the physical examination by the Bureau of
Medicine and Surgery he is deemed to be not physically qualified, the report of
physical examination shall be referred to the special board of medical officers
convened in the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery for consideration and recom
mendation as to honorable discharge or transfer to the honorary retired list.
(C. B. N. M. 6.)
H-1605. HONORARY RETIRED LIST—Officers of the Naval Reserve shall be
Navy, upon the officer's own request, after 25 years' service in the Naval Reserve.
Service in the Navy, Marine Corps, Naval Reserve Force, National Naval
Volunteers, Naval Militia, Naval Auxiliary Service, and Coast Guard shall be
counted as service in the Naval Reserve under the provisions of this article.
of the Secretary of the Navy, except as provided in article H-2903. (Sec. 6 of
the act.)
H-1607, CAUSE FOR DISCHARGE OF OFFICERS—In time of peace officers
lowing causes (C. B. N. M. 6) :
(a) Failure to keep the bureau and the commandant informed of his address.
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(c) Failure to make such reports as may be required by the Secretary of the
Navy concerning his movements and occupation.
(d) Failure to pass prescribed physical or professional examination.
(e) For other full and sufficient cause in the discretion of the Secretary
ofjthe Navy. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
H-1608. DISCHARGE OF ENLISTED MEN IN TIME OF PEACE.
(1) In time of peace an enlisted man shall be discharged by the commanding
officer of his organization or, if not attached to an organization, by the com
mandant for the following reasons (C. B. N. M. 2) :
(a) Expiration of enlistment (honorable, good, or indifferent).
(6) At own request (special order of commanding officer) .
Navy) .
(d) By sentence of court-martial (dishonorable or bad conduct) .
(2) Promptly upon expiration of his enlistment or extension thereof, a reserv
ist shall be issued a discharge, the character of which is determined from his
service records, in accordance with the provisions of articles D-9101 and D-9102.
In case the entries in the service record are incomplete, the character of the dis
charge will in general be "good," unless further information regarding the man
is known, entitling him to an honorable discharge or entitling him to nothing
better than indifferent discharge. In order to merit an honorable discharge, he
must have served his full term of enlistment or extension and received the marks
and other credits prescribed in article D-9101 and in addition have displayed
zealous interest in those Naval Reserve activities open to him. Nonattendance
at drills or nonperformance of training duty should in no case be made the basis
for an indifferent discharge. However, an indifferent discharge may be based
on unsatisfactory or slovenly performance of drills, even though the marks for
proficiency in rating and conduct, during a few short periods of active or train
ing duty, may be in excess of 2.5 for proficiency and 2.75 for conduct. Con
versely, a good discharge may be issued even though the marks are below 2.5
and 2.75, respectively, provided the man's exemplary performance of drills, etc.,
is such as to outweigh the low marks received during a few short periods of train
ing duty. In all cases where the character of discharge is not in agreement with
the marks, etc., assigned (or absence thereof), explanatory entry should be made
in the man's record. (C. B. N. M. 6.)
(3) Membership in class V-6 shall not be made the basis for denying honorable
discharge. Many reservists are in class V-6 as a result of circumstances beyond
their control (such as change of address in the pursuit of a livelihood, change
from a day to a night job, etc.); the character of discharge to be issued these
will be determined by the character of service performed while members of
classes F-l, V-l, V-2, V-3, or V-5. All reservists receiving good or honorable dis
charges, including class V-6, shall be recommended for reenlistment, except
those discharged for physical or mental disability. However, discharged mem
bers of class V-6 shall be reenlisted only in such other classes for which they
are eligible. Enlistments or reenlistments in class V-6 are not authorized. (C
B. N. M. 6.)
(4) Men discharged from class V-5 by reason of failure to qualify as aviation
officers shall be given good discharges unless reasons appear to the contrary.
An indifferent discharge shall be issued to such men only upon approval by the
Bureau of Navigation. Men discharged prior to expiration of enlistments to
accept appointments as officers shall be issued good discharges. (C. B. N. M. 6.)
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(5) In special order discharges where the character of the discharge is "in
different," "inaptitude," or "under age," unless special instructions are issued
by the bureau to the contrary, the following notation shall be made on the
discharge certificate: "Awarded under honorable conditions." (C. B. N. M. 6.)
(6) Men discharged for undesirability or inaptitude, by sentence of a court-
martial, or for physical or mental disability shall in no case be recommended
for reenlistment. A statement from the man concerned, if obtainable, shall be
included with recommendation for undesirable discharge. (C. B. N. M. 6.)
H-1609. DISCHARGES IN TIME OF WAB.—In time of war, or a national
officers and enlisted men from regular Navy, subject to the provisions of article
H-1705. (Sec. 6 of the act.)
H-1610. HONORABLE DISCHARGE.—In time of peace an honorable discharge
shall be issued only on the expiration of enlistment and if recommended for
reenlistment.
H-1611. CHARACTER OF DISCHARGE TO BE ENTERED ON DISCHARGS
DISCHARGE CERTIFICATES.
(1) The issuing officer shall note on the discharge certificate whether or not
the enlisted man is recommended for reenlistment. In the following instance!
the man shall not be recommended for reenlistment:
(a) If discharged for undesirability or inaptitude.
(6) If discharged by sentence of court-martial,
(2) An enlisted man transferred to the Volunteer Naval Reserve in accordance
with articles H-2601 and H-3602 should, upon expiration of enlistment, be
given an honorable or good discharge and should be recommended for reenlist
ment, unless other reasons exist which make his reenlistment undesirable,
(C. B. N. M. 2.)
H-1613. REDUCTIONS IN RATINGS OF ENLISTED MEN.—In peace times no
reduction in rating of enlisted men will be made without the approval of the
Bureau of Navigation. In all cases where reduction in rating is considered
desirable, the commanding officer of the man concerned will forward recommend
ation for disrating with causes therefor to the Bureau of Navigation. (C. B.
N. M. 6.)
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REENLIST IN REGULAR NAVY.—Enlisted men of the regular naval service
assigned to the Fleet Naval Reserve in accordance with the provisions of article
H-2414 or enlisted men who within three months from date of discharge from the
as if they had enlisted m the regular service within three months of their last
H-1703. ACTIVE DUTY IN TIME OF WAR.—Officers and men of the Naval
of the act.)
(1) In time of peace, except as provided in article H-2723, officers and men
be ordered to or continued on active duty with their own consent. (Sec. 9
of the act.)
whole time to the duty to which ordered.
H-1706. PRECEDENCE DETERMINED BY DATE OF COMMISSION OR WAR
RANT.—Commissioned officers of the same rank and warrant officers in the
selves and with other officers of the Naval Reserve according to the date of
said promotions.
(b) Former officers of the Navy or Coast Guard, who, within four months of
H-1709. PRECEDENCE OF FORMER OFFICERS OF REGULAR NAVY OR COAST
GUARD APPOINTED IN NAVAL RESERVE AFTER JULY 1, 1925—Former officers
of the Navy or Coast Guard, who, within four months of separation therefrom,
are appointed in the Naval Reserve after July 1, 1925, in the same ranks or
grades as last held by them in the Navy or Coast Guard, shall take precedence
the rank of lieutenant commander who are selected for advancement in accord
ance with the provisions of article H-1722 shall, when so advanced, take pre
H-1712. UNIFORM PRESCRIBED FOR NAVAL RESERVE—Officers and men
of the Naval Reserve shall wear the uniforms prescribed for officers and men
of corresponding rank and rating in the regular Navy. All uniforms must be
H-1714. WHEN UNIFORMS ARE TO BE WORN.—Members of the Naval
Reserve shall wear the uniforms of their ranks or ratings when at drills and when
performing authorized active duty or training duty with or without pay, except
that civilian clothes may be worn when in an active duty status in conformity
with the customs of the regular service. They may wear such uniforms at
eeremonies and memorial services. They shall not wear the uniforms at un
authorized times. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
H-1715. APPOINTMENT OF MIDSHIPMEN FEOM ENLISTED MEN.—The
Marine Corps Reserve under similar conditions as prescribed by law for appoint
H-1716. EEQTJIEEMENTS FOE APPOINTMENTS AS MIDSHIPMEN.—Only
selected as a result of a competitive examination for appointment as midshipmen :
(a) Must be citizens of the United States who are not more than 20 years of
age on April 1 of the year in which appointed.
(&) Must have been in the Naval Reserve at least one year by July 1 of the
year in which appointed. In this computation service in the Marine Corps
Reserve, in the Navy, and the Marine Corps shall be credited.
(c) Must have maintained efficiency by attending at least 27 drills or periods of
equivalent instruction or duty during the period between July 1 of the year
preceding appointment and the third Wednesday in April which is the date of
mental examination for admission. Not more than twenty of these periods may
be periods of equivalent duty or instruction. (C. B. N. M. 6.)
(e) Must submit application prior to October 1 of the year preceding appoint
ment. This application should be routed to the Bureau of Navigation via
commanding officer, commandant of district and Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.
Transcript from service record and report of physical examination on Bureau of
Medicine and Surgery Form Y in duplicate should be attached to it.
(j) Must be recommended by their commanding officers. No other recom
mendations are necessary.
(g) Must take a competitive examination which is held on the third Wednes
day in April of each year and is the regular examination given to candidates
nominated for appointment as midshipmen.
(h) Must meet the same mental and physical requirements as are required of
other candidates for appointment as midshipmen. Regulations governing the
admission of candidates into the Naval Academy as midshipmen and sample
examination papers may be obtained upon application through official channels
(1) The Naval Reserve officers are required to take a physical examination
before a statutory board of medical officers of the regular Navy, if available, for
appointment or promotion in the Naval Reserve, and for transfer from the
Volunteer Naval Reserve to either the Fleet Naval Reserve or the Merchant
Marine Naval Reserve. If medical officers of the regular Navy are not avail
able for this examination, it may be conducted by medical officers of the Naval
Reserve or of both Navy and Naval Reserve. Reports of physical examination
shall be made by the Board on Bu. M. & S. Form Y in duplicate. No other
papers will be required. (C. B. N. M. 2, 6.)
mileage or other expense, the physical examination may be conducted by a
medical officer of the regular Navy or the Naval Reserve. In such cases the
O. B. N. M. 6 PAKT H, CHAPTER 1 35
report of medical examination, together with the medical history of the candidate
on file in the department, will be acted upon by a special board of medical officers
appointed in the department. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
the regular Navy or Naval Reserve. The purpose of this examination is to
by such training duty.
of Medicine and Surgery Form Y.
actual flying of aircraft, there shall be submitted also on Bureau of Medicine
and Surgery Form N. M. S., Aviation, No. 1, a report of physical examination
for flying conducted by a flight surgeon. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
(6) Prior to reporting for training duty incident to their being given flight
training, officers and men of the Naval Reserve must be examined and found to be
physically and psychologically qualified to serve as pilots of naval aircraft.
Those medical officers of the Navy, Naval Reserve, Army and Army Reserve
who are qualified to conduct physical examinations for flying are hereby desig
nated as the agency to conduct these examinations, in accordance with existing
instructions of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. The endorsement on indi
vidual orders by the medical officer conducting the examination will state that the
candidate "is" or "is not" physically and psychologically qualified to serve as a
pilot of naval aircraft. (C. B. N. M. 6.)
H-1718. HEALTH EECOEDS.—Health records shall be maintained for mem
bers of the Naval Reserve in the same manner as for the regular Navy.
H-1719. RESULT OF PHYSICAL EXAMINATION.—The result of every physi
H-1720. PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF ENLISTED MEN FOB TRAINING
in the health record of the man concerned. In the case of men of classes F-2
F-3, F-4, and F-5 this examination may be used to determine the physical
Enlisted men, prior to reporting for training duty incident to their being given
flight training, must be found physically and psychologically qualified to serve
as pilots of naval aircraft, as indicated in article H-1717 (6). (C. B. N. M. 6.)
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H-1721. PROMOTION IN TIME OP PEACE. (C. B. N. M. 6.)

(1) Promotion of officers to the rank or grade of commander and above will be
made in accordance with article H-1214.
(2) All officers of the Fleet and Volunteer Naval Reserve below the grade of
lieutenant commander will be promoted in the order of their seniority, provided
they have fulfilled the requirements for promotion in the respective grades in the
classes to which they are assigned.
(3) Line officers of the fleet class will be promoted in accordance with articles
H-2S01 and H-2502. Staff and volunteer officers, general or special service, will
become eligible for consideration for promotion when the fleet line officer next
senior becomes due for promotion.
(4) An officer when due for promotion will be required to qualify therefor by
examination within a period of six months after date of notification. If he
qualifies within this period, he will be promoted without loss of precedence. If
he fails to qualify, he may be discharged, or, in the discretion of the bureau,
retained in his rank for a period not in excess of one year. During this 1-year
period, should he qualify, he may be promoted in accordance with paragraphs (2)
and (3) hereof, but his date of precedence in the next higher grade shall not be
earlier than the date of his qualification therefor. If at the end of one year,
should he fail to qualify, he shall be discharged. (C. B. N. M. 6.)
(1) In time of war or national emergency, officers on the active list of the
Naval Reserve employed on active duty shall be advanced in grade and rank
up to and including the rank of lieutenant commander with the officers of the
regular Navy with whom or next after whom they take precedence in accordance
with this act, and such officers of and above the rank of lieutenant commander
shall be eligible for selection upon recommendation by a board, appointed, con
stituted, and approved as required by law for the regular Navy, and when so
selected shall be eligible for advancement, either temporary or permanent, to
the next higher grade or rank in the Naval Reserve corresponding to such higher
grades or ranks as may then exist on the active list of the regular Navy, in such
numbers for each grade or rank as may be prescribed from time to time by the
(4) The provisions of this article shall not apply to officers who have been
or may hereafter be retired from the Naval Reserve Force or the Naval Reserve.
H-1723. DISTRICT ACCOUNTING OFFICER.—One of the officers on duty at

instructing the Naval Reserve in the district. This officer shall also act as
disbursing officer for the Naval Reserve if necessary. All such material and
RESERVE.
. (2) The custodian of property for each organization will be the commanding
officer of the organization.
(4) The supply officer, or if none is attached, the material officer, under the"
H-1725. CONSTITUTION OF NAVAL MILITIA.—Of the,Organized Militia, as
H-1726. MEMBERS OF NAVAL MILITIA RELIEVED FROM SERVICE IN
TIME OF WAR.—Officers and men of the Naval Reserve who are members of
H-1727. EQUIPMENT LOANED TO STATES.—Such vessels, material, arma
the District of Columbia, for the administration and training of units of the
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H-1728. PRECEDENCE OF THE NAVAL BESEBVE IN LINE OF PABADE.

(C. B. N. M. 6.)
(1) The prescribed precedence of the armed forces of the United States in
line of parade is as follows:
1. Cadets, United States Military Academy.
2. Midshipmen, United States Naval Academy.
3. Regular Army.
4. United States marines.
5. United States naval forces.
6. National Guard and Naval Reserve organizations which have been
federally recognized—
(a) National Guard organizations.
(6) Naval Reserve organizations.
7. Other organizations of the Organized Reserves, National Guard, Naval
Militia, and training units in the order prescribed by. the grand
marshal of the parade.
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CHAPTEK 2
FLEET NAVAL RESERVE
Section 1. MISSION
mobilize trained organizations for service on board vessels of the United States
H-2201. OFFICERS OF THE FLEET NAVAI RESERVE.—The officer personnel
1925, from the former Fleet Naval Reserve, former Naval Reserve and former
H-2202. ENLISTED HEN OF THE FLEET NAVAL RESERVE.—The enlisted
(a) Men enlisted in the Naval Reserve for four years, or with extended enlist
ments, who are transferred to the Fleet Naval Reserve. (Sees. 4, 22, 23, and 26
of the act.) (Class F-l.)
(6) Men who are assigned by the Secretary of the Navy for four years' service
in the Naval Reserve after one or more complete enlistments in the regular
Navy. (Class F-2.)
(c) Men who, previous to July 1, 1925, were transferred from the regular Navy
to the Naval Reserve Force after 16 or 20 years' naval service and were further
transferred from the Naval Reserve Force to the Naval Reserve on July 1, 1925.
(Class F-3.)
(d) Men who served in the Navy prior to July 1, 1925, who were either in the
Navy or Naval Reserve Force on that date or who reenlist with continuous
service after that date and thereafter transfer to the Naval Reserve after 16 or
20 years' service in accordance with article H-2416. (Class F-4.)
(«) Men who first enlist in the Navy after July 1, 1925, or who reenlist with
broken service after that date and transfer to the Naval Reserve after 20 years'
naval service. (Class F-5.)
assist in training, administration, and mobilization. This division will be
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H-2303. AVIATION UNITS OF ORGANIZATION.

(1) The aviation division is the basic unit of organization.
squadron.
H-2304. THE FLEET DIVISION.
near the seacoast or Great Lakes. Each district will be alloted a quota of
divisions within the quota be organized in new localities without the approval of
the department.
(2) The enlisted strength of a fleet division will not exceed the quota assigned
by the Bureau of Navigation. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
(3) The fleet division will be allowed two men in the first pay grade, four in
the second, six in the third, and eight in the fourth. A deficiency in any pay
grade may be counterbalanced by an equal number in lower grades. Deviation
from the number of men allowed in the first four pay grades will be permitted only
in the cases of those fleet divisions having less than four line officers of the fleet
reserve attached thereto. Such divisions will be permitted to retain one excess
petty officer of the line for each line officer vacancy below a complement of four.
In fleet divisions not attached to a battalion no men will be advanced to these
pay grades until vacancies occur. (C. B. N. M. 6.)
tenant commander. The commandant may attach one lieutenant commander
and one warrant or chief warrant officer to a division in addition to the above
allowances where this will contribute to its efficiency. Two lieutenant com
manders may be attached to a fleet division in the discretion of the Chief of
the Bureau of Navigation, when, through the promotion of one of the officers of
that division, it would otherwise be necessary to place one of the lieutenant
commanders in an excess status; provided that the total number of commis
sioned line officers, exclusive of chief warrants, shall not exceed five. When
the promotion of an officer to the rank of lieutenant commander brings about a
condition wherein two lieutenant commanders are attached to the same fleet
division the commandant will—
(a) Within 30 days after the execution of oath and acceptance of office
detach one of these officers and assign him to a vacancy com
mensurate with his rank in another authorized fleet organization
with which he is in a position to attend drills and to otherwise
maintain efficiency; or
(6) Attach both of them tentatively to the division and request authority
from the bureau to retain them in the division in accordance with
the authorization above quoted.
(c) Within 30 days after the execution of oath and acceptance of office
detach one of them without further assignment to any fleet organi
zation and, in this case, inform the bureau, forwarding at the same
time such comments as the officer in question may care to submit
relative to his transfer to the volunteer Naval Reserve.
O. B. N. M. » PABT H, CHAPTER 2 41
(5) Fleet divisions not attached to battalions or maintained in a battalion at a *
locality other than that of the battalion headquarters divisions are allowed one
medical and one supply officer. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
(6) An officer of the Fleet Reserve, attached to a division thereof, who comei
due for promotion to the rank of lieutenant commander and who can not be
retained in his division in that rank due to then existing policies, may choose one
of the following options: (C. B. N. M. 4.)
(a) Promotion to lieutenant commander and transfer to the Volunteer Reserve.
(6) Waiver of his right to promotion for a period of one year with the privilege
of remaining in his organization in a fleet status in the rank of lieutenant, subject
to the commandant's authority to detach any officer from a fleet organization
in his discretion. In case an officer waives his right to promotion, vacancies in
the grade of lieutenant commander occurring during the life of the waiver will be
filled by the promotion of lieutenants from below said officer. At the expiration
of the life of the waiver, he will be eligible to fill the next vacancy occurring in the
grade above, which would normally be assigned to an officer in his position on
the precedence list. The Bureau of Navigation will be under no obligation to
void a waiver for a definite period of time, even at the request of the officer con
cerned. Waivers may be renewed from year to year, subject to the approval of
the district commandant concerned in each case.
H-2805. THE EESEEVE CHEW.
(1) Each fleet division will constitute a reserve crew or part of Buch a crew
(2) Where a large vessel is to be mobilized, several fleet divisions or a battalion
will be designated to constitute the reserve crew.
for each type of reserve crew will be shown in tables of organization. The bureau
will allot to districts the reserve crews to be constituted by their divisions.
(4) Commandants of the districts will prescribe the type of reserve crew eaoh
complement of the reserve crew, men will be permitted to change their rating to
plans for the procurement of additional men required to expand his division ,te
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to other duties.
rank below that of lieutenant commander, one medical officer, and one supply
officer. An additional medical officer will be allowed to a battalion consisting
of more than a headquarters division and two fleet divisions, if the divisions
of the battalion are in the same locality. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
A lieutenant commander of the line may be attached to the division in addi
tion to the above allowances at the discretion of the commandant. The senior
line officer of the division will be known as the division commander and will
act as executive officer of the battalion.
(3) The enlisted strength of the headquarters division will not exceed the
quota assigned by the Bureau of Navigation. The division will be allowed
2 men in the first pay grade, 2 in the second, 3 in the third, and 3 in the fourth.
A deficiency in any pay grade may be counterbalanced by an equal number in
lower grades. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
(4) No advancements in rating will be made to fill vacancies in any division
In the allowed number of men in the first four pay grades while an excess
exists in the battalion. (C. B. N. M. 6.)
be specified by the bureau for each division in tables of organization. These
complements will not be exceeded. An allowance of enlisted men less than the
complement may be specified by the bureau.
(3) The commandant will designate a naval aviator, either of the Navy or
•Fleet Reserve, not above the rank of lieutenant commander, to command an
aviation division. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
division commander will maintain plans for expanding the division to its full
Navy or Fleet Reserve not above the rank of lieutenant commander designated
by the commandant. He will be allowed a squadron headquarters division to
assist him in the administration, training, and mobilization of the squadron
and to furnish the personnel which, with that of the divisions, will complete
the complement of the squadron for war service. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
H-2310. THE SQUADRON HEADQUARTERS DIVISION.—The bureau will
headquarters divisions of various squadrons. An allowance of enlisted men
less than the complement may be specified by the bureau. (C B. N. M. 3.)

a mobilization center by the commandant. Where a fleet division is to furnish
a complete reserve crew, the mobilization center should be usually the head
quarters of the division. Where a battalion is to furnish one or more com
plete crews, their mobilization centers should be the headquarters of the
battalion. Where two or more fleet divisions not attached to battalions are to
form one complete reserve crew, its mobilization center should be usually the
headquarters of the division nearest the mobilization base.
H-2312. RECRUITING OF BESEBVE CBEWS TO FULL ENLISTED STRENGTH.—
Fleet divisions or battalions which at the order to mobilize have not the full
enlisted strength of their reserve crews will immediately bring their crews or
allotted parts of crews to full strength in accordance with prearranged plans
and assemble at the mobilization centers. The commandant may order reserv
ists of other classes to report to mobilization centers to bring crews to full
strength. Men of class F-l attached to headquarters divisions and men of
class V-l should be utilized so far as practicable for this purpose. Excess men
of these classes may be utilized for general detail or for district activities. (C.
B. N. M. 6.)
H-2313. DEFICIENCES IN OFFICEE STBENGTHS.—Commandants will make
up deficiencies in the officer strengths of the reserve crews by ordering the neces
sary additional officers to report to mobilization centers of the reserve crews.
(C. B. N. M. 3.)
H-2814. ENTBAINMENT FOE MOBILIZATION BASE—Each reserve crew will
ship to which it is assigned. The senior officer of the division or battalion at
the mobilization center is responsible for the entrainment of the reserve crew or
crews for the mobilization base or bases, in accordance with the district com
mandant's instructions. No organization will entrain for the mobilization base
till the commandant of the naval district in which the mobilization vessel is
located notifies the commandant of the district in which the organization is
located that he is ready to receive the organization. Should reserve crews have
deficiencies when entrained, the senior officer of the crew will report to the com
mandant, who will take the necessary action for forwarding the additional
personnel to the mobilization base as soon as practicable. (C. B. N. M. 6.)
attached to reserve crews will be ordered to proceed immediately at mobiliza
tion. Those available for general detail will be assigned to duty by the com
mandant as is necessary to meet the developments of the situation within his
district or to meet the requirements of the Navy as a whole as specified by the
H-2316. MOBILIZATION OF AVIATION UNITS—Each aviation division or
to full strength, receive additional officer personnel from the commandant, and
proceed as directed by the commandant. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
H-2317. MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS FOR CLASSES F-2, F-3, F-4, and F-6,
AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS OF FLEET NAVAL RESERVES.
(1) Commandants will maintain records showing the physical and profes
sional qualifications of men of classes F-2, F-3, F-4, and F-5 attached to their
districts.
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(2) Men will be classified physically as follows:

Class A. Those fit for sea duty, with due allowance for age and length of
service.
(3) Men physically fit for sea duty will be classified professionally in accord
ance with the type or types of vessels on which they are best qualified to serve.
perform.
(5) The Naval Reserve act of February 28, 1925, effective July 1, 1925,
requires the physical examination of classes F-4 and F-5 of the Fleet Naval
Reserve at least once during each 4-year period. The bureau desires to complete
these physical examinations during successive periods without cost to the Govern
ment and with the minimum inconvenience to the men concerned, in so far as is
practicable, employing the following plan (C. B. N. M. 6) :
(a) Reservists will be authorized by commandants to undergo physical
examination at any time during the fourth fiscal year following
the fiscal year of transfer to the Fleet Naval Reserve and during
each fourth year thereafter. No certain time within these fourth
years will be specified.
(6) Commandants of all naval districts and the commandant, navy yard,
Washington, D. C, will direct all fleet naval reservists of classes
F-4 and F-5 within their districts to make use of the facilities of
main recruiting stations, navy yards, and naval stations, naval
reserve organizations, and naval vessels whenever practicable for
the purpose of completing the required physical examinations.
To avoid inconvenience in cases where the reservist's civil pursuit
requires that he be out of the district where his records are kept,
permission may be granted to use the facilities of any other district
for this inspection and examination.
(c) Report of physical examination will be made in duplicate on Bureau
of Medicine and Surgery Form Y, which may be obtained from
the naval medical supply depot, Brooklyn, N. Y. Data required
by paragraphs (2) , (3) , and (4) of this article will be entered at the
bottom of the form.
(6) In the case of the failure of a fleet reservist of classes F-4 and F-5 to
present himself for physical examination during the time mentioned above, or
up until such time during the fourth year as the commandant may decide upon
with a view to ultimately completing the examination within the 4-year period,
specific orders involving transportation and active duty pay will have to be
resorted to by the commandant concerned. (C. B. N. M. 6.)
(7) The cooperation of the service is enjoined to accomplish the majority of the
necessary physical examinations without having to issue orders except in extreme
cases. When orders are necessary, it is desired that men be kept on active duty
for this purpose as short a time as possible. No man should be retained more
than one day at the naval activity where the inspection and examination is held
nor shall any man be ordered to report, without prior reference to the Bureau of
Navigation, whose probable period of active duty, including travel time, will
exceed three days. (C. B. N. M. 6.)
(8) Members of the Naval Reserve, classes F-4 and F-5, reporting for inspec
tion in accordance with orders issued as directed in paragraph 4 will be paid active-
duty pay by the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts direct for such time as they are
O. B. N. M. 6 PAET H, CHAPTER 2 45
actually at a naval activity for this purpose and for the necessary time to per
form the travel to and from their homes. They shall also be furnished transporta
tion in kind with the necessary cash allowances for travel involved by the naval
districts. (C. B. N. M. 6.)
(9) In order that the accounts of those men who report for inspection may be so
adjusted as to allow active-duty pay in lieu of retainer pay for the period of
active duty, it will be necessary that the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts be
furnished some authentic voucher in duplicate. It is believed that certified copies
of completed orders will best accomplish this, and to the end that the procedure
may be uniform in all the districts the order issued to reservists will contain
paragraphs reading (C. B. N. M. 6) :
You will enter on the back of this order the place from which you started
to travel and the date and hour of departure and the place, date, and hour
of your arrival home. You will sign your name after these entries.
The officer to whom you report for this inspection will indorse on the
back of this order and over his signature the place, date, and hour of
reporting and the date and hour of release.
Upon your arrival home you will forward this order to the commandant
of the naval district . , who will
(address)
cause two copies of it to be prepared, certified, and forwarded to the Bureau
of Supplies and Accounts (Retainer Pay Division), which bureau will
make the necessary adjustment in your pay accounts.
(10) A minimum of clerical effort will be required and chance of error reduced
if forms are printed on the back of the order and the carbon copies (prepared
when the original orders are issued) as follows (C. B. N. M. 6):
I started travel in compliance with the within order from
on m.
(place) (date) (hour)
On the return trip I arrived at on
(place) (date)
m.
(hour)
There was no avoidable delay en route in performing the travel.
(Sign your full name)

The man named in the within order reported in compliance therewith
at . on m.
(place of inspection) j (date) (hour)
(Signature and rank of officer to whom

he reported)
The man named in the within order completed the duty prescribed and
was directed to return to the place from which he was called to duty, at
on m.
(place of inspection) (date) (hour)
(Signature and rank of officer)

On carbons but not on the original: The reverse side of this sheet and
the foregoing indorsements are true copies of the originals.
(Signature and rank of officer.)

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(11) The act of March 2, 1929 (Public, No. 915, 70th Cong., H. R. 7930),
empowers the Secretary of the Navy to order members of the Fleet Naval Reserve
transferred thereto prior to July 1, 1925 (classes F-3-C and F-3-D), to report for
inspection and physical examination. The examination and inspection will be
conducted as outlined in paragraphs 5 to 10, inclusive. The failure of a fleet
naval reservist of class F-3 to report for inspection in obedience to orders who is
not excused from so reporting will result in forfeiture of any pay due him, pro
vided that pay so forfeited shall be the pay due and unpaid him on the date
notice of forfeiture is received by the Retainer Pay Division of the Bureau of
Supplies and Accounts, and shall include pay thereafter becoming due him until
such time as he reports for inspection or until he is relieved of the necessity
for reporting. However, there shall be no forfeiture if satisfactory excuse for
failure to report is furnished the commandant. When resumption of retainer pay
is authorized, the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts (Retainer Pay division) will be
notified of the inclusive date from which resumption is effective. (C. B. N. M 6.)
H-2318. ORGANIZATION OF FLEET RESERVE UNITS.—The men of classes
F-2, F-3, F-4, and F-5 physically fit for sea duty will be organized for the
purpose of mobilization into Fleet Reserve units for service on board certain-
named vessels. The names of the vessels and the compositions of various types
of Fleet Reserve units will be specified by the bureau. In the organization of
units the following principles should be followed:
(a) Units should be formed in the order of priority in which the ships to which
they are to be assigned are carried in the list furnished the commandant by the
bureau.
(b) Men should be assigned to units for types of ships on which they have had
previous service.
(c) It is desirable that men of the same unit reside in the same general locality.
(d) If it is impracticable to fill all units with suitable men of the above classes,
the commandant may substitute a man of proven ability from another class of
the reserve.
H-2319. MOBILIZATION OF FIEET RESERVE UNITS.—The commandant will
designate a mobilization center for each unit, at which it will assemble within
24 hours of the publication of the mobilization order. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
F-2, F-3, F-4, and F-5 not assigned to Fleet Reserve units and F-l men attached
to headquarters divisions, provided he is not required to distribute them to other
activities in the bureau's personnel plans. Men who are physically unfit for any
duty will not be called to active duty. (C. B. N. M. 6.)
H-2401. FLEET NAVAL RESERVE LIMITED TO LINE MEDICAL AND SUPPLY
CORPS.—The Fleet Naval Reserve shall be limited to officers of the line, Medical
Corps and Supply Corps.
number of officers allowed in each district in each of the following classes: A-F,
D-F, E-F, MC-F, SC-F, and F. An officer of class DE-F may be substituted
for an officer of either class D-F or E-F. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
occur in the prescribed division, battalion, or squadron quotas of officers of
classes D-F, E-F, DE-F, A-F, MC-F, and SC-F appointments or transfers to
fill such vacancies will be made by the President and the Bureau of Navigation,
respectively, upon the recommendation of the commandant of the district, from
the following sources:
■C. B. N. M. 6 PART H, CHAPTER 2 47
(a) Qualified officers of other classes and enlisted men of the Naval
Reserve.
(6) Graduates of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps. (C. B.
N. M. 3.)
H-2404. RANKS IN WHICH ASSIGNMENTS AND TRANSFERS ARE MADE.
(1) Officers of the Volunteer Naval Reserve (general service) may be trans
ferred to the Fleet Naval Reserve to fill vacancies in their current ranks without
loss of precedence. (C. B. N. M. 4.)
(2) Other candidates may be assigned only at the foot of the list of ensigns in
classes—D-F, E-F, DB-F, A-F, and SC-F—or lieutenants (junior grade) in class
MC-F. (C. B. N. M. 3.) (C. B. N. M. 4.)
H-2406. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CLASS A-F. (G. B. N. M. 4.)
(a) Candidates for class A-F must have complied with the aviation
training requirements of the Bureau of Navigation, be recom
mended by the Bureau of Aeronautics, and pass a physical examina
tion for flying before a flight surgeon. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
H-2407. METHOD OF SELECTING CANDIDATES TO FILL VACANCIES.
Vacancies in organizations will be filled by the selection of eligible candidates
at locations where such vacancies actually exist. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
qualifications in accordance with the standards for the same ranks or grades of
a statutory or special medical examining board, as provided for in Article H-1717.
(2) Physical defects will not be waived for assignment or transfer to the
Fleet Naval Reserve. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
officer.
H-2409. PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS.
All candidates for assignment or transfer to the Fleet Reserve must establish
their professional qualifications by a written examination before a supervisory
board composed of regular or reserve officers appointed by the commandant,
which shall conduct the examination for the statutory naval examining board
in the department. The examination will be waived in the case of a Volunteer
Reserve officer who has previously qualified by examination for his rank, who
formerly held a commission in the regular Navy in the same rank, or, in the
case of a candidate for ensign, if he has graduated from the Naval Academy.
The scope of the examinations will be in accordance with article H-2518 and
the record of proceedings will be forwarded in accordance with article H-2517.
(C. B. N. M. 4.)
H-2410. APPOINTMENT OR ENLISTMENT OF MEMBERS OF NAVAL MILI
TIA IN FLEET NAVAL RESERVE.—Any officer or enlisted man of the Naval
Militia may be appointed or enlisted in the Fleet Naval Reserve in the grade,
rank, or rating not above the rank of ensign under the same regulations as for
other appointments or enlistments in the Fleet Naval Reserve. (Sec. 28 of the
act.)

filled as follows:
(a) By the transfer of V-l and V-2 men of appropriate rating whose
physical and professional fitness for their rating has been estab
lished. Men of V-3, V-4, V-5, and V-6 will be transferred to F-l
only by special authority of the Bureau of Navigation. (C. B. N_
M. 3.)
(b) By the enlistment of men not over 28 years of age, without previous
service, in the ratings of seaman second class, fireman third class,
or mess attendant third class. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
(c) By the enlistment in the rating in which honorably discharged of
former Navy men not over 28 years of age. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
(d) Especially desirable men over 28 years of age may be enlisted with
the consent of the Bureau of Navigation in each case. (C. B. N.
M. 2.)
H-2412. METHOD OF PROCUREMENT OF ENLISTED MEN OF CLASS F-l.—
The procurement of men of class F-l to fill complements of divisions is a func
tion of division, squadron, and battalion commanders under the supervision of
the commandant, as follows:
(a) Commandants are authorized to transfer men from classes V-l and
V-2 to F-l upon recommendations of division, squadron, and bat
talion commanders. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
(6) Division, squadron, and battalion commanders are authorized to-
enlist men directly into class F-l.
Any enlisted man serving in the regular Navy on July 1, 1925, who is not a citi
zen of the United States and who on that date has completed not less than eight
years' naval service shall be deemed eligible for transfer to the Fleet Naval
Reserve upon completion of the minimum amount of service required for such
H-2414. ASSIGNMENT TO CLASS F-2 UPON TERMINATION OF ENLIST-
MENT IN NAVY.
accordance with article H-2415 to serve four years in the Fleet Naval Reserve
(2) Upon termination of their enlistments in the regular naval service, men
who have so obligated themselves shall be assigned for the 4-year period to-
the Fleet Naval Reserve. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
•C. B. N. M. 6 PART H, CHAPTER 2 49
H-2415. RESTRICTIONS ON ASSIGNMENT TO CLASS F-2.

(1) Enlisted men may obligate themselves to serve four years in class F-2 of
the Fleet Naval Reserve at any time prior to the termination of their enlistments.
(C. B. N. M. 6.)
when the applicant is in a rating specified by the bureau as desirable for the
reserve. Such instructions will be issued from time to time, depending upon the
so obligated themselves shall be assigned to class F-2 for the 4-year period in the
rating from which discharged, provided that they are recommended for reenlist-
ment and have not applied for reenlistment or extension of enlistment in the
Navy.
Reserve, nor will they be allowed to perform equivalent or appropriate duty.
(5) As the assignment of the men to class F-2 is for 4-year periods only, such
men may neither reenlist in class F-2 nor extend their enlistment therein. (C.
B. N. M. 6.)
H-2416. TEANSFEE OF MEN WHO ENLISTED IN NAVY PEIOR TO JULY
1, 1925, TO CLASS F-4.—Enlisted men serving in the regular Navy on July 1,
1925, or who are serving in the Naval Reserve Force on July 1, 1925, in an
enrollment entered into within 4 months from the date of their discharge from
the regular Navy and hereafter reenlist in the regular Navy within 3 months
from the date of their discharge from the Naval Reserve shall be entitled to be
transferred to the Fleet Naval Reserve, class F-4, on the completion of 16 or
more years' naval service, provided their request for transfer has been submitted
in duplicate on Form N. Nav. 395 and has been approved by the Bureau of
Navigation. (Sec. 26 of the act.)
H-2417. COMPUTATION OF SERVICE FOR TRANSFER TO THE FLEET
NAVAL RESERVE. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
(1) Naval service for purposes of transfer to the Fleet Naval Reserve includes
all service either as an officer or enlisted man in the regular Navy, Marine Corps,
active service other than training in the Naval Reserve Force, Naval Reserve,
Marine Corps Reserve, or National Naval Volunteers, and in the Naval Militia
when in actual service of the Linited States pursuant to a call of the President,
and service in the Coast Guard when serving as a part of the Navy in time of war.
(2) In computing the service of enlisted men of the Navy for transfer to
the Fleet Naval Reserve deductions will be made on account of nonperformance
of duty for the following reasons. In indicating these classes of deductions
the abbreviations shown below will be used.
Abbreviation
(a) Time while on furlough without pay FWOP
■(b) Inactive service or training service as a member of the
Naval Reserve Force or Naval Reserve INRF or TRF
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(c) Except as to completed minority enlistments, time lost on

account of injury, sickness, or disease resulting from the
man's own intemperate use of drugs or alcoholic liquors or Abbreviation
other misconduct SKMC
(<2) Except as to completed minority enlistments, absence with
out leave (including overleave and desertion) AWOL
(e) (X) Except as to completed minority enlistments, absence
while in civil arrest resulting in sentence and while serving
such sentence NPDI
(Y) Except as to completed minority enlistments, nonper
formance of duty because imprisoned both while in arrest
resulting in court-martial sentence and while serving said
sentence NPDI
Note.—Nonperformance of duty because imprisoned includes time under court-
martial sentence in a naval prison (or at a receiving ship or station designated
as a naval prison) and time under arrest awaiting trial which results in con
viction and sentence to confinement in a naval prison (or at a receiving ship or
station designated as a naval prison). It does not include time in arrest awaiting
trial by court-martial in case of acquittal.
Nonperformance of duty because imprisoned does not include time spent in
confinement after trial under sentences of court-martial or deck courts, where
the punishment inflicted does not involve confinement at a naval prison (or at a
receiving ship or station designated as a naval prison), but involves confinement
only to the limits of the ship or station to which attached or confinement in
the brig of such ship or station.
(3) In computing service for transfer to classes F-3 and F-4 (but not F-5)
complete enlistments during minority count as four years, and any enlistment
terminated within three months prior to expiration of the term of such enlist
ment counts as the full term for which enlisted. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
C. B. N. M. a PART H, CHAPTER 2 51
H-2418. RELEASE OF MEN OF CLASS F-2 AND F-4 TO INACTIVE DUTY —

In order that commandants of districts may make suitable arrangements for
the use of men of classes F-2 and F-4 at mobilization it is essential that the
following measures be taken by commanding officers who release such men to
inactive duty immediately following their assignment or transfer to the reserve:
event of war or national emergency; that he must at all times keep
the commandant of the naval district in which he resides informed
of his home address; that he must answer promptly all letters ad
dressed to him by proper authority; that he must inform the com
mandant of any change in his health which might prevent service
at sea in time of war.
(6) The commanding officer will inform the reservist as to the recruiting
(c) The regular Navy record, N. Nav. 1, will be closed out and forwarded
to the bureau. '
(d) The Naval Reserve record, N. Nav. 352, will be made out and for
(J) If accounts are complete, the continuous-service certificate should be
record; when all adjustments have been made the continuous-
H-2419. ENLISTED MEN MAT BE TRANSFERRED AFTER 20 YEARS' NAVAL
SERVICE TO CLASS F-5.—Men who enlist in the regular Navy after July 1,
1925, except those specified in article H-2416, may upon their own applications
be transferred to the Fleet Naval Reserve only upon the completion of at least
20 years' naval service and provided they are then found physically and other
wise qualified to perform duty in time of war. (Sec. 23 of the act.)
H-2501. PROMOTION BY SENIORITY ON LINEAL PRECEDENCE LIST.—
Officers of the Fleet Naval Reserve will be promoted in the order of their senior
ity in accordance with the provisions of this section and the provisions of article
H-1721. (C. B. N. M. 4.)
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commissioned line officers of the rank of lieutenant commander and below in
the Fleet Naval Reserve at any one time, exclusive of commissioned warrant
officers, shall be distributed in the proportion of 16 in the grade of lieutenant
commander to 37 in the grade of lieutenant, to 47 in the grades of lieutenant
(junior grade) and ensign. (C. B. N. M. 3-4.)
Computation to determine the number of officers in each rank will be made
semiannually on January 1 and July 1. No officer will be reduced in rank as a
result of any computation. After establishing by examination their physical and
articles H-2506 to H-2508, be promoted by seniority to fill vacancies in the
various grades. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
H-2506. FOUR YEARS REQUIRED IN GRADE OF LIEUTENANT.—Lieutenants
shall have not less than four years' service in that grade before being eligible
for promotion to the grade of lieutenant commander.
H-2507. FOUR YEARS REQUIRED IN GRADE OF LIEUTENANT (JUNIOR
GRADE).—Lieutenants (junior grade) shall have not less than four years' serv
ice in that grade before being eligible for promotion to the grade of lieutenant.
H-2508. FOUR YEARS REQUIRED IN GRADE OF ENSIGN.—Officers, after
H-2509. SIXTY DAYS' ACTIVE SERVICE REQUIRED IN EACH RANK FOR
H-25H. OFFICERS REQUIRED TO APPEAR FOR EXAMINATION.—Naval

(1) Physical examinations for promotion will be similar in all respects to
those for procurement, except that due allowance will be made for length of
service on the same standard as for the regular Navy.
(2) The Bureau of Navigation will endeavor to send transcripts relating to
(3) Reports of physical examination shall be made on Bureau of M. & S.
Form Y in duplicate. No other papers will be required. (C. B. N. M. 6.)
(4) Waivers for physical defects below the standards for the regular Navy
will be granted only in the cases of officers whose continuance in or transfer or
appointment to the Fleet Reserve is deemed especially desirable by the Bureau
of Navigation. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
(5) The board should carefully and exactly enumerate in detail all defects-
(6) When completed the record of medical examination on Bureau of M. &
S. Form Y, in duplicate, shall be forwarded to the Bureau of Navigation via
the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. (C. B. N. M. 6.)
H-2516. PROFESSIONAL EXAMINATIONS TO BE CONDUCTED BT SUPER
officers of the regular Navy or the Naval Reserve or both Navy and Naval
Reserve appointed by the commandant. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
follows:
(a) Line officers (deck, engineering, and aviation), and machinists—
D. C.
(b) Medical officers—
Medical School, U. S. Naval Hospital, Washington, D. C.
(C. B. N. M. 2.)
(c) Supply officers and pay clerks—-
Washington, D. C.
(d) Carpenters—
delphia, Pa.
(e) Boatswains—
ington, D. C.
if) Gunners—
ington, D. C.
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H-2518. SCOPE OF EXAMINATION FOB FLEET NAVAL EESERVE OFFI

CERS.—The scope of the professional examination for assignment to or promo
tion of officers in the Fleet Naval Reserve or for transfer to that class shall include
in examinations for promotion special attention will be given to the duties required
of the individual officers in time of war according to the mobilization plans.
Waivers of professional requirements in any subject will be granted only in cases
of officers whose service in the Fleet Naval Reserve is deemed especially desirable
by the Chief of Bureau of Navigation. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
(a) Line officers (deck duties only) —
(<*) Navy Regulations.
to Bureau manuals.
to General orders.
(<J) Duties of commanding officer.
(•) Duties of executive officer.
(f) Duties of heads of departments.
w Duties of junior division officer.
(J) Emergency drills.
« Official correspondence.
(9 Writing up log.
(tn) Honors.
(n) Routing.
to Military law.
(2) Navigation—
(o) Piloting.
to Taking and working out of sights of the sun, moon,
planets, and stars.
to Care of chronometers; chronometer record.
M) Use of charts.
to Adjusting magnetic compass.
(f) Use of pelorus.
to Finding compass error and application of same.
(*) Adjustments and use of a sextant.
(0 Ability to take bearings and determine position by
same.
(?) System of buoyage in the United States.
(A) Use of hand leads; how line is marked.
(0 Use of soundings in fixing position.
(m) Ability to navigate by dead reckoning.
(n) Use and care of barometers
to Use of patent logs.
(p) Use of azimuth circle.
(?) Use of sounding machines.
to How to obtain chronometer rate by "tick."
to How to make out a deviation table.
(0 Books, charts, and instruments required when putting
a ship in commission.
(«) Care and use of gyrocompass.
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(a) Line officers (deck duty only)—Continued.

