110 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 163. 1908. the meaning of this Act; that the present enlistment period of men now in service shall be determined by the number of years continuous service they have had at the date of approval of t is Act, under · existing laws, countin three years to an en istment, and the former ‘ service entitlin an enlisted man to reenlistedjay under existing laws hr”Y,”,;'fre'gn,m°c§,°{; shall be counted as one enlistment period: An yn·om`dedfurt}ie¢·, That hereafter any private soldier, musician or trumpeter honorably discharged at the termination of his first enlistment period who reenlists within three months of the date of said discharge shall, upon such reenlistment, receive an amount equal to three months’ pay at the rate p he was receiving at the time of his discharge. _ _ gjimzgghem That hereafter enlisted men now qualified or hereafter qualifying as ctc.marksmen shall receive two dollars per month; as sharpshooters, three dollars per month; as ex rt rillemen, five dollars per month; as second-class gunners, two dolhnrs per month; as first-c ass gunners, three dollars r month; as gun pointers, un commanders, observers second class, cmf planters and chief l0a<Ears, seven dollars per month; as plotters, observers first class, and casemate electricians, nine dollars r month, all in addition to their pay, under such regulations as the gcretary of War ne y rescribe, but no enlisted man shall receive at _ the same time additions pay for more than one of the classifications €§,K'§g,,,_ named in this section: Itovided, That nothing in this Act shall be coustrued to increase the total number of gun pointers, gun commanders, observers, chtilef plz;pltp,rs,bphief loaders, plotters, and casemate electricians now an onz y w. m§,*ggg&gu'>¤*>¤° That increase of pay for service beyond the limits of the States comprisiiig the Unipp, and the territqijdcs ofhthe United States contiguous thereto, sha be as now provi by w. w P°¥ *“‘ That hereafter the monthly pay during the first enlistment of enlisted mendof bangshelirplusivel of the band of the United States Military Aca em , s a as fo ows: Chief inusicians, seventy-tive dollars; principal musicians and chief trumpeters, forty dollars; sergeants and drum—majors, thirty-six dollars; corporals, thirty dollars; and privates, twenty-four dollars; and the continuous-servnce pay of all grades shall be as provided in mbumidc mm this Act: Provided', That army bands or members thereof shall not my pom receive remuneration for furnishing music outside the limits of military postslwheq the {urnisbing of such music places them in comps- · tition wit oca civi ian musicians.
That sections twelve hundred and eighty. twelve hundred and _
&L»rlEer$§<>¤_&g¤n;_i- eighty-one, and twelve hundred and eighty-four of the Revised Statsz.s.`»iii{e¤séa,` utes be, and are hereby, repealed, and so much of section forty-eight hundred and nineteen as pertains to the deduction of twelve and onehalf cents per month from the pay of every soldier of the Regular Army fgr the benefit of the Sold1ers’ Home be, and the same is herebv, re eale . ` ll,§fp'},§_'°°,f{“’°§’,;,_ That section six of the Act entitled "An Act for the better organi- ¤¤¤*=¤¤¤¤· zation of the line of the Army of the United States," approved April twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, be amended so as to _Penimy for deser- rE2F9S8S fouowb· . . . nun. nc. 6. That any soldier who deserts shall, besides incurring the penalties now attaching to the crime of desertion, forfeit all right to pension which he might otherwise have acquired." ,,0*;',}`B°_,$,'{;¤{“’· °‘°·· That nothing herein contained shall be construed so as to reduce the pay or allowances now authorized by law for any officer or enlisted man of the Army; and all laws or parts of laws inconsistent with the Repeal. provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.
