1823 Transmittal to Congress from President Monroe Regarding Naval Officer rank for Sale

1823 Transmittal to Congress from President Monroe Regarding Naval Officer rank For Sale

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1823 Transmittal to Congress from President Monroe Regarding Naval Officer rank:
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Naval Peace Establishment apparently means the establishment of new ranks and grades of pay, or more specifically the establishment of the rank of Commodore and Rear Admiral, and also that of Master Sailor. At the time, the highest rank in the Navy was Captain, which at the time was considered a lesser rank that of General. A Commodore would be of equal rank of a Brigadier General, with a Rear Admiral on par with a Major General.
This is the official transmittal of a report from the US Navy regarding establishment of these ranks to the US House of Representatives from President James Monroe for their consideration in 1923.
There are several fold-out\'s in the back, I have shown a couple.Title Page:
MESSAGEFROM THEPRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
TRANSMITTING A PLAN OF THENavalPeace EstablishmentOFTHE NAVY OF THE UNITED STATES;AND ALSO OFTHE MARINE CORPS.(Made in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 7th ofMarch last.)
DECEMBER 10, 1822.Read, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
WASHINGTON:PRINTED BY GALES & SEATON1822.
PresidentMonroe\'s Statement:
To The House or REPRESENTATIVESOF THE UNITED STATES: In compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 7th March last, requiring that a plan for the Peace Establishment of the Navy of the United States, and also of the Marine Corps should be communicated to that House at the present session, I transmit report from the Secretary of the Navy, containing a plan which has been prepared for the proposed establishment.
JAMES MONROE. Washington, 6th December, 1823.
First page of report:
NAVY DEPARTMENT,December 2, 1822.
Sir : The Secretary of the Navy, to whom has been referred the resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 7th of May last, requesting the President of the United States to cause to be laid before that House a plan for a Peace Establishment of the Navy of the United States, has the honor of submitting the accompanying papers on that subject.The paper marked A, is the draft of a bill, embracing all the provisions which have been deemed necessary; presuming that a plan presented in this form would best meet the object contemplated by the resolution. It is deemed necessary, in this report, to notice only briefly such parts of the bill as contain new modifications of our naval establishment.The bill, it will be perceived, contemplates the establishment of two new grades of office, viz. Commodore and Rear Admiral. These grades are considered, if not absolutely necessary, at least of very great importance as regards due subordination, and the discipline of the service; and, in recommending the adoption of the provision, I can only repeat what I have had occasion heretofore to urge in support of this measure. The rank of captain is now the highest grade in the navy recognized by law; and during the infancy of our navy, and whilst we had no vessels of a higher class than frigates, and the number of captains small, it was, perhaps, as high a grade as the good of the service required. It is, however, believed that, from the additions, both to the number and class of our public vessels, and from what may reasonably be anticipated to be the situation of our navy in the course of a few years, both justice and policy require the establishment of some higher grades. According to the relative rank, as now regulated between the military and naval officers, a captain in the navy only ranks with a colonel in the army. This is thought to be contrary to sound policy, and the good of the service. The establishment of the grades contemplated by the bill, will place the relative rank in the army and navy upon a just footing. A Commodore will rank with a Brigadier General, and a Rear Admiral with a Major General. But the more important and substantial benefit, it is believed, growing out of this measure, will be the effect it will have upon the discipline of the service. The importance of rank, both in the military and naval service, will readily occur to all in any degree acquainted with either. In a fleet or squadron, when the different vessels may be commanded by officers of the same grade. and their relative rank, and even that of the commander himself, known only by the dates of their commissions, there will not be that...
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