(3) Seamanship—
(a) Rules for preventing collisions, international and in
land.
(b) Handling lifeboats, lowering and hoisting.
(c) Handling of boats under oars and sail.
(d) Ground tackle.
(e) Handling large ships.
(/) Getting under way and anchoring.
(g) Mooring and unmooring.
(h) Law of storms.
(i) Handling ship alongside a dock.
(J) Mooring to dock.
(fc) Docking and duties while in dry dock.
(I) Safety precautions in dock.
(to) Duties while at a navy yard.
■(4) Ordnance and gunnery—
(a) School of the 6quad, company, and battalion of In
fantry.
(b) School of the section and battery of artillery.
(c) Precautions to be taken in handling small arms and
ammunition.
(d) Description of large guns.
(g) Care of magazines.
(h) Inspection and testing of powder.
(i) Care and precaution in handling explosives.
(J) Safety precautions, small arms, turrets, and broad
side guns,
(fc) Methods of training gun crews,
(i) General principles of fire control.
(to) Description and use of a director,
(n) Principles of spotting.
(b) Line officers (engineering duties only) —
Similar to (a) (1), where applicable to engineer officers.
(b) Properties of steam.
(c) Fuels.
(d) Lubricants.
(e) Description of main engines, boilers, and auxiliary.
machinery.
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(/) Use of indicators and torsion meters.
power.
blowers.
(i) How to write up the engine-room log.
(k) Duties and responsibilities of division officer.
boilers and reciprocating engines— (1) firerooms, (2)
engine rooms.
(to) Preparation for getting under way with oil-fired
boilers and turbine engines—(1) firerooms, (2)
engine rooms.
(ri) Procedure for securing (1) main engines, (2) boilers,
double-bottoms, fuel-oil tanks, and handling gaso
line.
(g) Testing of boiler water.
(f) Operation of forced-lubrication system.
(u) Operations of condensers, vacuum.
(t>) How to promote economy.
(w) Major adjustments.
(x) Casualties.
(z) Thrust clearances,
(ao) Lighting off and cutting in coal and oil-fired boilers.
(66) Tending water.
(cc) Large leaks in boilers and steam lines,
(ff) How to test a boiler for tightness, strength.
(it) Value of observing the smoke and flame.
(kk) What is "Panting"? How remedied.
(II) Operation of oil burners.
(b) Line officers (engineering duties only)—Continued.

When fitting out.
Machinery.
Fuel.
Dock trials.
Records.
Breakdowns.
Hot bearings.
Salting of boilers.
Loss of water.
Foaming.
Loss of vacuum.
■ What is meant by "time firing."
evaporators?
Description and use of two, three, and four
bladed propellers.
dock.
(gasoline) .
(heavy oil).
How is the clearance on a Parson's turbine
measured?
(3) Electricity—
(a) Units.
(c) Generators.
(d) Motors.
(e) Wiring systems.
(J) Fuse's.
(s) Circuit breakers.
(h) Switches.
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(b) Line officers (engineering duties only)—Continued.
(3) Electricity—Continued.
(j) Care and operation of generating plant.
(k) Commutator troubles and remedies,
(i) Uses of electricity on board ship, voltages used,
(m) Describe a switchboard.
(«) Describe a searchlight; care and operation.
(g) What is the difference between a (1) series, (2) shunt,
(s) Describe a modern radio system on board ship,
(t) What is a motor generator?
Knowledge of Navy Regulations, bureau manuals, genera)
technical notes.
(2) Navigation—
(d) Piloting.
(jjf) Knowledge of "laws of storms."
{h) Install and compensate a compass in a plane.
(3) Airplanes—
(a) Aviation history. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
(c) Aerology.
(/) Practical flying and water handling of aircraft.
(h) Aerial gunnery.
(4) Scouting—
Must successfully pass a flight test, as prescribed by the
Bureau of Navigation, in a service type airplane.
(C. B. N. M. 6.)
(2) Practice of medicine and surgery and general hygiene—
(«) Pharmacist and chief pharmacist—

(1) Pharmacy and chemistry—
(a) Pharmacy.
(6) Materia medica.
(c) Toxicology.
(e) General theoretical knowledge of organic and inor
ganic chemistry.
if) Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative analyses
to make urinalysis, water examination, and an
examination of foods for preservatives and adul
terants.
(g) Ventilation, disinfection, and fumigation, water supply,
and the examination and inspection of foods.
ward management, and operating room and sur
gical technique. (Within the scope of the Hospital
Corps Handbook, United States Navy, 1923.).
(2) Administration—
hospitals. (United States Navy Regulations, Man
ual for the Medical Department, United States
States Navy, 1923.)
(6) Hospital supplies, and property accountability;
requisitions, public bills, invoices, services, outfits
and supplies, and transfer of stores. (United States
Manual for the Medical Department, United
States Navy.)
(<i) Clerical duties, general correspondence, letters, in
dorsements, reports, and returns. (Within the scope
of the Navy Regulations, Manual for the Medical
Department, United States Navy, and Hospital
(/) Supply officers—
(2) Textbook— " Manual of the Supply Corps"—
(b) Relations with other officers.
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(2) Textbook—Continued.
storerooms.
(d) Correspondence.
and titles.
(3) Money—
cashbook.
(ft) Procurement of funds; source of supply, requisition for
(c) Deposits for safe keeping.
(ef) Custody of public moneys, general provisions.
(f) Deposit accounts, checks; method of opening an ac
count; certificates of deposits; requisitions for blank
checks, custody thereof; purposes for which drawn;
lost checks; monthly statement from Treasury.
(i) Disbursements; general test of validity and pro
hibitions.
(4) Pay rolls-
Co) General instructions; entry of accounts.
(c) Issue of money; monthly and special money requisi
tions.
(f) Officers' accounts; pay and rations; entry of accounts;
change of pay due to promotion.
(5) Public bills-
Co) Preparation and payment; documents required; data
of payment.
portation request, fuel, ice, laundry, patrol, pilotage
(6) Purchase—
(o) General instructions.
(d) Procurement of supplies and services by objects—coal,
funeralexpenses, gasoline,laundry,fuel,oil,transporta
tion of effects, transportation of remains, fresh water.
transportation, routes; rates and accommodations
in United States, subsistence enroute, meal tickets.
(J) Supply officers—Continued.
(7) Supply-
Co) Requisitions, including services—origin, forms; when
submitted; proprietary articles,
(ft) Requisitions at a navy-yard port.
(f) Deliveries from stations and ships,
(a) Custody; inventories and leases.
(ft) Private-use public property and loans, prohibitions,
(t) Surveys in supply department, commissary, respon
sibility.
0) Transfers; by invoice between departments, between
ships, to shore stations.
(k) Responsibility for public property; control of property
accounts.
(c) Provisions afloat", custody and care, inventories,
surveys, issues and sales to messes.
(d) Provisioning the ship; procurement of provisions,
deliveries, and inspections, rejections, stowage of.
(e) Rations; messes afloat and how subsisted; persons
entitled to rations; number of rations allowed.
(J) General mess; organization, mess, and galley equip
(g) Receipts and expenditures of provisions, how
accounted for.
(a) In general.
(b) Time allowed for rendition.
penditures, public bills (memorandum copies),
account current, pay-roll summary.
(e) Annual reports.
and general orders of the Navy Department, appropriate
to his grade.
(2) Practical seamanship—
(6) Weighing, securing, and transportation of anchors
and working of cables with modern appliances.
needle, sailmaking aboard ship.
(e) Morse code.
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(b) Station and drill gun's crews, of a gun with which
familiar.
(c) Ability to take charge of a company of Infantry and
drill it (both close and extended order) .
(e) Take charge of boats and act as boat officers under
(J) Duties as patrol officer and beach master (Fleet Regu
lations) .
(A) Gunner and chief gunnel-—
Customs of the service, Navy Regulations, bureau man
uals, and general orders of the Navy Department
(a) Handling of guns and mounts; dismounting, repair
ing, and assembling of parts; care and preservation
of battery; preparation of ordnance outfit for battle.
(b) Working knowledge of star gauging and taking im
pressions of bore and chamber.
ing.
(d) Small arms; dismounting, repair, and assembling;
care and preservation.
(e) Ammunition; marking, handling, care, and preserva
tion; make-up of charges.
if) Magazines and shell rooms; construction and mechani
cal devices; plans and method of showing.
directors.
(h) Use of stadimeter and sextant in laying out ranges.
(j) General knowledge of fire control and installations,
(fc) Searchlights; control, manipulation, care, and preser
vation.
(i) Storage and other batteries; firing and sight—lighting
systems.
(6) Ability to take charge of a section of Artillery and
drill it ashore and afloat.
(e) Ability to station and drill gun's crew of a gun, with
under oars, sail, or steam.
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(b) Use of power tools and other workshop appliances
aboard ship.
(c) Quick repair under various supposed conditions of
main engines and boilers and of auxiliaries.
(e) Stores usually found in engineer department, includ
ing coal and oil; how inspected and cared for, and
economical use of the same; enumeration and
description.
(/) Care and management of various auxiliaries on board
ship with special reference to evaporating and
refrigerating plants.
(g) Ability to read drawings of marine engines, boilers,
and auxiliaries, and to make sketches.
(h) The meaning of signals regarding the engines from
deck to engine room; the reading of various gauges
used in engine and firerooms.
(a) Ability to take charge of an engineer division assem
bled at quarters and to make the required reports.
H-2519. ADVANCEMENT OF ENLISTED MEN.
(1) Enlisted men of Class F-l below the rating of petty officer, first class,
may be advanced in pay grade to fill vacancies in the prescribed quotas in
ratings and pay grades as shown in section 3 of this chapter, in accordance with
the following requirements:
(a) Must have served one year in present pay grade.
present pay grade.
officer.
(e) Must pass the required professional examination as prescribed for
(2) Petty officers, first class, of class F-l, will be eligible for advancement to
chief petty officer (acting appointment) ratings to fill vacancies in the prescribed
quotas in ratings and pay grades as shown in section 3 of this chapter, in accord
ance with the following requirements (C. B. N. M. 6) :
(a) Must have served two years in present pay grade.
present pay grade on a cruising vessel, as defined in article H-1432
(6), during each of the last two years,
instruction or duty during each of the last two years,
(rf) Must have been recommended by his commanding officer,
(c) Must pass the required professional examination as prescribed for
(4) Except as provided in paragraph 5 hereof, enlisted men may be advanced
by the battalion or squadron commander, or, in the case of a division not attached
to a battalion or squadron, by the division commander in accordance with the
foregoing requirements without reference to the bureau, provided the quota of
men in each rating and pay grade, as shown in article H-2304 and H-2306, ia
not exceeded. (C. B. N. M. 6.)
(C. B. N. M. 4.)
H-2601. TRANSFER OF OFFICERS AND MEN TO VOLUNTEER NAVAL
RESERVE.—Officers and enlisted men of the Fleet Naval Reserve who are
unable to conform to the requirements of that class may, in the discretion of
the bureau, be transferred to that class of the Volunteer Naval Reserve for
which qualified. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
Section 7. TRAINING
Navy and reserve personnel of classes F-2, F-3, and F-4.
H-2702. TRAINING FOR SPECIFIC DUTIES—Each officer of the reserve crew
as units on board vessels of the same type as that for which their reserve crew
is formed, or where this is impracticable, on vessels as nearly similar as possible.
Vessels of the fleet will be used for training; where this is impracticable, an
officer of the Navy will be assigned to the vessel for the purpose of instruction
and inspecting the reserve personnel.
practicable these officers will be assigned to mobilization duties, and where this
is the case their training, including cruises, will be so designed as to prepare
them for these specific duties, as well as the general duties of their ranks.
H-2705. DUTY OTHER THAN ACTIVE OR TRAINING DUTY.—Duty other
than active or training duty for members of the Fleet Naval Reserve is authorized
by law as follows:
Appropriate duties.
Administrative functions, only if and when in command of an or
ganization (compensation not allowed officers above the rank of
captain) .
(6) Officers below the rank of lieutenant commander—-

Administrative functions, only if and when in command of an or
ganization,
(c) Enlisted men—
equivalent instruction or duty of their organizations and publish the schedules
in orders. Copies of such orders will be furnished the commandant of the
district.
H-2707. DEFINITION OF A DRILL. (C. B. N. M. 6.)
(1) A drill will be interpreted as an assembly, other than a week-end cruise,
designated in advance, at which practical work of not less than one and one-half
hours' duration in duties pertaining to the Navy is conducted. The drill for a
fleet or aviation division may be either a division drill or a battalion or a squadron
drill. No drill may be held on a Sunday or a legal holiday.
(2) For a battalion headquarters division or a fleet division not more than
one drill shall be held in any one calendar week.
(3) For a squadron headquarters division or an aviation division not more
than three drills shall be held in any one day, not more than three in any one
week, nor more than four in any one month.
H-2708. EQUIVALENT INSTRUCTION OR DUTY FOR RESERVISTS AT
TACHED TO DIVISIONS.
(1) Equivalent instruction or duty for officers and men attached to divisions
will be interpreted as any practical or theoretical instruction, other than a
week-end cruise, designated in advance, of not less than one and one-half hours'
duration, conducted on a day other than one on which a drill has been pre
scribed, and deemed by the commanding officer to be essential for their training.
Not more than one period of such instruction or duty shall be performed, under
the provisions of this paragraph, in any one calendar week; not more than three
in any one calendar month; nor more than 16 in any one fiscal year. (C. B.
N. M. 3.)
(2) A period of equivalent instruction or duty will be allowed officers and
men of the aviation branch of the Fleet Naval Reserve for an unbroken period
of not less than one and one-half hours' practical or theoretical ground in
struction or for one-half hour actual flying in an Army or Navy aircraft. Such
equivalent instruction or duty can be performed only at such times as may be
acceptable to the commanding officer of the air station; it can not be performed
on a date on which a drill is held for the organization to which the individual is
assigned; it need not be designated in advance; and it may be instruction or
duty for either a squadron, a division, a group of individuals, or an individual.
Officers and men performing equivalent instruction or duty under authority of
this paragraph will obtain certificates from the commanding officer of the station
for presentation to their organization commanders as evidence of the instruction

received or duty performed. Not more than one period of equivalent instruction
or duty shall be performed under the provisions of this paragraph in any one
calendar week; not more than 3 in any one month; nor more than 16 in any
one fiscal year. (See art. H-2409-3 for officers above the rank of lieutenant.)
(C. B. N. M. 2-3.)
meaning of section 21 of the Naval Reserve act, is defined as any duty, other than
week-end cruises, prescribed by the reservist's immediate commanding officer as
appropriate to the rank or rating of the reservist concerned, and, except as other
wise provided in these regulations, performed in unbroken periods of not less
than one and one-half hours each. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
(2) Orders assigning a reservist to appropriate duty shall state the particular
duty to be performed. Copies will be furnished the Bureau of Navigation and
the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts (Retainer Pay Division). (C. B. N. M. 2.)
(C. B. N. M. 4.)
(3) Officers above the rank of lieutenant, who are attached to a battalion,
squadron, or division, and officers below the rank of lieutenant commander who
are in command of a battalion or squadron (but not attached to a division) , shall
perform their appropriate duty in the same manner and under the same condi
tions as other members of the organization to which they are attached perform
drills and equivalent instruction or duty under the provisions of articles H-2707
and H-2708. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
(4) Under the provisions of article H-2806 no compensation on account of
lawfully entitled to pay for active duty or training duty, although the full number
of periods of appropriate duty for the month or quarter may have been performed
during a period of inactive service. (Sec. 21 of the act.) (C. B. N. M. 2.)
(5) The appropriate duty performed as prescribed by this article shall form a
basis for computing the rate of compensation under articles H-2801 (2) and
H-2803. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
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clothing accounts, reports, returns, and the keeping of records of an organization,
and properly in command of the organization and faithfully performed the ad
ministrative functions in connection therewith during the period for which
connection with organizations must actually be present in uniform, at a regularly
drill and instruction for trie entire period. The immediate commanding officer
The commander of a division is responsible for the instruction, efficiency, and
preparedness for active service of his division, for its appearance, and discipline,
for the care and preservation of its equipment, and for the proper performance of
is assigned to it.
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H-2714. JUNIOR OFFICERS' DUTIES.—Commanders of divisions will require

division and hold them responsible for results obtained. The assignment of
H-2715. TRAINING DUTY REQUIREMENTS. (C. B. N. M. 6.)
In time of peace officers of the Fleet Naval Reserve and men of class F-l shall
perform 15 days' training duty each fiscal year unless excused therefrom for good
and sufficient reasons. (Sec. 20 of the act.) Immediately after the training
period of the organization to which attached, those failing to perform the re
quired training shall submit written excuses therefor. These excuses shall con
tain the following information:
(a) Fiscal year for which submitted.
(b) Date of last enlistment or appointment.
(c) Date transferred to Fleet Naval Reserve.
(d) Dates of active or training duty performed during preceding four years
or since enlistment.
(e) Previous years excused from training duty.
(/) Number of drills attended during preceding fiscal year.
(g) Reasons for failure to perform training duty.
This information should be verified by the organization commander and the
excuse forwarded, with appropriate recommendation fo the commandant. The
commandant is authorized to act on the excuses of those enlisted men who per
formed the required training duty during the preceding fiscal year. All other
excuses will be forwarded by the commandant, with appropriate recommenda
tion, to the bureau for action. All excuses for the members of any organization
should be forwarded at the same time by the organization commander, with a
letter of transmittal.
act.)
C. B. N. Mw 6 PART H, CHAPTER 2 69
H-2720. INSPECTION OF NAVAI RESERVE UNITS.—An inspection of Naval
shall report to the Secretary of the Navy upon the qualification, organization,
H-2722. NAVAI RESERVE INSPECTION BOARD.—There will be constituted
in the bureau a board known as the Naval Reserve Inspection Board. It will
be composed exclusively of naval officers; its president will be a captain; there
will be at least two additional line officers, and one supply officer. The board
or a subboard thereof will inspect each battalion, squadron, and division of the
Fleet Naval Reserve annually. It will arrange the divisions in order of relative
efficiency in two separate lists for fleet divisions and aviation divisions. The
board will also arrange all battalions and squadrons in lists of relative efficiency.
Trophies will be awarded by the department for the leading divisions of each
class and for the leading battalion and squadron. The board will recommend
such officers as deserve special commendation. It will also recommend the
action to be taken to improve the efficiency of the reserve as a whole and of such
particular organizations as may be below the standard of efficiency set by the
ferred to the Fleet Naval Reserve in accordance with articles H-2416 and H-2419
H-2801. COMPENSATION FOR OFFICERS BELOW RANK OF LIEUTENANT
Fleet Naval Reserve, not attached to a division, who satisfactorily perform not
less than four periods of appropriate duty, as prescribed under article H-2709,
during any full calendar month, shall receive four-thirtieths of the monthly
base pay of their grades, ranks or ratings. For a fractional month, or for a less
number of periods of appropriate duty, they shall receive compensation pro
portionate to the number of periods of appropriate duty performed or to the
period elapsed, whichever may be the smaller amount. (Sec. 21 of the act.)
(C. B. N. M. 2.)
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struction or duty in any one year within the meaning of article H-2801 (1).
H-2803. COMPENSATION FOE OFFICERS ABOVE THE RANK OF LIEUTEN
satisfactorily perform not less than four periods of appropriate duty, as prescribed
under article H-2709, during any full calendar month, shall receive compensation
at the rate of $500 a year. For a fractional month, or for a less number of periods
may be the smaller amount. (Sec. 21 of the act.) (C. B. N. M. 2.)
H-2804. ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR OFFICERS PERFORMING AD
become entitled under articles H-2801 and H-2803, officers of or below the rank
receive compensation at the rate of $240 a year for the faithful performance
of the administrative duties connected therewith as defined in section 7 of this
(1) Compensation and pay allowed by articles H-2801, H-2803, H-2804,
H-2810, H-2811, H-2812, H-2813, and H-2815 will be paid by the Bureau of
Supplies and Accounts in accordance with instructions issued by that bureau.
(C. B. N. M. 2, 3.)
(2) Checks for compensation under articles H-2801, H-2803, H-2804, and
H-2813 will be delivered through the respective reserve organizations in the naval
districts. Checks to transferred and assigned members of the Fleet Naval
Reserve will be mailed to them direct from the bureau. (C. B. N. M. 2-3.)
(3) Checks received by reserve organizations and not delivered to the payee
named therein within 30 days from the date of receipt will be returned to the
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts (retainer pay division) with a statement of the
reason for nondelivery in each case. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
H-2806. NOT ENTITLED TO COMPENSATION FOR PERIODS WHEN ON
ACTIVE DUTY.—Pay under provision of articles H-2801 to H-2805 shall not
H-2807. WEEK-END CRUISES NOT REGARDED AS DRILLS—Week-end
H-2808. SUBSISTENCE AUTHORIZED WHEN PERFORMING DUTY WITH
OUT PAY.—When authorized training or other duty without pay is performed
H-2809. INCREASE OF PAY FOR DUTY INVOLVING ACTUAL FLYING IN
AIRCRAFT.—Officers and men while detailed for training or other duty in avia

entitled to receive in the Naval Reserve Force. (Sec. 24 of the act.)
H-2811. PAY OF MEN OF CLASS F-5.—Men transferred to the Fleet Naval
Reserve in accordance with article H-2419, except when on active duty, shall
H-2812. PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF CLASS F-4.—Men transferred to class
F-4 in accordance with article H-2416 shall, except when on active duty, be
shall be increased 10 per cent for all men who may be credited with extraordinary
heroism in the line of duty or whose average marks in conduct for 20 years
or more shall not be less than 95 per cent of the maximum. For the purposes
of this article a complete enlistment during minority shall be counted as 4 years'
service, and any enlistment terminated within 3 months prior to the expiration of
the term of such enlistment shall be counted as the full term of service for which
enlisted. (Sec. 26 of the act.)
H-2813. UNIFORM ALLOWANCE FOE OFFICERS. (C. B. N. M. 4.)
(1) Upon being assigned to the Fleet Naval Reserve an officer shall be paid
four years in the Fleet Naval Reserve.
(2) Any officer" who has heretofore received a uniform allowance shall not be
from the date of the receipt of such allowance.
(4) The above allowances shall be paid when the officer concerned certifies that
specified in article H-1713. (Sec. 12 of the act.)
(1) Officers of the Fleet Naval Reserve and men of class F-l will be allowed
training the Naval Reserve at a rate of 30 cents per meal during the time they
are actually on board and away from their home port, for periods of not less than
24 hours. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
(2) Before making week-end cruises for which subsistence allowance is desired
authority must be obtained from the commandant in the following manner.
Requisitions (S. & A. Form 76 with the usual number of copies) should be pre
pared to cover subsistence, and should state the date (and approximate hour) of
commencement and completion of the cruise, the number of individuals to be
paid subsistence, and the number of meals per individual. Such requisition
should bear a statement as to whether payment is to be made to the individual
or to the commanding officer of the unit. If the proposed cruise meets the
approval of the commandant, he may approve the requisition in advance of the
bureau's approval. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
The Bureau of Navigation will advise each commandant of the total amount
which he is authorized to approve requisitions for, for this purpose during the
fiscal year. After advance approval by the commandant the original and
memorandum copies of each requisition will be promptly disposed of as required
by article 1607 (6) N. R., 1920. (C. B. N. M. 2, 3.)
letter to the district supply officer, together with the approved requisition, stating
the names and grades or ratings of the individuals making the cruise, the number
of meals for which each is entitled to commutation, and the time of leaving and
returning to the port, as the authority to pay the amount allowed in accordance
with this article. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
(4) The district supply officer will prepare a public bill in payment to each
individual or to the commanding officer of the unit in accordance with the
approved requisition. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
with this article, must be furnished to the Bureau of Navigation. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
H-2815. PAY OF MEN OF CLASS F-2.— Men of class F-2 shall be paid in
H-2816. TRAVEL ALLOWANCE FOE MEN OF CLASS F-4.—Enlisted men
acceptance of enlistment. Enlisted men transferred from the Navy to the
Fleet Naval Reserve at other than expiration of enlistment, whose status as a
reservist becomes upon the transfer that of inactive duty, are entitled to travel
allowance as stated above.
H-2817. ISSUE OF UNIFORM FOR MEN OF CLASS F-l.—Men of class F-l are
entitled to the issue of uniforms provided for in article H-1511 upon first report
ing for drill or training duty after enlisting, reenlisting, or extending an enlistment
for four years. (C. B. N. M. 4.)
1, 1925, FROM NAVY TO NAVAL RESERVE FORCE.—Men of classes F-3-c and
Navy with the pay they were then legally entitled to receive, plus the allowances
article H-2416, and who are not retired in accordance with article H-2903 (1),
(2) Men transferred to the retired list of the regular Navy, in accordance
with article H-2903 (1) shall receive the pay they were receiving as members
with article H-2419 shall, upon completion of 30 years' service, including naval
(1) Men transferred to the Fleet Naval Reserve under the provisions of article
(2) Men transferred in accordance with article H-2419 shall be physically
they are found not physically qualified to perform duty in time of war they shall
qualified.
Navy in accordance with law shall at all times be governed by the laws and
regulations for the government of the Navy, and shall not be discharged from
the Naval Reserve without their consent except by sentence of a court-martial
or in accordance with the provisions of article H-2903. (Sec. 6 of the act.)
C. B. N. M 6
CHAPTER .,
Section 1. MISSION
and Naval Transportation Service, and other personnel for special service;
usually on shore, as required by the war organization.
. (a) General-service officers, including all the officers of classes D-V(G),
E-V(G), DE-V(G), A-V(G), A-V(K), MO-V(G), DG-V(G),
SG-V(G), ChC-V(G). Such officers are suitable for general duty
and will usually be assigned to the United States Fleet or Naval
Transportation Service.
E-V(S), DE-V(S), A-V(S), MG-V(S), DO-V(S), SG-V(S), ChC-
V(S), CC-V(S), CEC-V(S), C-V(S), I-V(S), O-V(S), L-V(S),
usually be selected for such duty in the department of naval dis
portation Service.
posed of:
(a) Men associated with battalion headquarters divisions and fleet di
visions (V-l).
divisions (V-2).
(c) Men of communication ratings and special branches maintained
directly under the commandant (V-3).
(d) Men enlisted within three months of their discharge from the regular
Navy and maintained directly under the commandant (V-4) .
(e) Men enlisted as seaman second class for training as naval aviators
(V-5).
(J) All other men of the Volunteer Naval Reserve (V-6).
stations during war, will be available for duty in the United States Fleet and
Naval Transportation Service in the event of war. (C. B. N., M. 3.)
H-3301. GENERAL-SERVICE OFFICERS.—General-service officers may be
purpose of bringing the reserve crews or squadrons to full strength and for
voluntary training. Such officers will be administered by the division, battalion,
or squadron commander. Other general-service officers will be administered by
the commandant and may be assigned to reserve crews or squadrons for pur
poses of mobilization. Officers not assigned to reserve crews or squadrons will
be assigned for purposes of mobilization to definite duties in the United States
Fleet or Naval Transportation Service or for general service.
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H-3302. SPECIAL-SERVICE OFFICERS.—Special-service officers may be asso
ciated with divisions, battalions, and squadrons as supernumeraries for the pur
pose of voluntary training. Such officers will be administered by the division
battalion, or squadron commander only while actually present at drills or other
assemblages; they shall not be carried on the rolls of the organization. Special-
service officers will be administered by the commandant and will be assigned to
mobilization duties under the department, the commandants of naval districts,
the commander in chief of the forces afloat or the Major General Commandant
of the Marine Corps. (C. B. N. M. 3-6.)
quarters divisions to associate with them a number of enlisted men of class V-l
Reserve allowances may be filled during peace time and a means of providing
men of class V-2 not to exceed 30 per division. (C. B. N. M. 4.)
(4) The communication reserve will be directly under the commandant for
the purpose of administration and training, and he shall organize it for this
purpose in accordance with the standard organization plan prescribed by the
department.
The commandant will maintain a reserve of V-3 men in communication ratings
for the following war duties:
in the naval districts or on merchant vessels when commissioned
by the Navy.
(b) Professional telegraphers to bring to war strength the complements
for manning the district telegraph facilities.
officer of the Naval Reserve aviation base of the district the allowed quota of
student naval aviation pilots in class V-5.
of the district in which they reside. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
(7) Men of classes V-l, V-2, V-3, V-4, and V-6 may be utilized on mobiliza
tion for district activities. (C. B. N. M. 6.)
(3) Former officers of the Navy who held commissions therein and graduates
of the Naval Academy upon establishing their physical qualifications as pro
vided for entry into the Fleet Reserve may, if recommended by the commandant,
be appointed in the rank of ensign or such higher rank but not above lieutenant
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commander as they may have been holding on the date of separation from the
regular Navy, provided the candidates for ensign are less than 28, for lieutenant
(junior grade) less than 31, for lieutenant less than 35 and for lieutentant com
mander less than 40 years of age on the date their applications are received in
(5) Men of class V-5 who have successfully completed the prescribed course
in naval aviation will be commissioned as ensigns, class A-V(G), without further
professional examination other than the final examination required at Pensacola.
They will, however, be required to pass a physical examination to further demon
strate physical and psychological fitness to serve as pilots of naval aircraft.
(C. B. N. M. 6.)
the district commandants, are less than 28 years of age, and are physically and
professionally qualified by examination as required for the Fleet Reserve. For
medical and dental officers and chaplains the rank of appointment is lieutenant
(junior grade) and the age limit is 31 years. Candidates for appointment as
medical and dental officers may be appointed if found physically qualified upon
establishing their professional qualifications to the satisfaction of the Bureau of
Medicine and Surgery. (C. B. N. M. 2.) (C. B. N. M. 4.)
: (7) Waivers in these requirements as to age limits will be granted only in
the cases of officers whose transfer or appointment to the Volunteer Naval
Reserve is deemed especially desirable by the Bureau of Navigation. (C. T*
N. M. 2.)
(8) Appointments of officers in class A-V(K) may be made by the bureau upon
recommendation of the commandants of districts. Officers of class A-F or
A-V(G) who fail to maintain their qualifications after designation as naval
aviators, but who are otherwise considered desirable and qualified for ground
duties, may be transferred or assigned to class A-V(K). Officers receiving
original appointments in class A-V(K) will not be designated as naval aviators
or student naval aviators. (C. B. N. M. 6.)
(1) The bureau will allot quotas of special-service officers of the various classes
to—
(6) Each naval district for war duty in the district.
(c) Each naval district for duty with the commander in chief, United
States Fleet, for staff duty in the fleet or at advanced bases. (C. B.
N. M. 4.)
(d) Each naval district for duty with the Director, Naval Transportation
Service, for staff duty in that service. (C. B. N. M. 4.)
(2) The various agencies allotted quotas of special-service officers will desig
nate to the Bureau of Navigation, via the appropriate bureau or office of the
Navy Department, the persons they desire to fill their quotas and will recom
mend ranks commensurate with that of their professional attainments, but not
to exceed that of lieutenant commander. For appointment as a special-service
officer a candidate must have resigned from commissioned rank in the regular
Navy under honorable conditions or have graduated from the Naval Reserve
Officers' Training Corps or from the United States Naval Academy, or hold a
professional or scientific degree from a recognized institution such as will indicate
qualification for the class to which appointed, or, in lieu of the foregoing, bo
sufficiently prominent in his profession to indicate proficiency in the duties for
which appointed. (C. B. N. M. 6.)
(3) For appointment as ensign candidates must be more than 21 years of age,
for lieutenant (junior grade) more than 25, for lieutenant more than 31, and for
lieutenant commander more than 37.
(1) The bureau will allot to each district quotas of enlisted men of the Volunteer
Reserve in classes V-l, V-2, V-3, and V-5.
(2) The division commander will procure the men of classes V-l or V-2 with
out previous service to be associated with his division only between the ages of
18 and 28 and in the ratings of seamen second class, fireman third class, or mess
attendant third class, or by the enlistment in the rating in which honorably dis
charged, of former Navy men not over 28 years of age. All men must establish
their professional and physical fitness in accordance with the standards for the
Fleet Reserve. However, especially desirable men may be enlisted with the
consent of the bureau in each case in such rating as may be specified. (C. B. N.
M. 3-6.)
the ages of 18 and 35 and where it is desired to retain them in their present or
will be enlisted in ratings proportionate to their professional attainments. Cer
tain physical defects or upper age limits may be waived by the Bureau of Naviga
tion. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
(4) Men who apply for enlistment in the Naval Reserve within three months
of the expiration of their enlistment in the Navy and who do not desire to be
associated with divisions may, if qualified for reenlistment in the Navy, be
enlisted without regard to the age limits of article H-1308 in class V-4 in excess
of all district quotas and maintained directly under the commandant. The
commandant may utilize these men at mobilization to bring to full strength Fleet
Reserve units, reserve crews, and aviation organizations or assign them to general
duties.
(5) Enlistments in class V-5 will be made in accordance with instructions
issued by the Bureau of Navigation from time to time. (C. B. N. M. 6.)
(6) No men will be procured for class V-6, nor will men of this class be reenlisted
in that class.
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A volunteer officer for general service will become eligible for examination for
promotion when the fleet officer next senior to him becomes due for promotion,
provided he has met the requirements of 4 years in grade and 60 days' active duty
or training duty in accordance with the regulations governing promotions in the
Fleet Naval Reserve. (See arts. H-2506, H-2507, H-2508, H-2509.) (C. B.
N. M. 4.)
A special-service officer will become eligible for consideration for promotion
when the fleet officer next senior to him becomes due for promotion, provided
he has served four years in grade and has made such marked progress in his
professional attainments as would justify his commission in the higher grade.
(C. B. N. M. 4.)
H-3503. PROMOTION OF OFFICERS IN WAR TIME—In time of war Vol
unteer Reserve officers will be promoted in accordance with article H-1722.
H-3504. ADVANCEMENT OF ENLISTED MEN.—(1) Enlisted men of classes
V-l and V-2 will be eligible for advancement under the same conditions as pre
scribed in article H-2519 for the advancement of men in class F-l, except that
credit may be given for two 15-day periods of training duty in lieu of the require
ments of one period of training duty plus 36 drills as prescribed for F-l men.
(C. B. N. M. 3.)
(2) Enlisted men of class V-3 may be advanced to the next higher rating when
their proficiency has so increased as would justify their enlistment in the higher
rating if they were being enlisted in the reserve for the first time. There will be
no advancement in rating for men of V-4 and V-6, unless authorized by the
bureau in each individual case. Student naval aviation pilots of class V-5 will
be eligible for commissions as ensigns in the Naval Reserve after the successful
completion of their course of training. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
(C. B. N. M. 4.)
(4) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (3) of this article, shipkeepers may
be advanced in rating under the same conditions as prescribed in article H-2519
for the advancement of men of similar grade in class F-l, except that credit may
be given for constructive drills at the rate of 3 drills per month for each month
actually served at shipkeeper duty, to go toward meeting the minimum require
ment of 36 drills as prescribed for F-l men, and, further, provided that funds are
available for the increase of pay in the allotment of funds made to the comman
dants of the naval districts concerned for the pay of shipkeepers. (C. B. N. M. 6.)
H-3601. TRANSFER OF OFFICERS BETWEEN CLASSES OF VOLUNTEER
NAVAL RESERVE.—Transfer of officers between classes of Volunteer Naval
Reserve may be made by the Bureau of Navigation, subject to the limitations
as to procurement under articles H-3401 and H-3402. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
H-3602. TRANSFER OF MEN BETWEEN CLASSES OF VOLUNTEER NAVAL
RESERVE.—Men of classes V-l and V-2 may be transferred to class V-6 in
the discretion of the commandant and to class V-4 if eligible in accordance with
article H-1207. Men will be transferred from classes. V-3, V-4, V-5, or V-6
only by permission of the Bureau of Navigation. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
Section 7. TRAINING
They may, however, when associated with divisions in the manner prescribed in
article H-3301, be permitted to perform, without pay, drills, or equivalent duty.
(2) They may be permitted, on their own application, and within the train
ing quotas assigned, to perform the same training duty as is given to officers
of the Fleet Reserve, and with the same pay and allowances.
(3) They may be allowed to perform training duty without pay in excess of
the training quotas assigned. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
(4) Officers of class A-V(G) who by their records indicate that they are failing
to maintain their flight qualifications shall be required to pass such flight test as
may be prescribed by the Bureau of Navigation once every four years or oftener,
as may be found desirable, in order to demonstrate their fitness for further reten
tion in class A-V(G). Failure to take or pass such flight test will be sufficient
cause for transfer to class A-V(K) or discharge. (C. B. N. M. 6.)
(1) Special-service officers may be permitted on their own applications to
perform training duty without pay.
Department, a special-service officer may be permitted by the Bureau of Navi
gation to perform 15 days' training duty with the same pay and allowances as
for the Fleet Naval Reserve. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
(1) Enlisted men of the Volunteer Naval Reserve are not required to perform
any training.
the divisions with which they are associated. Men of classes V-l and V-2 may
perform training duty within quotas fixed by the bureau, provided they have
attended at least 12 drills of the division with which they are associated dur
ing the six months immediately preceding the training duty. When perform
ing such training duty, men of classes V-l and V-2 are entitled to the same
pay and allowances as men of the Fleet Reserve. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
(3) Men of class V-3 may take such courses in naval communications as
may be prescribed by the bureau.
(4) Men of all classes of the Volunteer Reserve may be given voluntary training
duty without pay, at the convenience of commandants of naval districts and
commanding officers of vessels, in the manner prescribed in article H-3604.
(5) Student naval aviation pilots are authorized to perform training duty
involving flying, with pay and allowance.
without pay may apply to the commandant of their naval district for a cruise
on a Naval Reserve vessel, or direct to the senior officer present of any naval
available.
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(2) No subsistence, mileage, travel, or other allowances will be granted reservists

performing voluntary training duty without pay.
this duty, and will make the appropriate entries in the records of enlisted men.
H-3705. UNIFORM ALLOWANCES.
(1) Officers are not entitled to any allowance for uniforms in time of peace.
Upon reporting for active duty in war or national emergency all officers of the
Volunteer Reserve are entitled to a uniform allowance as provided for in article
H-2813 (3).
(2) Men of class V-l are entitled to the same issue of uniforms as prescribed
for men of class F-l upon first reporting for drills or training duty. (C. B.
N. M. 2.)
(3) Men of class V-2 are entitled to the same issue of uniforms as prescribed
for men of class F-l upon first reporting for drills or training duty.
(4) Men of classes V-4 and V-6 are not entitled to any issue of uniforms in
peace time. (C. B. N. M. 4-6.)
(5) Men of classes V-3 and V-5 may be issued such items of uniform as may be
prescribed from time to time. (C. B. N. M. 3-6.)
C.B. N. M. 6
CHAPTER 4
Section 1. MISSION
to train officers and men serving on seagoing vessels of United States registry
for service on vessels when commissioned by the Navy in the event of war.
(C. B. N. M. 3-6.)
Reserve shall be composed of male citizens of the United States and of the
insular possessions of the United States who follow or who have followed the
sea as a profession and who are employed, or who have been employed within
three years, on public vessels of the United States or such other seagoing vessels
documented under the laws of the United States as may be approved by the
Secretary of the Navy. (Sec. 30 of the act.)
H-4202. OFFICERS.
(1) The officers of the Merchant Marine Naval Reserve consist of the follow
ing three classes in peace time:
D-M, deck officers.
(2) In war time the following classes may be added:
M-l.
H-4301. APPROVED LIST.
(1) The department will issue from time to time a list of vessels known as
the "Approved list" on which the appointment of officers and the enlistment
of men is authorized. Vessels on this list must have certain physical charac
teristics which make them suitable for service as naval auxiliaries in time of
war. (C. B. N. M. 3-6.)
(2) When it is desired to appoint officers in the Merchant Marine Naval Re
serve who are serving on vessels not on nor qualified for the "Approved list,"
the district commandant should submit a request for approval of such vessel for
the purpose of procurement of officers only. (C. B. N. M. 6.)
H-4302. NAVAL RESERVE FLAG.
(1) The Secretary of the Navy may issue a warrant to a seagoing merchant
vessel documented under the laws of the United States to fly a Naval Reserve
flag as an emblem of the Merchant Marine Naval Reserve, provided such vessel
is first designated by the Secretary of the Navy as suitable for service as a naval
auxiliary in time of war, that the master or commanding officer and not less than
50 per cent of the officers are members of the Naval Reserve, and that such flag
or pennant shall not be flown in lieu of the national ensign. (Sec. 34 of act.)
(C. B. N. M. 3.)
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(2) No vessel will be warranted to fly the Merchant Marine Naval Reserve
flag unless, in addition to meeting the requirements of paragraph (1) hereof, the
conditions on board are such as to reflect credit thereon. (C. B. N. M. 6.)
(3) In order to show the Navy's continued interest in such vessels and the
Naval Reserve personnel thereon, they shall be visited periodically by the com
mandant's representative. In case the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2)
hereof should no longer be met, the commandant shall recommend termination
of the warrant. (C. B. N. M. 6.)
H-4303. RECORDS OF OFFICERS.
(1) The records of officers of the Merchant Marine Naval Reserve will be car
ried in the districts from whose ports the vessels on which they are employed
usually operate. Generally speaking the home port as listed in the Department
of Commerce publication "American documented seagoing vessels of 500 gross
tons and over" will determine the district in which the records should be carried.
In cases where the vessel? regularly operate from ports in two or more districts,
the officer's records shall be carried in that district in which is located the owner's
or operator's main office. Doubtful cases should be referred to the bureau for
decision. (C. B. N. M. 4.)
(2) When officers of the Merchant Marine Naval Reserve have not been em
ployed on any vessel for a period of six months their records shall be forwarded
to the district in which lies their permanent official address. (C. B. N. M. 4.)
H-4304. CHANGE OF EMPLOYMENT. (C. B. N. M. 4.)
(1) Officers of the Merchant Marine Naval Reserve shall inform the bureau
when they change their employment from one vessel to another. They shall
also inform the bureau if and when they cease to follow the sea as a profession.
(2) These reports should be made by letter, preferably on a business letterhead,
8 by 10}4 inches, and by typewriter, if practicable. The form shown below should
be followed in submitting this report:
From: Ensign John Dor, D-M, USNK,
601 West 113th 8treet,
New York. N. Y.
To: Bureau of Navigation
Vu: Commandant, Thikd Naval District.
Subject: Change of employment.
1. I report that I have been employed as second mate on the S. 8. Coraon, Export S. S. Corporation, since
September 25, 1928.
2. Before that time I was employed as third mate on the 8. S. Fairfax of the Merchants & Miners Trans
portation Co., and left that ship on September 15, 1928.
John Dok
Distribution:
Original: Bureau of Navigation.
Duplicate: Commandant, Third Naval District
H-4401. OFFICERS.
and DE-M. In actual or threatened war appointments may be made also in
classes SC-M and MC-M.
(3) To be eligib'e for appointment as an officer in the Merchant Marine Naval
Reserve a candidate must fulfill the following requirements:
(a) Must be a citizen of the United States or of the insular possessions
thereof.
(6) Must hold a license as a merchant marine officer.
(c) Must be following the sea as a profession and be serving as an officer
on board a ship of the approved list.
(eZ) Must be less than 62 years of age.
(e) Must pass a physical examination. Physical defects which do not
interfere with the performance of duty may be waived in the
discretion of the department. (C. B. N. M. 4.)
(4) The rank in which appointment is made depends on the permanent duties
which the candidate is actually performing on the vessel. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
(5) The commandant shall assemble the report of physical examination on
M. & S. Form Y, in duplicate, and all other data showing in detail how the
candidate is eligible and qualified for appointment and forward the complete
record to the Bureau of Navigation via the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.
(C. B. N. M. 4.)
H-4402. ENLISTED MEN.—Men of class M-l will be procured during peace
time in accordance with special instructions issued by the bureau from time to
time. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
H-4501. OFFICERS.
(1) An officer of the Merchant Marine Naval Reserve will be eligible for pro
motion to the next higher grade not above lieutenant commander during peace
time when the line officer of the Fleet Naval Reserve next senior to him on the
combined precedence list of officers of the Naval Reserve becomes due for pro
motion, provided he has fulfilled the following requirements (C. B. N. M. 6) :
(a) Must have served at least four years in grade.
(6) Must have served on board an active vessel of the approved list for
at least one year. It is not necessary that the vessel shall have been
on the approved list for a period of one year provided that the
vessel appears on the approved list at the time the merchant marine
officer is due for promotion.
(c) He must be performing permanent duties which would permit his
appointment in the next higher grade if he were being appointed
for the first time. In order to establish the permanency of his
duties the bureau requires that he shall have been employed in the
higher position continuously for at least a year immediately preced
ing his promotion.
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(d) He must be recommended by a competent authority. Competent

authority is defined as follows:
For a master:
1. The owners of the vessel or their agent.
2. The commandant of the naval district.
For a deck office:
1. The master of the vessel.
For a chief engineer:
For other engineer officers:
1. The chief engineer.
(e) Must pass such professional examination as may be prescribed.
(J) He must be physically qualified as for original appointment in the next
higher grade.
(2) The fitness of a merchant marine officer for promotion will be determined
from letters of recommendation from persons herein designated as competent
authority. These letters must substantiate the fact that the officer concerned
has actually been employed continuously in the higher position for at least a
year immediately preceding and must contain favorable recommendations as to
his services. The commandant of the naval district shall make the necessary
arrangements for physical examination and shall forward report of examination
with letters of recommendation from the master, owners, etc., and his own recom
mendation to the Bureau of Navigation via the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.
(C. B. N. M. 6.)
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(3) In war time officers will be promoted as prescribed in article H-1722.

