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

the navy with whom they hold relative
rank who have been in the naval service ak
wears longer than such officers of said staff
corps 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
gained or lost length of service accord
ingly: And provided further, That chiefs of
bureau NAV be appointed from officers hav-
inc the relative rank of captain in the staff
CORPS of the navy on the active list:
And provided further, That no staff
officer shall, in virtue of his relative
rank or precedence, have any additional
right to quarters: And provided further,
performed the duty of chief of a bureau of
the NAVY Department for full term shall
thereafter be exempt from sea duty. except
in time of war.
SEC. III. That officers of the medical, pay,
and engineer corps, chaplains, and profess
ors of mathematics, and also constructors,
who shall have served faithfully forforty-fve
years, 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-tive 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 snail De
| 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 80
| increase the pay now provided for said sew
| eral staff officers.
SEC. H. That the chiefs of the Bureau OF
| Medicine and Surgery, Provisions ana
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
| 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 Otheer
| 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
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
handing officer of vessel of war, or
naval station, which officer shall, when not
| impracticable, be next in rank to said com
| manding officer, and who, as such aid or ex-
ecutive, shall, while executing the orders Of
the commanding officer. on board such ves-
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 stat
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, eour is of inquiry, boards of survey,
and all other boards, line and staff officers
| shall take preceeence according to rank.
SEC. Ii. That all acts and parts of acts
| inconsistent with this act are hereby re-
| pealed
| Approved March 3, 1871.