ART. 65] ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 85

except the naval brigade, shall be ordered by the brigade com-
mander; the election of captains and lieutenants of the com-
panies in the several regiments shall be ordered by the respective
regimental commanders. The election of officers of the naval
brigade shall be as follows: The time, place and manner of
holding said elections shall be determined by the commander-
in-chief when the office to be filled is that of captain; by the
captain, if there be one, if not, by the commander-in-chief,
when the office is commander or lieutenant-commander; by the
captain or commanding officer for the election of any other
commissioned officer of said battalion.

1900, ch. 657.

14. The names of persons duly elected or nominated to
offices in accordance with the provisions of this article shall be
forwarded to the commander-in chief to the end that commis-
sions may be issued to them, but before forwarding such names
the brigade commander or regimental commander or the com-
manding officer of the naval brigade, as the case may be, shall
require the persons so elected, and may require those nominated
to be examinated with respect to their qualifications and fitness
to fill the offices to which they have been elected, or for which
they have been nominated, respectively, by a board of examiners.
The board of examiners for the examination of officers, except
officers of the naval brigade, shall consist, for the examination
of all officers above the rank of captain, of three officers in the
brigade above the rank of captain, and for the examination of
aides on the staff of the brigadier-general and of officers of the
separate organizations, of three officers not above the rank of
captain to be appointed by the brigade commander; and for the
examination of all regimental officers not above the rank of
captain, of three officers of the regiments to be appointed by the
regimental commander. The board of examiners for the exam-
ination of officers of the naval brigade shall consist of three
officers of said brigade to be appointed by the captain or com-
manding officer. On the report of any such boards of exami-
ners the appointing officer shall forward said report through the
regular channels to the commander-in-chief, and if the com-
mander in-chief shall adjudge a person unqualified for the office