ing served for forty-five years, but who shall have served faithfully until retired, shall, on the completion of forty years from their entry into service, have the relative rank of commodore. RELATIVE NAVY RANK. Admiral, with general. Commander, with lieutenant-colonel. Lieutenant-Commander, with major. Lieutenant, with captain. Master, with first lieutenant. Ensign, with second lieutenant. The Chiefs of the Bureaus of Medicine and Surgery; Provisions and Clothing; Steam Engineering; and Construction and Repair, Navy Department, have the relative rank of commodore while holding said positions, and have respectively the title of Surgeon-General, PaymasterGeneral, Chief Engineer, and Chief Con structor. Officers of the Medical Corps on the active list have relative rank in the navy as follows: Medical directors, the rank of captain. Medical inspectors, rank of commander. Surgeons, rank of lieutenant-commander, or lieutenant. Passed assistant surgeons, rank of lieutenant, or master. Assistant surgeons, rank of master, or ensign. Officers of the Pay Corps rank as follows: Pay directors, rank of captain. Pay inspectors, rank of commander. Paymasters, rank of lieutenant-commander, or lieutenant. Passed assistant paymasters, rank of lieutenant, or master. Assistant paymasters, rank of master, or ensign. Chaplains rank as follows: Four have relative rank of captain; seven of commander; and seven of lieutenant-commander, or lieutenant. Professors of mathematics rank as follows: Three have relative rank of captain; four of commander; and five of lieutenant-commander, or lieutenant. Naval constructors rank as follows: Two have relative rank of captain; three of commander; and all the others of lieutenant-commander, or lieutenant. Assistant naval constructors, rank of lieutenant, or master. Officers of the Medical, Pay, and Engineer Corps have no authority to exercise military command. UNITED STATES NAVY VESSELS. The vessels of the navy are classed as follows: First-rates comprise steamships of 4000 tons displacement and upwards; iron-clad steamers of 3000 tons measurement and upwards; ships-of-the-line, commissioned for sea service. Second-rates comprise steamships of 2000 to 4000 tons displacement; ironclad steamers of 2000 to 3000 tons measurement; frigates (sailing), commissioned for sea service. Third-rates comprise steamships of 900 to 2000 tons displacement; iron-clad steamers of 1200 to 2000 tons measurement; sloops-of-war (sailing), commissioned for sea service. Fourth-rates comprise steamships below 800 tons displacement, despatch-vessels, and store-ships. DETAIL OF COMMAND. Officers of the navy are assigned to command as follows: An Admiral may command a fleet or fleets. A Vice-Admiral may command a fleet, or a division of a fleet, under the Admiral; be Commander-in-Chief of a squadron ; or may command a naval station. A Rear-Admiral may command a fleet or squadron, a squadron or division, under an Admiral or Vice-Admiral; be Chief of Staff of a naval force, under an Admiral or Vice-Admiral; or may command a naval station. A Commodore may command a division or a squadron, or be Chief of Staff of a naval force commanded by an Admiral, a Vice- or Rear-Admiral; or may command ships of the first class, naval stations, or the vessel of an Admiral, Vice-A dmiral, or Rear-Admiral commanding a fleet. as A Captain commands a vessel of the second class, or a vessel of the first class under an Admiral, Vice- or Rear-Admiral, or a Commodore; may be employed aid to any grade of Admiral; as Chief of Staff to a naval force or detached division, commanded by a Rear-Adm iral or Commodore; on duty under a Bureau of the Navy Department; act as second in command of a shore-station; and may command small practice or flying squad rons. A Commander commands vessels of the third and fourth classes; may be employed as Chief of Staff to a Commodore; on duty under a Bureau; or as aide to a flag-officer of either grade on shore-stations. A Lieutenant-Commander may act as aid to an Admiral, Vice-Admiral, RearAdmiral, or Commodore commanding afloat; as aid or executive of a commanding officer; navigating or watch-officer in first, second, and third rates; and performs duty at shore-stations or under a Bureau, and may be ordered to command a vessel of the fourth class. A Lieutenant may perform duty on board vessels of all classes; he may perform duty in the engine-room should it be necessary, and will perform such duty on shore-stations as may be assigned him. A Master may be attached to all classes of vessels, performing such duties as may be assigned by the commanding officer, including duty in the engine-room if necessary. Ensigns are ordered to the different classes of vessels; perform duty in the engine-room if required; the duties of Masters' Mates on decks, hold, and forecastle, and such other duties as may be assigned by the commanding officer. Midshipmen and Mates perform such duties as may be assigned them by their commanding officer, including duties on the several decks, in the hold, and in the engine-room. PETTY OFFICERS. The Petty Officers of the navy are divided into two classes: Petty Officers of the Line and Petty Officers. The class of Petty Officers of the Line, and the order of rank, with the order of their succession to command, is as follows: 1. Boatswains' Mates. 2. Gunners' Mates. 3. Signal Quartermaster. 4. Coxswain to Commander-in-Chief. 5. Captains of Forecastle. 6. Quartermasters. 7. Quarter-Gunners. 8. Coxswains. 9. Captains of Maintop. 10. Captains of Foretop. 11. Captains of Mizzentop. 12. Captains of Afterguard. Orderly Sergeants of Marines rank next after Master-at-Arms; all other Sergeants with Gunner's Mates and all Corporals with Captain of Afterguard. : Non-commissioned officers of Marines cannot exercise military authority or command over those not of their corps, unless on guard or police duty, or when specially authorized so to do by the commanding officer of the vessel or station. When serving afloat, Petty Officers of the navy take precedence of non-commissioned officers of Marines holding the same relative rank; but when serving as troops on shore, the non-commissioned officers take precedence. The officers of vessels of the United States Navy shall in all cases be citizens of the United States. RATIONS. All officers and seamen are entitled to rations. The daily ration of the navy consists of one pound of salt pork, with half a pint of beans or peas; or one pound of salt beef, with half a pound of flour and two ounces of dried apples, or other dried fruit; or three-quarters of a pound of preserved meat, with half a pound of rice, two ounces of butter, and one ounce of desiccated "mixed vegetables;" or threequarters 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. The commutation price of a single ration is thirty cents. The commanding officer of any fleet, squadron, or vessel of the navy, acting singly, when upon the high seas, or in any foreign port, where there is no resi dent Consul of the United States, is authorized to exercise all the powers of a United States Consul in relation to mariners. The navy is governed by sixty articles, prescribed by act of Congress. Pay of Officers of the United States Navy.-(Continued.) First five years after date of appointment... First four years after date of appointment..... First five years after date of commission........ After five years from date of commission....... PROFESSORS OF MATHEMATICS AND CIVIL ENGINEERSFirst five years after date of appointment... Second five years after date of appointment. Third five years after date of appointment..... After fifteen years from date of appointment..... $3,200 $2,200 BOATS WAINS, GUNNERS, CARPENTERS, AND SAIL-MAKERS First three years after date of appointment..... NOTE.-Officers on furlough receive half of leave of absence pay. Pay Table. At receiving-ship, Boston, New York, and Philadelphia.......... First clerk to commandants of navy-yards....... To commandant at navy-yard, Mare Island.................. CLERKS TO PAYMASTERS At navy-yard, Mare Island........ At navy-yards, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Washington............................ At other stations.... At receiving-ship, Mare Island........ Per Annum. .$2500 1800 1500 1200 1800 1500 ......... At other receiving-ships, on vessels of the first rate, at the Naval Academy, and at the Naval Asylum...... On vessels of the third rate, and supply-vessels and store-ships..... 1000 To inspectors in charge of provisions and clothing at navy-yards, Boston, New York, |