The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-28

Nor officers pennant. a blue swallow
tailed flag, displays the same as Dewey
does, a square blue flag with TWO white
stars on II.
We have on the active list or the army
scther general nor acknowledgement,
and on the active list OF the navy neither
admiral nor vice-admral. Sheridan was
the fourth and last general. the others
were Washington, Grant, and sherman.
David b. Porter was the second and last
OF our admirals. His predecessor had
been Farragut. and old stephen c. Row
an was the third and last vice-admiral.
preceded in the rank by Farragut and
Porter.
For some reason the pay OF army
officers Is higher than that OF naval Off
GERS, even when the latter are at sea
Thus a general gets $1,000 n year; an
admiral si3 OO0 Northumberland
81 900; a vice admiral, 5000: a major
general. $500; q rear admiral, 5000, a
brigadier-goneral, $500; a commodore,
s.. 900; n colonel gets $500; a captain the
same: a Northumberland gets $4,000
commander. $500; major, $500; lieu-
tenant-commander, from $500 TO 5000.
A captain I'm the army gets $500; ieu-
tenant in the navy from s., 400 TO $500.
a first Lieutenant I'm the army gets 5000;
a lieutenant. Junior grade, in the navy
gets from 1900 10 $1,000; a second lieu
tenant gets $l.5bO; an ensign gets from
81 200 to Slf0O. Even the cadets at West
Point gets $40, as against 500 for the
naval cadet az Annapolis. on shore the
navy pay Is cut down by from one-siN-
teenth 20 one-hfth.
The insignia of rank in the two SER
vices are the same-with difference.
All the naval officials wear foul an
md ~
lars. apart from the anchor the badges
are the same. Thus a colonel wears a
silver eagle on his straps, a naval captain
wears the same between two foul an
chors. and so an the way down and an
the way mp. The marine officers, Ike
their naval brothers, draw less pay than
their army relatives. Even when there
was a brigadier-gener of marines. he
had less than his army friends OK equal
rank
Now. what the various duties Of the
various ranks are Us told here; but IL
must be remembered that I'm our army
navy and marine corps the average OILS
Ger IS doing the work that belongs %
higher grade and receiving only the pay
OF his own rank. and further that when
an army officer Is assigned 10 duty by
his brevet rank he draws pay as an
officer Of that rank while I'm the navy
nothing of that kind ever happens.
Here are the duties on paper:
A general has no specified duties, nor
have we a general. The same state OF
affairs applies to the acknowledgement
Maior-general should command divi-
Eion With us he has department
which rs really the command OF a lieu-
tenant general a bNgadier general
should command a brigade Of two regi-
ments. but with us he has department.
or division or anything else. The col
ouels command their regiments. as a rule
though some OF them have commands
that in other armies would be held by
generals on higher rank. Lieutenant
colonies command regiments and other
senior officers commands, and so all
the way down the line.
In the navy the ranks are better dih-
erentiated Flag rank is the rank of COM
m0dore and all above it. commodore
commands fleet. though his rank
should give him only a squadron OF q
fleet: he may also command o. naval
station. A captain commands snip,
and. as In the case of Sampson, fleet
sometimes A commander never has less
than ship nowadays though Com
mander Lamberton is acting just as pres-
ent as the chief of STAFF TO Admiral
dewey. Still. that Is really proper
duty for a COmm8nder. Commanders
and captains hold command rank. Lieu
tenant-commanders act as executive oifi-
GERS 20 captains commanding ships, and
command smaller craft themselves Lleu-
tenants act as executives to lieutenant
commanders and commanders In COM
mand OF vessels, and so on down.
When once am officer has gained COM
mand rank he is not required 20 take a
Junior detail again. Commander Lam
berton's case is am exception. Each rank
IS able 10 command vessels of only cer-
tain specified sizes. Thus commander
will never have "a vessel or the ilrat rate.
he may command a vessel or the tnlrd
or fourth rate. while vessels Of the first
and second rate are kept for captains.
Tdeutenant-cOmmande have command
Of fourth-raters, too.
In the army where there IS no ward
room a major may command regiment
for "a year. and then return 10 command
his battalion. The idea in the navy IS
that an officer who has once been in
command and had the cabin OF q ship
should not be compelled thereafter 20 80
into the ward room with the juniors
some of whom it is not impossible, might
have served under him. in the close
quarters of n vessel SUCH proximity uH-
der changed conditions might be unne-
cessarily hard So II does not occur In
the army there is no such danger, as
army quarters. however small allow an
officer enough room 20 keep away except
ON business, from another with whom
he has had a "ructiOn' or 'spat' AS
there is TO command rank I'm the army
an officer goes mp 20 take o. senior COM
mand and goes back 10 take his original
nlace without loss Of dignity.-New York
sun.