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Regulations & Instructions - 1808
Relating to His majesty's service at sea.
Section I - Chapter II
For Commanders in Chief.
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| Article I |
| A FLAG Officer, appointed to command a Fleet or Squadron, shall obtain, as soon as possible, the most correct information of the state of the Ships under his orders, the number and qualities of their Crews, the Order and discipline observed in them, the quantity of Stores and Provisions on board, and, in general, their fitness for the Service for which they may be intended. He shall acquaint himself also with the skill, capacity and information of their Commanders, that he may be able to select, for particular services, those best qualified, by their particular abilities or local knowledge, to perform them. He is to use every exertion to complete expeditiously the equipment of the Fleet or Squadron ; and if he discovers any deficiencies in the supplies, or defects in the Ships, which may render them unfit for the Service for which they are destined, he is to represent them to the Board to whose department they belong, or, if necessary, to the Secretary of the Admiralty. |
A Flag Office is to obtain every information respecting the fleet or squadron he is appointed to command, and the quantity and quality of Stores and Provisions : the skill and capacity of the Officers under his command.
He is to exert himself in the equipment of the Fleet or Squadron. |
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| Article II |
| He is to acknowledge, as soon as possible, the receipt of all orders he receives from the Lord High Admiral, the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, or any Superior Officer ; and of all Letters from the Secretary of the Admiralty, which contain directions for his proceedings. |
To acknowledge the receipt of all Orders from the Admiralty and Superior officer. |
| Article III |
| He is not to exercise any authority in the Dock Yards in England, nor in a Foreign Yard where a Commissioner of the Navy is resident, nor to Order any Supplies of Stores above the established quantity, nor any repairs to be undertaken in any Ship ; but he is to represent whatever he may think necessary to the Commissioner at the Dock Yard ; or, if the case shall require it, to the Commissioners of the Navy at their Board.
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Not to exercise any authority in the Dock Yards, where a Commissioner of the Navy is resident. |
| Article IV |
| As the Commander in Chief will be considered responsible for the conduct of the Fleet or Squadron under his Command ; he is to see that every Officer discharges the duties of his Station with alertness and precision, and complies strictly with such part of these Instructions and Regulations as are addressed to him ; never suffering neglect or inattention in any one to pass unnoticed. |
To see that the several Officers discharge the duties of their respective Stations and comply with these Instructions. |
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| Article V |
| He is to keep the Fleet or Squadron under his Command in the most perfect condition for Service that circumstances will admit, and whenever he shall put into any Port, or send in any part of the Fleet or Squadron, he is to give orders that the Stores and Provisions shall be immediate] completed, and that the Carpenters, Caulkers, and other Artificers of the Squadron shall be employed in repairing any Ships which may stand in need of repairs, as far as the time of their continuing in Port will admit. |
To keep the Fleet or Squadron in perfect condition for service, their Stores complete, and the Ships in repair. |
| Article VI |
| He is to take every opportunity, which the Service he may be employed on will admit, to exercise the Ships under his Command, in forming Orders of Sailing, and Lines of Battle ; and in performing all such Evolutions as might be necessary in the presence of an Enemy. He is to see that every Ship performs correctly, her part in such Evolutions ; and he is on such, as on all other occasions, to be careful that a proper example of attention and alertness is shewn to the Fleet by the Ship which carries his Flag. |
To exercise the Ships, in forming Orders of sailing and Lines of battle.
So see that every Ship performs the evolutions correctly. |
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| Article VII |
| He is to be extremely attentive in Battle to the conduct of every Ship in the Fleet or Squadron, that he may immediately correct the errors, and prevent any bad effects from the misconduct of their Commanders ; and that he may be able to represent them as deserving of commendation or censure {which he is always to do without partiality or affection) as their conduct shall really deserve. |
To attend to the conduct of every Ship in battle.
To represent their Commanders as their conduct shall deserve. |
| Article VIII |
| He is to direct the Commanders of Squadrons and Divisions to muster frequently the Crews of the Ships under their Orders, to enquire into the qualities of the Men and their fitness for the Stations in which they are rated ; to inspect into the state of each Ship, the Order and discipline observed in it ; the degree of attention paid to cleanliness, and to other means of preserving the health of the Crew, and to all the regulations established by these Instructions ; and to make a report to him on all these subjects ; particularly specifying the instances, if any, of misrating, or of inattention or neglect. And when the other duties of the Fleet will admit of it, the Commander in Chief is to visit the Ships, and enquire into these things himself. |
To direct Commanders of Squadrons and Divisions to muster the Crews of the Ships.
