SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 101-103. 1917. 397 CHAP. 101.—An Act To provide for the promotion of first lieutenants in the October 6,1917- Regular Army and National Guard to the grade of captain, and respecting the Dental [H- R· *897-l Corps of the Army and medical and dental students, and for other piupcses. [Public, No.86.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of R¥>resentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That duringi the existing gag;-an m emergency iirst lieutenants in the Medical Corps of the egular Army time lngM¢%caPl§% and of the National Guard shall be eligible to promotion as ca tain °‘g‘}_‘;‘},§§§gf"{?}f* · upon such examination as may be prescribed bg the Secretary of %Va.r. Hereafter the Dental Corps of the Army s all consist of commis- ’,?§}’sff,},ff,‘{’g’g_ md, sioned officers of the same grade and plroportionally distributed Mg-I 39 ’ ' among such grades as are now or may be ereafter provided by law gmgggégd, ’ p' m’ for the Medical Corps, who shall have the rank, pay, pgomotion and allowances of officers of corresponding xades in the edical Corps including the right to retirement as in e case of other officers, and Number authnriwd. there shall be one dental officer for every thousand of the total strength of the Regular Army authorized from time to time by law: PWM Prmrlded ffurther, hat dental examining and review boards shall summing beards. ppnsésj o one <¥)Hcer 0; the‘t}\wdedi’¢i_ail Corps agd two gfldlcers of tge Rmmmm to en Co sz r¢rv·a.d' e u r, at imme iatey 0 0W1Ir g the 0,,, °}‘“ approval oilthis Act all dbntal surgeons then in active service shall mgm cm be recommissioned in the Dental Corps in the grades herein authorized in the order of their seniority and without loss of payqcir allowances or of relative rank in the Army: And provided further, at no dental ,,,,‘§;’,{‘{"'“°"°“ '°‘ surgeon shall be recommissioned who has not been confirmed by the Senate. . All regulations concemin the enlistment of medical students in d,‘,{°°§‘,}‘“°“°° °‘ mj . the Enlisted Reserve Corpg and their continuance in their college is wummm course while subject to call to active service, shall apply similar y to dental students. Approved, October 6, 1917. October 6, 1917. CHAP. 102.-An Act To amend section fifteenhundred and eighty-five of the Revised Statutes of the United States. [rebut, N0. sv.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represent·lves of the United N - States o{ America in Congress assembled, That section fifteen hundred 1Cii{§»e.isss,p.2¤1, and eig ty-five of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, and °m°°°°d· it is hereby, amended to read as follows: "SEc. 1585. Forg cents shall in all cases be deemed the commu- a£.T"°” °°“‘”“‘°°' tation price of the avy ration: Provided, however, That after Janu- §g{‘,jg;bndm,m_ ary first, nineteen hundred and eighteen, the commutation price uary1,.1918. shall not exceed the average cost of the ration during the preceding six months, not to exceed 40 cents. Approved, October 6, 1917. October 6,1917. CHAP. 103.-An Act To establish certain new ratings in the United States Navy, and rei sam purposes. lP¤*>¤¤· N¤- 884 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States gfsrlnterica in Congress assemble , That the ratings of en e- ,’§g;Y;8,msmm,,_ man t class, engineman, second class; blacksmith, first gigs, mamma blacksmith, second class; coppersmith, first class, coppersmith, second class; pattern maker, first class, pattern maker, second class; molder, first class, molder, second class; chief special mechanic and specialjnechanic, first class, be, and they are hereby, established in e artiiicer branch of the Navy with the following rates of base pay B°°°¥'°’· per month: Engineman, first class, $45; engineman, second class, $40; lacksmith, first class, $65; blacksmith, second class, $50; copper-
