New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-07-04

| 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 pro-
yided further That In estimating such
lenghth of service, officers who have been
ad yanced or lost numbers on the Navy
Register shall be considered as having
gained or lost length of service accord
ingly: And provided further. That chiefs of
bureau NAV be appointed from officers hav-
ing the relative rank Of captain in the staff
corps of the navy on the active list:
And provided further, That no stan
officer shall, in virtue OF his relative
rank or precedence, have any additional
right to quarters And provided further,
That any staff officer of the navy who has
performed the duty of chief of bureau OF
the Navy Department for full term shall
thereafter be exempt from sea duty. except
in time of war.
SEC. II. That officers of the medical, pay,
and engineer corps, chaplains, and profess
ors Of mathematics, and also constructors,
who shall have served faithfully forfortytive.
years. shall, when retired, have the le.atiye
rank of commodore /; and officers of these
several corps who have been or shall be re-
tired at the age of sixty-twO years. before
having served for fortySfive years. but who
shall have served faithfully until retired,
on the completion OF forty years from their
entry into the service, shall also, from that
time, have the relative rank of commodore
and staff officers who have been or shall be
retired for causes incident to the service,
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, however, that nothing con-
tanned in this section shall be construed tOf
increase the pay now provided for said sew
eral staff officers.
SEC. II. That the chiefs of the Bureau of
Medicine and Surgery, Provisions and
Clothing, Steam Engineering, and Con-
struction and Repair, shall have the relative
rank of commodore while holding said posi-
ton Tor if heretofore or hereafter retired
therefrOm by reason of age or length OF
serviceJ, and shall have, respectively, the
title of Surgeon General, Paymaster Gen
eral, Engineer-in-Chief, and Chief Con-
structor; provided, that when the office OF
chief of bureau is filed by line officer
below 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 below that of commodore
and officers of the staff now on the retired
list shall have the rank thereon 20 which
they would have been entitled had they re-
manned in the active list, unless they shall
be entitled to higher rank. That com
manding officers of vessels of war and
of naval stations shall take precedence
over all officers placed under their COM
mand, and the Secretary of the Navy
may, in his discretion, detail a line officer
to act as the aid or executive of the COM
manding officer of vessel of war, or
naval station, which officer shall, when not
impracticable, be next in rank 10 said COM
manding officer, and who, as such aid or ex-
ecutive, shall, while executing the orders of
the commanding officer, on board such yes
sell or at such station, take precedence over
all officers attached TO such vessel or
station; and all orders of such aid or execu-
tive shall be regarded as proceeding from
the commanding officer: and such aid or ex-
ecutive shall have no independent authority
in consequence of such detail: and staff
officers, senior to the officer so detailed,
shall have the right to communicate directly
with the commanding officer, and in process
sions on shore, on courts martial, summary
courts, courts of inquiry, boards of survey,
and all other boards, line and staff officers
shall take preceeence according to rank.
Sec. 10. That all acts and parts of acts
inconsistent with this act are hereby re-
pealed.
Approved March 3, 1871.