To enquire into various particulars and to report to him the result of such enquiries.
Commander in Chief to visit the Ships. |
| Article IX |
| He is not to order any Captain or Commander of any Ship or Vessel under his Command to bear Supernumeraries, unless there be some good reason for his doing so, which is to be specified in the Order he gives for that purpose. |
Not to order Captains or Commanders to bear Supernumeraries. |
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| Article X |
| He is to correspond regularly with the several Boards, informing them of all orders he may give relating to their respective Departments, except such as have reference only to the Ordinary supplies of Stores and Provisions. He is to inform them of any neglect he observes in the Officers they employ, and is to point out to them any improvements in their respective departments, which his observations may enable him to suggest. |
To correspond with several Boards.
To inform them of the conduct of their Officers.
To suggest improvements. |
| Article XI |
| He is, by every proper opportunity, to inform the Secretary of the Admiralty of all intelligence he may obtain of the movements or intentions of an Enemy, and of all other circumstances worthy of notice ; and to send a particular account of the proceedings of the Fleet or Squadron under his command, with the actual disposition of it, according to the form (No. 1) in the Appendix. And whey employed on any Foreign Station he is to send, by different conveyances, duplicates and triplicates of all the Letters he writes, either to the Secretary of the Admiralty, or to any of the Boards with which he is directed to correspond. |
To inform the Secretary of the Admiralty of all intelligence respecting the Enemy : of the proceedings of the Fleet and its actual dispositions.
To send Duplicates and Triplicates from Foreign Stations. |
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| Article XII |
| When appointed to command on any Foreign Station, he is to consider himself as answerable, not only for the proper disposition of the Fleet or Squadron, and the good order and discipline of the Officers and Men under his commend, but also (where there is no resident Commissioner) for the economical expenditure of Public Money and Stores, and for the proper discharge of their duty by all the Officers of every Department of the Naval Service ; for which purpose he is, before he leaves England, to apply to the several Boards for Copies of the general Instructions given by them to their respective Officers, and for copies of all contracts made by them for supplying the Ships with Stores or provisions : for taking care of the Sick ; for building, or repairing Ships or Vessels ; or for carrying on any Works on shore within the limits of his command. But where a Commissioner of the Navy is resident, the Commander in Chief is not to assume any authority or control over him, nor to interfere in any manner with the management of the Dock Yard, or give any order to him relative thereto ; the Commissioner's functions being, by his Instructions, entirely distinct from those of the Admiral, and for the due execution of which he alone is responsible to his Superiors. |
Commanders in Chief on Foreign Stations answerable for the proper dispositions of the Fleet &c.
Also for the Expenditure of Public Money and Stores.
