the order or place assigned to a person, suitably to his quality or merit.

Rank is a straight line formed by the soldiers of a battalion or squadron, drawn up side by side. This order was established for the marches, and for regulating the different bodies of troops and officers which compose an army.

Rank and Precedence, in the army and navy, are estimated as follows:

Engineers' Rank. Chief, as colonel; director, as lieutenant-colonel; sub-director, as major; engineer in ordinary, as captain; engineer extraordinary, as captain-lieutenant; sub-engineer, as lieutenant; practitioner engineer, as ensign.

Navy Rank. Admiral, or commander-in-chief of his majesty's fleet, has the rank of a field-marshal; admirals, with their flags on the main-topmast-head, rank with generals of horse and foot; vice-admirals, with lieutenant-generals; rear-admirals, as major generals; commodores with broad pendants, as brigadier-generals; captains of post-ships, after three years from the date of their first commission, as colonels; other captains, as commanding post-ships, as lieutenant-colonels; captains not taking post, as majors; lieutenants, as captains.

Rank between the Army, Navy, and Governors.

| Army | Navy | Governors | |------|------|-----------| | General-in-chief. | Admiral-in-chief. | Commander-in-chief of the forces in America. | | Generals of horse. | Admiral with a flag at the main-topmast. | Captain-generals of provinces. | | Lieutenant-generals. | Vice-admirals. | Lieutenant-generals of provinces. | | Major-generals. | Rear-admirals. | Lieutenant-governors and presidents. | | Colonels. | Post-captains of three years. | Lieutenant-governors not commanding. | | Lieutenant-colonels. | Post-captains. | Governors of charter colonies. | | Majors. | Captains. | Deputy-governors. | | Captains. | Lieutenants. | Established by the king, 1760. |

Ranks and Files are the horizontal and vertical lines of soldiers when drawn up for service.