FIFTYFIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. C11. 413. 1899. 1005 Sec. 2. That engineer officers holding the relative rank of captain, . E¤l8*¤°°*¤ *9 mk commander, and lieutenantcommander shall take rank in the line of lilltilutlrgiiiiiliségrtif the Navy according to the dates at which they attained such relative “'·*"° "·°"- rank. Engineer officers graduated from the Naval Academy from ,.f¤§g¤°?*lg*$°g¤*¤¤ eighteen hundred and sixty-eight to eighteen hundred and seventy-six, fic; md ie mit. my both years inclusive, shall take rank in the line next after officers in the line who graduated from the Naval Academy in the same year with them : Provided, That when the date of a line o1Iicer’s commission as pvvvocaptain, commander, or lieuteuantcommander and the date when the emetlwilgfd edniilili engineer officer attained the same relative rank of captain, commander, ¤*°*! °*’ ¤=¤¤° dm M or lieutenant-commander are the same, the engineer officei shall take °°gm°°r'. rank after such line officer. _ Sec. 3. That engineer officers who completed their Naval Academy _R¤¤k in ¤1¤¤ of encourse of four years from eighteen hundred and seventyeight to eight- Eélllgdie cbhrgslgdtgdué een hundred and eighty, both inclusive, shall take rank in the line as *878 W 188**- determined by the Academic Board under the Depa.rtment’s instructions of December first, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven; and engi -1881 w 1882 neer officers who completed their Naval Academy course of four years in eighteen hundred and eighty-one and eighteen hundred and eighty- two shall take rank in the line as determined by the merit roll of graduating classes at the conclusion of the six years’ course, June, eighteen hundred and eighty-three and eighteen hundred and eighty-four: Provided, That those engineer officers who were appointed from civil P~v@w·· life, and whose status is not_ iixed by section two of this Act, shall take §3]H‘{},'f“"°““ "°"‘ rank with other line officers according to the dates of their first commissions, respectively: And provided further, That the engineer otucers —¤¤i¤¤{·· 1§__;>{¤g;;¤¤z who completed their Naval Academy course of four years in eighteen °°""° ° ’ ' hundred and eighty-one and eighteen hundred and eighty-two shall retain among themselves the same relative standing as shown on the Navy Register at the date of the passage of this Act. Sec. 4. That engineer officers transferred to the line who are below mD¤*l¤mf ·¤¤1¤;¤•} the rank of commander, and extending down to, but not including, the {L,..'K°..Z`..n.{' '"' ° first engineer who entered the Naval Academy as cadet midshipman, shall perform sea or shore duty, and such duty shall be such a is performed by engineers in the Navy: Provided, That any officer described Promo. _ in this section may, upon his own application, made within six months ‘,g,‘}§§;{"“““°" '°"“‘° after the passage of this Act, be assigned to the general duties of the line, if he pass the examination now provided by law as preliminary to promotion to the grade he.then holds, failure to pass not to displace such officer from the list of officers for sea or shore duty such as is performed by engineers in the Navy. Sec. 5. That engineer officers transferred to the line to perform foam, mnerema engineer duty only who rank as, or above, commander, or who subse- .‘{{,$.“.E.I§.‘3.$.f..§§‘{;, quently attain such rank, shall perform shore duty only. 1¤¤v¤ ¤h¤r¤ dury only. Sec. 6. That all engineer officers not provided for in sections four com engineer emand five transferred to the line shall perform the duties now performed §‘{,'§,,§f’ ’°"°"" ""° _ by line officers of the same grade: Provided, That after a period of two novae. _ years subsequent to the passage of this Act they shall be required to ‘°”"“"““°“· pass the examinations now provided by law as preliminary to promotion to the grade they then hold, and subject to existing law governing examinations for promotion. Sec. 7. That the active list of the line of the Navy, as constituted cmnpoenaen of ee by section one of this Act, shall be composed of eighteen rear-admirale, ’~"{{§‘;,j;{";;,,,,_ mg seventy captains, one hundred and twelve commanders, one hundred p.2¤,=·¤¤¤¤d¤¤1. and seventy lieutenant-commanders, three hundred lieutenants, and not more than a total of three hundred and fifty lieutenants (junior grade) and eusigns: Provided, That each rear-admiral embraced in the nine r-mer. lower numbers of that grade shall rect->iV0 the Same pay and allowance mf_,j‘{,wQ§;Q$f;.‘f as are now allowed a brigadier-general in the Army. Officers, after 1:ne¤.·;¤- pertormin g three years’ service in the grade of ensign, shall, after passing the examinations now required by law, be eligible to promotion to the grade of lieutenant (junior grade): Provided, That when cme: of imeen to the office of chief of bureau is filled by an officer below the rank of **1**** “ '°’·”‘*‘*‘“*’“*·
