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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

the United States Army is as follows: commander, with lieu-
tenant 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 relative positions of petty officers in the said naval bat-
talion with non-commissioned officers in the United States
Army, shall be determined by the commander-in-chief.

Organization
of new com-
panies.

SEC. 10. Whenever it shall be or become necessary to organ-
.ize 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 pre-
scribed by the commander-in-chief.

Brigade stan

SEC. 11. The brigade staff shall be composed of the fol-
lowing officers and non-commissioned officers, viz: one Adju-
tant 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 arras practice, and one judge advocate, all
with the rank of major; and the personal staff of the briga-
dier 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 of the brigade commander,
and who shall hold office until their successors are appointed ;
a brigade sergeant major, a quartermaster sergeant, a commis-
sary 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 comman-
der.

Election of
officers.

SEC. 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 commissioned officer, during the war or five years
in the Army of the United States or in the National Guard ;
field officers by the ballots 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; lien.