LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

tenants, lieutenants junior grade and ensigns shall be elected
by the ballots of the enlisted men of their respective divisions.

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SEC. 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 commander; the election of captains and lieu-
tenants of the companies in the several regiments shall be
ordered by the respective regimental commanders. The elec-
tion of officers of the first naval battalion 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 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.

Elections,
how ordered.

SEC. 14. The names of persons duly elected or nominated tc
offices in accordance with the provisions or this Article shall
be forwarded to the commander-in-cliief to the end that com-
missions may be issued to them, but before forwarding such
names the brigade commander or the regimental commandei
or the commanding officer of the first naval battalion, as the
case may be, shall require the persons so elected, and may
require those nominated, to be examined with respect to theii
qualifications and fitness to fill the offices to which they have
been elected, or for which they have been nominated respec-
tively, by a board of examiners. The board of examiners for

Issuing com-
missions.

the examination of officers, except officers of the first nava
battalion, 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 aids on

the staff of the brigadier general and of officers of the separ-
ate 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 regiment to be appointed
by the regimental commander. The board of examiners for
the examination of officers of the first naval battalion shall
consist of three officers of said battalion to be appointed by
the commander or commanding officer. On the report of any
of such boards of examiners, the appointing officer shall
forward said report through the regular channels to the com-

Examining
boards.