Section 5
SEC. 5. It shall be. and hereby is made the duty of the Director of Navigation to see that the officers and crews of any vessel belonging to or under the charge or direction of the Bureau of Navigation, and the light keepers and apprentices of the light-house service, are suitably uniformed, equipped, governed, and disciplined for the performance of necessary duty, under such rules and regulations as the Director of Navigation shall prescribe, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Commerce and Police, and, when in his judgment necessary, shall be suitably armed. The Director of Navigation is also empowered to suspend, and for sufficient cause and upon the approval of the Secretary of Commerce and Police, to punish or remove any officer or member of any crew and any light keeper or apprentice of the light-house service, for inefficiency, misconduct, or disloyalty to the Government of the United States, or the commission of any of the offenses enumerated in section nine of this Act; and when any officer or member of any crew, light keeper or apprentice of the light-house service, shall have been convicted and sentenced by a court of competent jurisdiction of a criminal offense, or of any of the offenses hereinafter named, other than such offenses as are hereinafter made punishable in and by the summary court hereinafter provided, the Director of Navigation, with the approval of the Secretary of Commerce and Police, may order his dishonorable discharge and the forfeiture of all pay and allowances due or to become due: Provided, however, That such removal of commissioned officers shall not be effective until approved by the Governor-General. The Director of Navigation is also hereby empowered to fill temporarily any and all vacancies occurring by reason of suspension, removal, discharge, resignation, death, or disability, or by transfer, promotion, or, in case of said crews, light keepers or light-house apprentices, by enlistment, as may seem to him advisable. The Director of Navigation is hereby also empowered to make any and all necessary and proper rules and regulations governing the selection and promotion of members of crews of vessels and light keepers and apprentices of the light-house service.