Revised regulations for the Army of the United States, 1861 : with a full index / by authority of the War Department.

  • United States Department of War
Date:
1862
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Credit: Revised regulations for the Army of the United States, 1861 : with a full index / by authority of the War Department. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    Salutes. esL;ndcd to all occasions. It is always the duty of tlie inferior to accost or to oG'er first the customary salutation, and of the supo'ior to return such complimentary notice. 265. Ser^^eants, with swords drawn, will salute by bringing them to a present--with muskets, b} bringing the left hand across the body, so as (.0 strike the musket near the right shoulder. Corporals out of the ranks, and privates not sentries, will carry their muskets at a shoulder as ser- geants, and salute in like manner. 25G. When a soldier without arms, or with side-arms only, meets an officer, he is to raise his hand to the right side of the visor of his cap, palm to the front, elbow raised as high as the shoulder, looking at the same time in a respectful and soldier-like manner at the officer, who will return the compliment thus oifered. 257. A non-commissioned officer or soldier being seated, and without particular occupation, will rise on the approach of an officer, and make the customary salutation. If standing, he will turn toward the officer for the same purpose. If the parties remain in the same place or on the same ground, such compliments need not be repeated. SALUTES. 258. The national salute is determined by the number of States com- posing the Union, at the rate of one gun for each State. 259. The President of the United States alone is to receive a salute of twenty-one guns. 260. The Vice-President is to receive a salute of seventeen guns. 261. The Heads of the great Executive Departments of the National Government; the Genercd commctnding the army] the Governors of States and Territories, within their respective jurisdictions, fifteen guns. 262. A Major-General, thii'teen guns. 263. A Brigadier-General, eleven guns. 261. Foreign shijjs of war will be saluted in return for a similar com- pliment, gun for gun, on notice being officially received of such intention. If there be several posts in sight of, or within six miles of each other, the principal only shall reciprocate compliments with ships passing. 265. Officers of the Navy will be saluted according to relative rank. 266. Foreign Oficers invited to visit a fort or post may be saluted according to their relative rank. 267. Envoys and Ministers of the United States and foreign powers are to be saluted with thirteen guns. 268. A General officer will be saluted but once in a year at each post and only when notice of his intention to visit the post has been given. 269. Salutes to individuals are to be fired on their arrival only.