MILITARY DISCIPLINE

10. When not to salute
Salutes are not rendered by individuals in the following cases:
a. When off duty outside the confines of military posts, camps, or stations, the salute is authorized but not required unless the individual is addressed by a senior entitled to the salute.
b. An enlisted man in ranks and not at attention comes to attention when addressed by an officer. The officer or non-commissioned officer in command renders or receives the salute for the entire organization on the approach of the one entitled thereto.
c. When an officer enters the messroom or mess tent, enlisted men seated at meals remain seated at ease and continue eating unless the officer directs otherwise. Exception: An individual addressed ceases eating and sits at attention until completion of the conversation.
d. Details at work do not salute. The officer or noncommissioned officer in charge, if not actively engaged at the time, salutes or acknowledges salutes for the entire detail.
e. When actually engaged at games such as baseball, tennis, or golf, one does not salute.
f. In. a squad room or tent, individuals rise, uncover (if unarmed), and stand at attention when an officer enters. If more than one person is present, the first to perceive the officer calls, "Attention."
g. When standing to horse or leading a horse, one does not salute.
h. In churches, theaters, or other places of public assemblage, or in a public conveyance, salutes are not exchanged.
i. When carrying articles with both hands, or when otherwise so occupied as to make saluting impracticable.
j. When on the march, in campaign, or under simulated campaign conditions.

k. No salute is rendered to' persons by a member of the guard who is engaged in the performance of a specific duty, the proper execution of which would prevent saluting.
l. A mounted or dismounted sentinel armed with a pistol does not salute after challenging. He stands at raise pistol until the challenged party has passed.
m. The driver of a vehicle in motion is not required to salute.
n. Indoors, salutes are not exchanged except when reporting to a senior.

11. Uncovering
Officers and enlisted men under arms as a general rule do not uncover except when
a. Seated as a member of or in attendance on. a court or board. (Sentinels over prisoners do not uncover.)
b. Entering places of divine worship.
c. Indoors when not on duty and it is desired to remain informally.
d. In attendance at an official reception.

12. Personal Courtesies
a. Except in the field under campaign or simulated campaign conditions, a mounted junior always dismounts before speaking to or replying to a dismounted senior. When accompanying a senior, a junior walks or rides on his left. b. Military persons enter automobiles and small boats in inverse order of rank and leave in order of rank; that is, the senior enters an automobile or small boat last and leaves first. Juniors, although entering the automobile first, take their appropriate seat in the car. The senior is always on the right.

13. Titles
a The following titles are used in intercourse with officers of the Army: (1) Lieutenants are addressed officially as "Lieutenant." The adjectives "first" and "second" are not used except in official written communications. (2) Other officers are referred to by their titles. In conversation and in nonofficial correspondence, brigadier generals, major generals, lieutenant generals, and generals are referred to and addressed as "General." Lieutenant colonels, under the same conditions, are referred to and addressed as "Colonel." (3) Senior officers frequently address juniors as "Smith" or "Jones," but this does not give the junior the privilege of addressing the senior in any other way than by his proper title. (4) Chaplains are addressed as "Chaplain" regardless of their grade. A Catholic chaplain may be addressed as "Father."
b. Cadets of the United States Military Academy are addressed as "Cadet" officially and in written communications.
c. Warrant officers are addressed as "Mister."
d. Members of the Army Nurse Corps are addressed as "Nurse."
e. Noncommissioned officers are addressed by their titles. Officers address them as "Sergeant," "Corporal," etc. Officers address privates as "Smith" or "Jones." Master sergeants, technical sergeants, staff sergeants, etc., are all addressed simply as "Sergeant." In official communications, the full title of an enlisted man is used.
f. In the Navy, officers in both line and staff are addressed officially by their titles. Any officer in command of a ship, whatever its size or class, while exercising such command is addressed as "Captain."