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This is a list of every rank used by the United States Army, with dates showing each rank's beginning and end.

Ranks used to the end of the Revolutionary War are shown as ending on June 2, 1784. This is the date that the Continental Army was ordered to be demobilized;^[1] actual demobilization took until June 20.

References

1. ^Continental Congress 1784 27:515
2. ^¹24 Stat. 435
3. ^32 Stat. 930, Acting Hospital Stewards became Sergeants of the Hospital Corps.
4. ^Continental Congress 1775, 2:210
5. ^Continental Congress 1777, 7:162
6. ^¹²1 Stat. 721
7. ^2 Stat. 85 officers raised under previous acts to be discharged
8. ^¹2 Stat. 820
9. ^¹²³3 Stat. 615
10. ^¹Continental Congress 1777, 7:178 on pay table
11. ^Continental Congress 1778, 11:541 not on pay table
12. ^¹²³⁴1 Stat. 241
13. ^39 Stat. 166, Artificers became Mechanics.
14. ^3 Stat. 115
15. ^¹Heitman, Francis B, Historical Register of the Continental Army. Washington, Lowdermplk & CO., 1893, Page 242.
16. ^39 Stat. 166, Principal Musicians became Assistant Band Leaders
17. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, The Assistant Band Leader at West Point became a Master Sergeant, and all others Staff Sergeants.
18. ^AEF General Order 14, July 15, 1917. Rank created under executive authority granted on May 18, 1917 40 Stat 76.
19. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920 End of World War I ranks. Proposed legislation in 1918 to make Assistant Chauffeur a regular rank in the army did not pass
20. ^2 Stat. 816
21. ^Heitman, Francis B, Historical Register of the Continental Army. Washington, Lowdermplk & CO., 1893, Page 116.
22. ^¹http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/rev/MedMen/MedMenAppB.html
23. ^3 Stat. 128
24. ^3 Stat. 224 not included in law
25. ^¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸⁹¹⁰¹¹¹²¹³¹⁴¹⁵39 Stat. 166
26. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Assistant Engineers became Technical Sergeants
27. ^¹Heitman, Francis B, Historical Register of the Continental Army. Washington, Lowdermplk & CO., 1893, Page 259.
28. ^¹²14 Stat. 332
29. ^27 Stat. 226, Assistant Medical Purveyors became Assistant Surgeons General.
30. ^¹²³40 Stat. 882
31. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Assistant Stewards became Specialists Fifth Class
32. ^3 Stat. 615, Post Surgeons and Surgeon’s Mates became Assistant Surgeons
33. ^35 Stat 67, Assistant Surgeons became Captains or First Lieutenants
34. ^¹3 Stat. 426
35. ^12 Stat. 378
36. ^35 Stat. 67, Assistant Surgeons General became Colonels
37. ^Not listed in General Order 36, June 19, 1920, but probably abolished by it as an enlisted rank.
38. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Band Corporals became Corporals
39. ^1 Stat. 761, Band Leaders became Warrant Officers
40. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Band Sergeants became Sergeants, those in the West Point Band Became Master Sergeants.
