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 276 Tins xv.-THE NAVY.-cn. 10. it is earnestly recommended to all officers, seamen, and others in the naval service diligently to attend at every performance of the worship of Almighty God. _ _ _ _ I¤f¤‘¤V•¤¥¢¤l¤ b°· ART. 3. An * irreverent or unbecoming behavior during divine service i%'é$%-—- shall be punished as a general or summary court·martial may direct. 0ff¤¤¤°¤ P“¤l¤h· ART. 4. The punishment of death, or such other punishment as a court- 21** by d°’;°h‘ martial may adjudge, may be inflicted on any person in the naval service- Id., art. . Mutiny_ First. Who makes, or attempts to make, or unites with any mutincy or mutinous assembly, or, being witness to or present at any mutiny, oes not do his utmost to suppress it; or, knowing of any mutmous assemblv or of an intended mutiny, does not immediately communicate his knowledg; toliis superior or commanding officer; _ _ npimbediww of cond. Or disobeys the lawful orders of his superior officer; 0 CPB. · · · Third. Or strikes or assaults, or attem ts or threatens to strike or asoggiiiing Superior sault, his su rior officer while in the exedhtion of the duties of his office; Inwmoum wm, Fourth. (gf? gives any intelligence to, or holds or entertains any interan enemy. course with, an enemy or rebel, without leave from the President, the Secretary of the Navy, the commander—in-chief of the fleet, the commander of the squadron, or, in case of a vessel acting singly, from his commanding_oflicer; Messages from ifth. Or receives any message or letter from an enemy or rebel, or, an enemy. being aware of the unlawful reception of such message or letter, fails to take th: earliest opportunity to in orm his superior or commanding officer t ereo ; fDesertionin1:ime Sixth. Or, in time of war, deserts or entices others to desert; 0 Wal'. [gu is 1593, ppg_] 23 April, 1800, c. 33, art. 17, v. 2, p. 47. Desertinz trust- Seventh. Or, in time of war, deserts or betrays his trust, or entices o1· aids others to desert or betray their trust; Sleeping onwatch. Eighth. Or sleeps upon his watch; Leaving Swtivn- Ninth. Or leaves his station before being regularly relieved; _ Willful _¤t¤¤¤d- Tenth. Or intentionally or willfully suffers any vessel of the Navy to mg jr mlm? °f be stranded, or run upon rocks or shoals, or improperly hazarded; or v8°°°maliciously or willfully injures any vessel of the Navy, or any part of her tackle, armament, or equipment, whereby the safety of the vessel is hazarded or the lives of the crew exposed to danger; Unlawful de- Eleventh. Or unlawfully sets on fire, or otherwise unlawfully destroys, g;:;:;?} °l P“bl*° anyc public property not at the time in possession of an enemy, pirate, or ' re ; Striking nag ni- Twelfth. Or strikes or attempts to strike the flag to an enemy or rebel, l!’°¤,¤h °F°¤¤lY without proper authority, or, when engaged in battle. trcachcrously y‘°ld"'g‘ yields or pusillanimously cries for quarters; Cowardice in Thirteenth. Or, in time of battle, displays cowardice, negli ence, or b¤*ll°· disaffection, or withdraws from or keeps out of danger to which he should expose himself; mlgzgaging duty th`ourtt:e(pth. Or, in time of battle, deserts his duty or station, or cntices · 0 ers 0 so; Neglecting or- Fifteenth. Or does not properly observe the orders of his commanding gig]? P'°P°'° i°' officer, and use his utmost exertions to carry them into execution, whcn ` ordered to prepare for or join in, or when actually engaged in, lmttlc, or while in sight of an enemy; Neglecting gz, _ Sixteent . Or, being in command of a fleet, squadron, or vessel acting ¢‘l¢¤¤‘ 01* when- singly, neglects, when an engagement is probable, or when an arms-ll vesse of an enemy or rebel is in sight, to prepare and clear his ship or ships for action; Oglpgsggngagjpiin t bewppteenth. does not, upon signal for battle, use his utmost excr- 0* le- ions join in tle; Failing. to en- Eighteenth. Or fails to encourage, in his own person, his inferior otiig<é¤j;•·s¢l· ¢m¤¤*<> cers and men to fight courageous} y;