1198 FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 1010. 1903. or Territory in which the vacancy exists, who shall have been for at least two years immediately preceding his appointment an actual bona fide resident of the State, District, or Territory in which the vacancy exists and_shall have the qualifications otherwise prescribed gzvlmgmem for by law: Andlpr0czdedfuv·ther, That the Superintendent of the Naval smug. 31ca§e1ny shall mak; spchlfules, to thihapprowked by; me _Secreta5·y of e avy as wi e ec ua y preven e prac ice o azing· an any cadet fouhd guilty of participating in or encouraging or countenancing such practice shall be summarily expelled from the Academy, and shall not thereafter be reappointed to the Corps of Cadets or be eligible for appointment as a commissioned officer in the Army or Navy or Marine t Corps until two years after the graduation of the class of which he was . _ a member. ,,,}{“,f§°§§ 3Qf‘19§'°° That the provisions of this Act for the increase of appointments of midshipmen to the Naval Academy shall continue in force until the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred and thirteen; and thereafter one midshipman, as now provided by law, shall be appointed for each Senator Representative and Delegate in Con ress. Qggigggéut mm That hereafter thereishall be at the Nava?Academy one midsbip- `man from Porto Rico who shall be a native of said island, and whose appointment shall be, made by the President on the recommendation, of the governor of Porto Rico. a,;:§°}m‘{fm°rQ,¤§*f9{,;” That after Januaryfirst, nineteen hundred and four, all candidates 12. S.,sec.1517; p. 2si, for admission to the Naval Academy at the time of their examination _ ”°°"°°d‘ must be between the ages of sixteen and twenty years. mQ§‘°*’;°w§d';';{°d:;} Nothinglcontained in this Act shall affect the officers of the Navy fecteii. ’ who may ave been or may hereafter be advanced in rank under existing provisions of law_ by which they become extra numbers in their respective grades, or operate to vacate the commission of any officer now in the service. }f]*g;Pa*;eCg{P¤· That from and after the passage of this Act, and in order to further n.s.,ccc.1:J¤<s,p 272, increase the eiiiciency of the Marine Corps, the following additional ““°“°°°‘ officers, noncommissioned officers, drummers, trumpeters, and privates V¤*·3°»P-1008- to those now provided by law for said corps are hereby aut iorized and directed, namely: One colonel, one lieutenant—colonel. live majors, twelve captains, twenty-five first lieutenants, twelve second lieutenants, one assistant adjutant and inspector with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, two assistant adjutants and inspectors with the rank of major, one asiistantgtquartegmastephwglth the lpanfk of l;‘Ql1t€HRDt-COl(;llO{, five asswan qua ermas ers wi e ran o cap in one assis an paymas r with the rank of lieutenant—colonel, one assistant paymaster with the rank of captain one sergeant-major, forty quartermaster-ser eants, twelve first sergeants, sixty-five sergeants, fifty-five corporagls, ten drummers, ten trumpeters, and five hundred and twenty-seven privates: {,’r'g;;¢fl{*hc&nc,“ §r0vided, That the vacancies now existing in the line and the staff ` epartments of the Marine Cor s and those created by this Act below the grade of brigadiergeneral) shall be filled, respectively, first by promotion by seniority and then by selection and appointment as now provided by law, excepting that vacancies in the grade of second ieutenant shall be filled first, as far as practicable, from graduates of the Naval Academy each year on comp eting the prescribed course at the Naval Academy, exclusive of the probationary tour of sea service before final graduation, then from meritorious noncommissioned officers and from civil life between the ages of twenty-one and twenty-seven gfajsegiggogeggcgégj years: Prmdded, That the commissions of officers now in the Marine _ rnucgcr vacancies Corps shall not be vacated by this Act: And pr0czded_/i4rthev·, That §’§,§'“2§§f §i§ig,°f$j officers selected for appointment to fill vacancies in the grade of field mggéimol officers in any of the staff departments shall be taken from officers on the active list not below the grade of captain and who have seen not less than seven years’ service as commissioned officers in the Marine
