"Pechs1" wrote in message
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Tex- You have to go back to the meaning of lieutenant, vice (regent if I
remember
correctly) or in lieu of. in other words one who act for a superior, thus
lieutenant colonel or lieutenant general. That said, I do not remember
why
lieutenant starts the officer ranks. BRBR

It doesn't, it starts with "Ensign"...

;i-)
P. C. Chisholm

Even call a Marine 'Ensign'...Don't! (vbg)

Tex