The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-11-03
QUE ARMY AND A V
Some Interesting and Timely Infor-
NATHAN

Army-General, lieutenant general
major general. brigadier general, col
onel. Lieutenant colonel. major. captain,
first lieutenant. second Lieutenant.
Navy-Admiral. vice admiral, rear ad-
miral. commodore. captain, command
er. lieutenant commander, lieutenant,
lieutenant. Junior grade. ensign.
The offices OF general and lieutenant
general aud admiral aud vice admiral
no longer exist. having gone out OF ex-
istence 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 Oh
the retired list. Farragut and Porter
were the only officers of the navy 10
held the rank of admiral. Stephen G..
Rowan was the third and last vice adj
miral, the other two being Farragut
and Porter. Maj Gen. Miles. the senior
major general now in the service, conf
mands the army. There Is no similar
office In the navy. There are seven rear
admlrals. 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 a general
gets $4,000 "A year. an admiral S13,-
900; a lieutenant general S11 .000, a vice
admiral $4,000; a major general gets
s.. 800. a rear admiral gets $4,000. a
brigadier general $500. a commodore
5000; a colonel gets $1,000, a naval
captain the same; a lieutenant colonel
$4,000. a commander $500; a major
5 $500. a lieutenant commander from
$500 to $4,000. A captain in the army
gets $500, a lieutenant in the navy
from 81, 400 to $1,000. a first lieutenant
in the army gets $1,000, IA lieutenant,
junior grade. IN the navy gets from ST.
800 TO 81. 000: a second lieutenant gets
S1.540, an ensign gets from $1,000 to
LOO. Even the cadet at West Point
gets $540. as against $500 for the naval
cadet at Annapolis. On shore the naval
pay is cut down from one-slXteenth 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
chors" on their shoulder-straps and col
lars: apart from the anchor. the badges
arc the same. Thus a colonel wears a
silver eagle on his straps; a naval cap
Tain 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
atiyes. Even when there was 4 briga-
der 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 APP
piles to officers entitled to command a
fleet or "A squadron. or a naval station.
\ captain commands a ship OF the first
class. and commanders. lieutenant eom-
manders. and lieutenants. ships of low
er classes. according TO their rating.
Lieutenant commanders and lieuten-
ants also act as executive officers 10
captains ON the larger ships.
An army is divided and subliyided
Into corps, divisions. b~rigades, regi-
ments, battalions and companies. An
army may be composed of two or more
corps. a corps consists of three dlyis-
ions. A division consists of three brig
AIDES, In addition TO which there may be
an Independent brigade of cavalry and
an independent brigade of artillery. ac.
cording TO the necessities of the case.
\ 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 a
varies according to the arm of the ser.
vice or the special organization to
which 1t is attached.
As at present organized the army is
commanded by the ranking general,
Maj. Gen. Miles. a corps Is command
ed by a major general; a division by a
major general or a brlgadier general.
according TO circumstances. A brigade
is commanded by a grlgadier general.
although 1t sometimes happens that n
abAVhtA - PAaAth al &bAAAAAdnb VI n bIi-
gade. Regiments are commanded by
colonies, and In case of their disability,
by a lieutenant colonel: battalions by
majors, and companies by captains.
General officers are all officers. line
or stan, above the grade OF colonel.
Line or regimental officers are all Off.
GERS belonging to a regiment. Staff
officers OF the different staff depart
ments, from brigadier generals to sec.
ond lieutes1ants. Regimental stan Off.
GERS are quartermasters. adjutants,
surgeons and c%haplalns. attached to A
regiment. Field officers are colonies,
lieutenant colonies and majOrs.-Wash
ington Star.
Ruskin on the Bicycle.
Ruskin's Views Of the bicycle were
expressed several years & In a letter
published, which has recently been