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p. 145: “The number of officers in the Chilian navy is sixty, including one vice-admiral who is stationed at Valparaiso as intendant of the province, and commandant-general of the navy ; one postcaptain (capitan de navio), three captains of frigates, one brevet captain, eight commanders, three first lieutenants, seven second lieutenants, one passed midshipman, sixteen midshipmen, one chief surgeon, four surgeons of the second class, five accountants, one naval constructor, one engineer, and four masters. Three officers are temporarily retired from duty. The officers of the marine brigade are, one major, two captains, one adjutant, and four lieutenants. Of these officers the last four were elevated from the ranks for distinguished services. Several officers in the navy and marine corps are decorated with medals struck in commemoration of the great victories achieved by the forces of the republic. Among the naval officers are fourteen names indicative of English origin, Commodore Simpson, whom I met in February, 1848, at Callao, in command of the frigate Chile, being the second officer in rank in the navy.
The pay of the officers is not quite so large as that for corresponding grades in our navy, though promotion being more rapid it will be found to correspond very nearly when length of service is taken as a basis. It was only in 1846 or 1847 that the pay was elevated to its existing standard ; and the minister, touching upon the subject in his annual report to Congress, remarks, that " whatever expense it may be to the treasury (and, in truth, it is not very great), it is well compensated by the active and zealous service which imposes upon its members' increasing privations and perils."
The expense of the navy during the fiscal year ending in 1845, was one hundred and twenty-eight thousand six hundred and twenty-four dollars, making total expense of military establish-
p. 146: ment one million seventy-five thousand five hundred and seventy one dollars.”
Source
Lieutenant Isaac G. Strain, U.S.N. Cordillera and pampa, Mountain and plain, Sketches of a journey in Chile, and the Argentine provinces, in 1849. New York, 1853.
p. 145: “The number of officers in the Chilian navy is sixty, including one vice-admiral who is stationed at Valparaiso as intendant of the province, and commandant-general of the navy ; one postcaptain (capitan de navio), three captains of frigates, one brevet captain, eight commanders, three first lieutenants, seven second lieutenants, one passed midshipman, sixteen midshipmen, one chief surgeon, four surgeons of the second class, five accountants, one naval constructor, one engineer, and four masters. Three officers are temporarily retired from duty. The officers of the marine brigade are, one major, two captains, one adjutant, and four lieutenants. Of these officers the last four were elevated from the ranks for distinguished services. Several officers in the navy and marine corps are decorated with medals struck in commemoration of the great victories achieved by the forces of the republic. Among the naval officers are fourteen names indicative of English origin, Commodore Simpson, whom I met in February, 1848, at Callao, in command of the frigate Chile, being the second officer in rank in the navy.
The pay of the officers is not quite so large as that for corresponding grades in our navy, though promotion being more rapid it will be found to correspond very nearly when length of service is taken as a basis. It was only in 1846 or 1847 that the pay was elevated to its existing standard ; and the minister, touching upon the subject in his annual report to Congress, remarks, that " whatever expense it may be to the treasury (and, in truth, it is not very great), it is well compensated by the active and zealous service which imposes upon its members' increasing privations and perils."
The expense of the navy during the fiscal year ending in 1845, was one hundred and twenty-eight thousand six hundred and twenty-four dollars, making total expense of military establish-
p. 146: ment one million seventy-five thousand five hundred and seventy one dollars.”
Source
Lieutenant Isaac G. Strain, U.S.N. Cordillera and pampa, Mountain and plain, Sketches of a journey in Chile, and the Argentine provinces, in 1849. New York, 1853.
