3. Ensign 4. Lieutenant, Naval Militia] [Illustration: U. S. Navy. Officers’ sleeve braiding indicating rank Gold braid on special full dress, full dress, evening dress and blue service coats. Black braid on overcoats, without the stars 1. Chief Boatswain, Chief Gunner, Chief Machinist 2. Chief Carpenter, Chief Sailmaker, Chief Pharmacist, Chief Pay Clerk 3. Boatswain, Gunner, Machinist 4. Carpenter, Sailmaker, Pharmacist, Pay Clerk, Mate] The number, width and arrangement of the sleeve stripes indicating the rank of officers, as illustrated, are as follows: Admiral of the Navy, two stripes two inches wide with one stripe one inch wide between them, the stripes being one-quarter of an inch apart. Admiral, one stripe two inches wide with three stripes one-half an inch wide above it, the stripes being one-quarter of an inch apart. Vice Admiral, one stripe two inches wide with two stripes one-half an inch wide above it, the stripes being one-quarter of an inch apart. Rear Admiral, one stripe two inches wide with one stripe one-half an inch wide above it, the stripes being one-quarter of an inch apart. Commodore, one stripe two inches wide. Captain, four stripes each one-half of an inch wide, set one-quarter of an inch apart. Commander, three stripes each one-half of an inch wide, set one-quarter of an inch apart. Lieutenant Commander, two stripes one-half of an inch wide with one stripe one-quarter of an inch wide between them, the stripes being set one-quarter of an inch apart. Lieutenant, two stripes one-half of an inch wide set one-quarter of an inch apart. Lieutenant Junior Grade, one stripe one-half of an inch wide with one stripe one-quarter of an inch wide set one-quarter of an inch above it. Ensign, one stripe one-half of an inch wide. The sleeve stripes for Chief Boatswain, Chief Gunner, Chief Machinist, Chief Carpenter, Chief Sailmaker, Chief Pay Clerk and Chief Pharmacist of the rank of Lieutenant Junior Grade or Ensign are of the same number and widths as those prescribed for Lieutenants Junior Grade or Ensign, except that when made of gold they are woven with dark blue silk thread for widths of one-half inch at intervals of two inches. The Corps or branch of the service to which the officer belongs is indicated in connection with the rank stripes on the sleeves as follows: All Line Officers wear a star embroidered in gold, one and one-eighth inches in diameter, on the outside of each sleeve of the special full dress coat, frock coat, evening dress coat and blue service coat, one quarter of an inch above the rank stripes. For Line Officers of the Naval Militia the gold star is surrounded by a gold circle one and three-eighths inches in diameter.