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 the 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, 4800/.; m the infantry 1,800/. The full pay of a captain in the life and foot guards is 15s. a day, in horse regiments 14s. 7d,, and in the infantry I Is. Id. Ca'ptain. In the Royal Navy, is the title of the officer commanding a ship of a certain size. The title of post captain, which was the proper rank of captain, and an swered 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, however, that he must at some time have commanded a ship of the line. The heads of small parties or gangs of men in certain stations of the ship are also called captains; as of the forecastle, the tops, . The pay of a captain in the navy varies with the rate of the ship, from 61/. 7s. per month for a first-rate, to 26/. I7s. for a sixth-rate. [s. 207]