He is to apply to the several Boards for Copies of their "General Instructions," and of Contracts made by them, but not to assume any control over the management of the Dock-Yard where a Commissioner of the Navy is resident. |
| Article XIII |
| A Commander in Chief is not, without Orders from the Admiralty, to send to England, nor to any place beyond the limits of his Station, any Flag Officer under his Command, unless it be necessary to detach a Squadron on some particular Service, or unless some very urgent necessity require that such Flag Officer should be removed from the Station, the causes of which necessity he is, by the first possible opportunity, very minutely to detail to the Secretary of the Admiralty. |
He is not to send any Flag Officer under his Command to England or beyond the limits of the Station. |
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| Article XIV |
| Where there is no Commissioner of the Navy within the limits of his Station, he shall have the command over the Dock Yards, all the Officers of which, and all other Officers employed in the Naval Service, are to obey his orders for the equipping of Ships, for the expenditure of Stores and Provisions, and for the purchase of them when necessary. |
To have command over the Dock Yards where there is no Commissioner of the Navy. |
| Article XV |
| Where there is no Commissioner resident, he may suspend from his employment any Officer, in any Department whose misconduct shall make it necessary for him to do so, and he may appoint another to act in his stead till the pleasure of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty shall be known. He is to send to the Secretary of the Admiralty, by the very first opportunity, an account of the misconduct of such Officer, and of his reasons for suspending him ; and if he be an Officer having the charge of Stores, he is to order a survey of them to be taken, and is to give them in charge to the Officer whom be appoints to act in his stead, with directions to open a new account of the receipts, returns, conversions, and issues, of all Stores from the period of closing the said Survey, in order to ensure the means of investigating the preceding Officer's Accounts. |
He may suspend Officers in any department for misconduct where there is no Commissioner of the Navy ; and appoint others provisionally, sending account of such misconduct to the Secretary of the Admiralty , in such cases how he is to proceed with regard to stores. |
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| Article XVI |
| If any Officer, in any Department, shall die, or shall be under the necessity of quitting his station for the recovery of his health, the Commander in Chief is, where there is no resident Commissioner, to appoint a proper person to act in his stead, until the pleasure of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty shall be known ; but he is never to permit such Officer to quit his station until he shall be satisfied that the state of his health does absolutely require it, which is to be certified in writing by the Physician of the Fleet, the Surgeon of the Hospital, and the Surgeon of one of the Ships of the Squadron, or, if there be no Physician, nor Hospital, by three Surgeons of the Squadron. If a Commissioner of the Navy, at a Foreign Yard, shall die, or shall be obliged to quit his station on account of his health, he shall not appoint any person to act as Commissioner ; but the Duty of the Duck Yard shall be carried on by the other Officers in the same manner as it is in those Yards to which a Commissioner has not been appointed. |
How the Commander in Chief is to act in case of the death or absence of Officers in any department.
Certificate of ill health by whom to be signed.
How to act in the case of the death or absence of the Commissioner. |
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| Article XVII |
| Where there is no resident Commissioner he is not, without express directions from the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, to appoint any Person to any new place or Office, nor to make any alterations in the arrangements or emoluments of those which he shall find established. He is not to alter the pay or allowances of Artificers or others employed in any Department ; nor to order any additional number to be employed, except when the urgency of some particular Service shall require it. |
He is not to make any appointments or alterations in any department where there is no resident Commissioner. |
| Article XVIII |
| Where there is no resident Commissioner he is not, without express directions from the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, to order any new works to be undertaken in the Dock Yard, Hospital, or other place on shore ; nor any alterations to be made in the Docks or Buildings, nor any repairs except such as shall be absolutely necessary for their preservation ; but he is to inform the Secretary of the Admiralty of any alterations or improvements, which he shall think it may be advantageous to make ; and he is to direct the proper Officers to inform their respective Boards of such repairs as may be necessary to the Buildings in their department, and to send at the same time as correct an Estimate as possible of the Expence such repairs would amount to ; and he is to Certify on the report, that it is made with his approbation. |
Nor to order any new works nor alterations in the Docks &c., but to inform the Secretary of the Admiralty of any improvements, &c., which may appear to be advantageous. |
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| Article XIX |
| Where there is no resident Commissioner he is, as far as may be in his power, to see that every Officer does punctually obey the Orders and Instructions he shall have received from the Board under which he serves ; that he makes regularly, at the appointed periods, returns of the receipts, expenditure, and remains of the Money and Stores placed under his charge ; and he is to direct the Officers to inform their respective Boards of the same ; and he is himself to inform the Secretary of the Admiralty whenever there is a probability that Stores or Provisions will be wanted for the use of the Squadron. |
To see that all Officers obey the Orders they receive from their respective Boards.
