History of the Office of The Inspector General of the United States Army (IG January 10, 1863April 1, 1864; January 2, 1881March 8, 1885) was assigned as the "de facto" head of the Office of the Inspector General, which, until then had not existed. 2 major generals, 7 brigadier generals, 18 colonels, 118 lieutenant colonels, and 149 majors of the regular army served inspector duty during the Civil War. On January 22, 1866, a War Department order established the duties of the inspector general as: In July 1866, the number of inspectors general with the rank of colonel was fixed at four; assistant inspectors general with the rank of lieutenant colonel at three;
Modernization of the People's Liberation Army military. In mid-1987 the PLA still had not restored its system of ranks. The ranks for officers reportedly were to be based on the 1955 rank system, which included one supreme marshal and ten marshals at the very top. Ground force and Air Force ranks were to be general of the army/general of the air force, general or colonel general, lieutenant general, major general, senior colonel, colonel, lieutenant colonel, major, senior captain, captain, first lieutenant, and second lieutenant. Naval officer ranks were to be admiral of the fleet, admiral, vice admiral, rear admiral, senior captain, captain, commander, lieutenant commander, captain