New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-07-06

the navy with whom they hold relative
rank who have been in the naval service six
years longer than such officers of said staff
corns have been in said service And pro-
vided further. That in estimating such
lenghth 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 accord
ingly: And provided further, That chiefs of
bureau NAV be appointed from officers haF-
ing the relative rank of captain III 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 addltlonal
right to quarters: And provided further,
That any staff officer Of the navy VINO mas
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. IL. That officers of the medical, pay,
and engineer corps, chaplains, and profess
ors of mathematics, and also constructors,
who shall have served faithfully forforty five
wears, shall, when retired, have the relative
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 forty-five years, but who
shall have served faithfully until retired,
ON the completion of forty years from their
entry into the service, shall also, IRON 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 pertalned to their position on the active
list; provided, however, that nothing con-
tanned in this section shall be construed to
increase the pay now provided for said sew
eral staff officers.
Gro hiatt hn nf tln 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 OF hereafter retired
therefrom by reason of age or length of
service), 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 to which
they would have been entitled had they re-
manned 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 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 to said COM
handing officer, and who, as such aid or ex-
ecutive, shall, while executing the orders OF
the commanding officer, on board such yes
sci, 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. b. That all acts and parts Of acts
inconsistent with this act are hereby re-
pealed.
Approved March 3, 1871.