THE LAWS AND USAGES OF WAR AT SEA.

A NAVAL WAR CODE,

PREPARED BY

CAPTAIN CHARLES H. STOCKTON, UNITED STATES NAVY,

PRESIDENT OF THE NAVAL WAR COLLEGE,

AND

PRESCRIBED FOR THE USE OF THE NAVY.

WASHINGTON:
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.
1900.

Gilt

GENERAL ORDERS,

No. 551.

NAVY DEPARTMENT,

WASHINGTON, June 27, 1900.

The following code of naval warfare, prepared for the guidance and use of the naval service by Capt. Charles H. Stockton, United States Navy, under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy, having been approved by the President of the United States, is published for the use of the Navy and for the information of all concerned.

JOHN D. LONG,

Secretary.

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