Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-06-06

80 - faAcasoAo-s JILL iiAri11tiuer VI iieuten-
And each and al of the above named Of
GERS of the pay corps shall have the pay of pay
mastersin the navy as now provided and pay
directors and inspectors on duty at sea shall re-
ceive the pay of feet paymasters. 3 rTor-t
Thirty passed assistant paymasters, who shall
have the relative rank of lieutenant or MASTER |
with the pay of passed assistant paymasters in |
the navy rs now provided. ,gT sesrr HIS
Twenty assistant paymasters, who shall have |
the relative rank of master ensign, with the pay
OF assistant paymasters as now provided; Pro
r1ded, ho1rerer, That all laws and regulations |
relating to the bonds of payrnasters shall con-
tinne in full force and application, and the issu
ing OF q new appointment and commisson TO
any officer of the pay corps under the provis-
ions Of this act shall not affect or annual any
existing bond, but the same shall remain in
force, and apply to such new appointment and
commission. 90. .-..--.
5hil - ENGINEER CORPS.
SEC. 4. That the officers Of the engineer corps
on the active list Of the navy shall be as fol-
Ten chief engineers, who shall have the rela-
tiverank of captain. /5d iii-
Nfteenchief engineers, who shall have the
relative rank of Commander and I1l gD 81
Forty-fve chiefengineers who shall have the.
relative rank oflieutenant commander or lieu
And each and all of the above named officers
of the engineer corps shall haye the pay of chief
engineers Vt the navy as now provided. r-s Id
One hundred first assistant engineers, who
shall have the relative rank of lieutenant or
master; and q - f2EiI.lh - ~
One hundred second assistant engineers, who
shall have the relative rank If master or ensign;
and the said assistant engineers shall have the
pay of first and seco,-d assistant gineers the
navy, respectively, as now provided.
SEC 3. That no person under nineteen or
overtwenty-sx years of age shall be appointed
a. second assistant engineer in the navy nor
shah any person be appointed Or promoted in
the engineer corps until after he has been found
qualified by board of competent engineer and
medical officers designated by the Secretary of
the Navy, and has complied with existing reg
ulations.l gre - .lfF5r 10 a2!'hi-4.'
SEC. o. That of the naval constructors two
shall have the relative rank of captain, three of
commander, and all others that of lieutenant
commander or lieutenant; and assistant naval
constructors shall have the relative rank of
lieutenant or master four chaplains shall have
the relative rank of captain, seven that of conf
mander, and not more than seven that of leu
tenant commander or lieutenant: and that the
President Oft the United states is hereby author
lied, IN his discretion, to determine and ix the
relative rank of civil engineers +: Prorided
That the pay Of said officers shall not be in
SEC. To- That the foregoing grades, hereby
esta blished for the staff corps CT the navy, shall
be filed by appointment from the, highest num-
oers In each corps, according to seniority, and
Cuat new COMMISSIONS snail pc issued 10 the OIL
GERS so appointed, in which commissions the
titles and grades herein established shall be in
serted and ne existing commission shall be
vacated in the said several staff corps, except by
| the issue of new commissions required by the
provisions of this act, and no officer shall be re-
duced in rank or lose seniority in his own corps
by any change which may be required under
the provisions of this act and the officers of the
staff corps of the navy shall take precedence in
their several corps, and in their several grades,
io{fSc ~ lima INV
hold relative rank, according to length of SER
vice in the navy: Prorided, That in estimating
the length of service for this purpose the several
officers ~of@the- staff corps shall respectively
and with those officers of the line Of the
navy with 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 prorided further, That in
estimating such length of service, officers who
have been advanced or lost numbers ON the
Navy Register shall be considered as having
gained or lost length of service accordingly
A,ld prorided further, That chiefs of bureac
may be appointed from officers having the rela-
tive rank of captain in the staff corps Of the ma
w on the active list; And provided further,
That no staff officer shall, in virtue of his rela-
tive rank of precedence have any additional
rightto quarters: Ana prorided further, That
any staff officer of the navy who has performed
the duty OF chief of bureau Of the Navy De-
partment for full term. shall thereafter be OK
empt from sea duty, except in time of war.
SEC. IL. That officers of the medical, pay,
and engineer corps, chaplains, and professors of
mathematics, and also constructors, who shall
have served faithfully for fortyfive years. shall,
when retired have the relative rank of commo-
dore and officers of these several corps who
have been or shall be retired at the age of six
ty two years, before having served for forty
five years, but who shall have served faithfully
until retired, on the completion of forty years
Il from their entry tho cQrvIpp shall also
from that time have the relative rank of COM
modore; and staff officers who have been or
shall be retired for causes incident to the SER
vice before arriving at sixty-two years of age
shall have the same rank on the retired list as
pertained to their position on the, active list:
| Provided, hotcever, That nothing contained in
this section shall be construed to increase the
pay now provided for said several staff officers.
| SEC. II. That the chiefs of the Bureau OF
Medicine and Surgery, Provisions and Cloth
ing, Steam Engineering, and Construction and
| Repair, shall have the relative rank Of commo-
dore while holding said position, Tor if hereto
| fore or hereafter retired therefrOm by reason of
| age or length of seryice,) and shall have, re-
| spectively, the title of Surgeon General, Pay
master General, Engineer in-Chief, and Chief
Constructor Provided That when the Office
of chief of bureau is filed by line officer be-
| low the rank of commodore, said officer shall
| have the relative rank of commodore during
the time he holds said Office: And provided
| further, That the pay of chiefs of bureau in
the Navy Department shall be the highest pay
| of the grade to which they belong but not be-
low that of commodore and officers of the
staff now on the retired list shall have the rank
thereon to which they would have been entitled
had they remained in the active list unless they
shall be entitled to higher rank. That COM
handing officers of vessels of war and of naval
stations shall take precedence over all officers
| placed under their command, and the Secre-
\ tary of the Navy may, in his discretion, detail
line officer to act as the aid or executive of the
commanding officer of vessel of war, or naval
station, which officer SHALL when not imprac-
tticable, be next III raLk to said commanding of
Efcer. and who as such aid or executive, shall,
while executing their orders of the command
| ing officer on board such vessel, or at such sta
ton, take precedence over all officers attached
to such vessel or station; and all orders of such
aid or executives shall be regarded as proceed
ling from Tthe commanding officer and such
aid orsexecutive shall have no independent au-
thority ia, consequence of such detail and
staff officers, senior to the officer so detailed,