3. For a list of approved freight forwarders for Marine Corps activities see Navy Shipping Guide, Article 1815-3 (d).

53061 SHIPMENT OF DECEASED

PERSONNEL AND PERSONAL
EFFECTS

1. When the unaccompanied body and effects of a deceased member of the Marine Corps is to be forwarded to the home of the deceased, shipment in the United States will be made by express, at Government expense, and the consignee notified by telegram. When personnel on active duty die outside the continental United States, shipment will be made via Government vessel, if practicable, otherwise by commercial carrier, and consigned to the commanding officer of the naval hospital at the port of debarkation for further shipment to destination. If there be no naval hospital at or in the immediate vicinity of that port, the shipment will be consigned to the Marine Corps Depot or Post Supply Officer, thereat, except that bodies shipped to the United

States from Asiatic stations will be consigned to the Commandant of the Twelfth Naval District at San Francisco, California. In the case of cremated remains, shipments in the United States will be made in the most economical manner other than by ordinary freight.

2. When death occurs outside the District of Columbia and burial in the Arlington National Cemetery is desired, the body should be consigned to the Officer in Charge, Arlington National Cemetery, Fort Myer, Virginia, and billed to Washington, D. C. This will obviate the necessity and delay of obtaining a permit for the transfer of the body through the District of Columbia. As soon as the body has been shipped a telegram will be sent to Headquarters, U. S. Marine Corps, and the Officer in Charge, Arlington National Cemetery, Fort Myer, Virginia, giving the date of shipment, dimensions of outside box, number of persons in funeral party, and the date, hour, and number of train on which the body will reach Washington.

3. Whenever practicable, the shipment should be so timed as to arrive in Washington between the hours of 8 a. m. and 2 p. m., because the Government hearse is available only between those hours. Should the body arrive after 2 p. m., it will have to remain at the Union Station until the following morning, when it will be removed to the Arlington National Cemetery and placed in the receiving vault pending funeral arrangements. The services of an undertaker in Washington are not required in cases of this kind, nor is there any expense attached to the opening and closing of the grave in Arlington.

4. Under no circumstances will burial be made in Arlington National Cemetery on Saturday, Sunday, or national holiday.

5. For information pertaining to escorts, flags for draping coffins, disposition of remains and personal effects, see Part B, Chapter 13, Volume I.

6. The Secretary of the Navy may, in his discretion, cause to be transferred to their homes at public expense the remains of civilian employees of the Department of the Navy or the Naval Establishment who have been ordered from their homes in the United States to duty outside the continental limits of the United States and who died while on such duty or while performing authorized travel to or from such duty.

rail, water, or highway operating in and out of the town or city from which they are shipping; the terminal facilities offered and other characteristics from a transportation standpoint.

4. In making shipments for account of the Navy on which transportation costs are payable from Navy appropriated funds, routing via rail or highway weighing over 10,000 pounds, Railway Express weighing over 100 pounds, and commercial air shipments of over 50 pounds, will be requested from the cognizant Navy Central Office in accordance with instructions contained in Navy Shipping Guide, Article 1800.4 and Article 1845.1.

from the Commandant of the Marine Corps (Code CSJ). Frequently the bulk or size of packages precludes the loading of a motor truck, trailer, or railway car to the truckload and carload minimum weight prescribed in the freight tariffs. In such instances it is necessary to determine the freight charges applicable by each of several methods of transportation to insure the utilization of the cheapest means. Therefore on shipment of light or bulk material the actual dimensions and weight of the package will be supplied to the Commandant of the Marine Corps (Code CSJ). When shipment includes items of unusual dimensions, particularly those those requiring transportation on open cars or open trucks, exact dimensions will be supplied to enable determination of railway lines or highway clearance.

2. A shipping officer may request specific blanket route orders to cover regular movements of commodities between his activity and other points as may be required, under which he may forward shipments of the commodities for certain periods of time authorized in the blanket route order. When such blanket route orders are furnished, shipping officers concerned will prepare monthly statements of all tonnage shipped thereunder. When blanket route orders contain alternative routes the tonnage report shall show tonnage forwarded via each route. This report will be prepared at the close of monthly business and forwarded without delay to the Commandant of the Marine Corps (Code CSJ).

3. The size of the load and the space necessary to accommodate the shipments determine the size of the car needed. It is essential to specify the size of the car required when ordering from carrier. When this is not done the carrier may furnish a car which is much too large, and base the freight charges on minimum weight provided for the car furnished in accordance with the sliding scale of weights for extra cars shown in rule No. 34 of Consolidated Freight Classification. In cases where this classification is not on hand shipping officers may secure the desired information from the local carrier's agent. Orders for railway equipment should be in writing, but if time does not permit, verbal orders may be placed with the carrier provided all such orders are confirmed in writing. An appropriate file of such transactions

should be maintained by each shipping officer to avoid assessment of demurrage charges.

Supply

a. Less than carload shipments, unless they are of a very heavy, or bulky nature, are usually handled and loaded by carriers at the platform of their freight station by their agents. Carload shipments are usually loaded by the shipper. This will not preclude the right of the carrier to furnish cars for less than carload shipments to be loaded by shipper for the carrier's convenience (such as to avoid rehandling over carrier's platform). Where such cars are placed and loaded the bills of lading will be plainly marked "THIS IS A LESS CARLOAD SHIPMENT, LOADED IN CAR FOR CARRIER'S CON. VENIENCE."

b. The Consolidated Classification in its description of carload shipments, reads as follows: "Carload ratings or rates will apply only when a carload of freight is shipped from one station, in or on one car, in one day, by one shipper, for delivery to one consignee at one destination. Only one bill of lading from one loading point and one freight bill shall be issued for such carload shipments. The minimum carload weight provided is the lowest weight on which the carload rate or rating applies." Unless otherwise provided by tariffs, shippers are required to load into or on cars, freight for forwarding by rail carriers and to unload from cars freight received from rail carriers carried at carload ratings. Shippers are also required to load into or on cars heavy or bulky freight or to unload from cars heavy or bulky freight carried at less carload ratings which cannot be handled by regular station employees or at stations where carriers loading or unloading facilities are not sufficient for handling.