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Firrr-FIFTH ooxonnss. snss. 111. on. 352. 1899. 979 where vacancies exist without loss of relative rank, leaving but one second lieutenant in each battery. Vacancies in the grade of second lieutenant shall be filled as now Veeeneiee. second provided by law, except that no person shall be appointed from civil H°§';,"'f{]Q",gf°,]Q`,°*{§‘:i life before he shall have reached the age of twenty-one years nor after ¤¤¤¤¤=2 ¤"¤2¤¤ ¤¤~*¤lxi*f¤; he shall have reached the age of twenty-seven years,.nor until he shall °x°m""°°°‘ have passed a satisfactory examination as to his moral, physical, and educational qualifications. Sec. 6. That the Adjutant-General’s and Inspector-General’s depart- ·3·1i·}¤¤¤¢-<j¤g·¤E‘,·¤'¤ ments shall consist of the number of officers now in those departments, She 1f¤?$i:Iuu:°` respectively: Provided, That vacancies in the grade of major occurring {’,;‘gfg{é_ ,D ° in either department shall hereafter be filled from captains in·the line crmmr, new sign? of the Army: And provided further, That all such captains who have —w¤¤g ¤¤r¢¤i¤¤ my evinced marked aptitude in the command of troops shall be reported °°m°° °` by their regimental commanders to the War Department and shall be entitled to compete for any such vacancy under such system of exam· · ination as the President shall prescribe. Sec. 7. That the Judge-Advocate-General’s Department, Quarter- dC¤¤¤1>¤¤i¤{<>¤ efernrf master’s Department, Subsistence Department, Medical Department, ¤i$.’L§§.{_m°”°' °“` Pay Department, Corps of Engineers, Ordnance Department, and Signal Corps shall consist of the officers and enlisted men now provided · by law: Provided, That the battalion of engineers, and the officers ggghg- of serving therewith, shall constitute a part of the line of the Army: mm to is pastngdf Provided further, That in time of war retired officers of the Army ulgmm, 0mm__ may, in the discretion of the President, be employed on active duty, serviceintimeutvrnrz other than in the command of troop , and when so employed they shall receive the full pay and allowances of their grades: And provided Ereminnqivneerrnin also, That no person in civil life shall hereafter be appointed a judge- m 2%‘{}{,f,l'"°"°° - advocate, paymaster, or chaplain until he shall have passed satisfactorily such examination as to his moral, mental, and physical qualifications as may be prescribed by the President; and no such person ,—¤geshall be appointed who is more than forty-four years of age; Provided —°¤°°P“°¤· · further, That in case of the appointment of an officer who has served in a similar capacity during the war with Spain and has demonstrated his moral, mental. and physical qualifications for the position, then such examination shall not be required. ` Sec. 8. That the Chief of the Record and Pension Office of the War 0 lseeerqynd Peesien Department shall hereafter have the rank, pay, and allowances of a mE`,?;' "' Dm`"` brigadier-general, and there shall be an assistant chief of said office, chi;¤;9l;8;;,,{;,{¤¤¤¤¤ who shall have the rank, pay, and allowances of a major and who may ’ ` be appointed from civil life: Provided, That Whenever a vacancy shall Termi¤=·¤i<·¤ of i¤- occur in the office of Chief of the Record and Pension Office subse- "°‘”"d “'"‘I"‘ quent to the passage of this Act said grade shall cease and determine, and thereafter the chief of said office shall have the rank, pay, and allowances of a colonel. ~. Sec. 9. That the cooks authorized by this Act shall have the pay ceeke. and allowances of sergeants of infantry. ` Sue. 10. That the corps of cadets shall consist of one from each Con- Agiplete. Milimy gressional district, one from each Territory, one from the District of °""` Columbia, and twenty from the United States at large. They shall be gg1g;, ml =*P· appcinted by the President, and shall, with the exception of the twenty P° ° ' cadets appointed at large, be actual residents of the Congressional or Territorial districts, or of the District of Columbia, or of the States, , respectively. from which they purport to be appointed. smc. 11. That so much of the Acts approved July seventh, eighteen -Q,;*;*{¤**¤¤¤,g¢*`=1¤,,¤;•} hundred and ninety-eight, as authorizes the assignment of certain ofii- ${2..tZ °°°° W" cers of the Quartermastefs and Subsistence departments with increased wg',Ej§‘g',{‘j';;,§a§,’Q,‘; rank, and the continuance in service of certain volunteer officers of close or my rgngulthose departments for a period of one year after the close of the present A""- *"‘· '“· ""· war is repealed. Sec. 12. That to meet the present exigencies of the military service Reza1y Army. the President is hereby authorized to maintain the Regular Army at a "'°“‘° °‘ strength of not exceeding sixty-five thousand enlisted men, to be dis-