ar-admiral, captain,
commander, lieutenant-commander, lieutenant, lieutenant junior grade,
ensign. The warrant officers rank below commissioned officers and above
enlisted men. Gunners, boatswains, machinists, etc., are warrant
officers. They wear a uniform similar to that of commissioned officers
but with different insignia. Chief petty officers and petty officers are
enlisted men. Chief petty officers wear a double-breasted blouse and a
cap similar to that won by officers but with a different ornament. Petty
officers and unrated enlisted men wear the sailor shirt and either the
flat hat or the watch cap. Petty officers are rated first, second and
third class, the first the highest. Men aboard ship are organized in
divisions. The commander of a ship is called captain by courtesy
regardless of his real grade.

The marine corps is under the control of the Navy Department but has an
organization separate from the Navy proper. It has the same grades of
officers and non-commissioned officers (with some exceptions among the
latter) as the army. The corps is commanded by a major-general, which is
the highest grade to which marine corps officers are eligible.

THE WAY TO BECOME ORIGINAL

Here is a classic bit of advice given by Flaubert to de Maupassant:

"Whatever one wishes to say, there is only one noun to express it, only
one verb to give it life, only one adjective to qualify it. Search,
then, till that noun, that verb, that adjective are discovered; never
be content with 'very nearly,' never have recourse to tricks, however
happy; or to buffooneries of language; to avoid a difficulty. This is
the way to become original."

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DATES OFTEN CALLED FOR

Battleship Maine blown up in Havana harbor, Feb. 15, 1898.

Baltimore fire, Feb. 7, 1904.

Black Friday, Sept. 24, 1869.

Columbus discovered America, Oct. 12, 1492.

Chicago destroyed by fire, Oct. 8-11, 1871.

Dayton flood, March 24, 1913.

Emancipation Proclamation by Lincoln, Jan. 1, 1863.

Equitable Building fire, New York, Jan. 9, 1912.

Ft. Sumter fired on, April 12, 1861.

Francis Ferdinand, Austrian archduke, assassinated at Sarajevo,
Bosnia, Jun