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whose grade corresponds to that rank. In the computation of his pay, all his active service in the Army, including service as teacher or director of music, is counted as if it were commissioned service. (b) At such time as the President may direct, the director of music shall be retired in the grade equal to the highest rank in which he served on active duty satisfactorily, as determined by the Secretary, for at least six months, and with the retired pay of an officer of the Army with the same grade and length of service counted under subsection (a). His dependents are entitled to the pensions, death gratuity, and other benefits provided for the dependents of an officer of the Regular Army with corresponding grade and length of service. § 4339. Organist and choirmaster; civilian instructors in departments of foreign languages and tactics: quarters, fuel, and light (a) The organist and choirmaster of the Academy is entitled to ublic quarters when they are available, and to fuel and light when e occupies public quarters. (b) The civilian instructors in the departments of foreign languages and tactics are entitled to public quarters and fuel and light therefor. § 4340. Quartermaster The Secretary of the Army shall detail a commissioned officer of the Army as quartermaster for the Corps of Cadets. The quartermaster shall— (1) buy and issue all supplies for the cadets; (2) buy and issue all provisions for the mess; and (3) supervise the mess. §4341. Faculty and other officers: leaves of absence The Superintendent of the Academy may grant a leave of absence for the period of the suspension of the ordinary academic studies, without deduction of pay or allowances, to a professor, assistant professor, instructor, or other officer of the Academy. §4342. Cadets: appointment; numbers, territorial distribution (a) The authorized strength of the Corps of Cadets of the Academy is as follows— (1) eight cadets from each State, four nominated by each Senator from the State; (2) four cadets from each congressional district, nominated by the Representative from the district; (3) four cadets from each Territory, nominated by the Delegate in Congress from the Territory; (4) four cadets from Puerto Rico, nominated by its Resident Commissioner; (5) six cadets from the District of Columbia, nominated by ita Commissioners; (6) two cadets nominated by the Governor of the Canal Zone; (7) 172 cadets from the United States at large, selected or nominated under subsection (e); (8) 180 cadets from enlisted members of the Army and the Air Force, appointed under subsection (g); and
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