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1058 SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. III. Cris. 209, 210. 1911. ¥*¤°,{>°*;n'€c$;*:,_’·ud NATIONAL TROPHY Arm Mnnans Fon umm CONTESTS! For the purprizlgs? y’ ose of furnishing a national trophy and medals and other prizes to he provided and contested for annually, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of ar, said contest to be open to the Army, Navy, Marine Co s, and the National Guard or Orgamzed Militia of the several Statesgillerritories, and of the District of Columbia, members of rifle clubs and civilians, and for the cost of the trophy, prizes, and medals herein I-provided for, and for the promotion of rifle practice throughout the nited States, rncluding the reimbursement of necessa expenses of members of the National Board for the Promotion of lhhfle Practice, to be ex ended for the purposes hereinbefore prcfpcribed under the direction ofp the Secretary of War, ten thousand dollars. iggrvgneve gw- Automatic rifles: For the purchase, manufacture, and test of auto- N °S°’° matic rifles, including their sights and equipments, to be available · until the close of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hun- · dred and thirteen, two hundred thousand dollars. mfi:11dAr¢i11¤fY¤=¤·- Fmrn Arrrrnnmrtr Fore Onoaruzmn Mrnrrrac For the lpurpose of rude to orgmzea procuring Field A.rt1llery material for the Or amzed Mi tia of the "‘m““ °“"‘°"’°‘*· several States, Territories, and the District of (golumbia, without cost to the said States, Territories, or the District of Columbia, but to remain the property of the United States and to be accounted for in the manner now prescribed by law, the Secretary of War is hereby Requismons from authorized, under such regulations as he may prescribe, on the requi- "°"°"’°”‘ im sitions of the governors of the several States and Territories or the _ eommandingigeneral of the Militia of the District of Columbia, to A¤¤¤¤¤¤ issue said art ery material to the Militia; and the sum of seven hundred and seventy thousan dollars is hereby a propriated and made immediately available and to remain availablle until the end of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and thirteen, for the rocurement and issulp of the (angeles constituting the same, seven iiundred an seventy thousand dollars. priggloggggmtb mk On and after the passage of this Act, every line officer on the active ust by?regimenta1 list below the_grade of co onel who has lost in lineal rank through the P"’“*°“°“· system of regimental promotion in force prior to October first, eighteen_hundred and ninety, may, in the discretion of the President, and subject to examination for ppomotion as prescribed by law, be advanced to higher grades in s arm up! to and including the grade of colonel, in accordance with the rank e would have been entitled to hold had promotion been lineal throughout his arm or corps since P,_m_m the date of his entryinnto the arm or corps to which he rmanentlv To be kuameuti belongs: Promded, hat officers advanced to higher grade; under the ¤\§13;)€t‘;q§¤ectPr°mm provisions of this Act shall be additional officers in those grades: mes under exe-Mus further, That nothing in this Act shall operate to interfere smusommcm M_ wrth or retard the promotion_to which anyiqpfiicer would be entitled vsneeo. under existing law: And promdedfurthey, _ at the officers advanced to higher gra es under this Act shall be ]un1or to the officers who now rank therén under 6X1StlHg law, when these officers have reached the same gra e. Approved, March 3, 1911. MMG11 3» 1211- CHAP. 210.—An Act Making appropriation ·

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