Section 10. Deaths and Funerals

Question 1

1289.5. the casket shall be covered with the national ensign, so placed that the union is at the head and over the left shoulder of the deceased.

Answer 1

It shall be removed from the casket before it is lowered into the grave or committed to the deep.

Question 2

1289.6. persons in the navy shall salute when the body has been carried past them,

Answer 2

while it is lowered into the grave or committed to the deep, and during the firing of volleys and sounding of “Taps.”