LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

addition to -the infantry and naval commands of the State, the
commander-in-chief may, whenever in his judgment the State
appropriation shall justify the expenditure and the efficiency
or the service require it, authorized and direct the enlistment
and formation of a troop of cavalry, and the enlistment and
formation of a battery of artillery of four guns, the kind and
calibre of the guns to be designated by the commander-in-
chief, and the enlistment and formation of a signal corps to
consist of the following officers and men: one first lieutenant,
one second lieutenant, one first sergeant, three sergeants, four
corporals and twenty privates. The said brigade, infantry,
cavalry, artillery and signal corps, shall be commanded by a
brigadier general, or, in case of a vacancy, by the senior
ranking line officer until a brigadier general shall be duly
commissioned and qualified; and the headquarters of the
brigade shall be in the city of Baltimore.

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The first naval battalion shall be officered and organized as
follows: there shall be one commander, who shall command
the same; one lieutenant commander, to act as executive
officer, who shall be next in rank and in succession to com-
mand to the commander; and one lieutenant, to act as navi-
gator and ordnance officer, who shall be third in rank and in
succession to command; to each division there shall be one
lieutenant to command the same, one lieutenant junior grade,
and two ensigns. The staff shall consist of a paymaster, a
surgeon and a chaplain, each with the rank of lieutenant; an
assistant paymaster and an assistant surgeon, each with the
rank of ensign; a passed assistant engineer, with the rank of
lieutenant junior grade, one assistant engineer, with the rank of
ensign, and one ensign to act as aid, all of whom shall
be appointed and commissioned by the commander-in-chief,
on the nomination of the commander. The comanander-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 commanding
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 qual-
ified, 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

Officers of
first naval
battalion.