Lieutenants with captains. Masters (lieutenants of the junior grade) with first lieutenants. SEC. 1467. Line officers shall take rank in each grade according to the dates of their commissions. 16 July, 1862, s. 1, v. 12, p. 583. 24 Jan., 1865, s. 1, v. 13, p. 424. Commanding officers of SEC. 1468. Commanding officers of vessels of war and of naval stations shall take precedence over all officers placed under their com- sels and stations. mand. 3 March, 1871, s. 12, v. 16, p. 537. SEC. 1469. The Secretary of the Navy may, in his discretion, detail a line officer to act as the aid or executive of the commanding officer of a vessel of war or naval station, which officer shall, when not impracticable, be next in rank to said commanding officer. Such aid or executive shall, while executing the orders of the commanding officer on board the vessel or at the station, take precedence over all officers attached to the vessel or station. All orders of such aid or executive shall be regarded as proceeding from the commanding officer, and the aid or executive shall have no independent authority in consequence of such detail. Idem. ves Aid or executive officer. SEC. 1470. Staff officers, senior to the officers so detailed, shall have Rights of staff the right to communicate directly with the commanding officer. Idem. officers. reaus. SEC. 1471. The chiefs of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Provis- Chiefs of Buions and Clothing, Steam Engineering, and Construction and Repair shall have the relative rank of commodore while holding said position, and shall have, respectively, the title of Surgeon-General, PaymasterGeneral, Engineer-in-Chief, and Chief Constructor. [See § 1481.] Idem. Chief of Bureau, when below SEC. 1472. When the office of chief of Bureau is filled by a line officer below the rank of commodore, said officer shall have the relative rank rank of com of commodore during the time he holds said office. Idem. mander. SEC. 1473. Officers who have been or who shall be retired from the Retired of Bureau. from position of chiefs of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, of Provisions position of chief and Clothing, of Steam Engineering, or of Construction and Repair, by reason of age or length of service, shall have the relative rank of commodore. Idem. SEC. 1474. Officers of the Medical Corps on the active list of the Navy Medical Corps. shall have relative rank as follows: Medical directors, the relative rank of captain. Medical inspectors, the relative rank of commander. Surgeons, the relative rank of lieutenant-commander or lieutenant. Passed assistant surgeons, the relative rank of lieutenant or master*. Assistant surgeons, the relative rank of master* or ensign. Idem, s. 5, p. 535. SEC. 1475. Officers of the Pay Corps on the active list of the Navy Pay Corps. shall have relative rank as follows: Pay directors, the relative rank of captain. Pay inspectors, the relative rank of commander. Paymasters, the relative rank of lieutenant-commander or lieutenant. Passed assistant paymasters, the relative rank of lieutenant or mas ter.* Assistant paymasters, the relative rank of master* or ensign. Ibid., s. 6, p. 536. SEC. 1476. Officers of the Engineer Corps on the active list shall have Engineer relative rank as follows: Corps. * Lieutenant of the funior grade (3 March, 1883). When retired of service. f Of the chief engineers, ten shall have the relative rank of captain, fifteen that of commander, and forty-five that of lieutenant-commander or lieutenant. Passed assistant engineers shall have the relative rank of lieutenant or master, and assistant engineers that of lieutenant of the junior grade or ensign. [See 1390, ENGINEER CORPS.] Ibid., s. 7, p. 536. 24 Feb., 1874, v. 18, p. 17. 3 March, 1883, P. E. L., p. 472. SEC. 1477. Of the naval constructors, two shall have the relative rank of captain, three of commander, and all others that of lieutenant-commander or lieutenant. Assistant naval constructors shall have the relative rank of lieutenant or master. 3 March, 1871, s. 9, v. 16, p. 536. SEC. 1478. Civil engineers shall have such relative rank as the President may fix. 3 March, 1871, s. 9, v. 16, p. 536. The President of the United States has this day, under the provisions of section 1478 of the Revised Statutes, conferred relative rank on Civil Engineers of the Navy, and fixed the same as follows: One with the relative rank of captain. Two with the relative rank of commander. Three with the relative rank of lieutenant commander. Four with the relative rank of lieutenant. Civil engineers will take precedence in their corps, and with other officers with whom they hold relative rank, in accordance with the law regulating precedence of officers of the Navy. General Order 263, 24 Feb., 1881. SEC. 1479. Chaplains shall have relative rank as follows: Four, the relative rank of captain; seven, that of commander; and not more than seven, that of lieutenant-commander or lieutenant. 