Existing comment:
Naval Regulations:
In 1775, the Continental Congress approved a set of rules for the governance of the navy written principally by John Adams. With the re-establishment of the Navy in 1798, Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Stoddert asked several senior navy officers to revise the earlier rules. With modest changes, these were issued on January 25, 1802. Edward Preble received his copy on March 3, 1802. |