The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-21
ANCHORS AND STARS.
What the officers Of the Naval
Reserves Will Have
and What They
Will Do.

Reserve and other interested parties may
gain a clearer idea of the government Of
the Reserves, the following list of Of
ficers, with an explanation of their duties
is given
COMMUNICATIVE commander shall car
ry on all correspondence between the
navy and his command. No other officer
shall be permitted to correspond with the
Navy Department unless he first re-
ceives the authority from the comman-
der. His duties will also be outlined in
certain sections of the National Guard
regulations.
Lieutenant COMMUNICATIVE lieutenant
commander shall act as executive officer,
he shall also make out all battalion
State reports and returns concerning
drills to the Adjutant General and for
ward same at the proper time through
the commander; he shall also see that
all staff anddivision reports hereinafter
specified are forwarded to him for trans
initial at the proper time; he shall keep
complete inventories of all property be-
longing to the Government, State and
battalion, except navigation, ordnance,
surgeons and paymaster's stores; ne
shall see that the inventories of the
other departments are kept in the same
form as the inventories of the executive
officer. The chief boatswain's mate and
the ship yeoman shall act as his assis-
tants; the commanding officers clerk
shall also act as his assistant on Thurs
day and Friday of each week.
WHAT THE NAVIGATOR DOES.
Navigator-The navigator shall also
act as advance officer and have special
charge of all stores and ordnance IN
his departments; he shan MAKE the
turns, and shs1l keep a complete lnVeh,
tory of all stores and ordnance; ne snali
see that all articles requiring speclal
numbers are numbered in ACCORDANCE
with the regulations of the National
Guard; he shall have charge OF all spec
ial information collected, and see tnat
it is properly tabuiated rSaus h0I
have charge of the log-book, or the
instruction of signal-men; as ordnance
officer he shall see that the arms anu
eauipments are always mt Tor service;
and know what ammunition is on hahd
or a%ttainable; the chief quarter-master
and chief %gunner's mate shall act as
his assistants.
piete inventories and make the proper re,
turns to the State; he SHAH exanllne al
recruits as to their physical condilloh,
he shall thoroughly inspect the snlp a.
least once a month and report TO the
no a ander its hygienic condition; he
shall instruct the command IN aIl9uianeg
work and first aid TO the lnJureq, altd
make a quarterly report as TO thS pro
gress of each man so instructed. me as
sistant surgeon and apothecary shaA pe
his assistants. on s,r-
geon shall act as surgeon III case u ny
absence of the latter. uo
Pavmaster-The paymaster shall nave
charge of all stores, excepting tnose %
$780, .-.zA-,atfnn nQUiP2tlOn anu
ordnance: he shall receipt for uniforms
and pay all battalion bills upon proper
vouchers; all correspondence petWeen l.e
battalion and the State relating 10
finances shall pass through his hands he
shall turn over to the various depart
ments and divisions all articles for cur
rent use after obtaining proper recelPt
for same; he shall have charge OF tne
n1lrchase and disbursement of all bat
TALON mess stores. The master-at.arms
and the paymaster's yeoman shan act
as his assistants.
Lieutenants-The ~lieutenants snail per-
from the duties required of captain IN
the National Guard and of watch otlcerS
in the navy; they shall act as officers OF
the deck and of decks; one OF tnef'.
shall be the battalion TORPEDO or1ce r.,
and in such capacity have OF
one crew from each division.
Lieutenants, Junior Grade-The leu
tenants, junior grade. shal perform Lhe
duties required of lieutenants of the Ma
fional Guard; they may be detailed as
s.oficers of the deck" they shall pc m
structors Of ordnance and rifle practice in
their division, and have immediate charge
of all company arms ana
1EnsignsIThe ensigns shall perform the
duty of l~ieutenants of the National
Guard; they shall act as junior Watch
officers or perform other duty as may be
required; the senior ensign of each di-
vision h be the Instructor in naVige-
ton and signals of his division; the
junior ensign of each division shall be
the instructor of. torpedoeS ana elec-
tricity in his division.
PETTY OFFICERS.
Master-at-Arm = The master-at-arms
shal act as commissary sergeant, but
such duty as commissary sergeant shall
not initiate against his position as the
chief petty officer of the bat
talon.
Chief Boatswain's Mate-The chief
boatswain's mate shall perform the cler1-
cal duties of a sergeant-major of the
National Guard and shall, under the
executive officer, have special charge of
Chief Gunner's Mate-The chief gun,
ner's mate shall act as ordnance SER
geant.
termaster shall act as assistant to the
navigator; he shall keep the books, State
returns and ank of the navigating de-
partment; he shall have charge, under
the navigator, of the log-book, n OF
instruction of qu-artermasters and signal
men.
Ships Yoeman-The ship's,yoeman shall
assist the executive officer and shall
have special charge of all State returns
and blanks
Paymaster's Yeoman-The paymaster's
yeoman shall act as quartermaster's SER
geant.
ELECTRICIAN AND OTHERS.
Electrician.-The' electrician shall have
charge, under the torpedo officer, of the
electrical plant, and, under the execu-
tive officer, of plumbing and stearn-heat-
ing; he shall inspect the Eshipaf frequently
report the tonditionafof5 al i5ligHts,i
wiring, maehinerya plumbing and steam
heating to the executivesoffieeF ats least
once a month; hes hall fact as assistant
to the torpedo officer. oEeI 70 52ssssq 8
Apothecary.-Thei apo~theeary9s Shall faet
as hospital steward. $500 ed ~
Senior Boatswain's Mates of Fach2Di-
vision They shall act as. first Sergeant
and may be detailed as company clerk. 81
&. Junior B~oatswain's Mates.2They Shall
act as qu~artermaster and commissary
sergeant, and have charge of all COM
pany property except ordnance. =
Gunners' Mates.-They shall act as
quartermasters' sergeant, and lave
charge of all company ordnance, arms
and equipments, under the Immediate
orders of the lieutenant, Junior grade.
Quarternasters.-They shall act as SER
Torpedoists.-They shall act as SER
they shall be exercised at least
ouca a mdnth as to their knowJedpa of