The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-07-15

raj. Sheridan was the fourth and
last general, the others were Wash
ington, Grar,r, and Sherman. David
B. Porter was the second and last Of
our adm,rals His predecessor had
been Farragut, and old Stephen G.
Rowan was the third and last vice
admiral, preceded in the rank by
Farragut and Porter.
For some reason the pay OF army
officers j. higher than that Of naval
officers, even when the latter are at
sea. Thus general g.ts $4,000
ysar; an admiral, $1,000; lientcn-
ant general, $ll 200; vice admiral
$4,000; a major. general, $500; a
rear admiral, $4,000; brlgadier-
general, $1,000; Il commodore, So
900; Il colonel, gets $500; q cap.
tain the same; lieutenant. colonel
gets 81, 600; commander, $500;
n major, $1,000; a lieutenant com
mander, from $500 to $500.
A captain in the army gets $1,000;
lieutenant in the navy from $1,000
to $4,000; first lieutenant IN the
army gets $4,000; lieutenant,
junior grade, in the navy gets from
81 800 to $1,000; q second lieuten.
ant gets $ 800; an ensign gets from
81 200 to 81, 400. Even tho cadets
at West Point gets S540, as against
$500 for the naval cadets at Anna
polls. On shore the navy pay is cut
down by from one sixteenth to ono
fifth.
The insignia OF rank in tho two
services arc the same-with Il diff
erencc. All tho naval officials wear
"fonl anchors" on their shoulder
straps and collars; apart from the
anchor the badges are the same
Thus colonel wears q silver eagle
on his straps, n naval captain wears
the same between two foul anchors,
aud SO all tho way down and all the
way mp. The marine officers, like
their naval brothars, draw less pay
than their army relatives. Even
when there was brigadier. general
OF marines, he had less than his
army friends Of equal rank.
Now, what the various duties Of
the various ranks arc is told hero;
hut il must bo remembered that In
our army, navy and marine corps
the average officer is doing the work
that belongs to higher grade and
receiving only the pay of his own
rank; and further that when an army
officer is assigned to duty by his
brovet rank he draws pay as an Off
Ger OF that rank, while in the navy
nothing Of that kind ever happens.
lioro arc the duties on paper:
A gonoral has no spt CITED duties,
nor have we general. The same
state of affairs applies to the liou-
tenant general Major general should
command division. With us hc
has department, which is ronM.!v tho
command Of lieutenant general.
a brigadior general should command
n brigade of two regiments, bnt with
III no has department or II division
or anything else. Tho colonols com
mand their regiments, as rule,
though somo of them have commands
that in other armies would bo held
by generals Of higher rank. Lieu
tenant. colonels command regiments,
and othor senior officers commands,
and SO all tho way down tho line.
In the navy tho ranks aro botter
differentiated. Flag rank is tho rank
OF commodore and all above it, A
commodore commands noet, though
his rank should give him only q
squadron of fleet, ho may also com
mand naval station. A captain
commands " ship, and, as in the case
OF Sampson, Il fleet sometimes. A
commander mover has less than a
ship nowadays, though Commander
L"mborton is acting just at present
as Tho chiof Of staff to Admiral
Dewey. Still, that is really proper
duty for Il commander. Command
ors and captain hold command rank.
Lieutenant commanders act rs exc
cutive officers to captains command.