Brigadier General or Commodore—one ruffle and flourish.
In addition to the above honors salutes with cannon are fired upon the arrival and departure of the President of the United States and the president or sovereign or a member of the royal family of a foreign country; and upon the arrival of other officials and military and naval officers in accordance with their rank as follows:
| The President of the United States, or the President or sovereign
or member of the royal family of a foreign country | 21 guns |
| An ex-President of the United States or the Vice President | 21 guns |
| Ambassadors, members of the Cabinet and the president pro tempore of the Senate | 19 guns |
| The Chief Justice, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, a
Committee of Congress, Governors within their respective states or
territories, a Governor General and the Governor of the Philippine Islands | 17 guns
|
| The Assistant Secretary of War, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy,
the Vice-Governor of the Philippine Islands, an Envoy Extraordinary or
Minister Plenipotentiary | 15 guns |
| A Minister Resident | 13 guns |
| A Charge d’Affaires | 11 guns |
| A Consul-General to the United States | 11 guns |
| Admiral of the Navy | 19 guns |
| General or Admiral | 17 guns |
| Lieutenant General or Vice Admiral | 15 guns |
| Major General or Rear Admiral | 13 guns |
| Brigadier General or Commodore | 11 guns |
Officers of foreign armies and navies are received with the same honors as those tendered to officers of like rank in our own services.
At every Army post provided with suitable artillery a cannon salute of twenty-one guns, known as a “National salute,” is fired at noon on Washington’s Birthday, February 22nd, and on Memorial Day, May 30th, and on Independence Day, July 4th, a salute of one gun for each state in the Union is fired.
The honors and ceremonies to be observed when the President of the United States or the president or sovereign of another country, or a lesser official entitled to such honor visits a ship of the U. S. Navy are given in the following table from the U. S. Navy Regulations.
These honors are decided by international custom and are practically the same in all of the navies of the world and a strict observance of them is necessary to avoid any occasion for international misunderstanding that might arise from an omission of any customary honor or salute.
In addition to the gun salutes described in the above table a National salute, twenty-one guns, is fired by every ship in the Navy at noon on Independence Day, July 4th, Washington’s Birthday, February 22nd, and Memorial Day, May 30th.
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|---|
| Rank | Uniform | Salute | Guns | Ruffles | Guard | Music | Side
honors | Flag |
|---|
| Arrival | Departure |
|---|
| President | S.F.D. | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | Full | National
Anthem. | Yards or rail mannned and 8 S. boys. | President’s, at main, during visit.
National, at main, during visit
National, at main during salute. |
President of foreign Republic or a foreign sovereign | do. | 1 | 1 | 21> | 4 | do. | do. |
Member of royal family | do. | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | do. | March. |
| Ex-President | do. | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | do. | March. | 8 S. boys. | National, at main, during salute in foreign countries. |
| Vice President | do. | | 1 | 19 | 4 | do. | do. | do. | National, at fore, during salute. |
| Ambassador | do. | | 1 | 19 | 4 | do. | National
Anthem. | do. | Do. |
Secretary of the Navy | Dress | 1 | 1 | 19 | 4 | do. | March. | do. | Secretary’s, at main, during visit. |
Assistant Secretary of the Navy | Dress | 1 | 1 | 17 | 4 | do. | do. | do. | Asst. Secretary’s, at main, during visit. |
| Cabinet officer | do. | | 1 | 19 | 4 | do. | do. | do. | National, at fore, during salute. |
| Chief Justice | do. | | 1 | 17 | 4 | do. | do. | do. | Do. |
Governor general, United States islands | do. | | 1 | 17 | 4 | do. | do. | do. | Do. |
Governor of State, Territory or U. S. islands | do. | | 1 | 17 | 4 | do. | do. | do. | Do. |
President pro tempore of the Senate | do. | | 1 | 19 | 4 | do. | do. | do. | Do. |
Speaker of the House of Representatives | do. | | 1 | 17 | 4 | do. | do. | do. | Do. |
| Committee of Congress | do. | | 1 | 17 | 4 | do. | do. | do. | Do. |
| Envoy extraordinary | do. | | 1 | 15 | 3 | do. | do. | do. | Do. |
Minister resident or “diplomatic representative” | do. | | 1 | 13 | 2 | do. | do. | 6 S. boys. | Do. |
| Charge d’affaires | do. | | 1 | 11 | 1 | do. | do. | do. | Do. |
| Consul general | Of the day | | 1 | 11 | | Day | | do. | Do. |
First secretaries of embassies or legations | do. | | | | | | | 4 S. boys. | Do. |
| Consul | do. | | 1 | 7 | | Day | | do. | Do. |
Vice consul or consular agent (where he is the only representative of the United States) | do. | | 1 | 5 | | do. | | do. | Do. |
| Admiral of the Navy | Dress | | 1 | 19 | 4 | Full | March | 8 S. boys. | In case of foreign officers, national, at fore, during salute. |
| Admiral | do. | | 1 | 17 | 4 | do. | do. | do. |
| General |
| Vice admiral | do. | | 1 | 15 | 3 | do. | do. | do. |
| Lieutenant general |
| Rear admiral | do. | | 1 | 13 | 2 | do. | do. | 6 S. boys. |
Major general (Army or Marine Corps) |
| Commodore | do. | | 1 | 11 | 1 | do. | do. | do. |
Brigadier general (Army or Marine Corps) |
Chief of staff, if not a flag or general officer | Of the
day | | | | | Day | | 4 S. boys. |
| Captain | If
commanding
officers | Of the day | | | | | Day | | 4 S. boys. |
| Colonel |
| Commander |
Lieutenant
Colonel |
Lieutenant
commander | do. | | | | | do. | | 2 S. boys. |
| Major |
All other commissioned officers below lieutenant commander and major | do. | | | | | | | do. |
| |
Abbreviations.