Lack of system in the Naval Department of the Revolution 104
Examples 105
Work and duties of the navy boards 107
Men and materials needed in building a ship 110
Provisions needed in fitting out a ship 112
Division of labor among the naval commissioners 112
The heavy work of the Boston Board 113
Two-fold duties of the Marine Committee 115
Administrative duties of the Marine Committee 116
Naval uniform 117
Communications of the Marine Committee 118
Reports of the Marine Committee 120
Naval legislation under the Marine Committee 121
Naval increases 121
Naval appointments and promotions 123
Relative rank 125
Captures and the sharing of prizes 126
Privateers 127
Naval pay 128
Naval pensions 129
Courts-martial and courts of enquiry 131
Important naval trials 133
The case of Commodore Esek Hopkins 134
Provision for the fleet of Count D’Estaing 139
The Marine Committee as a consular bureau 139