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adjutant, one quartermaster, one commissary, one ordnance
officer, one paymaster, one. chaplain, all with the rank of captain;
three battalion adjutants, each with the rank of first lieutenant;
all of whom shall be appointed and commissioned by the Gov-
ernor on the nomination of the regimental commander; one regi-
mental sergeant-major, one quartermaster sergeant, one commis-
sary sergeant, one hospital steward, one ordnance sergeant, two
color sergeants, three battalion hospital stewards and three
battalion sergeants major, all of whom shall be enlisted men,
appointed and warranted by the regimental commander. In
addition to the infantry and naval commands of the State, the
commander-in-chief may, whenever in his judgment the State.,
appropriation shall justify the expenditure and the efficiency of
the service require it, authorized and direct the enlistment and
formation of a troop of cavalry, and the enlistment and forma-
tion of a battery of artillery of four guns, the kind and calibre
of the guns to be designated by the commander-in-chief, and
the enlistment and formation of a signal corps to consist of the
following officers and men: one first lieutenant, one second lien-
tenant, one first sergeant, three sergeants, four corporals and
twenty privates. The said brigade, infantry, cavalry, artillery
and signal corps, shall be commanded by a brigadier general, or,
in case of a vacancy, by the senior ranking line officer until a
brigadier shall be duly commissioned and qualified; and the
headquarters of the brigade shall be in the pity of Baltimore.

The first naval battalion shall be officered and organized as
follows: there shall be one commander, who shall command the
same; one lieutenant commander, to act as executive officer, who
shall be next in rank and in succession to command to the com-
mander; and one lieutenant, to act as navigator and ordnance
officer, who shall be third in rank and in succession to com-
mand; to each division there shall be one lieutenant to command
the same, one lieutenant junior grade, and two ensigns. The
staff shall consist of a paymaster, a surgeon and a chaplain, each
with the rank of lieutenant; an assistant paymaster and an assist-
ant surgeon, each with the rank of ensign; a passed assistant
engineer, with the rank of lieutenant junior grade, one assistant
engineer, with the rank of ensign, and one ensign to act as aid,
all of whom shall be appointed and commissioned by the com-