acting commission

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When a commissioned officer is invalided, his vacancy is filled up pending the pleasure of the admiralty by an acting order.

But when an officer dies on a station, where the admiralty delegates the power to the admiral commanding in chief, the vacancy is filled by an acting commission. Thus also rear-admirals now act on acting commissions as vice-admirals during command on their station, but return to their proper position on the navy list when it ceases.

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← act of grace × action →

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