430 MILITIA. [ART. 65

of the brigade commander, and who shall hold office until their
successors are appointed; a brigade sergeant major, a quarter-
master sergeant, a commissary sergeant, a hospital steward, a
chief trumpeter with the rank of sergeant, and two orderlies, all
of whom shall be enlisted men, appointed and warranted by the
brigade commander.

1896, ch. 89.

12. The officers of the line of the brigade shall be elected as
follows: the brigadier-general by the ballots of the field officers
of the brigade; provided, that no person shall be eligible to the
office of brigadier-general who shall not have served as a com-
missioned officer during the war or five years in the army of the
-United States or in the national guard; field officers by the bal-
lots of the company officers of the respective regiments; captains
and lieutenants of companies, the troop of cavalry, the battery
of artillery and the signal corps, by the ballots of the enlisted
men of the said respective organizations. The officers of the
first naval battalion shall be elected as follows: the commander,
lieutenant commander and lieutenant to act as navigator shall be
elected by the ballots of the commissioned officers of the said first
naval battalion; lieutenants, lieutenants junior grade and ensigns
shall be elected by the ballots of the enlisted men of their respec-
tive divisions.

Ibid.

13. The election of the brigadier general shall be ordered by
the commander in-chief; the election of field officers of regiments
and officers of organizations unattached to regiments, except the
first naval battalion, shall be ordered by the brigade comman-
der; the election of captains and lieutenants of the companies in
the several regiments shall be ordered by the respective regi-
mental commanders. The election of officers of the first naval
battalion shall be as follows: The time, place and manner of
holding said election shall be determined by the commander-in-
chief, when the office to be filled is that of commander; by the
commander, if there be one, if not, by the commander-in chief,
when the office is lieutenant commander or lieutenant to act as
navigator; by the commander or commanding officer for the
election of any other commissioned officer of said battalion.