Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 62 Part 1.djvu/399

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62 STAT.] 80TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 449-JUNE 12, 1948 as amended, is hereby further amended by striking out the present caption and sections 501 to 508, inclusive, thereof, and substituting therefor the following: "TITLE V "WOMEN IN THE NAVAL RESERVE "SEC. 501. Women may be enlisted or appointed in the Naval Reserve under the provisions of this Act, as now or hereafter amended, in such appropriate ratings or grades as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy in the same manner and, except as otherwise provided in this title, under the same circumstances and conditions as men are enlisted or appointed in the Naval Reserve. "SEC. 502. The Secretary of the Navy may prescribe the manner in which women enlisted or appointed in the Naval Reserve shall be trained and qualified for military duty, the military authority they may exercise, and the kind of military duty to which they may be assigned: Provided,That they shall not be assigned to duty in aircraft while such aircraft are engaged in combat missions nor shall they be assigned to duty on vessels of the Navy except hospital ships and naval transports. "SEC. 503. The provisions of this Act, as now or hereafter amended, which relate to pay, leave, money allowances for subsistence and rental of quarters, mileage and other travel allowances, or other allowances, benefits, or emoluments, for male personnel of the Naval Reserve, shall also apply to women personnel of the Naval Reserve: Provided,That the husbands of women personnel of the Naval Reserve shall not be considered dependents unless they are in fact dependent on their wives for their chief support, and the children of such personnel shall not be considered dependents unless their father is dead or they are in fact dependent on their mother for their chief support. "SEC. 504. The Secretary of the Navy may prescribe the quantity and kind of clothing and equipment to be furnished annually to enlisted women of the Naval Reserve, including that required upon their first reporting for active duty, and he may prescribe the amount of cash allowance to be paid to such enlisted women in any case in which such clothing and equipment is not so furnished to them. "SEc. 505. All members of the Women's Reserve enlisted or appointed under the Act of July 30,1942 (56 Stat. 730), as amended, are hereby transferred to the appropriate components of the Naval Reserve in the same temporary and permanent ratings or grades with the same effective dates and dates of precedence, which they held in the Wom- en's Reserve on the effective date of the Women's Armed Services Inte- gration Act of 1948, and such transfer of enlisted personnel shall be for a period to be determined by the Secretary of the Navy but not longer than twelve months after the effective date of the Act last cited in this section." SEC. 213. (a) Women may be enlisted or appointed in the Regular Marine Corps under the provisions of this title, and the provisions of this title (except as may be necessary to adapt said provisions to the Marine Corps) are hereby made applicable to women enlisted or appointed in the Regular Marine Corps in the same manner as such provisions apply to women enlisted or appointed in the Regular Navy. (b) The number of enlisted women on the active list of the Regular Marine Corps at any one time shall not exceed 2 per centum of the enlisted strength now or hereafter authorized for the active list of the Regular Marine Corps: Provided,That for a period of two years immediately following the date of this Act, the actual number of enlisted women in the Regular Marine Corps shall at no time exceed one thousand. 6870o--49- -pt. 1-24 369 Enlistment or ap- pointment. Military duty, etc. Pay, leave, and al- lowances. Dependents. Clothing and equip. ment. Transfer to Naval Reserve. 34U. S.C. I§857- 857g. Ate, p. 36. Marine Corps. Enlistment or ap- pointment. Authorized number. Limitation on num- ber for two years.