Enlisted men will be advanced in ratings under such instructions as may
be issued by the Bureau of Navigation. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
H-450S. TRANSFERS AND DISCHARGES.—Officers and men of the Merchant
Marine Naval Reserve shall be transferred to that class of the Volunteer Reserve
for which they qualify, or shall be discharged three years after they have ceased
to follow the sea as a profession. (C. B. N. M. 2.)
Se:tion 6. TRAINING
H-4601. TRAINING DUTY WITH PAY—Officers and men may be permitted
officers and men of the Fleet Reserve and with the same pay and allowances.
Officers of the Merchant Marine Naval Reserve may be granted training duty
with pay only provided funds have first been appropriated for the specific purpose.
(C. B. N. M. 2-6.)
their own application, to perform training duty without pay.
(2) No mileage, travel, or other allowances will be granted reservists per
forming voluntary training duty without pay. Subsistence in kind for enlisted
men and commutation of subsistence for officers at the rate of $1 per diem are
dependent on the appropriation of funds. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
H-4608. INSTRUCTION OF PERSONNEL—In the absence of detailed methods
of instruction the senior officers of vessels on the approved list will be furnished
with appropriate professional literature, and they will initiate and conduct the
instruction of the Naval Reserve personnel on board. Commanding officers of
all naval vessels will afford every opportunity for officers to inspect their vessels
and to learn the details of their operation and administration. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
H-4701. PAT.—When funds equal to the amount required have been made
available by Congress for this specific purpose, officers and men of the Merchant
Marine Naval Reserve when not on active duty and when attached to and
serving on a vessel specified for pay purposes by the Secretary of the Navy shall
be paid, within the number of such officers and men specified for such vessel,
quarterly at the rate of one month's base pay per year of their corresponding
ranks, grades, and ratings in the regular Navy; provided that during such quarter
they shall have served at least 60 days on such vessel and have participated in
such drills or instruction as may have been prescribed by the senior Naval Reserve
officer thereof, the district commandant, or the Bureau of Navigation, as certified
by such senior officer, the district commandant, or the Bureau of Navigation.
This pay shall be in addition to any pay to which they may be entitled for training
duty. (Sec. 33 of act.) (C. B. N. M. 3.)
H-4702. UNIFORMS.
(1) Officers and enlisted men of the Merchant Marine Naval Reserve are
not entitled to any uniform allowances, either in cash or kind, during peace
times.
(2) When performing training duty, officers may wear the uniform worn
by them in the merchant marine. (C. B. N. M. 3.)
INDEX
Article
Absence, from the United States H-1424
Accounting (or Government property H-1723, H-1724
Active duty:
Release from H-1705, H-2418
Required of men transferred to Fleet Naval Reserve. — H-2723
Time of peace H-1704
Time of war H-1703
Addresses:
Enlisted men and officers H-1443, H-1444
Transferred and assigned men H-144S
Administration:
Duties of offices and bureau of Navy Department and commandants of naval districts. H-1402 to H-1410
General policies H-1401
Reservists in United States possessions H-142S
Reservists on active duty in time of war H-1416
Advancement (men):
Age:
First enlistment 11-1308
Recruits required to swear to n -1309
Reenlistment H-131!
Appointments (officers):
Fleet Naval Reserve fl-2403 to H-2409
Naval Militia, members of H-2410
Volunteer Naval Reserve H-3401, H-3402
*ssigned men, restrictions on, method of assignment and status of. H-2413 to H-2415
Bedding and clothes bags issued to enlisted men H-1514
Benefits accruing to men who reenlist In regular Navy after service in Naval Reserve.-- H-1701, H-1702
Classes:
Fleet Naval Reserve H-120S
General H-1201
Classification, line officers H-1204
Commissioned officers, commissioned by the President H-1303
Compensation for drills, equivalent duties, appropriate duties, administrative duties... H-2801 to H-2806
Composition:
Fleet Naval Reserve H-2201, H-2202
General H-1201
Merchant Marine Naval Reserve H-4201, H-4202
Volunteer Naval Reserve H-3201, H-3202
Computation:
Semiannual, above lieutenant commander H-1215
Numbers of vacancies In each rank „ H-2603
Service for transfer to Fleet Naval Reserve H-2417
Continuous service certificates H-1325 to H-1327
Correspondence H-1436 to H-1442
Death, records to be closed out H-1417
Designations:
Fleet, Volunteer and Merchant Marine Naval Reserve. (See Classes.)
General H-1201
In official correspondence H-1208
Discharges:
Applications, misstatements made In. H-1329
Character to be entered in certificate H-1811
Expiration of enlistment H-1608
Honorable, when entitled to H-1610
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Discharges—Continued. Article
Honorable conditions, under other than H-1315
Men, for cause H-1607
Naval Reserve, when commissioned In H-1433
Navy, when enlisted or appointed in - - H-1434
Notification to Bureau of Supplies and Accounts - H-1418
Officers, for cause H-1607
Peace time H-1606
Presentation of before enlistment - H-1314
Recommendation for reenlistment to appear - H-1612
Transferred men - — H-2904
War time H-1600
Discipline:
Not barred by release from duty status H-1602
Retired naval reservists H-1603
Subject to navy regulations - H-1601
Distribution, officers In grade, proportion of H-2502
Drills. (See Training.)
Duties:
Division commander responsible for efficiency of division H-2713
Junior officers - H-2714
Offices and bureaus of Navy Department and commandants of naval districts H-1402 to H- 1410
Employment, civil branch of public service.. H-1213
Enlistments:
Age for first - H-1308
Commandants to report weekly H-1323
Discbarges previously made under other than honorable conditions H-1315
Extension of H-1302
Minors H-1308
Notice forwarded to Bureau of Supplies and Account* H-1324
Physical requirements - H-1310
Presentation of discharge from prior service H-1313
Previous service H-1313
Qualifications for, general - H-1307
Term of. H-1301
Volunteer Naval Reserve - H-3403
Flag, warrant to fly H-4302
Forms to be used — H-1430
Funeral escorts - H-1423
Hospital treatment for transferred men H-1515
Injuries, training duty or active duty, time of peace; United States Employee"' Compensation
Commission benefits H-1504 to H-1509
Inspections:
Inspection board - H-2722
Inspectors — - H-2721
Units, of H-2720
Leave, military H-1711
Line officers:
Allowed in higher ranks and grades H-1214
Classification of H-1204
Marks for professional qualifications H-1412
Medical treatment for transferred men - H-1515
Membership, general qualifications . H-1202
Midshipmen, appointment of from enlisted men H-1715, H-1716
Minors, enlistment of - - H-1308
Mission:
General H-1101
Merchant Marine Naval Reserve - H-4101
Volunteer Naval Reserve — H-3101
Naval Militia:
Appointment, enlistment of members H 2410
Constitution of H-1725 ,
Loan of equipment to H-1727
Members relieved from service In during war - H-1728
Membership is authorized H-1212
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Organization: Article
Fleet Naval Reserve H-2301. U-2401
Merchant Marine Naval Reserve n-4301
Orders:
Men H-H21
Officers H-1420
Passports H-U26
Pay and allowances:
Aviation duty, extra pay.. H- 2809
Commissioned officers H-1501
F-2men H-2815
F-3, F-4, F-S men H-2810 to 11-2812
Thirty-first day of month H-1503
Travel status H-1518
Warrant officers and men . - 11-1502
Permanent appointments:
Reenlistment of chief petty officers holding H-1312
Requirements for — 11-1432
Physical examinations:
Enlisted men tor training duty H-1720
Enlisted men for transfer to Fleet Naval Reserve H-2903
Enlisted men for flight training H-1720
Officers, quadrennial H-1804
Officers, appointment, promotion, transfer H-1717, H-2408, H-2S1B
Result entered in service record H-1719
Whom conducted by - H-1310
Precedence:
Loss of through failure to qualify for promotion n-1721
Naval Reserve In line of parade H-1728
Officers H-1706 to H-1710
Promotion, officers:
By seniority on lineal precedence list H-2501
Professional examination, scope of - H-2518
Requirements for H-2506 to H-2518
Time of peace H-1721
Time of war H 1722
Volunteer Naval Reserve H-3501 to H-3503
Previous service:
Enlistment of men with — H-1313
Presentation of discharge from prior to enlistment.. H-1314
Prophylaxis, typhoid H-1320
Public service, employment in civil branch of - H-1213
Quotas, Fleet Naval Reserve officers, how fixed H-2402
Ranks, grades, and ratings allowed H-1203
Ratings:
Reduction in, during time of peace . LI -1613
Report of examination and change of H-1435
Same as In the regular Navy H-1203
Records:
Classes F-2, F-3, F-4. and F-6 H-231?
Custody 11-1413
Death or desertion H-1417
Drills, to be kept. H-2712
Health, manner of keeping — - H-1718
Identification.;..... H-1321
Recruiting officers forward to commandant — H-1322
Service, preparation of H-131«, H-1411
When commissioned, enlisted men H-1433
Recruiting:
By officers in charge Navy recruiting stations H-1306
Officers to t» appointed by commandant. - - H-1306
Procedure for H-1318
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Reenlistments: Article
Chief petty officers holding permanent appointment.. H-1312
Eligibility for H-1311
Not permitted in class F-2 H-2415
Regular Navy, benefits H-1702. H-1701
Reports:
Annual, submission of - - H-1422
Death H-14^1
Enlistments, weekly by commandants H-1323
Fitness, submission of H-1422
Men ordered to or released from active or training duty - - H-1419
Retirements:
Officers, for age and after 25 years' service.. - H-1605
Officers, for physical disability - H-1804
Transferred men n-2901, H-2902
Service:
Certificates, continuous H-1325, IT-1328
Numbers of enlisted men H-1318, H-1437
Records H-1318, H-1319, H-1411, H-1413
Shipkeepers:
Advancement in rate H 3503
Numbers allowed H-1428
Suh-lstence of H-1429
Shipping articles H-1317, H-1318
Staff officers, allowed in higher ranks and grades - H-1214
Subsistence:
Shipkeepers H-1429
Training duty without pay.. — H-2808
Voluntary training duty without pay - - H-3704
Week-end cruises - H-2814
• Training, other than active training duty:
General H-2701 to H-2712
Week-end cruises not regarded as drills - H-2807
Training duty:
Additional allowed H-2717
Defined H-2718
Efficiency requirements for a division H-2718
Enlisted men. Volunteer Naval Reserve H-3703, H-3704
Merchant Marine Naval Reserve H-4601, H-4602
Promotion requirements H-2506 to H-2509
Volunteer Naval Reserve - H-3701, n-3702
Transfers:
Enlisted men on active duty, authority for H-1414
Fleet Naval Reserve (16 and 20 year) H-2413. H-2416, H-2419
Fleet to Volunteer, unable to comply with requirements of Fleet H-2KH
Officers H-2404.H-2408
Reports of 11-1415
Merchant Marine Naval Reserve 11-4503
Volunteer Naval Reserve, officers and men between classes H-3601, H-3602
Transportation of dependents - - H-15I7
Travel allowance:
F-4 men H-2816
Voluntary training duty without pay H-3704
Uniforms:
Enlisted men, issue of, replacement, stowage, responsibility H-1510 to 11-1513
F-l men, when entitled to 11-2816
Men of Volunteer Naval Reserve H 3705
Must be worn to receive drill credit - H-271I
Officers, items required 11-1713
Officers, Fleet Naval Reserve, amount of allowance - H-2813
Same as for regular Navy - 11-173-
When to be worn ._ - H-1714
Vaccination of recruits.- 11-132(1
Vessels, assignment of officers to command for training 11-1427
Waivers 11-2408
Wairant officers.. 11-1304
Week-end cruises H-2807. n-2814
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regulations
FOR
TRAINING CORPS
1932
REGULATIONS
FOR

TRAINING CORPS
Revised and Issued January 1, 1932
UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON : 1932

Nav-1431-RN
QR4/A2-4(805)
Navy Department,
Washington, D. C, 20 Nov., 1931.
From: Bureau of Navigation.
To : Secretary of the Navy.
Subject: Regulations for Naval Reserve Officers'
Training Corps.
Enclosure : (A) Proposed Regulations.
provided for the establishment of the Naval Reserve Of
ficers' Training Corps units. The cognizance of these
units has been placed in the Bureau of Navigation. I
submit herewith proposed regulations to govern these
units.
2. The inclosed regulations, if approved, will supersede
the regulations as approved April 29, 1926.
3. The proposed regulations have been submitted to
the Chief of Naval Operations, Judge Advocate General,
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, and Bureau of Med
icine and Surgery for comment and return to this bureau.
One minor change was suggested by the Judge Advocate
General, which change has been incorporated herein.
4. If approved, these regulations should be submitted
to the President of the United States for his approval.
F. B. Upham.
Ad: mlk November 24, 1931.
Approved :
C. F. Adams,
din
rv
QR/A2-4(805)
Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department
QR4/A2-4(805)
1931 Dec. 3 PM 3 45 Received
Department of the Navy,

Office of the Judge Advocate General,
Washington, D. C, December 2, 1931.
First indorsement.
From : The Judge Advocate General.
To : The Chief of the Bureau of Navigation.
Subject : Regulations for Naval Reserve Officers ' Train
ing Corps.
Enclosure: (a) Proposed Regulations.
1. The recommendations of the Secretary of the Navy
that the Regulations for Naval Reserve Officers' Training
Corps be approved as set forth in the inclosure, was ap
proved by the President on December 1, 1931, file
A6-5 (6) /EE1 (311130) Ad-mlk.
O. G. Mxjrfin.
REGULATIONS
FOR

SECTION I
GENERAL PRINCIPLES
Article
Authorization 101
Mission 102
Scope as an agency to further national defense— 103
101 . .
Authorization.—The Naval Reserve Officers' Training

Corps is established under authority of section 22, act of
4 March 1925. This section, together with sections 40 to
53 of the national defense act, as amended, is quoted in
Appendix A.
102
Mission.—The mission of the Naval Reserve Officers'

Training Corps is to provide systematic training and
instruction in essential naval subjects at civil educational
institutions in order to further the plan for national de
fense.
103
Scope as an agency to further national defense.—The

Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps will accomplish its
mission as an agency to further the plan for national de
fense by—
(a) Qualification of selected students for appointment
as ensigns in the Naval Reserve, thus assisting in meeting
the demands for increased commissioned personnel in time
of national emergency.
(i)
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(b) Education of students who fail to complete the en

tire course so that they will be of value to the Navy in time
of national emergency in proportion to the time spent in
the corps.
(c) Increased dissemination of knowledge concerning
the Navy, its ideals, achievements, and handicaps, thereby
gaining and holding increased public interest in the
maintenance of adequate naval defense.
SECTION II
ORGANIZATION
Article
Organization of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps. 201
Designation of units and of students therein . 202
Basic and advanced courses— 203
Requirements for establishment of units 204
Application for establishment of units 205
Inspection of institution prior to establishment of unit 206
Limitation of personnel of Reserve Officers' Training Corps. 207
Withdrawal of authority for establishment of a unit 208
201
Organization of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training

Corps.—:The Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps is
composed of all naval training units established in civil
educational institutions of the United States. A unit is the
total student enrollment in the Naval Reserve Officers'
Training Corps at any one civil educational institution.
202
Designation of units and of students therein.—The

unit established at any civil educational institution will be
officially designated as "(name of institution) Naval Re
serve Officers' Training Corps unit. " Students enrolled in
the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps will be desig
nated "Naval Reserve students," or more particularly,
"Naval Reserve freshmen," "Naval Reserve sophomores,"
"Naval Reserve juniors," "Naval Reserve seniors," cor
responding to the same years of the academic department.
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203
Basic and advanced courses.—The 4-year Naval Re

serve Officers' Training Corps course is divided into the
basic course and the advanced course. The basic course
consists of the first two years in the department of naval
science and tactics and can not be compressed by extra
work or training. The advanced course consists of the
final two years of the course in naval science and tactics or
under exceptional circumstances of a period curtailed as
outlined in these regulations when so prescribed by the
204
Requirements for establishment of units.—The fol

lowing requirements must be met prior to the establish
ment of a Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps unit at
a civilian educational institution:
(a) There must be insured to the unit an enrollment in
the Naval Reserve freshman class of the basic course of
at least 50 physically fit male students who are citizens
of the United States, not less than 14 years of age, and
whose qualifications and intentions will reasonably insure
their completion of the 4-year naval course.
(&) The authorities of the institution shall agree to es
tablish and maintain the courses in naval science and tac
tics prescribed by the Bureau of Navigation.
(c) The authorities of the institution shall agree to
make the successful completion of the course, when en
tered upon by the student, a prerequisite for graduation
unless such student be discharged from the Naval Re
serve Officers' Training Corps in accordance with the pro
visions of these regulations. (See arts. 303 and 306.)
(d) An officer of the regular Navy shall be detailed as
205
Application for establishment of units.—A civil edu

cational institution desiring the establishment of a unit of
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the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps should make

application to the Bureau of Navigation on the form pre
scribed in article 904 of these regulations.
206
Inspection of institution prior to establishment of
unit.—An officer will be designated by the Bureau of
Navigation to visit and inspect any educational institution
submitting the application for establishment of a unit pre
scribed in article 205. This officer will report to the Bu
reau of Navigation upon completion of this inspection as
to whether or not the institution inspected fulfills the re
quirements of law and regulations governing establishment
of a unit, and in addition he will specifically recommend
whether a unit should be established.
207
Limitation of personnel of Reserve Officers' Training
Corps.—The enacting law prescribes that the total per
sonnel of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps shall
not exceed 1,200 at any one time. This total includes stu
dents in training for appointment as Naval Reserve officers
and Marine Corps Reserve officers.
208
Withdrawal of authority for establishment of a
unit.—An institution desiring to withdraw from the Naval
Reserve Officers' Training Corps will so report in writing,
giving reasons in full therefor to the Bureau of Naviga
tion at least three months prior to the date upon which
withdrawal is to be effective. A unit will not be main
tained at an institution when the institution, after mature
consideration, desires its withdrawal. The Secretary of
the Navy may, upon the recommendation of the Bureau
of Navigation, withdraw the unit from any institution
where such unit is established and rescind authorization
for a unit at that institution should it be considered that
the work of the unit is not compatible with the mission
of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps. At any
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time that the enrollment in the basic course in any unit

falls below 50 physically fit male students, the professor
of naval science and tactics will report that fact in writing
to the head of the institution. Whenever the authorities
of an institution request the withdrawal of a unit, or when
in the opinion of the Secretary of the Navy a unit should
be withdrawn, the professor of naval science and tactics
will make a report to the Bureau of Navigation on Form
N. Nav. 262, including therein the following information :
garding the failure to meet the requirements of law and
regulations respecting enrollment.
(&) Attitude of the faculty of the institution toward
(c) Attitude of the student body toward the Naval Re
(d) A statement of the extent of the efforts made by the
professor of naval science and tactics to overcome difficul
ties and to maintain a successful unit.
and tactics as to continuance or withdrawal of the unit in
question.
(/) Any other facts necessary to arrive at a proper
understanding of the situation at the institution.
(</) If practicable, the professor of naval science and
tactics will obtain and attach to the report a written state
ment from and signed by the head of the institution, en
dorsing hereon his comments and recommendations.
(h) The Bureau of Navigation will make or cause to be
made such investigation concerning requests or recommen
dations for the withdrawal of a unit from an institution
as may be necessary.
209
Land-grant institutions.—The obligations to provide
military instruction imposed on land-grant institutions by
the act of 2 July, 1862, are not altered by the enacting law
authorizing the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps,
or by these regulations.
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SECTION III
Article
Eligibility to membership; general requirements 301
Enrollment for basic course; requirements 302
Enrollment for advanced course; requirements 304
Reenrollment of former member of the advanced course 305
Withdrawal or discharge of members of the advanced
course 306
Disenrolled members of the advanced course 307
Practice cruises 308
Physical requirements 309
Members of faculty authorized to take course of training— 310
Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps quota, not to be
exceeded 311
Age limit for commissioning in the United States Naval
Reserve 312
301
Eligibility to membership; general requirements.—
1. Membership in the Naval Reserve Officers' Training
Corps shall be limited to male students at educational in
stitutions in which units of said corps are established;
these students must further be citizens of the United States
and not less than 14 years of age.
2. Any person receiving compensation from the United
States Veterans' Bureau for disability incurred in the
naval or military service of the United States, or who has
a claim pending under that bureau on account of such dis
ability, is not eligible for enrollment in the Naval Reserve
Officers' Training Corps.
3. A citizen of the insular possessions of the United
States, unless he has been legally admitted as a citizen of
the United States, is hot eligible for membership in the
4. No member of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Army
Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, Naval Reserve, Coast
Guard, National Guard, Naval Militia, or Army Reserve
Officers' Training Corps shall be eligible for membership
in the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps.
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302
Enrollment for basic course; requirements.—1. A

candidate for enrollment as a Naval Reserve student in the
basic course of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps
must meet the following requirements prior to acceptance
therein :
(a) Be eligible in accordance with article 301.
(&) Be a student who may be definitely expected to
remain at the educational institution for a sufficient period
of time to complete the 4-year course in naval science and
tactics.
(c) Be a student who definitely expects to remain at
the educational institution four years which includes con
secutive years of postgraduate work following graduation.
(d) Agree to be immunized to typhoid and paratyphoid
fevers and smallpox, unless satisfactory certificate of im
munity from these diseases is furnished.
2. A student may be reenrolled in the basic course and
given credit for the part of this course successfully com
pleted while in attendance at another institution in which
a unit of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps is
maintained, provided—
(a) He is eligible to enroll under the regulations of the
institution to which transferred.
(&) He may be definitely expected to remain at the in
stitution for the time required to complete the 4-year
course in naval science and tactics.
(c) He renews the agreements entered into upon first
enrollment in the basic course.
(d) Form N. Nav. 263 with entries in his case to date is
received by the professor of naval science and tactics at
the institution to which transferred.
(e) He is not enrolled in any class which has pro
gressed beyond the point in the course where he was dis-
enrolled.
(/) Credit may be given for service at the United
States Naval Academy.
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303
Withdrawal or discharge of members of basic
course.—The authorities of an institution may, upon their
own initiative, or upon recommendation of the professor
of naval science and tactics, discharge or permit the with
drawal of a member of the basic course from the Naval
Reserve Officers' Training Corps and relieve such student
of the necessity of completing the course in naval science
and tactics as a prerequisite for graduation. A student
thus severing his relations with the Naval Reserve Of-
fiers' Training Corps can be reinstated upon approval
thereof by the authorities of the institution and by the
professor of naval science and tactics, provided he may be
definitely expected to remain at the institution for a suf
ficient period of time to complete the 4-year course in
naval science and tactics and he complies with article 302
(3 «.).
304
Enrollment for advanced course; requirements.—An
applicant for the advanced course of the Naval Reserve
Officers' Training Corps must meet the following require
ments prior to enrollment therein :
(&) Have successfully completed the basic course of
(c) Be a student who may be definitely expected to re
main at the educational institution for the two additional
years required to complete the 4-year course in naval sci
ence and tactics.
(d) Be recommended for the advanced course by the
professor of naval science and tactics with the approval of
the head of the educational institution.
(e) Submit a written application for admission to the
advanced course.
(/) Submit a written agreement to continue training
in the advanced course until the completion thereof as a
prerequisite to graduation unless sooner discharged in
accordance with the provisions of these regulations.
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(g) Submit a written agreement to devote to naval

training the number of hours per academic week pre
scribed for the advanced course in the department of
naval science and tactics by the current annual catalogue
of the institution and to devote five hours per week when
prescribed to such naval training as is ordered.
(Ji) Submit a written agreement to make one cruise dur
ing the advanced course, this cruise to be made during the
summer following the completion of the junior academic
year, unless otherwise specifically authorized by the Bu
reau of Navigation.
(i) Agree to be immunized to typhoid and paratyphoid
fevers and smallpox, unless satisfactory certificate of im
munity from these diseases is furnished.
805
Reenrollment of former member of the advanced
course.—A member of the advanced course who severs his
relations as a student of an educational institution thereby
automatically terminates his connection with the Naval
Reserve Officers' Training Corps. He will be required to
fulfill the uncompleted provisions of the contract he signed
when he originally enrolled in the advanced course in case
he is later readmitted as a student in the same educational
institution. In case he is admitted as a student at another
educational institution in which a unit of the Naval Re
serve Officers' Training Corps is maintained, he will be
required to sign a new contract to fulfill the uncompleted
provisions of the contract he signed when he originally
enrolled in the advanced course, provided—
institution at which he resumes his studies.
(&) He may be definitely expected to remain at the insti
tution for the additional time required to complete the
4-year course in naval science and tactics.
306
course.—1. A member enrolled in the advanced course
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can not withdraw from such course while a student at

the institution until a statement in full of his reasons
therefor has been submitted to and accepted by the Bu
reau of Navigation. Release from the formal contract
which a member enters into with the Government upon
enrollment for the advanced course will only be approved
under extraordinary circumstances; otherwise, the agree
ment to complete the course as a prerequisite to gradua
tion must be considered binding.
2. Any student enrolled in the first year of the advanced
course who has not demonstrated sufficient aptitude in
performance of duty to indicate that further training will
qualify him for a commission in the Naval Reserve will be
so reported by letter forwarded from the professor of naval
science and tactics to the Bureau of Navigation not later
than two months prior to the expiration of the scholastic
year. Upon approval of this recommendation by the
Bureau of Navigation, such student shall be disenrolled
or permitted to resign from the Naval Reserve Officers'
Training Corps.
307
Disenrolled members of the advanced course.—A dis

enrolled member of the advanced course, remaining at an
institution, can not be reinstated for such course except by
the authority of the Bureau of Navigation.
308
Practice cruises.—Naval Reserve Officers' Training

Corps practice cruises will be held annually as prescribed
hy the Bureau of Navigation. Attendance on one prac
tice cruise will be required during the summer following
the completion of the junior academic year, unless other
wise specifically authorized by the Bureau of Navigation.
309
Physical requirements.—1. Membership in the Naval

Reserve Officers' Training Corps is limited to students
who are physically fit to perform naval duties' or will be
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so upon attaining the age of 18. Physical examinations

will be given prior to enrollment in the basic course, ad
vanced course, and reenrollment. Prior to graduation, a
statutory medical examining board will report on the
physical fitness of members of the senior class who apply
for commissions in the Naval Reserve.
2. Physical standards required for enrollment in the
basic course will conform to those required of candidates
for appointment as midshipmen at the United States
Naval Academy, as outlined in the Manual of the Medical
Department, United States Navy, 1927, with the exception
of height, weight, and chest measurements. In those par
ticulars, the following exceptions are to be considered as
the minimum requirements :
Age Weight Height Expiration Mobility
14 90 59 28 2
15 97 61 28 2
16 105 62 29 2
17 110 63 30 2
18 115 64 313^ 2
3. (a) The medical examiners will take into considera

tion the minimum requirements for physical stature of a
midshipman upon graduation, as laid down in paragrapK
1446 (c), Manual of the Medical Department, United
States Navy. The medical examiners are authorized to
accept such students who, in their opinion, will be able to
meet those minimum requirements upon graduation four
years hence. The medical examiners will make a definite
statement as to whether or not, in their opinion, a candi
date's defects, if any, can be overcome within four years.
Based upon that opinion, the medical examiners will state
their findings and recommendations, namely, "this candi
date is (is not) physically fit for enrollment as a Naval
Reserve student, basic course."
(&) In connection with the foregoing, the minimum re
quirements of vision of 20/20ths for each eye will be
exacted in each case.
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(c) The notation of "poor color perception" will not

be made upon the report of the examination. In order that
an exact determination may be made, the medical ex
aminers will indicate on the report the ability to perceive
colors, stating the groups of plates of the Stillings test
actually read correctly by the candidate.
(d) With respect to condition of the teeth, particular
attention should be paid to disqualifying defects capable
of correction. Suitable note to this effect should be made
on the report The report of "mal-occlusion" is not ac
ceptable without a statement indicating whether or not the
condition is such as to warrant disqualification.
(e) Experience during the .period of operation of the
Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps has indicated that
in a great many cases, notation of disqualifying defects is
made, while at the same time the medical examiners report
the candidate as physically qualified for enrollment.
While it is desirable to indicate defects upon the record in
order that proper steps may be taken for correction, the re
port should in every case show definitely whether or not
the defects are of a disqualifying nature. In order that
all conditions governing enrollment may be fully satisfied,
the medical examiners, in reporting a candidate as unfit
for enrollment, shall state the reasons therefor.
4. The same requirements for enrollment in the ad
vanced course will be executed as in the case of enroll
ment in the basic course, except with respect to vision. It
is reasonable to assume that a student's eyes may be
slightly affected after two years of study, and it follows
that a student's vision may therefore not measure 20/20ths
in each eye at the time of the examination. The Bureau
of Navigation will accept for enrollment in the advanced
course, any student whose vision is not below 15/20ths.
Therefore, any student who measures up to this require
ment shall, with respect to vision, be reported as physically
fit for enrollment in the advanced course.
With the expectancy of commissioning the student as
a Naval Reserve ensign after graduation from the ad
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vanced course, the medical examiners are authorized to

report as physically fit for enrollment in the advanced
course, such students who, in their opinion, will be able
to meet the minimum requirements upon graduation, as
laid down in paragraph 1446 (&), Manual of the Medical
Department, United States Navy.
5. A student who, for any cause, has been disenrolled
from the unit during the basic or advanced course, and
who subsequently applies for reenrollment, if meeting all
other requirements as to eligibility, shall be given the
physical examination required for the basic or advanced
course, as the case may be, as set forth herein.
6. The procedure to be followed with respect to physi
cal examinations is as follows :
(a) A sufficient time in advance of the date of annual
registration of students, the professor of naval science and
tactics shall request the commandant of the district to
order two medical officers to conduct the physical examina
tion of candidates for enrollment. If practicable to as
semble the medical examiners without incurring mileage
or other expense, the commandant shall order them in
accordance with the request of the professor of naval
science and tactics. In the event that mileage or other
expense will be incurred, the commandant shall imme
diately nominate to the bureau the medical officers avail
able, and the bureau will then issue the necessary orders
to the officers concerned.
(£>) The examination shall be conducted in accordance
with the provisions of the Manual of the Medical Depart
ment, United States Navy, subject to the modifications
herein set forth.
(c) The report of the medical examiners shall be made
out in triplicate on Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Form
Y. The original and one copy shall be forwarded to the
Bureau of Navigation, and one copy will be delivered to
the professor of naval science and tactics.
7. The procedure with respect to the examination of
students eligible for the advanced course is the same as
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prescribed for students applying for enrollment in the

basic course.
8. In the case of students who present themselves for
reenrollment, the same procedure shall be followed as in
the case of students who apply for enrollment in the basic
course.
9. Physical inspections of Naval Reserve students on
embarkation and prior to debarkation from the annual
practice cruise on naval vessels are required. These in
spections are to be made by the ship's medical officer.
They are for the purpose of determining the general phys
ical condition of the individual upon embarkation and
whether or not disease or injury existed before or has
arisen during the cruise. The fact that such inspections
have been completed shall be entered in each student's
health record, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Form H.
No other report is required except in the case of students
who contract serious illness or injury during the cruise
which might result in ultimate physical disqualification.
In such cases, a report will be made by the medical officer
of the ship, through the usual channels, to the professor of
naval science and tactics of the unit to which the student
is attached. The professor of naval science and tactics will
forward the report to the bureau by endorsement, with
such comment and recommendation as may be deemed
pertinent.
11. (a) For commission in the Naval Reserve, the bu
reau will direct the commandant of the district in which
the unit is located to order a statutory medical examining
board of two medical officers to conduct the physical ex
amination of senior students who will in all respects be
come eligible for commissioning in the Naval Reserve
upon graduation. This examination will be conducted in
accordance with the instructions of the Manual of the
Medical Department, United States Navy , which shall
take into consideration the minimum requirements as set
down therein for midshipmen graduating and commis
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sioned, which minimum requirements will be applicable

in the examination and subject to such modifications as out
lined herein. The uncorrected vision shall not be less than
15/20ths in each eye, both corrected to 20/20ths. A defi
nite statement will be made by the medical examining
board regarding the candidate's physical fitness to per
form the duties of a Naval Reserve ensign. Based upon
this statement, the board will state its findings and recom
mendations. If the candidate is considered physically
unqualified for a commission as ensign, United States
Naval Reserve, the board shall state the disqualifying
reasons.
In order that the physical examination may be con
ducted on or about April 15, the professor of naval science
and tactics will report to the bureau, by despatch, not
later than March 31, the exact date upon which it will be
most convenient to conduct the physical examination in
question.
The only report of physical examination made by the
board of medical examiners will be on Bureau of Med
icine and Surgery Form Y, in duplicate. In submitting
the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Form Y for this
particular examination, there will be typewritten at the
top of the form, "Statutory Board of Medical Examiners
convened by "
In addition, under the signature of each member will be
typewritten, "President of the Board of Medical Exam
iners," "Member of the Board of Medical Examiners,"
or "Recorder of the Board of Medical Examiners," as
the case may be.
(b) For enrollment in the Naval Reserve Officers'
Training Corps, students shall pledge themselves, in writ
ing, prior to the examination for enrollment in the Naval
Reserve Officers' Training Corps, to be immunized to
typhoid and paratyphoid fevers and smallpox, unless sat
isfactory certificate of immunity from these diseases is
furnished. Professors of naval science and tactics will
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arrange to have students immunized at the earliest prac

ticable date following enrollment. Vaccines may be
obtained, without cost, upon request to the Bureau of
Medicine and Surgery. The number of students who
require immunization shall be stated in the request.
(c) The professors of naval science and tactics are au
thorized to make original enrollments or reenrollments of
students who are reported by the medical examiners as
physically qualified for enrollment, without further au
thority from the bureau. In the case of candidates for
enrollment or reenrollment who are reported by the medi
cal examiners as not physically qualified for enrollment,
the bureau desires that the disqualifying reasons be so
clearly set forth upon the report that a decision may be
readily made by the bureau as to whether or not waivers
should be made. The senior medical examiner shall be a
medical officer in the regular service, preferably not below
the rank of commander. This can not always be accom
plished, but in no case will a medical officer below the
rank of lieutenant commander in the regular service be
acceptable as senior medical examiner. Unless it is physi
cally impossible to obtain the services of a medical officer of
the regular service, a medical officer of the reserve will not
be acceptable as the junior medical examiner.
12. Health records, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Form H, shall be opened for each student enrolled in the
Naval Eeserve Officers ' Training Corps, and suitable en
tries shall be made from time to time, in accordance with
the following instructions:
(a) The records shall be opened and retained by the
professor of naval science and tactics, who will be respon
sible for their care, continuation, and further disposition.
(fc) In the case of students severing connection with the
Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps during the course,
their health records shall be forwarded to the Bureau of
Navigation.
(c) The health records of all students who participate
in the annual practice cruise shall be delivered to the medi
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cal officers of the ships upon which the students embark.

While on the cruise, entries in their record will be made
by the ship's medical officer. The records shall be turned
over to the officer in charge of the cruising units prior to
debarkation, for ultimate delivery to the professors of
naval science and tactics in charge of the units concerned.
(d) The health records of students who successfully
complete the course in naval science and tactics and who
are commissioned in the Naval Reserve shall be forwarded
to the commandant of the naval district under whose com
mand they will be after commissioning. Health records
of students who fail to obtain commissions in the Naval
Reserve upon graduation shall be forwarded to the Bureau
of Navigation.
310
Members of faculty authorized to take course of

training.—Physically fit members of the faculty or of the
corps of instructors of an institution are authorized, upon
approval by the authorities of the institution, to take the
courses of instruction prescribed herein for members of
the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps. Participa
tion in these courses will not entitle them to enrollment in
the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps or to any pay
or allowances.
311
Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps quota, not to

be exceeded.—Applicants will not be enrolled in any
Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps unit in excess of
the quota authorized for the particular unit.
312
Age limit for commissioning in the United States

Naval Reserve.—Graduates of the Naval Reserve Officers'
Training Corps may be appointed as ensigns provided
they fulfill the physical qualifications for the United
States Naval Reserve and are less than 28 years of age.
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SECTION IV
ADMINISTRATION
Article
General policies 401
Communications 402
Inspections 403
Officer and enlisted personnel 405
Duties and status of additional officers and of enlisted men_ 407
Discipline 408
Residence and uniform of officers and enlisted men 409
Conducting additional courses of instruction or taking
courses of instruction offered by an institution 410
Relief of professors of naval science and tactics 411
401
General policies.—Supervision, control, and direction

of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps will be
administered by the Navy Department through the Bu
reau of Navigation which is hereby given all necessary
authority in the premises.
402
Communications.—All communications to the Navy

Department relative to the Naval Reserve Officers ' Train
ing Corps will be directed to the Bureau of Navigation,
unless otherwise specified.
408
Inspections.—Officers from the Bureau of Navigation

will conduct inspections of units as may be required for
proper administration of the Naval Reserve Officers'
Training Corps. At least one inspection of this character
should be made of each unit during each academic year.
The commandant of the naval district will inspect the unit
in his district in accordance with article 1484 (6), United
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404
Authority of heads of institutions.—Civilian heads of

the same general authority of supervision and control over
the department of naval science and tactics as they exer
cise over other departments of the institution.
405 ; ,;i
Officer and enlisted personnel.—1. Details of officer
and enlisted personnel for duty with Naval Reserve Of
ficers' Training Corps units and relief therefrom are func
tions of the Bureau of Navigation.
2. The number of officers and enlisted men assigned to
duty with Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps units
will be determined by the Bureau of Navigation, based
upon the exigencies of the naval service and the personnel
requirements of the units.
406
Head of department of naval science and tactics.—

1. The head of the department of naval science and tac
tics at an educational institution in which a unit of the
Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps is established is
the officer ordered as professor of naval science and tactics
by the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation. He shall be
the senior commissioned line officer of the Navy ordered
to duty with the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps
unit at that institution. He shall be designated as the
2. He will have the academic standing which the insti
tution accords the heads of its other major departments.
He will be a member of the university, college, or school
faculty, with all rights and privileges of a faculty mem
ber, will assume the same responsibilities and obligations
as heads of other departments, and will be a member of
the council of deans or equivalent body.
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3. He shall prepare internal regulations necessary for

the government of Naval Reserve students when under
naval control, which shall become effective upon approval
by the head of the educational institution.
4. He shall be responsible for the carrying out of the
policies relative to administration of the Naval Reserve
Officers' Training Corps in the unit under his command.
5. He is authorized by the Secretary of the Navy to ad
minister oaths for purposes of naval administration.
407
Duties and status of additional officers and of enlisted

men.—Officers and enlisted men ordered to report to a
professor of naval science and tactics at an educational
institution for duty in connection with the Naval Reserve
Officers' Training Corps unit at that institution will per
form such duties as may be assigned them by the professor
of naval science and tactics.
408
Discipline.—Officers on duty in connection with Naval

Reserve Officers' Training Corps units shall require Naval
Reserve students to conduct themselves in a military
manner at all times when the students are under naval
jurisdiction.
409
Residence and uniform of officers and enlisted men.—

Officers and enlisted men performing duty with Naval Re
serve Officers' Training Corps units shall reside at or near
the educational institution in which the unit to which they
are assigned is established. In the performance of their
duties they shall wear the uniform prescribed by the pro
fessor of naval science and tactics.
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410
Conducting additional courses of instruction or tak

ing courses of instruction offered by an institution.—
1. The primary academic duty of officers and enlisted
men detailed to duty with a Naval Reserve Officers' Train
ing Corps unit shall be that of administration and instruc
tion in the department of naval science and tactics. This
shall not be construed, however, as prohibiting officers
and men from conducting courses of instruction in other
departments of the educational institution when the pro
fessor of naval science and tactics considers this procedure
advisable and conducive to closer liaison with the institu
tion. Each such case shall be referred to the Bureau of
Navigation, with the recommendation of the professor
of naval science and tactics in the premises, and authoriza
tion withheld until receipt of the bureau's approval.
2. Professors of naval science and tactics may pursue a
course of instruction conducted by an educational institu
tion upon approval of the Bureau of Navigation. Pro
fessors of naval science and tactics may authorize officers
and enlisted men under their command to pursue courses
of instruction at institutions, provided such authorization
does not interfere with the proper discharge of their naval
duties.
411
Relief of professors of naval science and tactics.—If

practicable, orders detailing an officer to relieve another
as professor of naval science and tactics will direct the
former to report to the institution not later than two
weeks prior to the opening of an academic year and
not less than two weeks before the detachment of his
predecessor.
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SECTION V
TRAINING
Article
General 501
General education _ 502
Knowledge of naval subjects 503
Responsibility and initiative 505
Naval ideals, customs, and traditions 506
Coordination with other academic departments 511
Definition of " instruction hours " 514
Marking 516
Status of training 517
Athletics 518
Training certificates 520
Cruises 521
501
General.—Training in the Naval Reserve Officers'

