68 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 150. 1908. charged from the service with one year’s pay; and, if a major, shall be debarred from promotion and the officer next in rank found qualinmcam u am- fied shall be promoted to the vacancy. If the action of the examining """""°"“°· board is disa proved by the board of review, the omcer shall be considered qualided and shall be promoted. _ nsnkmaservlwvf Sm. 6. That nothing in this Act shall be construed to legislate out Q':?::, °m°°" mi of the service any omcer now in the Medical Department of the Army, nor to affect the relative rank or promotion of any medwal omcer now in the service, or who may hereafter be appointed therein, as determined by the date of his appointment or commission, except as herein otherwise rovided in section three. _ xeamsi Bmrv¤ Sec. 7. That for the purpose of securing a reserve coips of medical °°({}';',f{,°{",‘j'l,'f°,;,,,.;i. officers available for military service, the President of the mted States
*°¤§'°,‘fi‘{,’§,’j is authorized to issue commissions as first lieutenants therein to such
manu. u graduates of reputable schools of medicine, 'CIUZBDS of the United tates, as shall from time to time, upon examination to be prescribed - by the Secretaiiy of War, be found phlysically, mentally, and_ morally qualified to ho d such commissions, the persons so commissioned gms, qs., ui, constitute and be known as the Medical Reserve Corps. The commis-. ""'“°"““'°“""· sions so given shall confer upon the holders all the authority, rigpts, and privileges of commissioned officers of the like grade in.the edical Co of the United States Army, except promotions, but only when chllsed into active duty, as hereinafter provided, and during the mm:. period of such active duty. Officers of the Medical lleservejlorps shall have rank in said coerps according to date of their commissions " therein, and when employ on active uty, as hereinafter provided, shall rank next below all other officers of like grade in the United States · ul Alamy: Thatucontract surg?-ins nzwtiln téhe militaéy w o receive e avora e recommen on o e urgeon- ene o the Army shall be eligible for a intment in said reserve corps withmisuse ro •m·¤i¤¤· out further examination: further, That any contract surgeon '“°“"“ "‘"]"°°"°°' not over twentv-seven years of age at date of his appointment as contract surgeon shall be eligible to a pointment in the regular co s. E¤¤¤=s¤¤¤y ¤¤¤i¤¤· cm in emergergies the Secretary of War gnay order hgicelps ' of e ’ rve to active uty in the service o the United States in such numrliesrs as the public interests may require, and may relieve them from such duty when their services are no longer mmm. necessary: Hwzded, That nothin in this Act shall be construed as ,c§’_f§{f,'$“,,f{f’“ °' '°"'. authorizm g an officer of the Medici?] Reserve Corps to be ordered upon active duty as herein provided who is unwilling to accept such service, nor to prohibit an officer of the Medical Reserve Corps not designated May serve with mx- for active duty from service with the militia, or with the volunteer “"“· "°°· troops of the United States, or in the service of the United States in any other capacity, but when so serving with the militia or with vol- _unteer troops, or when employed in the service of the United States in any other capacitly, an officer of the Medical Reserve Corps shall cg1_<:_¤;:¤·•;·I:;1 Q}; not be sub'ect to ca l for duty under the terms of this section: And icnger mquneu. pravided_f!urt/ter, That the President is authorized to honorably discharge from the Medical Reserve Corps an officer thereof whose Appiimmns an an- services are no longer r. uired: And prmvidedlfurther, That officers }§‘,}§,f’" '° "‘"”°" of the Medical ReserveeCorps who apply for appointment in the Medical Corps of the Army may, upon the recommendation of the Surgeon-General, be placed on active duty by the Secretary of War and ordered to the Army Medical School for instruction and further exami- ‘ nation to determine their fitness for commission in the Medical Corps: Forfeiture or com- Andp¢·av¢'ded_further, That any officer of the Medical Reserve Corps ‘“‘”‘°"· who_1s subject to call and who shall be ordered u n active duty as herein provided and who shall be unwilling and refiise to accept such service shall forfeit his commission. psysnaauswmes. 9. That officers_of the Medical Reserve Corps when called upon active duty in the service of the United States, as provided in section
