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 4920. May be organized into a brigade. The naval divisions may be, by order of the commander in chief, organized into a brigade of not less than two battalions. The commander in chief shall appoint a commander of such brigade, who shall nominate his own staff.

4921. How officered and organized. A battalion of two or more divisions shall be commanded by a commander, with a lieutenant commander as executive officer, and a lieutenant as navigator and ordnance officer. These latter shall be in the order named next in rank and in succession to the commander.

Each division shall be commanded by a lieutenant, with one lieutenant junior grade, one ensign, and thirty-six petty officers and enlisted men as a minimum, and seventy-five petty officers and enlisted men as a maximum. To each division there may be also added eight others who shall have practical knowledge of electricity or of the management of steam machinery.

4922. Battalion commander to appoint staff. The commanding officer of the battalion as now organized shall have power to nominate a staff to consist of a surgeon, paymaster and a chaplain, each with the rank of lieutenant, and an adjutant with the rank of lieutenant junior grade, and the following petty officers: One master-at-arms, one chief boatswain’s mate, one chief gunner’s mate, one yeoman, one apothecary, one chief bugler. The commander in chief shall have the powder to authorize additional officers when necessary.

4923. Naval rank. The rank of officers in the naval forces is “naval rank” and corresponds to rank in the land forces as follows : captain with colonel; commander with lieutenant colonel;lieutenant commander with major; lieutenant with captain; lieutenant junior grade with first lieutenant; ensign with second lieutenant; petty officers with non-commissioned officers, and enlisted men with privates.

4924. Governor may apply for instructors. The Governor is authorized to apply to the President of the United States for the detail of commissioned and petty officers of the Navy to act as inspectors and instructors.

4925. May be ordered out. The commander in chief may at any time, in order to execute the law, suppress riots or insurrection, or repel invasion, in addition to the active militia, order out the whole or any part of the inactive militia. When the militia of this State or a part thereof is called forth under the Constitution and laws of the United States, the Governor shall order out for service