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 TITLE xv.YTHE NAVY.—Ch. 1. 25] sons of  ratings desiring to go there, at the expiration2f' their term.; 17 July, 1862, c. ufsemuce, or as scm; thereafter as may be, unless, in his opinion, the deten— 2°*·’·"·"·]2·B·610· tzon of suchpersons. fora longer (geriod shoulzl be very essential to the public 15;  123* °' mterests, zn which case hemay tain them, or any of them, until the vessel  to which they belong shall return to such Atlantic port.] [That it shall be W‘1k"“ "· D“‘“‘ the duty of the commanding oilioer of any fleet, squadron, or vessel mam 7 H°w" 125 acting singly, when on service, to send to an Atlantic or to a Pacific port of the United States, as their enlistment may have occurred on either the Atlantic or Pacific coast of the United States, in some public or other vessel, all petty-officers and persons of inferior ratings desiring to go there at the expiration of their terms of enlistment, or as soon thereafter as may be, unless, in his opinion, the detention of such persons for a longer (period should be essential to the public interests, in which case he may etain them, or any of them, until)the vessel to which they belong shall return to such Atlantic or Pacific port. All ersons enlisted without the limits of the United States may be discharged: on the expiration of their enlistment, either in a foreign port or in a port of the United States, or they may be detained as above provided beyond the term of their enlistment; and that all persons sent home, or detained by a commanding oflicer,according to the provisions of this act, shall be subject in all respects to the laws and regulations for the government of the Navy until their return to an Atlantic or Pacific port and their regular discharge; and all _ persons so detained by such officer, or re-enterin to serve until the return to an Atlantic or Pacific port of the vessel to which they belong, shall in no case be held in service more than thirty days after their arrival in said port; and that all persons who shall be so detained beyond their terms of enlistment or who shall, after the termination of their enlistment, voluntarily re-enter to serve until the return to an Atlantic or Pacific port of the vessel to which they belong, and their regular dischaiége thererom, shall receive for the time during which they are so detaine, or shall so serve be ond their original terms of enlistment, an addition of onefourth of their former y: Provided, That the shipping-articles shall hereafter contain the subgtance of this section.] Sm. 1423. All rsons sent home, or detained by a commanding oili- Subject to regucer, according to th; provisions of the preceding section, shall be subject {$*10**** *%**16,*;*5* in all respects to the laws and regulations for the government of the Navy, $?, until their return to an Atlantic port and their regular discharge. 204:,,j,¥,$_‘,2’p_,g|3: Sec. 1424. Persons so detained by a commanding officer, or re—entering _ Limit of detento serve until the return to an Atlantic port of the vessel to which they Bf-_ g ggg _ _ belong, shall in no case be held in service more than thirty days after 17 July, 1862, r-. their arrival in said port. 204,s.1r,»».12,p.s10. Sec. 1425. The shipping articles shall contain the substance of the _What to be conthree sections next preceding and of section fifteen hundred and seventy- gg2s2q'" sl“pP"'8 two. ~-  . . 17 July, 1862, c. 204, s. 17, v. 12, p. 610. Sec. 1426. Honorable dischar es may be granted to seamen, ordinary Honorable disseamen, landsmen, firemen, coalgneavers, an boys who have enlisted for gf:n"¥'fé “’ ‘*h°"‘ three years. --- — 2 Mar., 1855, c. 136, s. l, v. 10, p. 627. 7 June, 1864, c. 111, v. 13, p. 120. Sm. 1427. Honorable discharges shall be granted according to a form bForm of honorprescribed by the Secretary of the Navy. 2 Mar., 1855, c. 136, s. 1, v. 10, p. 627. 7 June, 1864 c. 111, V. 13, p. 120