It was ruled that 'Shokan' will be placed as a minister (appendix) according to the Department of War regulations, however, there was no specification in the Department of the Navy regulations (see appendix).
ただ、陸軍省官制では大臣に「将官」をあてると定め（別表）、海軍省官制では特に定めを置かなかった（別表参照）。