Regulations for the government of the United States Navy (1865)

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ARTICLE XXVIII.

General Muster Book.

1135 Every person on board any United States vessel-of-war, who receives either wages or provisions, must be entered in the general muster-book ; but, as they will not all be in the same class or situation, it will be necessary to have several lists, separated from each other on the book by convenient spaces, and a separate series of numbers for the several entries in each list. The lists required to keep the necessary distinctions are the following:

  1. A list of the commissioned and warranted Navy Officers, including secretaries and clerks.
  2. A list of petty officers, seamen, ordinary seamen, landsmen, boys, firemen, coal-heavers, and others borne for pay and provisions.
  3. A list of officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates of marines.
  4. A list of supernumeraries for pay and provisions only.
  5. A list of all other supernumeraries,
  6. A list of prisoners of war

1136 The letter "D" is to be placed against the name of every person who has been detached ; the letter "T" against the name of every person who has been transferred ; the letters "Dis" against the name of every person who has been discharged alive ; the letters "D D" against the name of every person who may have died, and therefore discharged dead ; the letter "S" against the name of every person pronounced a straggler ; and the letter "R" against the name of every person pronounced a deserter.

1137 The entry in each list of the muster-book must be distinguished by a number in the first column, to be exclusively appropriated to it, and which must never be applied to any other entry in the same list, but to each new entry a new number must be given.

1138 The muster-book shall be kept in such form as the Navy Department shall prescribe.

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