3 March, 1871, s. 9, v. 16, p. 536. SEC. 1480. Professors of mathematics shall have relative rank as follows: Three, the relative rank of captain; four, that of commander; and five, that of lieutenant-commander or lieutenant. The grades established in the six preceding sections for the staff corps of the Navy shall be filled by appointment from the highest members in each corps, according to seniority; and new commissions shall be issued to the officers so appointed, in which the titles and grades established in said sections shall be inserted; and no existing commission shall be vacated in the said several staff corps, except by the issue of the new commissions required by the provisions of this section; and no officer shall be reduced in rank or lose seniority in his own corps by any change which may be required under the provisions of the said six preceding sections: Provided, That the issuing of a new appointment and commission to any officer of the Pay Corps under the provisions of this section shall not affect or annul any existing bond, but the same shall remain in force, and apply to such new appointment and commission. as 31 May, 1872, s. 1, v. 17, p. 192. 27 Feb., 1877, v. 19, p. 244. NOTE.-Section 1475 does not give to a pay inspector in the Navy the grade of commander. It confers upon him the rank of commander by relation (only) to the rank of a line officer of that grade. The designation 'pay inspector expresses both title and grade in the Pay Corps. The commission of an officer 'pay inspector," with the relative rank of commander," gives the appropriate title and grade of the officer named therein, and fully satisfies the requirement of section 1480, R. S.-Op. XVI, 414, Jan. 8, 1880, Devens. [For a defi nition of the words "title," "grade," and "rank, see this opinion and C. C., XV, 151. The latter defines the rank of staff officers of the Navy as usually operative only in determing the relation of the different officers of the service to each other in matters of precedence, privilege, and the like, and is generally called relative rank. Grade is a step or degree in either office or rank, and has reference to the divisions of the one or the other, or both, according to the connection in which the word is employed.] SEC. 1481. Officers of the Medical, Pay, and Engineer Corps, chaplains, for age or length professors of mathematics, and constructors, who shall have served faithfully for forty-five years, shall, when retired, have the relative rank of commodore; and officers of these several corps who have been or shall be retired at the age of sixty-two years, before having served for forty-five years, but who shall have served faithfully until retired, shall, on the completion of forty years from their entry into the service, have the relative rank of commodore. 3 March, 1871, s. 11, v. 16, p. 537. SEC. 1482. Staff-officers, who have been or shall be retired for causes Retired for incident to the service before arriving at sixty-two years of age, shall causes incident have the same rank on the retired list as pertained to their position on the active list. Ibid. to service. SEC. 1483. Graduates of the Naval Academy shall take rank accord- Graduates of ing to their proficiency as shown by their order of merit at the date of Naval Academy. graduation. 23 May, 1872. s. 1, v. 17, p. 153. SEC. 1484. Engineer officers graduated at the Naval Academy shall Engineers take precedence with all other officers with whom they have relative graduated at Naval Academy. rank, according to the actual length of service in the Navy. [See § 1394, ENGINEER CORPS.] 3 March, 1873, s. 1, v. 17, p. 555. Precedence by SEC. 1485. The officers of the staff corps of the Navy shall take prece dence in their several corps, and in their several grades, and with offi- length of service. cers of the line with whom they hold relative rank according to length of service in the Navy. 3 March, 1871, s. 10, v. 16, p. 537. SEC. 1486. In estimating the length of service for such purpose, the Length of servseveral officers of the staff corps shall, respectively, take precedence in ice, how esti their several grades and with those officers of the line of the Navy with mated. whom they hold relative rank who have been in the naval service six years longer than such officers of said staff corps have been in said service; and officers who have been advanced or lost numbers on the Navy Register shall be considered as having gained or lost length of service accordingly: Provided, That nothing in this section shall be so construed as to give to any officer of the staff corps precedence of, or a higher relative rank than that of, another staff officer in the same grade and corps, and whose commission in such grade and corps antedates that of such officer. 