Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-10-05
OUR ARMY AND NAVY,
Some Interesting aud Timely Infor-
nation.

navy, given according to corresponding
rank, are as follows;
Army-General. lieutenant general,
major general, brigadier general, coll
onel, lieutenant colonel, major captain,
first lieutenant, second lieutenant.
Navy-Admlral, vice admiral, rear ad-
miral, commodore, captain. command.
er, lieutenant commander, lieutenant,
lieutenant, Junior grade; ensign.
The offices of general and lieutenant
general and admiral and vice admiral
no longer exist, having gone out Of ex-
istenee with the death or retirement of
the Incumbent since the civil war. Sher-
idan was the fourth and last general
OF the army. his predecessors being
Washington, Grant and sherman. The
last officer to hold the rank OF lieuten-
ant general was Gen. Schofield, now on
the retired list Farragut and Porter
were the only officers of the navy to
held the rank of admiral. Stephen Q.
Rowan was the third and last vice ad-
miral, the other two being Farragut
and Porter Maj. Gen. VI lies, the senior
major general now in the service, com
mands the army. There is no similar
office In the navy. There are seven renr
admirals, the junior being Rear Ad-
mlral George Dewey, the hero of Ma
Mia.
The pay of army officers Is higher
than that of naval officers, even when
the latter are at sea. Thus Il general
gets $4,000 n year. an admiral $l3,
900; lieutenant general $ll 900, u Vice
admiral $1,000; n major general gets
$1,000, rear admiral gets $4,000. u
brlgadier general $500 commodore
So, 900; II colonel gets $4,000, Il naval
captain the same; II lieutenant colonel
$4 900, commander $500; major
W, 500, lieutenant commander from
$500 TO $4,000. captain in the army
gets $1,000 n lieutenant in the navy
from $2,400 to $1,000; first Lieutenant
in the army gets $1,000 lieutenant,
Junior grade. In the navy gets from ST.
800 to $1,000; Il second lieutenant gets
$1,o4O, an ensign gets from $1,000 to
81, 400. Even the cadet at West Point
sc's TotV, as aBdluSi Nooo lor lHe naval
cadet at Annapolis. On shore the naval
pay is cut down from one-sxtecnth to
one-fifth.
The Insignia of rank in the two SER
Vices are the same, with a difference.
All the naval officers wear foul an
ehors' on their shoulder straps and col
| lars; apart from the anchor, the badges
arc the same. Thus colonel wears
silver eagle on his straps; u naval cap
| tain wears the same between two foul
| anchors, and so on all the way up. The
marine officers, like their naval broth
ers draw less pay than their army rel
atives. Even when there was briga-
dier general of marines, he had less pay
than his army friends of equal rank.
Flag rank in the navy is the rank OF
rear admiral and commodore, and ap-
| plies to officers entitled to command a
fleet or squadron, or naval station.
captain commands a ship of the first
| class, and commanders, lieutenant COM
manders, and lieutenants, ships of low
er classes, according TO their rating.
Lieutenant commanders and lieuten-
ants also act as executive officers to
captains on the larger ships
| An army is divided and subdivided
into corps, divisions, brigades, regi-
ments, battallons and companies. An
army may be composed of two or more
| corps. A corps consists of three divis-
ions. A division consists of three brig
| adas In addition ia which tl,.,n ,,,,,, A. q,
an independent brigade of cavalry and
an independent brigade of artillery ac-
cordlng to the necessities of the ease.
A brigade usually consists of three reg
iments, although there are sometimes
more. A regiment consists of twelve
companies. A battalion consists of four
! companies. The strength of company
varies according to the arm of the SER
vice or the special organization TO
which it IS attached.
AS at present organized the army is
commanded by the ranking general.
Maj. Gen. Miles. A corps Is command
ed by major general; division by a
major general or brigadier general,
according TO circumstances. A brigade
ls commanded by grigadier general,
although 1t sometimes happens that a
colonel is placed in command of br-
gade. Regiments are commanded by
colonels, and in case of their disability,
by lieutenant colonel; battalions by
majors, and companies by captains
| General officers are all officers. line
or staff, above the grade of colonel.
Line or reglmental officers are all otii-
GERS belonging to n regiment STAFF
officers of the different staff depart
ments, from brigadier generals to sec
ond heutenants. Regimental staff OH
GERS are quartermasters adjutants
surgeons and chaplains, attached to a
regiment. Field officers are colonels
lieutenant colonels and ma Wash.
ington Star.