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mander-in chief, on the nomination of the commander. The
commander-in chief shall prescribe the number and rank of all
warrant and petty officers. Warrant officers and petty officers
not assigned to a division shall be appointed and examined, and,
if found qualified, warranted by the commander or commanding
officer; divisional petty officers shall be appointed by the com-
manding officers of the respective divisions who shall certify the
same to the commander or commanding officer; the commander,
or commanding officer, shall thereupon cause an examination of
the officers so appointed, to be held, and, if they shall be quali-
fied, he shall issue warrants accordingly. The rank given in this
article to officers of the first naval battalion is naval rank. The
relative rank of officers in said battalion with officers in the
United States Army is as follows: Commander, with lieutenant
colonel; lieutenant commander, with major; lieutenant, with
captain; lieutenant junior grade, with first lieutenant; and
ensigns, with second lieutenant. The relative position of seamen
shall be that of private in the United States army, and the rela-
tive positions of petty officers in the said naval battalion with
non-commissioned officers in the United States army shall be
determined by the commander-in-chief.

, 1896, ch. 89.

10. Whenever it shall be or become necessary to organize new
companies to make up the complement of the twelve companies
of any of the three regiments as provided for by this article, the
regimental commander shall proceed to organize such companies
under rules and regulations to be prescribed by the commander-
in-chief.

Ibid.

11. The brigade staff shall be composed of the following offi-
cers and non-commissioned officers, viz: one adjutant general,
one inspector general, and one chief surgeon, all with the rank
of colonel; one chief quartermaster, one chief commissary, one
chief paymaster, one ordnance officer and inspector of small arms
practice, and one judge advocate, all with the rank of major;
and the personal staff of the brigadier-general shall consist of
two aids, with the rank of first lieutenant; all of whom shall be
appointed and commissioned by the governor, on the nomination