41. ^¹²³⁴⁵12 Stat. 279
42. ^¹14 Stat. 332 rank not included in law
43. ^¹²12 Stat. 599
44. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Battalion Sergeants Major became Staff Sergeants
45. ^39 Stat. 166, Battalion Quartermaster Sergeants became Battalion Supply Sergeants
46. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Battalion Supply Sergeants Staff Sergeants
47. ^30 Stat. 363
48. ^¹39 Stat. 166, Battery Quartermaster Sergeants became Battery Supply Sergeants
49. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Battery Supply Sergeants became Sergeants
50. ^1 Stat. 750
51. ^2 Stat. 482 rank not included in law
52. ^1 2 Stat. 764
53. ^¹²3 Stat. 224
54. ^¹3 Stat. 47
55. ^¹²3 Stat. 219
56. ^Continental Congress 1775, 2:223
57. ^Continental Congress 1775, 2:97
58. ^1 Stat. 223
59. ^3 Stat. 114
60. ^3 Stat 225
61. ^4 Stat 652
62. ^12 Stat. 737, Buglers became Trumpeters
63. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Buglers Became Specialists Sixth Class
64. ^¹40 Stat. 893
65. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Buglers First Class Became Specialists Sixth Class
66. ^¹²³⁴Continental Congress 1775, 2:89
67. ^Continental Congress 1775, 2:220, on Pay Table
68. ^¹1 Stat. 222
69. ^41 Stat. 769, Chaplains given regular line ranks
70. ^¹40 Stat. 244
71. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Chauffeurs became Specialists Fifth Class
72. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Chauffeurs First Class became Specialists Fifth Class
73. ^¹4 Stat. 652
74. ^¹12 Stat. 599, Chief Buglers became Chief Trumpeters
75. ^Continental Congress 1780 18:878
76. ^Continental Congress 1782 22:5
77. ^¹²³34 Stat. 862
78. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Chief Mechanics became Specialists Fourth Class
79. ^14 Stat. 334
80. ^27 Stat. 276, Chief Medical Purveyor became an Assistant Surgeon General
81. ^1 Stat 750
82. ^2 Stat. 132, Chief Musicians became Teachers of Music
83. ^15 Stat. 318
84. ^39 Stat. 166, Chief Musicians became Band Leaders
85. ^¹Heitman, Francis B, Historical Register of the Continental Army. Washington, Lowdermplk & CO., 1893, Page 365.
86. ^Heitman, Francis B, Historical Register of the Continental Army. Washington, Lowdermplk & CO., 1893, Page 102.
87. ^Heitman, Francis B, Historical Register of the Continental Army. Washington, Lowdermplk & CO., 1893, Page 109.
88. ^Heitman, Francis B, Historical Register of the Continental Army. Washington, Lowdermplk & CO., 1893, Page 129.
89. ^Heitman, Francis B, Historical Register of the Continental Army. Washington, Lowdermplk & CO., 1893, Page 138.
90. ^55 Stat. 651. The Mine Planter Service positions of Master and Chief Engineer were classified as Chief Warrant Officers. Chief Warrant Officers became Chief Warrant Officers 2, 3, 4 and eventually 5.
91. ^¹²³68 Stat. 157
92. ^105 Stat. 1491
93. ^Continental Congress 1775, 2:188
94. ^¹²³2 Stat. 132
95. ^31 Stat. 748 Rank created in 1901, but had been a position with special insignia since 1883
96. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920
97. ^Fisher, Ernest, Guardians of the Republic, New York: Ballentine, 1994, p. 316
98. ^¹Continental Congress 1777, 8:434
99. ^¹Continental Congress 1781, 20:734
100. ^¹2 Stat. 697
101. ^5 Stat. 513
102. ^17 Stat. 485
103. ^¹30 Stat. 977 added Commissary Sergeants to regiments, Those at posts were now Post Commissary Sergeants
104. ^14 Stat, 332 rank not included in law
105. ^¹²12 Stat. 280
106. ^16 Stat 315 rank not included in law. The 1874 Army Register’s table of organization states that Company Quartermaster Sergeants were eliminated by not being included in an act of March 15, 1872, but the law is dated in May.
107. ^30 Stat. 366
108. ^¹39 Stat. 166, Company Quartermaster Sergeants became Company Supply Sergeants
109. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Company Supply Sergeants became Sergeants
110. ^30 Stat. 721
111. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Cooks became Specialists Fourth Class
112. ^Heitman, Francis B, Historical Register of the Continental Army. Washington, Lowdermplk & CO., 1893, Page 246. Earliest appointment of a Cornet in book.
113. ^1 Stat. 750, Cornets converted to Second Lieutenants.
114. ^2 Stat 482, Dragoon troops to contain both Second Lieutenants and Cornets.
115. ^3 Stat. 224, Cornets abolished along with the Dragoon Regiments.
116. ^¹²³⁴⁵⁶Continental Congress 1784, 28:48
117. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Corporal Buglers became Corporals
118. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Deck Hands became Specialists Fifth Class
119. ^3 Stat. 298
120. ^¹Continental Congress 1777 8:434
121. ^¹Continental Congress 1780 20:734
122. ^Continental Congress 1777 7:232
123. ^Continental Congress 1780 18:878 rank not included in law
124. ^Continental Congress 1776 7:232 rank mentioned
125. ^Heitman, Francis B, Historical Register of the Continental Army. Washington, Lowdermplk & CO., 1893, Page 328. John Pierce promoted to Paymaster General.