To inform the Secretary of the Admiralty when Stores and Provisions will be wanted. |
| Article XX |
| He is not to alter the established number of Officers or Men in any Ship under his Command ; nor to order any extraordinary supplies of Stores or Provisions to be issued to them, except when some particular Service shall require it ; on all other occasions he is to direct those, who are entrusted with the distribution of Stores and Provisions, never to issue them on any demand, unless it be accompanied by a return of what have been expended, and what remain in the Ship from which the demand is sent, and he is strictly to enjoin them to report to him whenever they discover any extraordinary or wasteful expence. |
He is not to alter the establishment of Officers or Men in any Ships ; nor to issued extraordinary supplies of Store and Provisions. |
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| Article XXI |
| In all orders which he shall give to the Officers of the several departments, where no Commissioner is resident, he is, as far as circumstances will admit, to conform to the established rules and general practice of the Navy, and the particular regulations of the Department to which his Order shall be addressed : and he is not to give any directions which may counteract, or interfere with, those which the Officers receive from the Boards under which they serve, except in cases of urgent necessity, when he is to state the same, and the reasons for so doing, to the Secretary of the Admiralty and to the Boards to which they respectively relate. |
He is to attend to the rules of the Navy and the regulations of the several departments in giving his Orders, where no Commissioner is present.
To give no directions which may interfere with the orders which any Officer may have received from any of the Boards. |
| Article XXII |
| As a considerable expence must be at all times incurred by the sending of Stores and Provisions to Foreign Stations ; and as many difficulties may arise, during War, to retard, or prevent, their arriving ; the Commander in Chief is strictly to enjoin all the Captains under his Command to use the utmost frugality in the expenditure of them ; not to apply for Surveys on theta until they shall be really worn out and unfit for service ; and, when they have been condemned, to convert them to any use for which they may still be fit ; that, by so doing, not only all unnecessary and wasteful expence may be avoided, but also, by such careful husbanding of Stores, that the Fleet or Squadron may he kept in condition for active service, though prevented from receiving the usual supplies. He is never to allow the Squadron to carry the Colours hoisted at Sea, nor to hoist them in blowing Weather in Harbour. |
To enjoin all Captains to be frugal in the expenditure of Stores and Provisions in order that the Fleet may always be in condition for active Service.
He is not to allow the colours to be hoisted at sea, or in blowing weather. |
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| Article XXIII |
| Where there is no resident Commissioner, he is to direct that all Stores and Provisions be received from, and all repairs of Ships performed by, the persons appointed by the respective Boards for those purposes : and he is not to allow Supplies to be purchased, nor repairs to be executed, by any other person without the most absolute necessity for doing so. |
To direct that Stores and Provisions be received from, and repairs performed by, persons appointed by the respective Boards only. |
| Article XXIV |
| If, in places where there is no resident Commissioner, there shall be an absolute necessity for the purchase of Stores or Provisions (without which it is never to be done) he shall order the Officer, appointed for that purpose by the Board to whose department such Stores or Provisions relate, to purchase them, if there be such an Officer on the Station where he commands; but, if there be not, he is to take every possible precaution to ensure their being obtained good in quality, and at the lowest prices. He is, as from circumstances he shall find most advantageous to His Majesty's Service, either to make a Contract for the supplying of the whole quantity required, or to appoint an Agent to purchase them, or to direct each Captain to purchase such as the Ship he commands may stand in need of. He is to inform the Board, to whose Department such Stores relate, in the event of his adopting the former mode, of his reasons for so doing, and of the Orders which he has given on the subject. The Bills drawn by the Agent will be charged as an Imprest conjointly against himself and the Commander in Chief, until regular and satisfactory accounts and Vouchers shall be received for the same. |
How to proceed in the purchase of Stores and Provisions, by contract or otherwise.
To inform the respective Departments to which such stores my relate.
Imprest charged against him and the Agent for the amount of the bills drawn. |
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| Article XXV |
| If, where there is no resident Commissioner, it should be found necessary to give directions for supplying the Squadron with Stores or Provisions, or for executing any works on shore, upon Contract, he is to direct the proper Officer, where there is one, or (where there is not) such other persons as he shall see fit to authorize for that purpose, to give public notice of the quantities and qualities of the Stores &c. to be contracted for, or the nature of the work to be performed, that tenders be received from all who may be disposed to offer them, and that the Contract be made with the person who shall offer the lowest terms, provided he is sufficiently responsible, and gives security for the due execution of the same ; but neither the Commander in Chief, nor any person under his Command, shall have any interest whatever in such Contract, or receive any fee, gratuity, or advantage on account thereof, or for having made it. The time for which any Contract shall be made is to be as short as possible ; that if the Board, to whose Department it belongs should disapprove of it, it may soon be put an end to. The Commander in Chief is to send to the proper Board, by the very first opportunity, a Copy of the Contract, and his reasons for having authorized it. |
To direct the proper officers and others to give public notice of all contracts to be made for Stores or Provisions, or for executing works on shore.
