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SIXTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Szss. II. Ch. 391. 1912. 593 properly be required to perform, but such ° tal battalion and squadron quartermasters and commissaries ot,be required to rece1pt_for· any moneysoraplroperty which does not to their respective regiments, tt 'ons, or sgadrons, and y shall not be separated from the organization to w 'ch they belong: Pmvidadjisr- nessus. marther, That such duty or duties as are now required by law to be per- "'°° °“°" formed by any officer or officers of the Quartermastefs, Subsistence, or Pay Departments shall hereafter be performed by such officer or officers of theQuartermastc1·Co as the Secretaryo Warma designateforthepurpose: Prwid¢d_E-!I»er,'I'hatthereshall be aghiefof mf.}é°' °'¤¤•¤¤*· the Quarternraster Corps, who shall have the rank of major general a.n%lf•1•r¤¤¤¢» while so serving and who shall be apapinted by the President, by""”°‘ and with the advice and consent of e Senate, from among the officers of said corps and in accordance with the requirements of v¤1.m,p.v¤¤. section twenty-six of the Act of Congress approved Febru second, nineteen hundred and one, hereinbefore cited: P , d‘,; '*¤ {gis That when the first vacancy in the grade ofulgrgigadiertgen in the m ` Quarterrnaster (logs, except a vacancy ca by e expiration o a lnmted term appomtment, shall ereafter occur that v shall not be Elled, but the office in which the vacancy rmmedratclyceueanddetermmez Providedjiu·¢7•a·, ThattheQuarter- .,,§°'2'g__"“°“°‘°"*°' master Corps shall be subject to the supervision of the Chief of Statf · to the extent the departments hereby consolidated into said corps gave lreretoiiore bienrrzsubject toc} such srripxervisioph under the tprms of M eexns aw: pmmded urther, at or e o carry- • M; ing intoueyect the provisions of this section the is hereby d °•ii>ifs authorized to appomt, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, the Chr of the Quartermaster Corxas herein provided for immediately upon the passage of this Act an it shall be the duty of the said chief, under the direction of the President and the Secretary of War, to put into effect the provisions of this section not less than sixty days after the passage of this Act. Sec. 4. That as soon as practicable after the creation of a Qllpl" m(de'i1i;iiJ¤’ir`°i°;y$$i termaster Corps in the Army not to exceed four thousand civilian ”*‘*°**¤°¤· employees of that corps, receivinia monthly compensation of not less than thirty dollars nor more t an one hundred and sevon?—five dollars each, not including civil eragineers, superintendents o con- °°¤':¤d¤1¤r¤¤¤¤ ¤=~ struction, inspectors of clothing, c othing examiners, inspectors of P ' supplies, inspectors of animals, chemists, veterinarians freight and passenger rate clerks civil service employees, and employees of the classified service, employees of the Army transport service and harborboat service, and such other employees as may be required for technical work, shall be replaced permanentlglvg not to exceed an eqpnal km d { lm number of enlisted men of said corps, an enlisted men of the e " ’ ` of the Army detailed on extra duty in the %uartermaster· Corps or as Mm I umu bakers or assistant bakers shall be replace permauentl& by not to D., .m§2§,§¤_ exceed two thousand enlisted men of said corps; and for e purposes of this Act the enlistment in the military service of not to exceed six thousand men, who shall be attached permanently to the Quartermaster Co and who shall not be counted as a part of the enlisted ,,,ww_ force provissed by law, is hereby authorized: Premlied That the en- Enliswirowe. listed force of the Quartermaster Corpzshall consist oil not to exceed fifteen master electricians, six hun sergeants (first class), one thousand and live sergeants, six hundred and fifty corporals, two_ thousand five hundred privates (first class), one thousand one hundred 5 et and ninety privates and forty-five cooks, all of whom shall receive " °‘ the same pay and allowances as enlisted men of ccngipondmigrades in the Sign Corps of the Army, and shall be assign to suc duties mgf°’¤¤°¤‘ "·" "“‘ pertaining to the Suartermaster Corps as the Secretary of War may prescribe: P further, That the Secretary of War may iix the