SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Srzss. I. Ch. 20. 1917. 85 sam; proportion as those authorized at the date of the approval of this ct. Sec. 3. That enlistments in the Navy and Marine Corps, during du%‘§gs{,§';§,'§t,,‘?,‘§.‘f'°d such time as the United States may be at war, shall be for four years or for such shorter fperiod or periods as the President may prescribe, or for the period 0 the present war. Sec. 4. dditional commissioned officers in the Navy and Marine mfljggg spmipg- Corps, based upon the temporary increases herein authorized in the creases. P°° ` number of enlisted men, shall be temporarily appointed by the Pres- ’°°°‘· P- 7*5- ident, in his discretion, with the advice and consent of the Senate, not above the grades and ranks of lieutenant in the line and staff of Di _ the Navy and major in the Marine Corps, the distribution in said gmd.§,i"b‘m°“ °‘ . grades and ranks to be made in accordance with the provisions of the "°*·3°· PP-576» 609- Act of August twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and sixteen: Pro- ggqgggl 8 °.nt_ mkled, That all temporary original appointments shall be made in the mam to be iriloivest lowest commissioned grades of the line and stall of the N avg and g"‘d°s‘ Marine Co s, exclusive of commissioned warrant officers, an that _ _ there shallrlbe no permanent or temporary apipointments in or per- €i,,E,°€,LT‘,,§’,"§,§’”,§’, §,‘§°§,§ manent or temporary promotions to any §ra e or rank above that °¤¤ *0 highar smasof lieutenant in the Navy or major in the arine Co s by reason of the tem orary appointment of officers authorized Ty this Act in excess oi, the total number of officers authorized by existing law or on account of the increase of enlisted men herein authorized: Pro- _ _ videdfurther, That, during the period of the present war, the deiciency ,,$’,,§,{{,'”§m, °If&§§ existing prior to the pass ve of this Act in the total number of com- W- missioned officers of the Navy and Marine Corps authorized by the Act of August twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, may also be supplied by temporary apppintments in the lowest]§·ades and by temporary promotions to other ades until a s cient number of officers s all be available for regular appointment or promotion in accordance with existing law: Provided fl.rthe·r, That noth- N,H$§‘§§‘jg*§,?°,,?g“gging herein shall be held or construed to limit or abridge the use or °*°-»¤°*¤b¤&€¤d· ° service of the officers of the Navy and Marine Corps on the retired list or of the officers of the Naval Militia and National N aval Volunteers, Naval Reserve Force and Marine Corps Reserve, as provided and authorized under existing law: Prooidedfurther, That temporary ap ,_ chaplains and temporary acting chatplains in the Navy may be map? ¤¤¤¤¤r¤¤¤<£d¤ appointed for service during the perio of the war in the proportion ° `°°’ p"°°‘ o the personnel of the Navy as now prescribed by existing law. Sec. 5. That the additional tempora? officers authorized in the g$g°i°¤lliey rw spvarious grades and ranks of the Navy an Marine Corps in accordance @m§},‘*°,°;*mP*°¤°· with the next preceding section may be temporari y appointed to sraceswrmks. serve in the grades or ranks to which a (pointed or promoted by the P"' p" "°‘ temporary advancement of officers hel) ing permanent and probationary commissions, by temporary appointment of commissioned warrant officers, warrant officers, and enlisted men of the Navy, and warrant officers, noncommissioned officers, and clerks to assistant paymasters of the Marine Corps, commissioned and warrant officers of the United States Coast Guard, citizens of the United States who have had previous naval or military service or trainin , and other citizens of the United States specially qualified: Prmn5ed, That in ,5, mm making appointments authorized herein the ma.ximum age limit shall e ty ears for commissioned warrant officers, warrant officers, and enlisted men to ensign, enlisted men of the Navy to warrant rank, candidates for assistant s eon, noncommissioned officers of the Marine Corps to commissiorilerdr rank, members of the Manne Corps branch of the Naval Militia and National Naval 'Volunteers, _Marine Coips Reserve, and civilians s ecially qualified to commissioned , and warrant officers of tlie active list of the Manne Corps appointed to commissioned rank, and temporary