And that the contract be made with the person who shall offer the lowest terms ; neither himself nor any other Officer to have interest in such contract.
Time of contract to be as short as possible. |
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| Article XXVI |
| Where there is no resident Commissioner, he is to be very particular in ascertaining the quality and quantity of Stores and Provisions supplied by Contract, and the manner in which works performed by Contract are executed ; which he is frequently to direct the Officers best qualified for such service to examine, and to inspect them himself, as often as circumstances will admit ; so that he may be satisfied of the Contractors having strictly and punctually complied with the terms of their Contract. |
To ascertain the quality and quantity of Stores and Provisions supplied, and the manner in which works performed by Contract are executed. |
| Article XXVII |
When Timber or any other Stores are received into Dock Yard on any Foreign Station, where there is no Commissioner of the Navy, the Commander in Chief is to order a sufficient number of Officers, selecting those best qualified for that service ; to Survey them ; that he may ascertain whether those, which have been sent from His Majesty's Stores in England, arrive in good condition, and whether those, which have been purchased, or supplied by Contract are perfectly good, and such as, by the terms of the Contract, or the agreement on which they were supplied, they ought to be.
The Officers, who take this Survey, are to specify very particularly every defect they discover, and as far as they shall be able to judge, the cause of such defect, that it may be determined whether it existed when the Stores were purchased, or sent from England, or whether it had been occasioned by the neglect of those who might, at any subsequent time, have had the charge of them. |
To order pro- per Officer to survey Timber or other Stores received in a Dock Yard.
To see that those sent from England and those purchased are in good condition.
Officers taking the Survey to specify any defects they may discover. |
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| Article XXVIII |
| If the unlading of Store Ships, or any other works in a Foreign Dock Yard, shall require more men than those usually employed there, the Commander in Chief, whenever the duties of the Fleet or Squadron will admit of it, is, upon the requisition of the Commissioner where there is one resident, to order as many Men, as may be required, to be sent from the Ships to be employed on those Services, who shall be paid at the rate of Sixpence per day ; but he is to be careful that no more Men are employed on such works than shall really be required. The Officers sent to command them shall be paid as follows: |
To order Men from Ships to assist in the Dock Yard on particular occasions ; to be paid at the rate of Sixpence per day. |
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Rates at which Officers shall be paid :- |
| A Master�s Mate or Midshipman |
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| A Boatswain�s Mate |
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9 |
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| Article XXIX |
| He is not to authorize any Boats or Vessels to be hired for the use of the fleet or Squadron, either at Sea or in Port, unless it be absolutely necessary ; but where there is no resident Commissioner, he is to see that, on all occasions, the Supplies of Stores and Provisions be carried on board, and all other services performed, by the Boats of the Fleet or Squadron, or those of the Dock Yard. But if there be at any time an absolute necessity for hiring Boats or Vessels, the Commander in Chief, where there is no Commissioner, is to mention, in the Order he gives for that purpose, the service they are required to perform and the reasons for hiring them, instead of employing the Boats of the Squadron. |
He is not to authorise boats or vessels to be hired for the use of the Fleet or Squadron ; but make sure of the boats of the Fleet or Dock Yard, except in cases of absolute necessity. |
| Article XXX |
| He is not to purchase, nor to hire, any Ship or Vessel to be armed and fitted as a Ship of War, or as a Tender to the Fleet, unless there be an absolute necessity for his doing so, in order to replace a Ship or Vessel that may have been lost, and there be not time for him to represent such necessity to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and to receive their directions, which he is at all times to do, if circumstances will admit of it. But if he shall be ordered to purchase, or if the Service shall absolutely require that he should purchase, any Ship or Vessel, to be fitted as a Ship or Vessel of War, he is to inform the Commissioner (if there be one at the Port) of the service for which such Vessel is intended, and to request him, when a Vessel apparently fit for that Service is found, to order the proper Officers to Survey and value her ; and he is to send two of the most intelligent and best qualified Carpenters, and two Smiths of the Squadron, to assist at the Survey and valuation of the Vessel, her Masts, Yards, iron work, &c. and two of the best qualified Masters, two Boatswains, and two Sailmakers, to assist in surveying and valuing her rigging and sails. And if the Vessel be found to be in good condition, and fit for the Service on which she is intended to be employed, and may be purchased at a fair and equitable price, he is to draw Bills upon the Commissioners of the Navy for the amount of the valuation, transmitting to them, at the same time, the Survey, and appraisement, in which he is to see that the rate per Ton for the Ship, and the number, weight, quality, rate and value of each Article be inserted. If there be not any Commissioner of the Navy on the Station where he Commands ; he is to direct the proper Officers of the Yard, with those specified above, to survey and value her, but he is alone to be accountable for the propriety of the terms of the purchase, and shall draw the Bills in his own name ; the Naval Officer being, by his Instructions, directed, in no possible case, to draw for the same ; but the Commander in Chief is not to interfere in the hire or purchase of Tenders or other Vessels for temporary Service, which are to be agreed for by the Naval Officer, according to his Instructions. |
He is not to purchase or hire any Ship or Vessel to be fitted as a Ship of War.
