DEPOSITED BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 7-11-51 DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY WASHINGTON 25, D. C. 11 April 1949. The following Marine Corps Manual is issued in accordance with U. S. Navy Regulations, 1948, for the instruction and guidance of all persons in the Naval Establisment in matters concerning the Marine Corps, and supersedes the Marine Corps Manual, 1940. APPROVED: JOHN T. KOEHLER, Acting. C. B. CATES. INTRODUCTION TO THE MARINE CORPS MANUAL 0001 PURPOSE 1. The Marine Corps Manual is a Marine Corps publication in which the Commandant of the Marine Corps, by authority of the Secretary of the Navy, prescribes detailed rules and directions for the administration and instruction of personnel of the Marine Corps, based upon, and supplementary to, laws and regulations of higher authority. 0002 SCOPE 1. So far as practicable all administrative regulations for the Marine Corps, whether general or special in character, which are more or less permanent in application and which are issued or are to be issued by authority of the Secretary of the Navy, will be published for inclusion in the Marine Corps Manual. 0003 ORGANIZATION 1. The Marine Corps Manual is published in three volumes. Volume I contains those administrative regulations not related to the administration of supply and disbursing matters. Volume II contains supply regulations. Volume III contains disbursing regulations. 2. The chapters in Volume I of the Marine Corps Manual are numbered in sequence from 1 to 49, inclusive; those in Volume II are numbered from 50 to 74, inclusive; and those in Volume III are numbered from 75 to 99, inclusive. Those chapter numbers not utilized within each volume are omitted. The chapters organic to each volume will be listed in the table of contents to that volume. |