Training Corps shall so supplement the academic course
given by an educational institution that, upon completion
of the 4-year course in naval science and tactics, Naval
Reserve students will possess the following essential quali
fications of a junior officer of the Naval Reserve :
(b) A practical working knowledge of essential naval
subjects.
(c) A well-disciplined mind and body.
(d) An alacrity to assume intelligent responsibility and
initiative.
(e) A well-developed sense of naval ideals, customs, and
traditions.
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502
General education.—A good general education, the

first qualification, will be attained from pursuit of courses
of study in the sciences and arts conducted by the educa
tional institution.
503
Knowledge of naval subjects.—1. A practical working

knowledge of essential naval subjects, the second qualifi
cation, shall be the governing factor in determining the
scope and character of courses in naval science and tactics.
Curricula, drills, and training under departments of naval
science and tactics at educational institutions, and instruc
tion on practice cruises, shall be pointed toward acquisi
tion of that knowledge of naval subjects which is essential
to a junior officer of the Naval Reserve.
2. When practicable, students electing academic courses
in naval construction, engineering (civil, mechanical, elec
trical, internal-combustion engine, ordnance, radio, aero
nautical, etc.), navigation, law, finance and supplies, com
munications, or kindred subjects affording education along
lines of naval value shall be particularly encouraged to en
roll as Naval Reserve students, other factors being equal.
Election of such courses by Naval Reserve students after
enrollment in the Naval Reserve Officers ' Training Corps
shall be encouraged, provided this will not result in inter
ference with the educational plans of the student.
504
Discipline of mind and body.—A well-disciplined mind

and body, the third qualification, will be developed by
holding Naval Reserve students, while under naval juris
diction, to the highest standards of bearing and conduct.
505
Responsibility and initiative.—An alacrity to assume

intelligent responsibility and initiative, the fourth quali
fication, shall be attained by affording Naval Reserve stu
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dents every practicable opportunity to develop as self-re

liant, aggressive leaders. Ability as a leader is acquired
by the exercise of supervised opportunity to command ;
such opportunities shall be frequently and progressively
afforded to all members of the Naval Reserve Officers'
Training Corps throughout their 4-year course. Consid
erations of administration and discipline shall not limit
opportunities to command to a selected group to the exclu
sion of all other students. Additional supervised instruc
tion in leadership shall be given to students naturally
backward in such ability.
506
Naval ideals, customs, and traditions.—A well-devel

oped sense of naval ideals, customs, and traditions, the
fifth qualification, will be attained by observation and
naval contacts established while enrolled in the Naval
507
Election of courses.—Students electing Naval Reserve

Officers' Training Corps courses shall do so for but two
years at a time. The first election is for the 2-year basic
course, upon the completion of which, if the student be
acceptable for further training, he may elect the advanced
course.
508
Curtailment of courses.—1. There is no authority

under the enacting legislation to compress the basic course
into less than two academic years by extra work or train
ing.
2. The Bureau of Navigation may approve applications
for the curtailment of the advanced course when all of the
following conditions exist :
(a) The student will be eligible for graduation from the
institution before sufficient time shall have elapsed to en
able him to complete the regular advanced course.
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(&) The student has passed or agrees to pass all sub

jects in the advanced course to the satisfaction of the
(c) The student has completed or agrees to complete
one practice cruise while enrolled in the advanced course.
(d) The student will, in the opinion of the professor of
naval science and tactics, be qualified for appointment as
a junior officer in the Naval Reserve.
509
Courses of instruction.—Subjects and outlines of

courses of study for departments of naval science and
tactics will be prescribed by the Bureau of Navigation and
all instructions in such departments shall be conducted
in accordance therewith.
510
Credit for courses and toward a degree.—1. The

credit to be given for the successful completion of courses
in the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps toward a
degree is a matter to be determined by the authorities of
each institution. The successful conduct of Naval Reserve
Officers ' Training Corps units depends in a large measure
upon the granting of credit on the same basis, hour for
hour, for practical and theoretical instruction as is given
for laboratory and classroom work in other departments.
2. Credit toward completion of the course shall not be
given for active service in the Army or Navy, either as an
(officer or enlisted man.
511
Coordination with other academic departments.—

Professors of naval science and tactics shall coordinate the
work of departments of naval science and tactics with that
of other academic departments of educational institutions
whenever it is practicable to avoid duplication thereby.
Specific subjects prescribed for the Naval Reserve Officers'
Training Corps which are taught with partial or equiva
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lent scope in other departments of an institution may be

omitted, in part or entirety, from courses conducted by
departments of naval science and tactics. When this pro
cedure is followed, the subject omitted from the curriculum
of the department of naval science and tactics shall be
given in the other academic department in a manner satis
factory to the professor of naval science and tactics ; elec
tion of the subject in the other academic department shall
be required for enrollment in the department of naval
science and tactics.
512
Schedules of instruction.—Each professor of naval

science and tactics shall prepare schedules of instruction
based on the outlines of instruction prescribed by the Bu
reau of Navigation and adapted to time allowed the de
partment of naval science and tactics. Six copies of each
schedule of instruction prepared shall be furnished the
Bureau of Navigation and one copy retained in the per
manent files of the unit for future reference.
513
Hours of instruction.—The minimum number of hours

of instruction and training in departments of naval science
and tactics shall be three hours for each academic week
while enrolled in the basic course, and five hours for each
academic week while enrolled in the advanced course.
Time devoted to preparation for instruction shall not be
counted in satisfaction of this requirement. Instruction
periods shall be coordinated with the schedule of the insti
tution and correspond to the hours of other departments.
514
Definition of "instruction hours."—One instruction

hour in the schedule of instruction represents the custom
ary academic hour of the institution.
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515
Distribution of instruction hours.—Within the limits

of outline prescribed by the Bureau of Navigation, profes
sors of naval science and tactics shall shape the character
of instruction in departments of naval science and tactics
to the peculiar conditions obtaining at each educational
institution. Decisions as to the number of hours to be al
lotted to theoretical instruction, the number of hours to be
devoted to practical instruction, and detailed character of
instruction must be reached after mature consideration of
local conditions. The attitude of the authorities of the in
stitution, nature of courses of study pursued by students
in other academic departments, general caliber of students
and climatic conditions are some of the factors governing
such decisions.
516
Marking.—A system of marking similar to that in force

in other academic departments shall be employed in
departments of naval science and tactics. Reports of stu
dents' grading and merit, based on this system of mark
ing and similar in form and scope to those rendered by
other major departments of the institution, shall be sub
mitted to the authorities of the educational institution in
accordance with their requirements. Upon completion of
the course in naval science and tactics, a report will be
made to the bureau indicating the standing by merit of
each Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps graduate,
giving his final mark. Reports of students' grading and
merit intended for the Bureau of Navigation shall indicate
the corresponding marks, based on a scale of 0 to 4.0.
517
Status of training.—Such reports of status of train
ing in departments of naval science and tactics shall be
furnished heads of educational institutions as may
be required by the rules of the institution for other
departments.
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518
Athletics.—A student engaged in college athletics may

be excused from regular classes in physical training held
under the department of naval science and tactics during
the season in which he is actually engaged in such ath
letics under such rules governing this procedure as may be
prescribed by the authorities of the institution and the
519
Absence from instruction.—Absence of students from

training or instruction in the department of naval science
and tactics shall not be excused except for physical dis
ability or exceptional circumstances. A Naval Reserve
student who is absent from any part of the practical or
theoretical instruction shall be required, according to the
practice obtaining at each institution, to make up the
omitted training before being granted credits toward
graduation.
520
Training certificates.—1. A naval, training certificate

on Form N. Nav. 266 shall be issued by the professor of
naval science and tactics to each student who successfully
completes—
(a) One or more years in the Naval Reserve Officers'
Training Corps and terminates his connections therewith
under honorable conditions.
(b) The basic course in the Naval Reserve Officers'
Training Corps.
(c) The advanced course in the Naval Reserve Officers'
Training Corps, but is not recommended for enrollment
in the Naval Reserve.
2. A naval training certificate on Form N. Nav. 265,
signed by the professor of naval science and tactics and
approved by the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, will
be furnished by the Bureau of Navigation and issued by
the professor of naval science and tactics to each student
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who successfully completes the advanced course in naval

science and tactics and is physically qualified for enroll
ment as an ensign in the Naval Reserve.
3. A cruise training certificate on Form N. Nav. 264
shall be issued by the commanding officer of a naval vessel
in which Naval Reserve students are embarked for a
practice cruise, to each student who successfully completes
the cruise.
521
Cruises.—1. Advanced course students are required to

make one cruise during the advanced course. Unless
otherwise specifically authorized by the bureau, all ad
vanced course students are required to make a cruise of
from two to three weeks during the summer following the
junior college year.
2. When funds and fleet schedules permit, the bureau
will arrange cruises for the sophomore and freshman
students. When these cruises are available, it is highly
desirable that as many students as possible participate,
especially the freshmen.
3. Special cruises may be arranged by the professor of
naval science and tactics for students desiring to take
them.
SECTION VI
PAY AND ALLOWANCES

Article
Payment of commutation of subsistence during advanced
course 601
Compensation furnished in connection with practice cruises. 602
601
Payment of commutation of subsistence during ad

vanced course.—1. A member of the advanced course of
the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps will be fur
nished commutation of subsistence for the period, not
exceeding two years, that he is enrolled in the advanced
course, except that commutation of subsistence shall not
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be allowed for periods when subsistence in kind is fur

nished or when the student is paid a travel allowance of
5 cents per mile in lieu of transportation and subsist
ence. The amount of commutation of subsistence will
be fixed from time to time by the Secretary of the Navy
and will not exceed the value prescribed by law for a com
muted ration of the Navy.
2. The following instructions shall govern the payment
of commutation of subsistence to students enrolled for the
advanced course :
(a) Commutation of subsistence shall not be paid until
students have satisfied all requirements of these regula
tions for enrollment in the advanced course.
(&) Commutation of subsistence shall be paid from and
including the date a student starts to fulfill his contract
in the advanced course, which date shall be the first day
during an academic term that he begins the Naval Reserve
Officers' Training Corps advanced course training.
(c) Commutation of subsistence certificates shall be
prescribed by professors of naval science and tactics on
Form N. Nav. 270 on the last day of each month of the
scholastic year and forwarded to the Bureau of Naviga
tion, in duplicate, to substantiate payments to students.
(d) Payments of commutation of subsistence will be
made by the disbursing officer for the Naval Reserve Of
ficers' Training Corps attached to the Bureau of Navi
gation. Checks will be made payable to the order of the
individual students and forwarded to professors of naval
science and tactics for distribution.
(e) Commutation of subsistence shall not be allowed for
any period in excess of two academic years plus one in
tervening summer vacation.
3. Payments of commutation for the summer vacation
period will be governed by the following instructions :
(a) For the last month of the scholastic year, certifi
cates will be prepared to cover the period actually in
attendance and under the supervision of the professors
•of naval science and tactics concerned.
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(&) For students taking the cruise, certificates shall be

prepared to cover the period between the end of the scho
lastic year and the dates on which subsistence at Govern
ment expense begins, and forwarded to the bureau as soon
as possible after the commencement of the cruise. No
further payments of commutation will then be made until
the students have entered upon the second year of the
advanced course. Certificates shall then be prepared to
cover the portion of the summer vacation subsequent to
the cruise or, at the election of the professor of naval
science and tactics concerned, that portion of the vacation
period may be included in the certificate for the first month
of the new scholastic year.
(c) Attention is invited to the fact that students are
furnished subsistence while en route to and from ships or
paid travel allowance at the rate of 5 cents per mile in
lieu of transportation and subsistence. The time spent
in such travel should therefore not be included in the com
mutation certificates.
4. Payment of commutation shall cease or be curtailed
under the following conditions :
(a) In the case of students exempted by the bureau
from taking the advanced course cruise during the sum
mer immediately following completion of the first year of
the advanced course, no payments shall be made during the
interval between the date of completion of the first year's
scholastic work and the date of commencement of the
second year's work of the advanced course.
(b) In the case of students not exempted by the bureau,
who fail to take the advanced course cruise during the
summer immediately following completion of the first year
of the advanced course, no payments shall be made after
the date of completion of the first year's scholastic work.
(c) In the case of students who are unsatisfactory in
naval science and tactics for one month, payment of com
mutation shall be withheld. If during the following
month they become satisfactory, they may then be cer
tified for two months' commutation. If, however, they
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remain unsatisfactory for the second consecutive month

of the same term, payment of commutation shall be with
held for the full college term.
(d) Students who are absent due to illness or injury
will be paid commutation covering such absence for a pe
riod not to exceed one month. Payment for such absence
will not be made until their return and resumption of in
struction.
(e) In the case of students who are absent from instruc
tion in naval science and tactics for causes other than as
set forth in (d) above, payment of commutation shall
cease after the first week of such absence. If such absence
is caused by separation from college, payment of commu
tation shall cease from the first day of absence. -
602
Compensation furnished in connection with practice

cruises.—1. All members of the Naval Reserve Officers'
Training Corps making a practice cruise will be furnished
transportation and subsistence in kind while traveling
from points from which authorized to proceed for the
cruise to ports designated by the Bureau of Navigation for
embarkation on the cruise. In lieu thereof, they may be
furnished travel allowance at the rate of 5 cents per mile
for the distance by the shortest usually traveled route be
tween these points.
2. All members of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training
Corps upon completion of a practice cruise shall be fur
nished mileage in advance at the rate of 5 cents per mile
for the distance by the shortest usually traveled route
from the port of debarkation to the points from which
originally authorized to proceed for the cruise. In lieu
thereof, they may be furnished transportation and subsist
ence in kind for travel between these points.
3. Professors of naval science and tactics shall desig
nate the points from which students are authorized to
proceed for practice cruises.
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4. All members of the advanced course of the Naval Re

serve Officers' Training Corps shall be paid at the rate of
70 cents per day while embarked in a naval vessel for a
practice cruise.
5. All members of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training
Corps shall be furnished subsistence in kind while em
barked in a naval vessel for a practice cruise.
SECTION VII
UNIFORMS
Article
Uniform outfits furnished by the Government 701
Cruise uniforms 702
701
Uniform outfits furnished by the Government.—An

outfit of essential uniforms will be issued to each student
member of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps
after his enrollment. The outfit will consist of the follow
ing articles:
Blue service uniform, suit 1

Combination cap 1
White working clothes, suits 2
White hats 2
Leggings, pair 1
Gloves, white, pair 1
Black tie, four-in-hand 1
Other items of clothing, such as black shoes, black socks,

white shirts, stiff white turned-down collars, must be sup
plied by the individual students in sufficient quantities to
suit their needs.
Whenever a Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps
student is disenrolled or withdraws from a unit previous
to graduation, the professor of naval science and tactics
will reclaim all articles of uniform furnished by the
Government.
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702
Cruise uniforms.—Students attending the annual

cruise will be issued one raincoat and two pairs of white
trousers for use during the cruise period only, upon the
completion of which these particular articles will be re
claimed by the professor of naval science and tactics for
reissue previous to following cruises. During the cruise
period, each student participating shall supply himself
with the following :
Blacking outfit 1
Brush, scrub 1
Bucket, metal 1
Coat hanger 1
Overshoes, pair 1
Pajamas, suits 3
Swimming trunks, pair 1
Towels, bath 4
Underwear, suits 4
SECTION VIII
BOOKS AND EQUIPMENT
Article
Books and equipment 801
801
Books and equipment.—Books and equipment fur

nished to Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps students
at the expense of the Government will, upon graduation,
withdrawal, or disenrollment of students from the unit, be
reclaimed at the earliest possible date by the professor of
SECTION IX
NAVAL RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING CORPS FORMS
Article
Enrollment or reenrollment, basic course___ 901
Enrollment or reenrollment, advanced course 902
Appointment as ensign, D-V(G), United States Naval Re
serve 903
Miscellaneous forms 904
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901
Enrollment or reenrollment, basic course.—

Form N. Nav. 271, application for enrollment, basic
course .
Form Y, Bu. M. & S., in triplicate. Report of physical
examination.
Form H, Bu. M. & S., health record.
Form N. Nav. 269, enrollment card.
902
Enrollment or reenrollment, advanced course.—

Form N. Nav. 272, application and contract, advanced
course.
Form Y, Bu. M. & S., in triplicate. Report of physical
examination.
Form H, Bu. M. & S., continued from basic course.
90S
Appointment as ensign, United States Naval Re

serve.—
Application for appointment as ensign, United States
Naval Reserve, with indorsement of professor of naval
Form N. Nav. 2, identification data, original only re
quired.
Form Y, Bu. M. & S., report of physical examination,
original and one copy required. (Note: At top of Form
Y will be typed "Medical Examining Board convened
by ," and underneath the signature
of each officer shall be indicated his position on the board.)
Form N. Nav. 263, student's academic record in naval
science.
Form H, Bu. M. & S., return to Bureau of Navigation
if not commissioned; otherwise to commandant of naval
district in which the officer resides or has his place of
business.
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904
Miscellaneous forms.—
Form N. Nav. 262, report of enrollment, submitted to
Bureau of Navigation monthly.
Form N. Nav. 264, cruise training certificate awarded
each student making regular Naval Reserve Officers'
Training Corps cruise.
Form N. Nav. 265, naval training certificate (senior di
vision), furnished by the bureau to all Naval Reserve
Officers' Training Corps graduates eligible for commis
sion in the Naval Reserve.
Form N. Nav. 266, naval training certificate (senior di
vision), furnished by professor of naval science and
tactics to all graduates of the Naval Reserve Officers'
Training Corps.
Form N. Nav. 267, semiannual return of books, submit
ted to Bureau of Navigation by the professor of naval
science and tactics on 1 January and 30 June, each year.
Form N. Nav. 268, certificate of eligibility, submitted
in duplicate at beginning of the advanced course to bureau
of navigation by the professor of naval science and tactics.
Form N. Nav. 270, commutation of subsistence certifi
cate, submitted monthly by the professor of naval science
and tactics.
Form N. Nav. 373 (revised January, 1931) , application
for enlistment in Naval Reserve for flight training, to
be submitted to reserve division, Bureau of Navigation.
Form of application submitted by an institution desir
ing establishment of senior division unit of the Naval Re
Form—Application for establishment of senior division,
Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps unit, as follows:
19__.
Washington, D. C.
Subject : Application for establishment of senior division
of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps.
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1. By direction of the governing authorities of (name

of institution), I hereby submit application for the estab
lishment of a senior division of the Naval Reserve Officers'
Training Corps unit at this institution.
2. Should this application be accepted by the President
of the United States, the authorities of this university
(college) hereby agree to establish and maintain a four
years' elective course of naval training for its physically
fit male students, divided into a two years' basic course
and a two years' advanced course. Each course shall be
elected separately, and either course when entered upon
by any student shall be a prerequisite for graduation by
such student unless in exceptional cases he shall be dis
charged from the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps
by the professor of naval science and tactics for sufficient
reasons, with the approval of the head of the institution.
The institution (give name) will allot a minimum of an
average of three hours per week per academic year to
naval training and instruction during the first two aca
demic years of the basic course and a minimum of five
hours per week per academic year during the last two
years of the course; and will endeavor to promote and
further the objects for which the Naval Reserve Officers'
Training Corps is established. I understand that an an
nual minimum initial enrollment in the naval course of
50 physically fit male students of the freshman class, cit
izens of the United States, over 14 years of age, is re
quired to maintain a Naval Reserve Officers' Training
Corps unit.
3. The authorities of this institution also agree to con
form to the regulations of the Secretary of the Navy re
lating to the issue, care, use, safe-keeping, and accounting
for such Government property as may be issued to the
institution.
4. Attached hereto is a statement giving particulars
with reference to the institution.
(Name of Institution)
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Form of statement to be attached to application for

senior division :
(a) Land grant ?
(6) Collegiate?
(c) Essentially military school ?
(d) Number of years of academic study necessary for
a degree ?
2. A number of male students 14 years or more of age
now enrolled in the institution, or were enrolled at the
close of the preceding school year, who in accordance with
Section IV of the Regulations for Naval Reserve Officers'
Training Corps—Administration and Training, are eligi
ble for enrollment in the unit (enclose last printed cata
logue, if not previously furnished.)
3. Will at least 50 eligible students enroll in the unit
annually ?
4. State number and kind of units of Army Reserve
Officers' Training Corps or other military units now estab
lished at institution.
5. Details (material, dimensions) of storage facilities
for arms, equipment, boats, etc.
6. Facilities for offices, classrooms, etc., that may be
utilized by the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps
unit.
7. Designation of governing body (board of regents,
trustees, etc.) :
(b) Official designation of head of institution.
Date , 19...
APPENDIX A
1. Act of March 4, 1925, c. 536, section 22, 43 Stat.

1276; U. S. O, title 34, section 821.—Sec. 22. A Naval
Reserve Officers' Training Corps is hereby authorized to
be established and operated under such regulations as the
President may prescribe, which regulations shall, so far
as may be practicable, conform to the provisions of the
national defense act approved June 3, 1916, sections 40
to 53, inclusive (39 Statutes at Large, pages 191 to 194),
as amended by the act approved June 4, 1920, sections 33
and 34 (41 Statutes at Large, pages 776 to 779) : Pro
vided, That the powers conferred therein upon the Secre
tary of War with regard to the Reserve Officers' Training
Corps are hereby conferred upon the Secretary of the
Navy with regard to the Naval Reserve Officers' Training
Corps : Provided further, That all expenditures in con
nection with the establishment and operation of the
Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps shall be specifi
cally appropriated therefor: And provided further, That
members of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps
shall be eligible for appointment as Naval Reserve officers
under the same conditions as provided by law for the
appointment of Naval Reserve officers from other citizens
of the United States, and when so appointed shall have
the same status and be entitled to the same benefits in all
respects as provided by law for other members of the
Naval Reserve: And provided further, That the word
"naval" wherever used in this section shall be construed
to include Marine Corps : Provided further, That the total
personnel of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps
shall not exceed at any one time more than twelve hundred.
2. Sections 40 to 53, national defense act as amended,
section 40. Reserve Officers' Training Corps—Organi
zation.—The President is hereby authorized to establish
(39)
40
and maintain in civil educational institutions a Reserve

Officers' Training Corps, one or more units in number,
which shall consist of a senior division organized at uni
versities and colleges granting degrees, including State
universities and those State institutions that are required
to provide instruction in military tactics under the act of
Congress of July 2, 1862, donating lands for the establish
ment of colleges where the leading object shall be practical
instruction in agriculture and the mechanic arts, including
military tactics, and at those essentially military schools
not conferring academic degrees, specially designated by
the Secretary of War as qualified, and a junior division
organized at all other public and private educational in
stitutions, and each division shall consist of units of the
several arms, corps, or services in such number and such
strength as the President may prescribe : Provided, That
no such unit shall be established or maintained at any in
stitution until an officer of the Regular Army shall have
been detailed as professor of military science and tactics,
nor until such institution shall maintain under military
instruction at least one hundred physically fit male stu
dents, except that in the case of units other than infantry,
cavalry, or artillery the minimum number shall be fifty:
Provided further, That except at State institutions de
scribed in this section, no unit shall be established or main
tained in an educational institution until the authorities
of the same agree to establish and maintain a two years'
elective or compulsory course of military training as a
minimum for its physically fit male students, which course,
when entered upon by any student, shall, as regards such
student, be a prerequisite for graduation unless he is re
lieved of this obligation by regulation to be prescribed
by the Secretary of War.
Sec. 40a. Reserve Officers' Training Corps course.—
The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to prescribe
standard courses of theoretical and practical military
training for units of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps,
and no unit of such corps shall be organized or maintained
41
at any educational institution the authorities of which fail

or neglect to adopt into their curriculum the prescribed
courses of military training or to devote at least an aver
age of three hours per week per academic year to such
military training, except as provided in section 47c of
this act.
Sec. 40b. Personnel for duty with Reserve Officers'
Training Corps.—The President is hereby authorized to
detail such numbers of officers, warrant officers, and en
listed men of the Regular Army, either active or retired,
as may be necessary for duty as professors of military
science and tactics, assistant professors of military science
and tactics, and military instructors at educational insti
tutions where one or more units of the Reserve Officers'
Training Corps are maintained. In time of peace, retired
officers, retired warrant officers, or retired enlisted men
shall not be detailed under the provisions of this section
without their consent, and no officer on the active list shall
be detailed for recruiting service or for duty at a school
or college, not including schools of the service, where of
ficers on the retired list can be secured who are competent
for such duty. Hereafter, retired officers below the grade
of brigadier general and retired warant officers and en
listed men shall, when on active duty, receive full pay and
allowances.
Sec. 41. Superseded by section 40.
Sec. 43. Superseded by section 40a.
Sec. 44. Eligibility to membership in the Reserve Offi
cers' Training Corps shall be limited "to students of insti
tutions in which units of such corps may be established who
are citizens of the United States, who are not less than
fourteen years of age, and whose bodily condition indicates
that they are physically fit to perform military duty, or
will be so upon arrival at military age."
Sec. 47. Supplies for Reserve Officers' Training
Corps.—The Secretary of War, under such regulations
as he may prescribe, is hereby authorized to issue to insti
42
tutions at which one or more units of the Reserve Officers'

Training Corps are maintained such public animals, trans
portation, arms, ammunition, supplies, tentage equipment,
and uniforms belonging to the United States as he may-
deem necessary, and to forage at the expense of the United
States public animals so issued, to pay commutation in lieu
of uniforms at a rate to be fixed annually by the Secretary
of War, and to authorize such expenditures from proper
Army appropriations as he may deem necessary for the
efficient maintenance of the Reserve Officers' Training
Corps. He shall require from each institution to which
property of the United States is issued a bond in the value
of the property issued for the care and safe-keeping
thereof, except for uniforms, expendable articles, and sup
plies expended in operation, maintenance, and instruction,
and for its return when required.
Sec. 47a. Reserve Officers' Training Corps camps.—
The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to maintain
camps for the further practical instruction of the mem
bers of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, no such
camps to be maintained for a longer period than six weeks
in any one year, except in time of actual or threatened
hostilities ; to transport members of such corps to and from
such camps at the expense of the United States so far as
appropriations will permit, to subsist them at the expense
of the United States while traveling to and from such
camps and while remaining therein so far as appropria
tions will permit, or in lieu of transporting them to and
from such camps and subsisting them while enroute, to
pay them travel allowances at the rate of 5 cents per mile
for the distance by the shortest usually traveled route from
the places from which they are authorized to proceed to
the camp and for the return travel thereto, and to make
the payment of travel allowances for the return journey
in advance of the actual performance of the same, and
to admission to military hospitals at such camps, and
to furnish medical attendance and supplies; to use the
troops of the Regular Army, and such Government prop
43
erty as he may deem necessary, for the military training

of the members of such corps while in attendance at such
camps; and to prescribe regulations for the government
of such camps.
Sec. 47b. Appointment of graduates of Reserve Offi
cers' Training Corps as reserve officers.—The President
alone, under such regulations as he may prescribe, is here
by authorized to appoint as a reserve officer of the Army
of the United States any graduate of the senior division
of the Reserve Officers' Training Corp's who shall have
satisfactorily completed the further training provided
for in section 47a of this act, or any graduate of the junior
division who shall have satisfactorily completed the
courses of military training prescribed for the senior
division and the further training provided for in section
47a of this act and shall have participated in such practi
cal instruction subsequent to graduation as the Secretary
of War shall prescribe, who shall have arrived at the age
of twenty-one years and who shall agree, under oath in
writing, to serve the United States in the capacity of a
reserve officer of the Army during a period of a least five
years from the date of his appointment as such reserve
officer, unless sooner discharged by propery authority:
Provided, That no reserve officer appointed pursuant to
this act shall be entitled to retirement, or to retired pay,
and shall be eligible for pension only for disability in
curred in line of duty in active service or while serving
with the Army pursuant to provisions of this act.
Sec. 47c. Pay and commutation of subsistence, Re
serve Officers' Training Corps.—When any member of
the senior division of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps
has completed two academic years of service in that divi
sion, and has been selected for advanced training by the
president of the institution and by the professor of mili
tary science and tactics, and has agreed in writing to con
tinue in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps for the
remainder of his course at the institution, devoting five
44
hours per week to the military training prescribed by the

Secretary of War, and has agreed in writing to pursue
the course in camp training prescribed by the Secretary
of War, he may be furnished at the expense of the United
States commutation of subsistence at such rate, not exceed
ing the cost of the garrison ration prescribed for the Army,
as may be fixed by the Secretary of War, during the re
mainder of his service in the Reserve Officers' Training
Corps, not exceeding two years : Provided, That any medi
cal, dental, or veterinary student may be admitted to a
Medical, Dental, or Veterinary Corps unit of the Reserve
Officers ' Training Corps for a course of training at the rate
of ninety hours of instruction per annum for the four col
legiate years, and if at the end of two years of such train
ing he has been selected by the professor of military science
and tactics and the head of the institution for advanced
training, and has agreed in writing to continue in the Re
serve Officers' Training Corps for the remainder of his
course at the institution, and has agreed in writing to pur
sue the course in camp training prescribed by the Secre
tary of War, he may be furnished, at the expense of the
United States, with commutation of subsistence at such
rate not exceeding the cost of the garrison ration pre
scribed by the Army, as may be fixed by the Secretary of
War, during the remainder of his service in the Reserve
Officers' Training Corps, not exceeding two years: Pro
vided further, That any reserve officer who is also a medi
cal, dental, or veterinary student may be admitted to such
Medical, Dental, or Veterinary Corps unit for such train
ing, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of
War may prescribe: Provided further, That members
of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, or other persons
authorized by the Secretary of War to attend advanced-
course camps, shall be paid for attendance at such camps
at the rate prescribed for soldiers of the seventh grade of
the Regular Army.
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Sec. 48. Superseded by section 47a ; and amended by act

of June 5, 1920. (See sec. 47a.)
Sec. 49. Superseded by section 47b.
Sec. 50. Superseded by section 47c.
Sec. 51. Stricken out.
INDEX
Article
Advanced course 203
Age limit for commissioning in United States Naval Reserve— 312
Appointment as ensign, United States Naval Reserve 903
Athletics 518
Authorization 101
Basic course 203
Books 801
Communications , 402
Compensation furnished during practice cruises 602
Conducting additional courses of instruction or taking courses
offered by an institution 410
Credit for courses toward a degree 510
Cruise uniforms 702
Cruises 521
Designation of units and students therein 202
Discipline 408
Disenrollment of members of advanced course 307
Duties and status of additional officers and of enlisted men 407
Enlisted personnel 405
Enrollment for advanced course 304
Enrollment for basic course 302
Enrollment or reenrollment, advanced course 902
Enrollment or reenrollment, basic course 901
Equipment 801
Establishment of units 204-205
Forms 904
General requirements for membership 301
(47)
48
Article
General training s— 501
Inspections 403
Inspections of institution prior to establishment of unit 206
Limitation of personnel of Naval Keserve Officers' Training
Corps 207
Marking 516
Miscellaneous forms 904
Mission 102
Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps forms 904
Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps quota not to be ex
ceeded 311
Officer personnel 405
Organization of Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps 201
course : 601
Practice cruises 308
Quota, not to be exceeded 311
Reenrollment, advanced course 902
Reenrollment, basic course 901
Reenrollment of former members, advanced course 305
Requirements for establishment of unit 204
Residence of officers and enlisted men 409
Scope as an agency to further national defense 103
Status of additional officers and of enlisted men 407
Uniforms of officers and enlisted men 409
Uniforms on cruise 702
Withdrawal of authority for establishment of unit 208
Withdrawal of members of advanced course 306
Withdrawal of members of basic course 303
o
REGULATIONS
FOR

TRAINING CORPS
Revised and Issued November 19S5
UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON : 1935

Under date of June 17, 1935, the Secretary of the Navy-

approved this revision of the Regulations for Administra
tion and Training, Naval Reserve Officers ' Training
Corps, which are accordingly issued herewith.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Article
Section 1. General principles 101-103
2. Organization 201-210
3. Supervision and control 301-302
4. Conditions of service 401-413
5. Administration 501-512
6. Training 601-624
7. Pay and allowances 701-702
8. Uniforms and insignia 801-803
9. Supply and equipment 901-917
10. Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps forms. 1001-1002
11. Extracts from the National Defense Act, as
amended, and other acts of Congress relat
ing to the Reserve Officers' Training Corps- 1101-1103
(V)
REGULATIONS
FOR

SECTION 1
GENERAL PRINCIPLES
Article
Authorization 101
Mission 102
101
Authorization.—The Naval Reserve Officers' Training

March 4, 1925. This section, together with sections 40
to 47c of the National Defense Act, as amended, and the
act of April 26, 1928, is quoted in section 11.
102

Training Corps is to provide systematic training and in
struction in essential naval subjects at civil educational
institutions in order to further the plan for national
defense.
103

Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps will accomplish
its mission as an agency to further the plan for national
defense by—
as ensigns in the Naval Reserve or second lieutenants in
(i)
2
the Marine Corps Reserve, thus assisting in meeting the

demands for increased commissioned personnel in time
(&) Education of students who fail to complete the
entire course so that they will be of value to the Navy
in time of national emergency in proportion to the time
spent in the corps.
(c) Increased dissemination of knowledge concerning
the Navy and Marine Corps, their purpose, ideals, achieve
ments, and handicaps, thereby gaining and holding in
creased public interest in the maintenance of adequate
naval defense.
SECTION 2
ORGANIZATION
Article
Corps 201
Department of Naval Science and Tactics 202
Designation of units and of students therein 203
Easic and advanced courses 204
Limitation of personnel of Naval Reserve Officers' Training
Corps 208
201

Corps.—The Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps is
educational institutions of the United States. A unit is
the total student enrollment in the Naval Reserve Officers'
202
Department of Naval Science and Tactics.—Instruc

tion given at an institution in accordance with programs
prescribed by the Navy Department will be conducted or
supervised by a Department of Naval Science and Tactics.
0
203

unit established at any civil educational institution will
be officially designated as "(name of institution) Naval
Reserve Officers' Training Corps unit." Students! en
rolled in the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps will
be designated "Naval R. O. T. C. students", or more par
ticularly, "Naval R. O. T. C. freshmen", "Naval R. O.
T. C. sophomores", "Naval R. O. T. C. juniors", Naval
R. O. T. C. seniors", corresponding to the same years of
the academic department. Students not regularly en
rolled in the Naval R. O. T. C. at any institution, but who
are taking Naval Science and Tactics courses for college
credits, as hereinafter provided for, will be designated as
"Naval Science students."
204
Basic and advanced courses—Course of training.—The

Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps course consists,
except when modified by authority of the Secretary of the
Navy pursuant to special circumstances as outlined in
these regulations, of 4 academic years of service in the
Department of Naval Science and Tactics at a prescribed
educational institution, and is divided into a basic course
and an advanced course. The basic course comprises the
first 2 academic years of service and those subjects pre
scribed in the curriculum of the Department of Naval
Science and Tactics, or the equivalent thereof, the satis
factory completion of which is a prerequisite for admit
tance to the advanced course. The advanced course con
sists of the second 2 years of service, or of a lesser period
when curtailed under exceptional circumstances as out
lined in these regulations, and of those subjects prescribed
in the curriculum of the Department of Naval Science and
Tactics, or the equivalent thereof, the satisfactory com
pletion of which is, in addition to the basic course, a pre
requisite for appointment as a junior officer of the Naval
or Marine Corps Reserve.
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205

ment of a Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps unit
at a civil educational institution :
(a) There must be insured to the unit an enrollment
in the Naval R. O. T. C. freshman class (first year of
the basic course) of at least 50 physically fit male students
who are citizens of the United States, not less than 14
years of age, and whose qualifications and intentions will
reasonably insure their completion of the 4-year naval
course.
(&) The authorities of the institution shall agree to
establish and maintain the courses in Naval Science and
Tactics prescribed by the Bureau of Navigation.
(c) An officer of the Regular Navy shall be detailed as
professor of naval science and tactics and may be assisted
by additional officers of the Regular Navy and an officer
of the Regular Marine Corps so detailed.
206

cational institution desiring the establishment of a unit
of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps should
make application to the Bureau of Navigation on the
form prescribed in article 1001, section 10, of these regu
lations.
207

Navigation to visit and inspect any educational institu
tion submitting the application for establishment of a
unit prescribed in article 206. This officer will report to
the Bureau of Navigation upon completion of this inspec
tion as to whether or not the institution inspected fulfills
the requirements of law and regulations governing estab
lishment of a unit, and in addition he will specifically
recommend whether a unit should be established.
5
208
Limitation of personnel of Naval Reserve Officers'

Training Corps.—The enacting law prescribes that the
total personnel of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training
Corps shall not exceed 1,200 at any one time. This total
includes students in training for appointment as Naval
Reserve officers and Marine Corps Reserve officers.
Twenty percent (20%) of the graduates of the Naval
Reserve Officers' Training Corps may be available for
assignment to the Marine Corps Reserve.
209

Reserve Officers ' Training Corps will so report in writing,
giving reasons in full therefor to the Bureau of Naviga
tion at least 3 months prior to the date upon which with
drawal is to be effective. A unit will not be maintained
at an institution when the institution, after mature con
sideration, desires its withdrawal. The Secretary of the
.Navy may, upon the recommendation of the Bureau of
Navigation, withdraw the unit from any institution where
such unit is established and rescind authorization for a
unit at that institution should it be considered that the
work of the unit is not compatible with the mission of the
Naval Reserve Officer's Training Corps. Whenever the
authorities of an institution request the withdrawal of a
unit, or when in the opinion of the Secretary of the Navy
a unit should be withdrawn, the professor of naval science
and tactics will make a report to the Bureau of Navi
gation on Form N. Nav. 262, including therein the follow
ing information :
garding the failure to meet the requirements of law and
regulations respecting enrollment.
(b) Attitude of the faculty of the institution toward
6
(c) Attitude of the student body toward the Naval

(d) A statement of the extent of the efforts made by
the professor of naval science and tactics to overcome
difficulties and to maintain a successful unit.
question.
(/) Any other facts necessary to arrive at a proper
understanding of the situation at the institution.
(g) If practicable, the professor of naval science and
ment from and signed by the head of the institution,
endorsing thereon his comments and recommendations.
(h) The Bureau of Navigation will make or cause to
be made such investigation concerning requests or recom
mendations for the withdrawal of a unit from an institu
tion as may be necessary.
210

military instruction imposed on land-grant institutions
by the act of July 2, 1862, are not altered by the enacting
law authorizing the Naval Reserve Officers' Training
Corps, or by these regulations.
SECTION 3
SUPERVISION AND CONTROL

Article
Supervision 301
Control 302
301
Supervision.— (1) In conformity with the provisions of

the National Defense Act, the Naval Reserve Officers'
Training Corps is operated by the President of the United
States, through appropriate administrative regulations
issued for him, by the Secretary of the Navy.
7
(2) The Secretary of the Navy is also authorized to

prescribe standard courses for theoretical and practical
naval training for Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps
units and issue to institutions with Naval Reserve Offi
cers' Training Corps units such transportation, equip
ment, and uniforms belonging to the United States as he
may deem necessary, and to authorize such expenditures
from proper Navy appropriations as he may deem neces
sary for the efficient maintenance of the Naval Reserve
302
Control.—Civilian heads of institutions exercise the

same general control over the Department of Naval
Science and Tactics that they ordinarily exercise over
other departments of the institution.
SECTION 4
Article
Eligibility to membership ; general requirements 401
Status of enrollment 403
Training of students ineligible for enrollment 404
Enrollment in basic course ; requirements 405
Enrollment in advanced course; requirements 407
Re-enrollment of former members of advanced course 408
course 409
Medical and theological students not to be enrolled in
Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps 411
Members of faculty authorized to take course of training— 412
Appointment of Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps
graduates in the Naval or Marine Corps Reserve 413
401

(1) Membership in the Naval Reserve Officers' Training
Corps shall be limited to male students at educational
8
institutions where units of said corps are established;

