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Section 14. Compliments from Guards. 



222. The compliment from a guard consists in the guard 

 turning out and presenting arms. (See Par. 50.) No compli- 

 ments will be paid between retreat and reveille except as pro- 

 vided in paragraphs 361 and 362, nor will any person other 

 than those named in paragraph 224 receive the compliment. 



223. Though a guard does not turn out between retreat and 

 reveille as a matter of compliment, it may be turned out for 

 inspection at any time by a person entitled to inspect it. 



224. Between reveille and retreat, the following persons are 

 entitled to the compliment : The President ; sovereign or chief 

 magistrate of a foreign country and memliers of a royal fam- 

 ily ; Vice President ; President and President pro tempore of 

 the Senate; American and foreign ambassadors; members of 

 the Cabinet; Chief .Justice; Speaker of the House of Repre- 

 sentatives ; committees of Congress officially visiting a mili- 

 tary post ; governors within their respective States and Terri- 

 tories ; governors general ; Assistant Secretary of War offi- 

 cially visiting a military post ; all general officers of the 

 Army; general officers of foreign services visiting a post; 

 naval, marine, volunteer, and militia officers in the service 

 of the United States and holding the rank of general officer ; 

 American or foreign envoys or ministers ; ministers accredited 

 to the United States ; charges d'affaires accredited to the 

 United States ; consuls general accredited to the United 

 States ; commanding officer of the post or camp ; officer of 

 the day. 



225. The relative rank between officers of the Army and 

 Navy is; as follows : General with admiral, lieutenant general 

 with vice admiral, major general with rear admiral, brigadier 

 general with commodore,^ colonel with captain, lieutenant 

 colonel with commander, major with lieutenant commander, 

 captain with lieutenant, first lieutenant with lieutenant 

 (junior grade), second lieutenant with ensign. (A. R. 12.) 



1 The grade of commodore ceased to exist as a erade on the active 

 list of the Navy of the United States on Mar. 3, 1899. By section 7 

 of the act of Mar. 3, 1899, the nine .iunior rear admirals arc author- 

 ized to receive the pay and allowances of a hrigadier general of the 

 Army. 



