2. Who Are Seamen?—
The word "seaman" includes every person (apprentices excepted) who shall be employed or engaged to serve in any capacity on board of any vessel belonging to any citizen of the United States (R. S. 4612). A question sometimes arises whether a particular person occupies the status of seaman. Some discussion of this will be found in § 13 of this chapter, and in Chapter 4, § 2.