126. ^27 Stat. 276, Assistant Medical Purveyors and Surgeons equivalent to Lieutenant Colonels became Deputy Surgeons General
127. ^35 Stat. 67, Assistant Surgeons General became Lieutenant Colonels
128. ^Continental Congress 1775 2:209
129. ^¹2 Stat. 735
130. ^3 Stat. 297, duties given to line officers
131. ^3 Stat. 113, rank not included in law
132. ^¹²³Continental Congress 1776 5:563
133. ^14 Stat. 332, rank not included in law
134. ^¹²³30 Stat. 977
135. ^39 Stat 166, duties given to the First Sergeant of each Headquarters Company.
136. ^¹Continental Congress 1785 28:248
137. ^Continental Congress 1787 33:603, Drummers became Musicians
138. ^¹²30 Stat. 978
139. ^¹²34 Stat. 862, rank divided into first and second classes
140. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Electrician Sergeants First Class became Technical Sergeants
141. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Electrician Sergeants Second Class became Staff Sergeants
142. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Engineers became Master Sergeants
143. ^2 Stat. 732
144. ^12 Stat. 508, Enlisted Men of Ordnance became Sergeants, Corporals, Privates First Class and Privates Second Class.
145. ^¹Continental Congress 1775 2:188
146. ^1 Stat. 750, Ensigns became Second Lieutenants
147. ^2 Stat. 132, Companies were to contain both Ensigns and Second Lieutenants
148. ^3 Stat. 224, rank not included in law
149. ^¹²³2 Stat. 133
150. ^¹²³⁴2 Stat. 481
151. ^36 Stat. 245
152. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, rank not in general order, but must have been abolished by it.
153. ^7 Stat. 652
154. ^36 Stat. 245, Farrier and Blacksmith became the separate ranks of Farrier and Horseshoer
155. ^39 Stat, 625
156. ^44 Stat. 328, Field Clerks became Warrant Officers
157. ^Continental Congress 1787 33:603, Fifers became Musicians
158. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Firemen became Specialists First Class
159. ^1 Stat. 749 “First” used to differentiate from Second Lieutenants
160. ^5 Stat. 258 is the first mention of First Sergeants in law. The position, if not the rank, may have existed since the 1770s. They were mentioned in the 1832 Uniform Regulations.
161. ^56 Stat. 649
162. ^This is the date the Air Force Separated from the Army. Fight Officers were shown on army pay tables until 1949.
163. ^3 Stat. 297, Garrison Surgeons became Post Surgeons
164. ^1 Stat. 222, law allowed for Surgeon’s Mates. Some were at Garrisons.
165. ^1 Stat. 430, 1791 law repealed.
166. ^3 Stat. 297, Garrison Surgeon’s Mates became Post Surgeons
167. ^40 Stat. 410, allowed only for the commander in France (John Pershing) and the Army Chief of Staff (Tasker Bliss then later Payton March)
168. ^Official Army Register,January 1, 1921, p. 6, General Payton March reverted to Major General
169. ^45 Stat. 1255
170. ^Continental Congress 1775 2:96
171. ^Continental Congress 1783 25:837
172. ^41 Stat. 283, Rank had been first created for George Washington in 1799 (1 Stat. 752) but he never took the office.
173. ^Official Army Register,January 1, 1924, p. 772, Pershing retired on this date. He remained a General of the Armies on the Retired List until his death on July 15, 1948. George Washington was posthumously promoted to General of the Armies on July 4, 1976 (90 Stat. 2078)
174. ^38 Stat. 802
175. ^The rank of General of the Army ended with the death of Omar Bradley.
176. ^14 Stat. 223
177. ^General William Tecumseh Sherman Retired. A law passed on July 15, 1870 (16 Stat. 316) had abolished the rank once it became vacant.
178. ^25 Stat. 165, law combined the ranks of General of the Army and Lieutenant General to allow Phillip Sheridan to be promoted.
179. ^The death of General Phillip Sheridan was on this date.
180. ^¹24 Stat. 167
181. ^28 Stat. 233, General Service Clerks became civilian employees.
