Chapter 293. To provide for organizing a naval battalion in the District of Columbia
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CHAP. 293.— An Act To provide for organizing a naval battalion in the District of Columbia. May 11, 1898. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * District of Columbia.Organization of naval battalion.*Post*, p. 721. That in addition to the companies of volunteer militia now authorized in the District of Columbia there may be organized not more than four companies of naval militia, which shall constitute a battalion to be known as the naval battalion of the National Guard of the District of Columbia.
Sec. 2. Officers.*Post*, p. 421. That the officers of the naval battalion shall consist of one commander, and a staff to consist of one executive officer with the rank of lieutenant-commander, one navigating officer with the rank of lieutenant, one signal, ordnance, and equipment officer with the rank of lieutenant, one chief engineer, one paymaster, and one surgeon, each with the relative rank of lieutenant. Sec. 3. Company organization. That each company shall consist of one lieutenant, one lieutenant, junior grade, two ensigns, and not less than sixty nor more than one hundred petty officers and enlisted men.
Sec. 4. Laws applicable.Vol. 25, p. 772. That in all matters not otherwise specially provided for, the provisions of law which provide for the organization of the militia of the District of Columbia shall apply to the naval battalion. Sec. 5. That general routine of duty, discipline, and exercises of the naval battalion, and parts thereof, shall conform with the laws, customs, and usages of the Navy, as far as the same apply, and where they do not apply then such routine of duty, discipline, and exercises shall conform to the laws governing the volunteer forces of the District of Columbia.
Approved, May 11, 1898.