For service in working engines aboard ship there is a corps of machinists:
| First Machinists |  | 1st class. |
| 2d class. | ||
| Second Machinists. | ||
| Third Machinists. | ||
| Fourth Machinists. | ||
| Assistant Machinists. | ||
The total active personnel of the fleet is 1792 officers (exclusive of Midshipmen, Chaplains, and the Technical Corps) and 14,000 men.
In addition to this cadre, there is a corps of Marine Artillery (Technical).
| 1 | General Officer. |
| 3 | Colonels. |
| 7 | Lieutenant-Colonels. |
| 16 | Captains. |
| 20 | Lieutenants. |
And a corps of Marine Infantry which is divided into two half brigades of two battalions each, besides two companies of native infantry at the Philippines. The strength of this corps is 170 officers and 6256 men, making a grand total of 1962 officers and 20,256 men.
For the administration of justice each department has a district court, the maritime superior court being at Madrid.
The Naval Academy, situated at Ferrol, furnishes all the officers of the executive corps of the service. The age of entrance to the Academy is between 12 and 14 years, the length of the course at the school being two years and a half. At the expiration of this time they pass to a school-ship as second-class midshipmen, where they remain one or two years according to the needs of the cadre, when they pass to active service as midshipmen of the first-class, and after one year are commissioned Ensigns (Alfarece).
There are special schools under naval control for the education of pilots of the merchant service, another school for machinists, and an academy for the Artillery and Technical Corps.