182. ^28 Stat. 233, General Service Messengers became civilian employees.
183. ^3 Stat. 47, artillerymen in the Continental Army were also sometimes referred to as Gunners
184. ^36 Stat, 245, the Blacksmith half of Farriers and Blacksmiths became Horseshoers.
185. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Horseshoers became Specialists Fourth Class
186. ^12 Stat. 404
187. ^13 Stat. 46, Hospital Chaplains became Chaplains.
188. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Hospital Sergeants became Technical Sergeants.
189. ^11 Stat. 51, Hospital Stewards existed, probably as civilian employees, long before this, but this law codified them as enlisted men.
190. ^32 Stat. 930, Hospital Stewards became Sergeants First Class of the Hospital Corps.
191. ^¹2 Stat. 85
192. ^3 Stat. 426, Hospital Surgeons move to other medical positions.
193. ^3 Stat. 426 Hospital Surgeon’s Mates became Post Surgeons.
194. ^Continental Congress 1775 2:220 on pay table
195. ^Continental Congress 1776 5:645 The Judge Advocate was made a Lieutenant Colonel.
196. ^Heitman, Francis B, Historical Register of the Continental Army. Washington, Lowdermplk & CO., 1893, Page 258. New Judge Advocate appointed, no evidence he held other rank.
197. ^Continental Congress 1780 22:314, the Judge Advocate resigned, his replacements appear to have been taken from regiments.
198. ^¹2 Stat. 671
199. ^¹3 Stat. 615, rank not included in law.
200. ^Continental Congress 1775 2:89
201. ^1 Stat. 750, Lieutenants became First Lieutenants
202. ^Continental Congress 2:188
203. ^Continental Congress 28:48
204. ^¹²1 Stat. 558
205. ^1 Stat. 749
206. ^13 Stat. 11
207. ^Death of Phillip Sheridan. He held both the ranks of General of the Army and Lieutenant General since June 1, 1888 (25 Stat. 165)
208. ^28 Stat. 938
209. ^Retirement of John Schofield
210. ^31 Stat. 655
211. ^Retirement of Arthur MacArthur, rank ceased to exist under a law of March 2, 1907 (34 Stat.1160)
212. ^34 Stat. 410, Law allowed for two Corps commanders during World War I
213. ^Corps Commanders reverted to Major General
214. ^53 Stat. 1214
215. ^¹²Continental Congress 1775 2:220, on pay table
216. ^Continental Congress 1775 2:97
217. ^1 Stat. 507
218. ^2 Stat. 761
219. ^32 Stat. 930
220. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Master Engineers Junior Grade became Technical Sergeants
221. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Master Engineers Senior Grade became Master Sergeants
222. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Half of the Master Gunners became Master Sergeants and the other half Staff Sergeants.
223. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Master Hospital Sergeants became Master Sergeants
224. ^2 Stat. 764
225. ^3 Stat, 224 rank not included in law
226. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Regimental Sergeants Major, Sergeants Major Senior Grade, Quartermaster Sergeants Senior Grade, Master Hospital Sergeants, Master Engineers Senior Grade, Master Electricians, Master Signal Electricians, Engineers, Regimental Supply Sergeants, a quarter of Ordnance Sergeants, half of the Master Gunners, Band Sergeants in the West Point Band and The Assistant Leader of the West Point Band became Master Sergeants.
227. ^33 Stat. 261
228. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Master Signal Electricians became Master Sergeants.
229. ^¹²³Army Regulation 615-15, July 2, 1954
230. ^¹DA Message 344303, June 1958, Master Specialists became Specialists 7.
231. ^12 Stat. 287
232. ^There is no law eliminating Master Wagoners. The disappear from the tables of organization in 1879.
233. ^https://warrantofficerhistory.org/Hist_Army_CW5_Insignia.htm, this is the date of the approval of the insignia.
234. ^105 Stat. 1491, Master Warrant Officers became Chief Warrant Officers 5.
235. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Mechanics became Specialists Fifth Class.
236. ^12 Stat. 288
237. ^14 Stat. 332, rank not included in law.