How to proceed when ordered to purchase such ship or vessel.
Proper Officers to be appointed to Survey and value her.
He is to draw bills for the amount on the Commissioners of the Navy.
How to proceed when there is no Commissioner of the Navy. |
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| Article XXXI |
| When any Ship or Vessel, prize to any part of the Squadron, is to be purchased, particular care is to be taken that no Person interested in the Capture shall be employed in the Survey or appraisement of her : And the Commander in Chief when he orders a prize Ship to he purchased, is to direct that only three-fourths of the appraised value be paid to the Agents of the Captors, the remaining fourth part being reserved until the Commissioners of the Navy shall have either approved of the appraised value, or made such deductions from it, as they shall think necessary. |
How to proceed when prizes to the Squadron may be purchased : three-fourths of the appraised value only to be paid to the Captors. |
| Article XXXII |
| Where there is no Commissioner, the Naval Officer is to apply to the Commander in Chief for his approval as to the Bills he may have occasion to draw ; and, upon the latter being applied to for the purpose, he is to require from the former a statement of his Accounts, shewing the Balance in his hands, and also the Service for payment of which Money is wanted ; and the Commander in Chief, upon being satisfied therewith, is to authorize the Naval Officer to advertise publicly for the same ; he is also to signify, in writing on the respective Tenders, his approval or rejectment thereof, and to approve of the Bills drawn for the lowest Tenders provided the rate of Exchange, Premium, or Discount be inserted thereon. |
To authorise the Naval Officer where there is no Commissioner to draw Bills, if satisfied that there is occasion to draw, and to advertise publicly for the lowest tenders for the same. |
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| Article XXXIII |
| Where there is no resident Commissioner of the Navy, the Commander in Chief is to receive, four times in the Year ; namely, at the ends of the Months of March, June, September and December, from the Naval Officer, and every other person entrusted with the charge of Money, three general statements of their respective Accounts for the preceding quarter, at the foot of which he is to certify that he has examined the same, and if any articles therein appear to him objectionable, he is to represent them to the Board, under which the Officer acts by whom they are made. One Copy of these Accounts he is to transmit, by the first safe conveyance, to the Commissioners of the Navy ; one copy he is to deliver to the Person, by whom the Accounts are made out, to be transmitted by him to the Commissioners ; and he is to keep one copy himself, which he is to send to the Commissioners, when he returns to England. When he is about to quit the station, he is to direct similar statements to be made out from the last quarter day to the day of his giving up the Command, for his perusal and Certificate in like manner. If Money should be required for any other Department, besides that immediately under the direction of the Navy Board, it is to be procured by the proper Officer in that Department, the Bills for which are to be approved by the Commander in Chief, but drawn in whatever manner or form the Board, presiding over such Departments, shall have directed ; and the Commander in Chief is to send to the several Boards lists of the Bills he has authorized to be drawn on them, specifying the date of each Order, the sum drawn for, and the services for which it was required. |
He is to receive four times in the Year, general statements of Accounts from all Officers entrusted with the charge of money ; to certify that he has perused them.
