63 STAT.]
81ST CONG., IST SESS.-OH. 393-AUG. 4, 1949
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Sec.
760. Disability or death benefits for temporary members.
761. Engaging in civil occupation; leave for training duty.
762. Women's Reserve.
§ 751. Purpose and administration of Reserve
The Coast Guard Reserve, as established on June 23,1939, is a mili-
tary organization and a component part of the Coast Guard for the
purpose of providing a trained force of officers and enlisted persons
which, added to the personnel of the regular Coast Guard, will be
adequate to enable the Coast Guard to perform its functions and duties
at all times. The Reserve shall be administered by the Commandant
under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury, with the
concurrence of the Secretary of the Navy, may prescribe.
§ 752. Eligibility
The Reserve shall be composed of citizens of the United States and
of its territories and possessions, between the ages of 17 and 62, who
are physically and otherwise qualified for the performance of duty,
and who, through appointment or enlistment therein, obligate them-
selves to serve in the Coast Guard in time of war or during any period
of national emergency declared by the President to exist.
§ 753. Term; duty; training
(a) The term of appointment or enlistment in the Reserve shall
be for three years. In time of war or national emergency declared
by the President to exist any member of the Reserve may be ordered
to active duty for the duration of the war or until the termination
of the emergency as declared by the President, and may be continued
on such active duty for such duration and six months thereafter not-
withstanding that the term of appointment or enlistment may have
expired. In time of peace, except for disciplinary purposes as pro-
vided in section 758 of this title, no member of the Reserve may be Pot, -.552.
ordered to or continued on active duty without his consent except that
any member of the Reserve may be continued on active duty in the
interest of national defense for a period not to exceed six months
after the termination of a war or national emergency as proclaimed by
the President. The Commandant may release any member of the
Reserve from active duty at any time. In time of peace, members of
the Reserve may, with their consent, be given training or other duty
either with or without pay as authorized by the Secretary. When
authorized training or other duty without pay is performed by mem-
bers of the Reserve, they may, in the discretion of the Secretary, be
furnished with transportation to and from such duty, with subsistence
and transfers en route, and, during the performance of such duty
with subsistence in kind or commutation thereof at a rate to be fixed
by the Secretary.
§ 754. Grades and ratings; military authority
The grades and ratings, including cadets, in the Reserve shall be the
various grades and ratings not above rear admiral, prescribed by law
for the Coast Guard. Members of the Reserve, while engaged on
active duty, shall be vested with the same power, authority, rights, and
privileges in the execution of their duty and shall wear the same uni-
forms as members of the regular Coast Guard of corresponding grades
or ratings.
§ 755. Pay, allowances, and other benefits
(a) Personnel of the Reserve when engaged on active duty, on active
duty while undergoing training, on training duty with pay, or when
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