On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:30:59 -0400, "Earl of Warwich, Duke of
Cornwall, Marquies of Anglesea, Sir Reginald P. Smithers III Esq. LLC,
STP. " wrote:

On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:47:30 -0700 (PDT), JimH
wrote:

It was later shown that that rank in *given* based on the number of
years served.......a minimum rank.

You've got it backwards.


Does that surprise you?

It's shocking, who would have thought ?