manual for commanders of infantry platoons. - US Army Combined ...

18 AIflJALV FORt CO~tg~~ANDBERSS OF INFAN~iTRYJ PLf;ATOO&NS.
Between officers of the active army and officers of the new
compleement, of the same gradle, seniority is est~ablished as follows
:
Both count as active service, as regards th~eir rightt to commandi,
the time they have actually served with the colors in
their present; grade since; the date of mobillizattioa; those who
halve previously servedl ia the act~ive army wit~h their preSent
rank are credited xvitb the seniority they had in that grade att
the time they left the arm~y.
In the samne grade and with the same date of seniority, officers
of the active armay take command~ over officers of the new-T
comxplement.
Seniority between sergea~nts and corporals of the active army
is fixed in the same maamner.
Exlceptionz to the rule of sen~iorityr.-The authority wvhich· orders
the formattion of a detachment can desi~gnate its commander,
provided that no one in the ;military service is placed under
the orders of a person of inferior rankr.
"Command," properly speaking (cormmandl of a de-tachmecnt,
encamupment, etc.), never belongs to offcers who are of a corps
or personnel wrhich has a "hierarchy" of its own, even though
such officers have assimilated rank (that is, ]medical officers,
officers of administration, subintendants, etc.).
However, these ofincers have cert~ain powerrs resulting front~
their special regulations, for examzple, a surgeon in his infirmary
or in his dressing station.