SALUTES.
Salutes are fired between sunrise and sunset, and, as a rule, never on Sunday. Salute to the Union, one gun for each state, fired at meridian, July 4th; the international salute, 21 guns.
The President, 21 guns, both on arriving at and departing from a military post.
On arriving at a military post:
| The Vice-President and President of the Senate | 19 | guns |
| Members of the Cabinet, Chief Justice, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Governors in their respective states and territories, Committees of Congress visiting officially | 17 | " |
| Assistant Secretary of War | 15 | " |
| Sovereign or Chief Magistrate of a foreign state | 21 | " |
| Members of Royal Family | 21 | " |
| Viceroy, Governor-general, or Governors of provinces belonging to foreign states | 17 | " |
| Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | 17 | " |
| Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary | 15 | " |
| Ministers Resident accredited to the United States | 13 | " |
| Chargés d'Affaires or subordinate diplomatic agent in charge of mission in the United States | 11 | " |
| Consuls-general accredited to the United States | 9 | " |
| To General-in-Chief, Field-marshal, or Admiral | 17 | " |
| To Lieutenant-General or Vice-Admiral | 15 | " |
| To Major-General or Rear-Admiral | 13 | " |
| To Brigadier-General or Commodore | 11 | " |
An officer on duty, according to brevet rank, receives the salute of that rank.
Officers of volunteers or militia are saluted only when in service of United States.
Officers on retired list are not saluted.
Officers of foreign services are saluted according to their rank.