3 March, 1871, s. 10, v. 16, p. 537. 3 March, 1881, v. 21, p. 510. SEC. 1487. No staff officer shall, in virtue of his relative rank or pre- Quarters. cedence, have any additional right to quarters. 3 March, 1871, s. 10, v. 16, p. 537. mand. SEC. 1488. The relative rank given by the provisions of this chapter Military conto officers of the Medical, Pay, and Engineer Corps shall confer no authority to exercise military command. General Orders, 31 Aug., 1846, and 27 May, 1847. 5 Aug., 1854, s. 4, v. 10, p. 587. Processions, SEC. 1489. In processions on shore, or courts-martial, summary courts, courts of inquiry, boards of survey, and all other boards, line and staff boards, &c. officers shall take precedence according to rank. 3 March, 1871, s. 12, v. 16, p. 537. SEC. 1490. Ensigns shall be steerage officers, unless assigned to duty Ensigns assteeras watch and division officers. 15 July, 1870, s. 10, v. 16, p. 334. age officers. Warrant offi. SEC. 1491. The President may, if he shall deem it conducive to the interests of the service, give assimilated rank to boatswains, gunners, cers. carpenters, and sail-makers, as follows: After five years' service, to Tank with ensigns, and after ten years' service, to rank with junior lieutenants. 2 July, 1864, s. 1, v. 13, p. 373. 3 March, 1883, P. E. L.,) p. 472. SEC. 1492. The officers of the revenue-cutter service when serving, in Revenue-cutter accordance with law, as a part of the Navy, shall be entitled to relative officers serving rank, as follows: Captains, with and next after lieutenants command- as part of the Navy. ing in the Navy; first lieutenants, with and next after lieutenants in the Navy; second lieutenants, with and next after junior lieutenants 11181- -6 Officers ad in the Navy; third lieutenants, with and next after ensigns in the Navy. 2 Feb., 1863, s. 4, v. 12, p. 640. 2 March, 1799, s. 98, v. 1, p. 699. 16 July, 1862, ss. 1, 11, v. 12, pp. 583-585. 3 March, 1883, P. E. L., p 472. SEC. 1506. Any officer of the Navy may, by and with the advice and vanced in rank. consent of the Senate, be advanced, not exceeding thirty numbers in rank, for eminent and conspicuous conduct in battle or extraordinary Rank not to be heroism; and the rank of officers shall not be changed except in accordance changed, except, with the provisions of existing law, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. [See 1508, PROMOTION.] &c. 21 April, 1864, s. 6, v. 13, p. 54. 24 Jan., 1865, s. 1, v. 13, p. 424. Title 15, Chap. 5. SEC. 1521. When cadet midshipmen shall have passed successfully the graduating examination at the Academy, they shall receive appointments as midshipmen and shall take rank according to their proficiency as shown by the order of their merit at date of graduation. to Promotion midshipmen; rank. Title 15, Chap. 9. NOTE.-Section 1521 is changed by the acts of Aug. 5, 1882, and March 3, 1883. Cadet midshipmen are now styled naval cadets until they complete the six years course, and, under certain contingencies, are mustered out or appointed. to other places. There are no midshipmen or cadet midshipmen. See NAVAL ACADEMY. 15 July, 1870, s. 12, v. 16, p. 334. SEC. 1601. The commandant of the Marine Corps shall have the rank Rank of com- and pay of a colonel in the Army, and shall be appointed by selection by the mandant Marine President from the officers of said corps. Corps. Staff rank, Marine Corps. Relative rank of 2 March, 1867, s. 7, v. 14, p. 517. SEC. 1602. The adjutant and inspector, the paymaster, and the quartermaster shall have the rank of major; each assistant quartermaster shall have the rank of captain. 2 March, 1847, s. 3, v. 9, p. 154. SEC. 1603. The officers of the Marine Corps shall be, in relation to Marine Corps rank, on the same footing as officers of similar grades in the Army. with the Army. 8 June, 1880. Advocate-Gener al. 30 June, 1834, s. 4, v. 4, p. 713. That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint, for the term of four years, by and with the advice Rank of Judge and consent of the Senate, from the officers of the Navy or the Marine Corps, a Judge-Advocate-General of the Navy, with the rank pay, and allowances of a captain in the Navy or a colonel in the Marine Corps, as the case may be. Title 14, Chap. 1. SEC. 1143. The officers of the subsistence department shall, upon the Naval detach requisition of the naval or marine officer commanding any detachment ments co-operat of seamen or marines under orders to act on shore, in co-operation with ing with the the land troops, and during the time such detachment is so acting or Army. proceeding to act, furnish rations to the officers, seamen, and marines of the same. Title 15, Chap. 8. val cadets. 