' these students must be citizens of the United States, not
less than 14 years of age, and must meet the physical
requirements specified herein.
(2) Any person receiving compensation from the
United States Veterans' Administration for disability
incurred in the naval or military service of the United
States, or who has a claim pending under that bureau on
account of such disability, is not eligible for enrollment in
(3) A citizen of the insular possessions of the United
States, unless he has been legally admitted as a citizen of
the United States, is not eligible for membership in the
(4) No member of the active personnel of the Army,
Navy, Marine Corps—the Officers' Reserve Corps, the
Organized Reserves, and the Enlisted Reserve Corps of the
Army—Marine Corps Reserve, Naval Reserve, Coast
Guard, National Guard, Naval Militia, or Army Reserve
Officers' Training Corps shall be eligible for membership
in the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps, until he
has obtained a discharge from such organization prior to
enrollment.
402
Physical requirements.— (1) Membership in the Naval

who are physically fit to perform naval duties, or will be
statutory board of medical examiners will report on the
for commissions in the Naval or Marine Corps Reserve.
(2) Reports of physical examinations, Bureau of Medi
cine and Surgery Form Y, will be submitted for such can
didates as are given the complete regular physical exam
ination for enrollment whether they are accepted or not.
This form will not be submitted for applicants whose
9
physical condition manifestly does not warrant a complete

physical examination.
(3) Physical standards required for enrollment in the
basic course will conform to those required of candidates
for appointment as midshipmen at the United States
Naval Academy, as outlined in the Manual of the Medical
Department, United States Navy, 1927, with the exception
of height, weight, and chest measurements. In those par
ticulars, the following exceptions are to be considered as
the minimum requirements :
Age Weight Height Expira Mobility

tion
14 90 59 28 2
15 97 61 28 2
16 105 62 29 2
17 110 63 30 2
18 115 64 31H 2
(4) (a) The medical examiners will take into consider

ation the minimum requirements for physical stature of
a midshipman upon graduation, as laid down in paragraph
1446 (c), Manual of the Medical Department, United
States Navy. The medical examiners are authorized to
accept such students who, in their opinion, will be able to
meet those minimum requirements upon graduation 4 years
hence. The medical examiners will make a definite state
ment as to whether or not, in their opinion, a candidate's
defects, if any, can be overcome within 4 years. Based
upon that opinion, the medical examiners will state their
findings and recommendations, namely, " this candidate is
(is not) physically fit for enrollment as a Naval R. O.
T. C. student, basic course. ' '
(&) In connection with the foregoing, the minimum re
quirements of vision of 20/20ths for each eye will be
exacted in each case.
(c) The notation of " poor color perception " will not
be made upon the report of the examination. In order
that an exact determination may be made, the medical
examiners will indicate on the report the ability to per
10
ceive colors, stating the groups of plates of the Stillings

test actually read correctly by the candidate.
on the report. The report of " mal-occlusion " is not ac
(e) Experience during the period of operation of the
in a great many cases notation of disqualifying defects is
the candidate as physically qualified for enrollment.
While it is desirable to indicate defects upon the record in
order that proper steps may be taken for correction, the
report should in every case show definitely whether or not
the defects are of a disqualifying nature. In order that
all conditions governing enrollment may be fully satisfied,
(5) (a) The same requirements for enrollment in the
advanced course will be executed as in the case of enroll
ment in the basic course, except with respect to vision.
It is reasonable to assume that a student's eyes may be
slightly affected after 2 years of study, and it follows that
a student's vision may therefore not measure 20/20ths in
each eye at the time of the examination. The Bureau
course any student whose vision is not below 15/20ths.
ment shall, with respect to vision, be reported as physi
cally fit for enrollment in the advanced course.
(6) With the expectancy of commissioning the student
as a Naval Reserve ensign or second lieutenant, Marine
Corps Reserve, after graduation from the advanced
course, the medical examiners are authorized to report as
physically fit for enrollment in the advanced course, such
students who, in their opinion, will be able to meet the
11
minimum requirements upon graduation, as laid down in

paragraph 1446 (&), Manual of the Medical Department,
United States Navy.
(6) A student who, for any cause, has been disenrolled
(7) The procedure to be followed with respect to physi
cal examinations is as follows :
(a) A sufficient time in advance of the date of annual
registration of students, the professor of naval science
and tactics shall request the commandant of the district
to order two or more medical officers to conduct the
physical examination of candidates for enrollment. If
practicable to assemble the medical examiners without in
curring mileage or other expense, the commandant shall
order them in accordance with the request of the pro
fessor of naval science and tactics. In the event that
mileage or other expense will be incurred, the commandant
shall immediately nominate to the Bureau the medical
officers available, and the Bureau will then issue the nec
essary orders to the officers concerned.
(&) The examination shall be conducted in accordance
herein set forth.
Y, except as noted in 402 (2) above. The original and
one copy shall be forwarded to the Bureau of Navigation,
via the professor of naval science and tactics, who will
maintain one copy in the unit files.
(8) The procedure with respect to the examination of
students eligible for the advanced course is the same as
basic course.
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(9) In the case of students who present themselves for

reenrollment, the same procedure shall be followed as in
the case of students who apply for enrollment in the basic
course.
(10) Physical inspections of Naval R. O. T. C. students
on embarkation and prior to debarkation from the annual
practice cruise on naval vessels are required. These in
spections are to be made by the ship's medical officer.
These inspections are not complete physical examinations
to determine the students' physical fitness to remain in the
Naval R. O. T. C, but are made only to insure the dis
covery of any active diseases or injuries which may have
been contracted during the cruise. The fact that such in
spections have been completed shall be entered in each
student's health record, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Form H. No other report is required except in the case
of students who contract serious illness or injury during
the cruise which might result in ultimate physical disquali
fication. In such cases, a report will be made by the medi
cal officer of the ship, through the usual channels, to the
professor of naval science and tactics of the unit to which
the student is attached. The professor of naval science
and tactics will forward the report to the Bureau by en
dorsement, with such comment and recommendation as
may be deemed pertinent.
(11) (a) For commission in the Naval or Marine Corps
Reserve, the commandant of the district in which the
unit is located will order a statutory board of medical
examiners of two medical officers to conduct the physical
examination of senior students who will in all respects
become eligible for commissioning in the Naval or Marine
Corps Reserve upon graduation. If travel is involved,
orders must be issued by the Bureau before transporta
tion expenses will be defrayed by the Government. This
examination will be conducted in accordance with the in
structions of the Manual of the Medical Department,
United States Navy, which shall take into consideration
the minimum requirements as set down therein for mid
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shipmen graduating and commissioned, which minimum

requirements will be applicable in the examination and
subject to such modifications as outlined herein. The
uncorrected vision shall not be less than 15/20ths in each
eye, both corrected to 20/20ths. A definite statement will
be made by the board of medical examiners regarding the
candidate's physical fitness to perform the duties of a
Naval Reserve ensign or second lieutenant, Marine Corps
Reserve. Based upon this statement, the board will state
its findings and recommendations. If the candidate is
considered physically unqualified for a commission as
ensign, United States Naval Reserve, or second lieutenant,
Marine Corps Reserve, the board shall state the disquali
fying reasons.
(b) The professor of naval science and tactics will
notify the district commandant and the Bureau of Navi
gation by letter of the exact date upon which he desires
to conduct the physical examination in question. This
information must be forwarded in sufficient time to insure
the completion of physical examination prior to April 15.
(c) The only report of physical examination made by
the statutory board of medical examiners will be on
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Form Y, in duplicate.
In submitting the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Form
Y for this particular examination, there will be type
written at the top of the form, "Statutory Board of Med
ical Examiners convened by "
iners", "Member of the Board of Medical Examiners",
or "Recorder of the Board of Medical Examiners", as
the case may be.
(12) For enrollment in the Naval Reserve Officers'
Reserve Officers' Training Corps, to be immunized from
typhoid fever and smallpox, unless satisfactory certificate
of immunity from these diseases is furnished. Professors
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of naval science and tactics will arrange to have students

immunized at the earliest practicable date following en
rollment. Vaccines may be obtained, without cost, upon
request to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. The
number of students who require immunization shall be
stated in the request.
(13) The professors of naval science and tactics are
.authorized to make original enrollments or reenrollments
of students who are reported by the medical examiners as
thority from the Bureau. In the case of candidates for
enrollment or reenrollment who have been given a regular
-examination and who are reported by the medical exam
iners as not physically qualified for enrollment, the Bureau
desires that the disqualifying reasons be so clearly set
forth upon the report that a decision may be readily made
hy the Bureau as to whether or not waivers should be
approved. A complete physical examination will be given
to all applicants whose physical disability the professor
. of naval science and tactics recommends waived. The
senior medical examiner shall be a medical officer in the
regular service, preferably not below the rank of com
mander. This cannot always be accomplished, but in no
case will a medical officer below the rank of lieutenant com
mander in the regular service be acceptable as senior medi
cal examiner. Unless it is physically impossible to obtain
the services of a medical officer of the regular service, a
medical officer of the Reserve will not be acceptable as the
junior medical examiner.
(14) (a) Health records, Bureau of Medicine and Sur
gery Form H, shall be opened for each student enrolled in
the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps, and suitable
entries shall be made from time to time, in accordance with
the following instructions :
(1) The records shall be opened and retained by the
(2) In the case of students severing connection with the
Naval Reserve Officers ' Training Corps during the course,
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Navigation.
(3) The health records of all students who participate
in the annual practice cruise shall be delivered to the med
ical officers of the ships in which the students embark.
While on the cruise, entries in their record will be made
by the ship's medical officer. The records shall be turned
over to the officer in charge of the cruising units prior to
debarkation, for ultimate delivery to the professors of
naval science and tactics in charge of the units concerned.
(4) The health records of students who successfully
are commissioned in the Naval or Marine Corps Reserve
shall be forwarded, for the Naval Reserve, to the com
mandant of the naval district under whose command they
will be after commissioning, and for the Marine Corps
Reserve to the Major General Commandant. Health rec
ords of students who fail to obtain commissions in the
Naval or Marine Corps Reserve upon graduation shall be
forwarded to the Bureau of Navigation.
193
Status of enrollment.— (1) The Bureau assigns a

standard quota of students to each Naval Reserve Officers'
Training Corps unit.
(2) No student will be enrolled in the advanced course
who has not actually been enrolled in the basic course.
404
Training of naval science students.— (1) With the

approval of the institutional authorities students who are
not eligible for enrollment in the Naval Reserve Officers *
Training Corps or who are in excess of the allowed quota
of the unit, may be permitted to pursue the naval science
and tactics course for college credits. Naval science
students will not be included in enrollment reports nor in
the enrollment quota. They are not eligible to make the
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regular Naval R. O. T. C. practice cruises nor to be paid

commutation of subsistence during the advanced course.
(2) The professor of naval science and tactics may en
roll naval science students in the basic course as vacancies
occur during the academic year with full credit for work
done as naval science students provided they comply in
every respect with the requirements prescribed for origi
nal enrollment in the basic course. Normally, naval
science students should only be trained in numbers suffi
cient to fill prospective vacancies in the approved quota
of regular Naval R. O. T. G. students.
(3) Naval science students must be informed that they
are not actually enrolled in the Naval R. O. T. C. and
must understand that if they are not so enrolled prior to
the last day of their second academic year they cannot
later be absorbed in the Naval R. O. T. C.
(4) Professors of naval science and tactics should take
advantage of this authority to train naval science students
in order to keep their quota filled and thereby to secure a
maximum number of Naval R. O. T. C. graduates.
405
Enrollment in basic course; requirements.— (1) A

candidate for enrollment as a Naval R. O. T. C. student in
the basic course of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training
Corps must meet the following requirements prior to
acceptance therein:
(&) Be a student who may be definitely expected to
remain at the educational institution for a sufficient
period of time to complete the 4-year course in naval
(c) Be a student who definitely expects to remain at the
educational institution 4 years, which may include con
secutive years of graduate work.
(d) Agree to be immunized from typhoid fever and
smallpox, unless satisfactory certificate of immunity from
these diseases is furnished.
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(2) A student may be reenrolled in the basic course and

maintained, provided:
(&) He may be definitely expected to remain at the in
stitution for the time required to complete the 4-year
course in naval science and tactics.
(d) Form N. Nav. 263 with entries in his case to date
is received by the professor of naval science and tactics at
(e) He is not enrolled in any class which has progressed
beyond the point in the course where he was disenrolled,
and is recommended by the professor of naval science and
tactics of the institution from which transferred.
(/) Credit may be given for service as midshipman at
the United States Naval Academy as determined appro
priate by the professor of naval science and tactics.
406
Withdrawal or discharge of members of basic

course.—The authorities of an institution may, upon their
and tactics. A student thus severing his relations with the
Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps can be reinstated
upon approval thereof by the authorities of the institu
tion and by the professor of naval science and tactics, pro
vided he may be definitely expected to remain at the insti
tution for a sufficient period of time to complete the 4-year
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course in naval science and tactics and he complies with

article 405 (2) (e).
407
Enrollment in advanced course; requirements.—An

Officers ' Training Corps must meet the following require
ments prior to enrollment therein:
(b) Have successfully completed the basic course of the
Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps either in a fully
enrolled status for the 2 years' basic course or in a com
bined enrolled and naval science status.
(c) Be a student who, unless authorized by the Bureau
to compress the advanced course, may be definitely ex
pected to remain at the educational institution for the 2
additional years required to complete the 4-year course
in naval science and tactics. As much of this time as
necessary may be in the status of a graduate student.
professor of naval science and tactics with the approval
of the head of the educational institution.
(e) Submit a written application for admission to the
advanced course.
(/) Submit a written agreement to continue training in
the advanced course until the completion thereof unless
sooner discharged in accordance with the provisions of
these regulations.
scribed for the advanced course in the Department of
Naval Science and Tactics by the current annual catalog
of the institution, and to devote 5 hours per week when
(h) Submit a written agreement to make one cruise
during the advanced course, this cruise to be made during
the summer following the completion of the junior aca
demic year, unless otherwise specifically authorized by
the Bureau of Navigation. The award of academic de
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grees to which a student is otherwise entitled will not be

withheld because of a deferred cruise.
(i) Agree to be immunized from typhoid fever and
408
Reenrollment of former members of advanced

course.—Members of the advanced course who sever
their relations as students of an educational institution
thereby automatically terminate their connection with the
Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps. They will be re
quired to fulfill the uncompleted provisions of the contracts
they signed when they originally enrolled in the advanced
course in case they are later readmitted as students in the
same educational institution. In case they are admitted as
students in another educational institution in which a unit
of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps is main
tained, they will be required to sign new contracts to ful
fill the uncompleted provisions of the contracts they signed
when they originally enrolled in the advanced course,
provided :
(a) They are eligible to enroll under the regulations of
the institution at which they resume their studies.
(&) They may be definitely expected, unless authorized
by the Bureau to compress the advanced course, to remain
at the institution for the additional time required to com
plete the 4-year course in naval science and tactics.
409

course.— (1) A member enrolled in the advanced course
cannot withdraw from such course while a student at the
institution until a statement in full of his reasons there
for has been submitted to and accepted by the Bureau of
Navigation. Release from the formal contract which a
member enters into with the Government upon enrollment
in the advanced course will only be approved under ex-
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traordinary circumstances; otherwise, the agreement to

complete the course must be considered binding.
(2) Any student enrolled in the advanced course who
has not demonstrated sufficient aptitude in performance of
duty to indicate that further training will qualify him for
a commission in the Naval or Marine Corps Reserve will
be so reported by letter forwarded by the professor of
naval science and tactics to the Bureau of Navigation.
Upon approval of this recommendation by the Bureau of
Navigation such student shall be disenrolled or permitted
to resign from the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps.
(3) Students of the advanced course who are granted
leave or are otherwise absent from the university or college
for a period of 3 months shall be disenrolled.
410

enrolled member of the advanced course, remaining at
an institution, cannot be reinstated for such course except
by authority of the Bureau of Navigation.
411
Medical and theological students not to be enrolled in

Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps.—Students con
templating pursuing a medical or theological course of
study will not be enrolled in the basic or advanced course
412
Members of faculty authorized to take course of train

ing.—Physically fit members of the faculty or of the corps
of instructors of an institution are authorized, upon ap
proval by the authorities of the institution, to take the
courses of instruction prescribed herein for members of
the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps. Participa
tion in these courses will not entitle them to enrollment
in the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps or to any
pay or allowances.
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413
Appointment of Naval Reserve Officers' Training

Corps graduates in the Naval or Marine Corps Re
serve.— (1) Naval R. O. T. C. students who successfully
complete the course in naval science and tactics, and who
so request, may be appointed as ensign in the United
States Naval Reserve, or as second lieutenant, United
States Marine Corps Reserve, upon the recommendation
of the professor of naval science and tactics and approval
of the Bureau of Navigation, provided they fulfill the
physical requirements and are 18 years or over, but less
than 28 years of age.
(2) Students who fail to graduate from the institution,
but who complete successfully the prescribed course in
naval science and tactics may be appointed in the United
States States Naval Reserve or United States Marine
Corps Reserve, upon the recommendation of the professor
of naval science and tactics and approval of the Bureau
of Navigation. Without such recommendations, no such
student will be considered eligible for appointment in the
Naval or Marine Corps Reserve until after 1 year from
the date on which he would have graduated from the
institution.
SECTION 5
ADMINISTRATION
Article
Communications 502
Inspections 503
Head of Department of Naval Science and Tactics 506
men 507
Discipline 508
Navy Day observance 512
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501
General policies.— Supervision, control, and direction

■of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps will be ad
ministered by the Navy Department through the Bureau
of Navigation which is hereby given all necessary author
ity in the premises.
502
Communications—All communications to the Navy-

Department relative to the Naval Reserve Officers' Train
ing Corps will be directed to the Bureau of Navigation,
unless otherwise specified.
503
Inspections.—Officers from the Bureau of Navigation

will conduct inspections of units as may be required for
proper administration of the Naval Reserve Officers'
Training Corps. At least one inspection of this character
should be made of each unit during each academic year.
The commandant of the naval district will inspect the unit
in his district in accordance with article 1484 (6), United
504

the same general authority of supervision and control
over the Department of Naval Science and Tactics as they
exercise over other departments of the institution.
505
Officer and enlisted personnel.— (1) Details of officer

£Lnd enlisted personnel for duty with Naval Reserve Of
ficers' Training Corps units and relief therefrom are func
tions of the Bureau of Navigation.
(2) The number of officers and enlisted men assigned
to duty with Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps units
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will be determined by the Bureau of Navigation, based

upon the exigencies of the naval service and the personnel
requirements of the units.
(3) The Major General Commandant, United States
Marine Corps, will assign the authorized regular Marine
Corps personnel for duty with Naval Reserve Officers'
Training Corps units as provided in articles 205 (c) of
section 2 and 507 of section 5.
506
Head of Department of Naval Science and Tactics.—

(1) The head of the Department of Naval Science and
Tactics at an educational institution where a unit of the'
Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps is established is
the officer ordered as professor of naval science and tactics
by the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation. He shall be
the senior commissioned line officer of the Navy ordered
to duty with the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps
unit at that institution. He shall be designated as the
(2) He will have the academic standing which the insti
tution accords the heads of its other major departments.
He will be a member of the university, college, or school
faculty, with all rights and privileges of a faculty member,
will assume the same responsibilities and obligations as
heads of other departments, and will be a member of the
council of deans or equivalent body.
(3) He shall prepare internal regulations necessary for
ihe government of Naval R. O. T. C. students when under
(4) He shall be responsible for the carrying out of the
(5) He is authorized by the Secretary of the Navy to
administer oaths for purposes of naval administration.
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507

508
Discipline.— (1) Officers on duty in connection with

Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps units shall require
Naval R. O. T. C. students to conduct themselves in a mil
itary manner at all times when the students are under
naval jurisdiction.
(2) Students may be dropped from the course in naval
science and tactics for cause by the professor of naval
science and tactics as a disciplinary measure.
509

510

courses of instruction offered by an institution.— (1)
The primary academic duty of officers and enlisted men
detailed to duty with a Naval Reserve Officers' Training
Corps unit shall be that of administration and instruction
in the department of naval science and tactics. This
shall not be construed, however, as prohibiting officers and
men from conducting courses of instruction in other de
partments of the educational institution when the pro
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fessor of naval science and tactics considers this procedure

advisable and conducive to closer liaison with the institu
tion. Each such case shall be referred to the Bureau of
Navigation, with the recommendation of the professor of
naval science and tactics in the premises, and authorization
withheld until receipt of the Bureau's approval.
(2) Professors of naval science and tactics may pursue
a course of instruction conducted by an educational insti
tution upon approval of the Bureau of Navigation. Pro
does not interfere with the proper discharge of their naval
duties.
511

practicable, orders detailing an officer to relieve another
as professor of naval science and tactics will direct the
former to report to the institution not later than 2 weeks
prior to the opening of an academic year and not less than
2 weeks before the detachment of his predecessor.
512
Navy Day observance.—The professor of naval science

and tactics will cooperate insofar as possible with the dis
trict commandants and university authorities in the ob
servance of Navy Day, in accordance with instructions
issued annually by the Navy Department.
SECTION 6
TRAINING
Article
General 601
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Article
Marking 616
Athletics 618
Military organization 621
Practice cruise :
Mission 622
Cruises 623
Medical attention in line of duty while on cruise 624
601
General.—Training in the Naval Reserve Officers7

Training Corps shall so supplement the academic course
given by an educational institution that, upon completion
of the 4-year course in naval science and tactics, Naval
R. 0. T. C. students will possess the following essential
qualifications of a junior officer of the Naval or Marine
Corps Reserve :
(&) A practical working knowledge of essential naval
subjects.
initiative.
traditions.
(/) Organization leadership and discipline of value in
an industrial or professional career.
602
General education.—A good general education, the first

qualification, will be attained from pursuit of courses of
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study in the sciences and arts conducted by the educa

tional institution.
603
Knowledge of naval subjects.— (1) A practical work
ing knowledge of essential naval subjects, the second qual
ification, shall be the governing factor in determining the
scope and character of courses in naval science and tac
tics. Curricula, drills, and training under Departments of
Naval Science and Tactics at educational institutions, and
instruction on practice cruises, shall be pointed toward
acquisition of that knowledge of naval subjects which is
essential to a junior officer of the Naval or Marine Corps
Reserve.
(2) When practicable, students electing academic
courses in naval construction, engineering (civil, mechani
cal, electrical, internal-combustion engine, ordnance,
radio, aeronautical, etc.), navigation, law, finance and sup
plies, communications, or kindred subjects affording edu
cation along lines of naval value shall be particularly en
couraged to enroll as Naval R. O. T. C. students, other
factors being equal. Election of such courses by Naval
R. O. T. C. students after enrollment in the Naval Re
serve Officers' Training Corps shall be encouraged, pro
vided this will not result in interference with the educa
tional plans of the student.
604
Discipline of mind and body.—A well-disciplined

mind and body, the third qualification, will be developed
by holding Naval R. O. T. C. students, while under naval
jurisdiction, to the highest standards of bearing and
conduct.
605

fication, shall be attained by affording Naval R. O. T. C.
14S72—3o a
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students every practicable opportunity to develop as self-

reliant, aggressive leaders. Ability as a leader is acquired
by the exercise of supervised opportunity to command;
Training Corps through their 4-year course. Considera
tions of administration and discipline shall not limit op
portunities to command to a selected group to the exclu
tion in leadership shall be given to students naturally
backward in such ability.
606
Naval ideals, customs, and traditions.—A well-devel

oped sense of naval ideals, customs, and traditions, the
fifth qualification, will be attained by observation and
naval contacts established while enrolled in the Naval
607

Officers' Training Corps courses shall do so for but 2
years at a time. The first election is for the 2-year basic
course, upon the completion of which, if the student be
acceptable for further training, he may elect the advanced
course.
608
Curtailment of courses.—The Bureau of Navigation

may approve applications for the curtailment of the naval
science and tactics course when all of the following con
ditions exist :
(a) The student has passed or agrees to pass all sub
jects in naval science and tactics to the satisfaction of the
professor of naval science and tactics. Fulfillment of this
condition will be determined by work done as a midship
man or naval science student, or by the practicability of
a proposed schedule to carry extra work without undue
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conflicts in class attendance or unreasonable demand for

special attention on the part of instructors.
(&) The student has completed or agrees to complete
one practice cruise while enrolled in the advanced course.
(c) The student will, in the opinion of the professor of
a junior officer in the Naval or Marine Corps Reserve.
609
Courses of instruction.—Subjects and outlines of

courses of study for Departments of Naval Science and
Tactics will be prescribed by the Bureau of Navigation and
all instruction in such departments shall be conducted in
accordance therewith.
610
Credit for courses and toward a degree.— (1) The

credit to be given for the successful completion of courses
in the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps toward a
degree is a matter to be determined by the authorities of
each institution. The successful conduct of Naval Reserve
Officers ' Training Corps units depends in a large measure
upon the granting of credit on the same basis, hour for
hour, for practical and theoretical instruction as is given
for laboratory and classroom work in other departments.
(2) Credit toward completion of the course shall not be
officer or enlisted man, but shall be given for service as
midshipman at the United States Naval Academy.
611
Coordination with other academic departments.—Pro

fessors of naval science and tactics shall coordinate the
work of Departments of Naval Science and Tactics with
that of other academic departments of educational insti
tutions whenever it is practicable to avoid duplication
thereby. Specific subjects prescribed for the Naval Re
serve Officers' Training Corps which are taught with par
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tial or equivalent scope in other departments of an insti

tution may be omitted, in part or entirety, from courses
conducted by Departments of Naval Science and Tactics.
When this procedure is followed, the subject omitted from
the curriculum of the Department of Naval Science and
Tactics shall be given in the other academic department in
a manner satisfactory to the professor of naval science and
tactics ; election of the subject in the other academic de
partment shall be required for enrollment in the Depart
ment of Naval Science and Tactics.
612
Schedules of instruction.—Each professor of naval sci

ence and tactics shall prepare schedules of instruction
based on the outlines of instruction prescribed by the
Bureau of Navigation and adapted to time allowed the
Department of Naval Science and Tactics. A copy of
each schedule of instruction prepared shall be furnished
to the Bureau of Navigation and to each of existing Naval
Reserve Officers' Training Corps units, and one copy re
tained in the permanent files of the unit for future ref
erence. Any changes made in existing syllabus will be
distributed as above.
613

of instruction and training in Departments of Naval
Science and Tactics shall be 3 hours for each academic
week while enrolled in the basic course, and 5 hours for
each academic week while enrolled in the advanced course.
Time devoted to preparation for instruction shall not be
counted in satisfaction of this requirement. Instruction
periods shall be coordinated with the schedule of the insti
tution and correspond to the hours of other departments.
614
Definition of "instruction hours."—One instruction

hour in the schedule of instruction represents the cus
tomary academic hour of the institution.
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615
Distribution of instruction hours.—Within the limits

of outline prescribed by the Bureau of Navigation, pro- .
fessors of naval science and tactics shall shape the char
acter of instruction in Departments of Naval Science and
Tactics to the peculiar conditions obtaining at each educa
tional institution. Decisions as to the number of hours
to be allotted to theoretical instruction, the number of
hours to be devoted to practical instruction, and detailed
character of instruction must be reached after mature
consideration of local conditions. The attitude of the
authorities of the institution, nature of courses of study
pursued by students in other academic departments, gen
eral caliber of students and climatic conditions are some
of the factors governing such decisions.
616

in other academic departments shall be employed in De
partments of Naval Science and Tactics. Reports of stu
dents' grading and merit, based on this system of
marking and similar in form and scope to those rendered
by other major departments of the institution, shall be
submitted to the authorities of the educational institution
in accordance with their requirements. Upon completion
of the course in naval science and tactics, a report will be
made to the Bureau indicating the Naval R. O. T. C. stand
ing by merit of each Naval Reserve Officers ' Training
Corps graduate, giving his final mark. Reports of stu
dents' grading and merit intended for the Bureau of Navi
gation shall indicate the corresponding marks, based on
a scale of 0 to 4.0. A report of the relative standing in
naval science and tactics of those students commissioned
in the Naval and Marine Corps Reserve will also be for
warded to the Bureau.
617
Status of training.—Such reports of status of training

in Departments of Naval Science and Tactics shall be fur
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nished heads of educational institutions as may be required

by the rules of the institution for other departments.
618

under the Department of Naval Science and Tactics dur
ing the season in which he is actually engaged in such ath
619

training or instruction in the Department of Naval Science
and Tactics shall not be excused except for physical dis
ability or exceptional circumstances. A Naval R. O. T. C.
graduation.
620
Training certificates.— (1) A naval training certificate

on Form N. Nav. 266 shall be issued by the professor of
naval science and tactics to each student who successfully
completes—
(&) The basic course in the Naval Reserve Officers'
Training Corps.
Training Corps, but is not recommended for enrollment in
the Naval or Marine Corps Reserve.
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621
Military organization.— (1) The Naval Reserve Offi

cers ' Training Corps battalion will be organized in general
as follows: (a) Battalion commander (cadet lieutenant
commander) ; battalion subcommander (cadet lieuten
ant) ; battalion adjutant and signal officer (cadet lieu
tenant (j. g.)); battalion commissary and quartermaster
(cadet ensign) ; battalion chief petty officer. (&) Com
pany organization, company commander (cadet lieuten
ant) ; first platoon leader (cadet lieutenant (j. g.)) ; sec
ond platoon leader (cadet ensign) ; first petty officer;
second petty officer ; two third petty officers. Additional
third petty officer so appointed will have duties of platoon
left guide. Other petty officers sufficient in number to
provide one petty officer for each squad.
(2) There may be two or more companies in the battal
ion organization. Companies will be organized with six
squads. A platoon shall not be less than three squads.
Squads shall not be skeletonized to increase the number of
companies in the battalion organization. If the number of
disenrollments during the academic year necessitates re
ducing the number of companies in order to maintain full
squads, the professor of naval science and tactics will take
the necessary action to this end. In case a company is
disbanded, company cadet officer appointments will be
revoked.
(3) The color guard will consist of the following :
One first petty officer.
One second petty officer.
One third petty officer.
One fourth petty officer.
(4) The drum and bugle corps (if organized in the unit)
will consist of the following :
One cadet junior lieutenant.
One first petty officer.
One second petty officer (drum major).
Cadets as necessary and detailed.
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PRACTICE CRUISE
622
Mission.—To furnish the Naval R. O. T. C. students

with the opportunity to gain experience at sea in the prac
tical application of their studies in naval science and
tactics.-
623
Cruises.— (1) Advanced course students are required

to make one cruise during the advanced course to qualify
for commission in the Naval or Marine Corps Reserve,
while still a member of the institution or in the summer
immediately following graduation if specifically author
ized to delay the cruise. Unless otherwise specifically
authorized by the Bureau, all advanced course students
are required to make a cruise of from 2 to 3 weeks during
the summer following the junior college year.
(2) Provided funds and ships are available, the Bureau
plans to cruise Naval R. O. T. C. students annually as
follows :
(a) Advanced course students in destroyers.
(b) Basic course students in battleships or cruisers.
Where feasible, those ships having planes aboard should
retain planes and personnel during cruise for instruc
tional purposes.
(c) Special short cruises may be arranged by the pro
fessor of naval science and tactics for students desiring to
take them, conforming to existing Commander-in-Chief
instructions.
624
Medical attention in line of duty while on cruises.—

Members of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps,
while on cruises at Government expense on board ships,
will be furnished medical and hospital treatment, subsist
ence until furnished transportation, and transportation
when fit for travel to their homes. The remains of mem
bers of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps who
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die while on practice cruises will be prepared and trans

ported to their homes and the burial expenses paid by the
Oovernment.
SECTION 7
PAY AND ALLOWANCES
Article
course 701
cruises 702
701
Payment of commutation of subsistence during ad

vanced course.— (1) A member of the advanced course
of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps will be fur
nished commutation of subsistence for the period, not
exceeding 2 years, that he is enrolled in the advanced
course, except that commutation of subsistence shall not
be allowed for periods when subsistence in kind is fur
nished or when the student is paid a travel allowance in
lieu of transportation and subsistence. The amount of
commutation of subsistence will be fixed from time to time
by the Secretary of the Navy and will not exceed the value
prescribed by law for a commuted ration of the Navy.
(2) The following instructions shall govern the pay
ment of commutation of subsistence to students enrolled
for the advanced course :
students have satisfied all requirements of these regula
tions for enrollment in the advanced course. Students
who are enrolled in the advanced course prior to comple
tion of 2 years of academic service because of approval to
compress the naval science and tactics course will be paid
commutation of subsistence from date on which they com
plete 2 years ' academic service as regularly enrolled Naval
R. O. T. C. students.
(&) Commutation of subsistence shall be paid from and
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during an academic term that he begins the Naval

Reserve Officers' Training Corps advanced course train
ing.
(c) Commutation of subsistence certificates shall be
certified by professors of naval science and tactics on
Form N. Nav. 270 on the last day of each month of the
scholastic year and forwarded to the Bureau of Navigation
in quintuplet to substantiate payments to students.
(Original N. Nav. 270 and copies N. Nav. 270a.)
(d) Payments of commutation of subsistence will be
made by the disbursing officer for the Naval Reserve Offi
cers' Training Corps attached to the Bureau of Naviga
tion. Checks will be made payable to the order of the
individual students and forwarded to professors of naval
science and tactics for delivery.
any period in excess of 2 academic years plus one inter
vening summer vacation.
(3) Payments of commutation for the summer vacation
period will be governed by the following instructions :
cates will be prepared to cover the period actually in at
tendance and under the supervision of the professor of
naval science and tactics concerned.
(&) For students taking the cruise, certificates shall be
prepared to cover the period between the end of the
scholastic year and the dates on which subsistence at Gov
ernment expense begins and forwarded to the Bureau as
soon as possible after the commencement of the cruise.
Payment of commutation for day of embarkation will be
made to student when he embarks after breakfast, and on
day of disembarkation will be credited to ship when
student disembarks after breakfast. No further payments
of commutation will then be made until the students have
entered upon the second year of the advance course. Cer
tificates shall then be prepared to cover the portion of the
summer vacation subsequent to the cruise or, at the elec
tion of the professor of naval science and tactics concerned
til
that portion of the vacation period may be included in the

certificate for the first month of the new scholastic year.
paid travel allowance at the rate of 5 cents per mile in lieu
of transportation and subsistence. The time spent in such
travel should, therefore, not be included in the commuta
tion certificates.
(4) Payment of commutation shall cease or be cur
tailed under the following conditions:
(a) In the case of students exempted by the Bureau
the advanced course, no payments shall be made during
the interval between the date of completion of the first
year's scholastic work and the date of commencement of
the second year's work of the advanced course.
(&) In the case of students not exempted by the Bu
reau who fail to take the advanced course cruise during
the summer immediately following completion of the first
year of the advanced course, no payments shall be made
after the date of completion of the first year's scholastic
work.
(c) Payment of commutation may be withheld in the
case of students whom the professor of naval science and
tactics for any reason considers unsatisfactory in naval
science and tactics for 1 month. If during the following
month they become satisfactory, they may then be cer
tified for 2 months' commutation. If, however, they re
main unsatisfactory for the second consecutive month of
the same term or semester, payment of commutation may
be withheld for the balance of the current semester.
may be paid commutation covering such absence for a.
period not to exceed 1 month. Payment for such absence
will not be made until their return and resumption of
instruction.
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(e) In the case of students who are absent from instruc

cease after the first week of such absence. If such ab
sence is caused by separation from college, payment of
commutation shall cease from the first day of absence.
702

cruises.— (1) All members of the Naval Reserve Officers'
cruise to ports designated by the Bureau of Navigation
for embarkation on the cruise. In lieu thereof, they may
be furnished travel allowance at the rate of 5 cents per
mile for the distance by the shortest usually traveled route
between these points.
(2) All members of the Naval Reserve Officers' Train
ing Corps upon completion of a practice cruise shall be
furnished mileage in advance at the rate of 5 cents per
thereof, they may be furnished transportation and sub
sistence in kind for travel between these points.
(3) Professors of naval science and tactics shall desig
(4) All members of the advanced course of the Naval
Reserve Officers' Training Corps shall be paid as pre
scribed for enlisted men of the seventh pay grade of the
Navy while embarked in a naval vessel for a practice
cruise.
(5) The day of embarkation and day of disembarkation
are both included in the period for which students are
paid.
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ing Corps shall be furnished subsistence in kind while em
barked in a naval vessel for a practice cruise.
SECTION 8
UNIFORMS AND INSIGNIA

Article
Uniform outfits furnished by the Government- . 801
Cruise uniforms 802
Uniform instructions 803
SOI
Uniform outfits furnished by the Government.— (1)

An outfit of essential uniforms will be issued to each stu
dent member of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training
Corps after his enrollment, or commutation in lieu of uni
forms paid at a rate to be fixed annually by the Secretary
of the Navy.
(2) Uniforms and other equipment and material issued
to the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps in accord
ance with law may be furnished from surplus or reserve
stock, without payment from Naval Reserve Officers'
Training Corps appropriation, except for actual expenses,
incurred in the manufacture or issue.
(3) In no case shall the amount paid from the Naval
Reserve Officers' Training Corps appropriation for uni
forms, equipment, or material furnished to the Naval Re
serve Officers' Training Corps from stocks under the con
trol of the Navy be in excess of the price current at the
time the issue is made. The outfit will consist of the fol
lowing articles :
Blue service uniform, suits 2
Combination cap 2
White working clothes, suits 2
White hats 2
Leggings, pair 1
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As far as practicable the blue service uniform and com

bination cap issued Naval R. O. T. C. students upon en
rollment in the basic course shall be from reclaimed stock
which has been cleaned and altered to fit as necessary.
The second blue service uniform and combination cap
shall be new, made to order for the particular student,
and shall not be issued until the student has been enrolled
in the advanced course. The leggings, white gloves, and
black four-in-hand ties issued to students may be replaced
from stock as the article becomes unfit for use because of
wear.
(4) Other items of clothing, such as black shoes, black
socks, white shirts, stiff white turned-down collars, must
be supplied by the individual students in sufficient quanti
ties to suit their needs.
(5) Whenever a Naval R. O. T. C. student is disenrolled
or withdraws from a unit previous to graduation, the pro
fessor of naval science and tactics will reclaim all articles
of uniform furnished by the Government.
802
Cruise uniforms.—Students attending the annual cruise

will be issued one raincoat and two pairs of white trousers
for use during the cruise period only, upon the completion
of which these particular articles will be reclaimed by the
professor of naval science and tactics for reissue previous
to following cruises. During the cruise period, each
student participating shall supply himself with the
following :
Blacking outfit 1
Brush, scrub 1
Bucket, metal (if required by washroom facilities
of cruising ship) 1
Coat hanger 1
Overshoes, pair 1
Pajamas, suits 3
Towels, bath 4
Underwear, suits 4
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803
Uniform instructions.— (1) Corps mark or insignia.

A distinctive Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps mark
or insignia shall be worn on the outside of left sleeve of
blue service dress, midway between the elbow and shoulder
and on the overcoat, should one be supplied. The insignia
will consist of :
(a) An anchor 1% inches over all, V/s inches across and
outside of flukes, and 1 inch across and outside of crown ;
letters U. S. N. five-sixteenths inch high, one-eighth inch
above anchor. The letters R. O. three-eighths inch high,
directly above the left fluke of anchor, and the letters T. C.
three-eighths inch high, directly above the right fluke of
anchor, all to be embroidered in gold bullion on United
States Navy standard blue cloth; cloth to be 3 inches
square, with shank of anchor placed along diagonal axis
of square. All bullion shall be no. 26 Jaceron no. 3 United
States standard 90 percent silver, 2 percent gold, and 8
percent alloy.
(&) In lieu of the above device, on the white working
clothes, the letters R. O. T. C—U. S. N. 1 inch in height
shall be stenciled on the front of the jumper 1 inch below
the bottom of the V, and centrally located. One inch be
low these letters, properly centered, shall be stenciled the
name of the institution in letters 1 inch high; thus—
R. O. T. C—U. S. N.
WASHINGTON
White hats shall be made with a blue rim, similar to

those furnished for midshipmen at the Naval Academy.
(2) Insignia of rank of Naval B. 0. T. C. student
officers.—The insignia of rank of Naval R. O. T. C. student
officers will consist of gold stripes, 2% inches long and
one-eighth inch wide, the lower stripe 2 inches from the
lower edge of each sleeve, stripes one-fourth inch apart,
worn on the outside of the sleeve centered between seams.
Rank will be indicated as follows : Naval R. O. T. C. stu
dent ensign 1 stripe; Naval R. O. T. C. student junior
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lieutenant 2 stripes ; Naval R. O. T. C. student lieutenant

3 stripes ; Naval R. O. T. C. student lieutenant commander
4 stripes. All Naval R. O. T. C. student line officers shall
wear also a 5-pointed star, 1 inch in diameter, embroidered
in gold, to be placed one-fourth inch above the upper
stripe on each sleeve.
(3) Insignia of rank of Naval R. O. T. C. student petty
officers.—The insignia of rank of Naval R. O. T. C. stu
dent petty officers will consist of a device of an eagle and
anchor of gold worn on the right sleeve, midway between
the elbow and shoulder, similar to that worn by midship
man petty officers at the Naval Academy. Stars desig
nated as part of the insignia in this paragraph shall be
five-eighths inch in diameter and so placed on the sleeve
that one point of each star shall be uppermost. Chevrons
designated shall be one-eighth-inch gold lace.
(a) For battalion chief petty officers—on right sleeve,,
an eagle and anchor surmounted by three gold stars pyra-
midically arranged, the center of upper star IY2 inches
above the eagle, the centers of the two lower stars being
IV2 inches apart on a line three-fourths inch below the cen
ter of the upper star and below the anchor, three chevrons.
(&) For first petty officers—on the right sleeve, an
eagle and anchor, surmounted by one star, the center of
which will be five-eighths inch above the eagle, and below
the anchor, three chevrons.
(c) For second petty officers—same as for first petty
officers, except with one chevron.
(d) For third petty officers—same as for first petty
officers, but without chevrons.
(e) For other potty officers—same as for first petty
officers, but without the star or chevrons.
(4) Cap insignia.—The cap insignia will consist of a
device embroidered in gold, similar to the sleeve insignia
for the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps.
(5) Insignia for service in the Naval Reserve Officers'
Training Corps.—Service in the Naval Reserve Officers'"
Training Corps will be indicated on the blue service uni
form, as follows:
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(a) Students enrolled in the first year of the basic

course (Naval R. O. T. C. freshmen) will wear no insignia
for service.
(b) Students enrolled in the second year of the basic
course (Naval R. O. T. C. sophomores) will wear below
the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps device on the
left sleeve, a stripe of gold silk lace one-eighth inch wide,
IV2 inches long, placed three-fourth inch below the crown
of the anchor, parallel to the letters R. O. T. C. and with
center of stripe directly below the crown.
(c) Students enrolled in the first year of the advanced
course (Naval R. O. T. C. juniors) will wear two gold lace
stripes, the upper stripe placed as in (2) above, with the
second stripe parallel to and one-fourth inch below the
first stripe.
(d) Students enrolled in the second year of the ad
vanced course (Naval R. O. T. C. seniors) will wear three
gold lace stripes, the upper two placed as in (c) above,
with the third stripe parallel to and one-fourth inch below
the second stripe.
(6) Insignia for cruises attended. The completion of
cruises by Naval R. O. T. C. students will be indicated on
the blue service uniform as follows :
(a) Students who have completed one duly authorized
cruise will wear over the Naval Reserve Officers' Training
Corps device a 5-pointed gold star, one-half inch in diam
eter, center of star located directly above the S in IT. S. N.
and VA inches from the top of the S.
(&) Students who have completed two cruises will wear
over the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps device
two stars, horizontally placed, on a line VA inches above
the top of the S in U. S. N., center of stars 1 inch to the
right and left, respectively, of a line drawn vertically
through the center of the S.
(c) Students who have completed three cruises will
wear over the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps de
vice three stars, pyramidically placed, as follows: Center
star directly above the S and 1SA inches from the top
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thereof, the two other stars placed as described in (2)

above.
SECTION 9
SUPPLY AND EQUIPMENT
Article
Bonds 901
Naval property custodian 902
Allowance list 903
Cost of transporting supplies and equipment 904
Receipt and accounting for property 905
Inventory 906
Return of Government property 907
Surveys 908
Property protection 909
Report of inspector on protective measures 910
Replacement of damaged property by university 911
Cruise supplies and equipment 912
Request for uniform equipment 913
Targets 914
Request for supplies 915
Forms, letterheads, and printed envelopes 916
Fire insurance 917
901
Bonds.—All equipment issued to an educational institu

tion, except uniforms, expendable articles, and supplies
to be expended in operation, maintenance, and instruction,
must be covered by bond. When executed, bonds will be
forwarded to the Judge Advocate General, Navy Depart
ment, for approval, and will be held in the custody of that
officer.
902
Naval property custodian.—The naval property cus

todian is designated by the institutional authorities to
requisition, receive, store, and account for Government
property and otherwise transact matters pertaining
thereto, for and in behalf of the institution.
903
Allowance list.— (1) It is not considered practicable to

prescribe a standard allowance for Naval R. O. T. C.
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units. Conditions at the various educational institu

tions in which units are established differ so widely that
their requirements for equipment and books cannot be met
by a standard list. Requests from units for equipment
and books will be given individual consideration, and de
cision as to whether or not the material can be supplied
will be based on the merits of the case and funds available
for the purpose.
(2) Title B equipment will be issued only on request
signed by the person designated by the institution con
cerned.
(3) Uniforms and expendable supplies for operation,
maintenance, and instruction, will be issued on request
signed by the professor of naval science and tactics.
904
Cost of transporting supplies and equipment.—The

cost of transporting supplies and equipment from the
place of issue to the several institutions, and the cost of
maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled
Government passenger carrying vehicles used by the Naval
Reserve Officers' Training Corps, will be borne by the
Government. ;
905
Receipt and accounting for property.— (1) Execution

of bills of lading.
(a) Shipments of Government property, supplied from
n&vy yards or naval stations, will be made on Government
bills of lading and will be consigned to the university con
cerned, for the Department of Naval Science and Tactics.
Upon receipt of the shipment, the consignee will accom
plish the original bill of lading and surrender same to the
agent of the delivering carrier. Notation regarding
shortages or damages will be full and complete and must
be entered on the reverse side of the bill of lading prior to
accomplishment. The duplicate copy, after noting receipt
of shipment thereon, will be returned to the consignor and
the triplicate copy should be filed by the consignee with
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his retained papers bearing on this subject. In no case

will transportation charges be paid by the consignee.
(&) The prompt accomplishment of the original bill of
lading and the early surrender thereof (after receipt of
the shipment) to the carrier is a matter of exceeding
importance.
(2) Drayage.— (a) When notice is received by an in
stitution that Government property has been shipped, to
such institution for the Department of Naval Science and
Tactics, arrangements should be made for the necessary
drayage services at destination. If the institution has
drayage facilities, such facilities should invariably be
used. If the institution has no drayage facilities and
drayage equipment is available at a Government activity
in the vicinity, a formal request should be submitted to
the officer in charge of the Government activity for the
use of such equipment. If drayage services must be per
formed by commercial concerns, the cost of drayage should
be ascertained from all local draymen in position to fur
nish the necessary services in a satisfactory manner, and
arrangements should be made with the firm quoting the
lowest rate for the drayage required.
(&) All drayage bills should be submitted to the insti
tution concerned from or to which drayage is performed
and should contain reference to the bill of lading under
which the shipment moved, giving the number, date, and
place of issue thereof. The bills for drayage should con
tain the following certificate properly signed by the firm
performing the service: " Certified correct and just, pay
ment not received." The institution receiving shipment
should approve the drayage bill, making comment thereon
as to the reasonableness of the charge and forward same
to the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, Navy Depart
ment (via the Supply Officer, Training Division, Bureau
of Navigation), for payment in accordance with para
graph 1850-2 (d), Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
Manual.
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(3) Care and safekeeping of equipment.—The institu

tions are responsible for the care and safekeeping of all
equipment which has been issued to them and with seeing
that proper precautions are taken to prevent the equip
ment from being improperly used and from falling into
the hands of irresponsible persons.
(4) Receipt of property.— (a) Upon receipt of prop
erty covered by a shipment order, the yellow copy of the
shipment order which is mailed by the Bureau of Sup
plies and Accounts to the consignee will be completed and
will be immediately forwarded to the Training Division,
(&) When shipment of equipment is received, accom
panied with invoices, the material will be checked and a
certificate of receipt placed on one copy of the invoice by
the institution, showing the date received. When uni
forms and expendable supplies are received, the certifi
cates of receipt will be signed by the professor of naval
science and tactics. The original and copies of such in
voices will be immediately forwarded to the Bureau of
Navigation.
(c) When material is received without invoices, the
Bureau shall be informed immediately by letter, giving
as much identifying information as possible.
(d) Original invoices of all equipment and expendable
supplies received by the institution for the Department of
Naval Science and Tactics will be receipted by the Supply
Officer, Training Division, Bureau of Navigation.
Strict adherence to the above method will enable the
Bureau to follow up requisitions and obtain prompt
deliveries.
906
Inventory.— (1) Title B. On June 30 of each year, an

inventory of equipment, title B items, except books, will
be submitted to the Bureau of Navigation on S. & A. Form
143, listing separately the items under the cognizance of
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each bureau. The inventory will be signed for the institu

tion by the officer designated as naval property custodian.
(2) Reference should be made to the classification in
dex of naval stores and material to determine items classi
fied as title B.
(3) Books.— (a) On January 1 and June 30 of each
year, a semiannual inventory of books will be submitted
on form N. Nav. 267, showing the books actually on hand
on that date. All columns of the above report will be
filled, and will be signed for the institution by the desig
nated naval property custodian.
(b) In order to prevent loss of books, the professor of
naval science and tactics will cause to be put into effect a
plan which will insure the return of all books loaned, to
Naval R. O. T. C. students.
(c) All books, property of the Naval R. O. T. C. unit,
will be stamped on both covers and upon pages of the
books, indicating Government property. Rubber stamps
have been provided for that purpose.
907
Return of Government property.—When property is

to be returned to the Government, shipping, instructions
will be issued by the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
upon receipt of request from the institution concerned.
This request shall be forwarded to the Bureau of Supplies
and Accounts, via the Bureau of Navigation.
908
Surveys.— (1) Attention is invited to chapter 49, sec

tion 3, articles 1916-1925, United States Navy Regulations,
1920, covering the survey of Government-owned material.
Government property, equipage title B, worn out or dam
aged by fair wear and tear, incident to the use of the prop
erty in naval instruction prescribed or authorized by the
Secretary of the Navy, will be replaced at the expense of
the United States. The original and two copies of ap
proved survey will be forwarded to the Bureau of Navi
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gation. In the event the survey report designates the

unserviceable property to be shipped to a navy yard or
naval station for salvage or repair, shipment of such ma
terial, where transportation is involved, will be made on
Government bills of lading and in accordance with instruc
tions issued by the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts.
Surveyed material will be held on the records of the insti
tution until copy of invoice covering the material is re
ceived from the Supply Officer, Training Division, Bu
reau of Navigation.
(2) Property lost, destroyed, or damaged by fire, flood,
theft, tornado, or other similar causes, without fault or
neglect on the part of the institution, its servants, or em
ployees, or any member of its Reserve Officers' Training
Corps, will be replaced at the expense of the United States.
To determine whether such loss, destruction, or damage
was without fault or neglect on the part of the institution,
its servants, or employees, or members of its Reserve Of
ficers' Training Corps, a survey will be held as provided
in Navy Regulations and surveys handled as stated above.
909
Property protection.— (1) The professor of naval sci

ence and tactics will report to the proper authorities of
the institution, in writing, any facts, circumstances, or
conditions which he believes to be prejudicial to the
proper protection of Government property against loss
through fire, flood, theft, tornado, or other similar causes.
In the event that proper attention is not paid to such com
munication, report will be made to the Bureau of Navi
gation. Access to all such reports will be afforded to the
surveying officers.
(2) Books, supplies, equipment, tentage, and all other
miscellaneous items necessary for the conduct of the Naval
Reserve Officers' Training Corps will be furnished by the
Government. Such of the items mentioned above, fur
at the expense of the Government, will, upon graduation,
withdrawal, or disenrollment of students from the unit,
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be reclaimed at the earliest possible date by the professor

