Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 41 Part 1.djvu/797

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776 SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. .C11. 227. 1920 .m§§f‘Y “°“°·“"“‘ of the Senate. Appointment in every case shall be for a period of five years, but an appointment in force at the outbreak 0 war, or made in time of war, shall continue in foree until six months after its termination. Any reserve officer may be discharged at any time H1 the discretion of the President. A reserve officer appomte during the _ _ _ existence of a state of war shall be entitled to discharge within six' °"“°““’“P· months after its termination if he makes application therefor. In time of peace a reserye officer must, at the time of his appointment, be a citizen of the United States or of the Philippine Islands, between isgiotgpngr serviw qw- the ages of twenty-one and sixty years. Any rperson who has been an ’ officer of the Army at any time between Ap 6, 1917, and June 30 1919, or an officer of the ar Army at any time, ma be a pointed as a reserve officer in the hest grade which he held in the Army m;#g1§<g¤€}BG¤¤rd om- or any lower grade; any person now serving as an pllicer of the R _ National Guar may be appointed as a reserve officer m his present 0,h_,$§“° * °" °” or any lower grade; no other person shall in time of peace be originally appointed as a reserye officer of Infantry, Cavalry, Field Artillery, oast Artillery, or Air Service in a grade above that of second lieurf?-ini;  %?§1“3“lm i“1Jy‘“?;0%£tPZ€Ji°mZ£§’°a"§T.i“ffi$SS’§‘rvlt‘° S§§fi“t”1i£?§§}Y$ try, etc. , , B 6 r·¤¤,p. m. former officers of the Army, graduates of the Reserve Officers’ Traming Corps, as provided in section 47b hereof, warrant officers and enlisted men of the Regular Army, National Guard and Enlisted Reserve Corps, and persons who served in the Armlyr at some time mg¤g;¤g{ug¤m¤¤¤M between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918. omotions and ' transfers shall be made imder such rules as may be prescribed by the President, and shall be so far as practica le upon recommendations made in the established chain of command, but no reserve officer shall be promoted to any grade time of peace imtil he has held a §?Zi“£’€?L3i§i’§‘ i°wr ““§°$$ éiiii t °“h°·“°"§ 1§’“'°’ timer S? fit? _ _ , _ e assi e 0 uni m e oc m§g*ggsP§'u‘j§$§_§°°”‘ of places of residence. Nothing gnu this Act shall operate tg geprive a reseige officer lefkihe reserve cominists1ionNhe_nlp§ goldei reserve officer may o a commission m e atio uar R m witliout therebygacating his reserve commission. ,c,,@,f’ ""‘ °“ "Sm0. 37a. smivn orrremns on ACTIVE_D`{;l'TY.——T0 the extent °x'g;=t¤durix;r•;¤*wg‘r¤j>¤¤» provided for from time to time by appropriations for specific purpose, the President may order reserve officers to active duty at any time and for any period; but except in time of a national emergencly exdpresslydeclared by Congress, no reserve pflicer shall be employe on active duty for more than fifteen days m an calendar 1·¤y,ew. year without his own consent. A reserve officer shall not ge entitled 30 pay aileillaelhowancestlpxcept when ora give duty. Wheg on aetilye uy e receive esamepayan owancesasano cero e

 Army of the same grade and length of active service, and

eage from his home to his first station and from last station Om , to his cme, but shall not be entitled to retirement or retired pay." ·;·mz°m¤°".§`hm-pe. ws 33- Tl1¤t·_ Siud Act be, and the same is hereby, amended b ‘~’¤¤- 39, ve 19% M- oiit S8;£»10IlSf4:0, 41, 42, 43, 45, and 46 and inserting the fol; owing in eu ereo : gggeégyggg-m mu “Sec. 40. Rizssnvn OFF1€mRe’ Tnamnve Cen1>s—OneAN1zAr1ox.— giiguenn mmm- 'gdhe Ptijesicfient theiieby 8Ul&l0T1ZG(l tgieistabhsqlirand m%intain in civil 5,,,;,0, d,v,,,,,,,_ uca ion _ ms u ODS 8·_ BSQTVG cers’ ain` m` g 0 s, one or more units in number, which shall consist of a senior divilsiion organized at universities and colleges granting degrees, including State universities and State institutions that are required to provide v¤1.12.p-503- instruction in military tactics under the Act of Congress of July 2, 1862, donating lands for the establishment of colleges where the leading object shall he practical instruction in agriculture and the mechanic arts, mcluding military tactics, and at those essentially