General Officers of the Army or Marine Corps and Flag Officers of the Navy are received with the national colors and regimental standards, officers and men saluting with the “Present arms,” the band playing a march followed by ruffles and flourishes of the drums and bugles, the number of ruffles and flourishes depending upon the rank of the officer being received, as follows: General or Admiral—four ruffles and flourishes. Lieutenant General or Vice Admiral—three ruffles and flourishes. Major General or Rear Admiral—two ruffles and flourishes. Brigadier General or Commodore—one ruffle and flourish. In addition to the above honors salutes with cannon are fired upon the arrival and departure of the President of the United States and the president or sovereign or a member of the royal family of a foreign country; and upon the arrival of other officials and military and naval officers in accordance with their rank as follows: The President of the United States, or the President or sovereign or member of the royal family of a foreign country 21 guns An ex-President of the United States or the Vice President 21 guns Ambassadors, members of the Cabinet and the president pro tempore of the Senate 19 guns The Chief Justice, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, a Committee of Congress, Governors within their respective states or territories, a Governor General and the Governor of the Philippine Islands 17 guns The Assistant Secretary of War, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, the Vice-Governor of the Philippine Islands, an Envoy Extraordinary or Minister Plenipotentiary 15 guns A Minister Resident 13 guns A Charge d’Affaires 11 guns A Consul-General to the United States 11 guns Admiral of the Navy 19 guns General or Admiral 17 guns Lieutenant General or Vice Admiral 15 guns Major General or Rear Admiral 13 guns Brigadier General or Commodore 11 guns Officers of foreign armies and navies are received with the same honors as those tendered to officers of like rank in our own services. At every Army post provided with suitable artillery a cannon salute of twenty-one guns, known as a “National salute,” is fired at noon on Washington’s Birthday, February 22nd, and on Memorial Day, May 30th, and on Independence Day, July 4th, a salute of one gun for each state in the Union is fired.