15 Dec., 1814, s. 1, v. 3, p. 151. SEC. 1577. Midshipmen and Naval cadets in the Navy shall be entitled. to one ration, or to commutation therefor. 28 July, 1866, s. 8, v. 14, p. 322. 5 Aug., 1882, P. E. L., p. 285. SEC. 1578. All officers shall be entitled to one ration, or to commuta- Rations of other officers. tion therefor, while at sea or attached to a sea-going vessel. When rations SEC. 1579. No person not actually attached to and doing duty on board a sea-going vessel, except the petty officers, seamen, and ordinary not allowed. seamen attached to receiving-ships or to the ordinary of a navy-yard, and ensigns of the junior grade and naval cadets, shall be allowed a ration. constituents of SEC. 1580. The Navy ration shall consist of the following daily allow- Navy ration, ance of provisions to each person: One pound of salt pork, with half a pint of beans or pease; or one pound of salt beef, with half a pound of flour and two ounces of dried apples, or other dried fruit; or threequarters of a pound of preserved meat, with a half pound of rice, two ounces of butter, and one ounce of desiccated "mixed vegetables;" or three-quarters of a pound of preserved meat, two ounces of butter, and two ounces of desiccated potatoes; together with fourteen ounces of biscuit, one-quarter of an ounce of tea, or one ounce of coffee or cocoa, and two ounces of sugar; and a weekly allowance of half a pint of pickles, half a pint of molasses, and half a pint of vinegar. [See May 3, 1880, post.] 18 July, 1861, s. 1, v. 12, p. 264. 14 July, 1862, s. 4, v. 12, p. 565. SEC. 1581. The following substitution for the components of the ration may be made when it is deemed necessary by the senior officer present in command: For one pound of salt beef or pork, one pound and a quarter of fresh meat or three-quarters of a pound of preserved meat; for any or all of the articles usually issued with the salted meats, vegetables equal to the same in value; for fourteen ounces of biscuit, one pound of soft bread, or one pound of flour, or half a pound of rice; for half a pint of beans or pease, half a pound of rice, and for half a pound of rice, half a pint of beans or pease. And the Secretary of the Navy may substitute for the ration of coffee and sugar the extract of coffee combined with milk and sugar, if he shall believe such substitution to be conducive to the health and comfort of the Navy, and not to be more expensive to the Government than the present ration: Provided, That the same shall be acceptable to the men. [See post, May 3, 1880.] in. Substitutions Short allow 18 July, 1861, ss. 2, 3, 4, v. 12, p. 265. 17 April, 1862, s. 4, v. 12, p. 381. SEC. 1582. In case of necessity the daily allowance of provisions may be diminished at the discretion of the senior officer present in command; ance. but payment shall be made to the persons whose allowance is thus diminished, according to the scale of prices for the same established at the time of such diminution. And every commander who makes any diminution or variation shall give to the paymaster written orders therefor, specifying particularly the diminution or variation which is to be made, and shall report to his commanding officer, or to the Navy Department, the necessity for the same. 18 July, 1861, s. 4, v. 12, p. 265. SEC. 1583. Rations stopped for the sick on board vessels shall remain Rations stopped and be accounted for by the paymaster as a part of the provisions of for the sick. the vessels. Additional ra 3 March, 1851, s. 1, v. 9, p. 621. 22 June, 1860, s. 3, v. 12, p. 83. SEC. 1584. An additional ration of tea or coffee and sugar shall be hereafter allowed to each seaman, to be provided at his first "turning tion. out." 23 May, 1872, s. 1, v. 17, p. 151. SEC. 1585. Thirty cents shall in all cases be deemed the commutation price of the Navy ration. 15 July, 1870, s. 4, v. 16, p. 333. SEC. 1595. Rations shall not be allowed to officers on the retired list. 16 July, 1862, s. 20, v. 12, p. 587. Commutation price of ration. Retired offi cers. SEC. 1615. The non-commissioned officers, privates, and musicians of Title 15, Chap. 9. the Marine Corps shall, each, be entitled to receive one Navy ration daily. 1 July. 1797, s. 6, v. 1, p. 524. Rations to enlisted men, Marine Corps. |