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Gr E UST EIR A. L O EX) E II.
I. The following articles are substituted for articles 2 and 3 of Chapter II. of the Navy Regulations,
approved April 29, 1862 :
For Article 2. G-eneral Military Command.
Of the Commission and Warrant Officers, the following only shall exercise general military command,
and in the order in which they are placed:
Admiral.
Flag Officer.
Captain.
Commander.
Lieutenant Commanding.
First Lieutenant.
Second Lieutenant.
Lieutenant for the War.
Master.
Passed Midshipman.
Midshipman.
Boatswain.
Gunner.
Master's Mate, if warranted.
For Article 3. Officers restricted in their right to command.
The other Commission and Warrant Officers shall be restricted in their right to command to their own
respective cerps, unless specially extended. They are as follows:
Surgeon.
Paymaster.
Chief Engineer.
Naval Constructor.
Secretary to Commander in Chief.
Passed Assistant Surgeon.
Assistant Paymaster.
First Assistant Engineer.
Assistant Surgeon.
Second Assistant Engineer.
Third Assistant Engineer.
Carpenter^
Sailmaker.
II. In determining the relative and assimilated rank of officers who resigned from the navy of the
United States to take service in the navy of the Confederate States, reference will be had to the date of
commissions held by them in the navy of the United States.
III. Commissions for the war in any grade of the Navy shall confer rank from the date of such com¬
mission.
IY. Naval Constructors will take rank and precedence with Surgeons, Paymasters and Chief Engineers,
according to date of commission.
V. The following amendments are ordered in Articles 10, 12, 13 and 14 of Chapter II:
Article 10. Before the word Lieutenants on the last line, insert the word "all," and strike out the
words "and with Masters."
Article 12 is expunged.
Article 13. In the title of the Article and in the first line, substitute the word "second" for the word
"first;" and in last line add after the word "Midshipman," the words "next after Master."
Article 14. In the title of the Article and in the first line, strike out the words "Second and."
VI .—The- folfe wing changes are ordered in the uniform :
Admirals will wear one stripe in addition to the number worn by Flag Officers on the sleeve, and one star
additional in shoulder strap and cap ornament.
Lieutenants Commanding will wear one stripe in addition to the number worn by First Lieutenants on the
sleeve.
First Lieutenants will wear the uniform prescribed for Lieutenants.
Second Lieutenants will wear the same uniform as First Lieutenants, except the star in the shoulder strap.
Lieutenants for the war the same as Second Lieutenants.
Naval Constructors will wear the same uniform as Chief Engineers, substituting buff in the ground of
the shoulder strap for dark blue, and the letter " C" in the cap ornament for the letter "E."
First Assistant Engineers will wear the same uniform as Passed Assistant Surgeons, except that the
ground of the shoulder strap shall be dark blue.
Second Assistant Engineers will wear the same uniform as Assistant Surgeons, except that the ground
of the shoulder strap shall be dark blue.
S. R. MALLORY,
Secy of the Navy.