Provisions needed in fitting out a ship 112 Division of labor among the naval commissioners 112 The heavy work of the Boston Board 113 Two-fold duties of the Marine Committee 115 Administrative duties of the Marine Committee 116 Naval uniform 117 Communications of the Marine Committee 118 Reports of the Marine Committee 120 Naval legislation under the Marine Committee 121 Naval increases 121 Naval appointments and promotions 123 Relative rank 125 Captures and the sharing of prizes 126 Privateers 127 Naval pay 128 Naval pensions 129 Courts-martial and courts of enquiry 131 Important naval trials 133 The case of Commodore Esek Hopkins 134 Provision for the fleet of Count D’Estaing 139 The Marine Committee as a consular bureau 139 CHAPTER V.—The Conditions of the Continental Naval Service. The recent revolution in navies and naval conditions 141 Constancy of the principles of naval strategy 143 Maritime conditions in America in 1775, and in 1900 144 Difficulties in procuring seamen during the Revolution 144 The privateers of the Revolution 147 State navies 152 The naval defence of America 153 Naval stations of the Americans 154 Naval stations of the British 155 Comparison of the British and American navies 156 Weakness of the American navies 159 Diffusion of authority in naval administration 160 CHAPTER VI.—Movements of the Continental Fleet under the Marine Committee. Work of the fleet of a non-military character 161 Classification of military operations 162 Primary naval operations 163 Enumeration of secondary operations 164 Defence of American commerce 164 Coöperation with the army 166