238. ^¹12 Stat. 379
239. ^FRANCIS B. HEITMAN.,HISTORICAL REGISTER AND DICTIONARY OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY, Vol. 1, Washington: GPO, 1903, p. 648, Discharge date of the last Medical Inspector.
240. ^FRANCIS B. HEITMAN.,HISTORICAL REGISTER AND DICTIONARY OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY, Vol. 1, Washington: GPO, 1903, p. 713, Discharge date of the Medical Inspector General Madison Mills.
241. ^1 Stat 721
242. ^2 Stat 86 Provisional Army Discharged
243. ^12 Stat. 403
244. ^19 Stat. 61, last Medical Storekeeper left the army on February 25, 1894.
245. ^39 Stat, 166
246. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Mess Sergeants became Sergeants.
247. ^2 Stat. 696, Military Agents became Deputy Quartermasters.
248. ^2 Stat3 816. Storekeepers in the Ordnance Department became Ordnance Storekeepers on July 28, 1866 (14 Stat. 332).
249. ^18 Stat. 339. The last Military Storekeeper left the army on September 22, 1896.
250. ^30 Stat. 571
251. ^30 Stat. 977, The Military Storekeeper(Charles Loefller) retired on January 12, 1901.
252. ^39 Stat. 626
253. ^Official Army Register, January 1, 1927, p. 829, the Military Storekeeper (Charles Daly) died on this date.
254. ^Continental Congress 1787 33:603, Fifers and Drummers became Musicians
255. ^¹²³39 Stat. 166, Musicians divided into Classes.
256. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Musicians First Class became Specialists Third Class.
257. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Musicians Second Class became Specialists Fourth Class.
258. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Musicians Third Class at West Point became Specialists Fourth Class and the rest Specialists Fifth Class.
259. ^¹General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Oilers became Specialists Second Class
260. ^4 Stat. 504
261. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, a quarter of the Ordnance Sergeants became Master Sergeants and the rest Technical Sergeants.
262. ^U.s. Army Register, January 1, 1904 P. 406, Retirement date of Last Ordnance Storekeeper Valentine McNally.
263. ^¹3 Stat. 297
264. ^9 Stat. 184, Paymasters given line ranks.
265. ^Continental Congress 1775 2:94
266. ^Heitman, Francis B, Historical Register of the Continental Army. Washington, Lowdermplk & CO., 1893, Page 328. Death of Paymaster General John Pierce
267. ^1 Stat. 279. Title varied from Paymaster (the only one) to Paymaster of the Army, to Paymaster General.
268. ^9 Stat. 184, the Paymaster General became a Colonel.
269. ^¹Continental Congress 1777 7:235
270. ^FRANCIS B. HEITMAN.,HISTORICAL REGISTER AND DICTIONARY OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY, Vol. 1, Washington: GPO, 1903,p. 334
271. ^¹²3 Stat. 224, rank not included in law.
272. ^2 Stat. 85. Law allowed unneeded officers to be discharged. The Physician General left the army on June 15, 1800.
273. ^Heitman, Francis B, Historical Register of the Continental Army. Washington, Lowdermplk & CO., 1893, Page 104. Resignation of last Physician General of Hospitals William Brown
274. ^31 Stat. 748
275. ^37 Stat. 592, Post Commissary Sergeants became Quartermaster Sergeants, Quartermaster Corps.
276. ^23 Stat. 109
277. ^37 Stat. 592, Post Quartermaster Sergeants became Quartermaster Sergeants, Quartermaster Corps.
278. ^3 Stat. 615, Post Surgeons became Assistant Surgeons.
279. ^2 Stat. 482, Teachers of Music became Principal Musicians.
280. ^39 Stat. 166, Principal Musicians became Assistant Band Leaders.
281. ^¹9 Stat. 185
282. ^9 Stat. 304, law creating Principal Teamsters was repealed.
283. ^¹9 Stat. 12
284. ^32 Stat. 930, Privates of the Hospital Corps became Privates First Class.
285. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Privates Second Class are not listed in the order but it probably made them into Privates.
286. ^1 Stat. 222. Both “Quartermaster General” and just “Quartermaster” were used.
287. ^2 Stat. 132, the Quartermaster General was replaced with Military Agents.