MO
Report of inspector on protective measures.—Inspec

tors visiting Naval Reserve Officers ' Training Corps units
will include within the purview of their inspections the
precautions taken by institutions, their servants and
employees, to protect Government property from loss,
destruction, or damage by fire, flood, theft, tornado, or
other similar causes. In the case of each such inspection,
the inspector will submit a report to the Bureau of Navi
gation stating whether or not every reasonable precaution
is being observed. In case an unfavorable report is sub
mitted, the defects will be stated in detail and a copy will
be furnished to the head of the institution concerned.
Access to all reports made hereunder will be given to sur
veying officers.
911
Replacement of damaged property by university.—All

other losses or damages of Government property for
which the institution is accountable will be replaced by
the institution or reimbursements will be made to the
United States in the full value of the property lost or
damaged. In such cases, if the authorities of the institu
tion acknowledge liability for the loss or damage, a survey
will not be necessary and the account may be cleared by
forwarding to the Bureau of Navigation, Navy Depart
ment, Washington, D. C, a check for the full value of
the property lost or damaged.
912
Cruise supplies and equipment.— (1) Transportation

to and from ships of such supplies and equipment as re
quired by the students while on the cruise, and the clean
ing and laundering of students' uniforms and clothing
while on board ship, will be at Government expense.
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(2) Instructions regarding supplies and equipment of

Naval R. O. T. C. cruises will be published annually as a
supplement to these instructions.
(3) The Naval R. O. T. C. appropriation provides for
cleaning and laundering of uniforms and clothing of stu
dents while on the practice cruise. Inasmuch as payment
for such services when performed by the ship 's laundry is
not permitted, each commanding officer may, if desired,
submit to the bureau a requisition under the annual ap
propriation for the Naval R. O. T. C, covering such items
as soap, washing powder, etc., as may be required on the
cruise. This will enable the ship's laundry to perform
the laundry services required without additional expense
to the vessel.
913
Request for uniform equipment.—As early as practi

cable during the summer vacation, the professor of naval
science and tactics will submit to the Bureau of Naviga
tion a request covering the estimated number of blue uni
forms, caps, and other uniform equipment, except rain
coats and white duck trousers, which will be required dur
ing the next school year. Requests for raincoats and
white duck trousers will be submitted on or about March 1
of each year. This request will show the number of rain
coats and white duck trousers on hand and fit for reissue.
914
Targets.—Paper targets for small bore or larger caliber

should be requested from the commandant of the naval
district in which the Naval R. O. T. C. unit is located.
915
Request for supplies.—It is the desire of the Bureau

that all office supplies be obtained by issue from regular
stock, and, with this in view, it is requested that the pro
fessor of naval science and tactics make a survey of the
probable requirements for the ensuing year and submit
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to the Bureau, not later than March 1 of each year, a re

quest covering the supplies required.
916
Forms, letterheads, and printed envelopes.—Requests
for letterheads, printed envelopes, and printed forms shall
be forwarded to the Bureau of Navigation. Printed forms
axe standard and can be used in all institutions. "When
letterheads and printed envelopes are required, a sample
should accompany the request.
917
Fire insurance.—An institution is not required to carry

fire insurance. Whether or not the institution carries in
surance on its Government property will not modify its
pecuniary obligations for losses by fire which may result
from neglect or by loss by fault of the institution.
SECTION 10

Article
Form of application for establishment of a Naval Reserve
Officers' Training Corps unit 1001
Xist of forms 1002
1001
Form of application for establishment of a Naval

Reserve Officers' Training Corps unit.—Application in
the following form will be submitted by institutional
authorities desiring the establishment of a Naval Reserve
Officers' Training Corps unit:
19__..
Washington, D. C.
Subject: Application for establishment of a Naval Re
serve Officers' Training Corps unit.
1. By direction of the governing authorities of (name
of institution) , I hereby submit application for the estab
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lishment of a Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps unit

at this institution.
2. Should this application be accepted by the President
of the United States, the authorities of this university
(college) hereby agree to establish and maintain a 4 years'
elective course of naval training for its physically fit male
students, divided into a 2 years' basic course and a 2 years'
advanced course. Each course shall be elected separately.
The institution (name) will allot a minimum of an aver
age of 3 hours per week per academic year to naval train
ing and instruction during the first 2 academic years of
the basic course and a minimum of 5 hours per week per
academic year during the last 2 years of the course, and
will endeavor to promote and further the objects for
•which the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps is estab
lished. I understand that an annual minimum initial
enrollment in the naval course of 50 physically fit male
students of the freshman class, citizens of the United
States, over 14 years of age, is required to maintain a
Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps unit.
3. The authorities of this institution also agree to con
form to the regulations of the Secretary of the Navy re
lating to the issue, care, use, safe-keeping, and accounting
for such Government property as may be issued to the
institution. Further, the institutional authorities agree
to appoint or designate by resolution or in by-laws, which
ever may be countenanced by statutes or approved methods
of procedure governing the institution, an officer of the
institution, to be known as naval property custodian, who
will be empowered to requisition, receive, store, and ac
count for this property and otherwise transact matters
pertaining thereto, for and in behalf of the institution.
4. Attached hereto is a statement giving particulars
with reference to the institution.
Form of statement to be attached to application for
Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps unit:
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(a) Land grant?
(&) Collegiate?
(c) Essentially military school?
(d) Number of years of academic study necessary for a
degree ? :.
2. Number of male students 14 years or more of age
now enrolled in the institution, or were enrolled at the
close of the preceding school year, who in accordance with
section 4 of the Regulations for Administration and Train
ing, Naval Reserve Officers ' Training Corps, are eligible
for enrollment in the unit (enclose last printed catalog,
if not previously furnished)
3. Will at least 50 eligible students enroll in the unit
annually ?
4. State number and kind of units of Army Reserve Of
ficers' Training Corps or other military units now estab
lished at institution.
5. Details (material, dimensions) of storage facilities
for arms, equipment, boats, etc.
6. Facilities for offices, classrooms, etc., that may be
utilized by the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps
unit.
7. Designation of governing body (board of regents,
trustees, etc.) :
(&) Official designation of head of institution.
Date , 19__.
1002
List of forms.—The following forms will be used in the
administration of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training
Corps :
N. Nav. 2, classification (identification data), original
only. Forwarded with request for appointment in Naval
or Marine Corps Reserve direct to the Bureau of Navi
gation.
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N. Nav. 262, report of enrollment, submitted to Bureau

of Navigation monthly and at end of academic year.
N. Nav. 263, student's record, submitted when student
completes course in naval science and tactics, or otherwise
severs his connection with the Naval Reserve Officers'
Training Corps.
N. Nav. 266, naval training certificate, issued by profes
sors of naval science and tactics to Naval R. O. T. C. stu
dents leaving unit under honorable conditions before com
pleting course or to graduates ineligible for commission
ing in the Naval or Marine Corps Reserve.
N. Nav. 267, semiannual return of books, submitted to
Bureau on January 1 and June 30 each year by professors
N. Nav. 268, certificate of eligibility, submitted in dupli
cate to Bureau of Navigation at the beginning of the ad
vanced course by the professor of naval science and tactics.
N. Nav. 269, enrollment card, will be submitted for each
student when enrolled or reenrolled after having severed
his connection with the Naval R. O. T. C.
N. Nav. 270, subsistence roll, submitted monthly by the
N. Nav. 270a, subsistence roll (memorandum copy of
Form N. Nav. 270).
N. Nav. 271, application for enrollment, basic course,
forwarded to Bureau of Navigation on enrollment by pro
N. Nav. 272, application and contract, advanced course,
forwarded to the Bureau of Navigation on enrollment in
advanced course by professor of naval science and tactics.
N. Nav. 273, Naval R. O. T. C. student data sheet, filled
out for seniors only and forwarded to the Bureau of Navi
gation in April of each year by professor of naval science
and tactics.
N. Nav. 365, naval science and tactics certificate, issued
by professor of naval science and tactics to students satis
factorily completing course in naval science and tactics
for college credits.
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Form Y, Bu. M. & S., submitted in duplicate by the pro

fessor of naval science and tactics to the Bureau of Navi
gation upon enrollment or reenrollment of students.
Triplicate copy shall be retained in the files of the naval
unit. This form will be submitted for such candidates as
are given the complete regular physical examination for
enrollment, whether they are accepted or not.
A list will also be submitted to the Bureau of Navigation
showing the names of applicants who, because of some
manifest physical disability, were given only a partial
physical examination. The nature of the disability must
also be indicated in this report.
In the case of physical examinations for appointment hi
Naval or Marine Corps Reserve, forward Bu. M. & S.
Form Y with and attached to the individual student's rec
ord and application blank to the Bureau of Navigation
and the Major General Commandant, respectively, via the
professor of naval science and tactics and the Bureau of
Medicine and Surgery.
Form 143, Bu. S. & A., inventory of equipage by Bu
reaus, to be forwarded to the Bureau of Navigation by the
professor of naval science and tactics annually June 30.
end of fiscal year.
Form H, Bu. M. & S., to be opened for each student
enrolled in the Naval R. O. T. C. To Bureau of Naviga
tion if individual is not commissioned in Naval or Marine
Corps Reserve. To commandant of naval district in
which officer resides or his place of business if commis
sioned. To Headquarters, United States Marine Corps,
Washington, D. C, for those commissioned in Marine
Corps Reserve.
Application for appointment as ensign D-V(G), United
States Naval Reserve, to the Bureau of Navigation, via
the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.
Application for appointment as second lieutenant,
Marine Corps Reserve, with endorsement of professor of
naval science and tactics. This application should be
made by letter addressed to the Major General Com
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mandant, United States Marine Corps, Washington, D. C,

via the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.
The following form is to be used by Naval R. O. T. C.
graduates who accept commissions in the Naval Reserve,
for reporting permanent official residence and name and
address of next of kin :
Pile No
(Name of university)
NAVAL R. O. T. C. UNIT
(Place)
(Date)
Prom: Ensign ,D-V(G),
U. S. N. R.
Yia : Commandant, Naval District.
Subject : Reporting permanent official residence upon com
missioning and name and address of next of kin.
References: (a) Bu. Nav. Manual, art. H-1443.
1. In compliance with paragraph (1) of reference (a),
I report my permanent official residence to be :
2. The name and address of my next of kin is :
[First endorsement]
Prom : Commandant, Naval District.

1. Forwarded.
Form 153, Bu. S. & A. request for survey.
Relative standing and average marks of all graduates
of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps to the
Bureau of Navigation in letter form by the professor of
Relative standing of those graduates commissioned in
the Marine Corps Reserve to the Major General Com
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mandant, United States Marine Corps, via the Bureau of

Navigation, in letter form by the professor of naval science
and tactics.
(Name of Institution)
(Place)
(Date)
From: Naval R. O. T. C. Senior
Via : (1) The Professor of Naval Science and Tactics.
(2) The Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and
Surgery.
Subject : Application for appointment as ensign D-V (G) ,
United States Naval Reserve.
Reference: Article 1001, Regulations for Administration
and Training, Naval Reserve Officers' Train
ing Corps.
1. I respectfully request that I be appointed as ensign
D-V (G), United States Naval Reserve.
2. The following information concerning the under
signed is furnished for consideration :
(a)
( Date of birth) ( Place of birth )
(&) Citizenship:
(Indicate United States or naturalized United States)
(c) Location:
(Probable location following graduation)
(d) Business or profession:
(Business or profession intending to pursue)
(Signature)
(Place)
(Date)
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[First endorsement]
From: Professor of Naval Science and Tactics.

Via : The Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.
Subject: Naval R. O. T. C. Senior
; application for appointment as
ensign D-V(G), United States Naval Reserve.
Enclosure: (A) Report of physical examination, Bu. M.
& S. Form Y, in duplicate.
(B) Form N. Nav. 2, identification data.
(C) Form N. Nav. 263, student's record.
(D) Form N. Nav. 273, Naval R. O. T. C.
student data sheet.
1. The progress of this student to date indicates that he
will successfully complete the course in naval science and
tactics. A report on the Naval R. O. T. C. class standing
of this student will be made upon completion of the course,
at which time a corrected report of final marks for the
senior year will be submitted. I certify that upon suc
cessful completion of the course this student will be in
all respects qualified for commissioning in the Naval Re
serve, and I recommend him for appointment as an ensign
D-V(G), United States Naval Reserve.
2. This student has made the following cruises, includ
ing the required advanced course cruise, while enrolled
as a Naval R. O. T. C. student :
Ship Inclusive dates Remarks
3. The following is a brief summary of the interest in

the Navy shown by the student, his university training,.
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and my estimate of him as an applicant for a commission

in the United States Naval Reserve :
(Signature)
(Place)
(Date)
Prom : Naval R. O. T. C. Senior
To: The Major General Commandant, United States
Marine Corps.
Via : (1) Professor of Naval Science and Tactics.
(2) The Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and
Surgery.
(3) The Chief of the Bureau of Navigation.
Subject : Application for appointment as second lieuten
ant, United States Marine Corps Reserve.
1. I respectfully request that I be appointed a second
lieutenant, United States Marine Corps Reserve.
signed is furnished for consideration :
(a)
(Date of birth) (Place of birth)
(&) Citizenship :
(c) Location:
(d) Business or profession :
(Business or profession Intending to pursue)
(Signature)
(Place)
(Date)
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[First endorsement] ■
From: Professor of Naval Science and Tactics.

To : The Major General Commandant, United States Ma
rine Corps.
Via: (1) The Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and
Surgery.
(2) The Chief of the Bureau of Navigation.
Subject : Naval R. O. T. C. Senior ;
Application for Appointment as Second Lieu
tenant, United States Marine Corps Reserve.
Enclosure: (A) Report of physical examination, Bu. M.
& S. Form Y, in duplicate.
(B) Form N. Nav. 2, identification data.
(C) Form N. Nav. 263, student's record.
(D) Form N. Nav. 273, Naval R. O. T. C. stu
dent data sheet.
of this student will be made upon completion of the course,
at which time a corrected report of final marks for the
senior year will be submitted. I certify that upon suc
cessful completion of the course this student will be in all
respects qualified for commissioning in the Marine Corps
Reserve, and I recommend him for appointment as a sec
ond lieutenant, United States Marine Corps Reserve.
2. This student has made the following cruises, includ
ing the required advanced course cruise, while enrolled as
a Naval R. O. T. C. student:
3. The following is a brief summary of the interest in

the Navy shown by the student, his university training,
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and my estimate of him as an applicant for a commission

in the United States Marine Corps Reserve :
(Signature)
N. Nav. 273.
NAVY DEPARTMENT
DEPARTMENT OF NAVAL SCIENCE AND TACTICS
(Place)
(Date)
NAVAL R. O. T. C. STUDENT DATA SHEET
1. Name
2. Home address
3. Name and address of next of kin
4. Occupation of next of kin ,
5. Education ,
(Indicate degree awarded—or to be awarded—with date and course majored in at
institution in which enrolled as a Naval R. O. T. C. student ; also available infor
mation regarding college class standing and other pertinent educational quali
fications.)
6. Language ability
(List foreign languages in which any degree of proficiency has been attained together
with ability for conversation or translation therein, thus " French conversation,
fair"; "Russian translation, good", etc.)
7. Military experience other than Naval R. 0. T. C
8. Athletics engaged in during course
9. College activities outside of athletics (fraternities,
clubs, college papers, etc.)
10. Outstanding college work
11. Outstanding work in Naval R. O. T. C. unit
12. Remarks
United States Navy,

Professor of Naval Science and Tactics.
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.(Reverse of N. Nav. 273.)
INSTRUCTIONS
This form will be filled out for members of the Naval

R. O. T. C. senior class only. It will be submitted by the
professor of naval science and tactics- to the Bureau of
Navigation as an enclosure with his endorsement of the
student's application for appointment as an ensign
D-V(G), United States Naval Reserve, or second lieu
tenant. United States Marine Corps Reserve.
SECTION 11
EXTRACTS FROM THE NATIONAL DEFENSE ACT, AS
AMENDED, AND OTHER ACTS OF CONGRESS RELAT
ING TO THE NAVAL RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING
CORPS
A.rticl©
Act of March 4, 1925, c. 536, section 22, 43 Stat. 1276 ; U. S. C,
title 34, section 821 1101
Sections 40-53, National Defense Act as amended, section
40, Reserve Officers' Training Corps—Organization 1102
Act of April 26, 1928 1103
1101
Act of March 4, 1925, c. 536, section 22, 43 Stat. 1276;

U. S. C, title 34, section 821.—Section 22. A Naval Re
serve Officers' Training Corps is hereby authorized to be
established and operated under such regulations as the
President may prescribe, which regulations shall, so far
as may be practicable, conform to the provisions of the
National Defense Act approved June 3, 1916, sections 40
to 53, inclusive (39 Statutes at Large, pages 191 to 194),
as amended by the act approved June 4, 1920, sections 33
and 34 (41 Statutes at Large, pages 776 to 779) : Provided,
That the powers conferred therein upon the Secretary of
War with regard to the Reserve Officers' Training Corps
are hereby conferred upon the Secretary of the Navy with
regard to the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps:
Provided further, That all expenditures in connection
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with the establishment and operation of the Naval Reserve

Officers' Training Corps shall be specifically appropriated
therefor: And provided further, That members of the
Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps shall be eligible
for appointment as Naval Reserve Officers under the same
conditions as provided by law for the appointment of
Naval Reserve Officers from other citizens of the United
States, and when so appointed shall have the same status
and be entitled to the same benefits in all respects as pro
vided by law for other members of the Naval Reserve :
And provided further, That the word " naval " wherever
used in this section shall be construed to include Marine
Corps: Provided further, That the total personnel of the
Naval Reserve Officers ' Training Corps shall not exceed at
any one time more than twelve hundred.
1102
Sections 40 to 53, National Defense Act as amended.

Section 40. Reserve Officers' Training Corps—Organi
Officers' Training Corps, one or more units in number,
which shall consist of a senior division organized at uni
versities and colleges granting degrees, including State
universities and those State institutions that are required
to provide instruction in military tactics under the act of
Congress of July 2, 1862, donating lands for the establish
ment of colleges where the leading object shall be prac
tical instruction in agriculture and the mechanic arts, in
cluding military tactics, and at those essentially military
schools not conferring academic degrees, specially desig
nated by the Secretary of War as qualified, and a junior
division organized at all other public and private educa
tional institutions, and each division shall consist of units
of the several arms, corps, or services in such number and
such strength as the President may prescribe: Provided,
That no such unit shall be established or maintained at
any institution until an officer of the Regular Army shall
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have been detailed as professor of military science and

tactics, nor until such institution shall maintain under
military instruction at least one hundred physically fit
male students, except that in the case of units other than
infantry, cavalry, or artillery the minimum number shall
be fifty : Provided further, That except at State institu
tions described in this section, no unit shall be established
or maintained in an educational institution until the
authorities of the same agree to establish and maintain a
two years' elective or compulsory course of military
training as a minimum for its physically fit male students,
which course, when entered upon by any student, shall, as
regards such student, be a prerequisite for graduation
unless he is relieved of this obligation by regulation to be
prescribed by the Secretary of War.
Sec. 40a. Reserve Officers' Training Corps course.—The
Secretary of War is hereby authorized to prescribe stand
ard courses of theoretical and practical military training
for units of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, and no
unit of such corps shall be organized or maintained at any
educational institution the authorities of which fail or
neglect to adopt into their curriculum the prescribed
courses of military training or to devote at least an aver
age of three hours per week per academic year to such mili
tary training, except as provided in section 47c of this
act.
Sec. 40b. Personnel for duty with Reserve Officers'
Training Corps.—The President is hereby authorized to
detail such numbers of officers, warrant officers, and en
listed men of the Regular Army, either active or retired,
as may be necessary for duty as professors of military
science and tactics, assistant professors of military science
and tactics, and military instructors at educational insti
tutions where one or more units of the Reserve Officers'
Training Corps are maintained. In time of peace, retired
officers, retired warrant officers, or retired enlisted men
shall not be detailed under the provisions of this section
without their consent, and no officer on the active list shall
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l)e detailed for recruiting service or for duty at a school or

college, not including schools of the service, where officers
on the retired list can be secured who are competent for
such duty. Hereafter, retired officers below the grade of
brigadier general and retired warrant officers and enlisted
men shall, when on active duty, receive full pay and
allowances.
cers' Training Corps shall be limited " to students of in
stitutions in which units of such corps may be established
who are citizens of the United States, who are not less
than fourteen years of age, and whose bodily condition
indicates that they are physically fit to perform military
duty, or will be so upon arrival at military age."
Sec. 47. Supplies for Reserve Officers' Training
Corps.—The Secretary of War, under such regulations
as he may prescribe, is hereby authorized to issue to insti
tutions at which one or more units of the Reserve Offi
cers' Training Corps are maintained such public animals,
transportation, arms, ammunition, supplies, tentage
equipment, and uniforms belonging to the United States
as he may deem necessary, and to forage at the expense
of the United States public animals so issued, to pay com
mutation in lieu of uniforms at a rate to be fixed annually
by the Secretary of War, and to authorize such expendi
tures from proper Army appropriations as he may deem
necessary for the efficient maintenance of the Reserve
Officers' Training Corps. He shall require from each
institution to which property of the United States is
issued a bond in the value of the property issued for the
care and safekeeping thereof, except for uniforms, ex
pendable articles, and supplies expended in operation,
maintenance, and instruction, and for its return when
required.
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Sec. 47a. Reserve Officers' Training Corps camps.—

The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to maintain
camps for the further practical instruction of the mem
bers of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, no such
camps to be maintained for a longer period than six weeks
in any one year, except in time of actual or threatened
hostilities; to transport members of such corps to and
from such camps at the expense of the United States so
far as appropriations will permit, to subsist them at the
expense of the United States while traveling to and from
such camps and while remaining therein so far as appro
priations will permit, or in lieu of transporting them to
and from such camps and subsisting them while en route,
to pay them travel allowances at the rate of 5 cents per
from the places from which they are authorized to proceed
to the camp and for the return travel thereto, and to make
the payment of travel allowances for the return journey
in advance of the actual performance of the same, and to
admission to military hospitals at such camps, and to
furnish medical attendance and supplies ; to use the troops
of the Regular Army, and such Government property as
he may deem necessary, for the military training of the
members of such corps while in attendance at such camps ;
and to prescribe regulations for the government of such
camps.
Sec. 47b. Appointment of graduates of Reserve Officers'
Training Corps as reserve officers.—The President alone,,
under such regulations as he may prescribe, is hereby au
thorized to appoint as a reserve officer of the Army of the
United States any graduate of the senior division of the
Reserve Officers ' Training Corps who shall have satisfac
torily completed the further training provided for in sec
tion 47a of this act, or any graduate of the junior division
who shall have satisfactorily completed the courses of
military training prescribed for the senior division and the
further training provided for in section 47a of this act,
and shall have participated in such practical instruction
subsequent to graduation as the Secretary of War shall
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prescribe, who shall have arrived at the age of twenty-one

years and who shall agree, under oath in writing, to serve
the United States in the capacity of a reserve officer of the
Army during a period of at least five years from the date
of his appointment as such reserve officer, unless sooner
discharged by proper authority: Provided, That no re
serve officer appointed pursuant to this act shall be entitled
to retirement, or to retired pay, and shall be eligible for
pension only for disability incurred in line of duty in
active service or while serving with the Army pursuant to
provisions of this act.
Sec. 47c. Pay and commutation of subsistence, Reserve
Officers' Training Corps.—When any member of the
senior division of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps has
completed two academic years of service in that division,
and has been selected for advanced training by the presi
dent of the institution and by the professor of military
science and tactics, and has agreed in writing to continue
in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps for the remainder
of his course at the institution, devoting five hours per
week to the military training prescribed by the Secretary
of War, and has agreed in writing to pursue the course in
camp training prescribed by the Secretary of War, he
may be furnished at the expense of the United States com
mutation of subsistence at such rate, not exceeding the
cost of the garrison ration prescribed for the Army, as
may be fixed by the Secretary of War, during the remain
der of his service in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps,
not exceeding two years: Provided, That any medical,
dental, or veterinary student may be admitted to a Medi
cal, Dental, or Veterinary Corps unit of the Reserve Of
ficers' Training Corps for a course of training at the rate
of ninety hours of instruction per annum for the four col
legiate years, and if at the end of two years of such train
ing he has been selected by the professor of military science
and tactics and the head of the institution for advanced
training, and has agreed in writing to continue in the Re
serve Officers' Training Corps for the remainder of his
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course at the institution, and has agreed in writing to pur

sue the course in camp training prescribed by the Secre
tary of War, he may be furnished, at the expense of the
United States, with commutation of subsistence at such
rate not exceeding the cost of the garrison ration pre
scribed by the Army, as may be fixed by the Secretary of
War, during the remainder of his service in the Reserve
Officers' Training Corps, not exceeding two years: Pro
vided further, That any reserve officer who is also a medi
War may prescribe : Provided further, That members of
the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, or other persons
authorized by the Secretary of War to attend advanced
course camps, shall be paid for attendance at such camps
at the rate prescribed for soldiers of the seventh grade of
the Regular Army.
Sec. 48. Superseded by section 47a ; and amended by act
3. Act of April 26, 1928.— * * * Members of the
Reserve Officers' Training Corps * * * who suffer
personal injury in line of duty while en route to or from
and while at camps of instruction under the provisions
of section 47a * * * of said National Defense Act as
amended shall, under regulations prescribed as aforesaid,
be entitled to hospital treatment, including medical treat
ment, and transportation to their homes, and further medi
cal treatment after arrival at their homes, as in the case
of persons hereinbefore described, and to subsistence dur
ing hospitalization. If the death of any person men
tioned herein occurs while he is undergoing the training
or hospital treatment contemplated by this section, the
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United States shall, under regulations prescribed as afore

said, pay for burial expenses and the return of his body
to his home a sum not to exceed $100. * * * Section 6,
act March 4, 1923 (42 Stat. 1508), as amended by section
4, act June 3, 1924 (43 Stat. 365), and by act April 26,
1928 (45 Stat. 461) ; U. S. C. 10: 454 and 455; sections
860 and 1088, M. L., 1929.
INDEX
Article
Allowance list 903
Application for establishment of a Naval Reserve Officers'
Training Corps unit—form of 1001
Appointment of Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps grad
uates in the Naval or Marine Corps Reserve 413
Athletics 618
Authorization 101
Basic and advanced courses 204
Bonds 901
Communications 502
Commutation of subsistence during advanced course—pay
ment of : 701
of instruction offered by an institution 510
Control 1 302
Cruises, practice :
cruises 702
Cruises 623
Mission 622
Supplies and equipment 912
Uniforms 802
Department of naval science and tactics 202
Discipline 508
Duties and status of additional officers and of enlisted men— 507
(71)
72
Article-
Eligibility to membership—general requirements 401
Enrollment in advanced course—requirements 407
Enrollment in basic course—requirements 405
Establishment of units—application for 20ft
Fire insurance 917
Forms—list of 1002
General 601
General education 602'
Head of department of naval science and tactics 50ft
Inspections 503
Inventory 906-
Limitation of personnel of Naval Reserve Officers' Training
Corps 208
Marking 61ft
Medical and theological students not to be enrolled in Naval
Members of faculty authorized to take 'course of training 412
Mission 102'
Naval ideals, customs, and traditions 60ft
Naval Property Custodian 902
Naval subjects—knowledge of 603
Navy Day observance ;— 512
Officer and enlisted personnel . :- 505
Organization of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps— 201
Physical requirements -- 402
Relief of professors of naval science and tactics . 511
Report of inspector on protective measures 910'
Responsibility and initiative 605-
Scope as an agency to further national defense 103;
73
Schedules of instruction
Status of enrollment
Status of training
Supervision
Supplies and equipment—cost of transporting
Surveys
Targets
Training certificates
Training of students ineligible for enrollment
Uniform instructions
Uniform outfits furnished by the Government
Withdrawal of authority for establishment of a unit
"Withdrawal or discharge of members of the advanced course—
Withdrawal or discharge of members of basic course
O
REGULATIONS
FOR
TRAINING CORPS
1940
REGULATIONS
FOR

TRAINING CORPS
Revised and Issued June 19i0
UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON : 1940

Under date of June 14, 1940, the Secretary of the Navy
approved this revision of the Regulations for Administra
tion and Training, Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps,
which are accordingly issued herewith.
(HI)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Article
Section 1. General principles 101-103
2. Organization 201-210
3. Supervision and control 301-302
4. Conditions of service 401-413
5. Administration 501-512
6. Training 601-624
7. Pay and allowances 701-702
8. Uniforms and insignia 801-803
9. Supply and equipment 901-917
10. Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps forms- 1001-1002
11. Extracts from the National Defense Act, as
amended, and other acts of Congress relat
ing to the Reserve Officers' Training Corps. 1101-1103
(V)
REGULATIONS
FOR
ADMINISTRATION AND TRAINING -

SECTION 1
GENERAL PRINCIPLES
Article
Authorization 101
Mission 102
101
Authorization.—The Naval Reserve Officers' Training -

March 4, 1925. This section, together with sections 40 to
47c of the National Defense Act, as amended, and the act of
April 26, 1928, is quoted in section 11.
102

Training Corps is to provide systematic training and instruc
tion in essential naval subjects at civil educational institu
tions in order to further the plan for national defense.
103

Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps will accomplish its
mission as an agency to further the plan for national defense
by-
as ensigns in the Naval Reserve or second lieutenants in
the Marine Corps Reserve, thus assisting in meeting the
(D
2
demands for increased commissioned personnel in time

(&) Education of students who fail to complete the
entire course so that they will be of value to the Navy
in time of national emergency in proportion to the time
spent in the corps.
(c) Increased dissemination of knowledge concerning the
Navy and Marine Corps, their purpose, ideals, achievements,
and handicaps, thereby gaining and holding increased public
interest in the maintenance of adequate naval defense.
SECTION 2
ORGANIZATION
Article
Organization of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps.- 201
Basic and advance courses 204
Limitation of personnel of Naval Reserve Officers' Tiaining
Corps 208
201

Corps.—The Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps is
educational institutions of the United States. A unit is
the total student enrollment in the Naval Reserve Officers'
202
Department of Naval Science and Tactics. —Instruc

tion given at an institution in accordance with programs
prescribed by the Navy Department will be conducted or
supervised by a Department of Naval Science and Tactics.
3
203
unit established at any civil educational institution will be
officially designated as "(name of institution) Naval Reserve
Officers' Training Corps unit." Students enrolled in the
Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps will be designated
"Naval R. O. T. C. students," or more particularly, "Naval
R. O. T. C. freshmen," "Naval R. O. T. C. sophomores,"
"Naval R. O. T. C. juniors," "Naval R. O. T. C. seniors," corre
sponding to the same years of the academic department.
Students not regularly enrolled in the Naval R. 0. T. C.
at any institution, but who are taking Naval Science and
Tactics courses for college credits, as hereinafter provided for,
will be designated as "Naval Science students."
204
Basic and advanced courses—Course of training.—The
Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps course consists,
except when modified by authority of the Secretary of the
Navy pursuant to special circumstances as outlined in these
regulations, of 4 academic years of service in the Department
of Naval Science and Tactics at a prescribed educational
institution, and is divided into a basic course and an advanced
course. The basic course comprises the first 2 academic
years of service and those subjects prescribed in the curricu
lum of the Department of Naval Science and Tactics, or the
equivalent thereof, the satisfactory completion of which is a
prerequisite for admittance to the advanced course. The
advanced course consists of the second 2 years of service, or of
a lesser period when curtailed under exceptional circumstances
as outlined in these regulations, and of those subjects pre
scribed in the curriculum of the Department of Naval Science
and Tactics, or the equivalent thereof, the satisfactory com
pletion of which is, in addition to the basic course, a pre
requisite for appointment as a junior officer of the Naval or
Marine Corps Reserve.
205
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ment of a Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps unit

at a civil educational institution:
(a) There must be insured to the unit an enrollment
in the Naval R. O. T. C. freshman class (first year of the
basic course) of at least 80 physically fit male students
who are citizens of the United States, not less than 14
years of age, and whose qualifications and intentions will
reasonably insure their completion of the 4-year naval
course.
(&) The authorities of the institution shall agree to
establish and maintain the courses in Naval Science and
Tactics prescribed by the Bureau of Navigation.
(c) An officer of the Regular Navy shall be detailed as
professor of naval science and tactics and may be assisted
by additional officers of the Regular Navy.
(d) Credits toward a degree must be granted commen
surate with the time expended in the same manner as other
academic subjects.
206

cational institution desiring the establishment of a unit
of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps should make
application to the Bureau of Navigation on the form pre
scribed in (section 10) article 1001, of these regulations.
207

Navigation to visit and inspect any educational institu
tion submitting the application for establishment of a
unit prescribed in article 206. This officer will report to
the Bureau of Navigation upon completion of this inspec
tion as to whether or not the institution inspected fulfills
the requirements of law and regulations governing estab
lishment of a unit and other desires of the Navy Depart
ment, and in addition he will specifically recommend whether
a unit should be established.
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208
Limitation of personnel of Naval Reserve Officers'
Training Corps.—The enacting law as amended prescribes
that the total personnel of the Naval Reserve Officers'
Training Corps shall not exceed 7,200 at any one time. This
total includes students in training for appointment as Naval
Reserve officers and Marine Corps Reserve officers. Twenty
percent (20%) of the graduates of the Naval Reserve Officers'
Training Corps may be available for assignment to the
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Reserve Officers' Training Corps will so report in writing,
giving reasons in full therefor to the Bureau of Navigation
at least 3 months prior to the date upon which withdrawal is
to be effective. A unit will not be maintained at an institu
tion when the institution, after mature consideration, desires
its withdrawal. The Secretary of the Navy may, upon the
recommendation of the Bureau of Navigation, withdraw the
unit from any institution where such unit is established and
rescind authorization for a unit at that institution should it
be considered that the work of the unit is not compatible with
the mission of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps.
Whenever the authorities of an institution request the with
drawal of a unit, or when in the opinion of the Secretary of the
Navy a unit should be withdrawn, the professor of naval
science and tactics will make a report to the Bureau of Navi
gation, including therein the following information:
(a) Attitude of the authorities of the institution regarding
the failure to meet the requirements of law and regulations
respecting enrollment.
(6) Attitude of the faculty of the institution toward the
(c) Attitude of the student body toward the Naval
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(d) A statement of the extent of the efforts made by the

professor of naval science and tactics to overcome difficulties
and to maintain a successful unit.
question.
(J) Any other facts necessary to arrive at a proper under
standing of the situation at the institution.
(g) If practicable, the professor of naval science and
ment from and signed by the head of the institution, endors
ing thereon his comments and recommendations.
(h) The Bureau of Navigation will make or cause to be
made such investigation concerning requests or recommend
ations for the withdrawal of a unit from an institution as
may be necessary.
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military instruction imposed on land-grant institutions
by the act of July 2, 1862, are not altered by the enacting
law authorizing the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps,
or by these regulations.
SECTION 3
SUPERVISION AND CONTROL
Article
Supervision 301
Control 302
301
Supervision.—(1) In conformity with the provisions of
the National Defense Act, the Naval Reserve Officers'
Training Corps is operated by the President of the United
States, through appropriate administrative regulations issued
for him, by the Secretary of the Navy.
(2) The Secretary of the Navy is also authorized to pre
scribe standard courses for theoretical and practical naval
training for Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps units and
issue to instutitions with Naval Reserve Officers' Training
Corps units such transportation, equipment, and uniforms
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belonging to the United States as he may deem necessary, and

to authorize such expenditures from proper Navy appropria
tions as he may deem necessary for the efficient maintenance
302
Control.—Civilian heads of institutions exercise the
same general control over the Department of Naval Science
and Tactics that they ordinarily exercise over other depart
ments of the institution.
SECTION 4
Article
Eligibility to membership; general requirements 401
Status of enrollment 403
Training of students ineligible for enrollment 404
Enrollment in basic course; requirements 405
Enrollment in advanced course; requirements 407
Withdrawal or discharge of members of the advanced course - _ 409
Medical and theological students not to be enrolled in Naval
Appointment of Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps gradu
ates in the Naval or Marine Corps Reserve 413
401
(1) Membership in the Naval Reserve Officers' Training
Corps shall be limited to unmarried male students at educa
tional institutions where units of said corps are established;
these students must be citizens of the United States, not less
than 14 years of age, and must meet the physical require
ments specified herein.
(2) Any person receiving compensation from the United
States Veterans' Administration for disability incurred in
the naval or military service of the United States, or who
has a claim pending under that bureau on account of such
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disability, is not eligible for enrollment in the Naval Reserve

(3) A citizen of the insular possessions of the United
States, unless he has been legally admitted as a citizen of the
United States, is not eligible for membership in the Naval
(4) No member of the active personnel of the Army,
Navy, Marine Corps—the Officers' Reserve Corps, the
Organized Reserves, and the Enlisted Reserve Corps of the
Army—Marine Corps Reserve, Naval Reserve, Coast Guard,
National Guard, Naval Militia, or Army Reserve Officers'
Training Corps shall be eligible for membership in the
Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps, until he has obtained
a discharge from such organization prior to enrollment.
402
Physical requirements.—(1) Membership in the Naval
who are physically fit to perform naval duties, or will be
statutory board of medical examiners will report on the
for commissions in the Naval or Marine Corps Reserve.
(2) Reports of physical examinations, Bureau of Medi
cine and Surgery Form Y, will be submitted for such can
didates as are given the complete regular physical exam
ination for enrollment whether they are accepted or not.
This form will not be submitted for applicants whose physical
condition manifestly does not warrant a complete physical
examination.
(3) Physical standards required for enrollment in the basic
course will conform to those required of candidates for
appointment as midshipmen at the United States Naval
Academy, as outlined in the Manual of the Medical Depart
ment, United States Navy, 1938, with the exception of
height, weight, and chest measurements. In those particu
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lars, the following exceptions are to be considered as the

minimum requirements:
Age Weight Height Expiration Mobility
14 90 59 28 2
15 97 61 28 2
16 105 62 29 2
17 110 63 30 2
18 115 64 3iy2 2
(4) (a) The medical examiners will take into considera

tion the minimum requirements for physical stature of a
midshipman upon graduation, as laid down in paragraph
1446, Manual of the Medical Department, United States
Navy. The medical examiners are authorized to accept
such students who, in their opinion, will be able to meet
those minimum requirements upon graduation 4 years hence.
The medical examiners will make a definite statement as to
whether or not, in their opinion, a candidate's defects, if
any, can be overcome within 4 years. Based upon that
opinion, the medical examiners will state their findings and
recommendations, namely, "this candidate is (is not) physi
cally fit for enrollment as a Naval R. O. T. C. student, basic
course."
(b) In connection with the foregoing, the minimum re
quirements of vision of 20/20ths for each eye will be exacted
in each case.
(c) The notation of "poor color perception" will not be
made upon the report of the examination. In order that
an exact determination may be made, the medical examiners
will indicate on the report the ability to perceive colors,
stating the groups of plates of the Stillings test actually read
correctly by the candidate.
on the report. The report of "mal-occlusion" is not ac
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(e) Experience during the period of operation of the

in a great many cases notation of disqualifying defects is
the candidate as physically qualified for enrollment. While
it is desirable to indicate defects upon the record in order
that proper steps may be taken for correction, the report
should in every case show definitely whether or not the
defects are of a disqualifying nature. In order that all
conditions governing enrollment may be fully satisfied,
(5) (a) The same requirements for enrollment in the
advanced course will be executed as in the case of enroll
ment in the basic course, except with respect to vision.
It is reasonable to assume that a student's eyes may be
slightly affected after 2 years of study, and it follows that
a student's vision may therefore not measure 20/20ths in
each eye at the time of the examination. The Bureau
course any student whose vision is not below 18/20ths.
ment shall, with respect to vision, be reported as physi
cally fit for enrollment in the advanced course.
(b) With the expectancy of commissioning the student
as a Naval Reserve ensign or second lieutenant, Marine
Corps Reserve, after graduation from the advanced course,
the medical examiners are authorized to report as physically
fit for enrollment in the advanced course, such students who,
in their opinion, will be able to meet the minimum require
ments upon graduation, as laid down in Manual of the
Medical Department, United States Navy.
(6) A student who, for any cause, has been disenrolled
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(7) The procedure to be followed with respect to physi

cal examinations is as follows:
(a)-. A sufficient time in advance of the date of annual
registration of students, the professor of naval science
and tactics shall request the commandant of the district
to order twD or more medical officers to conduct the physical
examination of candidates for enrollment. If practicable to
assemble the medical examiners without incurring mileage
or other expense, the commandant shall order them in
accordance with the request of the professor of naval science
and tactics. In the event that mileage or other expense will
be incurred, the commandant shall immediately nominate
to the Bureau the medical officers available, and the Bureau
will then issue the necessary orders to the officers concerned.
(6) The examination shall be conducted in accordance
herein set forth.
Y, except as noted in 402 (2) above. The original and
one copy shall be forwarded to the Bureau of Navigation,
via the professor of naval science and tactics, who will
maintain one copy in the unit files.
(8) The procedure with respect to the examination of
students eligible for the, advanced course is the same as
basic course.
(9) In the case of students who present themselves for
reenrollment, the same procedure shall be followed as in the
case of students who apply for enrollment in the basic
course.
(10) Physical inspections of Naval R. O. T. C. students
on embarkation and prior to debarkation from the annual
practice cruise on naval vessels are required. Embarkation
inspections are made at the university prior to departure on
the cruise, by medical officers designated by the district
commandant. Debarkation inspections are to be made by
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the ship's medical officer. These inspections are not com

plete physical examinations to determine the students'
physical fitness to remain in the Naval R. O. T. C, but are
made only to insure the discovery of any active diseases or
injuries which may have been contracted during the cruise.
The fact that such inspections have been completed shall be
entered in each student's health record, Bureau of Medicine
and Surgery Form H. No other report is required except in
the case of students who contract serious illness or injury
during the cruise which might result in ultimate physical
disqualification. In such cases, a report will be made by the
medical officer of the ship, through the usual channel^, to the
professor of naval science and tactics of the unit to which
the student is attached. The professor of naval science and
tactics will forward the report to the Bureau by endorsement,
with such comment and recommendation as may be deemed
pertinent.
(11) (a) For commission in the Naval or Marine Corps
Reserve, the commandant of the district in which the unit
is located will order a statutory board of medical examiners of
two medical officers to conduct the physical examination of
senior students who will in all respects become eligible for
commissioning in the Naval or Marine Corps Reserve upon
graduation. If travel is involved, orders must be issued by
the Bureau before transportation expenses will be defrayed by
the Government. This examination will be conducted in
accordance with the instructions of the Manual of the Medical
Department, United States Navy, which shall take into
consideration the minimum requirements as set down therein
for midshipmen graduating and commissioned, which mini
mum requirements will be applicable in the examination and
subject to such modifications as outlined herein. The
uncorrected vision shall not be less than 18/20ths in each
eye, both corrected to 20.'20ths. A definite statement will
be made by the board of medical examiners regarding the
candidate's physical fitness to perform the duties of a Naval
Reserve ensign or second lieutenant, Marine Corps Reserve.
Based upon this statement, the board will state its findings
and recommendations. If the candidate is considered
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physically unqualified for a commission as ensign, United