Three copies are to be made, and how to be disposed of.
On quitting the Station he is to demand the accounts of the last quarter to the day of his giving up the command.
To approve of Bills drawn by other departments not immediately under the direction of the Navy-board. |
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| Article XXXIV |
| He is not to require the Naval Officer to pay for his Stationary, Postage, or any other contingent expences, the accounts of which, with full and explicit Vouchers thereto, he is to transmit to the Secretary of the Admiralty once in every three Months, and to draw upon the Navy Board for the amount. And if any part shall appear to have been improperly expended, or imperfectly accounted for, it shall he charged as an Imprest against his pay.
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To send accounts of stationary, &c. (sic) to the Admiralty once in three Months ; and to draw on the Navy Board for the amount. |
| Article XXXV |
| If he finds it indispensably necessary to appoint an acting Naval Officer at any Foreign Yard, which may be captured from the Enemy, he is to furnish him with a Copy of the general Instructions for his government : such appointment will not however be confirmed by the Board of Admiralty, but upon the most satisfactory ground of its being necessary, and the Bills drawn by the Naval Officer, so appointed, are to be charged as an Imprest against the Commander in Chief for the time being, until the Naval Officer's appointment shall be confirmed, or his accounts be passed. |
If he finds it necessary to appoint a Naval Officer at any Foreign yard, he is to be furnished with a copy of the "General Instructions." |
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| Article XXXVI |
| He is not to allow any Officer to quit the Ship to which he belongs until he shall have ordered him to be surveyed, and shall be satisfied that the state of his health does really make it necessary. |
Officers not to quit Ships without a Survey. |
| Article XXXVII |
| When he sends any of the Ships of his Fleet or Squadron to England, he is to direct their Captains to return into Store, or to such Ships of the Squadron as be may think fit, all the Stores and Provisions which shall exceed the quantity necessary for their passage ; and he is to send home in them the Invalids of the Squadron, who are to be discharged to the Hospital on their arrival in England, the Captain. being instructed to make out three pay lists, and one open list, which are to be delivered to the Commissioner, or to the Naval Officer at the Port where they may be landed. He is also to seed in them unserviceable Stores, and whatever else, by being so carried, may prevent the hiring of Transports, or the paying of freight in Merchant Ships. |
On any Ship proceeding to England he is to direct the Captain to return into Store or some other ship, all the stores and provisions beyond what may be necessary for the passage, and to send in her the invalids of the Squadron ; and the unserviceable Stores, &c. |
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| Article XXXVIII |
| He is to direct the Captains under his Command to inspect very frequently the Hospital and Sick Quarters within his Station, to see that the Medical attendants are attentive to their duty, and that the sick have every thing necessary to their comfort and cure ; and that the former make their report to him according to the Form (No. 2) in the Appendix. |
To direct the Captains to inspect the Hospital and sick quarters. |
| Article XXXIX |
| He is to keep a journal of the proceedings of the Fleet or Squadron under his Command, according to the form (No. 3) in the Appendix, in which he is to note all orders received, all detachments made, and the service on which they are sent, and in general all such information as may enable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to judge of the manner in which the Squadron has been employed. A Copy of which Journal, with a statement of the disposition of the Ships under his Command, he is to send, at the end of every three Calendar Months, and one general Copy, at the end of his Voyage, to the Secretary of the Admiralty. |
To keep a journal of the proceedings of the Squadron.
Copy of which is to be sent to the Secretary of the Admiralty at the end of every three Months, and a general Copy at the end of the Voyage. |
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| Article XL |
| When he returns to England, if he be directed to strike his Flag, or if he obtain permission to go to London, he is to attend the Lord High Admiral, or the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, to render an account of the manner in which he has performed the Service entrusted to him, and to give such information relating to the Station on which he has commanded, as he may think likely to prove beneficial to the public service. |
To attend the Lords of the Admiralty on striking his Flag or obtaining permission to go to London. |
| Article XLI |
| If the Commander in Chief shall be killed in battle, his Flag is to be continued, flying till the Battle is ended, and the Enemy is no longer in sight ; but the Officer next in Command is to be immediately informed of his death by a private signal previously appointed, or otherwise, and is to go on board his Ship and take the command of the Fleet ; and if he be a Flag Officer be is to leave his own Flag flying : And if the Commander in Chief shall, by any cause, be rendered incapable of directing the operations of the Fleet or Squadron, in Battle, or in the presence of an Enemy, he is to send for the Officer next in Command, who is to remain on board the Ship of the Commander in Chief, leaving his own Flag flying, and direct the operations of the Fleet as long as the Enemy shall remain in sight ; unless the Commander in Chief shall be able to resume the direction of them himself. |
The Flag of the Commander in Chief if killed in battle to be continued flying.