288. ^¹²2 Stat. 482
289. ^30 Stat. 977 Quartermaster Sergeants became Regimental Quartermaster Sergeants.
290. ^39 Stat. 166, Master Electricians in the Quartermaster Corps became Quartermaster Sergeants Senior Grade
291. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Quartermaster Sergeants Senior Grade became Master Sergeants.
292. ^37 Stat. 592
293. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Quartermaster Sergeants, Quartermaster Corps became Technical Sergeants.
294. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Radio Sergeants became Staff Sergeants.
295. ^¹12 Stat. 269
296. ^¹16 Stat. 318
297. ^30 Stat. 977, Quartermaster Sergeants became Regimental Quartermaster Sergeants.
298. ^¹39 Stat. 166, Regimental Quartermaster Sergeants became Regimental Supply Sergeants.
299. ^30 Stat. 977, Sergeants Major became Regimental Sergeants Major.
300. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Regimental Sergeants Major became Master Sergeants.
301. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Regimental Supply Sergeants became Master Sergeants.
302. ^¹Continental Congress 1777 7:178, on pay table
303. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Saddlers became Specialists Fifth Class.
304. ^1 Stat. 759
305. ^1 Stat. 120
306. ^3 Stat. 671
307. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Sergeant Buglers became Staff Sergeants.
308. ^26 Stat. 654
309. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Sergeants First Class became Staff Sergeants.
310. ^¹Department of the Army Circular No. 202, July 7, 1948, Technical Sergeants became Sergeants First Class.
311. ^1 Stat. 483
312. ^30 Stat. 977 Sergeants Major became Regimental Sergeants Major.
313. ^¹²DA Message 344303, June 1958
314. ^Mages, Robert M., Sergeants Major of the Army. Center for Military History, 1995, p. 80 states that Commander Sergeant Major and Staff Sergeant Major were Created at the same time. Sergeants Major not the senior enlisted advisor of a unit became Staff Sergeants Major, those who were Command Sergeants Major.
315. ^¹http://www.ncohistory.com/documents/Enlisted_rank_1958-2011.pdf, Staff Sergeants Major became Sergeants Major.
316. ^Army Digest, August 1966, Page 2.
317. ^31 Stat. 748, Battalion Sergeants Major of Artillery became Sergeants Major Junior Grade.
318. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Sergeants Major Junior Grade became Staff Sergeants.
319. ^31 Stat. 748, Regimental Sergeants Major of Artillery became Sergeants Major Senior Grade.
320. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Sergeants Major Senior Grade became Master Sergeants.
321. ^The Story of the Noncommissioned Officer Corps, Center of Military History, 2007, P. 300. Specialists 4 became Specialists
322. ^¹DA Message 344303, June 1958, Specialists Third Class became Specialists 4.
323. ^¹²The Story of the Noncommissioned Officer Corps, Center of Military History, 2007, P. 300.
324. ^¹DA Message 344303, June 1958, Specialists Second Class became Specialists 5.
325. ^¹DA Message 344303, June 1958, Specialists First Class became Specialists 6.
326. ^Army Times, March 13, 1978
327. ^¹http://www.ncohistory.com/documents/Enlisted_rank_1958-2011.pdf
328. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920,Chauffeurs, Chauffeurs First Class, Musicians First Class not at West Point, Saddlers, Assistant Stewards, Mechanics and Wagoners became Specialists Fifth Class.
329. ^¹²Army Circular No. 204, June 24, 1942.
330. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Musicians First Class in the West Point Band became Specialists First Class.
331. ^Army Circular No. 204, June 24, 1942. Specialists First Class became Technicians Grade 4.
332. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Chief Mechanics, Horseshoers, Cooks, Musicians Second Class not in the West Point band, Musicians Third Class in the West Point became Specialists Fourth Class.
333. ^Army Circular No. 204, June 24, 1942. Specialists Fourth Class became Technicians Grade 5.
334. ^Army Circular No. 204, June 24, 1942. Specialists Second Class became Technicians Grade 4.
335. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Buglers and Buglers First Class became Specialists Sixth Class.
336. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Stewards, Firemen, Musicians First Class that were not in the West Point Band and Musicians Second Class that were in the West Point Band became Specialists Third Class.