States Naval Reserve, or second lieutenant, .Marine. Corps
Reserve, the board shall state the disqualifying reasons.
(b) The professor of naval science and tactics will notify
the district commandant and the Bureau of Navigation
by letter of the exact date upon which he desires to conduct
the physical examination in question. This information must
be forwarded in sufficient time to insure the completion of
physical examination prior to April 10.
(c) The only report of physical examination made by
the statutory board of medical examiners will be on
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Form Y, in duplicate.
In submitting the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Form
Y for this particular examination, there will be type
written at the top of the form, "Statutory Board of Med
ical Examiners convened by "
iners," "Member of the Board of Medical Examiners,"
or "Recorder of the Board of Medical Examiners," as the
case may be.
(12) For enrollment in the Naval Reserve Officers'
Reserve Officers' Training Corps, to be immunized from
typhoid fever and smallpox, unless satisfactory certificate
of immunity from these diseases is furnished. Professors
of naval science and tactics will arrange to have students
immunized at the earliest practicable date following en
rollment. Vaccines may be obtained, without cost, upon
request to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. The
number of students who require immunization shall be
stated in the request.
(13) The professors of naval science and tactics are
authorized to make original enrollments or reenrollments
of students who are reported by the medical examiners as
thority from the Bureau. In the case of candidates for
enrollment or reenrollment who have been given a regular
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examination and who are reported by the medical exam

iners as not physically qualified for enrollment, the Bureau
desires that the disqualifying reasons be so clearly set
forth upon the report that a decision may be readily made
by the Bureau as to whether or not waivers should be
approved. A complete physical examination will be given
to all applicants whose physical disability the professor
of naval science and tactics recommends waived. The
senior medical examiner shall be a medical officer in the
regular service, preferably not below the rank of com
mander. This cannot always be accomplished, but in no
case will a medical officer below the rank of lieutenant com
mander in the regular service be acceptable as senior medi
cal examiner. If it is physically impossible to obtain the
services of a medical officer of the regular service as a
junior medical examiner, a medical officer of the Reserve will
be accepted.
(14) (a) Health records, Bureau of Medicine and Sur
gery Form H, shall be opened for each student enrolled in
the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps, and suitable
entries shall be made from time to time, in accordance with
the following instructions:
(1) The records shall be opened and retained by the
(2) In the case of students severing connection with the
Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps during the course,
Navigation.
(3) The health records of all students who participate
in the annual practice cruise shall be delivered to the medical
officers of the ships in which the students embark. While
on the cruise, entries in their record will be made by the
ship's medical officer. The records shall be turned over to
the officer in charge of the cruising units prior to debarkation,
for ultimate delivery to the professors of naval science and
tactics in charge of the units concerned.
(4) The health records of students who successfully
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are commissioned in the Naval or Marine Corps Reserve

shall be forwarded, for the Naval Reserve, to the com
mandant of the naval district under whose command they
will be after commissioning, and for the Marine Corps
Reserve to the Major General Commandant. Health rec
ords of students who fail to obtain commissions in the
Naval or Marine Corps Reserve upon graduation shall be
forwarded to the Bureau of Navigation.
403
Status of enrollment.— (1) The Bureau assigns a
standard quota of students to each Naval Reserve Officers'
Training Corps unit.
(2) No student will be enrolled in the advanced course
who has not actually been enrolled in the basic course,
except when approved by the Bureau of Navigation, and as
provided for in articles 405 (3) and 610 (2).
404
Training of naval science students.—(1) With the
approval of the institutional authorities students who are
not eligible for enrollment in the Naval Reserve Officers'
Training Corps or who are in excess of the allowed quota
of the unit, may bs permitted to pursue the naval science
and tactics course for college credits. They are not eligible
to make the regular Naval R. 0. T. C. practice cruises nor
to be paid commutation of subsistence during the advanced
course.
(2) The professor of naval science and tactics may en
roll naval science students in the basic course as vacancies
occur during the academic year with full credit for work
done as naval science students provided they comply in
every respect with the requirements prescribed for origi
nal enrollment in the basic course. Normally, naval science
students should only be trained in numbers sufficient to
fill prospective vacancies in the approved quota of regular
Naval R. O. T. C. students.
(3) Naval science students must be informed that they
are not actually enrolled in the Naval R. O. T. C. and must
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understand that if they are not so enrolled prior to the

last day of their second academic year they cannot later
be absorbed in the Naval R. O. T. C.
(4) Professors of naval science and tactics should take
advantage of this authority to train naval science students
in order to keep their quota filled and thereby to secure a
maximum number of Naval R. 0. T. C. graduates.
(5) The number of naval science students will be included
by classes under "remarks" on "Report of Enrollment,"
Form N. Nav. 262. This form shall also show the number
of physically qualified naval science students.
(6) Annually, at the close of the academic year, the pro
fessor of naval science and tactics will transmit separately
to the Bureau a list of those naval science students who have
successfully completed the course in naval science and tactics
for college credits. These lists will be maintained in the
Bureau as a matter of record for use in case of emergency.
405
Enrollment in basic course; requirements.—(1) A

candidate for enrollment as a Naval R. O. T. C. student in
the basic course of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training
Corps must meet the following requirements prior to accept
ance therein:
(6) Be a student who may be definitely expected to re
main at the educational institution for a sufficient period
of time to complete the 4-year course in naval science and
tactics.
(c) Be a student who definitely expects to remain at the
educational institution 4 years, which may include con
secutive years of graduate work.
id) Agree be be immunized from typhoid fever and
(e) Agree to be fingerprinted for naval records at any time
the Bureau of Navigation may so request,
(/) Agree to produce evidence of United States citizenship
prior to completion of first semester.
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(g) Agree to present written consent of parent or guardian

to enrollment prior to completion of first semester.
(2) A student may be reenrolled in the basic course and
maintained, provided:
(6) He may be definitely expected to remain at the in
stitution for the time required to complete the 4-year course
in naval science and tactics.
(d) Form N. Nav. 263 with entries in his case to date
is received by the professor of naval science and tactics at
(e) He is not enrolled in any class which has progressed
beyond the point in the course- where he was disenrolled,
and is recommended by the professor of naval science and
tactics of the institution from which transferred.
(3) Credit may be given for service as midshipman at
the United States Naval Academy or as a cadet at U. S.
Coast Guard Academy as determined appropriate by the
406
Withdrawal or discharge of members of .basic

course.—The authorities of an institution may, , upon .their
and tactics. A student thus severing his relations with the
Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps can be reinstated
upon approval thereof by the authorities of the institu
tion and by the professor of naval science and tactics, pro
vided he may be definitely expected to remain at the insti
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tution for a sufficient period of time to complete the 4-year

course in naval science and tactics and he complies with
. article 405 (2) (e).
Any student may be disenrolled by the Bureau of Navi
gation if he violates the agreements of enrollment or proves
to be inapt.
407
Enrollment in advanced course; requirements.—An

Officers' Training Corps must meet the following require
ments prior to enrollment therein:
(6) Have successfully completed the basic course of the
Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps either in a fully
enrolled status for the 2 years' basic course or in a com
bined enrolled and naval science status, or has received credit
under Article 405 (3) sufficient to warrant subparagraph (d)
following.
(c) Be a student who, unless authorized by the Bureau
to compress the advanced course, may be definitely ex
pected to remain at the educational institution for the 2
additional years required to complete the 4-year course
in naval science and tactics. As much of this time as
necessary may be in the status of a graduate student.
professor of naval science and tactics with the approval
of the head of the educational institution.
(e). Submit a written application for admission to the
advanced course.
(/) Submit a written agreement to continue training in
the advanced course until the completion thereof unless
sooner discharged in accordance with the provisions of
these regulations.
scribed for the advanced course in the Department of
Naval Science and Tactics by the current annual catalog
of the institution, and to devote 5 hours per week when
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(h) Submit a written agreement to make one cruise

during the advanced course, this cruise to be made during
the summer following the completion of the junior aca
demic year, unless otherwise specifically authorized by
the Bureau of Navigation. The award of academic degrees
to which a student is otherwise entitled will not be withheld
because of a deferred cruise.
(i) Agree to be immunized from typhoid fever and
(j) Agree to be fingerprinted for naval records at any time
the Bureau of Navigation may so request.
(k) Express the intention to apply for and accept a com
mission in the Naval or Marine Corps Reserve near the
completion of the required cruise.
408
Reenrollment of former members of advanced course.—

Members of the advanced course who sever their relations
as students of an educational institution thereby automati
cally terminate their connection with the Naval Reserve
Officers' Training Corps. They will be required to fulfill the
uncompleted provisions of the contracts they signed when
they originally enrolled in the advanced course in case they
are later readmitted as students in the same educational
institution, provided their previous record was such as to
warrant a recommendation for reenrollment should they
return to the same institution. In case they are admitted as
students in another educational institution in which a unit
of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps is main
tained, they will be required to sign new contracts to fulfill
the uncompleted provisions of the contracts they signed
when they originally enrolled in the advanced course,
provided:
(a) They are eligible to enroll under the regulations of
the institution at which they resume their studies.
(b) They may be definitely expected, unless authorized
by the Bureau to compress the advanced course, to remain
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at the institution for the additional time required to com

plete the 4-year course in naval science and tactics.
409

course.—(1) A member enrolled in the advanced course
cannot withdraw from such course while a student at the
institution until a statement in full of his reasons there
for has been submitted to and accepted by the Bureau of
Navigation. Release from the formal contract which a
member enters into with the Government upon enrollment
in the advanced course will only be approved under extraor
dinary circumstances; otherwise, the agreement to complete
the course must be considered binding.
(2) Any student enrolled in the advanced course who has
not demonstrated sufficient aptitude in performance of duty to
indicate that further training will qualify him for a commis
sion in the Naval or Marine Corps Reserve will be so reported
by letter forwarded by the professor of naval science and
tactics to the Bureau of Navigation. Upon approval of this
recommendation by the Bureau of Navigation such student
shall be disenrolled or permitted to resign from the Naval
Reserve Officers' Training Corps
(3) Students of the Advanced Course who marry while a
member of the N. R. O. T. C, or who are granted leave or are
otherwise absent from the university or college for a period of
three months, shall be disenrolled.
(4) Students who violate the agreements of enrollment may
be disenrolled by the Bureau of Navigation.
410
enrolled member of the advanced course, remaining at an
institution, cannot be reinstated for such course except by
authority of the Bureau of Navigation.
411
Medical, dental, and theological students not to be en
rolled in Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps.—Students
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contemplating pursuing a medical, dental, or theological

course of study will not be enrolled in the basic or advanced
course of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps.
412
Members of faculty authorized to take course of train

ing.—Physically fit members of the faculty or of the corps
of instructors of an institution are authorized, upon approval
by the authorities of the institution, to take the courses of
instruction prescribed herein for members of the Naval
Reserve Officers' Training Corps. Participation in these
courses will not entitle them to enrollment in the Naval
Reserve Officers' Training Corps or to any pay or allowances.
413
Appointment of Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps

graduates in the Naval or Marine Corps Reserve.—(1) Naval
R. 0. T. C. students who successfully complete the course
in naval science and tactics, and who so request, may be
appointed as ensign in the United States Naval Reserve, or
as second lieutenant, United States Marine Corps Reserve,
upon the recommendation of the professor of naval science
and tactics and approval of the Bureau of Navigation, pro
vided they fulfill the physical requirements and are 19 years
or over, but less than 28 years of age, and who shall agree,
under oath in writing, to serve the United States in the
capacity of a reserve officer during a period of at least five
years from the date of his commission.
(2) Students who fail to graduate from the institution,
but who complete successfully the prescribed course in
naval science and tactics may be appointed in the United
States Naval Reserve or United States Marine Corps Re
serve, upon the recommendation of the professor of naval
science and tactics and approval of the Bureau of Navigation.
Without such recommendations, no such student will be
considered eligible for appointment in the Naval or Marine
Corps Reserve until after 1 year from the date on which
he would have graduated from the institution.
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SECTION 5
ADMINISTRATION
Article
Communications 502
Inspections 503
Head of Department of Naval Science and Tactics 506
Duties and status of additional officers and of enlisted men_ . 507
Discipline 508
of instruction offered by an institution 510
501
General policies.—Supervision, control, and direction

of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps will be ad
ministered by the Navy Department through the Bureau
of Navigation which is hereby given all necessary authority
in the premises.
The supervisory powers of the Bureau of Navigation over
the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps are delegated to
the commandants of the naval districts in all matters except
those which have been expressly reserved to the Navy De
partment and the Bureau of Navigation in these and other
regulations of the Navy Department. They are charged
with supervision over the administration of the Naval Re
serve Officers' Training Corps units in their districts and are
responsible that the requirements of law and regulations
relating to the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps are
effectively carried out.
502
Communications. —All communications to the Navy De

partment relative to the Naval Reserve Officers' Training
Corps will be directed to the Bureau of Navigation, unless
otherwise specified.
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Communications relative to Naval Reserve Officers' Train

ing Corps will be carried on as prescribed in article 1482 (4)
(d) and (e), United States Navy Regulations.
503
The commandant of the naval district will inspect the

Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps unit in his district in
accordance with article 1484 (6), United States Navy Regula
tions. At least one inspection of this character should be
made during each academic year. Officers from the Bureau
of Navigation will conduct inspections- of units when oppor
tunities are afforded.
504

educational institutions in which units of the Naval Reserve
Officers' Training Corps are established will retain the same
general authority of supervision and control over the De
partment of Naval Science and Tactics as they exercise over
other departments of the institution.
505
Officer and enlisted personnel.—(1) Details of officer

and enlisted personnel for duty with Naval Reserve Officers'
Training Corps units and relief therefrom are functions of
(2) The number of officers and enlisted men assigned to
duty with Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps units will
be determined by the Bureau of Navigation, based upon the
exigencies of the naval service and the personnel require
ment of the units.
(3) The Major General Commandant, United States
Marine Corps, will assign the authorized regular Marine
Corps personnel for duty with Naval Reserve Officers' Train
ing Corps units as provided in articles 205 (c) of section 2
and 507 of section 5.
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506
Head of department of naval science and tactics.—

(1) The head of the department of naval science and tactics
at an educational institution where a unit of the Naval
Reserve Officers' Training Corps is established is the officer
ordered as professor of naval science and tactics by the Chief
of the Bureau of Navigation. He shall be the senior com
missioned line officer of the Navy ordered to duty with the
Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps unit at that institu
tion. He shall be designated as the professor of naval science
and tactics. He shall be considered the commanding officer
of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps unit in refer
ence to all matters covered by articles 1482 and 1484r
United States Navy Regulations.
(2) He will have the academic standing which the institu
tion accords the heads of its other major departments. He
will be a member of the university, college, or school faculty,
with all rights and privileges of a faculty member, will
assume the same responsibilities and obligations as heads of
other departments, and will be a member of the council of
deans or equivalent body.
In his strictly military capacity he is a subordinate of the
commandant of the naval district and is subject to his orders.
Such orders will not infringe upon the province of institu
tional regulations. In his academic capacity the head of the
department of naval science and tactics is subject to institu
tional regulations.
(3) He shall prepare internal regulations necessary for
the government of Naval R. 0. T. C. students when under
(4) He shall be responsible for the carrying out of the
He is responsible that the proper institutional authorities
are advised as to the provisions of law and regulations in all
matters affecting the conduct of the Naval Reserve Officers'
Training Corps unit maintained by the institution.
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(5) He is authorized by the Secretary of the Navy to

administer oaths for purposes of naval administration.
507

508
Discipline.—(1) Officers on duty in connection with

Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps units shall require
Naval R. O. T. C. students to conduct themselves in a mil
itary manner at all times when the students are under
naval jurisdiction.
(2) Students may be dropped from the course in naval
science and tactics for cause by the professor of naval science
and tactics as a disciplinary measure.
509

510

courses of instruction offered by an institution.—(1) The
primary academic duty of officers and enlisted men detailed
to duty with a Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps unit
shall be that of administration and instruction in the
department of naval science and tactics. This shall not be
construed, however, as prohibiting officers and men from con
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ducting courses of instruction in other departments of the educa

tional institution when the professor of naval science and
tactics considers this procedure advisable and conducive to
closer liaison with the institution. Each such case shall be
referred to the Bureau of Navigation, with the recommenda
tion of the professor of naval science and tactics in the
premises, and authorization withheld until receipt of the
Bureau's approval.
(2) Professors of naval science and tactics may pursue
a course of instruction conducted by an educational insti
tution upon approval of the Bureau of Navigation. Pro
does not in any way interfere with the proper discharge of
their Naval R. 0. T. C. duties, which duties at all times shall
be considered paramount.
511
practicable, orders detailing an officer to relieve another as
professor of naval science and tactics will direct the former
to report to the institution not later than 2 weeks prior to
the opening of an academic year and not less than 2 weeks
before the detachment of his predecessor.
512
Navy Day observance.—The professor of naval science
and tactics will cooperate insofar as possible with the dis
trict commandants and university authorities in the ob
servance of Navy Day, in accordance with instructions
issued annually by the Navy Department.
SECTION 6
TRAINING Article
General 601
Discipline of mind and body- 604
Responsibility and initiative. 605
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SECTION 6—Continued
TRAINING—Continued Artic]e
Definition of "instruction hours" 614
Marking 616
Athletics 618
Practice cruise:
Mission 622
Cruises 623
601
General.—Training in the Naval Reserve Officers' Train

ing Corps shall so supplement the academic course given by
an educational institution that, upon completion of the 4-
year course in naval science and tactics, Naval R. O. T. C.
students will possess the following essential qualifications of a
junior officer of the Naval or Marine Corps Reserve:
(b) A practical working knowledge of essential naval
subjects.
initiative.
traditions. -
(/) Organization leadership and discipline of value in
an industrial or professional career.
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602
General education.—A good general education, the first

qualification, will be attained from pursuit of courses of
study in the sciences and arts conducted by the educa
tional institution.
603
Knowledge of naval subjects.—(1) A practical working

knowledge of essential naval subjects, the second qual
ification, shall be the governing factor in determining the
scope and character of courses in naval science and tac
tics. Curricula, drills, and training under Departments of
Naval Science and Tactics at educational institutions, and
instruction on practice cruises, shall be pointed toward
acquisition of that knowledge of naval subjects which is
essential to a junior officer of the Naval or Marine Corps
Reserve.
(2) When practicable, students electing academic courses
in naval construction, engineering (civil, mechanical, electri
cal, internal-combustion engine, ordnance, radio, aeronauti
cal, etc.), navigation, law, finance and supplies, communica
tions, or kindred subjects affording education along lines of
naval value shall be particularly encouraged to enroll as
Naval R. 0. T. C. students, other factors being equal.
Election of such courses by Naval R. 0. T. C. students after
enrollment in the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps shall
be encouraged, provided this will not result in interference
with the educational plans of the student.
604
Discipline of mind and body.—A well-disciplined mind

and body, the third qualification, will be developed by holding
Naval R. 0. T. C. students, while under naval jurisdiction, to
the highest standards of bearing and conduct.
605

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fication, shall be attained by affording Naval R. 0. T. C,

students every practicable opportunity to develop as self-
reliant, aggressive leaders. Ability as a leader is acquired
by the exercise of supervised opportunity to command;:
Training Corps through their 4-year course. Considera
tions of administration and discipline shall not limit op
portunities to command to a selected group to the exclu
tion in leadership shall be given to students naturally back
ward in such ability.
606
Naval ideals, customs, and traditions.—A well-developed
sense of naval ideals, customs, and traditions, the fifth
qualification, will be attained by observation and naval con
tacts established while enrolled in the Naval Reserve Officers'
Training Corps and by instruction in U. S. Naval History.
607
Officers' Training Corps courses shall do so for but 2 years
at a time. The first election is for the 2-year basic course,
upon the completion of which, if the student be acceptable
for further training, he may elect the advanced course.
608
Curtailment of courses.—The Bureau of Navigation may
approve applications for the curtailment of the naval science
and tactics course when all of the following conditions exist:
(a) The student has passed or agrees to pass all subjects
in naval science and tactics to the satisfaction of the profes
sion of naval science and tactics. Fulfillment of this condition
will be determined by work done as a midshipman or naval
science student, or by the practicability of a proposed sched
ule to carry extra work without undue conflicts in class
attendance or unreasonable demand for special attention on
the part of instructors.
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Q)) The student has completed or agrees to complete one

practice cruise while enrolled in the advanced course.
(c) The student will, in the opinion of the professor of
jsl junior officer in the Naval or Marine Corps Reserve.
609
Courses of instruction.—Subjects and outlines of courses
of study for Departments of Naval Science and Tactics will
be prescribed by the Bureau of Navigation and all instruc
tion in such departments shall be conducted in accordance
therewith.
610
Credit for courses and toward a degree.—(1) The credit
to be given for the successful completion of courses in the
Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps toward a degree is
sl matter to be determined by the authorities of each institu
tion as contracted with the Bureau of Navigation at the time
of establishment of the unit. The successful conduct of
Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps units depends in a
large measure upon the granting of credit on the same basis,
hour for hour, for practical and theoretical instruction as is
given for laboratory and classroom work in other departments.
(2) Credit toward completion of the course shall not be
officer or enlisted man, but shall be given for service as
midshipman at the United States Naval Academy.
611
Coordination with other academic departments.—Pro
fessors of naval science and tactics shall coordinate the
work of Departments of Naval Science and Tactics with
that of other academic departments of educational insti
tutions whenever it is practicable to avoid duplication there
by. Specific subjects prescribed for the Naval Reserve
Officers' Training Corps which are taught with partial or
equivalent scope in other departments of an institution may
be omitted, in part or entirety, from courses conducted by
Departments of Naval Science and Tactics. When this pro
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cedure is followed, the subject omitted from the curriculum

of the Department of Naval Science and Tactics shall be
given in the other academic department in a manner satis
factory to the professor of naval science and tactics; election
of the subject in the other academic department shall be
required for enrollment in the Department of Naval Science
and Tactics.
612
Schedules of instruction.—Each professor of naval science
and tactics shall prepare schedules of instruction based on the
outlines of instruction prescribed by the Bureau of Naviga
tion and adapted to time allowed the Department of Naval
Science and Tactics. A copy of each schedule of instruction
prepared shall be furnished to the Bureau of Navigation and
to each of existing Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps
units, and one copy retained in the permanent files of the
unit for future reference. Any changes made in existing
syllabus will be distributed as above.
613
of instruction and training in Departments of Naval Science
and Tactics shall be 3 hours for each academic week while
enrolled in the basic course, and 5 hours for each academic
week while enrolled in the advanced course, or by arrange
ment with the institution, an average of 4 hours may be
maintained over the four-year period. Time devoted to
preparation for instruction shall not be counted in satisfaction
of this requirement. Instruction periods shall be coordinated
with the schedule of the institution and correspond to the
hours of other departments.
614
Definition of "instruction hours."—One instruction hour
in the schedule of instruction represents the customary
academic hour of the institution.
615
Distribution of instruction hours.—Within the limits of
outline prescribed by the Bureau of Navigation, professors
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of naval science and tactics shall shape the character of

instruction in Departments of Naval Science and Tactics to
the peculiar conditions obtaining at each educational in
stitution. Decisions as to the number of hours to be allotted
to theoretical instruction, the number of hours to be devoted
to practical instruction, and detailed character of instruction
must be reached after mature consideration of local condi
tions. The attitude of the authorities of the institution,
nature of courses of study pursued by students in other
academic departments, general caliber of students and
climatic conditions are some of the factors governing such
decisions.
616
in other academic departments shall be employed in De
partments of Naval Science and Tactics. Reports of stu
dents' grading and merit, based on this system of marking
and similar in form and scope to those rendered by other
major departments of the institution, shall be submitted to
the authorities of the educational institution in accordance
with their requirements. Upon completion of the course in
naval science and tactics, a report will be made to the Bureau
indicating the Naval R. O. T. C. standing by merit of each
Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps graduate, giving his
final mark. Reports of students' grading and merit intended
for the Bureau of Navigation shall indicate the corresponding
marks, based on a scale of 0 to 4.0. A report of the relative
standing in naval science and tactics of those students com
missioned in the Naval and Marine Corps Reserve will also
be forwarded to the Bureau.
617
Status of training.—Such reports of status of training in
Departments of Naval Science and Tactics shall be furnished
heads of educational institutions as may be required by the
rules of the institution for other departments.
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under the department of naval science and tactics dur
ing the season in which he is actually engaged in such ath
professor of naval science and tactics. •
619

training or instruction in the department of naval science
and tactics shall not be excused except for physical dis
ability or exceptional circumstances. A Naval R. 0. T. C.
graduation.
620
Training certificates.— (1) A naval training certificate on

Form N. Nav. 266 shall be issued by the professor of naval
science and tactics to each student who successfully com
pletes—
(b) The basic course in the Naval Reserve Officers'
Training Corps.
Training Corps, but is not recommended for enrollment in
the Naval or Marine Corps Reserve.
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621
Military organization.—(1) The Naval Reserve Officers'

Training Corps Battalion will be organized in general in
accordance with the following diagram:
1 battalion
3 companies
Each company containing (2) platoons
Each platoon containing 3 or 4 squads
Each squad containing 8 men
(2) N. R. 0. T. C. student officers will be organized in.

general as follows:
Battalion staff:
Battalion commander N. R. O. T. C. lieutenant commander.
Battalion subcommander_. N. R. O. T. C. lieutenant.
Battalion adjutant N. R. O. T. C. lieutenant (junior grade).
Battalion commissary and N. R. O. T. C. ensign.
Quartermaster.
Battalion chief petty offi- N. R. O. T. C. chief petty officer,
cer.
Color guard:
First petty officer N. R. O. T. C. petty officer first class.
Second petty officer N. R. O. T. C. petty officer second class.
Third petty officer N. R. O. T. C. petty officer third class.
Fourth petty officer N. R. 0. T. C. petty officer fourth class.
Drum and Bugle Corps:
Commander N. R. O. T. C. lieutenant (junior grade).
First petty officer N. R. O. T. C. petty officer first class.
Second petty officer N. R. O. T. C. petty officer second class.
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Company organization
(three companies):
Company commander N. R. O. T. C. lieutenant.
Commander, first platoon. _ N. R. O. T. C. lieutenant (junior grade).
Commander, second pla- N. R. O. T. C. ensign,
toon.
Company chief petty offi- N. R. O. T. C. chief petty officer,
cer.
Mustering petty officer, N. R. O. T. C. petty officer first class,
first platoon.
Mustering petty officer, N. R. O. T. C. petty officer second class,
second platoon.
Guide, first platoon N. R. O. T. C. petty officer third class.
Guide, second platoon N. R. O. T. C. petty officer third class.
Squad leaders N. R. O. T. C. petty officer fourth class.
PRACTICE CRUISE
622
Mission.—To furnish the Naval R. O. T. C. students

with the opportunity to gain experience at sea in the prac
tical application of their studies in naval science and tactics.
623
Cruises.—(1) Advanced course students are required to

make one cruise during the advanced course to qualify for
commission in the Naval or Marine Corps Reserve, while
still a member of the institution or in the summer immedi
ately following graduation if specifically authorized to delay
the cruise. Unless otherwise specifically authorized by the
Bureau, all advanced course students are required to make a
cruise of from 2 to 3 weeks during the summer following the
junior college year.
(2) Provided funds and ships are available, the Bureau
plans to cruise Naval R. 0. T. C. students annually as
follows:
(a) Advanced course students in destroyers.
(b) Basic course students in battleships or cruisers. Where
feasible, those ships having planes aboard should retain planes
and personnel during cruise for instructional purposes.
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(c) Special short cruises may be arranged by the professor

of naval science and tactics for students desiring to take
them, conforming to existing Commander in Chief instruc
tions.
624
Medical attention in line of duty while on cruises.—

Members of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps,
while on cruises at Government expense on board ships, will
be furnished medical and hospital treatment, subsistence
until furnished transportation, and transportation when fit
for travel to their homes. The remains of members of the
Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps who die while on
practice cruises will be prepared and transported to their
homes and the burial expenses paid by the Government.
SECTION 7
PAY AND ALLOWANCES

Article
course 701
Compensation furnished in connection with practice cruises.. 702
701

course.—(1) A member of the advanced course of the
Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps will be furnished
commutation of subsistence for the period, not exceeding 2
years, that he is enrolled in the advanced course, except that
commutation of subsistence shall not be allowed for periods
when subsistence in kind is furnished or when the student
is paid a travel allowance in lieu of transportation and sub
sistence. The amount of commutation of subsistence will
be fixed from time to time by the Secretary of the Navy and
will not exceed the value prescribed by law for a commuted
ration of the Navy.
(2) The following instructions shall govern the payment
of commutation of subsistence to students enrolled for the
advanced course:
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students have satisfied all requirements of these regulations
for enrollment in the advanced course. Students who are
enrolled in the advanced course prior to completion of 2
years of academic service because of approval to compress
the naval science and tactics course will be paid commuta
tion of subsistence from date on which they complete 2
years' academic service as regularly enrolled Naval R. 0. T. C.
students.
(b) Commutation of subsistence shall be paid from and
during an academic term that he begins the Naval Reserve
Officers' Training Corps advanced course training.
(c) Commutation of subsistence certificates shall be certi
fied by professors of naval science and tactics on Form N.
Nav. 270 on the last day of each month of the scholastic
year and forwarded to the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
in quintuplet to substantiate payments to students. (Origi
nal N. Nav. 270 and copies N. Nav. 270a.)
(d) Payments of commutation of subsistence will be made
by the disbursing officer Bureau of Supplies and Accounts.
Checks will be made payable to the order of the individual
students and forwarded to professors of naval science and
tactics for delivery.
any period in excess of 2 academic years plus one inter
vening summer vacation.
(3) Payments of commutation for the summer vacation
period will be governed by the following instructions:
cates will be prepared to cover the period actually in at
tendance and under the supervision of the professor of
naval science and tactics concerned.
(b) For students taking the cruise, certificates shall be
prepared to cover the period between the end of the scho
lastic year and the dates on which subsistence at Government
expense begins and forwarded to the Bureau as soon as
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possible after the commencement of the cruise. Payment

of commutation for day of embarkation will be made to
student when he embarks after breakfast, and on day of
disembarkation will be credited to ship when student dis
embarks after breakfast. No further payments of commu
tation will then be made until the students have entered
upon the second year of the advance course. Certificates
shall then be prepared to cover the portion of the summer
vacation subsequent to the cruise or, at the election of the
professor of naval science and tactics concerned that portion
of the vacation period may be included in the certificate for
the first month of the new scholastic year.
paid travel allowance not to exceed 5 cents per mile in lieu
of transportation and subsistence. The time spent in such
travel should, therefore, not be included in the commuta
tion certificates.
(4) Payment of commutation shall cease or be curtailed
under the following conditions:
(a) In the case of students exempted by the Bureau
the advanced course, no payments shall be made during
the interval between the date of completion of the first
year's scholastic work and the date of commencement of
the second year's work of the advanced course.
(b) In the case of students not exempted by the Bureau
who fail to take the advanced course cruise during the
summer immediately following completion of the first year
of the advanced course, no payments shall be made after the
date of completion of the first year's scholastic work. Pay
may be resumed at beginning of next scholastic year if upon
recommendation by professor of naval science and tactics
the Bureau accepts a delayed request to defer the cruise until
the end of the senior year.
(c) Payment of commutation may be withheld in the
case of students whom the professor of naval science and
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tactics for any reason considers unsatisfactory in naval

science and tactics for 1 month. If during the following
month they become satisfactory, they may then be certified
for 2 months' commutation. If, however, they remain
unsatisfactory for the second consecutive month of the
same term or semester, payment of commutation may be
withheld for the balance of the current semester.
may be paid commutation covering such absence for a
period not to exceed 1 month. Payment for such absence
will not be made until their return and resumption of
instruction.
(c) In the case of students who are absent from instruc
cease after the first week of such absence. If such absence
is caused by separation from college, payment of commuta
tion shall cease from the first day of absence.
702

cruises.—(1) All members of the Naval Reserve Officers'
cruise to ports designated by the Bureau of Navigation
for embarkation on the cruise. In lieu thereof, they may
be furnished travel allowance not to exceed 5 cents per
between these points.
ing Corps upon completion of a practice cruise shall be
furnished mileage in advance not to exceed 5 cents per
thereof, they may be furnished transportation and sub
sistence in kind for travel between these points.
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(3) Professors of naval science and tactics shall desig

(4) All members of the advanced course of the Naval
Reserve Officers' Training Corps shall be paid as prescribed
for enlisted men of the seventh pay grade of the Navy while
embarked in a naval vessel for a practice cruise.
(5) The day of embarkation and day of disembarkation
are both included in the period for which students are paid.
ing Corps shall be furnished subsistence in kind while
embarked in a naval vessel for a practice cruise.
SECTION 8
UNIFORMS AND INSIGNIA
Article
Cruise uniforms 802
Uniform instructions 803
801
Uniform outfits furnished by the Government.—(1) An

outfit of essential uniforms will be issued to each student
member of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps
after his enrollment, or commutation in lieu of uniforms
paid at a rate to be fixed annually by the Secretary of the
Navy.
(2) Uniforms and other equipment and material issued
to the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps in accord
ance with law may be furnished from surplus or reserve
stock, without payment from Naval Reserve Officers'
Training Corps appropriation, except for actual expenses,
incurred in the manufacture or issue.
(3) In no case shall the amount paid from the Naval
Reserve Officers' Training Corps appropriation for uni
forms, equipment, or material furnished to the Naval Re
serve Officers' Training Corps from stocks under the con
trol of the Navy be in excess of the price current at the
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time the issue is made. The initial outfit will consist of

the following articles:
Blue service uniform, suits 1
Combination cap 1
Leggings, pair___- 1
Dungarees, suits 1
White dress trousers 2^
White working clothes, suits 3^
White hats 3^
Raincoats (or raincoat-overcoat) 1
•Issued for duration or practice cruise.
As far as practicable the blue service uniform and com

bination cap issued Naval R. O. T. C. students upon enroll
ment in the basic course shall be from reclaimed stock which
has been cleaned and altered to fit as necessary.
A second blue service uniform and combination cap, which
shall be new and made to order for the particular student,
shall be issued after the student has enrolled in the advanced
course. The leggings, white gloves, and black four-in-hand
ties issued to students may be replaced from stock as the
article becomes unfit for use because of wear.
(4) Other items of clothing, such as black shoes, black
socks, white shirts, stiff white turned-down collars, must be
supplied by the individual students in sufficient quantities
to suit their needs.
(5) Whenever a Naval R. 0. T. C. student is disenrolled
or withdraws from a unit previous to graduation, the pro
fessor of naval science and tactics will reclaim all articles of
uniform furnished by the Government.
802
Cruise uniforms.—Students attending the annual cruises

will be issued for the duration of the cruise period only, items
as indicated by asterisk in Article 801 (3). Upon completion
of the cruise, these articles will be reclaimed by the professor
of naval science and tactics for reissue on following cruises.
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During the cruise period, each student participating shall

supply himself with the following:
Blacking outfit 1
Brush, scrub 1
Bucket, metal (if required by washroom facilities of cruising
ship) 1
Coat hanger 2
Overshoes, pair 1
Towels, bath 4
Underwear, suits (regulation) 4
Uniform instructions.—(1) Corps mark or insignia. A

distinctive Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps mark
or insignia shall be worn on the outside of left sleeve of blue
service dress, midway between the elbow and shoulder and
on the overcoat, should one be supplied. The insignia will
consist of:
(a) An anchor 1% inches over all, 1% inches across and
outside of flukes, and 1 inch across and outside of crown;
letters U. S. N. five-sixteenths inch high, one-eighth inch
above anchor. The letters R. 0. three-eighths inch high,
directly above the left fluke of anchor, and the letters T. C.
three-eighths inch high, directly above the right fluke of
anchor, all to be embroidered in gold bullion on United
States Navy standard blue cloth; cloth to be 3 inches square,
with shank of anchor placed along diagonal axis of square.
All bullion shall be no. 26 Jaceron no. 3 United States stand
ard 90 percent silver, 2 percent gold, and 8 percent alloy.
(b) In lieu of the above device, on the white working
clothes, the letters R. 0. T. C—U. S. N. 1 inch in height
shall be stenciled on the front of the jumper 1 inch below
the bottom of the V, and centrally located. One inch below
these letters, properly centered, shall be stenciled the name
of the institution in letters 1 inch high ; thus—
R. 0. T. C—U. S. N.
WASHINGTON
White hats shall be made with a blue rim, similar to those
furnished for midshipmen at the Naval Academy.
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(2) Insignia of rank of Naval R. 0. T. C. student officers.—■

The insignia of rank of Naval R. 0. T. C. student officers
will consist of gold stripes, 2% inches long and one-eighth inch
wide, the lower stripe 2 inches from the lower edge of each
sleeve, stripes one-fourth inch apart, worn on the outside of
the sleeve centered between seams. Rank will be indicated
as follows: Naval R. 0. T. C. student ensign, 1 stripe; Naval
R. O. T. C. student junior lieutenant, 2 stripes; Naval R. 0.
T. C. student lieutenant, 3 stripes; Naval R. O. T. C. student
lieutenant commander, 4 stripes. All Naval R. O. T. C. stu
dent line officers shall wear also a 5-pointed star, 1 inch in
diameter, embroidered in gold, to be placed one-fourth inch
above the upper stripe on each sleeve.
(3) Insignia of rank of Naval R. 0. T. C. student petty
officers.—The insignia of rank of Naval R. 0. T. C. student
petty officers will consist of a device of an eagle and anchor
of gold worn on the right sleeve, midway between the elbow
and shoulder, similar to that worn by midshipman petty
officers at the Naval Academy. Stars designated as part of
the insignia in this paragraph shall be five-eighths inch in
diameter and so placed on the sleeve that one point of each
star shall be uppermost. Chevrons designated shall be one-
eighth-inch gold lace.
(a) For battalion chief petty officers—on right sleeve, an
eagle and anchor surmounted by three gold stars pyramidi-
cally arranged, the center of upper star 1% inches above the
eagle, the centers of the two lower stars being 1% inches
apart on a line three-fourths inch below the center of the
upper star and below the anchor, three chevrons.
(6) For company chief petty officers—same as for battal
ion chief petty officers, except with two stars.
(c) For petty officers, first class—on the right sleeve, an
eagle and anchor, surmounted by one star, the center of
which will be five-eights inch above the eagle, and below the
anchor, three chevrons.
(d) For petty officers, second class—same as for petty
officers, first class, except with one chevron.
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(e) For petty officers, third class—same as for petty officers,
first class, but without chevrons.
(/) For petty officers, fourth class—same as for petty
officers, first class, but without the star or chevrons.
(4) Cap insignia. —The cap insignia will consist of a
device embroidered in gold, similar to the sleeve insignia for
(5) Insignia for service in the Naval Reserve Officers' Train
ing Corps.—Service in the Naval Reserve Officers' Training
Corps will be indicated on the blue service uniform, as
follows:
(a) Students enrolled in the first year of the basic course
(Naval R. 0. T. C. freshmen) will wear no insignia for service.
(b) Students enrolled in the second year of the basic
course (Naval R. 0. T. C. sophomores) will wear below the
Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps device on the left
sleeve, a stripe of gold silk lace one-eighth inch wide, 1%
inches long, placed three-fourth inch below the crown of the
anchor, parallel to the letters R. 0. T. C. and with center
of stripe directly below the crown.
(c) Students enrolled in the first year of the advanced
course (Naval R. 0. T. C. juniors) will wear two gold lace
stripes, the upper stripe placed as in (2) above, with the
second stripe parallel to and one-fourth inch below the first
stripe.
(d) Students enrolled in the second year of the advanced
course (Naval R. 0. T. C. seniors) will wear three gold lace
stripes, the upper two placed as in (c) above, with the third
stripe parallel to and one-fourth inch below the second stripe.
(6) Insignia for cruises attended.—The completion of
cruises by Naval R. O. T. C. students will be indicated on
the blue service uniform as follows:
(a) Students who have completed one duly authorized
cruise will wear over the Naval Reserve Officers' Training
Corps device a 5-pointed gold star, one-half inch in diameter,
center of star located directly above the S in U. S. N. and
1% inches from the top of the S.
(b) Students who have completed two cruises will wear over
the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps device two stars,
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horizontally placed, on a line 1% inches above the top of

the S in U. S. N., center of stars 1 inch to the right and left,
respectively, of a line drawn vertically through the center
of the S.
(c) Students who have completed three cruises will wear
over the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps device three
stars, pyramidically placed, as follows: Center star directly
above the S and 1% inches from the top thereof, the two
other stars placed as described in (2) above.
(7) Insignia for expert rifleman and sharpshooter.—In order
to stimulate further interest in the use of small arms, Naval
R. O. T. C. students qualifying for expert rifleman or sharp
shooter, as hereinafter outlined, are authorized to wear the
appropriate distinguishing marks on their blue service uni
forms. The distinguishing marks will be according to the
specifications outlined on page 28A of U. S. Navy Uniform
Regulations (1922), except the target will be embroidered in
gold. Only one mark will be worn for either or both qualifi
cations. Qualification will be based on score made during
either the William Randolph Hearst Trophy Match or the
N. R. O. T. C. Trophy Match, and qualification scores are as
follows:
Expert Rifleman 175
Sharpshooter 160
The duration of qualification is for the period until the next
annual matches are terminated.
SECTION 9
SUPPLY AND EQUIPMENT
Article
Bonds 901
Allowance list 903
Inventory 906
Surveys 908
Report of inspector on protective measures. 910
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SECTION 9—Continued
SUPPLY AND EQUIPMENT—Continued
Article
Targets 914
Fire insurance 917
901
Bonds.—All equipment issued to an educational institu
tion, except uniforms, expendable articles, and supplies
to be expended in operation, maintenance, and instruction,
must be covered by bond. When executed, bonds will be
forwarded to the Judge Advocate General, Navy Depart
ment, for approval, and will be held in the custody of that
officer.
902
Naval property custodian.—The naval property custodian
is designated by the institutional authorities to requisition,
receive, store, and account for Government property and
otherwise transact matters pertaining thereto, for and in
behalf of the institution.
903
Allowance list.—(1) It is not considered practicable to
prescribe a standard allowance for Naval R. O. T. C. units.
Conditions at the various educational institutions in which
units are established differ so widely that their requirements
for equipment and books cannot be met by a standard list.
Requests from units for equipment and books will be given
individual consideration, and decision as to whether or not
the material can be supplied will be based on the merits of the
cases and funds available for the purpose.
(2) Title B equipment will be issued only on request
signed by the person designated by the institution con
cerned.
(3) Uniforms and expendable supplies for operation,
maintenance, and instruction, will be issued on request
signed by the professor of naval science and tactics.
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904
Cost of transporting supplies and equipment.—The cost
of transporting supplies and equipment from the place of
issue to the several institutions, and the cost of maintenance,
repair, and operation of motor-propelled Government passen
ger carrying vehicles used by the Naval Reserve Officers'
Training Corps, will be borne by the Government.
905
Receipt and accounting for property.—(1) Execution of
bills of lading.
(a) Shipments of Government property, supplied from
navy yards or naval stations, will be made on Government
bills of lading and will be consigned to the university con
cerned, for the Department of Naval Science and Tactics.
Upon receipt of the shipment, the consignee will accom
plish the original bill of lading and surrender same to the
agent of the delivering carrier. Notation regarding short
ages or damages will be full and complete and must be entered
on the reverse side of the bill of lading prior to accomplish
ment. The duplicate copy, after noting receipt of shipment
thereon, will be returned to the consignor and the triplicate
copy should be filed by the consignee with his retained papers
bearing on this subject. In no case will transportation
charges be paid by the consignee.
(b) The prompt accomplishment of the original bill of
lading and the early surrender thereof (after receipt of
the shipment) to the carrier is a matter of exceeding
importance.
(2) Drayage. — (a) When notice is received by an in
stitution that Government property has been shipped to
such institution for the Department of Naval Science and
Tactics, arrangements should be made for the necessary
drayage services at destination. If the institution has
drayage facilities, such facilities should invariably be used.
If the institution has no drayage facilities and drayage
equipment is available at a Government activity in the
vicinity, a formal request should be submitted to the officer
in charge of the Government activity for the use of such
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equipment. If drayage services must be performed by

commercial concerns, the cost of drayage should be ascer
tained from all local draymen in position to furnish the
necessary services in a satisfactory manner, and arrangements
should be made with the firm quoting the lowest rate for the
drayage required.
(6) All drayage bills should be submitted to the insti
tution concerned from or to which drayage is performed
and should contain reference to the bill of lading under
which the shipment moved, giving the number, date, and
place of issue thereof. The bills for drayage should con
tain the following certificate properly signed by the firm
performing the service: "Certified correct and just, pay
ment not received." The institution receiving shipment
should approve the drayage bill, making comment thereon
as to the reasonableness of the charge and forward same
to the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, Navy Depart
ment (via the Supply Officer, Training Division, Bureau
of Navigation), for payment in accordance with para-
raph 1850-2 (d), Bureau of Supplies and Accounts Manual.
(3) Care and safekeeping of equipment.—The institu
tions are responsible for the care and safekeeping of all
equipment which has been issued to them and with seeing
that proper precautions are taken to prevent the equipment
from being improperly used and from falling into the hands of
irresponsible persons.
(4) Receipt of property.— (a) Upon receipt of property
covered by a shipment order, the yellow copy of the shipment
order which is mailed by the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
to the consignee will be completed and will be immediately
forwarded to the Training Division, Bureau of Navigation.
(b) When shipment of equipment is received, accom
panied with invoices, the material will be checked and a
certificate of receipt placed on one copy of the invoice by
the institution, showing the date received. When uniforms
and expendable supplies are received, the certificates of
receipt will be signed by the professor of naval science and
tactics. The original and copies of such invoices will be
immediately forwarded to the Bureau of Navigation.
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(c) When material is received without invoices, the Bureau

shall be informed immediately by letter, giving as much
identifying information as possible.
(d) Original invoices of all equipment and expendable
supplies received by the institution for the Department of
Naval Science and Tactics will be receipted by the Supply
Officer, Training Division, Bureau of Navigation.
Strict adherence to the above method will enable the
Bureau to follow up requisitions and obtain prompt
deliveries.
906
Inventory.—(1) Title B. On June 30 of each year, an

inventory of equipment, title B items, except books, will
be submitted to the Bureau of Navigation on S. & A. Form
143, listing separately the items under the cognizance of
each bureau. The inventory will be signed for the institu
tion by the officer designated as naval property custodian.
(2) Reference should be made to the classification index

of naval stores and material to determine items classified
as title B.
(3) Books.— (a) On January 1 and June 30 of each year, a
semiannual inventory of books will be submitted on form
N. Nav. 267, showing the books actually on hand on that date.
All columns of the above report will be filled, and will be
signed for the institution by the designated naval property
custodian.
(b) In order to prevent loss of books, the professor of
naval science and tactics will cause to be put into effect a
plan which will insure the return of all books loaned to
Naval R. 0. T. C. students.
(c) All books, property of the Naval R. 0. T. C. unit,
will be stamped on both covers and upon pages of the books,
indicating Government property. Rubber stamps have been
provided for that purpose.
907
Return of Government property.—When property is to be

returned to the Government, shipping instructions will
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be issued by the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts upon

receipt of request from the institution concerned. This
request shal be forwarded to the Bureau of Supplies and
Accounts, via the Bureau of Navigation.
908
Surveys.—(1) Attention is invited to chapter 49, section

