SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Crzs. 307, 308. 1922. 841 after January 1, 1923, there shall be not to exceed a total of twelve thousand officers in the Army and on and after that date the authorized number in each grade shall be as prescribed in said Act or as modified and prescribed by the President in accordance with the _ provisions of the preceding proviso, and on that date there shall not €,;;g,§§g‘g}§“* °¤°°” c any promotion list officers rn any Tgade in addition to these prescribed numbers: Promded further, at the discharge and recom- N°"°y’°t°"’°°“°°d` mission of officers in the next lower grade shall not operate to reduce the pay or allowances which they are now receiving or to deprive them of credit for service now counted for purposes of pay or retirement: And provided further, That in discharging and recom- s,§,§;§‘§m§§,;f°°mmi* missioning officers in inverse order of standing on the promotion list any officer who is once discharged from the lgrade he now holds and is recommissioned in the next lowerggade sha be passed over. t. to m Sec. 2. That the retired gene officers who have been called to ¤¤"tiu$¤ISiii¤¤1im°¤ii$ active duty for service on the said elimination board shall be entitled from date of detail and while so serving to the active pay and aHowances of their grade. N mm, G d d Sec. 3. That the first proviso under the heading “Arms, Uniforms ome°Zé.·Rese:`$Zb¤?{»1s. Equipment, and so forth, for field service, National Guard " in Title I ,.,;“}§$,’§L,§s"‘}{,,§“{ of said Act is amended to read as follows: "That members of the ¤¤>¤¤¤· National Guard and OfHcers’ Reserve Corps who have or shall become entitled for a continuous period of less than one month to Federal paH Antc’p_14Q’8mGndod_ at the rates fixed for the Regular Arm , whether by virtue of a ca by the President, of attendance at school or maneuver, or of any other cause, and whose accormts have not yet been settled, shall receive such pay for each day of such period; and the thirty-first day of a calendar month shall not be excluded from the computation. " hmmm hm n_ Sec. 4. That all laws and parts of laws in so far as they are incon- pam. sistent with this Act are hereby repealed. ” » Approved, September 14, 1922. CHAP. 308.-An Act To create the White House police force, and for other Sepwi§P§4i5i>iI19m purposeh [Public, No. 300.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Exmm-,, M,,,,,,,,,,_ States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby created ,0:c‘;**g;j_t§,{*}§$ v°“°° and established for the protection of the Executive Mansion and ` ounds in the District 0 Columbia a permanent police force, to be Umm, mm, Mm grown as the White House police. Such force s all be under the Pr<¤id•¤¢· sole control of the President and under the direct suipervision of Dumg such officer as he may designate. The members of suc force shall possess privileges and powers and perform dut1es_ similar to those of the members of the Met.ropolitan.police of the District of Columbia, and such agditional privileges, powers, and duties as the President ma rescrr e. Campm-
2. (a) That the White House police force shall consist of mm’m`
one first sergeant with glrade corresponding to that of detective sergeant (Metropolitan po `ce), two sergeants with grade corresponding to that of sergeant (Metropolitan pohce), and thirty prrvates with grade corresponding to that of private, class three (Metropolitan Appointment ,1, om police), appointed under the direction of the President from the Megopgllicvgnmummd members olfothe Metropolitan police force and the United States W P ‘ park {police force from lists furnished by;) the officers m charge of such orces. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner. vmma mma by (b) Any vacancy in the Metropolitan police force or in the United gg1}'*m°¤“ *° l’° States ark olice force caused by appointments to the White House police igrce ghall be filled in the manner provided by law.