The second in command if a Flag Officer, to leave his own flag flying.
Commander in Chief to send for the second in command in case of incapacity. |
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| Article XLII |
| If a Flag Officer, Commander in Chief of a Fleet or Squadron, shall die ; or if the bad state of his health shall make it absolutely necessary for him to quit the station on which he commands, without waiting for directions from the Admiralty (in which case his authority as Commander in Chief, and all emoluments annexed to it, except his pay as a Flag Officer, shall cease on his resigning the command, or on his setting Sail to leave the Station) the Officer next in Command, being a Flag Officer, shall succeed to the Command in Chief, and shall enjoy all the emoluments of such Command until the pleasure of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty shall be known ; but if the next in Command be a Captain, he shall not become a Commander in Chief, nor enjoy the emoluments of such situation ; but he shall hoist a broad Pendant, and shall have an allowance of Twenty Shillings additional pay per day, and shall command the Squadron, until the pleasure of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty shall be known. The Officer succeeding to the Command is to send immediate information of his having done so to the Secretary of the Admiralty. |
Commander in Chief quitting his Station, his authority and emoluments cease, and the Officer next in command succeeds him ; and enjoys all the emoluments (if a Flag Officer) until the pleasure of the Lords of the Admiralty be known.
If a Captain he shall hoist a broad Pendant, and have Twenty Shillings additional pay per day.
Officer succeeding to the Command to send immediately information to the Secretary of the Admiralty. |
| Article XLIII |
| A Commander in Chief is not to resign his Command and quit his station, for any ether cause whatever than the bad state of his health ; nor for that, unless it shall be such as to make a change of climate or situation absolutely necessary ; and when he does quit it, he is not to take with him any Ship, the Service of which may be requisite ; nor on any account to weaken the Squadron, or render it unfit for the Service for which it is intended. |
Commander in Chief not to resign his Command nor quit his Station except in the case of bad health ; in which event he is not to take with him any Ship which might weaken the Squadron. |
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| Article XLIV |
| When a Commander in Chief, or the Commander of any Squadron, shall resign his Command, he is to deliver to the Officer, who succeeds hum, authenticated copies of all unexecuted Orders, of all general regulations, of all papers he may have received from the several Boards, for his information and guidance ; and of all intelligence he may have obtained of the operations or intentions of an Enemy, or of any Foreign Power, except such as the Officer who succeeds him shall be already possessed of, and such as either are directed to be, or from the nature of them necessarily ought to be, kept secret, the originals of which, whether Orders, Instructions, or Signals, he is to deliver to his Successor, without allowing copies to be taken of any of them, except of those which may be necessary for his own use, after he shall have quitted the Station. |
To deliver on resigning the Command authenticated copies of Orders, Regulations and other papers to the Officer succeeding him ; unless of a secret nature in which case the originals are to be delivered. |
| Article XLV |
| When it is found necessary to remove Petty Officers or Seamen from one Ship to another, who are not borne as Supernumeraries, he is to direct the Captain to whom he gives an Order for that purpose, to comply with the Act of Parliament in discharging them, as expressed in 31st Geo. 2nd chap. 10, and 32 Geo. 3rd chap. 33. |
When Petty Officers or Seamen are removed from one Ship to another, to comply with the Act of Parliament. |
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| Article XLVI |
| In the absence of the Commander in Chief, the senior Officer is to superintend and conduct the various services of repairing, refitting and Victualling Ships and also the several services of the Dock Yard (where there is no resident Commissioner) and he is to take the foregoing Instructions for his guidance, for the due execution of which be will be considered to be answerable. |
Senior Captain to conduct the various duties in the absence of the Commander in Chief. |
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