From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npois!houxi!houxj!houxn!3215rfs
Newsgroups: net.movies
Title: Re: ST-TWOK, Of Ensigns and Midshipmen
Article-I.D.: houxn.199
Posted: Thu Jun 24 14:42:02 1982
Received: Mon Jun 28 01:08:26 1982

A midshipman is, now, a student at the Naval Academy, and when the graduate
they becom ensigns.
An ensign is the equivalent of a second lieutenant in the army, and not
a private.