337. ^Army Circular No. 204, June 24, 1942. Specialists Third Class became Technicians Grade 4 or 5.
338. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Squadron Sergeants Major became Staff Sergeants.
339. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Stable Sergeants became Sergeants.
340. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Squadron Sergeants Major, Battalion Sergeants Major, Battalion Supply Sergeants, Sergeants Major Junior Grade, Sergeants First Class, half of Master Gunners, Assistant Band Leaders not at West Point, Sergeant Buglers, Electrician Sergeants, Radio Sergeants, Color Sergeants and Sergeants in the West Point Band became Staff Sergeants.
341. ^Department of the Army Circular No. 202, July 7, 1948, Staff Sergeants became Sergeants.
342. ^DA Message 344303, June 1958.
343. ^Mages, Robert M., Sergeants Major of the Army. Center for Military History, 1995, p. 80 states that Commander Sergeant Major and Staff Sergeant Major were Created at the same time. Sergeants Major not the senior enlisted advisor of a unit became Staff Sergeants Major.
344. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Stewards became Specialists Third Class
345. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Supply Sergeants became Sergeants.
346. ^2 Stat. 132, Surgeons became Garrison Surgeons
347. ^35 Stat. 67, Surgeons became Majors.
348. ^35 Stat. 67, The Surgeon General became a Brigadier General.
349. ^2 Stat. 132, Surgeon’s Mates became Garrison Surgeon’s Mates.
350. ^3 Stat. 615, Surgeon’s Mates became Assistant Surgeons.
351. ^¹2 Stat. 206
352. ^¹2 Stat. 720, rank not included in law.
353. ^2 Stat. 482, Teachers of Music became Principal Musicians
354. ^9 Stat. 304, law creating Teamsters was repealed.
355. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Hospital Sergeants, Master Engineers Junior Grade, three quarters of Ordnance Sergeants, Electrician Sergeants First Class, Assistant Engineers and Quartermaster Sergeant and Electrician Sergeants from the Artillery School and West Point became Technical Sergeants.
356. ^Army Circular No. 204, June 24, 1942. Specialists First, Second and some Third Class became Technicians Grade 4.
357. ^Department of the Army Circular No. 202, July 7, 1948, Technicians Grade 3 became Sergeants.
358. ^Army Circular No. 204, June 24, 1942. some Specialists Third Class and Specialists Fourth Class became Technicians Grade 5.
359. ^Department of the Army Circular No. 202, July 7, 1948, Technicians Grade 4 became Corporals.
360. ^2 Stat. 791
361. ^4 Stat. 533
362. ^30 Stat. 365
363. ^39 Stat. 166, Troop Quartermaster Sergeants became Supply Sergeants.
364. ^Continental Congress 1775 2:90
365. ^1 Stat. 750, Trumpeters became Musicians.
366. ^¹12 Stat. 787
367. ^39 Stat. 166, Trumpeters became Buglers.
368. ^14 Stat. 335. The law added a Veterinary Surgeon to each regiment but they were civilians. The Veterinary Surgeons authorized by the 1863 law continued on the Table’s of Organization until 1871 or 1872. It is possible that appointments of Veterinary Surgeons after 1866 were as civilians and the non civilian Veterinary Surgeons disappeared by attrition.
369. ^30 Stat 364
370. ^39 Stat. 166, Veterinarian became First or Second Lieutenants.
371. ^12 Stat 269
372. ^General Order 36, June 19, 1920, Wagoners became Specialists Fifth Class.
373. ^40 Stat. 881. Masters, Chief Engineers, First Mates, Second Mates and Assistant Engineers in the Mine Planter Service were classified as Warrant Officers.
374. ^55 Stat. 651. Warrant Officers were splint into Chief Warrant Officers and Warrant Officers Junior Grade. Mine planter Masters and Chief Engineers became Chief Warrant Officers and the others Warrant Officers Junior Grade.
375. ^¹68 Stat. 157, Warrant Officers Junior Grade became Warrant Officers 1.
376. ^55 Stat. 651. Warrant Officers were splint into Chief Warrant Officers and Warrant Officers Junior Grade. Mine planter First Mates, Second Mates, Assistant Engineers and the new position of Second Assistant Engineer were Classified as Warrant Officers Junior Grade.