CAPTAIN

In the Army, the commander of a troop of cavalry or of a company of infantry. The price of a captain's commi ion is different in different branches of the British service: in the life guards, for instance, it is.£3,500; in the dragoons £3,225; in the foot guards with the rank of lieut.-colonel,.£4,800; in the infantry £1,800. The full pay of a captain in the life and foot guards is 153. alis.day,Id. in horse regiments 14s. Id., and in the infantrj Captain. In the Navy, is the title of the officer com manding a ship of a certain size. The title of post captai n which was the proper rank of captain, and answered to colonel in the army, has been for some time in disuse The captain is next in rank above the commander: he rises by regular succe ion to the rank of admiral; under the condition,mandedahowever,ship of the that line.he must at some time have com The heads of small parties or gangs of men in certait stations of the ship are also called captains; as of the fore castle, the tops, . The pay of a captain in the navy varies with the rate of the ship, from £61 7s. per month fora first-rate, to £26 17s. for a sixth-rate. [s. 209]