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Flotilla Service Act of 1814
Long title	An Act authorizing the appointment of certain officers for the flotilla service.
Enacted by	the 13th United States Congress
Effective	April 16, 1814
Citations
Public law	Pub. L. 13–59
Statutes at Large	3 Stat. 125, Chap. 59
Codification
Acts repealed	P.L. 13-62, 3 Stat. 217, Chap.62
Legislative history
	Introduced in the Senate as S. 52; Passed the Senate on April 7, 1814 (11-16); Signed into law by President James Madison on April 16, 1814;

Flotilla Service Act was a United States federal statute passed on April 16, 1814 preceding the British Royal Navy blockade of the New England Colonies commencing on April 25, 1814.^[2]^[3] The public law established a temporary Mid-Atlantic naval auxiliary service for amphibious operations orchestrated by the Chesapeake Colonies during the War of 1812. The Chesapeake Bay Flotilla conducted amphibious maneuvers in low-level tidal creeks seeking to deter the territorial headway of the British Royal Navy offensive into the Chesapeake Bay tributaries. The Act of Congress authorized appropriations for the federal law in response to the foreseeable onslaught by the British Army redcoats arson offensive on August 24, 1814 at Washington City better known as the Burning of Washington.^[4]

Provisions of the Act

The Thirteenth United States Congress drafted public law 13-59 as three sections providing a manpower formulation which coincided with the military objectives discharged by the Colonial American counter-offensive naval flotilla forces.

Chapter LIX § 1: Appointment of Flotilla Officers

Four captains
Twelve lieutenants
Officers employed in the flotilla service of the United States, without rank in the Navy, but with the same relative rank and authority in the flotilla service as officers of the same grade are entitled to in the Navy of the United States.

Chapter LIX § 2: Pay and Emoluments

Captains shall receive the pay and subsistence of a captain in the Navy commanding a ship of twenty and under thirty-two guns.
Lieutenants shall receive the same pay as officers of the same rank are entitled to in the Navy of the United States, and shall be governed by the rules and regulations provided for the government of the Navy.

Chapter LIX § 3: Authorization of Presidential Appointments

It shall be lawful for the President of the United States to appoint, in the recess of the Senate, any of the officers authorized by this act, which appointments shall be submitted to the Senate at their next session.

Abolishment of the Flotilla Service Act

On the tenth day after the ratification of the Treaty of Ghent, Flotilla Service Act of 1814 was repealed by the United States 13th Congressional session occurring on February 27, 1815.^[5]^[6]^[7]

References

^ "Flotilla Service Act of 1814 - Senate Bill 52". Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, 13th Congress. V (Thursday, April 7, 1814). U.S. Library of Congress: 488.
^ Lambert, PhD, Andrew. "British Strategy in the War of 1812" (PDF). Sea History No. 145, Winter 2013-14. National Maritime Historical Society.
^ "The War of 1812". American Military History. Office of the Chief of Military History - United States Army. pp. 130–131.
^ "Days of Destruction: August 24-25, 1814" [United States Capitol, President's House, The Navy Yard, Treasury Department & Other Buildings, Saving the Washington Portrait]. WhitehouseHistory.org. White House Historical Association.
^ "Repeal of Flotilla Service Act ~ P.L. 13-62" (PDF). 3 Stat. 217 ~ Chapter LXII. USLaw.Link. February 27, 1815.
^ "Relief of Commodore Barney". Annals of Congress, House of Representatives, 13th Congress, 3rd Session (Thursday, October 20, 1814). U.S. Library of Congress: 414–416.
^ "The Flotilla Men". Annals of Congress, House of Representatives, 13th Congress, 3rd Session (Wednesday, November 2, 1814). U.S. Library of Congress: 517.

Associated United States Statutes

U.S. Laws Related to Coastal Conflict During War of 1812

Date of Enactment	Public Law No.	U.S. Statute Citation	U.S. Bill No.	U.S. Presidential Administration
July 5, 1813	P.L. 13-6	3 Stat. 3	Chapter VI	James Madison
March 9, 1814	P.L. 13-21	3 Stat. 104	Chapter XXI	James Madison
November 15, 1814	P.L. 13-3	3 Stat. 144	Chapter III	James Madison
December 7, 1999	P.L. 106-135	113 Stat. 1685	H.R. 791	William J. Clinton