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Army and Navy Uniforms and Insignia: How to Know Rank, Corps and Service in the Military and Naval Forces of the United States and Foreign CountriesWilliams, Dion

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Army and Navy Uniforms and Insignia: How to Know Rank, Corps and Service in the Military and Naval Forces of the United States and Foreign Countries

Name: Army and Navy Uniforms and Insignia: How to Know Rank, Corps and Service in the Military and Naval Forces of the United States and Foreign Countries
Author: Williams, Dion

Williams, Dion

Armies -- Insignia; Military uniforms; Navies -- Insignia; United States. Army -- Insignia; United States. Navy -- Insignia

Admiral                    Command of a Fleet.
    Vice Admiral               Second in command of a Fleet.
    Rear Admiral               Command of a Force or a Division.
    Captain                    Command of a First Class ship.
    Commander                  Command of a Second Class ship
                                 or Second in command
                                 of a First Class ship.
    Lieutenant Commander       Command of a large Destroyer
                                 or a Gunboat, second
                                 in command of a Second
                                 Class ship, or head of
                                 a Department in a First Class ship.
    Lieutenant                 Command of a small Destroyer
                                 or a river Gunboat,
                                 second in command
                                 of a large Destroyer or a
                                 Gunboat, or Division Officer
                                 of a First or Second Class ship.
    Lieutenant, Junior Grade   Command of a Torpedo
                                    Boat or Submarine, or
                                    Division Officer of a First
                                    or Second Class ship.
    Ensign                     Command of a small submarine,
                                    Division Officer of a First
                                    or Second Class ship or
                                    Destroyer, or Junior Officer
                                    on a Ship.


WARRANT OFFICERS

The duties assigned to the Commissioned Warrant Officers and Warrant
Officers aboard ship are as follows:

The Chief Boatswain or Boatswain attached to a ship has general charge
of all of the rigging, anchors, chains, hawsers, boat gear and tackles
of the ship and is responsible for the condition of such stores.

The Chief Gunner or Gunner attached to a ship is assigned to ordnance
duty under the Gunnery Officer and has charge of the ordnance stores
and ammunition and the repairs to guns and their gear.

The Gunner assigned to Electrical duty has general charge of the
electrical plants and wiring of the ship and the stores pertaining
thereto.

The Chief Carpenter or Carpenter attached to a ship has charge of the
repairs to the structure of the ship which are made by the ship’s force
and the stores for this purpose, including paint.

The Chief Sailmaker or Sailmaker has charge of the sails and awnings
and the repairs to them.

The Chief Pay Clerk or Pay Clerk is the assistant to the Paymaster in
the Commissary and Supply Department of the ship.

The Chief Pharmacist or Pharmacist is attached to the Medical
Department of a ship and has charge of the medical stores and their
issue under the orders of the Surgeon.


PETTY OFFICERS

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Army and Navy Uniforms and Insignia: How to Know Rank, Corps and Service in the Military and Naval Forces of the United States and Foreign Countries

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