3, articles 1906-1918, United States Navy Regulations, 1920,
covering the survey of Government-owned material.
Government property, equipage title B, worn out or damaged
by fair wear and tear, incident to the use of the property in
naval instruction prescribed or authorized by the Secretary
of the Navy, will be replaced at the expense of the United
States. The original and two copies of approved survey will
be forwarded to the Bureau of Navigation. In the event the
survey report designates the unserviceable property to be
shipped to a navy yard or naval station for salvage or repair,
shipment of such material, where transportation is involved,
will be made on Government bills of lading and in accordance
with instructions issued by the Bureau of Supplies and
Accounts. Surveyed material will be held on the records of
the institution until copy of invoice covering the material is
received from the Supply Officer, Training Division, Bureau
of Navigation.
(2) Property lost, destroyed, or damaged by fire, flood,
theft, tornado, or other similar causes, without fault or
neglect on the part of the institution, its servants or em
ployees, or any member of its Reserve Officers' Training
Corps, will be replaced at the expense of the United States.
To determine whether such loss, destruction, or damage
was without fault or neglect on the part of the institution,
its servants or employees, or members of its Reserve Of
ficers' Training Corps, a survey will be held as provided
in Navy Regulations and surveys handled as stated above.
909
Property protection.—(1) The professor of naval science

and tactics will report to the proper authorities of the institu
tion, in writing, any facts, circumstances, or conditions which
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he believes to be prejudicial to the proper protection of

Government property against loss through fire, flood, theft,
tornado, or other similar causes. In the event that proper
attention is not paid to such communication, report will be
made to the Bureau of Navigation. Access to all such reports
will be afforded to the surveying officers.
(2) Books, supplies, equipment, tentage, and all other
miscellaneous items necessary for the conduct of the Naval
Reserve Officers' Training Corps will be furnished by the
Government. Such of the items mentioned above, fur
at the expense of the Government, will, upon graduation,
withdrawal, or disenrollment of students from the unit,
be reclaimed at the earliest possible date by the professor
910
Report of inspector on protective measures.—Inspectors

visiting Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps units will
include within the purview of their inspections the precau
tions taken by institutions, their servants and employees, to
protect Government property from loss, destruction, or dam
age by fire, flood, theft, tornado, or other similar causes. In
the case of each such inspection, the inspector will submit
a report to the Bureau of Navigation stating whether or not
every reasonable precaution is being observed. In case an
unfavorable report is submitted, the defects will be stated in
detail and a copy will be furnished to the head of the insti
tution concerned. Access to all reports made hereunder will
be given to surveying officers.
911
Replacement of damaged property by university.—All

other losses or damages of Government property for which
the institution is accountable will be replaced by the institu
tion or reimbursements will be made to the United States in
the full value of the property lost or damaged. In such cases,
if the authorities of the institution acknowledge liability for
the loss or damage, a survey will not be necessary and the
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account may be cleared by forwarding to the Bureau of Navi

gation, Navy Department, Washington, D. C, a check for
the full value of the property lost or damaged.
912
Cruise supplies and equipment.—(1) Transportation ku

and from ships of such supplies and equipment as required
by the students while on the cruise, and the cleaning and
laundering of students' uniforms and clothing while on
board ship, will be at Government expense.
(2) Instructions regarding supplies and equipment of Na
val R. 0. T. C. cruises will be published annually as a sup
plement to these instructions.
(3) The Naval R. 0. T. C. appropriation provides for
cleaning and laundering of uniforms and clothing of stu
dents while on the practice cruise. Inasmuch as payment
for such services when performed by the ship's laundry is
not permitted, each commanding officer may, if desired, sub
mit to the bureau a requisition under the annual appropri
ation for the Naval R. 0. T. C, covering such items as soap,
washing powder, etc., as may be required on the cruise.
This will enable the ship's laundry to perform the laundry
services required without additional expense to the vessel.
913
Request for uniform equipment.— (1) As early as practica
ble during the summer vacation, the professor of naval sci
ence and tactics will submit to the Bureau of Navigation a
request covering the estimated number of blue uniforms,
caps, and other uniform equipment, except cruise-uniform
equipment, which will be required during the next school year.
(2) Request for cruise-uniform equipment will be submit
ted not later than March 1 of each year. These requests
shall be accompanied by a complete inventory (by sizes) of
cruise-uniform equipment on hand.
914
Targets.—Paper targets for small bore or larger caliber

should be requested from the Bureau of Navigation.
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915
Request for supplies.—It is the desire of the Bureau that
all office supplies be obtained by issue from regular standard
stock. A request for supplies other than standard stock for
the ensuing year should be submitted to the Bureau of Navi
gation by June 1.
916
Forms, letterheads, and printed envelopes. —Requests for
printing should be made to the institution. Paper and
envelopes will be supplied by the Bureau of Navigation.
917
Fire insurance.—An institution is not required to carry
fire insurance. Whether or not the institution carries insur
ance on its Government property will not modify its pecuni
ary obligations for losses by fire which may result from
neglect or by loss by fault of the institution.
SECTION 10

Article
Form of application for establishment of a Naval Reserve Offi
cers' Training Corps unit 1001
List of forms 1002
1001
Form of application for establishment of a Naval Reserve
Officers' Training Corps unit.—Application in the following
form will be submitted by institutional authorities desiring
the establishment of a Naval Reserve Officers' Training
Corps unit:
(Date)
Washington, D. C.
Subject: Application for establishment of a unit of the Naval
1. By direction of the, Igoverning
hereby submit
authorities
application
of the
for
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the establishment of a unit of the Naval Reserve Officers'

Training Corps at this institution.
2. Should this application be accepted by the Secretary of
the Navy, the authorities of this institution hereby agree to
establish and maintain a 4 years' course of naval training for
its physically fit male students, divided into a 2 years' basic
course and a 2 years' advanced course. Each course shall be
elected separately, and either course when entered upon by
any student shall be a prerequisite for graduation by such
student unless in exceptional cases he shall be discharged from
the Naval Reserve Officers1' Training Corps by the professor
of naval science and tactics, in accordance with administrative
regulations and with the approval of the head of the institu
tion. will endeavor to promote
and further the objects for which the Naval Reserve Officers'
Training Corps is established, and will allot a minimum of an
average of 4 hours per week per academic year to naval
training and instruction. Credits counting toward a degree
in the various colleges will be granted for the naval science
course on the same basis as for other work at the university.
The university will provide adequate housing for the naval
unit, and the use of sufficient classrooms and a space for drill.
I understand that an annual minimum initial enrollment in
the naval course of 80 physically fit male students of the fresh
man class, citizens of the United States, over 14 years of age,
is required to maintain a Naval Reserve Officers' Training
Corps unit.
3. The authorities of this institution also agree to conform
to the regulations of the Secretary of the Navy relating to
the issue, care, use, safekeeping, and accounting for such
Government property as may be issued to the institution .
(President)
1002
List of forms.—The following forms will be used in the

administration of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training
Corps:
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N. Nav. 2, classification (identification data), original

only. Forwarded to the Bureau of Navigation upon original
enrollment.
N. Nav. 262, report of enrollment, submitted to Bureau
of Navigation monthly and at end of academic year.
N. Nav. 263, student's record, submitted when regularly
enrolled student completes course in naval science and tactics,
or otherwise severs his connection with the Naval Reserve
N. Nav. 266, naval training certificate, issued by profes
sors of naval science and tactics to Naval R. O. T. C.
students leaving unit under honorable conditions before
completing course or to graduates ineligible for commis
sioning in the Naval or Marine Corps Reserve.
N. Nav. 267, semiannual return of books, submitted to
Bureau on January 1 and June 30 each year by professors
N. Nav. 268, certificate of eligibility, submitted in dupli
cate to Bureau of Navigation at the beginning of the ad
vanced course by the professor of naval science and tactics.
N. Nav. 269, enrollment card, will be submitted for each
student when enrolled or reenrolled after having severed
his connection with the Naval R. O. T. C.
N. Nav. 270, subsistence roll, submitted monthly by the
N. Nav. 270a, subsistence roll (memorandum copy of
Form N. Nav. 270).
N. Nav. 271, application for enrollment, basic course,
forwarded to Bureau of Navigation on enrollment by pro
N. Nav. 272, application and contract, advanced course,
forwarded to the Bureau of Navigation on enrollment in
advanced course by professor of naval science and tactics.
N. Nav. 273, Naval R. 0. T. C. student data sheet, filled
out for seniors only and forwarded to the Bureau of Navi
gation in April of each year by professor of naval science
and tactics.
N. Nav. 365, naval science and tactics certificate, issued
by professor of naval science and tactics to students satis
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factorily completing course in naval science and tactics

for college credits.
Form Y, Bu. M. & S., submitted in duplicate by the pro
fessor of naval science and tactics to the Bureau of Navi
gation upon enrollment or reenrollment of students. Tripli
cate copy shall be retained in the files of the naval unit.
This form will be submitted for such candidates as are given
the complete regular physical examination for enrollment,
whether they are accepted or not.
A list will also be submitted to the Bureau of Navigation
showing the names of applicants who, because of some
manifest physical disability, were given only a partial
physical examination. The nature of the disability must also
be indicated in this report.
In the case of physical examinations for appointment in
Naval or Marine Corps Reserve, forward Bu. M. &. S.
Form Y with and attached to the individual student's
application blank to the Bureau of Navigation and the Major
General Commandant, respectively, via the professor of
Form 143, Bu. S. &. A., inventory of equipage by Bu
reaus, to be forward to the Bureau of Navigation by the
professor of naval science and tactics annually June 30,
end of fiscal year.
Form H, Bu. M. & S., to be opened for each student
enrolled in the Naval R. O. T. C. To Bureau of Naviga
tion if individual is not commissioned in Naval or Marine
Corps Reserve. To commandant of naval district in which
officer resides or his place of business if commissioned. To
Headquarters, United States Marine Corps, Washington,
D. C, for those commissioned in Marine Corps Reserve.
Application for appointment as ensign United States Naval
Reserve, to the Bureau of Navigation, via the Bureau of
Medicine and Surgery.
Application for appointment as second lieutenant, Marine
Corps Reserve, with endorsement of professor of naval
science and tactics. This application should be made by
letter addressed to the Major General Commandant, United
States Marine Corps, Washington, D. C.
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The following form is to be used by Naval R. O. T. C.

graduates who accept commissions in the Naval Reserve,
for reporting permanent official residence and name and
address of next of kin:
File No.
(Name of university)
NAVAL R. O. T. C. UNIT
(Place)
(Date)
From: Ensign , D-V (G),
U. S. N. R.
To: The Chief of the Bureau of Navigation.
Via: Commandant, Naval District.
Subject: Reporting permanent official residence upoa com
missioning and name and address of next of kin.
References: (a) Bu. Nav. Manual, art. H-1443.
1. In compliance with paragraph (1) of reference (a),
I report my permanent official residence to be:
2. The name and address of my next of kin is:
[First endorsement]
From: Commandant, Naval District.
1. Forwarded.
Form 154, Bu. S. & A. request for survey.
Relative standing and average marks of all graduates

of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps to the Bureau
of Navigation in letter form by the professor of naval science
and tactics.
Relative standing of those graduates commissioned in
the Marine Corps Reserve to the Major General Com
mandant, United States Marine Corps, via the Bureau of
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Navigation, in letter form by the professor of naval science

and tactics.
(Place)
(Date)
From: Naval R. 0. T. C. Senior

Via: (1) The Professor of Naval Science and Tactics.
(2) The Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.
Subject: Application for appointment as ensign D-V (G),
United States Naval Reserve.
Reference: Article 1001, Regulations for Administration
and Training, Naval Reserve Officers' Train
ing Corps.
1. I respectively request that I be appointed as ensign
D-V (G), United States Naval Reserve.
signed is furnished for consideration:
(a)
(Date of birth) (Place of birth)
(6) Citizenship:
(c) Location:
(d) Business or profession:
(Business or profession intending to pursue)
(Signature)
OATH OF AGREEMENT
I, , do solemnly swear (or
affirm) that in the event that I am appointed as ensign, United
States Naval Reserve, I agree to serve in the capacity of a
reserve officer of the Navy during a period of at least five
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years from the date of appointment, unless sooner discharged

by proper authority.
(Signature)
ss:
Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of
, 19____.
(Signature and official title)
First endorsement
From: The professor of naval science and tactics.

Via: The Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.
Subject: Naval R. 0. T. C. Senior ; appli
cation for appointment as ensign D-V (G), United States
Naval Reserve.
Enclosure: (A) Report of Physical Examination, Bu. M. &
S. Form Y, in duplicate.
(B) Form N. Nav. 273, Naval R. O. T. C.
Student Data Sheet.
(C) 2 Photographs in accordance with article
H-2106 (2) (f), Bureau of Navigation
Manual.
tactics. A report on the Naval R. 0. T. C. class standing
will be made upon completion of the course, at which time
Form N. Nav. 263, Student's Record, will be submitted. I
certify that upon successful completion of the course this
student will be in all respects qualified for commissioning in
the Naval Reserve.
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2. This student has made the following cruises while

enrolled as a Naval R. 0. T. C. student:
3. In view of the facts set forth above and on Form N.

Nav. 273, Enclosure (B), I recommend
for a commission as ensign D-V (G), U. S. Naval Reserve.
(Signature)
(Name and address of University)
(Date)
From: N. R. O. T. C. Senior
(Name in full)
To: The Major General Commandant, U. S. Marine Corps.
Via: The professor of naval science and tactics.
Subject: Application for appointment as second lieutenant,
Enclosure: (A) Birth certificate.
(B) Documentary evidence of educational quali
fications.
(C) Passport size photograph.
1. I respectfully request that I be appointed a second
lieutenant, Marine Corps Reserve.
2. The following information concerning the undersigned
is furnished for consideration:
(a) Date and place of birth
(b) Citizenship
(IT. S.) (N. TJ. S.)
(c) Full name of father
Place of birth
(d) Maiden name of mother
Place of birth
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(e) Education
(/) Language ability .-.
•nmirnr.-*-
■(g) Probable location subsequent to graduation
(Home address)
(h) Business or profession intending to pursue
(i) Military experience other than Naval R. O. T. C.
(Signature)
OATH OF AGREEMENT
I, ,do solemnly swear (or
affirm) that in the event that I am appointed a second
lieutenant Marine Corps Reserve, I agree to serve in the
capacity of a reserve officer of the Marine Corps during a
period of at least five years from the date of appointment,
unless sooner discharged by proper authority.
(Signature)
ss:
Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of

19
(Signature and official title)
Copy to Chief of Bureau of Navigation.

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First endorsement
From: The professor of naval science and tactics.

To: The Major General Commandant, U. S. Marine Corps.
Subject: Naval R. 0. T. C. Senior ; appli
cation for appointment as second lieutenant, United States
Enclosure: (A) Report of physical examination, Bu. M. & S.
Form Y, in duplicate.
(B) Form N. Nav. 273, Naval R. 0. T. C.
Student Data Sheet.
will be made upon completion of the course, at which time
Form N. Nav. 263, Student's Record, will be submitted.
I certify that upon successful completion of the course this
student will be in all respects qualified for commissioning in
the Marine Corps Reserve.
2. This student has made the following cruises while
enrolled as a Naval R. O. T. C. student:
Ship Inclusive Dates Remarks
3. In view of the facts set forth above and on Form N.

Nav. 273, enclosure (B), I recommend
for a commission as second lieutenant in the U. S. Marine
Corps Reserve.
(Signature)
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N. Nav. 273.
NAVY DEPARTMENT
DEPARTMENT OF NAVAL SCIENCE AND TACTICS
(Place)
(Date)
NAVAL R. 0. T. C. STUDENT DATA SHEET
1. Name
2. Home address
3. Name and address of next of kin
4. Occupation of next of kin
5. Education
(Indicate decree awarded—or to be awarded—with date and course majored in at institution in which
enrolled as a Naval R. O. T. C. student; also available information regarding college class standing
and other pertinent educational qualifications.)
6. Language ability
(List foroign languages in which any degree of proficiency has been attained together with ability
for conversation or translation therein, thus "French conversation, fair"; "Russian translation,
good," etc.)
7. Military experience other than Naval R. 0. T. C
8. Athletics engaged in during course
9. College activities outside of athletics (fraternities, clubs,
college papers, etc.)
10. Outstanding college work
11. Outstanding work in Naval R. 0. T. C. unit
12. Remarks
United States Navy,

Professor of Naval Science and Tactics.
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(Reverse of N. Nav. 273)
INSTRUCTIONS
This form will be filled out for members of the Naval

R. 0. T. C. senior class only. It will be submitted by the
professor of naval science and tactics to the Bureau of
Navigation as an enclosure with his endorsement of the
student's application for appointment as an ensign D-V (G) ,
United States Naval Reserve, or second lieutenant, United
States Marine Corps Reserve. P' .
SECTION 11
EXTRACTS FROM THE NATIONAL DEFENSE ACT, AS
AMENDED, AND OTHER ACTS OF CONGRESS RELAT
ING TO THE NAVAL RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING
CORPS
Article
Act of March 4, 1925, c. 536, section 22, 43 Stat. 1276; U. S. C,
title 34, section 821 1101
Sections 40-53, National Defense Act as amended, section
40, Reserve Officers' Training Corps—Organization 1102
Act of April 26, 1928 1103
1101
Act of March 4, 1925, c. 536, section 22, 43 Stat. 1276;
U. S. C, title 34, section 821.—Section 22, as amended by
Act SI 115 approved 6 August 1937, was further amended by
Act S4272 approved Sept. 11, 1940. A Naval Reserve,
Officers' Training Corps is hereby authorized to be estab
lished and operated under such regulations as the President
may prescribe, which regulations shall, so far as may be
practicable, conform to the provisions of the National De
fense Act approved June 3, 1916, sections 40 to 53, inclusive
(39 Statutes at Large, pages 191 to 194), as amended by the
act approved June 4, 1920, sections 33 and 34 (41 Statutes
at Large, pages 776 to 779): Provided, That the powers con
ferred therein upon the Secretary of War with regard to the
Reserve Officers' Training Corps are hereby conferred upon
the Secretary of the Navy with regard to the Naval Reserve
Officers' Training Corps: Provided further, That all expendi-
65
tures in connection with the establishment and operation of

the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps shall be specifi
cally appropriated therefor: And provided further, That mem
bers of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps shall be
eligible for appointment as Naval Reserve Officers under the
same conditions as provided by law for the appointment of
Naval Reserve Officers from other citizens of the United
States, and when so appointed shall have the same status
and be entitled to the same benefits in all respects as pro
vided by law for other members of the Naval Reserve:
And provided further, That the word "naval" wherever
used in this section shall be construed to include Marine
Corps: Provided further, That the total personnel of the
Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps shall not exceed at
any one time more than seventy-two hundred.
1102
Sections 40 to 53, National Defense Act as amended.

Section 40. Reserve Officers' Training Corps—Organi
Officers' Training Corps, one or more units in number, which
shall consist of a senior division organized at universities
and colleges granting degrees, including State universities
and those State institutions that are required to provide
instruction in military tactics under the act of Congress of
July 2, 1862, donating lands for the establishment of colleges
where the leading object shall be practical instruction in
agriculture and the mechanic arts, including military tactics,
and at those essentially military schools not conferring aca
demic degrees, specially designated by the Secretary of War
as qualified, and a junior division organized at all other
public and private educational institutions, and each division
shall consist of units of the several arms, corps, or services in
such number and such strength as the President may pre
scribe: Provided, That no such unit shall be established or
maintained at any institution until an officer of the Regular
Army shall have been detailed as professor of military science
and tactics, nor until such institution shall maintain under
66
military instruction at least one hundred physically fit male

students, except that in the case of units other than infantry,
cavalry, or artillery the minimum number shall be fifty:
Provided further, That except at State institutions described
in this section, no unit shall be established or maintained in
an educational institution until the authorities of the same
agree to establish and maintain a two years' elective or com
pulsory course of military training as a minimum for its
physically fit male students, which course, when entered
upon by any student, shall, as regards such student, be a
prerequisite for graduation unless he is relieved of this obli
gation by regulation to be prescribed by the Secretary of
War.
Sec. 40a. Reserve Officers' Training Corps Course.—The
Secretary of War is hereby authorized to prescribe standard
courses of theoretical and practical military training for units
of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, and no unit of such
corps shall be organized or maintained at any educational
institution the authorities of which fail or neglect to adopt
into their curriculum the prescribed courses of military train
ing or to devote at least an average of three hours per week
per academic year to such military training, except as pro
vided in section 47c of this act.
Sec. 40b. Personnel for duty with Reserve Officers' Training
Corps.—The President is hereby authorized to detail such
numbers of officers, warrant officers, and enlisted men of the
Regular Army, either active or retired, as may be necessary
for duty as professors of military science and tactics, assist
ant professors of military science and tactics, and military
instructors at educational institutions where one or more
units of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps are maintained.
In time of peace, retired officers, retired warrant officers, or
retired enlisted men shall not be detailed under the provisions
of this section without their consent, and no officer on the
active list shall be detailed for recruiting service or for duty
at a school or college, not including schools of the service,
where officers on the retired list can be secured who are
competent for such duty. Hereafter, retired officers below
the grade of brigadier general and retired warrant officers
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and enlisted men shall, when on active duty, receive full pay
and allowances.
cers' Training Corps shall be limited "to students of institu
tions in which units of such corps may be established who are
citizens of the United States, who are not less than fourteen
years of age, and whose bodily condition indicates that they
are physically fit to perform, military duty, or will be so upon
arrival at military age."
Sec. 47. Supplies for Reserve Officers' Training Corps.—
The Secretary of War, under such regulations as he may
prescribe, is hereby authorized to issue to institutions at which
one or more units of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps are
maintained such public animals, transportation, arms, am
munition, supplies, tentage equipment, and uniforms belong
ing to the United States as he may deem, necessary, and to
forage at the expense of the United States public animals so
issued, to pay commutation in lieu of uniforms at a rate to be
fixed annually by the Secretary of War, and to authorize such
expenditures from, proper Army appropriations as he may
deem, necessary for the efficient maintenance of the Reserve
Officers' Training Corps. He shall require from, each institu
tion to which property of the United States is issued a bond
in the value of the property issued for the care and safekeep
ing thereof, except for uniforms, expendable articles, and
supplies expended in operation, maintenance, and instruc
tion, and for its return when required.
Sec. 47a. Reserve Officers' Training Corps camps.—The
Secretary of War is hereby authorized to maintain camps for
the further practical instruction of the members of the
Reserve Officers' Training Corps, no such camps to be main
tained for a longer period than six weeks in any one year,
except in time of actual or threatened hostilities; to transport
members of such corps to and from such camps at the expense
68
of the United States so far as appropriations will permit, to

subsist them at the expense of the United States while travel
ing to and from such camps and while remaining therein so
far as appropriations will permit, or in lieu of transporting
them to and from such camps and subsisting them while en
route, to pay them travel allowances at the rate of 5 cents per
from the places from which they are authorized to proceed
to the camp and for the return travel thereto, and to make
the payment of travel allowances for return journey in
advance of the actual performance of the same, and to admis
sion to military hospitals at such camps, and to furnish medi
cal attendance and supplies; to use the troops of the Regular
Army, and such Government property as he may deem
necessary, for the military training of the members of such
corps while in attendance at such camps; and to prescribe
regulations for the government of such camps.
Sec. 47b. Appointment of graduates of Reserve Officers'
Training Corps as reserve officers.—The President alone
under such regulations as he may prescribe, is hereby au
thorized to appoint as a reserve officer of the Army of the
United States any graduate of the senior division of the
Reserve Officers' Training Corps who shall have satisfac
torily completed the further training provided for in sec
tion 47a of this act, or any graduate of the junior division
who shall have satisfactorily completed the courses of
military training prescribed for the senior division and the
further training provided for in section 47a of this act,
and shall have participated in such practical instruction
subsequent to graduation as the Secretary of War shall
prescribe, who shall have arrived at the age of twenty-one
years and who shall agree, under oath in writing, to serve
the United States in the capacity of a reserve officer of the
Army during a period of at least five years from the date
of his appointment as such reserve officer, unless sooner
discharged by proper authority: Provided, That no re
serve officer appointed pursuant to this act shall be entitled
to retirement, or to retired pay, and shall be eligible for
pension only for disability incurred in line of duty in active
69
service or while serving with the Army pursuant to provisions

of this act.
Sec. 47c. Pay and commutation of subsistence, Reserve
Officers' Training Corps. —When any member of the
senior division of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps has
completed two academic years of service in that division,
and has been selected for advanced training by the presi
dent of the institution and by the professor of military
science and tactics, and has agreed in writing to continue
in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps for the remainder
of his course at the institution, devoting five hours per
week to the military training prescribed by the Secretary
of War, and has agreed in writing to pursue the course in
camp training prescribed by the Secretary of War, he may
be furnished at the expense of the United States commu
tation of subsistence at such rate, not exceeding the cost
of the garrison ration prescribed for the Army, as may be
fixed by the Secretary of War, during the remainder of
his service in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, not
exceeding two years: Provided, That any medical, dental,
or veterinary student may be admitted to a Medical, Den
tal, or Veterinary Corps unit of the Reserve Officers' Train
ing Corps for a course of training at the rate of ninety hours
of instruction per annum for the four collegiate years, and
if at the end of two years of such training he has been selected
by the professor of military science and tactics and the head
of the institution for advanced training, and has agreed in
writing to continue in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps
for the remainder of his course at the institution, and has
agreed in writing to pursue the course in camp training pre
scribed by the Secretary of War, he may be furnished, at
the expense of the United States, with commutation of sub
sistence at such rate not exceeding the cost of the garrison
ration prescribed by the Army, as may be fixed by the Sec
retary of War, during the remainder of his service in the
Reserve Officers' Training Corps, not exceeding two years:
Provided further, That any reserve officer who is also a medi
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War may prescribe: Provided further, That members of the
Reserve Officers' Training Corps, or other persons authorized
by the Secretary of War to attend advanced course camps,
shall be paid for attendance at such camps at the rate pre
scribed for soldiers of the seventh grade of the Regular Army.
Sec. 48. Superseded by section 47a; and amended by act
3. Act of April 26, 1928.—* * * Members of the
Reserve Officers' Training Corps * * * who suffer per
sonal injury in line of duty while en route to or from and
while at camps of instruction under the provisions of section
47a * * * of said National Defense Act as amended
shall, under regulations prescribed as aforesaid, be entitled
to hospital treatment, including medical treatment, and
transportation to their homes, and further medical treatment
after arrival at their homes, as in the case of persons herein
before described, and to subsistence during hospitalization.
If the death of any person mentioned herein occurs while he is
undergoing the training or hospital treatment contemplated
by this section, the United States shall, under regulations
prescribed as aforesaid, pay for burial expenses and the return
of his body to his home a sum not to exceed $100. * * *
Section 6, act March 4, 1923 (42 Stat. 1508), as amended by
section 4, act June 3, 1924 (43 Stat. 365), and by act April 26,
1928 (45 Stat. 461); U. S. C. 10: 454 and 455; sections 860
and 1088, M. L., 1929.
INDEX
A
Article
Absence, cause for disenrollment 409 (3)
Academic degrees not withheld because of deferred cruise. . 407 (h)
Accomplishment of mission 103
Accounting for Government property 902
Act authorizing N. R. O. T. C 1101
Additional courses of instruction, conducting of 510 (1)
Administered by Secretary of the Navy 301 (1)
Advanced course, commutation of subsistence 701 (1)
Advanced course cruise 623 (1)
Advanced course, election of 607
Advanced course, hours of instruction 613
Advanced course, requirements for enrollment 407
Advanced course requisite 403 (2)
Advanced course students leaving college 408
Allowance list 903
Allowance of personnel determined by Bureau of Navigation. 505 (2)
Annual inspection of unit 503
Annual inventory, Title B 906 (1)
Annual practice eruise, physical inspections 402 (10)
Application for appointment as second lieutenant, U. S.
Marine Corps Reserve, forms for 1002
Application for commission, form for 1002
Application for establishment of an N. R. O. T. C. unit,
form for 1001
Applications for curtailment of courses 608
Appointment as ensign, U. S. Naval Reserve 413 (1)
Appointment as second lieutenant, U. S. Marine Corps Re
serve 413 (1)
Appointment of N. R. O. T. C. graduates in the Naval or
Marine Corps Reserve 413
Aptitude, insufficient 409 (2)
Athletics 618
Authority for establishment of N. R. O. T. C 101
(71)
72
Article
Authority for supervision of N. R. O. T. C 501
Authorization for a unit rescinded 209
Authorization for establishment of N. R. O. T. C 101
B
Basic and advanced courses, course of training 204
Basic course cruise 623 (2) (b)
Basic course, election of 607
Basic course, hours of instruction 613
Battalion organization 621
Bills of lading 905
Bonds 901
Books 906 (3)
Cap insignia 803 (4)

Care and safekeeping of equipment 905 (3)
Certificate of immunity from typhoid fever and smallpox — 402 (12)
Certificates, commutation of subsistence 701 (2) (c), (3) (b)
Citizen of insular possession 401 (3)
Civilian heads of institutions, authority over Department of
Naval Science and Tactics 504
Clothing, supplied by students 801 (4)
College credits 404 (1)
Color guard 621 (2)
Color perception 402 (4) (c)
Commandants of naval districts, supervisory powers 501
Communications 502
Commutation of subsistence 701
Commutation payment for absence 701 (4) (d), (e)
Commutation withheld 701 (4) (c)
Compensation from other sources, disqualification for enroll
ment 401 (2)
Compensation furnished in connection with practice cruises. 702
Composition of N. R. O. T. C 201
Conduct of students 508 (1)
Control 302
Correspondence regarding N. R. O. T. C 502
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Article
Course of training 204
Courses of instruction 609, 612
Courses, personnel participation 510 (2)
Credit for active service in Army or Navy 610 (2)
Credit for service as midshipmen at U. S. Naval Academy_ 405 (3)
Credit for service at U. S Naval Academy 610 (2)
Cruise equipment 802
Cruise requirements 623
Cruise uniforms 802
Cruises, advanced course 623 (1), (2) (a)
Cruises, basic course 623 (2) (b)
Cruises, medical attention while on 624
Cruises, special 623 (2) (c)
Custodian, naval property 902
D
Damaged property, replacement of 911
Data sheet, form 1002
Deferred cruise no cause for academic degrees being with
held 407 (h)
Definition of "instruction hours" 614
Department of Naval Science and Tactics under institution
head 302
Details of personnel by Bureau of Navigation 505 (1)
Development of naval ideals 606
Discharge or withdrawal of members of basic course 406
Disciplinary measure 508 (2)
Discipline 508
Disembarkation, pay 702 (5)
Disqualifications for membership in N. R. O. T. C 401 (2), (3), (4)
Disqualifying physical defects 402 (4) (e)
Division of course into Basic and Advanced courses 204
Drayage 905 (2)
Drum and bugle corps 621 (2)
Duplication of courses 611
Duties and status of additional officers and of enlisted men . 507
74
E
Article
Education, general 602
Eligibility to membership, general requirements 401
Embarkation, pay 702 (5)
Enrollment in advanced course, requirements for 407
Enrollment in basic couise, requirements for 405 (1)
Enrollment of naval science students 404
Enrollment status of 403
Enrollments of physically qualified students 402 (13)
Envelopes, printed 916
Equipment, issue of 801 (2)
Equipment, to be covered by bond 901
Essential naval subjects 603 (1)
Execution of bills of lading 905 (1)
Execution of bonds 901
Expendable supplies 903 (3)
Faculty members authorized to take course of training 412

Fire insurance 917
Form of application for appointment as second lieutenant,
U. S. Marine Corps Reserve 1002
Form of application for commission 1002
Form for reporting permanent official residence and next of
kin 1002
Form of application for establishment of an N. R. O. T. C.
unit 1001
Form of application from civil educational institution,
designation of 206
Form of student data sheet 1002
Forms, list of 1002
G
Government bills of lading 905
Government property, return of 907
Grading 616
H
Health records 402 (14)
Hospital treatment during cruise 624
75
Article
Hours of instruction, definition of 614
I
Illness, serious, during cruise 402 (10)
Initiative, assumption of 605
Injury during cruise 402 (10)
Insignia for cruise 803 (6)
Insignia for service 803 (5)
Insignia of rank 803 (2)
Inspections 503
Inspector's report regarding protective measures 910
Institution desiring withdrawal of unit 20&
Institutional control over department of naval science and
tactics 302
Instruction, absence from 619
"Instruction hours," definition of 614
Instruction hours, distribution of 615
Instruction, minimum hours of 613
Instruction, schedules of 612
Instruction, theoretical and practical , number of hours of 615
Insurance, fire 917
Inventory 906
Inventory of books 906 (3) (a)
Inventory, Title B 906 (1)
L
Laundry while on cruise 912
Leadership, development of 605
Letterheads 916
Limitation of personnel of N. R. O. T. C 208
List of forms 1002.
M
Marine Corps Reserve 208
Marking in academic subjects 616
Medical and theological students not to be enrolled in N.
R. O. T. C 411
Medical attention in line of duty while on cruises 624
Medical examiner's report 402 (7) (c)
Member of certain federal services disqualified 401 (4)
248231—40 6
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Article
Merit _ 616
Mileage 702 (2)
Mission, how accomplished 103
Mission ofN.K O. T.C 102
Mission of practice cruise 622
N
National Defense Act, sections 40-53 11 02
Naval ideals, customs and traditions 606
Naval science students 203, 404
Naval subjects, knowledge of 603
Notification by professor of naval science and tactics of date
.of physical examination 402 (11) (b)
0
Oaths, administered by head of department of naval science
and tactics 506 (5)
Operation under President of United States 301
Outfit, composition of 801 (3)
P
Payment of commutation of subsistence 701, 701 (2)
Personnel may pursue courses of instruction 510 (2)
Physical examination, conduct of 402 (7) (b)
Physical examination for commission 402 (11) (a)
Physical examination of students not qualified 402 (13)
Physical examination upon reenrollment 402 (6)
Physical inspection on embarkation 402 (10)
Physical inspection prior to disembarkation. 402 (10)
Physical requirements for advanced course. 402 (5) (a)
Physical standards 402 (3)
Physically unfit candidate 402 (4) (e)
Policies, general 501
Prerequisite for advanced course 204
Prerequisite for appointment as Naval or Marine Corps
Reserve Officer 204
Prescribed courses of study 609
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Article
Professor of naval science and tactics, general 506
Property, Government, return of 907
Property lost, etc 908 (2)
Property protection — 909
Property, receipt of 905 (4)
Protective measures, report regarding 910
Q
Qualifications for membership in N. R. O. T. C 401 (1)
Quota 403 (1)
R
Raincoat, issue of - 802
Rank, insignia 803 (2)
Rank of senior medical examiner 402 (13)
Reclamation of equipment 909 (2)
Recommendations of medical examiners 402 (4) (a)
Reenrollment of former members of advanced course 408
Reimbursements for damaged property 911
Relationship between Department of Naval Science and
Tactics and head of institution 302
Relative standing 616
Relative standing, letter form 1002
Report of inspector on protective measures 910
Report of medical examiners 402 (7) (c)
Report of professor of naval science and tactics upon request
of an institution for withdrawal of a unit 209
Reports of physical examination 402 (2)
Requirements for enrollment in advanced course 407
S
Safekeeping of equipment 905 (3)
Smallpox immunization pledge 402 (12)
Standard allowance list 90S
Status of personnel ordered to duty at educational insti
tutions 507
78
Article
Statutory board of physical examiners, report of 402 (11) (c)
Statutory medical board 402 (11) (a)
Stenciling white uniforms 803 (1) (b)
Student discipline 508
Student officers 621
Students failing to graduate from the institution 413 (2)
Students leaving college 408
Subjects having naval value 603 (2)
Subsistence in kind during cruise 702 (6)
Supervision 301
Supervisory power of commandants 501
Supplies and equipment, cost of 904
Supplies and equipment, cruise 912
Supplies, request for 915
Surveys 908
Syllabus, changes in 612
T
Targets, request for 914
Teeth, condition 402 (4) (d)
Theological students not to be enrolled 411
Title "B" equipment 903 (2)
Total personnel of N. R. O. T. C. prescribed 208
Training certificate 620
Training, general 601
Training of naval science students 404 (1)
Transportation, equipment, uniforms 301 (2)
Transportation of remains while on cruise 624
Travel allowance 701 (3) (c), 702 (1)
Trousers, white, issue of 802
Typhoid fever immunization pledge 402 (12)
U
Uniform equipment, request for 913
Unifoim instructions 803
Uniform, issue of 801
Uniform of personnel 509
Uniforms, issue of 903 (3)
Uniforms, new 801 (3)
Uniforms, reclaimed 801 (5)
Uniforms, white, stenciling of 803 (1) (b)
Unit, definition of 201
Units, how designated 203
79
V
Article
Vaccines, obtaining of 402 (12)
Vision, minimum requirements 402 (4) (b)
Vision, requirements for advanced course 402 (5) (a)
W
Withdrawal or discharge of members of advanced course 407
Withdrawal, statement of reasons 409 (1)
Written agreement for advanced course 407 (g)
Written agreement to cruise 407 (b)
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GOVERNING THE ORGANIZATION

NAVAL RESERVE FORCE

GOVERNING THE ORGANIZATION

NAVAL RESERVE FORCE

Sect ion 2.—Orga nization .

with all necessary information to the proper supervisor of the Naval

OFFICERS: ENROLLMENTS, ASSIGNMENT OF RANKS,

Section 1 .—E n ri illm exts.

201. On first enrollment an officer shall be assigned a provisional

for reappointment unless he has performed at least two years' serv

Station. Above 3,000. 3.000-1,500. 1,500-500. 500-150. 150.

(2) Officers of the sea-going profession, not serving on board

211. Confirmation carries with it a high retainer pay ; no one shall

(5) (a) The number of officers in each rank in class 5 will be

Section 5.—Transfer to Another Class.

Section 6.—Officers' Service Records.

225. The officer's service record (Bureau of Navigation Form 385)

sional). All pages of the record shall be filled in as indicated by

(a) " In case of death, discharge, desertion, or release from active

RANK, COMMAND, AND SENIOR OFFICER PRESENT.

Section 1.—Officers in General.

the naval service in their respective grades or ranks according to the

ENLISTED PERSONNEL ENROLLMENTS, TRANSFERS, ETC.

401. (1) The commandant of the naval district will be in charge of

403. (1) Officers in charge of Navy recruiting stations are directed

for women shall be in accordance with circular Relating to the

412. (1) First 'enrollments of men in the Naval Eeserve Force in

piration of his current enlistment; if entitled to an honorable dis

Secton 3.—Enrollment Records.

(-t) On discharge, all the information required by paragraph (2)

. a warrant or commissioned officer. The5* men are not discharged

43o. Transfers of the enlisted (enrolled) men on inactive duty

(a) At own request to enlist in the Navy.

be required to refund the amount of any clothing which may have

Section 7.—Releases fkoji Active Duty.

Section 8.—Confirmation in Rating.

PAY ACCOUNTS, PAY AND ALLOWANCES.

501. Retainer pay is allowed all members of the Naval Reserve

Force to keep his commanding officer informed of his address or for

509. Active-duty pay is paid to all members of the Naval Reserve

Section 3.—Uniform Gratuity.

522. The uniform for female reservists is prescribed in Uniform

523. Members of the Naval Reserve Force on active duty other

528. Deductions from the pay of members of the Naval Reserve

Section 6.—-Transportation and Subsistence.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS—ELIGIBILITY RULES.

601. All members must be citizens of the United States, or a citizen

(&) By promotion of enrolled men in the Naval Reserve Force

Corps at any time. In computing service for transfer to the Naval

700. The following forms shall be used in administering the Naval

NAVAL RESERVE FORCE

GOVERNING THE ORGANIZATION AND

NAVAL RESERVE FORCE

them to qualify for transfer to class 2. It is to be noted that all

123. The officers indicated in article 106 have administrative duties,

(d) Shall transfer to the commandant of the appropriate naval

Section I.—Enrollments and Reenrollments.

Section 2.—Assignment or Rank.

208. (1) Officers enrolling in class 1 will be appointed (con

will be assigned as a running mate for promotion purposes the